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'''The Other''', [[Rassilon]] and [[Omega]], were the founders of [[Time Lord]] society. The birth and origin of the Other would remain a mystery for later Time Lords.
'''The Other''', [[Rassilon]] and [[Omega]] were the founders of [[Time Lord]] society. The birth and origin of the Other would remain a mystery for later Time Lords.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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=== Influence on the Doctor ===
=== Influence on the Doctor ===
Accounts differ as to results of this. Some imply that he was re-Loomed some ten million years later to the [[House of Lungbarrow]] as the Time Lord who would become known as the [[First Doctor]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]''). Without realising it, the Doctor would retain memories of his earlier self. This showed when, as the [[Fifth Doctor]], he met [[Patience]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion]]''). By his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]], he seemed once more to have realised his earlier identity or else [[Lady Peinforte]] could not have threatened him with revealing it. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'')
Accounts differed as to results of this. Some implied that he was re-Loomed some ten million years later to the [[House of Lungbarrow]] as the Time Lord who would become known as the [[First Doctor]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]''). Without realising it, the Doctor would retain memories of his earlier self. This showed when, as the [[Fifth Doctor]], he met [[Patience]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion]]''). By his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]], he seemed once more to have realised his earlier identity or else [[Lady Peinforte]] could not have threatened him with revealing it. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'')


At some point, Patience was married to a Doctor who resembled ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion]]'') one of the faces seen during the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s [[mindbending]] contest with [[Morbius]] on the [[planet]] [[Karn]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'')
At some point, Patience was married to a Doctor who resembled ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion]]'') one of the faces seen during the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s [[mindbending]] contest with [[Morbius]] on the [[planet]] [[Karn]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'')
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=== Influence on Gallifrey ===
=== Influence on Gallifrey ===
Scholars would later call documents concerning Rassilon, Omega and the Other the [[ROO texts]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Goth Opera]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors]]'')
Scholars later called documents concerning Rassilon, Omega and the Other the [[ROO texts]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Goth Opera]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors]]'')


A minor Gallifreyan festival known as [[Otherstide]] was celebrated yearly in his honour. It coincided with the Doctor's ''naming day''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'')
A minor Gallifreyan festival known as [[Otherstide]] was celebrated yearly in his honour. It coincided with the Doctor's ''naming day''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'')
   
   
=== Other universes ===
=== Other universes ===
In an [[The Infinity Doctors universe|alternate universe]], the Other spoke to Omega's wife, [[Patience]] and implied that the Fragment (the surviving portion of a collection of prophecies by ancient Gallifreyan seers) was a forgery. The Other was later present at this universe's [[Qqaba]] when Omega was lost. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'')
In an [[The Infinity Doctors universe|alternate universe]], the Other spoke to Omega's wife, [[Patience]], and implied that the Fragment (the surviving portion of a collection of prophecies by ancient Gallifreyan seers) was a forgery. The Other was later present at this universe's [[Qqaba]] when Omega was lost. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* The first intentional and direct mention of the Other appeared in [[Ben Aaronovitch]]'s [[Target Books]] [[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|''Remembrance of the Daleks'']], in the form of a brief flashback to the time of Rassilon. [[Andrew Cartmel]] and Ben Aaronovitch had already worked out a [[Cartmel Masterplan|backstory]] to the Doctor into which the Other figured.
* The first intentional and direct mention of the Other appeared in [[Ben Aaronovitch]]'s [[Target Books]] [[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|''Remembrance of the Daleks'']], in the form of a brief flashback to the time of Rassilon. [[Andrew Cartmel]] and Ben Aaronovitch had already worked out a [[Cartmel Masterplan|backstory]] to the Doctor into which the Other figured.
*According to [[REF]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (illustrated guide)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'', the Other had a detailed knowledge of [[Gallifreyan history]] and imparted some of that knowledge to [[Rassilon]]. The Other first became known to Rassilon in the weeks before [[Omega]] destroyed the [[star]] [[Qqaba]] to bring Gallifrey its power over time.
* According to [[REF]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (illustrated guide)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'', the Other had a detailed knowledge of [[Gallifreyan history]] and imparted some of that knowledge to [[Rassilon]]. The Other first became known to Rassilon in the weeks before [[Omega]] destroyed the [[star]] [[Qqaba]] to bring Gallifrey its power over time.


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 03:05, 25 March 2013

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The Other, Rassilon and Omega were the founders of Time Lord society. The birth and origin of the Other would remain a mystery for later Time Lords.

Biography

Life

The Other was influential during the Dark Times on Gallifrey after the cult of Pythia had ended. He and the Hand of Omega shared some sort of a bond.

As Rassilon's rule moved closer to despotism and Gallifrey's borders were sealed, the Other attempted to escape the planet by hurling himself into the Looms to await his eventual reconstitution. (PROSE: Lungbarrow)

Influence on the Doctor

Accounts differed as to results of this. Some implied that he was re-Loomed some ten million years later to the House of Lungbarrow as the Time Lord who would become known as the First Doctor (PROSE: Lungbarrow). Without realising it, the Doctor would retain memories of his earlier self. This showed when, as the Fifth Doctor, he met Patience. (PROSE: Cold Fusion). By his seventh incarnation, he seemed once more to have realised his earlier identity or else Lady Peinforte could not have threatened him with revealing it. (TV: Silver Nemesis)

At some point, Patience was married to a Doctor who resembled (PROSE: Cold Fusion) one of the faces seen during the Fourth Doctor's mindbending contest with Morbius on the planet Karn. (TV: The Brain of Morbius)

The Watch raided their home and demanded that their daughter-in-law's pregnancy be aborted. A man resembling the First Doctor arrived and intended to get Patience and her granddaughter (who had already been born) to safety. (PROSE: Cold Fusion)

Influence on Gallifrey

Scholars later called documents concerning Rassilon, Omega and the Other the ROO texts. (PROSE: Goth Opera, PROSE: The Infinity Doctors)

A minor Gallifreyan festival known as Otherstide was celebrated yearly in his honour. It coincided with the Doctor's naming day. (PROSE: Lungbarrow)

Other universes

In an alternate universe, the Other spoke to Omega's wife, Patience, and implied that the Fragment (the surviving portion of a collection of prophecies by ancient Gallifreyan seers) was a forgery. The Other was later present at this universe's Qqaba when Omega was lost. (PROSE: The Infinity Doctors)

Behind the scenes

See also

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