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The Doctor was a genetic [[reincarnation]] of [[the Other]], and was [[loom]]ed into the [[House of Lungbarrow]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') When retrieved from the Loom the Doctor was in the form of a small child. His first word was "Again." ([[Human Nature (novel)|PROSE: Human Nature]]) The [[Fifth Doctor]] recounted his birth [[Patience (Cold Fusion)|Patience]], telling her that he was "born at Otherstide through the Loom of the [[House of Lungbarrow]] in Southern Gallifrey." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (audio story)|Cold Fusion]]'') Leela believed that all Time Lords were born as adults ([[Lungbarrow (novel)|PROSE: Lungbarrow]]) however most accounts claimed the Doctor began his life as a much smaller Time Lord. As the [[Eleventh Doctor]] told [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]], he slept in [[The Doctor's cot|a cot]] as an infant. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'') The [[Ninth Doctor]] recalled once being a [[Time Tot]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Weapons of Past Destruction (comic story)|Weapons of Past Destruction]]'') and he also referred to himself as once being a "very little boy". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'', ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'', ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'') | The Doctor was a genetic [[reincarnation]] of [[the Other]], and was [[loom]]ed into the [[House of Lungbarrow]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') When retrieved from the Loom the Doctor was in the form of a small child. His first word was "Again." ([[Human Nature (novel)|PROSE: Human Nature]]) The [[Fifth Doctor]] recounted his birth [[Patience (Cold Fusion)|Patience]], telling her that he was "born at Otherstide through the Loom of the [[House of Lungbarrow]] in Southern Gallifrey." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (audio story)|Cold Fusion]]'') Leela believed that all Time Lords were born as adults ([[Lungbarrow (novel)|PROSE: Lungbarrow]]) however most accounts claimed the Doctor began his life as a much smaller Time Lord. As the [[Eleventh Doctor]] told [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]], he slept in [[The Doctor's cot|a cot]] as an infant. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'') The [[Ninth Doctor]] recalled once being a [[Time Tot]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Weapons of Past Destruction (comic story)|Weapons of Past Destruction]]'') and he also referred to himself as once being a "very little boy". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'', ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'', ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'') | ||
The Doctor stated he had [[The Doctor's mother|a mother]] and [[The Doctor's father|father]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') as well as a family ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') and childhood. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') He later confessed he didn't know whether his family was a dream (PROSE: Unnatural History) He had at least one brother, [[Irving Braxiatel]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle (novel)|Tears of the Oracle]]'') and an uncle. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'') In his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]], the Doctor claimed that he was half-[[human]] on his mother's side, ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') but later confessed it to be a ruse to trick {{Roberts}}, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'') with his eleventh incarnation identifying his mother as a Time Lord. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Comfort of the Good (comic story)|The Comfort of the Good]]'') A lonely and depressed youth, the Doctor didn't get along with his family, being bullied by many of his cousins, who would call him cruel names to reflect the fact that the Doctor had been loomed with a belly button. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') | The Doctor stated he had [[The Doctor's mother|a mother]] and [[The Doctor's father|father]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') as well as a family ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') and childhood. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') He later confessed he didn't know whether his family was a dream ([[Unnatural History (novel)|PROSE: Unnatural History]]) He had at least one brother, [[Irving Braxiatel]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle (novel)|Tears of the Oracle]]'') and an uncle. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'') In his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]], the Doctor claimed that he was half-[[human]] on his mother's side, ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') but later confessed it to be a ruse to trick {{Roberts}}, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'') with his eleventh incarnation identifying his mother as a Time Lord. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Comfort of the Good (comic story)|The Comfort of the Good]]'') A lonely and depressed youth, the Doctor didn't get along with his family, being bullied by many of his cousins, who would call him cruel names to reflect the fact that the Doctor had been loomed with a belly button. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') | ||
According to his [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]], the Doctor lived in a "house that was perched halfway up the top of a mountain" in the mountains of South Gallifrey. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'', ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') The house one of the Ancient Oldblood Houses and was known as [[House of Lungbarrow|Lungbarrow]], it overlooked the [[Cadonflood River]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') He grew up in the house with his family. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') | According to his [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]], the Doctor lived in a "house that was perched halfway up the top of a mountain" in the mountains of South Gallifrey. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'', ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') The house was one of the Ancient Oldblood Houses and was known as [[House of Lungbarrow|Lungbarrow]], it overlooked the [[Cadonflood River]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') He grew up in the house with his family. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') | ||
During his childhood, the Doctor would leave the house, going to sleep in a [[Barn (The Day of the Doctor)|barn]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'') located in the [[Drylands]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') where he would weep over his fears, ([[TV]]: ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'') and was the "only child left out in the cold". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'') When [[Madame de Pompadour]] read the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s mind, she said he was "such a lonely little boy." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]'') He had at least two imaginary friends, named [[Binker]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Abandoned (audio story)|The Abandoned]]'') and [[Mandrake (The Widow's Assassin)|Mandrake]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Widow's Assassin (audio story)|The Widow's Assassin]]'') | During his childhood, the Doctor would leave the house, going to sleep in a [[Barn (The Day of the Doctor)|barn]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'') located in the [[Drylands]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') where he would weep over his fears, ([[TV]]: ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'') and was the "only child left out in the cold". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'') When [[Madame de Pompadour]] read the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s mind, she said he was "such a lonely little boy." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]'') He had at least two imaginary friends, named [[Binker]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Abandoned (audio story)|The Abandoned]]'') and [[Mandrake (The Widow's Assassin)|Mandrake]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Widow's Assassin (audio story)|The Widow's Assassin]]'') | ||
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On "the blackest day of his life," he went to visit a [[K'anpo Rimpoche|hermit]] on the side of the mountain his family's house rested on in [[Southern Gallifrey]]. While climbing the mountain, the young Doctor saw only dull coloured rocks and weeds. However, the Hermit gave no words of advice when he heard the Doctor tell him all his troubles, but instead pointed at a flower, which the Doctor had dismissed as a weed. As he descended the mountain, the world no longer seemed so grim to him and the Doctor noticed the colours of the rocks and the vibrancy of life in the flowers. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'') The Doctor spent what he felt where some of the finest hours of his life with his guru, being taught how look into his own mind and getting told ghost stories about the [[King Vampire]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'', ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'') | On "the blackest day of his life," he went to visit a [[K'anpo Rimpoche|hermit]] on the side of the mountain his family's house rested on in [[Southern Gallifrey]]. While climbing the mountain, the young Doctor saw only dull coloured rocks and weeds. However, the Hermit gave no words of advice when he heard the Doctor tell him all his troubles, but instead pointed at a flower, which the Doctor had dismissed as a weed. As he descended the mountain, the world no longer seemed so grim to him and the Doctor noticed the colours of the rocks and the vibrancy of life in the flowers. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'') The Doctor spent what he felt where some of the finest hours of his life with his guru, being taught how look into his own mind and getting told ghost stories about the [[King Vampire]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'', ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'') | ||
The Doctor wanted to be an explorer when he was young, but because the Time Lords had already explored every time and place, he didn't believe there was any point to him becoming an explorer too. He then found a reason and whenever he felt hopeless, he remembered that reason. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Frozen Wastes (short story)|The Frozen Wastes]]'') Despite this, the Doctor would later claim to have been a pioneer amongst his people. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rescue (episode)|The Rescue]]'') | The Doctor wanted to be an explorer when he was young, but because the Time Lords had already explored every time and place, he didn't believe there was any point to him becoming an explorer too. He then found a reason and whenever he felt hopeless, he remembered that reason. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Frozen Wastes (short story)|The Frozen Wastes]]'') Despite this, the Doctor would later claim to have been a pioneer amongst his people. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rescue (episode)|The Rescue]]'') This was later revealed to be a subconscious memory from his life as the Other ([[Cold Fusion (novel)|PROSE: Cold Fusion,]] [[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]) | ||
As a child, the Doctor would play [[conker]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') He also toyed with trains, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'') and had a dream to one day drive one. ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'') Amongst his favourite bedtime stories were ''[[The Three Little Sontarans]]'', ''[[The Emperor Dalek's New Clothes]]'' and ''[[Snow White and the Seven Keys to Doomsday]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Night Terrors (TV story)|Night Terrors]]'') He played in the tunnels under the [[Panopticon]] as a child. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Order of the Daleks (audio story)|Order of the Daleks]]'') He also watched a [[meteor storm]] on Gallifrey with his father. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') | As a child, the Doctor would play [[conker]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') He also toyed with trains, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'') and had a dream to one day drive one. ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'') Amongst his favourite bedtime stories were ''[[The Three Little Sontarans]]'', ''[[The Emperor Dalek's New Clothes]]'' and ''[[Snow White and the Seven Keys to Doomsday]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Night Terrors (TV story)|Night Terrors]]'') He played in the tunnels under the [[Panopticon]] as a child. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Order of the Daleks (audio story)|Order of the Daleks]]'') He also watched a [[meteor storm]] on Gallifrey with his father. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') | ||
