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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
=== Penelope Gate === | |||
[[Lance Parkin]] intended for the human [[Penelope Gate]] and the Time Lord [[Ulysses]] to be the Doctor's parents. Penelope's description matches the description of the Doctor's mother in ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'', and, in the same story, Penelope and Ulysses are said to have a half-human son on [[Gallifrey]]. However, their son is never explicitly confirmed to be the Doctor. | |||
=== The Woman === | === The Woman === | ||
[[File:DW End of Time - The Woman.png|thumb|right|The Woman reveals her face to the [[Tenth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')]] | [[File:DW End of Time - The Woman.png|thumb|right|The Woman reveals her face to the [[Tenth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')]] | ||
[[Russell T Davies]] has stated (in a March 2009 email reprinted in [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter]]'', pages 622-623) that the [[The Woman (The End of Time)|unnamed woman]], implied to be a [[Time Lord]], in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' was meant to be the Doctor's mother. However, he has also said that whoever the woman is can be up to judgment, and she could be someone else. Additionally, the depiction of the Doctor's mother in ''[[The Comfort of the Good (comic story)|The Comfort of the Good]]'' bears a striking resemblance to the Woman in both physical appearance and Gallifreyan dress. | [[Russell T Davies]] has stated (in a March 2009 email reprinted in [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter]]'', pages 622-623) that the [[The Woman (The End of Time)|unnamed woman]], implied to be a [[Time Lord]], in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' was meant to be the Doctor's mother. However, he has also said that whoever the woman is can be up to judgment, and she could be someone else. Additionally, the depiction of the Doctor's mother in ''[[The Comfort of the Good (comic story)|The Comfort of the Good]]'' bears a striking resemblance to the Woman in both physical appearance and Gallifreyan dress. | ||
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Revision as of 17:12, 11 May 2017
According to some accounts, the Doctor remembered having a mother. The Eighth Doctor once claimed that he was half human on his mother's side. (TV: Doctor Who) Another account said the Doctor's mother was a Time Lord. (COMIC: The Comfort of the Good) The Eighth Doctor also said that he couldn't remember if he had a mother or if he was created out of a gene-splicing machine. (PROSE: The Shadows of Avalon, Bafflement and Devotion)
Biography
The Doctor said that his mother used to sing the Zagreus nursery rhyme to him. (AUDIO: Seasons of Fear) When the Doctor was just a "small child", the Doctor's mother sat by the side of his bed and told him the story of Grandfather Paradox. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles) The Eighth Doctor relived a memory from his first incarnation where his mother watched as his father held him up as a child to see the stars. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors)
Other universes
In one universe, when the Doctor was young, his mother and father went on a trek in the mountains with him. The Doctor's father and mother owned a summer house on the other side of Kasterborous. (PROSE: The Infinity Doctors)
In the Obverse, the Doctor's mother was a mermaid. (PROSE: The Blue Angel)
References
The First Doctor once had a hallucination of his mother stroking his hair and asking him to tell her about his adventures. He thought to himself that she was as beautiful as ever. (PROSE: A Big Hand for the Doctor)
The sentient quantum field of the planet Albert told the Eighth Doctor that there was a reality where he knew his mother's voice. (PROSE: Grimm Reality)
Talent Scout took on the appearance of the Doctor's mother from TARDIS' databanks. The Eleventh Doctor referred to her form as a "petty cruelty". (COMIC: The Comfort of the Good)
Appearance
The First Doctor remembered his mother having red hair. (PROSE: A Big Hand for the Doctor) The Eighth Doctor also remembered that his mother had long red hair, and a cut-glass voice; (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles) according to him, she resembled the third incarnation of Romana. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell) At some point in life the Doctor's mother had grey hair. (COMIC: The Comfort of the Good)
Behind the scenes
Penelope Gate
Lance Parkin intended for the human Penelope Gate and the Time Lord Ulysses to be the Doctor's parents. Penelope's description matches the description of the Doctor's mother in The Gallifrey Chronicles, and, in the same story, Penelope and Ulysses are said to have a half-human son on Gallifrey. However, their son is never explicitly confirmed to be the Doctor.
The Woman
Russell T Davies has stated (in a March 2009 email reprinted in REF: Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter, pages 622-623) that the unnamed woman, implied to be a Time Lord, in The End of Time was meant to be the Doctor's mother. However, he has also said that whoever the woman is can be up to judgment, and she could be someone else. Additionally, the depiction of the Doctor's mother in The Comfort of the Good bears a striking resemblance to the Woman in both physical appearance and Gallifreyan dress.
