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The Doctor was | The Doctor was born with a name which they would come to "conceal in despair". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'') | ||
The [[Sixth Doctor]] said that he was considered a "[[plebeian]]" on Gallifrey. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cortex Fire (audio story)|Cortex Fire]]'') According to [[Clara Oswald]], however, the Doctor was born "into [[wealth]] and [[privilege]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot of Sherwood (TV story)|Robot of Sherwood]]'') [[Ashildr]] similarly described the Doctor as "a high-born [[Gallifreyan]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') | The [[Sixth Doctor]] said that he was considered a "[[plebeian]]" on Gallifrey. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cortex Fire (audio story)|Cortex Fire]]'') According to [[Clara Oswald]], however, the Doctor was born "into [[wealth]] and [[privilege]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot of Sherwood (TV story)|Robot of Sherwood]]'') [[Ashildr]] similarly described the Doctor as "a high-born [[Gallifreyan]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') | ||
The [[Third Doctor]] remembered | The [[Third Doctor]] remembered living in a "[[chapterhouse|house]] that was perched halfway up the top of [[Mount Lung|a mountain]]" in [[South Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'', ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') Known as the [[House of Lungbarrow]], this house was one of the Ancient [[Oldblood]] Houses and overlooked the [[Cadonflood River]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') The Doctor grew up in Lungbarrow, either with his parents ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') or his [[cousin]]s, who would call him cruel names to reflect the fact that he was loomed with a [[belly button]]. As a result, the Doctor grew up a lonely and depressed youth. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') | ||
As a [[Time Tot]], the Doctor played [[hide and seek]] with {{O'Mara}}, with his [[Ninth Doctor|ninth incarnation]] recalling that his skill at finding her "drove [her] nuts". He held the Time-Tot hide and seek championship for 42 years in a row. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Weapons of Past Destruction (comic story)|Weapons of Past Destruction]]'') He also believed [[human]]s to be a myth as a Time Tot. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shining Man (novel)|The Shining Man]]'') | As a [[Time Tot]], the Doctor played [[hide and seek]] with {{O'Mara}}, with his [[Ninth Doctor|ninth incarnation]] recalling that his skill at finding her "drove [her] nuts". He held the Time-Tot hide and seek championship for 42 years in a row. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Weapons of Past Destruction (comic story)|Weapons of Past Destruction]]'') He also believed [[human]]s to be a myth as a Time Tot. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shining Man (novel)|The Shining Man]]'') | ||
As a child, the Doctor would play [[conker]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') He also toyed with [[train]]s, ([[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 | As a child, the Doctor would play games in the tunnels under the [[Panopticon]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Order of the Daleks (audio story)|Order of the Daleks]]'') such as [[conker]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') He also toyed with [[train]]s, ([[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]]'') He also watched a [[meteor storm]] on Gallifrey with [[the Doctor's father|his father]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') | ||
Among 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]]'') [[Granny Five]], the Doctor's favourite among his | Among 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]]'') [[Granny Five]], the Doctor's favourite among his grandmothers, told him bedtime stories about the [[Solitract]] when he couldn't sleep. ([[TV]]: ''[[It Takes You Away (TV story)|It Takes You Away]]'') The Doctor also heard stories about the [[Solver]]s and drew [[crayon]] sketches of them. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Doomsday Chronometer (audio story)|The Doomsday Chronometer]]'') | ||
When he was just a "small child", [[the Doctor's mother]] told him the story of [[Grandfather Paradox]]. It scared the Doctor so much that he worried that Grandfather Paradox was hiding in his wardrobe or under his bed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') He was also frightened by the "mythological horror" stories about the [[Fendahl]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]'') Other legends he learned included the [[Pantheon of Discord]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') and the [[Shakri]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'') | When he was just a "small child", [[the Doctor's mother]] told him the story of [[Grandfather Paradox]]. It scared the Doctor so much that he worried that Grandfather Paradox was hiding in his wardrobe or under his bed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') He was also frightened by the "mythological horror" stories about the [[Fendahl]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]'') Other legends he learned included the [[Pantheon of Discord]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') and the [[Shakri]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'') | ||
He also had nightmares for years about an elderly lady who had been covered in veils after she died on a hot day, with the heat causing [[flies]] to swarm around her corpse. ([[TV]]: ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'') As a boy, he spent a lot of time by the [[sea]], where he believed the [[death|dead]] were out there, whispering to him from the waves. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Matrix (novel)|Matrix]]'') | He also had nightmares for years about an elderly lady who had been covered in veils after she died on a hot day, with the heat causing [[flies]] to swarm around her corpse. ([[TV]]: ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'') As a boy, he spent a lot of time by the [[sea]], where he believed the [[death|dead]] were out there, whispering to him from the waves. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Matrix (novel)|Matrix]]'') | ||
During his formative years, the Doctor was "brain-buffed" at [[House of Lungbarrow|his home]] by his [[Avatroid]] Tutor, [[Badger (Lungbarrow)|Badger]]. During this time, the Doctor was forced to learn by rote and was taught about the Legacy of Rassilon and the story of Otherstide. The | During his formative years, the Doctor was "brain-buffed" at [[House of Lungbarrow|his home]] by his [[Avatroid]] Tutor, [[Badger (Lungbarrow)|Badger]]. During this time, the Doctor was forced to learn by rote and was taught about the Legacy of Rassilon and the story of Otherstide. The Doctor disliked this form of learning and often caused distractions and tried to escape his lessons. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') He looked up to [[Omega]] as his people's greatest hero. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') | ||
[[File:First Doctor Listen 3.jpg|left|thumb|Comforted by a [[Clara Oswald|kind stranger]], the young Doctor weeps. ([[TV]]: ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'')]] | [[File:First Doctor Listen 3.jpg|left|thumb|Comforted by a [[Clara Oswald|kind stranger]], the young Doctor weeps. ([[TV]]: ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'')]] | ||
