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According to secret information found by the [[Spy Master]] in the depths of [[the Matrix]], '''Tecteun''' was a [[Shobogan (species)|Shobogan]] and one of the first inhabitants of [[Gallifrey]] to explore other planets. After becoming the foster-parent of the [[Timeless Child]], a mysterious being whom the Master believed to have eventually become [[the Doctor]], they extracted the [[regeneration code]] from their Child, splicing it into their own body and into other Shobogans'. In the process, Tecteun became one of the [[Founders of Gallifrey|Founding Fathers of Gallifrey]].
According to secret information found by the [[Spy Master]] in the depths of [[the Matrix]], the '''First Tecteun''' was a [[Shobogan (species)|Shobogan]] and one of the first inhabitants of [[Gallifrey]] to explore other planets. After becoming the foster-parent of the [[Timeless Child]], a mysterious being whom the Master believed to have eventually become [[the Doctor]], they extracted the [[regeneration code]] from their Child, splicing it into their own body and into other Shobogans'. In the process, Tecteun became one of the [[Founders of Gallifrey|Founding Fathers of Gallifrey]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
=== Tecteun's incarnations ===
=== The explorer ===
In her original, [[First Tecteun|female incarnation]], Tecteun allegedly became the first of her kind — the [[Shobogan (species)|Shobogan]]s — to explore outer space.  
The First Tecteun allegedly became the first of her kind — the [[Shobogan (species)|Shobogan]]s — to explore outer space. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') Other accounts suggested that the dominant humanoid species of Gallifrey was known as the [[Gallifreyan]]s, and that they were already a well-established space empire long before the discovery of [[regeneration]] and [[time travel]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Legacy of Gallifrey (short story)|The Legacy of Gallifrey]]'')


As the Shobogans grew in power and technology, the [[Second Tecteun]] became one of the leading figures of the new society, based in the newly-built [[Capitol]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'')
At any rate, still according to the Matrix records shown by the Master to the [[Thirteenth Doctor]], Tecteun discovered the [[Timeless Child]] on one such planet on the far edge of another [[galaxy]], and adopted the foundling as her own. For a time, the two travelled the universe in Tecteun's spaceship as mother and daughter. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
=== Back on Gallifrey ===
=== Relationship with other Founders ===
Tecteun eventually brought the child back with her to [[Gallifrey]]. When Tecteun discovered the child's ability to [[regenerate]], she experimented on several of their incarnations to discover the secret to this ability to the point where it became an obsession of hers to find out the mysteries of regeneration. Eventually she injected herself with the genes which had been spliced from the child. Upon doing so she immediately regenerated into [[Second Tecteun|a male incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'')
Tecteun bears resemblance to [[Thremix]], who was a Gallifreyan biologist behind regeneration in ''[[The Scrolls of Rassilon (short story)|The Scrolls of Rassilon]]''. However, she also becomes the first Gallifreyan to regenerate, an honor that was [[Rassilon]]'s in ''[[The Legacy of Gallifrey (short story)|The Legacy of Gallifrey]]''.


In the scene corresponding to the point in ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'' where Tecteun's second incarnation stands alongside two other Time Lords in full high-collared regalia, the ''Timeless Children'' script release mentions that "we can assume [the other two] are [[Rassilon]] and [[Omega]]".<ref>[http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/doctor-who-s12-ep10-the-timeless-children.pdf ''The Timeless Children'' script]</ref> This confirms that, as far as [[Chris Chibnall]]'s authorial intent was concerned, Tecteun is not an alternative name of Rassilon or Omega as had been proposed by fans following the broadcast of [[Series 12 (Doctor Who)|Series 12]]<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/gallifrey/comments/fcxrqb/theory_the_timeless_child_and_the_other_rassilon/ <nowiki>[ Theory ]</nowiki> The Timeless Child and The Other, Rassilon, Omega] on Reddit</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/acecreeptwo/status/1234477299589877760 Twitter thread]</ref>, but rather a third member of a triumvirate of Gallifreyan founders. The "third founder" alongside Rassilon and Omega was already a highly mythologised figure in ''Doctor Who'' lore, with many stories referencing a mysterious third founder known as "[[the Other]]".
== Appearance ==
Tecteun's first incarnation had the appearance of a light-skinned woman with long dark hair, initially seeming to be middle-aged when she discovered and adopted the Timeless Child. She spent many years studying her foster child's regeneration power, and grew old in that time. By the time of her first regeneration, she had become elderly, with her hair turning grey. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'')


The [[Cartmel Masterplan]] was predicated on the idea that [[the Doctor]] was the Other, or a reincarnation thereof, an idea later confirmed in the novel ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]''; in some way, the story introduced in ''The Timeless Children'' splits this conception of the Other in twain, having the [[Timeless Child]] be the forgotten earlier self of the Doctor who existed in the days of Time Lord society's genesis, but having the third forgotten founder be their adoptive parent.
== Footnotes ==
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Revision as of 18:24, 31 July 2021

According to secret information found by the Spy Master in the depths of the Matrix, the First Tecteun was a Shobogan and one of the first inhabitants of Gallifrey to explore other planets. After becoming the foster-parent of the Timeless Child, a mysterious being whom the Master believed to have eventually become the Doctor, they extracted the regeneration code from their Child, splicing it into their own body and into other Shobogans'. In the process, Tecteun became one of the Founding Fathers of Gallifrey.

Biography

The explorer

The First Tecteun allegedly became the first of her kind — the Shobogans — to explore outer space. (TV: The Timeless Children) Other accounts suggested that the dominant humanoid species of Gallifrey was known as the Gallifreyans, and that they were already a well-established space empire long before the discovery of regeneration and time travel. (PROSE: The Legacy of Gallifrey)

At any rate, still according to the Matrix records shown by the Master to the Thirteenth Doctor, Tecteun discovered the Timeless Child on one such planet on the far edge of another galaxy, and adopted the foundling as her own. For a time, the two travelled the universe in Tecteun's spaceship as mother and daughter. (TV: The Timeless Children)

Back on Gallifrey

Tecteun eventually brought the child back with her to Gallifrey. When Tecteun discovered the child's ability to regenerate, she experimented on several of their incarnations to discover the secret to this ability to the point where it became an obsession of hers to find out the mysteries of regeneration. Eventually she injected herself with the genes which had been spliced from the child. Upon doing so she immediately regenerated into a male incarnation. (TV: The Timeless Children)

Appearance

Tecteun's first incarnation had the appearance of a light-skinned woman with long dark hair, initially seeming to be middle-aged when she discovered and adopted the Timeless Child. She spent many years studying her foster child's regeneration power, and grew old in that time. By the time of her first regeneration, she had become elderly, with her hair turning grey. (TV: The Timeless Children)