The Disentangler

The Disentangler
Written by:	Lily Winterwood
Age:	Old as balls
Species:	Time Lord
Home Continuum:	Gallifrey (Doctor Who)
Department:	Department of Implausible Crossovers
Division:	N/A
Response Center:	Hers and the Agent's TARDIS
Partner:	The Agent
Fandom(s):	N/A
Lust-object(s):	Theta Sigma (schoolgirl crush)
Favorite(s):	The Doctor's TARDIS
Weapon(s):	Sonic red pen, until she lost it in a poker game.

“Yes! I am the Alpha Senpai!”

— The Disentangler, most of the time

“You’re not the first stormtrooper I’ve seen, Kelsey. But since you seem to have it in for me personally, I’ll just say this: if good is to flourish at all, there will never be a place for men like you.”

— The Disentangler, sometimes

The Disentangler is a Time Lady in the Department of Implausible Crossovers. Her partner is the Agent. They were both created by Tawaki, but are now written by Lily Winterwood.

Agent Profile

Backstory

The Disentangler is a Prydonian from the House of Redlooms. When she looked into the Untempered Schism at the Time Lord Academy, she ran away – and then encountered a drunk First Doctor and had to drag him away from the site of the Schism. This experience may have lent itself to the rumour that she went mad looking into the Schism. At the Academy, the Disentangler was known as Lachesis.

The Disentangler met the Agent while at the Academy; upon leaving the Academy the two of them obtained their own TARDIS and set off to see the universe. During this time, they were trapped in a 100-year recursive time loop. In 1993 HST, their TARDIS was pulled into a plothole leading into the PPC.

Stranded as the first known Time Lords in HQ (since Morgan was in hiding as a human then), the Disentangler and the Agent decided to join the PPC, using their TARDIS, which was modified by DoSAT to function as a Response Centre, to travel the Multiverse and set things straight. When off-duty, they would spend most of their time in New Caledonia.

Regenerations

The Disentangler has regenerated five times already:

• First Disentangler: Was blasted by Emperor Palpatine's Force lightning.
• Second Disentangler: Was one of the prisoners Twp'atwt murdered during the Reorganisation.
• Third Disentangler: Contracted the Krytos virus.
• Fourth Disentangler: Attacked by Visser Three in Balrog morph.
• Fifth Disentangler: Shot by Sued!Legolas.

The Agent and the Disentangler have (until 2008 HST) always regenerated together, ensuring that their new bodies would have contrasting personalities. Whether this is a subtle way for them to avoid being reassigned or just the Narrative Laws of Comedy at work is entirely unknown (for now). What is known is that it has led Morgan III to describe them as having "some weird suicide pact thing going on."

Appearance

The Second Disentangler had straight black hair.

The Fifth Disentangler had bushy black hair and dark skin.

The Sixth Disentangler has blonde hair long enough to be tied up and held in place by various implements, ranging from paper umbrellas to pencils.

Personality

The First Disentangler was known to have stalked the Doctor like Colin Creevey stalked Harry Potter when they were in school together. She often dragged the (First) Agent into it with her.

The Second Disentangler was a known agitator against the Department of Internal Security, doing various forms of protest such as graffiti, angry letters, and "whatever that thing was in the Large Auditorium." This general disturbing of the peace led Durran Mkellin to suspect her of having committed murder.

The Third Disentangler was practically mute.

The Sixth Disentangler, after a period of post-regenerative frustration (during which she informed Dustin O'Grady that her partner would be partnered with him temporarily), discovered an alarmingly talkative and cheery persona.

Relationships

With the Agent

The Disentangler and the Agent have been inseparable since Time Lord Academy days. Their relationship is, as with most things pertaining to Time Lords, complicated.

With other Time Lords

The Disentangler serves as the Sapphire Watcher on the Continuity Council of Gallifrey-in-Exile, responsible for monitoring the Doctor Who TV series. Sometimes she switches roles with the Agent for no reason other than to keep their colleagues on their toes.

In one closed time loop, the Disentangler led a resistance against Morgan, who was trying to take over the Multiverse. She was unsuccessful, but then the Doctor showed up and saved the day, retconning things so that the Disentangler doesn't remember this.

The Disentangler also takes great joy in inconveniencing the Notary.

With Jacques Bonnefoy

Contrary to the Doctor's inherent aversion to Jack Harkness's immortality, the Disentangler doesn't give two tosses about Jacques technically being a fixed point in time. Apparently, she and the Agent have... had adventures together with Jacques.

Appearances

• "A Very Mkellin Mystery," Part Three
  • Durran Mkellin interrogates the Disentangler.
• "PPC-HQ, Nouvelle Calédonie"
  • The Fifth Disentangler and the Fifth Agent meet Tawaki in New Caledonia, having recently regenerated after their encounter with Visser Three.
• "The First Meeting" (Narnia), Agents Tawaki Penguin and Dustin O'Grady (DTO)
  • The Sixth Disentangler informs Dustin that the Agent will be his temporary partner while Tawaki is on his honeymoon.
• "Plotholes and Meatloaf and Angels, Oh My!" and Deleted Scenes
  • The Disentangler is mentioned as having lost her sonic pen to Eledhwen Elerossiel in a game of poker. She and the other Time Lords reunite with the Doctor after a game of Cluedo at Rudi's. She later sends her love to the Doctor.
• "T'Zar's Reassignment" (April Fool's Day)
  • Reality falls apart as Agents Abaddon and T'Zar take the Reader's TARDIS for a joyride (to Gallifrey!) The Reader follows with the Disentangler and the Agent.
• "Continuity: Introduction" and "Continuity: Gallifrey Bickers"
  • The Continuity Council is founded and has an interesting first meeting.
• "Continuity: Folded Time"
  • In a number of closed timelines, the events of "Gallifrey Bickers" go somewhat differently.
• "Continuity: Purge"
  • The Continuity Council visit the Musée des Univers Perdus.

• "Continuity: Gallifrey Imminent"
  • In a closed timeline, members of the Continuity Council attempt to take over the multiverse.

• A Troupe By Any Other Name: "Beware the Ides of March"
  • A Troupe By Any Other Name performs William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar—Gallifreyan style. Regenerations, disguises, and spoilers abound!
  • The Disentangler plays Casca.
• "Continuity: Tea"
  • The Continuity Council takes an excursion into an alternate, Time Lord-themed multiverse.
• A Troupe By Any Other Name: "Science Fiction Double Feature"
  • A Troupe By Any Other Name celebrates Halloween with a one-time shadow cast performance of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The performance is, of course, reviewed in the Multiverse Monitor.
  • The Disentangler plays Janet Weiss.

• "Continuity: Gallifrey Shrinks"
  • Yet another Continuity Council meeting goes awry.
• "Continuity: Green"
  • A new series of Doctor Who sparks - what else? - bickering.
• "Rose Of The Dark Abyss"
  • The Disentangler and the Agent meet Eledhwen, Christianne, Muriel, John, and Liu Siyuan for dinner in New Caledonia.
• Interlude: Dinner at Nakamura's (alternate link)
  • The Disentangler and the Agent cause mayhem at Eledhwen and Christianne's reunion dinner in New Caledonia. (Followup to "Rose Of The Dark Abyss" ).

Mission Reports

PPC: DIC on Lily's Tumblr

Partnered with the Agent

• Intro: "Regenerations"
• "A Girl Out of Time" (NSFW) (Harry Potter x Doctor Who), with Agents Eledhwen Elerossiel and Christianne Shieh (DMS)