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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?]]'')
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?]]'')


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.  
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 who had come through a gateway into another unknown dimension or universe on the planet. The child was adopted by Tecteum who discovered her power to regenerate after she suffered a fatal fall from a cliff, leading to Tecteum studying the child's power for a number of years and regenerations. Tecteum 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.


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'']])
The Master revealed to the Doctor that the Timeless Child was in fact [[the Doctor]] themselves who apparently had her memories redacted. In addition, large portions of [[the Matrix]] on Gallifrey pertaining to the life of the Timeless Child were also redacted beyond even the Master's ability to recover it. However, Tecteum hid some of the truth in the Matrix in the form of the story of [[Brendan (Ascension of the Cybermen)|Brendan]], an immortal Irish policeman. The Master suggested that this was an attempt by Tecteum to apologize or possibly a gift meant to help her child one day decode the truth of their existence. ([[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.
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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According to the Spy Master, the 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 thoughts and memories: hidden, but integral to their identities. (TV: Spyfall)

While taunting the Thirteenth Doctor about her fears, Remnants on the planet Desolation looked "further back" into her past and referred to the Timeless Child.

"We see what's hidden even from yourself, the outcast, abandoned and unknown."Remnants [src]

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)

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)

While aboard a 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?)

The Timeless Child was eventually revealed by the Master to be a child discovered on another planet who had the power to regenerate infinitely who had come through a gateway into another unknown dimension or universe on the planet. The child was adopted by Tecteum who discovered her power to regenerate after she suffered a fatal fall from a cliff, leading to Tecteum studying the child's power for a number of years and regenerations. Tecteum 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.

The Master revealed to the Doctor that the Timeless Child was in fact the Doctor themselves who apparently had her memories redacted. In addition, large portions of the Matrix on Gallifrey pertaining to the life of the Timeless Child were also redacted beyond even the Master's ability to recover it. However, Tecteum hid some of the truth in the Matrix in the form of the story of Brendan, an immortal Irish policeman. The Master suggested that this was an attempt by Tecteum to apologize or possibly a gift meant to help her child one day decode the truth of their existence. (TV: The Timeless Children)

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