The Doctor's family: Difference between revisions

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 they 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]]'') named [[Ulysses]] in one account, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') 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]]'') Some accounts held that the Doctor's mother was the human [[Penelope Gate]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'', ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') The Eighth Doctor recognised [[I.M. Foreman]] as "one of my ancestors", but then clarified that he meant Foreman preceded him as a pioneering Gallifreyan rebel, not necessarily a biological ancestor; the Doctor noted that, ironically, Susan had adopted Foreman's surname without realising their shared heritage. ([[PROSE]]: [[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]])

By other accounts, the Doctor's mother was also a Time Lord, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Comfort of the Good (comic story)|The Comfort of the Good]]'') with [[Lady]] [[Peinforte]] claiming that the idea of the Doctor being half human via his mother was "much disregarded". She also came to believe Looms were "non-canon" after reading articles on [[TARDIS Wiki]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lady Peinforte (short story)|Lady Peinforte]]'') In a third account of the Doctor's origins, they were originally the mysterious [[Timeless Child]], discovered and adopted by the [[Shobogan (species)|Shobogan]] traveller [[Tecteun]], who brought her child back with her to Gallifrey. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'')