"Life" is What Happens Whilst Other People Are Busy Making Plans...

1. Arrival in Northumbria ✓
2. Position atomic cannon ✓
3. Sight Vikings ✓
4. Light Beacon Fires
5. Destroy Viking Fleet
6. Norman Landing
7. Battle of Hastings
8. Meet King Harold

" The Lights snapped out. Not a trace remained of the Ward Lord and the five guards who had come to rescue him.

"Bravo," exclaimed The Doctor. "Good riddance." He looked up. "I'm glad that my evidence was so useful to the court." He turned to Zoe and Jamie, 'Well, come along. We'd better continue with our travels."

"No," boomed the voice. "You will now stand your trial. Let us hear the accusations."

The accusing Time Lord spoke. "The charges are two. Appropriation of a TARDIS without persmission, and interference into other people's affairs. The latter is the most grave since non-interference is our most important law."

"Well," asked the voice. "Do you admit these actions?"

"It isn't a very good TARDIS," said The Doctor. "It doesn't change shape and it won't go where I want it to go --- "

"That is the lesser charge," said the other Time Lord present. "What of non-interference?"

"I wanted to help people, to combat evil. Look how I've risked my life fighting the Daleks. They want to exterminate everyone. Then there are the Cybermen, a nasty lot. Do you know about the Krotons, and the Yeti? Not forgetting the Quarks and the Ice Warriors. It's True I've interfered, but always on the side of good against evil."

"Then you admit the charge?" thundered the accusing Time Lord.

"Of Course I do. But your way of observing and doing nothing, it makes life so... so..."

"Yes?" boomed the voice.

The Doctor looked upwards. "It's downright dulll!"

"We have heard your defence," said the voice. "You will be held in custody while we consider our judgement."

What about my two friends?" he asked the court.

"Whatever the outcome for you," said the voice, "they will be well treated. You know that we are always just." 

"Yes," said The Doctor, hanging his head. "I know only too well."

******

"And now," said the voice, "the question of what to do with you. What do you expect us to do with you?"

 The Doctor thought. "Dematerialisation?"

"We are not savages."

"Perhaps you will sentence  me to work in the archives for the next thousand years, something boring like that."

"No," said the voice. "We accept that there is evil that must be fought, and that you still have a part to play in that battle."

The Doctor couldn't believe his ears. "You're going to set me free?"

"Not entirely. We have noted your special interest in the planet Earth. You seem to have a special knowledge of that world and it's problems."

"I suppose I have," said The Doctor/ "Earth seems particularly vulnerable to attack by other worlds."

"For that reason you will be sent back to that planet, in exile."

"Exile?"

"You will remain there for such time as we deem proper. During that time, the secret of the TARDIS will be taken from you."

"Surely, " The Doctor pleaded "you can't condemn me to exile on one primitive planet! Besides, I'm known on Earth already. It will be very difficult for me."

"Your appearance has changed before : it will change again."

"You can't change what I look like without consulting me!"

"Here is your first choice," said the voice. On the screen appeared a man's face - sunken cheeks, hair white, dull eyes.

"Good gracious," exclaimed The Doctor. "Too old!"

The first picture was replaced with another.

"No, never! Too thin."

Another picture appeared.

"Too young. No one would respect me..."

"You are wasting time," said the great voice.

"It's not my fault, is it? Is this the best you can do? I've never seen such an incredible bunch! "

"The Decision will be taken for you."

"This is preposterous! I have a right to decide what I look like. People on Earth attach great importantance to appearance..."

As he spoke The Doctor vanished from where he had been standing. It was now his face that filled the screen. He looked down angrily.

"Is this some sort of joke? Put me back where I was!"

The great voice said, "The time has come for you to change your apparance and to begin your exile. There will be no further discussion."

"I refuse to be treated like this," said The Doctor. "What are you doing now?"

The Doctor's face on the screen had begun to revolve, first slowly then fast.

"Stop!" his voice cried out. "You're making me giddy... I won't have it! You can't do this to me!"

The image of The Doctor's face spun faster and faster until it became a blur. Finally the screen went blank and The Doctor's voice was heard no more.

The accusing Time Lord looked upwards. "I think you did right. He never would have fitted in back here."

"I agree," said the great voice. "It's a pity. He would have brightened the place up no end."

Melchizedek The Dark Visitor

The Chin :

Don't Be a Monk...

Vibranium

CIVIL WAR DECODED ft KT The Arch Degree

Dick Gregory Addresses the Priests of the Order of Melchizedek

"You got them Magick Eyeglasses... 

You cannot take them off, even if you tried.

You have the responsibility."

"I never learned hate at home, or shame. 

I had to go to school for that..." 

Dick Gregory

Guinan is a Magickal Negro

Melchizedek, The Dark Messenger

Using Her Voudon Magicks, Counter-Curses and Warding Gestures, Guinan Successfully Backs-Off God/YAWH/The Evil Demiurge.

The Deity Formerly Known as Q.

Why Does This Bartender Dress Like a Nun and Talk Like a Priest?

She is a Priest Forever of the Order of Melchizedek.

Guinan: 

How much do you know about what happened to the last ship called Enterprise?

Captain Jean-Luc Picard: 

Enterprise C? It was lost at the battle of Narendra III, defending a Klingon outpost from the Romulans.

Guinan:

 And the survivors?

Captain Jean-Luc Picard: 

There were stories of prisoners taken back to Romulus, but these were only rumors.

Guinan: 

No. There were survivors. And Tasha Yar was one of them.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard: 

Guinan - that was 23 years ago. Tasha Yar was only a child.

Guinan:

 I know that. But I also know she was aboard that ship. And she was not a child. And I think... you sent her there.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard: 

How can that be?

Guinan: 

I don't know. I just know that you did.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard: 

Tasha died - a year before you came on the Enterprise. You never met her.

Guinan: 

I know that.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard: 

If you have only a vague intuition...

Guinan: 

You can't just dismiss this. If I'm right, then you are responsible for this whole situation.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard: 

I think it's time that I met Commander Sela.

I'm the Wise Janitor. I impart knowledge and help overcome fears.

"Friendly black optimistic advice"

In order to show the world that minority characters are not bad people, one will step forward to help a "normal" person, with their pure heart and folksy wisdom. They are usually black and/or poor, but may come from another oppressed minority. They step (often clad in a clean, white suit) into the life of the much more privileged (and, in particular, almost always white) central character and, in some way, enrich that central character's life. If the Magical Negro (also known as Magic Negro or Mystical Negro) is from a society of Noble Savages, expect an Anvilicious Aesop about the failings of the protagonist's society — which usually leads to the protagonist "Going Native".

With such deep spiritual wisdom(and sometimes — though not always — actual supernatural powers), you might wonder why the Magical Negro doesn't step up and save the day himself. This will never happen. So enlightened and selfless is he that he has no desire to gain glory for himself; he only wants to help those who need guidance... which just happens to mean those who are traditionally viewed by Hollywood as better suited for protagonist roles, not, say, his own oppressed people. In fact, the Magical Negro really seems to have no goal in life other than helping white people achieve their fullest potential; he may even be ditched or killed outright once he's served that purpose. If he does express any selfish desires, it will only be in the context of helping the white protagonists realize their own racism and thereby become better people.

Bonus points if this character is a priest of Vodoun. If they are, it's generally a sign that you're watching a particularly bad horror film, such as the Final Destination series.

See also Whoopi Epiphany Speech, Black Best Friend, and Mammy. For a similar trope about women, see Manic Pixie Dream Girl (as well as Disposable Woman and The Bechdel Test); the Magical Girlfriend may play a similar role for her love interest, but is not necessarily an example of this. For the gay version see Magical Queer(who may also be black). The disabled version of this is Inspirationally Disadvantaged. When a non-minority character is portrayed this way, the character is usually a Sidekick Ex Machina. Similar in vein to the Magical Native American, though that trope tends to be more explicitly magical. Also similar to Magical Asian, when an Asian character, often with supernatural abilities, fulfills a mentor role to a white character. Another related trope is White Man's Burden, where the plot is about an ordinary white person who befriends an underprivileged minority character.

The term "Magical Negro" was popularized by Spike Lee during a lecture denouncing this trope.

Whoopi Epiphany Speech

"Now that black girl knows something you don't!"

Profoundly wise, life affirming short speech given by the poor, oppressed minority, uneducated, or mentally challenged character to the more-educated protagonist. Thus, perhaps, clearly distinguishing between the "Intelligence" and "Wisdom" attributes in Dungeons & Dragons.

Named after actress Whoopi Goldberg, whose character Celie in The Color Purple is an uneducated, viciously oppressed farmgirl who famously stands up for herself with such a speech. Her later character Guinan from Star Trek: The Next Generation, a wise, mysterious and Really 700 Years Old alienbartender, may have helped cement the trope name, though Guinan's life affirming speeches tend to be more erudite.

Subversions usually take the form of some person interrupting a fight with a comment on why they shouldn't be fighting. Instead of stopping as expected, the rioters just continue fighting.

Frequently utilized by the Magical Negro. See also Waif Prophet, Book Dumb, Simpleminded Wisdom, Wisdom from the Gutter. Note that just because the character is black, and is giving a speech, doesn't make it a Whoopi Epiphany Speech—if the character is powerful, intelligent, and respected, they don't fit this trope.