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=== References === | === References === | ||
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Seasons 25 and 26 several included hints toward this new direction. Some were included in the broadcasts and some were not: | Seasons 25 and 26 several included hints toward this new direction. Some were included in the broadcasts and some were not: | ||
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Andrew Cartmel added further aspects of his ideas when he started writing comic strips for ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', beginning with his debut story, "[[Fellow Travellers]]" it which it is revealed that the Doctor has maintained contacts with humans on Earth for years and has purchased a house there. The more sophisticated and mature [[Virgin New Adventures]] line made the Doctor a more morally ambiguous, unreadable character who had extensive powers and an unknown history. Fans nicknamed the Doctor in his period as "the dark Doctor" or the "arch-manipulator". The novel ''[[Lungbarrow]]'', the final Seventh Doctor novel, written by [[Marc Platt]] revealed the Masterplan in detail. | Andrew Cartmel added further aspects of his ideas when he started writing comic strips for ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', beginning with his debut story, "[[Fellow Travellers]]" it which it is revealed that the Doctor has maintained contacts with humans on Earth for years and has purchased a house there. The more sophisticated and mature [[Virgin New Adventures]] line made the Doctor a more morally ambiguous, unreadable character who had extensive powers and an unknown history. Fans nicknamed the Doctor in his period as "the dark Doctor" or the "arch-manipulator". The novel ''[[Lungbarrow]]'', the final Seventh Doctor novel, written by [[Marc Platt]] revealed the Masterplan in detail. | ||
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* The TV Movie seemingly sums up the Masterplan, although not in the same way that ''Lungbarrow ''does. It features the Doctor saying that he is half-human, a statement that caused much controversy among fans. Cartmel said he in no way intended for that to be the summary of his Masterplan and preferred ''Lungbarrow'''s depiction to the TV movie's. | * The TV Movie seemingly sums up the Masterplan, although not in the same way that ''Lungbarrow ''does. It features the Doctor saying that he is half-human, a statement that caused much controversy among fans. Cartmel said he in no way intended for that to be the summary of his Masterplan and preferred ''Lungbarrow'''s depiction to the TV movie's. | ||
:''There is also much debate about how truthful the Doctor was, when making this statement.'' | :''There is also much debate about how truthful the Doctor was, when making this statement.'' | ||