The Doctor's early life: Difference between revisions

According to one account the Doctor traveled back in time, rescued [[Patience (The Tides of Time)|Patience]] and [[Susan Foreman|her granddaughter]] from a danger on Ancient Gallifrey. Eventually, the Doctor married Patience, and they had thirteen children together, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'') both "sons and daughters". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eleventh Tiger (novel)|The Eleventh Tiger]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] recalled being "terrible" at his wedding. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'') The Doctor also had three known grandchildren: [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Klepton Parasites (comic story)|The Klepton Parasites]]'') [[Clara Oswald]] also referred to the Doctor's "children and grandchildren", who were "missing" by the time of the Doctor's [[Twelfth Doctor|twelfth incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'')

While Susan specifically identified the Doctor as her grandfather, ([[TV]]: "[[An Unearthly Child (episode)|An Unearthly Child]]", "[[The Escape]]") and the Doctor likewise considered Susan to be his grandchild, ([[TV]]: "[[The Rescue (episode)|The Rescue]]", ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'', ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]'', "[[Flashpoint (episode)|Flashpoint]]") documents on [[Gallifrey]] were deliberately obscure about Susan's origins, some theorising that she was a direct descendant of [[The Other|a founding father]] of Gallifrey alongside a claim one of her parents was the [[Lord President|President of the Time Lords]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'') According to {{Ainley}}, Susan was a young Time Lady from the Doctor's own time who had stowed away on the Doctor's TARDIS. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birth of a Renegade (short story)|Birth of a Renegade]]'') Other accounts had her being rescued from the time period of [[the Other]] by the Doctor, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'') who later adopted her as his granddaughter. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Longest Story in the World (short story)|The Longest Story in the World]]'')

Still maintaining a "friend[ship] of sorts", ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Destination Wars (audio story)|The Destination Wars]]'') the Doctor gave the Master a [[dark star alloy brooch|cameo brooch]] made of [[Dark star alloy]] after an incident involving [[the Master's daughter]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') The Doctor also brought Susan to watch him and a group of Prydonians perform a ritual in [[Arcadia (city)|Arcadia]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Toy (audio story)|The Toy]]'')

Eventually, the Doctor came to live in a small house on a mountain with his "adopted granddaughter", [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], who was described as coming from a distant and primitive time. Susan would tell the Doctor tales of him "building" the TARDIS and leaving their planet, becoming younger again and fighting monsters. Susan's tales became known by the guards of the [[High Council]], and, after an incident outside the Capitol, the Doctor found that armed guards had infiltrated his house. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Longest Story in the World (short story)|The Longest Story in the World]]'')