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'''''Birth of a Renegade''''' was a short prose story published in 1983 by the ''[[Radio Times]]'' in its ''[[Doctor Who 20th Anniversary Special]]''. It was intended to reveal [[Susan | '''''Birth of a Renegade''''' was a short prose story published in 1983 by the ''[[Radio Times]]'' in its ''[[Doctor Who 20th Anniversary Special]]''. It was intended to reveal [[Susan]]'s origin. | ||
These accounts of Susan's origins have not been reflected in any other source. The story states that Susan is not in fact related to the Doctor, but is instead a descendant of [[Rassilon]]. This is a [[retcon]] which goes against the intent of the original programme makers who devised the character of Susan as the Doctor's granddaughter. A different account of Susan's origins, in which she is not exactly the Doctor's granddaughter, but instead the granddaughter of [[the Other]], who was later reincarnated as the Doctor, is found in the novel ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]''. | These accounts of Susan's origins have not been reflected in any other source. The story states that Susan is not in fact related to the Doctor, but is instead a descendant of [[Rassilon]]. This is a [[retcon]] which goes against the intent of the original programme makers who devised the character of Susan as the Doctor's granddaughter. A different account of Susan's origins, in which she is not exactly the Doctor's granddaughter, but instead the granddaughter of [[the Other]], who was later reincarnated as the Doctor, is found in the novel ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]''. | ||
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The Master remembers more than the Doctor, who realises he has had selective memories wiped — just as the Master had told him. The Master explains that students revolted against Pundat the Third but were ruthlessly put down. The students wanted to replace Pundat's rule (in which the Lord President chose his own successor) with Rassilon's Law, hereditary rule by a descendant of [[Rassilon]]. | The Master remembers more than the Doctor, who realises he has had selective memories wiped — just as the Master had told him. The Master explains that students revolted against Pundat the Third but were ruthlessly put down. The students wanted to replace Pundat's rule (in which the Lord President chose his own successor) with Rassilon's Law, hereditary rule by a descendant of [[Rassilon]]. | ||
The students had tried to recruit the Doctor, but he he had decided to side with the status quo, the constitution and Lord Pundat. When Pundat died of stress soon after the revolt, his chosen successor was the evil [[Chancellor]] [[Slann]]. The students had found the last of Lord Rassilon's descendants: Lady Larn, a seven-year old child adopted by [[Councillor]] [[Brolin]]. They decided on a second coup. Yet in trying to convert the Doctor, the students were overheard. The Doctor, innocent of the students' revolt, was too highly respected to be terminated like the other students. It was decided to wipe parts of his memory. | The students had tried to recruit the Doctor, but he he had decided to side with the status quo, the constitution and Lord Pundat. When Pundat died of stress soon after the revolt, his chosen successor was the evil [[Chancellor]] [[Slann]]. The students had found the last of Lord Rassilon's descendants: Lady Larn, a seven-year-old child adopted by [[Councillor]] [[Brolin]]. They decided on a second coup. Yet in trying to convert the Doctor, the students were overheard. The Doctor, innocent of the students' revolt, was too highly respected to be terminated like the other students. It was decided to wipe parts of his memory. | ||
Bloody reprisals against the students followed, and the Doctor decided to leave Gallifrey in a TARDIS. As it happened, the Lady Larn was hiding in the same TARDIS that the Doctor stole; the Doctor knew her as Susan and she affectionately called him "grandfather". | Bloody reprisals against the students followed, and the Doctor decided to leave Gallifrey in a TARDIS. As it happened, the Lady Larn was hiding in the same TARDIS that the Doctor stole; the Doctor knew her as Susan and she affectionately called him "grandfather". | ||
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* [[Turlough]] | * [[Turlough]] | ||
* [[Susan | * [[Susan]] | ||
* {{Ainley|c}} | * {{Ainley|c}} | ||
* [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] | * [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* This Doctor wishes he still had his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation]]'') | * This Doctor wishes he still had his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'') | ||
* The Master's assassination of Lord President Slann predates his murder of the Lord President in [[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', although the assassination of the Lord President in that story is strongly suggested to be unprecedented. | * The Master's assassination of Lord President Slann predates his murder of the Lord President in [[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', although the assassination of the Lord President in that story is strongly suggested to be unprecedented. | ||
