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Although the [[First Doctor]] initially told [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] that he and Susan were "[[exile]]s" from their home planet, ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') most accounts suggested that this was a figure of speech and they had left of their own accord, albeit possibly as a way of escaping from dangerous circumstances. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Disassembled (audio story)|Disassembled]]'', etc.) | Although the [[First Doctor]] initially told [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] that he and Susan were "[[exile]]s" from their home planet, ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') most accounts suggested that this was a figure of speech and they had left of their own accord, albeit possibly as a way of escaping from dangerous circumstances. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Disassembled (audio story)|Disassembled]]'', etc.) | ||
[[Boy (Unnatural History)|A boy]] from [[Faction Paradox]] told the [[Eighth Doctor]] that he had started out as a [[49th century]] [[human]], who had to leave their home planet to escape from [[the Enemy]]. The Enemy subsequently kept rewriting their past until they remembered having been a [[Time Lord]] from [[Gallifrey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') | |||
[[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 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 [[Davros]] once confronting the [[Twelfth Doctor]] about how "no one [ran] the way [the Doctor] [had] [ran] for so small a reason". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') Indeed, the [[First Doctor]] did admit to a [[glass avatar]] of [[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 | 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 was because he was curious ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Return of the Daleks (TVC comic story)|Return of the Daleks]]'') as to how "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 the only reason he ran from the planet, but it was what he was 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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With the dematerialisation circuit still in the Doctor's possession, the Archaeons had sent [[nematode]]s, which didn't affect the Time Lords, to kill all of the humans on the rover. When the Archaeons found the life they had "seeded" had become disorderly and "run rampant", no longer matching their carefully-planned vision, they "purged" the humans on the lunar base and on the Earth with [[lightning]]. The Doctor, who was blamed for the disruption of the Archaeons' experiments, was brought back to the cavern. Meanwhile, the humans retaliated against the Archaeons with [[missile]]s. After the Doctor went inside the TARDIS, evading the distracted Archaeons, Stoyn tried taking Susan with him, but she refused and ran inside the TARDIS. With the dematerialisation circuit in place, the Doctor and Susan left without Stoyn, as the Doctor felt that he was just as willing to abandon them. Another barrage of missiles breached the [[atmosphere]] of the Archaeons' cavern, destroying their weaponry; the Archaeons were pulled outside, though Susan saw Stoyn struggle to reach the rover. Afterwards, the Doctor continuously watched the video about the Earth's history and evolution inside the TARDIS, marvelling at the planet's abundance. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'') | With the dematerialisation circuit still in the Doctor's possession, the Archaeons had sent [[nematode]]s, which didn't affect the Time Lords, to kill all of the humans on the rover. When the Archaeons found the life they had "seeded" had become disorderly and "run rampant", no longer matching their carefully-planned vision, they "purged" the humans on the lunar base and on the Earth with [[lightning]]. The Doctor, who was blamed for the disruption of the Archaeons' experiments, was brought back to the cavern. Meanwhile, the humans retaliated against the Archaeons with [[missile]]s. After the Doctor went inside the TARDIS, evading the distracted Archaeons, Stoyn tried taking Susan with him, but she refused and ran inside the TARDIS. With the dematerialisation circuit in place, the Doctor and Susan left without Stoyn, as the Doctor felt that he was just as willing to abandon them. Another barrage of missiles breached the [[atmosphere]] of the Archaeons' cavern, destroying their weaponry; the Archaeons were pulled outside, though Susan saw Stoyn struggle to reach the rover. Afterwards, the Doctor continuously watched the video about the Earth's history and evolution inside the TARDIS, marvelling at the planet's abundance. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'') | ||
== Aftermath on Gallifrey == | == Aftermath on Gallifrey == | ||
