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|name = ''Meet the Doctor'' | |||
|image = Meet the Doctor.jpg | |image = Meet the Doctor.jpg | ||
|series = [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]] | |series = [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]] | ||
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As the title implied, it served to familiarise the readers with the character of the Doctor and his new place in the universe in the new status quo of [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|Series 1]]: the survivor of [[Last Great Time War|a terrifying temporal conflict]]. This made it the first story that was wholly ''about'' the Last Great Time War, then referred to as the Great Time War, rather than its consequence, and covered a lot of ground to which Davies would only return over half a decade later in ''[[Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)|Doctor Who and the Time War]]''. | As the title implied, it served to familiarise the readers with the character of the Doctor and his new place in the universe in the new status quo of [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|Series 1]]: the survivor of [[Last Great Time War|a terrifying temporal conflict]]. This made it the first story that was wholly ''about'' the Last Great Time War, then referred to as the Great Time War, rather than its consequence, and covered a lot of ground to which Davies would only return over half a decade later in ''[[Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)|Doctor Who and the Time War]]''. | ||
== Summary == | ==Summary== | ||
Before he found himself saving [[Rose Tyler|an ordinary Earth girl]] from rampaging [[Auton]]s and falling back into his old ways, [[the Doctor]] had sworn that those days were behind him. Just what happened to the Doctor to make him make such a promise to himself? | Before he found himself saving [[Rose Tyler|an ordinary Earth girl]] from rampaging [[Auton]]s and falling back into his old ways, [[the Doctor]] had sworn that those days were behind him. Just what happened to the Doctor to make him make such a promise to himself? | ||
== Plot == | ==Plot == | ||
For years leading up to the conflict, the two [[superpower]]s that are the [[Time Lord]]s and the [[Dalek]]s have been testing each other's strength, with [[Dalek Puppet Emperor (Meet the Doctor)|one]] of the [[Dalek Puppet Emperor]]s "openly declaring his hostility" to the [[High Council]] of the Time Lords and an attempt being made to replace its members with [[Dalek duplicate]]s. In the end, it was the Time Lords who fired the "first shot" by sending [[Fourth Doctor|one incarnation of the Doctor]] back in time in an ill-fated effort to prevent the [[creation of the Daleks|rise of the Daleks]]. | For years leading up to the conflict, the two [[superpower]]s that are the [[Time Lord]]s and the [[Dalek]]s have been testing each other's strength, with [[Dalek Puppet Emperor (Meet the Doctor)|one]] of the [[Dalek Puppet Emperor]]s "openly declaring his hostility" to the [[High Council]] of the Time Lords and an attempt being made to replace its members with [[Dalek duplicate]]s. In the end, it was the Time Lords who fired the "first shot" by sending [[Fourth Doctor|one incarnation of the Doctor]] back in time in an ill-fated effort to prevent the [[creation of the Daleks|rise of the Daleks]]. | ||
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Yet far away, on the planet [[Crafe Tec Heydra]], carvings concerning "the invsible War" fought between a race of flesh and a race of metals suggest that the lone survivor who walked away from the wreckage of the final explosion beware. "{{Jacobi|n= You are not alone…}}" | Yet far away, on the planet [[Crafe Tec Heydra]], carvings concerning "the invsible War" fought between a race of flesh and a race of metals suggest that the lone survivor who walked away from the wreckage of the final explosion beware. "{{Jacobi|n= You are not alone…}}" | ||
== Characters == | ==Characters== | ||
* [[Ninth Doctor]] | *[[Ninth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Rose Tyler]] | * [[Rose Tyler]] | ||
* [[Dalek]]s | * [[Dalek]]s | ||
* [[Time Lord]]s | * [[Time Lord]]s | ||
* [[Romana]] | * [[Romana]] | ||
* [[Rose Tyler]] | *[[Rose Tyler]] | ||
== References == | ==References== | ||
* The only two [[time war]]s in which the [[Time Lord]]s were engaged before [[Last Great Time War|the Great Time War]] against the Daleks were the [[Skirmish between the Halldons and the Eternals]] and the "brutal slaughter" of the [[Omnicraven Uprising]]. | *The only two [[time war]]s in which the [[Time Lord]]s were engaged before [[Last Great Time War|the Great Time War]] against the Daleks were the [[Skirmish between the Halldons and the Eternals]] and the "brutal slaughter" of the [[Omnicraven Uprising]]. | ||
* Though they discreetly assumed the role of protectors of the [[Time Vortex]], the Time Lords had a [[non-interference policy]] as far as the affairs of the wider universe were concerned. | *Though they discreetly assumed the role of protectors of the [[Time Vortex]], the Time Lords had a [[non-interference policy]] as far as the affairs of the wider universe were concerned. | ||
== Notes == | ==Notes== | ||
* Despite the official statement from Russell T Davies in [[DWM 356]] that due to BBC regulations if nothing else, the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]] of the new TV series could not be conflated with [[War in Heaven|the War]] of the novels, the text of this piece gestures at the two being the same, in that it occasionally slips into referring to the war between the Time Lords and the Daleks as simply "[[War in Heaven#Naming|the War]]", and to the species not part of the conflict as "the [[lesser species|Lesser Species]]". Furthermore, it definitively states that there were only two major Time Wars before it and that it was the final Great Time War. | *Despite the official statement from Russell T Davies in [[DWM 356]] that due to BBC regulations if nothing else, the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]] of the new TV series could not be conflated with [[War in Heaven|the War]] of the novels, the text of this piece gestures at the two being the same, in that it occasionally slips into referring to the war between the Time Lords and the Daleks as simply "[[War in Heaven#Naming|the War]]", and to the species not part of the conflict as "the [[lesser species|Lesser Species]]". Furthermore, it definitively states that there were only two major Time Wars before it and that it was the final Great Time War. | ||
* The only [[incarnation]] of the Doctor to be depicted (via photographs) is the [[Ninth Doctor]], the one who meets [[Rose Tyler]] at the end of the story in a retelling of the first few minutes of ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''. The Doctor involved in the Time War itself is not identified one way or another. In light of Davies' later ''[[Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)|Doctor Who and the Time War]]'', it would appear that he was picturing [[Paul McGann]]'s [[Eighth Doctor]]. | * The only [[incarnation]] of the Doctor to be depicted (via photographs) is the [[Ninth Doctor]], the one who meets [[Rose Tyler]] at the end of the story in a retelling of the first few minutes of ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''. The Doctor involved in the Time War itself is not identified one way or another. In light of Davies' later ''[[Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)|Doctor Who and the Time War]]'', it would appear that he was picturing [[Paul McGann]]'s [[Eighth Doctor]]. | ||
== Continuity == | ==Continuity== | ||
* The [[Nestene Consciousness]] lost its planets in the Time War ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') after a corner of it bled out into the universe from beyond the regular physical reality of the [[lesser species]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Revenge of the Nestene (short story)|Revenge of the Nestene]]'') | *The [[Nestene Consciousness]] lost its planets in the Time War ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') after a corner of it bled out into the universe from beyond the regular physical reality of the [[lesser species]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Revenge of the Nestene (short story)|Revenge of the Nestene]]'') | ||
* The [[Time Lord]]s worked out an [[Act of Master Restitution]] with the [[Dalek]]s, which could have been the start of a [[peace treaty]] between [[Gallifrey]] and [[Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') | *The [[Time Lord]]s worked out an [[Act of Master Restitution]] with the [[Dalek]]s, which could have been the start of a [[peace treaty]] between [[Gallifrey]] and [[Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') | ||
* Near the start of the war, Romana attempts to broker a peace agreement with the Daleks, but diplomacy proves futile in preventing the Time War. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Desperate Measures (audio story)|Desperate Measures]]'') | *Near the start of the war, Romana attempts to broker a peace agreement with the Daleks, but diplomacy proves futile in preventing the Time War. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Desperate Measures (audio story)|Desperate Measures]]'') | ||
* The [[Halldon]]s are mentioned. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[We are the Daleks! (short story)|We are the Daleks!]]'') | *The [[Halldon]]s are mentioned. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[We are the Daleks! (short story)|We are the Daleks!]]'') | ||
* The Great Time War was invisible to "smaller species" yet devastating to "[[Higher species|higher forms]]", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'') with the former group being referred to by the Time Lords as "the [[lesser species|Lesser Species]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | *The Great Time War was invisible to "smaller species" yet devastating to "[[Higher species|higher forms]]", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'') with the former group being referred to by the Time Lords as "the [[lesser species|Lesser Species]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
* The [[Etra Prime incident|Etra Prime Incident]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Apocalypse Element (audio story)|The Apocalypse Element]]'') is named by some as the true start of the War for the Time Lords. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'') | *The [[Etra Prime incident|Etra Prime Incident]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Apocalypse Element (audio story)|The Apocalypse Element]]'') is named by some as the true start of the War for the Time Lords. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'') | ||
* The phrase "You are not alone" is the stuff of legends ([[TV]]: ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'') and heralds the fact that [[the Doctor]] is not the only [[Time Lord]] to have walked away from the destruction of [[Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') | *The phrase "You are not alone" is the stuff of legends ([[TV]]: ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'') and heralds the fact that [[the Doctor]] is not the only [[Time Lord]] to have walked away from the destruction of [[Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') | ||
* [[Skaro]] was "ruined" by the Time War, much as Gallifrey was destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'', ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'') | *[[Skaro]] was "ruined" by the Time War, much as Gallifrey was destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'', ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'') | ||
* [[Bowship]]s are borrowed from earlier points in their own history by the Time Lords as they assemble their fleet. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'') | *[[Bowship]]s are borrowed from earlier points in their own history by the Time Lords as they assemble their fleet. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'') | ||
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