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According to most accounts, the Doctor was born on the home [[planet]] of the [[Time Lord]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') [[Gallifrey]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'', ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') "the oldest and most mighty race in the universe", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') on the Holiday of [[Otherstide]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (audio story)|Cold Fusion]]'') When asked by [[Organon]] was star sign he was born under, he said that he was born under the sign of [[Crossed Computers]], the symbol of the Gallifreyan maternity service. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]'') | According to most accounts, the Doctor was born on the home [[planet]] of the [[Time Lord]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') [[Gallifrey]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'', ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') "the oldest and most mighty race in the universe", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') on the Holiday of [[Otherstide]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (audio story)|Cold Fusion]]'') When asked by [[Organon]] was star sign he was born under, he said that he was born under the sign of [[Crossed Computers]], the symbol of the Gallifreyan maternity service. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]'') | ||
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According to other accounts, however, the Doctor was a [[human]] named "[[Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|Dr. Who]]", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Daleks (short story)|Doctor Who and the Daleks]]'') originating from [[Victorian era]] [[Britain]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'') or [[planet (An Unearthly Child)|another planet]] entirely ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') in the [[49th century]]. A [[Boy (Unnatural History)|young member of Faction Paradox]] claimed to the [[Eighth Doctor]] that his "original" home was indeed a colony in the 49th century, until it was invaded by [[the Enemy]], causing him to flee; the Enemy subsequently began rewriting the Doctor's history bit by bit "while [he] wasn't looking". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') | According to other accounts, however, the Doctor was a [[human]] named "[[Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|Dr. Who]]", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Daleks (short story)|Doctor Who and the Daleks]]'') originating from [[Victorian era]] [[Britain]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'') or [[planet (An Unearthly Child)|another planet]] entirely ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') in the [[49th century]]. A [[Boy (Unnatural History)|young member of Faction Paradox]] claimed to the [[Eighth Doctor]] that his "original" home was indeed a colony in the 49th century, until it was invaded by [[the Enemy]], causing him to flee; the Enemy subsequently began rewriting the Doctor's history bit by bit "while [he] wasn't looking". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') | ||
The Doctor recalled having a [[family]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') including [[The Doctor's mother|a mother]], [[The Doctor's father|a father]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') [[the Doctor's uncle|an uncle]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'') [[the Doctor's sisters|sisters]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Arachnids in the UK (TV story)|Arachnids in the UK]]'') and [[The Doctor's grandmothers|seven grandmothers]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[It Takes You Away (TV story)|It Takes You Away]]'') However, the [[Eighth Doctor]] expressed uncertainty as to whether this [[family]] was real or a [[dream]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') He had at least one brother, [[Irving Braxiatel]] | The Doctor recalled having a [[family]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') including [[The Doctor's mother|a mother]], [[The Doctor's father|a father]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') [[the Doctor's uncle|an uncle]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'') [[the Doctor's sisters|sisters]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Arachnids in the UK (TV story)|Arachnids in the UK]]'') and [[The Doctor's grandmothers|seven grandmothers]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[It Takes You Away (TV story)|It Takes You Away]]'') However, the [[Eighth Doctor]] expressed uncertainty as to whether this [[family]] was real or a [[dream]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') He had at least one brother, [[Irving Braxiatel]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle (novel)|Tears of the Oracle]]'') but [[Maris]] could find no Gallifreyan documentation on him despite hearing that he existed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir (short story)|Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir]]'') | ||
By some accounts, [[Time Lord]]s were sterile as a result of the [[Curse of Pythia]], and, as a result, they reproduced through mechanical [[Loom]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'', ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') The [[Fifth Doctor]] remembered that he was loomed into the [[House of Lungbarrow]] on the holiday of [[Otherstide]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'') After [[scream]]ing as he was dragged out from the Loom, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Blue Angel (novel)|The Blue Angel]]'') the Doctor's first word was "Again?" ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'') | By some accounts, [[Time Lord]]s were sterile as a result of the [[Curse of Pythia]], and, as a result, they reproduced through mechanical [[Loom]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'', ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') The [[Fifth Doctor]] remembered that he was loomed into the [[House of Lungbarrow]] on the holiday of [[Otherstide]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'') After [[scream]]ing as he was dragged out from the Loom, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Blue Angel (novel)|The Blue Angel]]'') the Doctor's first word was "Again?" ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'') Maris found a birth notice claiming the Doctor had been loomed but also found various other, disagreeing, origins for the renegade. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir (short story)|Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir]]'') | ||
By other accounts, the Doctor did have parents, ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') either because he was born before [[Rassilon]]'s invention of Looms, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'') or because all Time Lords had parents. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') | By other accounts, the Doctor did have parents, ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir (short story)|Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir]]'') either because he was born before [[Rassilon]]'s invention of Looms, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'') or because all Time Lords had parents. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') | ||
The [[Eighth Doctor]] claimed to [[Wagg|Professor Wagg]] that his mother was human, which {{Roberts}} also determined through analysis of the Doctor's [[retina|retinal structure]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') Although he would indicate to [[Chantir]] that this was a ruse to trick the Master, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'') the Eighth Doctor repeated the claim many times, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'', ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'', ''[[The Scarlet Empress (novel)|The Scarlet Empress]]'', ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'', ''[[Grimm Reality (novel)|Grimm Reality]]'') and personally struggled with whether he was half-human or Loomed, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Autumn Mist (novel)|Autumn Mist]]'', ''[[The Blue Angel (novel)|The Blue Angel]]'', ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'') as he could not remember which was true and which was a dream. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'') | The [[Eighth Doctor]] claimed to [[Wagg|Professor Wagg]] that his mother was human, which {{Roberts}} also determined through analysis of the Doctor's [[retina|retinal structure]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') Although he would indicate to [[Chantir]] that this was a ruse to trick the Master, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'') the Eighth Doctor repeated the claim many times, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'', ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'', ''[[The Scarlet Empress (novel)|The Scarlet Empress]]'', ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'', ''[[Grimm Reality (novel)|Grimm Reality]]'') and personally struggled with whether he was half-human or Loomed, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Autumn Mist (novel)|Autumn Mist]]'', ''[[The Blue Angel (novel)|The Blue Angel]]'', ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'') as he could not remember which was true and which was a dream. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'') | ||
The Eighth Doctor's memory of his mother's appearance resembled [[Penelope Gate]], a human [[time traveller]] who had a child with the Time Lord [[Ulysses]] in the generation before the Doctor's; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') the [[Infinity Doctor]] remembered that his mother's name was Penelope. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'') | The Eighth Doctor's memory of his mother's appearance resembled [[Penelope Gate]], a human [[time traveller]] who had a child with the Time Lord [[Ulysses]] in the generation before the Doctor's; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') the [[Infinity Doctor]] remembered that his mother's name was Penelope. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'') One of the many contradictory origins for the Doctor that Maris found was that the Doctor had been born to "a human mother" and a "Time Lord father" on Otherstide. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir (short story)|Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir]]'') | ||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] later insisted that his mother was a Time Lord, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Comfort of the Good (comic story)|The Comfort of the Good]]'') and the [[Twelfth Doctor]] neither confirmed nor denied [[Ashildr]]'s speculation that he was a half-human half-Gallifreyan [[The Hybrid|hybrid]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') {{Roberts|c}} theorised that the Doctor's biology could not open [[Artron]]'s [[Artron's tomb|tomb]], which could only be opened by a Time Lord. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Planet of Dust (audio story)|Planet of Dust]]'') | The [[Eleventh Doctor]] later insisted that his mother was a Time Lord, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Comfort of the Good (comic story)|The Comfort of the Good]]'') and the [[Twelfth Doctor]] neither confirmed nor denied [[Ashildr]]'s speculation that he was a half-human half-Gallifreyan [[The Hybrid|hybrid]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') {{Roberts|c}} theorised that the Doctor's biology could not open [[Artron]]'s [[Artron's tomb|tomb]], which could only be opened by a Time Lord. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Planet of Dust (audio story)|Planet of Dust]]'') | ||
