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|appearances = [[NA]]: ''[[The Room With No Doors]]''<br />[[EDA]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]''<br />[[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' (possibly)}}
|appearances = [[NA]]: ''[[The Room With No Doors]]''<br />[[EDA]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]''<br />[[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' (possibly)}}
'''Penelope Gate''' was a [[human]] female who created a [[time machine]]. She was also [[the Doctor]]'s mother.
'''Penelope Gate''' was the [[human]] creator of a [[time machine]]. She was also te mother of [[the Doctor]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
The first time she successfully used her time machine, she used a lightning strike to charge it up. She travelled to [[1996]] where she obtained a mutated [[Tzun]] battery. She used that to power her machine. Penelope met the [[Seventh Doctor]], who took her back to her own time of [[1883]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Room With No Doors]]'')
The first time she successfully used her time machine, she used a lightning strike to charge it up. She travelled to [[1996]] where she obtained a mutated [[Tzun]] battery. She used that to power her machine. Penelope met the [[Seventh Doctor]], who took her back to her own time of [[1883]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Room With No Doors]]'')


Later in her life she met [[Ulysses]], whom she married. She moved to [[Gallifrey]]. Unbeknownst to the [[High Council]], they had a son - ironically, the very same Doctor who had interfered in her time-travelling career before.
Later in her life she would meet the [[Time Lord]] [[Ulysses]], whom she married. She moved to [[Gallifrey]]. Unbeknownst to the [[High Council]], they had a son together, ironically, the very same Doctor who had curtailed her time-travelling career before. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'')
 
When the Doctor was young, Ulysses and Penelope went on a trek in the mountains of Gallifrey with him. Ulysses and Penelope owned a summer house on the other side of [[Kasterborous]] to Gallifrey. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors]]'')


Penelope and Ulysses became friends with Mr [[Saldaamir]], whom they frequently went exploring with. Penelope, Saldaamir and Ulysses also associated themselves with Lady [[Larna]], who was from their future.
Penelope and Ulysses became friends with Mr [[Saldaamir]], whom they frequently went exploring with. Penelope, Saldaamir and Ulysses also associated themselves with Lady [[Larna]], who was from their future.


When the Time Lord [[Marnal]] threatened to expose Penelope's and Ulysses's activities, they used his [[TARDIS]]' telepathic circuits to wipe his memory and dumped him on [[Earth]] in [[England]], [[1883]], to board with Penelope's mother. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'')
When the Time Lord [[Marnal]] threatened to expose Penelope's and Ulysses's activities, they used the [[telepathic circuits]] of his [[TARDIS]], which would later [[the TARDIS|belong to the Doctor]] to wipe his memory and dumped him on [[Earth]] in [[England]], [[1883]], to board with Penelope's mother. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'')
 
When the Doctor was young, Ulysses and Penelope went on a trek in the mountains of Gallifrey with him. Ulysses and Penelope owned a summer house on the other side of [[Kasterborous]] to Gallifrey. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors]]'')


: ''It was unknown what happened to Penelope after this point, but she was not with her husband when he became a renegade and went to live on Earth. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Unnatural History]]'')''
: ''It was unknown what happened to Penelope after this point, but she was not with her husband when he became a renegade and went to live on Earth. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Unnatural History]]'')''


The sentient quantum field of the planet [[Albert (planet)|Albert]] told the [[Eighth Doctor]] that there was a reality where he knew his mother's voice. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Grimm Reality]]'')
The sentient [[quantum field]] of the planet [[Albert (planet)|Albert]] told the [[Eighth Doctor]] that there was a reality where he knew his mother's voice. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Grimm Reality]]'')


== Behind the Scenes ==
== Behind the Scenes ==
* [[Russell T Davies]] has stated that [[The Woman]] in'' [[The End of Time (TV story)|the End of Time]]'' was meant to be the Doctor's mother, meaning she must be the same person as Penelope. However, he has also said that who the woman is is up to judgment, and she could be someone else.
[[Russell T Davies]] has stated that the unnamed [[The Woman|Woman]], implied to be a [[Time Lady]], in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|the End of Time]]'' was meant to be the Doctor's mother. Accepting the television series and [[New Adventures]] and [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novels to exist in the same continuity, this would make her Penelope Gates. However, he has also said that who the woman is is up to judgment, and she could be someone else.
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Revision as of 20:55, 17 April 2012

Penelope Gate was the human creator of a time machine. She was also te mother of the Doctor.

Biography

The first time she successfully used her time machine, she used a lightning strike to charge it up. She travelled to 1996 where she obtained a mutated Tzun battery. She used that to power her machine. Penelope met the Seventh Doctor, who took her back to her own time of 1883. (NA: The Room With No Doors)

Later in her life she would meet the Time Lord Ulysses, whom she married. She moved to Gallifrey. Unbeknownst to the High Council, they had a son together, ironically, the very same Doctor who had curtailed her time-travelling career before. (EDA: The Gallifrey Chronicles)

When the Doctor was young, Ulysses and Penelope went on a trek in the mountains of Gallifrey with him. Ulysses and Penelope owned a summer house on the other side of Kasterborous to Gallifrey. (PDA: The Infinity Doctors)

Penelope and Ulysses became friends with Mr Saldaamir, whom they frequently went exploring with. Penelope, Saldaamir and Ulysses also associated themselves with Lady Larna, who was from their future.

When the Time Lord Marnal threatened to expose Penelope's and Ulysses's activities, they used the telepathic circuits of his TARDIS, which would later belong to the Doctor to wipe his memory and dumped him on Earth in England, 1883, to board with Penelope's mother. (EDA: The Gallifrey Chronicles)

It was unknown what happened to Penelope after this point, but she was not with her husband when he became a renegade and went to live on Earth. (EDA: Unnatural History)

The sentient quantum field of the planet Albert told the Eighth Doctor that there was a reality where he knew his mother's voice. (EDA: Grimm Reality)

Behind the Scenes

Russell T Davies has stated that the unnamed Woman, implied to be a Time Lady, in the End of Time was meant to be the Doctor's mother. Accepting the television series and New Adventures and Eighth Doctor Adventures novels to exist in the same continuity, this would make her Penelope Gates. However, he has also said that who the woman is is up to judgment, and she could be someone else.