Gallifrey Original: Difference between revisions

Due to the [[crypto-forming|construction]] of [[Nine Gallifreys|many duplicates of Gallifrey]] during [[Origins of the Last Great Time War#The War in Heaven|the War]], the nature and specific fate of the '''original Homeworld''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') termed '''Gallifrey Original''' by one account, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)|Doctor Who and the Time War]]'') was a matter of contention and speculation.

[[The War King's Homeworld]] was believed by ''[[The Book of the War]]'' to be the original, despite the fact it was not located [[Kasterborous|at the original coordinates]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Book of the War (novel)|namedpart=The Nine Homeworlds}},{{cite source|The Book of the War (novel)|namedpart=The War King}}) where [[Romana III's Gallifrey]] was. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'', ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'') However, ''The Book of the War'' did mention that the [[Great Houses|Houses]] possessed the [[physics|"vulgar"]] technology to move a Homeworld's [[real-time analogue]], and so the original Homeworld not being located at the original coordinates was suggested to be as a means of decieving [[the Enemy]], with it being speculated that [[Romana III (The Shadows of Avalon)|the War Queen herself]] may not be aware her world was a clone. ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Crimes Against History (short story)|var=second edition|namedpart=Modern Time: The Paradox Era}})

<!--Accounts treating Romana III's Gallifrey as the original-->However, some accounts treated [[Romana III's Gallifrey]] as the original, ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Ancestor Cell (novel)}}, {{cite source|Crimes Against History (short story)|var=second edition|namedpart=Modern Time: The Paradox Era}}) which was supported by the fact it was located in [[Kasterborous]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Ancestor Cell (novel)}}) the original location of [[Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: {{cite source|Pyramids of Mars (TV story)}})

 

According to one account, at [[Fall of Gallifrey|the end]] of the [[Last Great Time War]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] used [[the Moment]] to destroy "[[Gallifrey]] Original". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)|Doctor Who and the Time War]]'') Similarly, the Eighth Doctor's destruction of [[Romana III's Gallifrey]] was seen, by the account which chronicled it, as the destruction of the original Gallifrey. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'') Various other accounts failing to mention the [[Nine Gallifreys|existence of multiple Gallifreys]] also indicated it was destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eyeless (novel)|The Eyeless]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'', ''[[Sky Jacks (comic story)|Sky Jacks]]'')

 

According to one account, after the destruction of the original homeworld, [[Homunculette]] trained at [[Gallifrey XII]] at a time before attending [[Qixotl's auction]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'') Indeed, another account mentioned that "in the future", relative to the 50th year of the War, and after the original Homeworld fell, "the various surviving Homeworlds are in constant contact with each other". ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Crimes Against History (short story)|var=second edition|namepart=Tomorow's News: The Future}}

 

Later accounts indicated that [[Gallifrey]] survived the War, although they all called it the [[Last Great Time War]] rather than [[War in Heaven]], and lacked any indication of other Gallifreys which could possibly call into question the authenticity of the surviving one. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') The [[Twelfth Doctor]] would claim the survival of this Gallifrey was a result of him rewriting history to save it. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Big Bang Generation (novel)}}) A similar claim was documented in ''[[TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual]]''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual (reference book)|chaptnum=V|chaptname=The Desktop Theme|page=91}})

 

The first edition of ''[[Crimes Against History (short story)|Crimes Against History]]'' treated [[Romana III (The Shadows of Avalon)|the War Queen]]'s [[Romana III's Gallifrey|Homeworld]] as the original, while the second edition had her dropping out of the narrative to be replaced by [[the War King]], with a suggestion that she had gone on to become the President of one of the [[Nine Gallifreys]] as part of a ruse to construe one of the Cloneworlds as the original. Although this rumour can be taken at face value, a possible interpretation is that these rumours were spread by the War King himself to spread the belief that the Homeworld under his control was secretly the original despite the blatant fact of the original President — Romana — still ostensibly ruling the original Gallifrey at the original coordinates.