[The Third Doctor describes Omega as a hero to the Time Lord’s] “I generated those forces… and for what? To be blown out of existence into this black hole of Anti-matter…. A hero? I SHOULD HAVE BEEN A GOD!” Omega – The Three Doctor’s 1973.
The Gallifreyan behind the Time Lord’s power
Omega was the one of the original founding fathers of the Time Lord empire; along with Rassilon.
He was a brilliant Stellar Engineer, who had created a device known as the “Hand Of Omega”, a device which could manipulate star matter power. This was enough power to undertake time-travel experiments; a joint endeavour undertaken with Rassilon.
One of these experiments, accidentally went Supernova and Omega was apparently killed – as he and the experiment, collapsed into a black hole.
It was Rassilon, who followed up on Omega’s research and eventually tamed the power source; converting it into the ‘Eye Of Harmony’ – the Time Lord’s central and fixed stable power source. Rassilon then himself, became Lord President of Gallifrey.
Flung into a blackhole abyss, Omega hadn’t died but had been cast into an alternate anti-matter Universe. From here, Omega plotted his return to the matter Universe; to wreak revenge on the Time Lords. Having blamed them, for abandoning him.
Omega learned how to send anti-to the matter Universe. Using this to send bizarre creatures to attack the Earth. The Third Doctor and UNIT responded to the threat.
In The Three Doctors , the Time Lords, believing that the threat to be serious; allowed the Third Doctor to summon both of his previous incarnations (First & Second) to aid the Third; in putting a stop to Omega’s plans.
Drawn into the anti-matter universe, the Second and Third Doctors met Omega, who intended to use their bodies to trade places and escape the anti-matter prison – leaving them stuck.
The Doctor’s both explained to Omega that he couldn’t return, as he didn’t have a physical form anymore. After aeons spent in an anti-matter reality, his physical form was no more. After removing his helmet, at the insistence of the Doctor’s; Omega had no physical form left underneath.
The Doctor’s then managed to escape the anti-matter prison, by offering Omega a device that would provide an escape but contained the Second Doctor’s musical recorder hidden in the mechanism. This resulted, in an explosion on impact, with the anti-matter Universe; sending the Doctors back to the matter Universe and trapping Omega; once more.
Omega was back, in Arc Of Infinity for another attempt – at returning to the matter Universe.
This time, using the guise of an anti-matter creature known as ‘The Renegade’ and in league with rogue elements of the Time Lord High Council. Omega stole the Fifth Doctor’s recorded bio data; which meant he could create a controllable physical-matter doppleganger of the Fifth Doctor.
Materialising in Amsterdam, Holland – on Earth, Omega heads off in his new body to re-fulfill his senses in the matter Universe; with the real Fifth Doctor in pursuit.
However, Omega’s Doctor duplication began to fall apart and the Fifth Doctor caught up with Omega, before dispatching him back to his anti-matter prison.
And that is where Omega has since stayed remained. There is no doubt however, that the ‘greatest hero of the Time Lords’ will return. Until then, he stays in his anti-matter prison – wiling away time and plotting the Time Lord’s downfall.
In The Three Doctors , the Time Lords, believing that the threat to be serious; allowed the Third Doctor to summon both of his previous incarnations (First & Second) to aid the Third; in putting a stop to Omega’s plans.
Omega was back, in Arc Of Infinity for another attempt – at returning to the matter Universe.
