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=== The escape === | === The escape === | ||
==== Reasons ==== | ==== Reasons ==== | ||
According to [[Ashildr]], when he was "barely more than a child", the Doctor learned of a prophesied warrior called "[[the Hybrid]]" from the [[Cloister Wraith]]s and the story made him "so scared" ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') that he eventually left Gallifrey out of fear | [[The Doctor]]'s most common explanation as to why they left [[Gallifrey]] was that "[he] was bored". However, many accounts suggested this was a lie, or at least not the whole truth, ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'', ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'') with the Doctor's arch-nemesis, [[Davros]], once confronting the [[Twelfth Doctor]] about this, stating that "no one runs the way you have run for so small a reason". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'', ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') Indeed, the [[First Doctor]] did admit to [[Bill Potts]] that there were "many pressing reasons" for his departure from Gallifrey. ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') | ||
According to [[Ashildr]], when he was "barely more than a child", the Doctor learned of a prophesied warrior called "[[the Hybrid]]" from the [[Cloister Wraith]]s and the story made him "so scared" ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') that he eventually left Gallifrey out of fear. ([[TV]]: ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'') Another reason he left to see the universe was that he was curious ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Return of the Daleks (TVC comic story)|Return of the Daleks]]'') of why "good prevail[ed]" over "evil" in the universe; ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Stones of Venice (audio story)|The Stones of Venice]]'') according to the Doctor, uncovering this explanation was not a reason they ''ran from'' the planet, but something they were running ''to''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') Another account also stated the Doctor had left during "dark times when [their] world tottered on the edge of ruin, where the impotence of [their] own people had driven him to leave". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Roses (short story)|Roses]]'') | |||
As the [[Fifth Doctor]] told [[Tegan Jovanka]], his travels all started when he "deliberately [chose] to go on the run from [his] own people in a rackety old TARDIS". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') The Fifth Doctor also claimed to have left Gallifrey to find "the ideal society", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'') with the [[Eighth Doctor]] claiming to have left his planet because he "disagreed with the philosophy of its Masters", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beltempest (novel)|Beltempest]]'') and the [[Second Doctor]] admitting to leaving due to "the deviousness and corruption of Time Lord politics". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'') [[Gideon Crane]], a [[human]] temporarily fused with the Eighth Doctor's memories, stated that the Doctor left Gallifrey due to "some misplaced revolutionary fervor". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Minuet in Hell (audio story)|Minuet in Hell]]'') | As the [[Fifth Doctor]] told [[Tegan Jovanka]], his travels all started when he "deliberately [chose] to go on the run from [his] own people in a rackety old TARDIS". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') The Fifth Doctor also claimed to have left Gallifrey to find "the ideal society", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'') with the [[Eighth Doctor]] claiming to have left his planet because he "disagreed with the philosophy of its Masters", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beltempest (novel)|Beltempest]]'') and the [[Second Doctor]] admitting to leaving due to "the deviousness and corruption of Time Lord politics". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'') [[Gideon Crane]], a [[human]] temporarily fused with the Eighth Doctor's memories, stated that the Doctor left Gallifrey due to "some misplaced revolutionary fervor". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Minuet in Hell (audio story)|Minuet in Hell]]'') | ||
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The Doctor also took the [[Hand of Omega]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') some [[validium]], and Gallifrey's moon when he left, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'') and brought Susan with him, either as an accidental passenger ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Here There Be Monsters (audio story)|Here There Be Monsters]]'') or on purpose, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'') having decided it was best to do so to prevent her from being brainwashed and regimented in the thought patterns of the Time Lords. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]'') He also took [[The Doctor's signet ring|his]] [[signet ring]] with him, using it to breach the "laws and barriers" to enable his escape. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Three Paths (short story)|The Three Paths]]'') | The Doctor also took the [[Hand of Omega]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') some [[validium]], and Gallifrey's moon when he left, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'') and brought Susan with him, either as an accidental passenger ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Here There Be Monsters (audio story)|Here There Be Monsters]]'') or on purpose, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'') having decided it was best to do so to prevent her from being brainwashed and regimented in the thought patterns of the Time Lords. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]'') He also took [[The Doctor's signet ring|his]] [[signet ring]] with him, using it to breach the "laws and barriers" to enable his escape. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Three Paths (short story)|The Three Paths]]'') | ||
Susan | Susan once stated that the Doctor had never explained to her why they needed to leave, simply that they had needed to flee. Still, she reflected that she was no longer comfortable with calling Gallifrey her home at this point. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'') | ||
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