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{{Infobox Individual
{{Infobox Individual
|main alias    =  
|main alias    =  
|image        = Tecteun.jpg
|image        = Tecteun2.jpg
|image2        = Tecteun2.jpg
|species      = Shobogan (species)
|species      = Shobogan (species)
|species2      = Time Lord
|species2      = Time Lord
|origin        = [[Gallifrey]]
|origin        = [[Gallifrey]]
|job          = Explorer
|job          = Scientist
|job2          = Scientist
|affiliation  =  
|affiliation  =  
|first        = The Timeless Children (TV story)
|only          = The Timeless Children (TV story)
|appearances  = [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secrets of the Timeless Child (short story)|The Secrets of the Timeless Child]]''
|main actor    = Jake Nwogu
|main actor    = Seylan Baxter
|clip          = The Timeless Child - REVEALED The Timeless Children Doctor Who Series 12
|clip          = The Timeless Child - REVEALED The Timeless Children Doctor Who Series 12
|adopted child = Timeless Child
|adopted child = Timeless Child
|other actor  = Jake Nwogu
}}
}}{{Tecteuns}}
According to secret information found by the [[Spy Master]] in the depths of [[the Matrix]], the '''Second Tecteun''' was one of the [[Founders of Gallifrey|Founding Fathers of Gallifrey]], as well as the first [[Gallifreyan]] ever to [[Regeneration|regenerate]].  
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]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
=== Tecteun's incarnations ===
After his [[First Tecteun|previous incarnation]] discovered the [[Timeless Child]]'s ability to [[regenerate]], she experimented on several of their incarnations to discover the secret to this ability. Eventually she injected herself with the genes which had been spliced from the child, and immediately regenerated. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'')
In her original, [[First Tecteun|female incarnation]], Tecteun allegedly became the first of her kind — the [[Shobogan (species)|Shobogan]]s — to explore outer space.


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]]'')
=== A new body ===
As the Shobogans grew in power and technology, Tecteun became one of the leading figures of the new society, based in the newly-built [[Capitol]]. He gave the new generation of Capitol-dwellers the [[regeneration code]], but decided to limit the "common man's" [[regeneration cycle]] to a maximum of twelve regenerations. Tecteun had laid down the base of the society which would soon rename themselves the [[Time Lord]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
=== Secrets in the Matrix ===
=== Relationship with other Founders ===
At some point after the [[Timeless Child]]'s memories were redacted and the child became [[the Doctor]], Tecteun hid the truth in [[the Matrix]] disguised in the story of [[Brendan (Ascension of the Cybermen)|Brendan]], an immortal Irish Garda. The [[Spy Master]] suggested that Tecteun hid the truth in this manner as an apology or gift for her child and a way for the Doctor to decode the truth if they so chose. ([[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 ==
 
The Second Tecteun had the appearance of a younger, dark-skinned man with short hair. When he became one of the founding members of Time Lord society, he began to wear a white version of the common Time Lord robes and headdress. ([[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 18:26, 31 July 2021

According to secret information found by the Spy Master in the depths of the Matrix, the Second Tecteun was one of the Founding Fathers of Gallifrey, as well as the first Gallifreyan ever to regenerate.

Biography

After his previous incarnation discovered the Timeless Child's ability to regenerate, she experimented on several of their incarnations to discover the secret to this ability. Eventually she injected herself with the genes which had been spliced from the child, and immediately regenerated. (TV: The Timeless Children)

A new body

As the Shobogans grew in power and technology, Tecteun became one of the leading figures of the new society, based in the newly-built Capitol. He gave the new generation of Capitol-dwellers the regeneration code, but decided to limit the "common man's" regeneration cycle to a maximum of twelve regenerations. Tecteun had laid down the base of the society which would soon rename themselves the Time Lords. (TV: The Timeless Children)

Secrets in the Matrix

At some point after the Timeless Child's memories were redacted and the child became the Doctor, Tecteun hid the truth in the Matrix disguised in the story of Brendan, an immortal Irish Garda. The Spy Master suggested that Tecteun hid the truth in this manner as an apology or gift for her child and a way for the Doctor to decode the truth if they so chose. (TV: The Timeless Children)

Appearance

The Second Tecteun had the appearance of a younger, dark-skinned man with short hair. When he became one of the founding members of Time Lord society, he began to wear a white version of the common Time Lord robes and headdress. (TV: The Timeless Children)

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