Exile on Earth: Difference between revisions

Following the defeat of [[the War Lord]]'s allies, a triad of [[Time Lord]]s tried the [[Second Doctor]] for violations of their [[non-interference policy]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The War Games]]'')

Unbeknownst to the Doctor at the time, the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]] stepped in and appealed for a stay of execution. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'')

The Time Lord tribunal said that they would sentence the Doctor with two punishments: exile on Earth during [[20th century|the late 20th century]] and an involuntary [[regeneration]] into a new, less-recognisable incarnation. ([[DW]]: ''[[The War Games]]'')

For an unknown time between trial and exile, the Second Doctor seemed to be based on Gallifrey. He was used by the CIA on limited missions to and from his home planet. During this time, he may have been accompanied by two of his pre-trial companions, [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Victoria Waterfield]], as well as on one occasion by the Time Lady [[Serena]], who was killed in action. ([[PDA]]: ''[[World Game]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'')

At some point after his direct involvement with the CIA, the Time Lords carried out the first of their sentences: the Second Doctor was exiled to Earth. He spent most of his exile living in comfort at the upmarket [[Carlton Grange Hotel]]. ([[TVC]]: ''[[Action in Exile]]'') During this period, he became famous, as evidenced by his appearance in news stories ([[TVC]]: ''[[The Brotherhood]]'') and on television [[Explain My Mystery|game shows]]. ([[TVC]]: ''[[The Night Walkers]]'') Ultimately, the [[Time Lord]]s brought this period of the Doctor's life to an end by sending animated [[scarecrow]]s to trap the Doctor in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] and carry out the second of his two sentences: regeneration. While the Doctor regenerated, the Time Lord-controlled scarecrows made the TARDIS dematerialise and then departed.

The [[Third Doctor|newly-regenerated Doctor]]'s [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] eventually re-materialised in the [[Oxley Woods]] at the same time as an invasion by the [[Nestene Consciousness]], in the late [[20th century]]. The Doctor experienced a period of unconsciousness and partial amnesia, but he recovered and helped [[United Nations Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] defeat the Nestene Consciousness's [[Auton]]s. The Doctor agreed to stay on as UNIT's unpaid scientific advisor in exchange for a place to park the TARDIS and technical resources he needed to repair his ship. ([[DW]]:''[[Spearhead from Space]]'')

To ensure the Doctor would remain in exile, the Time Lords removed certain secrets of [[time travel]] from his mind. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos]]'') Chief amongst these were the materialisation codes needed to operate the TARDIS. ([[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'') Indeed, the dematerialisation circuit itself was damaged beyond the Doctor's ability to repair it. ([[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'', ''[[The Three Doctors]]'') This didn't stop the Doctor, with the help of his UNIT assistants Dr. [[Liz Shaw]] and, later, [[Jo Grant]], from attempting to repair the TARDIS. At one point this led to the Doctor accidentally breaking the First Law of Time by creating a minor paradox in which he and Jo encountered future versions of themselves. ([[DW]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'')

While based on 20th century Earth, a Time Lord appeared to warn the Doctor of the coming of [[the Master]], an indirect way of sending him on a mission to defeat the Master's plots. ([[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'') For a period of time thereafter, the Doctor repeatedly encountered the Master and foiled his various plots. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil]]'' to ''[[The Dæmons]]'', inclusive)

The appearance of the Time Lord who warned the Doctor of the Master's return prefigured a period of time in which the Time Lords allowed the Doctor occasional reprieves from exile. When it suited their purposes, the Time Lords would send the Doctor on controlled flights away from Earth on specific missions. The Time Lords allowed the Doctor full use of his TARDIS to stop the Master on an Earth colony in the future. ([[DW]]: ''[[Colony in Space]]'') Later, they allowed him to travel to [[Peladon]] for unspecified reasons. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]'') They also sent him on a direct mission to convey a message to [[Ky]], a [[Solonian]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'')

In an effort to defeat the renegade Time Lord [[Omega]], the Time Lords took the unprecedented step of not only recruiting the Doctor's third incarnation, but also his [[First Doctor|first]] and [[Second Doctor|second]] as well (although due to technical issues, the first Doctor was only able to contribute advice). As a reward for the successful defeat of Omega, the Time Lords finally rescinded the Doctor's exile on Earth, granting him his lost memories as well as a brand new dematerialisation circuit. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]'')

Despite his exile coming to an end, the Doctor continued to work with UNIT on a regular basis and retain his home base there for the remainder of his third incarnation. Following his regeneration, however, the [[Fourth Doctor|new Doctor]] finally took full advantage of his freedom and quickly weaned himself away from UNIT, save for the occasional collaboration, ([[DW]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'', ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'', ''[[The Android Invasion]]'', etc.) and also took part in adventures on Earth on a less-frequent basis than he had done previously, although he never officially resigned from UNIT. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Poison Sky]]'')