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|name=The General
|image       = Twelfth General.jpg
|image= The_General_TDotD.jpg
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|image2= Female General.jpg
|job         = General
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|species     = Time Lord
|job=General{{!}}Military commander
|origin       = [[Gallifrey]]
|species=Time Lord
|first       = Hell Bent (TV story)
|origin=[[Gallifrey]]
|appearances = [[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Clockwise War (comic story)|The Clockwise War]]''
|first=The Day of the Doctor (TV story)
|actor       = T'Nia Miller
|appearances=[[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]''
|clip        = The General's Regeneration - Hell Bent - Doctor Who - BBC
|actor=Ken Bones
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|other actor=T'Nia Miller
Following a regeneration which was result of a confrontation with the [[Twelfth Doctor]], the '''Twelfth General''' went "back to normal", being once again a woman.
}}'''The General''' was the [[Time Lord]] military commander.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
The first nine of the General's incarnations were female. After her tenth regeneration the General became male. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')


=== Tenth incarnation ===
=== Post-regeneration ===
This incarnation appeared as a middle aged white male with no hair.
{{Main|Eleventh General's regeneration}}


He led the [[War Council]] and its efforts to defend [[Gallifrey]] from the [[Dalek]] onslaught in the final days of the [[Last Great Time War]]. He had a testy relationship with the Doctor, thinking him a "mad fool".
When the [[Eleventh General]] tried to stop the [[Twelfth Doctor]] from removing [[Clara Oswald]] from the moment of her death with an [[extraction chamber]], the Doctor, after being assured the General would regenerate, shot him with [[Lord President's personal security sidearm|his own gun]], giving the Doctor time to flee with Clara.


In the aftermath of the [[Fall of Arcadia]], he was informed of the [[War Doctor]]'s appearance there. He was then alerted to a security breach in the [[Time Vaults]], discovering that the Doctor had taken [[the Moment]], the last weapon in the [[Omega Arsenal]] and that only he would dare use it.
The Twelfth General quickly recovered after [[regeneration|regenerating]], this time having the form of a dark-[[skin]]ned woman with a shaven head. She observed that she was "back to normal" and rhetorically asked how men continually dealt with "all that [[ego]]". With assistance from [[Ohila]], the General continued to pursue the Doctor into the [[Cloisters]]. She exchanged words with Clara, but, unfortunately for the General, Clara had been buying enough time for the Doctor to escape and steal [[Clara's TARDIS|another TARDIS]], and the pair fled from [[Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Hell Bent (TV story)}})


He was later contacted by three incarnations of the Doctor,  much to his displeasure, the War Doctor with the [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth]] and [[Eleventh Doctor]], who revealed to him their plan to save Gallifrey by freezing it before its destruction and shifting it to a [[pocket universe]]. The General was sceptical, shocked by the thought of being lost and forgotten in another universe and that the calculations would take centuries. The Doctors informed that they have recruited all their incarnations to help. With the [[Dalek Fleet|Dalek fleet]] closing in, he soon gave the order and "all thirteen" Doctors performed the process together. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
=== Fighting the Clockwise Men ===
[[File:12th Kenossium (TCW).jpg|thumb|left|Kenossium at the [[Tower of Silent Memory]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Clockwise War (comic story)|The Clockwise War]]'')]]
She was present when [[Bellator]] chose his final [[incarnation]]'s form and witnessed his death as he died in her arms when his regeneration went wrong. She was then informed by a Time Lord soldier that the same thing had happened to six other Time Lords the same day. Shortly after this, she was contacted by the Twelfth Doctor to help him in his attempts to solve the mystery of the Clockwise Men. Following his orders, she travelled to [[1882]] America and recruited [[Bass Reeves]] and [[Totika]]. They eventually travelled to [[2018]] [[London]] and acted as the Doctor's "cavalry", rescuing him from the hands of [[Alexander Truscott]] and the Clockwise Men, having been somewhat held up by the busy traffic of the city.


When the [[Twelfth Doctor]] returned to Gallifrey, the General discussed the event with [[Rassilon]] and the High Council. He told Rassilon that the Doctor had the respect of his men as he was the one who won the Time War and had served with many of them. When Rassilon ordered the firing squad to kill the Doctor, the General protested, but made no move to stop them. The squad purposefully missed and sided with the Doctor. When military ships arrived to provide the Doctor with backup, the General stopped Rassilon from killing the Doctor, telling him "Lord President, with respect, get off his planet." The General then dropped his gun and stood at the Doctor's side against Rassilon. Rassilon was exiled from Gallifrey and the General informed the Doctor that Gallifrey was at "the [[end of the universe]], give or take a few star systems" and as such, Rassilon may have nowhere to go. When the General continued to call Rassilon the President, the Doctor corrected him that he was the President now. The Doctor agreed to assist the [[High Council]] in learning the true identity of the Hybrid. To do this, he claimed that Clara Oswald had vital information and insisted she be extracted from the point of her death and brought to him on Gallifrey. The General facilitated this, but quickly discovered that the Doctor had merely lied in an extraordinary attempt to save Clara.
Joining the Doctor in entering the Dreamspace that [[Shayde]] had created around [[Fey Truscott-Sade]], she led the [[Obsidian Fleet]] to fight the Clockwise Men. Although this was against the Doctor's wishes, she stated that with the fate of her planet on the line, "we're not going down without a fight". When Fey's spell broke after realising [[Absence (The Clockwise War)|the Absence]] was never real and that the attacks were her doing, the General and her fleet was returned to normal space. After recognising Fey's efforts, she promised to return Reeves and Totika to their own time. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Clockwise War (comic story)|The Clockwise War]]'')


The General insisted that any attempt to prevent Clara’s death as an established historical event would have grave consequences for the timeline. Unperturbed, the Doctor shot the General after asking the incarnation he was in, causing his eleventh [[regeneration]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')
Many years after the [[Fall of Gallifrey]], the General was interviewed for ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords]]'', refusing to confirm to [[Boy (Heaven Sent)|the author]] whether or not the totality of the Doctor's first [[regeneration cycle]] had been present to save the planet. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'')


=== Eleventh incarnation ===
== Alternate timeline ==
The General quickly recovered after regenerating, returning to the form of a woman and partly relieved she was back to "normal", a bit perplexed at how men dealt with "all that ego" from her experience as a male. She appeared as a black woman with a shaven head. She continued to pursue the Doctor, but his escape through the Cloisters and theft of a TARDIS meant that he and Clara ultimately eluded her. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')
[[File:Supremacy Loom.jpg|thumb|{{Sumpter}} after placing the Twelfth General in a Loom. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'')]]
After the [[Cyberman|Cyberman]] invaded [[Gallifrey]], the General, planning to fight back against the invaders, rescued the [[Twelfth Doctor]] from {{Sumpter}} with her [[soldier]]s, teleporting him in the [[Tomb of Rassilon]]. When Rassilon found them, the Doctor opened the door to face him. Rassilon took them to the cyber-converted [[Eye of Harmony]], and put the General inside one of the [[loom]]s to power it, in order to store [[regeneration energy|regenerative energy]] to create a new universe. Kenossium was freed after the Doctor and Rassilon joined forces to regenerate the universe back to its former state. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Personality ==
In his first-seen incarnation, the General was played by [[Ken Bones]], who also provided the Time Lord "Voice" asking [[the Question]], "Doctor who?", in ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]''. Although not explicitly confirmed, it can be inferred that the voice asking the Question was that of the General. Indeed, the subtitles on the Blu-Ray and DVD identify the voice as that of the General.
As a woman, the General showed an annoyance with the [[ego]]s of men and was  partly relieved to be a woman again. While trying to stop the Doctor, she allowed [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] to say some final words to him before she was sent back to [[death|die]], showing some compassion and listened stoically as Clara called the [[Time Lord]]s monsters. However, she was shocked by the Doctor's escape with Clara's help and somewhat panicked by it. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Hell Bent (TV story)}})
 
She showed great respect for [[Bellator]], due to him being an old mentor of hers. Originally being optimistic, she turned to vicious anger after Bellator died. Although continuing to respect the Doctor by willingly helping him when necessary, she was not afraid to turn against his wishes when the fate of [[Gallifrey]] was on the line. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Clockwise War (comic story)|The Clockwise War]]'')
 
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The General's eleventh regeneration in [[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'' marked the first time a gender swapped regeneration was shown on television. [[Michelle Gomez]]'s {{Gomez}} was the first gender swapped Time Lord depicted on television, but her actual regeneration occurred off-screen.
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Latest revision as of 12:21, 2 April 2024

Following a regeneration which was result of a confrontation with the Twelfth Doctor, the Twelfth General went "back to normal", being once again a woman.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Post-regeneration[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Eleventh General's regeneration

When the Eleventh General tried to stop the Twelfth Doctor from removing Clara Oswald from the moment of her death with an extraction chamber, the Doctor, after being assured the General would regenerate, shot him with his own gun, giving the Doctor time to flee with Clara.

The Twelfth General quickly recovered after regenerating, this time having the form of a dark-skinned woman with a shaven head. She observed that she was "back to normal" and rhetorically asked how men continually dealt with "all that ego". With assistance from Ohila, the General continued to pursue the Doctor into the Cloisters. She exchanged words with Clara, but, unfortunately for the General, Clara had been buying enough time for the Doctor to escape and steal another TARDIS, and the pair fled from Gallifrey. (TV: Hell Bent [+]Loading...["Hell Bent (TV story)"])

Fighting the Clockwise Men[[edit] | [edit source]]

Kenossium at the Tower of Silent Memory. (COMIC: The Clockwise War)

She was present when Bellator chose his final incarnation's form and witnessed his death as he died in her arms when his regeneration went wrong. She was then informed by a Time Lord soldier that the same thing had happened to six other Time Lords the same day. Shortly after this, she was contacted by the Twelfth Doctor to help him in his attempts to solve the mystery of the Clockwise Men. Following his orders, she travelled to 1882 America and recruited Bass Reeves and Totika. They eventually travelled to 2018 London and acted as the Doctor's "cavalry", rescuing him from the hands of Alexander Truscott and the Clockwise Men, having been somewhat held up by the busy traffic of the city.

Joining the Doctor in entering the Dreamspace that Shayde had created around Fey Truscott-Sade, she led the Obsidian Fleet to fight the Clockwise Men. Although this was against the Doctor's wishes, she stated that with the fate of her planet on the line, "we're not going down without a fight". When Fey's spell broke after realising the Absence was never real and that the attacks were her doing, the General and her fleet was returned to normal space. After recognising Fey's efforts, she promised to return Reeves and Totika to their own time. (COMIC: The Clockwise War)

Many years after the Fall of Gallifrey, the General was interviewed for A Brief History of Time Lords, refusing to confirm to the author whether or not the totality of the Doctor's first regeneration cycle had been present to save the planet. (PROSE: A Brief History of Time Lords)

Alternate timeline[[edit] | [edit source]]

Rassilon after placing the Twelfth General in a Loom. (COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen)

After the Cyberman invaded Gallifrey, the General, planning to fight back against the invaders, rescued the Twelfth Doctor from Rassilon with her soldiers, teleporting him in the Tomb of Rassilon. When Rassilon found them, the Doctor opened the door to face him. Rassilon took them to the cyber-converted Eye of Harmony, and put the General inside one of the looms to power it, in order to store regenerative energy to create a new universe. Kenossium was freed after the Doctor and Rassilon joined forces to regenerate the universe back to its former state. (COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen)

Personality[[edit] | [edit source]]

As a woman, the General showed an annoyance with the egos of men and was partly relieved to be a woman again. While trying to stop the Doctor, she allowed Clara to say some final words to him before she was sent back to die, showing some compassion and listened stoically as Clara called the Time Lords monsters. However, she was shocked by the Doctor's escape with Clara's help and somewhat panicked by it. (TV: Hell Bent [+]Loading...["Hell Bent (TV story)"])

She showed great respect for Bellator, due to him being an old mentor of hers. Originally being optimistic, she turned to vicious anger after Bellator died. Although continuing to respect the Doctor by willingly helping him when necessary, she was not afraid to turn against his wishes when the fate of Gallifrey was on the line. (COMIC: The Clockwise War)

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