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|adoptive mother = Tecteun
|image            = TimelessChild7.jpg
|first mention  = The Ghost Monument
|adoptive parent  = First Tecteun
|first          = Spyfall
|adoptive parent2 = Second Tecteun
|appearances    = [[TV]]: ''[[Can You Hear Me? (TV story)|Can You Hear Me?]]'', ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]''
|species          = Timeless Child's species
|clip             = The Doctor's Nightmare? Can You Hear Me? Doctor Who Series 12
|origin          = [[Timeless Child's realm]]
}}
|affiliation      = The Division
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|only            = The Timeless Children (TV story)
According to {{Dhawan}}, the [[Founders of Gallifrey|Founding Fathers]] of [[Gallifrey]] built [[Time Lord]] society on a lie regarding the '''Timeless Child'''. This was buried deep within all Time Lords, in the form of repressed [[thought]]s and [[memory|memories]]: hidden, but integral to their [[identity|identities]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'')
|actor            = Jesse Deyi
|clip             = The Timeless Child - REVEALED The Timeless Children Doctor Who Series 12
}}{{Timeless Children}}


While taunting the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] about her [[fear]]s, [[Remnant]]s on the planet [[Desolation]] looked "further back" into her past and referred to the Timeless Child.
{{Main|Timeless Child's regenerations}}


{{simplequote|We see what's hidden even from yourself, the outcast, abandoned and unknown.|[[Remnant]]s|The Ghost Monument (TV story)}}
The '''Seventh [[Timeless Child]]''' was the last incarnation experimented on by the [[First Tecteun]] before she managed to learn the secrets of [[regeneration]]. He was also the incarnation who was inducted into [[the Division]].
When they made the reference, the Doctor was confused and asked them what they were talking about, then angrily told the Remnants to "get out of [her] head". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ghost Monument (TV story)|The Ghost Monument]]'')


Once the Master learned the truth about the Timeless Child, he ravaged Gallifrey to "make them pay" for what he discovered. He told the Thirteenth Doctor that learning the truth had not been easy for him. When the Master first mentioned the Timeless Child mystery to the Doctor, she got a massive [[headache]] and a flashback to when the Remnants approached her, as well as a glimpse of a dark-skinned child wearing yellow robes and standing outside a tall building under a purple sky. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'')
Tecteun was eventually able to replicate the regenerative ability for herself and eventually spread it to the other Time Lords, though they limited their number of regenerations to [[Life cycle|twelve]]. In the process, the Timeless Child became the genetic template upon which all Time Lords gained their regenerative powers, in effect meaning that a piece of the child is in each Time Lord.


While aboard a [[Zellin's space platform|space platform]] in the [[far future]] owned by [[Zellin]], the Doctor, after having fallen unconscious due to Zellin's powers, dreamed about the vision of the Timeless Child while the Master's message to her echoed in her mind. In this scenario she was actively present in the vision. ([[TV]]: ''[[Can You Hear Me? (TV story)|Can You Hear Me?]]'')
Tecteun and the child were inducted into a clandestine organisation called the Division, led by a Time Lord called [[Solpado]], whose job it was to intervene in time when necessary. After being tested, the results came back saying they were the best the Division have ever seen. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'')


The Timeless Child was eventually revealed by the Master to be a child discovered on [[Planet (The Timeless Children)|another planet]] who had the power to [[regenerate]] infinitely. By bringing the child to [[Gallifrey]] and studying its power, the race that would become the [[Time Lord]]s gained the ability for themselves, though they limited it to twelve regenerations per Time Lord.  
== Appearance ==
The Seventh Timeless Child was a dark-skinned male with black hair styled into a short hi-top.


According to The Master, The Timeless Child was in fact [[the Doctor]], whose memories of their early history had been redacted. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') However, the accuracy of this is put into question by earlier canon, especially if the "Ruth" incarnation ([[TV]]: [[Fugitive of the Judoon|''Fugitive of the Judoon'']]) is considered to be a pre-[[First Doctor]] incarnation of the character. Her incarnation was shown to have the [[police box]] [[TARDIS]], which was presented to have occurred when the Chameleon Circuit broke when the First Doctor left [[London]] in [[1963]]. ([[TV]]: [[An Unearthly Child|''An Unearthly Child'']]) Moreover, we know that the TARDIS was not originally a police box, as we witnessed the actual theft when Clara entered the Doctor's timeline. ([[TV]]: [[The Name of the Doctor|''The Name of the Doctor'']])
Like his predecessor, he initially wore black leggings and a grey-blue robe with a white sash and a high collar while being tested and experimented with by the [[First Tecteun]]. However, after she cracked the secret to [[regeneration]], he changed this outfit for a cream dress with a high collar, and a scarlet gown with a high collar over it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'')  


Moreover, the Doctor was shown on-screen to have been granted a second regeneration cycle by the Time Lords. ([[TV]]: [[The Time of the Doctor|''The Time of the Doctor'']]) This would be unnecessary if the character had the ability to regenerate infinitely.
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These contradictions have left some fans to speculate that The Timeless Child may actually in fact be [[The Master]], due to the character's apparent ability to revive themself after seeming to be killed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', et al.) This theory goes on to speculate that he is in denial about this aspect of his past, and that this injustice against him is the real reason that he destroyed Gallifrey.
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Latest revision as of 16:07, 18 October 2024

Main article: Timeless Child's regenerations

The Seventh Timeless Child was the last incarnation experimented on by the First Tecteun before she managed to learn the secrets of regeneration. He was also the incarnation who was inducted into the Division.

Tecteun was eventually able to replicate the regenerative ability for herself and eventually spread it to the other Time Lords, though they limited their number of regenerations to twelve. In the process, the Timeless Child became the genetic template upon which all Time Lords gained their regenerative powers, in effect meaning that a piece of the child is in each Time Lord.

Tecteun and the child were inducted into a clandestine organisation called the Division, led by a Time Lord called Solpado, whose job it was to intervene in time when necessary. After being tested, the results came back saying they were the best the Division have ever seen. (TV: The Timeless Children)

Appearance[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Seventh Timeless Child was a dark-skinned male with black hair styled into a short hi-top.

Like his predecessor, he initially wore black leggings and a grey-blue robe with a white sash and a high collar while being tested and experimented with by the First Tecteun. However, after she cracked the secret to regeneration, he changed this outfit for a cream dress with a high collar, and a scarlet gown with a high collar over it. (TV: The Timeless Children)

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