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'''[[The Doctor]]'s [[family|familial relations]]''' were numerous and paradoxical. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir (short story)|Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir]]'') [[Sarah Jane Smith]] once referred to the Doctor's [[companion]]s as their family, telling the [[Tenth Doctor]], "You act like such a lonely man, but you've got the biggest family on [[Earth]]!" ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') The Doctor chose to think of the universe as their [[foster family]], after their parents "decided to opt out of their responsibilities." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beltempest (novel)|Beltempest]]'') | '''[[The Doctor]]'s [[family|familial relations]]''' were numerous and paradoxical. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir (short story)|Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir]]'') [[Sarah Jane Smith]] once referred to the Doctor's [[companion]]s as their family, telling the [[Tenth Doctor]], "You act like such a lonely man, but you've got the biggest family on [[Earth]]!" ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') The Doctor chose to think of the universe as their [[foster family]], after their parents "decided to opt out of their responsibilities." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beltempest (novel)|Beltempest]]'') | ||
==Ancestors== | == Ancestors == | ||
[[File:The Doctor's mother Talent Scout.jpg|thumb|left|[[Talent Scout]] in the form of [[the Doctor's mother]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Comfort of the Good (comic story)|The Comfort of the Good]]'')]] | [[File:The Doctor's mother Talent Scout.jpg|thumb|left|[[Talent Scout]] in the form of [[the Doctor's mother]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Comfort of the Good (comic story)|The Comfort of the Good]]'')]] | ||
According to one account, the Doctor was one of the forty-five [[cousin]]s created by the [[Loom]] of the [[House of Lungbarrow]] on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', ''[[Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir (short story)|Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir]]'') At other times, the Doctor stated that he had parents, including a [[Time Lord]] [[the Doctor's father|father]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'', ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'', ''[[Matrix (novel)|Matrix]]'') and a [[human]] [[the Doctor's mother|mother]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'', ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'', ''[[Grimm Reality (novel)|Grimm Reality]]'', ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'', ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'', ''[[Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir (short story)|Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir]]'') | According to one account, the Doctor was one of the forty-five [[cousin]]s created by the [[Loom]] of the [[House of Lungbarrow]] on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', ''[[Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir (short story)|Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir]]'') At other times, the Doctor stated that he had parents, including a [[Time Lord]] [[the Doctor's father|father]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'', ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'', ''[[Matrix (novel)|Matrix]]'') and a [[human]] [[the Doctor's mother|mother]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'', ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'', ''[[Grimm Reality (novel)|Grimm Reality]]'', ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'', ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'', ''[[Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir (short story)|Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir]]'') In a third account of the Doctor's origins, they were originally the mysterious [[Timeless Child]], adopted by the [[Shobogan (species)|Shobogan]] [[Tecteun]] in the course of her travels, who brought the Child back with her to Gallifrey. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') | ||
[[Patience]] taught [[the Doctor's grandfather]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'') and the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] spoke of several [[The Doctor's grandmothers|grandmothers]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[It Takes You Away (TV story)|It Takes You Away]]'') | [[Patience]] taught [[the Doctor's grandfather]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'') and the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] spoke of several [[The Doctor's grandmothers|grandmothers]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[It Takes You Away (TV story)|It Takes You Away]]'') | ||
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==Descendants== | ==Descendants== | ||
The Doctor had, in the Tenth Doctor's own words, been "a dad" ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'') and "a [[father]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'') These children were "sons or daughters, or both." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eleventh Tiger (novel)|The Eleventh Tiger]]'') The [[Twelfth Doctor]] claimed he had "dad skills". ([[TV]]: ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'') [[Clara Oswald]] also claimed the Doctor had "children". ([[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') | The Doctor had, in the Tenth Doctor's own words, been "a dad" ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'') and "a [[father]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'') These children were "sons or daughters, or both." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eleventh Tiger (novel)|The Eleventh Tiger]]'') The [[Twelfth Doctor]] claimed he had "dad skills". ([[TV]]: ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'') [[Clara Oswald]] also claimed the Doctor had once had "children". ([[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') | ||
[[Susan Foreman's father]] was a Cardinal on Gallifrey, and had a [[Susan Foreman's mother|wife]] who died giving birth to Susan. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'', ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') It was unclear which of them was the descendant of the Doctor; however, in [[Parallel universe (Auld Mortality)|another universe]], the Doctor's daughter was Susan's mother. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Auld Mortality (audio story)|Auld Mortality]]'') | [[Susan Foreman's father]] was a Cardinal on Gallifrey, and had a [[Susan Foreman's mother|wife]] who died giving birth to Susan. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'', ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') It was unclear which of them was the descendant of the Doctor; however, in [[Parallel universe (Auld Mortality)|another universe]], the Doctor's daughter was Susan's mother. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Auld Mortality (audio story)|Auld Mortality]]'') | ||
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When the Earth was relocated to the [[Medusa Cascade]], an instantaneous biological meta-crisis was created; this [[Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor|meta-crisis Doctor]] was later was exiled by the Time Lord to [[Pete's World|an alternate universe]]. Technically, the meta-crisis could be considered a relative of the Doctor's. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') | When the Earth was relocated to the [[Medusa Cascade]], an instantaneous biological meta-crisis was created; this [[Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor|meta-crisis Doctor]] was later was exiled by the Time Lord to [[Pete's World|an alternate universe]]. Technically, the meta-crisis could be considered a relative of the Doctor's. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') | ||
==Fate== | == Fate == | ||
Much of the Doctor's [[family]] died or went missing. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'') After the last day of the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]], the Tenth Doctor, while telling [[Donna Noble|Donna]] that he'd been a father before, explained that he "lost all that a long time ago along with everything else." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'') The [[Eleventh Doctor]] involuntarily reacted to [[Corc]]'s accusation that he had never lost a child. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dark Horizons (novel)|Dark Horizons]]'') Even after the Doctor realised that [[Gallifrey]] and the Time Lords were not destroyed at the end of the Time War, the Doctor still believed their missing children and grandchildren to be dead. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'', ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'') | Much of the Doctor's [[family]] died or went missing. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'') After the last day of the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]], the Tenth Doctor, while telling [[Donna Noble|Donna]] that he'd been a father before, explained that he "lost all that a long time ago along with everything else." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'') The [[Eleventh Doctor]] involuntarily reacted to [[Corc]]'s accusation that he had never lost a child. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dark Horizons (novel)|Dark Horizons]]'') Even after the Doctor realised that [[Gallifrey]] and the Time Lords were not destroyed at the end of the Time War, the Doctor still believed their missing children and grandchildren to be dead. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'', ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'') | ||
== Affairs == | == Affairs == | ||
[[File:First Doctor Cameca.jpg|thumb|The Doctor and Cameca. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'')]] | [[File:First Doctor Cameca.jpg|thumb|The Doctor and Cameca. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'')]] | ||
The [[Tenth Doctor]] told [[Sally Sparrow (Blink)|Sally Sparrow]] that he was "rubbish at | The [[Tenth Doctor]] told [[Sally Sparrow (Blink)|Sally Sparrow]] that he was "rubbish at [[wedding]]s, especially [his] own". ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'') | ||
The [[First Doctor]] was accidentally engaged to [[Cameca]] in the [[15th century]] when he drank [[cocoa]] with her. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'') | The [[First Doctor]] was accidentally engaged to [[Cameca]] in the [[15th century]] when he drank [[cocoa]] with her. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'') | ||
