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For many pressing reasons, ([[ | For many pressing reasons, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Nightshade (audio story)|Nightshade]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') the Doctor took [[The Doctor's TARDIS|a TARDIS]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') and '''fled his home planet''' with his granddaughter, [[Susan Foreman]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') | ||
While some accounts suggested the Doctor and Susan were [[human]]s, with [[Planet (An Unearthly Child)|the planet]] they escaped from existing in the [[49th century]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'', ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'', | While some accounts suggested the Doctor and Susan were [[human]]s, with [[Planet (An Unearthly Child)|the planet]] they escaped from existing in the [[49th century]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'', ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'', etc.) the most commonly accepted version of the Doctor and Susan's escape was that their [[homeworld]] was [[Gallifrey]] and that they flew off in a stolen [[Type 40]] [[TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'', etc.) | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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Although the [[First Doctor]] initially told [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] that he and Susan were "[[exile]]s" from their home planet, ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') most accounts suggested that this was a figure of speech and they had left of their own accord, albeit possibly as a way of escaping from dangerous circumstances. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Disassembled (audio story)|Disassembled]]'', etc.) | Although the [[First Doctor]] initially told [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] that he and Susan were "[[exile]]s" from their home planet, ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') most accounts suggested that this was a figure of speech and they had left of their own accord, albeit possibly as a way of escaping from dangerous circumstances. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Disassembled (audio story)|Disassembled]]'', etc.) | ||
[[Boy (Unnatural History)|A boy]] from [[Faction Paradox]] | [[Boy (Unnatural History)|A boy]] from [[Faction Paradox]] pondered that the Doctor may have [[Original palimpsest universe|started out]] as a [[49th century]] [[human]], who had to leave their home planet to escape from [[the Enemy]]. The Enemy would have subsequently kept rewriting their past until they remembered having been a [[Time Lord]] from [[Gallifrey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') | ||
[[The Doctor]]'s most common explanation as to why they left [[Gallifrey]] was that "[he] was bored". ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') However, a confession to [[the Veil]] suggests this was a lie, or at least not the whole truth, ([[TV]]: ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'') with [[Davros]] once confronting the [[Twelfth Doctor]] about how "no one [ran] the way [the Doctor] [had] [ran] for so small a reason". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') Indeed, the [[First Doctor]] did admit to a [[glass avatar]] of [[Bill Potts]] that there were "many pressing reasons" for his departure from Gallifrey, ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') something that the [[Fourth Doctor]] would later alluded to when describing his theft of the TARDIS to [[Adric]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') | [[The Doctor]]'s most common explanation as to why they left [[Gallifrey]] was that "[he] was bored". ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') However, a confession to [[the Veil]] suggests this was a lie, or at least not the whole truth, ([[TV]]: ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'') with [[Davros]] once confronting the [[Twelfth Doctor]] about how "no one [ran] the way [the Doctor] [had] [ran] for so small a reason". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') Indeed, the [[First Doctor]] did admit to a [[glass avatar]] of [[Bill Potts]] that there were "many pressing reasons" for his departure from Gallifrey, ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') something that the [[Fourth Doctor]] would later alluded to when describing his theft of the TARDIS to [[Adric]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') | ||
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According to {{Pratt}}, the Doctor left Gallifrey on a whim because [[The Doctor's TARDIS|an unlocked TARDIS]] was nearby, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]'') while [[Clara Oswald]] told [[Robin Hood]] that the Doctor "was moved to steal a TARDIS [and] fly among the stars, fighting the good fight" because he "[found] the plight of the oppressed and weak too much to bear", something the [[Twelfth Doctor]] did not dispute. ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot of Sherwood (TV story)|Robot of Sherwood]]'') The Doctor grew a bond with that TARDIS, describing it as "the most beautiful thing [he] ever saw" upon first entering it, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'') after stealing it from a [[TARDIS repair shop]] at the [[Boulevard of Grand Milieu]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir (short story)|Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir]]'') When confronted with [[TARDIS (Prisoners of Fate)|his first TARDIS]], the [[Fifth Doctor]] would claim he had no time to pick and choose, and had needed to find the first TARDIS he could "lay his hands on". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Prisoners of Fate (audio story)|Prisoners of Fate]]'') | According to {{Pratt}}, the Doctor left Gallifrey on a whim because [[The Doctor's TARDIS|an unlocked TARDIS]] was nearby, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]'') while [[Clara Oswald]] told [[Robin Hood]] that the Doctor "was moved to steal a TARDIS [and] fly among the stars, fighting the good fight" because he "[found] the plight of the oppressed and weak too much to bear", something the [[Twelfth Doctor]] did not dispute. ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot of Sherwood (TV story)|Robot of Sherwood]]'') The Doctor grew a bond with that TARDIS, describing it as "the most beautiful thing [he] ever saw" upon first entering it, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'') after stealing it from a [[TARDIS repair shop]] at the [[Boulevard of Grand Milieu]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir (short story)|Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir]]'') When confronted with [[TARDIS (Prisoners of Fate)|his first TARDIS]], the [[Fifth Doctor]] would claim he had no time to pick and choose, and had needed to find the first TARDIS he could "lay his hands on". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Prisoners of Fate (audio story)|Prisoners of Fate]]'') | ||
The Doctor also took the [[Hand of Omega]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') some [[validium]], and Gallifrey's moon when he left | The Doctor also took the [[Hand of Omega]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') some [[validium]], and Gallifrey's moon when he left. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'') However, the [[Twelfth Doctor]] later stated he had simply "lost" the moon. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') The Doctor also brought Susan with him, either as an accidental passenger ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Here There Be Monsters (audio story)|Here There Be Monsters]]'') or on purpose, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'') having decided it was best to do so to prevent her from being brainwashed and regimented in the thought patterns of the Time Lords. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]'') According to rumors spread after his escape, the Doctor stole the wife of the [[President of the High Council]] while leaving. Saying that idea was a lie spread by the [[Shobogan]]s, the Twelfth Doctor instead revealed he had taken the President's daughter with him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') According to ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords]]'', this was none other than Susan. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'') | ||
Susan once stated that the Doctor had never explained to her why they needed to leave, simply that they had needed to flee. Still, she reflected that she was no longer comfortable with calling Gallifrey her home at this point. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'') | Susan once stated that the Doctor had never explained to her why they needed to leave, simply that they had needed to flee. Still, she reflected that she was no longer comfortable with calling Gallifrey her home at this point. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'') | ||
The Doctor also took [[The Doctor's signet ring|his]] [[signet ring]] with him, using it to breach the "laws and barriers" to enable his escape. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Three Paths (short story)|The Three Paths]]'') | |||
According to at least one account, the Doctor, after so much travel, may have already forgotten their original purpose in setting out on their journey as early as in their [[First Doctor|first incarnation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who is Dr Who? (short story)|Who is Dr Who?]]'') | According to at least one account, the Doctor, after so much travel, may have already forgotten their original purpose in setting out on their journey as early as in their [[First Doctor|first incarnation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who is Dr Who? (short story)|Who is Dr Who?]]'') | ||
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One account showed the Doctor, already with Susan and already wearing Victorian era clothing, ready to steal [[TARDIS (The Name of the Doctor)|a faulty TARDIS]] in a [[repair shop]] on Gallifrey. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'') The Doctor had brought the flying trunk containing the Hand of Omega with him and Susan had brought basic luggage from her house. Armed guards chased the fugitive Doctor and Susan into the repair shop, where the only place for them to hide was a line of TARDISes. Susan walked into [[TARDIS (The Name of the Doctor)|one TARDIS]], but the Doctor didn't follow her inside, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'') as he was being advised by a version of [[Clara Oswald]] to steal [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the Type 40 with the faulty navigation system]] instead of the one Susan had walked inside, as it would be much more fun. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'') The Doctor speculated that the TARDIS was deregistered, and that was how it slipped through Gallifrey's [[transduction barrier]] and how they evaded the Time Lords. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'') | One account showed the Doctor, already with Susan and already wearing Victorian era clothing, ready to steal [[TARDIS (The Name of the Doctor)|a faulty TARDIS]] in a [[repair shop]] on Gallifrey. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'') The Doctor had brought the flying trunk containing the Hand of Omega with him and Susan had brought basic luggage from her house. Armed guards chased the fugitive Doctor and Susan into the repair shop, where the only place for them to hide was a line of TARDISes. Susan walked into [[TARDIS (The Name of the Doctor)|one TARDIS]], but the Doctor didn't follow her inside, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'') as he was being advised by a version of [[Clara Oswald]] to steal [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the Type 40 with the faulty navigation system]] instead of the one Susan had walked inside, as it would be much more fun. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'') The Doctor speculated that the TARDIS was deregistered, and that was how it slipped through Gallifrey's [[transduction barrier]] and how they evaded the Time Lords. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'') | ||
One account showed the Doctor enter the TARDIS by himself and, after admiring the interior, found that the ship had no owner. He then took the TARDIS from Gallifrey to explore the universe. ([[ | One account showed the Doctor enter the TARDIS by himself and, after admiring the interior, found that the ship had no owner. He then took the TARDIS from Gallifrey to explore the universe. ([[POEM]]: ''[[Something Borrowed, Something Blue (poem)|Something Borrowed, Something Blue]]'') | ||
The ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'' suggested that the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]] had coerced the Doctor into taking the Hand of Omega with him when he left Gallifrey. The Doctor placed the Hand on [[Earth]] in the [[20th century]], aware that the [[Dalek]]s would one day come to steal it in the hope of harnessing its great power. Accordingly, he pre-programmed the Hand to act against Dalek interests. Ultimately, the Doctor's scheme was delayed when he unexpectedly left the planet Earth, and a [[memory bomb]] concealed in his [[TARDIS control console]] wiped his mind of knowledge of both the Daleks and the Hand of Omega as insurance against his plan being discovered. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual ( | The ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'' suggested that the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]] had coerced the Doctor into taking the Hand of Omega with him when he left Gallifrey. The Doctor placed the Hand on [[Earth]] in the [[20th century]], aware that the [[Dalek]]s would one day come to steal it in the hope of harnessing its great power. Accordingly, he pre-programmed the Hand to act against Dalek interests. Ultimately, the Doctor's scheme was delayed when he unexpectedly left the planet Earth, and a [[memory bomb]] concealed in his [[TARDIS control console]] wiped his mind of knowledge of both the Daleks and the Hand of Omega as insurance against his plan being discovered. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'') As a result, the Doctor was unfamiliar with the Daleks until he [[Thal-Dalek battle|encountered]] them on [[Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'') | ||
The Doctor's memory of the plan itself would not resurface until his [[seventh incarnation]], who would return to Earth to [[Shoreditch Incident|execute it]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual ( | The Doctor's memory of the plan itself would not resurface until his [[seventh incarnation]], who would return to Earth to [[Shoreditch Incident|execute it]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'') Other accounts held that the Doctor truthfully was completely unaware of the Daleks until meeting them on Skaro, ([[TV]]: ''[[Into the Dalek (TV story)|Into the Dalek]]'', et. al) meaning he would have had to hide the Hand for other reasons. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', et. al) [[The Master]] and [[First Rani|the Rani]] also said the Celestial Intervention Agency had no idea who the Doctor was. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir (short story)|Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir]]'') Nonetheless, by his seventh incarnation, the Doctor indeed had realised the Daleks would seek the Hand. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', et. al) | ||
=== First flight === | === First flight === | ||
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According to one account, the first flight of the TARDIS involved the Doctor pulling a lever which turned the TARDIS into a time-travelling machine. During early flights, he would have test instruments connected to the ship to calibrate the controls. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Timeslip (comic story)|Timeslip]]'') | According to one account, the first flight of the TARDIS involved the Doctor pulling a lever which turned the TARDIS into a time-travelling machine. During early flights, he would have test instruments connected to the ship to calibrate the controls. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Timeslip (comic story)|Timeslip]]'') | ||
According to another account, immediately after leaving Gallifrey, the Doctor rested in the TARDIS console room, while Susan explored their new home. She found a full-length mirror and saw a pale-skinned fanged figure | According to another account, immediately after leaving Gallifrey, the Doctor rested in the TARDIS console room, while Susan explored their new home. She found a full-length mirror and saw a pale-skinned fanged figure that vanished after telling her that she was not "[[Ace|the one]]". The Doctor theorised that, since they were now travelling through time, Susan had encountered a brief echo of either the future or the past. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Exiles (short story)|The Exiles]]'') | ||
According to a third account, Susan collapsed in the TARDIS shortly after the engines were stabilised. The Doctor tended to Susan as she slept, and used his jacket as a makeshift pillow for her before she reawakened. Susan then explored the TARDIS as the Doctor tended to the ship's controls. She tripped over a rigger's work case and brought it back to the Doctor when the TARDIS had run out of power. Inside the work case, the Doctor found an [[artron cell]] and attached it to the drive system to power an emergency landing. After finding a nearby world, the TARDIS appeared to take over and brought them to [[the Moon]] of [[Earth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'') | According to a third account, Susan collapsed in the TARDIS shortly after the engines were stabilised. The Doctor tended to Susan as she slept, and used his jacket as a makeshift pillow for her before she reawakened. Susan then explored the TARDIS as the Doctor tended to the ship's controls. She tripped over a rigger's work case and brought it back to the Doctor when the TARDIS had run out of power. Inside the work case, the Doctor found an [[artron cell]] and attached it to the drive system to power an emergency landing. After finding a nearby world, the TARDIS appeared to take over and brought them to [[the Moon]] of [[Earth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'') | ||
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==== The Earth's Moon ==== | ==== The Earth's Moon ==== | ||
In a different account, the Doctor and Susan's first destination was a [[vivarium]] beneath the surface of the Moon. Before walking outside, they were confronted by Quadrigger [[Stoyn]], who had become an unwitting passenger and had part of his face burned when the TARDIS took off. Stoyn's job was to take apart the TARDIS' engines before it was sent to be vaporised, but the TARDIS had run out of power, stranding them. The Doctor took the [[dematerialisation circuit]] so Stoyn wouldn't leave them behind and they explored the strange location. The Doctor, Susan and Stoyn realised they were in a massive cavern filled with vivariums carefully-preserved specimens. The [[Archaeon]]s had been seeding primitive planets such as the [[Earth]] with life by firing red lightning from the Moon, creating an established order out of the chaos and nurturing the early life forms under controlled conditions. | In a different account, the Doctor and Susan's first destination was a [[vivarium]] beneath the surface of the Moon. Before walking outside, they were confronted by Quadrigger [[Stoyn]], who had become an unwitting passenger and had part of his face burned when the TARDIS took off. Stoyn's job was to take apart the TARDIS's engines before it was sent to be vaporised, but the TARDIS had run out of power, stranding them. The Doctor took the [[dematerialisation circuit]] so Stoyn wouldn't leave them behind and they explored the strange location. The Doctor, Susan and Stoyn realised they were in a massive cavern filled with vivariums carefully-preserved specimens. The [[Archaeon]]s had been seeding primitive planets such as the [[Earth]] with life by firing red lightning from the Moon, creating an established order out of the chaos and nurturing the early life forms under controlled conditions. | ||
While checking to see if the TARDIS was a threat, the Archaeons began taking it apart. They took the TARDIS' [[temporal stasis capacitor]] while it was still attached to the power source. This caused the [[stasis field]] to breach, freezing the Doctor, Susan, Stoyn and the Archaeons in time, allowing the TARDIS to recharge itself. 450 million years later, [[human]]s had evolved on the Earth until they established a lunar colony, [[Giant Leap Base]]. A group of humans from Giant Leap Base broke the stasis field, taking the Doctor and Susan on board their [[Small Step Four|lunar rover]], where they came to. According to this account, the Doctor and Susan learnt about the Earth's history through a "[[first contact]] induction video" Susan had been provided while on board the rover. | While checking to see if the TARDIS was a threat, the Archaeons began taking it apart. They took the TARDIS's [[temporal stasis capacitor]] while it was still attached to the power source. This caused the [[stasis field]] to breach, freezing the Doctor, Susan, Stoyn and the Archaeons in time, allowing the TARDIS to recharge itself. 450 million years later, [[human]]s had evolved on the Earth until they established a lunar colony, [[Giant Leap Base]]. A group of humans from Giant Leap Base broke the stasis field, taking the Doctor and Susan on board their [[Small Step Four|lunar rover]], where they came to. According to this account, the Doctor and Susan learnt about the Earth's history through a "[[first contact]] induction video" Susan had been provided while on board the rover. | ||
With the dematerialisation circuit still in the Doctor's possession, the Archaeons had sent [[nematode]]s, which didn't affect the Time Lords, to kill all of the humans on the rover. When the Archaeons found the life they had "seeded" had become disorderly and "run rampant", no longer matching their carefully-planned vision, they "purged" the humans on the lunar base and on the Earth with [[lightning]]. The Doctor, who was blamed for the disruption of the Archaeons' experiments, was brought back to the cavern. Meanwhile, the humans retaliated against the Archaeons with [[missile]]s. After the Doctor went inside the TARDIS, evading the distracted Archaeons, Stoyn tried taking Susan with him, but she refused and ran inside the TARDIS. With the dematerialisation circuit in place, the Doctor and Susan left without Stoyn, as the Doctor felt that he was just as willing to abandon them. Another barrage of missiles breached the [[atmosphere]] of the Archaeons' cavern, destroying their weaponry; the Archaeons were pulled outside, though Susan saw Stoyn struggle to reach the rover. Afterwards, the Doctor continuously watched the video about the Earth's history and evolution inside the TARDIS, marvelling at the planet's abundance. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'') | With the dematerialisation circuit still in the Doctor's possession, the Archaeons had sent [[nematode]]s, which didn't affect the Time Lords, to kill all of the humans on the rover. When the Archaeons found the life they had "seeded" had become disorderly and "run rampant", no longer matching their carefully-planned vision, they "purged" the humans on the lunar base and on the Earth with [[lightning]]. The Doctor, who was blamed for the disruption of the Archaeons' experiments, was brought back to the cavern. Meanwhile, the humans retaliated against the Archaeons with [[missile]]s. After the Doctor went inside the TARDIS, evading the distracted Archaeons, Stoyn tried taking Susan with him, but she refused and ran inside the TARDIS. With the dematerialisation circuit in place, the Doctor and Susan left without Stoyn, as the Doctor felt that he was just as willing to abandon them. Another barrage of missiles breached the [[atmosphere]] of the Archaeons' cavern, destroying their weaponry; the Archaeons were pulled outside, though Susan saw Stoyn struggle to reach the rover. Afterwards, the Doctor continuously watched the video about the Earth's history and evolution inside the TARDIS, marvelling at the planet's abundance. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'') | ||
==== Other accounts ==== | |||
The [[Seventh Doctor]] once told [[Ace]] that he had first visited Earth [[25 (number)|twenty-five]] years prior to [[1988]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Untitled (1988 TV story)|Untitled]]'') | |||
== Aftermath on Gallifrey == | == Aftermath on Gallifrey == | ||
Angry, [[TARDIS (Prisoners of Fate)|the Doctor's original TARDIS]] hired a [[Celestial Intervention Agency]] agent named [[Maris]] to locate the Doctor. Meanwhile, [[the Master]] and [[First Rani|the Rani]] learned of the Doctor's escape and became desperate to figure out where he had gone. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir (short story)|Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir]]'') | Angry, [[TARDIS (Prisoners of Fate)|the Doctor's original TARDIS]] hired a [[Celestial Intervention Agency]] agent named [[Maris]] to locate the Doctor. Meanwhile, [[the Master]] and [[First Rani|the Rani]] learned of the Doctor's escape and became desperate to figure out where he had gone. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir (short story)|Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir]]'') | ||
In one account of the [[Second Doctor]]'s [[The Doctor's trial (The War Games)|trial]], the [[First Time Lord (The War Games)|President of the Court]] told the Doctor that his prolonged and temporal interference drew attention to the very existence of the Time Lords and that the safety of their race had lain in [[silence]] and [[secrecy]] for many [[year]]s. He went to surmise that offences of this nature were [[Death sentence|capital crimes]], in comparison to which his theft of the TARDIS was a relatively minor offence, before reluctantly sentencing him to death. The charges were commuted to a period of exile after the Doctor struck a deal with [[Sardon]] and agreed to work for the [[Celestial Intervention Agency|CIA]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'') | |||
== Legacy == | |||
[[Human]] [[historian]]s who studied the [[Dalek]]s in the [[post-Time War universe]] understood that the Doctor had stole a TARDIS, lost [[Gallifrey's moon|the moon]] and [[Thal-Dalek battle|travelled]] to [[Skaro]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'') | |||
After being embroiled in the [[Game of Rassilon (The Five Doctors)|Game of Rassilon]] with his previous [[incarnation]]s, the [[Fifth Doctor]] found himself appointed as [[Lord President]] by [[Chancellor]] [[Flavia]] following the disqualification of Lord President [[Borusa (The Five Doctors)|Borusa]]. However, the Doctor chose instead chose to leave Gallifrey once more, acknowledging that the Time Lords would be furious. When [[Tegan Jovanka]] observed that he was deliberately choosing to go on the one from his own people in a "rackety old TARDIS", the Doctor reflected "Why not? After all, that's how it all started." ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Five Doctors (TV story)}}) | |||
Following the [[Time War]], the [[Twelfth Doctor]], having [[Coup against Rassilon|banished]] [[Rassilon (Hell Bent)|Rassilon]] in retaliation for his aggressive pursuit of [[the Hybrid]] of [[legend]], which resulted in the [[death]] of [[Clara Oswald]], was addressed as Lord President by the [[Eleventh General]], only to nearly unravel the [[Web of Time]] by [[extraction|extracting]] Clara. A [[Boy (Heaven Sent)|Time Lord author]] later reflected that the Doctor then "stole [[The Doctor's TARDIS|a faulty time-travel capsule]], fled Gallifrey, and started careering around the cosmos, righting wrongs, defeating [[monster]]s, and [[abduction|abducting]] [[human]]s." ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|Hell Bent (TV story)}}) | |||
When the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] concluded telling the [[bedtime story]] ''[[The Way Back Home]]'' on [[Planet Bedtime Stories]], he began to tell a story about "[[The Doctor|someone]] who went to space and [[The Doctor (title)|started to help people]]", but cut himself off when he realised he didn't have enough [[time]] to tell it, but promised to save it for another bedtime story. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story (TV story)|timestamp=00:04:08}}) | |||
== Other realities == | |||
In [[Parallel universe (Exile)|one universe]], [[Time Lord 2 (Exile)|an unknown Time Lord]], whom [[Previous Doctor (Exile)|the Doctor]] attended the Academy with, was annoyed when the Doctor stole [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Exile)|a TARDIS]] and escaped [[Gallifrey (Exile)|Gallifrey]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Exile (audio story)|Exile]]'') | |||
In [[the Daft Dimension]], [[the Doctor (The Daft Dimension)|the Doctor]] similarly ran away from [[Gallifrey (The Daft Dimension)|Gallifrey]] in a hurry. Centuries later, a [[Twelfth Doctor (The Daft Dimension)|later incarnation of the Doctor]] would pause mid-adventure, suddenly wondering if he'd remembered to cancel his milk subscription before leaving. ([[COMIC]]: [[The Daft Dimension (DWM 484 comic story)|''The Daft Dimension'' 484]]) | |||
=== Palimpsest universes === | |||
A [[Faction Paradox]] [[Boy (Unnatural History)|boy]] suggested that the very [[Original palimpsest universe|first palimpsest history]] had been one where [[the Doctor]] was a [[human]] from [[Planet (An Unearthly Child)|a planet]] in the [[49th century]], fleeing from an Enemy who'd overrun his home. The boy suggested that [[the Enemy]] had overwritten this history when the Doctor wasn't looking, creating new universes where he'd always been a [[Time Lord]], and eventually ones where he'd always been [[The Doctor's species|half human]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
Circa 1963, [[Sydney Newman]] and [[CE Webber]] wrote a format document for the series, including various potential story ideas. These included the question: "Was Cinderella's Godmother Dr. Who's wife chasing him through time?"<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190509061059/http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/doctorwho/6403.shtml?page=4</ref> | |||
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In the short story [[NOTVALID]]: ''[[TARDIS Stolen! (short story)|TARDIS Stolen!]]'', the ''[[Gallifrey Gazette]]'' investigated the circumstances of the Doctor's theft of [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and flight from Gallifrey. | In the short story [[NOTVALID]]: ''[[TARDIS Stolen! (short story)|TARDIS Stolen!]]'', the ''[[Gallifrey Gazette]]'' investigated the circumstances of the Doctor's theft of [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and flight from Gallifrey. | ||
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