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|name       = The General
|image       = Twelfth General.jpg
|image      = The General TDotD.jpg
|aliases     =  
|image2     = Female General.jpg
|job         = General
|affiliation = War Council
|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 = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]''}}
|clip         = The General's Regeneration - Hell Bent - Doctor Who - BBC
|actor       = Ken Bones
}}{{Kenossiums}}
|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.
|clip       = The General's Regeneration - Hell Bent - Doctor Who - BBC
}}{{you may|The General (Times Squared)|n1=the mysterious leader of the Vault}}
'''The General''' was the [[Time Lord]] military commander during and after the [[Last Great Time War]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
=== Early days ===
The General was born female and remained so in her first ten incarnations. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')


=== Eleventh incarnation ===
=== Post-regeneration ===
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{{Main|Eleventh General's regeneration}}
The General's eleventh incarnation appeared as a middle-aged light-skinned male with no hair. He described himself as the Time Lords' military commander. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')


The General led the [[War Council]] and its efforts to defend [[Gallifrey]] from the [[Dalek]] onslaught in the final days of the [[Last Great Time War]]. 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 the Doctor had taken [[the Moment]], and intended to use it.
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.


He was later contacted, much to his displeasure, by three incarnations of the Doctor, the War Doctor, the [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth]] and [[Eleventh Doctor]]. They 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 stated that the calculations would take centuries. The Doctors informed him that they have recruited all their incarnations to help and that while the Time Lords would be lost, they'd at least have hope which they didn't have at that point. The Doctors also told the General that the alternative was burning and no one wanted that. As the General continued to hesitate, the [[Dalek Fleet|Dalek fleet]] realised something was wrong and increased their firepower. Realising he was out of options, the General ordered the Doctor to "just do it." The thirteen Doctors then succeeded in freezing Gallifrey and shifting it to a pocket universe, causing the Dalek fleet to destroy themselves while the Time Lords were saved. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
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)}})


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, Rassilon assumed the General had summoned them. However, the Doctor told Rassilon he'd called the ships not the General and the ships chose to provide the Doctor with backup. As Rassilon prepared to kill the Doctor with his gauntlet, the General stopped him, telling Rassilon "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 star system" 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.
=== 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.


The General insisted that any attempt to prevent Clara's death as an established historical event would have grave consequences for the timeline. Attempting to prevent the Doctor from escaping with Clara, the General was threatened by the Doctor who stole his gun. Unperturbed, the Doctor asked what regeneration the General he was on, with the General responding he was on his tenth regeneration (and therefore his eleventh incarnation), before shooting the General and causing his [[regeneration]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')
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]]'')


=== Twelfth incarnation ===
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]]'')
The 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 and seemed to respect the human's opinion. 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 (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')


After the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|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. The Lord President 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. The General 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]]'')
== Alternate timeline ==
[[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]]'')


== Personality ==
== Personality ==
=== Eleventh incarnation ===
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)}})
During the [[Last Great Time War]], the General was devoted to defeating the [[Dalek]]s and saving his species. He was shown to be a greatly respected military leader who didn't seem impressed with [[Rassilon]] and the [[High Council]]'s [[Ultimate Sanction|plans]] to save their species. He was also shown to not think highly of [[War Doctor|the Doctor]], calling him "the mad fool" and saying that three Doctors arriving was "all my worst nightmares at once" and that twelve of them turning up was even worse. He was also stunned by the idea that Gallifrey and the Time Lords' only option was to be frozen in a [[pocket universe]] and was knowledgeable about the fact that it would take a very long time to make such calculations. However, he is shown to be able to make quick decisions when the need arises as seen when the [[Dalek Fleet|Dalek fleet]] increased their firepower on Gallifrey and he ordered the Doctor to "just do it" rather than continuing to hesitate over his decision. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')  


Following the end of the Last Great Time War, the General gained a great respect for the [[Twelfth Doctor]]. When Rassilon questioned who the Doctor thought he was ignoring the military, the General called his [[War Doctor|war incarnation]] "the man who won the Time War" with a respectful tone. When Rassilon ordered the Doctor's execution, the General protested, but chose not to disobey orders like his men. However, he also did nothing to stop his men as they sided with the Doctor. When the General defected to the Doctor's side, he ordered Rassilon off Gallifrey in a way that showed he was disgusted with the former Lord President. He did, however, question the Doctor's decision to banish Rassilon, as there may be nowhere for him to go and Rassilon was once a good man. He accepted the decision regardless though. When he realised the Doctor had manipulated the situation to save [[Clara Oswald]], the General showed no fear as he stood his ground against an armed Doctor, merely trying to talk some sense into him and get him to stand down. When the Doctor asked which [[regeneration]] the General was in, the General seemed to understand what he meant but again showed no fear. When the Doctor wished him good luck before shooting him, the General did the same, remaining magnanimous towards him to the end despite the fact that the Doctor was about to shoot him, possibly being understanding what the Doctor was trying to do despite the extreme measures he was using. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')
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]]'')


=== Twelfth incarnation ===
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As a woman, the General showed distaste for the egos of men and was at least 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 (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')
 
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== Behind the scenes ==
* 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.
* The General's regeneration in ''[[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. The very first gender-swapped regeneration was depicted in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Black Hole (audio story)|The Black Hole]]'', which was released two weeks before ''Hell Bent''.
* The General was dubbed in the German version of ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'' by voice actor [[Axel Lutter]].
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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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