Rakaya was an ancient god-like figure who had been imprisoned in a cell suspended between two stars. She was able to reach out with her mind to connect with the Doctor's companion Graham O'Brien. Because of this, the Doctor decided to mount a rescue mission. As well as Graham, the Doctor's other companions and their friends and family members were being subjected to nightmares, which always featured a sinister figure whose fingers could detach from his hand. These inserted themselves into the victim's ear and induced their dreams.
This was a fellow immortal named Zellin, who had tricked the Doctor into freeing Rakaya. They were both Eternals, who fed on the dreams and nightmares of ephemeral beings, having long ago exhausted their own imaginations.
An ancient race blighted by Rakaya had succeeded in capturing and imprisoning her - but she was now free to cause the human race to have nightmares on which she and Zellin would feast.
The Doctor was able to put her back in her cell, along with Zellin - trapping them forever with a savage creature - a Chagaska - created in the nightmares of a young woman named Tahira, who came from 14th Century Aleppo.
Played by: Clare-Hope Ashitey. Appearances: Can You Hear Me? (2020).
- The Eternals were first introduced in the 1983 story Enlightenment.
- Ashitey has appeared in the movie Children of Men, and TV series Doctor Foster.
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