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| '''The Division''' (or simply '''Division''') was a shadowy [[Renegade Time Lord|rogue]] [[Time Lord]] organisation from [[Gallifrey]] who believed they could "guide and shape events" across [[space]] and [[time]] as they saw fit, directly contravening the official policy of the Time Lords "strict [[non-interference policy|non-interference]]" and evaded them by existing "[[N-Space|outside one universe]] and on the cusp of [[multiverse|many more]]" ([[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]'')
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| By the [[Thirteenth Doctor]]'s time, with Gallifrey [[Restoration of the Cyber-Empire|gone]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') the only known surviving operative was [[Karvanista]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'') who had fought alongside the [[Fugitive Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]'') However, the Division was still very much active, ([[TV]]: ''[[Village of the Angels (TV story)|Village of the Angels]]'') and had begun a plan to destroy the universe in response to the Doctor learning about them. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]'')
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| == History ==
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| === Early history ===
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| Officially, the Division did not exist nor had operatives, and its history was mostly redacted from [[the Matrix]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') The Division began on [[Gallifrey]], but outgrew the [[Time Lord]]s after they swore a [[non-interference policy|policy of non-intervention]], and instead sought to control the universe, beginning with the [[Mutter's Spiral|local galaxy]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]'')
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| At some point in Division history, the Division was no longer [[The Division Gallifreyan outpost|based on Gallifrey]], and instead operated from a [[Division Control|Control ship]] beyond the boundary of [[N-Space|the Doctor's universe]], in the space between this universe and [[Universe Two|another]]. From here, they took the widest view on history, controlling other worlds from afar, as complete outsiders. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]'')
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| An early [[incarnation]] of [[the Doctor]], during their period as the [[Timeless Child]], was contacted, tested and recruited into the Division by [[Solpado]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') During her service to the Division, the [[Fugitive Doctor]] was sent alongside [[Karvanista]] and two other Division agents to capture [[Old Swarm|Swarm]] and [[Azure (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Azure]] after they seized the [[Temple of Atropos]]. This was the [[Siege of Atropos]], in which the Time Lords' structure for [[Time (planet)|Time]] was ultimately restored. ([[TV]]: ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]'')
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| In the aftermath, Swarm was successfully imprisoned. ([[TV]]: ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]'') He was kept on the [[Burnished Rage battleground]], with Division agents visiting once every thousand years to check he was secure. [[En Sentac]] was an agent who served on many of these tours. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')
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| The Fugitive Doctor at some point tried to escape from service to the Division, hiding out on [[Earth]] under a [[Chameleon Arch]] to avoid detection. Division agent [[Gat]] employed a troop of [[Judoon]] to capture her. They traced the Doctor to [[Gloucester]] in [[2020]], but the Doctor tricked Gat into shooting herself, and escaped in [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Fugitive of the Judoon)|her TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)|Fugitive of the Judoon]]'') With him having been abandoned by the Doctor, the Division placed a [[synaptic collider]] in Karvanista's brain that would kill him within 3 seconds if he revealed anything about his work for the Division. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Vanquishers (TV story)|The Vanquishers]]'')
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| === Rewriting the Doctor ===
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| [[File:Inscription Division Clock The Timeless Children.jpg|thumb|"For Services To The Division" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'')]]
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| Eventually, the Division thanked the Doctor for their service, then wiped their [[memory|memories]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') storing them in a [[biodata module]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]'') the same technology used with a [[Chameleon Arch]] to store a Time Lord's identity. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' / ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'', ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
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| To [[Tecteun]], later regarded as a leader, the Doctor was a subject for experimentation, much like the universe would become to her. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]'') All records within [[the Matrix]] were purged which might reveal the Doctor's original identity, although there was an [[Brendan (Ascension of the Cybermen)|allegorical account]], well-hidden. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'')
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| === Thirteenth Doctor's discoveries ===
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| The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] first encountered the Division when she became embroiled with the [[Judoon]] hired to find her [[Fugitive Doctor|fugitive incarnation]] in Gloucester. Witnessing her younger self, whom she had no memory of, escape from [[Gat]], the Doctor was left disturbed by the experience. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)|Fugitive of the Judoon]]'')
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| Digging deep into [[the Matrix]], {{Dhawan}} discovered the history of the Timeless Child including the Division. He found a fictional story of [[Brendan (Ascension of the Cybermen)|Brendan]] masking hidden data in the Matrix, with one of the clues to the truth was that the [[carriage clock]] he was given upon his retirement was dedicated for "services to the Division" instead of the Garda. He broadcast the story to the Thirteenth Doctor's mind, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') as she was battling [[Ashad]]'s [[Cybermen]]. After she reached [[the Boundary]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)|Ascension of the Cybermen]]'') the Master linked it to the ruins of Gallifrey and forced the Doctor to come with him. There he used the Matrix to show her true history, including her connection to the Division. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'')
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| Shortly after she learnt the truth, a [[Judoon Cold Case Unit|Judoon cold case unit]] transmatted inside the Thirteenth Doctor's [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] and imprisoned her inside a [[maximum security facility]] for her crimes against the Division, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') as well as 7000 other crimes, though she ultimately escaped with the aid of [[Jack Harkness]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Revolution of the Daleks]]'')
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| The Doctor sought out [[Karvanista]] for information on the organization, as he was the only surviving Division agent she could find. Karvanista refused to answer her questions and kept setting traps to get rid of her. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')
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| === End plan for the universe ===
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| Now led by [[Tecteun]], in her [[Awsok Tecteun|"Awsok" incarnation]], the Division learned of the Doctor's discoveries, and decided to abandon [[N-Space|this universe]] for the [[Universe Two|next one]], instigating a plan to destroy the universe which had been in the works for a long time, ([[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]'') finally releasing [[the Flux]], to destroy [[space]], and the [[Ravager (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Ravagers]], [[Swarm (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Swarm]] and [[Azure (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Azure]], to bring an end to structural [[time]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]'')
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| [[En Sentac]] served her final tour, checking Swarm was secure in his [[containment chamber]]. Swarm found his opportunity to breach the chamber and killed her, allowing him to [[regenerate]] into a [[New Swarm|new form]]. Swarm then freed his sister, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'') and they proceeded to overtake the [[Temple of Atropos]] once more, ([[TV]]: ''[[War of the Sontarans (TV story)|War of the Sontarans]]'') triggering the [[Great Disruption]]. At the heart of the [[time storm]], the Thirteenth Doctor relived the original siege within [[the Doctor's time stream|her time stream]], providing some answers to her questions. After she restored the [[Mouri]] and repaired time, Tecteun contacted the Doctor to warn her off further attempts to stop the inevitable end of the universe. ([[TV]]: ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]'')
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| By this point, the [[Time Force]] had been released already by the Ravagers, during the Great Disruption, and hardly any [[planet]]s remained, ([[TV]]: ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]'') with the ultimate end plan to leave [[Earth]] for last, the Doctor's favoured planet. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]'')
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| After [[Weeping Angel (Once, Upon Time)|one Weeping Angel]] went rogue with knowledge of the Division's entire history, an [[Extraction Squad]] of Angels was sent to retrieve it. The rogue Angel made a deal to hand over the Thirteenth Doctor to the Division instead. She was considered more valuable, and was recalled to Division by the Weeping Angels. ([[TV]]: ''[[Village of the Angels (TV story)|Village of the Angels]]'') On [[Division Control]], all the way out in [[the Void|the void]] between [[universe|dimensions]], Tecteun revealed herself to the Doctor, explained the Division's plans, and made sure to highlight that it was in fact [[The Doctor#Influence|the Doctor's influence on the universe]] which "forced" them to seek this option, as they could never account for her actions, nor her power to inspire others. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]'')
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| She tempted the Doctor with the [[biodata module]] containing her stolen memories, but the Doctor did not waver in her intentions, vowing to destroy the Division and save the universe. Their confrontation was interrupted by Swarm and Azure, who had infiltrated the base, creating a [[psycho-temporal bridge]] to finally reach them. Having been pawns in her game, the Ravagers killed Tecteun, out of [[revenge]] for their capture and imprisonment, thus leaving the Division in a power vacuum. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]'')
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| == Behind the scenes ==
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| * Though no link has been drawn in-story, the creation of a secret Gallifreyan organisation with authority to break the Time Lords' non-interference protocols, overseen by [[Tecteun|one of Gallifrey's Founders]], is strikingly similar to the depiction of the origins of the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]] under the helm of [[Rassilon]] in such stories as ''[[The Legacy of Gallifrey (short story)|The Legacy of Gallifrey]]''. In turn, the [[Fugitive Doctor]] acting as a reluctant Division agent in a forgotten era of the Doctor's life in ''[[Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)|Fugitive of the Judoon]]'' is similar to the [[Second Doctor]] reluctantly becoming a CIA agent in the "[[Season 6B]]" era. | |
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