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'''Amnesia''' was the (usually temporary) loss of memory. Amnesia was classified as either ''functional'' amnesia, caused by psychological factors, or ''organic'' amnesia, caused by illness or traumatic injury to the [[brain]], or by certain chemical agents.
'''Amnesia''' was the (usually temporary) loss of memory.


On at least three instances, [[The Doctor]] suffered from partial amnesia after [[regenerating]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', ''[[Time and the Rani]]'', ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]''). Except in the case of the regeneration into his eighth form (caused by [[anaesthesia]]), it is unclear whether this should be classified as functional or organic amnesia; in other words, it could be due to the biological process of regeneration, or the psychological trauma of "dying" and being reborn.
On at least three instances, [[The Doctor]] suffered from partial amnesia after [[regenerating]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', ''[[Time and the Rani]]'', ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'')


Another common cause of amnesia seems to be forcibly [[transmat]]ting people through time and space.
== Instances of amnesia ==
The [[First Doctor]] and [[Susan Foreman]] suffered from partial amnesia when they arrived in [[1963]] [[London]], apparently caused by challenging the [[Time Lord]] [[Non-interference policy|rule against interfering]] when they left [[Gallifrey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and Relative]]'') According to another account, this memory loss occurred when the Doctor stole the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] and it assaulted his mind. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Echoes of Future Past]]'')


== Instances of organic amnesia ==
The First Doctor, [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]] and Susan briefly suffered from amnesia after the TARDIS' [[fast return switch]] got stuck, which would have sent it back to the [[Event One|creation of the universe]] and resulted in its destruction. The ship crashed itself in an attempt to warn its passengers of the dangers, and a small explosion occurred in the TARDIS as the Doctor tried to correct its faulty navigation circuits, rendering all four unconscious. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Edge of Destruction]]'')
* The [[First Doctor]] and [[Susan Foreman]] suffered from partial amnesia when they arrived in [[London]] [[1963]], apparently caused by challenging the [[Time Lord]] [[Non-interference policy|rule against interfering]] when they left [[Gallifrey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and Relative]]'') According to another account, this memory loss occurred when the [[First Doctor]] stole the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] and it assaulted his mind. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Echoes of Future Past]]'')


* The [[First Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Susan Foreman]] briefly suffered from amnesia after the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]'s [[fast return switch]] got stuck, which would have sent it back to the [[Event One|creation of the universe]] and resulted in its destruction. The ship crashed itself in an attempt to warn its passengers of the dangers, and a small explosion occurred in the TARDIS as the Doctor tried to correct its faulty navigation circuits, rendering all four unconscious. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Edge of Destruction]]'')
The First Doctor force-fed an amnesia pill to [[William Shakespeare]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass]]'')


* The [[First Doctor]] force-fed an amnesia pill to [[William Shakespeare]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass]]'')
The [[Masters of Dorada]] suppressed the memories of the [[Second Doctor]], [[Ben Jackson]] and [[Polly Wright|Polly]], whom they enslaved when they arrived on [[Dorada]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dream Masters]]'')


* The [[Masters of Dorada]] suppressed the memories of the [[Second Doctor]], [[Ben Jackson]], [[Polly]], whom they enslaved when they arrived on [[Dorada]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dream Masters]]'')
During the [[Third Doctor]]'s [[exile on Earth]], the Time Lords suppressed his knowledge of how the TARDIS worked as part of his punishment. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') They restored this knowledge when they lifted his exile. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'')


* During the [[Third Doctor]]'s [[exile on Earth]], the [[Time Lord]]s suppressed his knowledge of how the TARDIS worked as part of his punishment. They restored this knowledge when they lifted his exile. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games]]'', ''[[The Three Doctors]]'')
The victims of an alien [[Extractor]] suffered from permanent amnesia. [[Liz Shaw]] suffered from temporary amnesia following a car accident after escaping the Extractor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mind Extractors (short story)|The Mind Extractors]]'')


* The victims of an alien [[Extractor]] suffered from permanent amnesia. [[Liz Shaw]] suffered from temporary amnesia following a car accident after escaping the Extractor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mind Extractors (short story)|The Mind Extractors]]'')
The [[Viyran]]s erased [[Peri Brown]]'s memories of being [[patient zero]] of a [[mutagenic virus]] on [[Grallista Social]] to keep knowledge of the virus secret. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mission of the Viyrans]]'')


* The [[Viyran]]s erased [[Peri Brown]]'s memories of being [[patient zero]] of a [[mutagenic virus]] on [[Grallista Social]] to keep knowledge of the virus secret. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mission of the Viyrans]]'')
The [[Sixth Doctor]] suffered from partial amnesia after being transported to [[Space Station Zenobia]] for his trial. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet]]'')


* The [[Sixth Doctor]] suffered from partial amnesia after being transported to [[Space Station Zenobia]] for his trial. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet]]'')
[[Ace]] suffered from amnesia when the [[Seventh Doctor]] accidentally erased her memory while editing his own. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys]]'')


* [[Ace]] suffered from amnesia when the [[Seventh Doctor]] accidentally erased her memory while editing his own. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys]]'')
The [[Time Scaphe]] crew lost their memories after their ship collided with the TARDIS, but regained them after Ace told them the name of their home world, [[Gallifrey]]. The TARDIS took the Doctor's memories to keep them safe from the [[Process]], but later returned them to save itself from destruction. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'')


* The [[Time Scaphe]] crew lost their memories after their ship collided with the TARDIS, but regained them after [[Ace]] told them the name of their home world, [[Gallifrey]]. The TARDIS took the Doctor's memories to keep them safe from the [[Process]], but later returned them to save itself from destruction. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'')
The Seventh Doctor briefly suffered from amnesia when he was thawed out after being frozen in [[ice]] for millions of years. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Frozen Time]]'')


* The Seventh Doctor briefly suffered from amnesia when he was thawed out after being frozen in [[ice]] for millions of years. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Frozen Time]]'')
The [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Charley Pollard]] and [[Gideon Crane]] suffered from amnesia after the TARDIS crashlanded in [[Malebolgia]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Minuet in Hell]]'')


* The [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Charley Pollard]] and [[Gideon Crane]] suffered from amnesia after the TARDIS crashlanded in [[Malebolgia]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Minuet in Hell]]'')
The Eighth Doctor suffered from amnesia after the [[brain-worm]] attacked him in [[the Cube]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Something Inside]]'')


* The Eighth Doctor suffered from amnesia after the [[brain-worm]] attacked him in [[the Cube]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Something Inside]]'')
[[Madeleine Fairweather]] suffered from amnesia from [[15 January]] [[1942]] until shortly before her death on [[1 January]] [[2008]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Girl Who Never Was]]'')


* [[Madeleine Fairweather]] suffered from amnesia from [[15 January]] [[1942]] until shortly before her death on [[1 January]] [[2008]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Girl Who Never Was]]'')
The [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] suffered from partial amnesia after being transported to [[Satellite Five]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'')


* The [[Ninth Doctor]] suffered from partial amnesia after being transported to [[Satellite Five]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'')
The staff of [[Torchwood Three]] often employed a drug called [[retcon]] to induce amnesia. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'')


* The staff of [[Torchwood Three]] often employed a drug called [[retcon]] to induce amnesia. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'')
The [[Panjistri]] supplied the [[Kirithon]]s with [[zavát]] which, in addition to being their main food source, weakened their resistance to [[telepathy|telepathic]] suggestion, allowing the Panjistri to suppress certain memories. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'')


* The [[Panjistri]] supplied the [[Kirithon]]s with [[zavát]] which, in addition to being their main food source, weakened their resistance to [[telepathy|telepathic]] suggestion, allowing the Panjistri to suppress certain memories. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'')
[[Tricky Van Baalen]] lost his memory in a salvaging accident. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS]]'')


* [[Tricky Van Baalen]] lost his memory in a salvaging accident. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS]]'')
The victims of the [[War Lord]]s suffered from post-hypnotic amnesia. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games]]'')


== Instances of functional amnesia ==
[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] suffered from amnesia from [[1977]] to [[1983]] as a result of meeting his future self. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'')
* The victims of the [[War Lord]]s suffered from post-hypnotic amnesia. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games]]'')


* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] suffered from amnesia from [[1977]] to [[1983]] as a result of meeting his future self. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'')
The Eighth Doctor suffered from amnesia after being forced to destroy [[Gallifrey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'')
:''While likely caused by the psychological trauma of meeting himself, it may also be organic amnesia caused by the release of energy when the two Brigadiers touched.''


* The Doctor suffered from amnesia after being forced to destroy [[Gallifrey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'')
The [[Fourth Doctor]] suffered from amnesia after being transported to [[Deepcity]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Device of Death]]'')


== Other instances of amnesia ==
The Eighth Doctor suffered from amnesia after falling into [[the Master]]'s trap. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]'')
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] suffered from amnesia after being transported to [[Deepcity]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Device of Death]]'')
 
* The [[Eighth Doctor]] suffered from amnesia after falling into [[the Master]]'s trap. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]'')
The Eighth Doctor suffered from amnesia while on [[Espero]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Halflife]]'')
* The [[Eighth Doctor]] suffered from amnesia again while on [[Espero]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Halflife]]'')
 
* [[The Master]] suffered from amnesia while on [[Perfugium]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]'')
[[The Master]] suffered from amnesia while on [[Perfugium]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]'')
* [[Chris Cwej]] suffered from amnesia while on [[Ardethe]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadfall]]'')
 
* [[Emily Blandish]] suffered from amnesia after being hit on the head by a [[Daemon]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Child of Time]]'')
[[Chris Cwej]] suffered from amnesia while on [[Ardethe]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadfall]]'')
* The [[Time Lord]] [[Azmael]] provoked selective amnesia to the Earthling twins [[Romulus Sylvest|Romulus]] and [[Remus Sylvest]] by applying a green circle on their wrists. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'')
 
[[Emily Blandish]] suffered from amnesia after being hit on the head by a [[Dæmon]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Child of Time]]'')
 
The Time Lord [[Azmael]] provoked selective amnesia to the Earthling twins [[Romulus Sylvest|Romulus]] and [[Remus Sylvest]] by applying a green circle on their wrists. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'')


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Amnesia was the (usually temporary) loss of memory.

On at least three instances, The Doctor suffered from partial amnesia after regenerating. (TV: Castrovalva, Time and the Rani, Doctor Who)

Instances of amnesia

The First Doctor and Susan Foreman suffered from partial amnesia when they arrived in 1963 London, apparently caused by challenging the Time Lord rule against interfering when they left Gallifrey. (PROSE: Time and Relative) According to another account, this memory loss occurred when the Doctor stole the TARDIS and it assaulted his mind. (PROSE: Echoes of Future Past)

The First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Susan briefly suffered from amnesia after the TARDIS' fast return switch got stuck, which would have sent it back to the creation of the universe and resulted in its destruction. The ship crashed itself in an attempt to warn its passengers of the dangers, and a small explosion occurred in the TARDIS as the Doctor tried to correct its faulty navigation circuits, rendering all four unconscious. (TV: The Edge of Destruction)

The First Doctor force-fed an amnesia pill to William Shakespeare. (PROSE: The Empire of Glass)

The Masters of Dorada suppressed the memories of the Second Doctor, Ben Jackson and Polly, whom they enslaved when they arrived on Dorada. (PROSE: The Dream Masters)

During the Third Doctor's exile on Earth, the Time Lords suppressed his knowledge of how the TARDIS worked as part of his punishment. (TV: The War Games) They restored this knowledge when they lifted his exile. (TV: The Three Doctors)

The victims of an alien Extractor suffered from permanent amnesia. Liz Shaw suffered from temporary amnesia following a car accident after escaping the Extractor. (PROSE: The Mind Extractors)

The Viyrans erased Peri Brown's memories of being patient zero of a mutagenic virus on Grallista Social to keep knowledge of the virus secret. (AUDIO: Mission of the Viyrans)

The Sixth Doctor suffered from partial amnesia after being transported to Space Station Zenobia for his trial. (TV: The Mysterious Planet)

Ace suffered from amnesia when the Seventh Doctor accidentally erased her memory while editing his own. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys)

The Time Scaphe crew lost their memories after their ship collided with the TARDIS, but regained them after Ace told them the name of their home world, Gallifrey. The TARDIS took the Doctor's memories to keep them safe from the Process, but later returned them to save itself from destruction. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible)

The Seventh Doctor briefly suffered from amnesia when he was thawed out after being frozen in ice for millions of years. (AUDIO: Frozen Time)

The Eighth Doctor, Charley Pollard and Gideon Crane suffered from amnesia after the TARDIS crashlanded in Malebolgia. (AUDIO: Minuet in Hell)

The Eighth Doctor suffered from amnesia after the brain-worm attacked him in the Cube. (AUDIO: Something Inside)

Madeleine Fairweather suffered from amnesia from 15 January 1942 until shortly before her death on 1 January 2008. (AUDIO: The Girl Who Never Was)

The Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler suffered from partial amnesia after being transported to Satellite Five. (TV: Bad Wolf)

The staff of Torchwood Three often employed a drug called retcon to induce amnesia. (TV: Everything Changes)

The Panjistri supplied the Kirithons with zavát which, in addition to being their main food source, weakened their resistance to telepathic suggestion, allowing the Panjistri to suppress certain memories. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Apocalypse)

Tricky Van Baalen lost his memory in a salvaging accident. (TV: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS)

The victims of the War Lords suffered from post-hypnotic amnesia. (TV: The War Games)

Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart suffered from amnesia from 1977 to 1983 as a result of meeting his future self. (TV: Mawdryn Undead)

The Eighth Doctor suffered from amnesia after being forced to destroy Gallifrey. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell)

The Fourth Doctor suffered from amnesia after being transported to Deepcity. (PROSE: A Device of Death)

The Eighth Doctor suffered from amnesia after falling into the Master's trap. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors)

The Eighth Doctor suffered from amnesia while on Espero. (PROSE: Halflife)

The Master suffered from amnesia while on Perfugium. (AUDIO: Master)

Chris Cwej suffered from amnesia while on Ardethe. (PROSE: Deadfall)

Emily Blandish suffered from amnesia after being hit on the head by a Dæmon. (PROSE: Child of Time)

The Time Lord Azmael provoked selective amnesia to the Earthling twins Romulus and Remus Sylvest by applying a green circle on their wrists. (TV: The Twin Dilemma)

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