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== Ancestors == | == Ancestors == | ||
[[File:The Doctor's mother Talent Scout.jpg|thumb|left|[[Talent Scout]] in the form of [[the Doctor's mother]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Comfort of the Good (comic story)|The Comfort of the Good]]'')]] | [[File:The Doctor's mother Talent Scout.jpg|thumb|left|[[Talent Scout]] in the form of [[the Doctor's mother]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Comfort of the Good (comic story)|The Comfort of the Good]]'')]] | ||
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]]'') | 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]]'') | ||
Some time after his original encounters with [[Omega]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] learnt from [[Gallifrey]]'s [[Keeper of the Rolls]] that some evidence pointed to Omega having been a direct [[ancestor]] of his. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Search for the Doctor (novel)}}) | |||
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-[[canonicity|canonical]]" after reading articles on the [[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]]'') | 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-[[canonicity|canonical]]" after reading articles on the [[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]]'') | ||
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According to [[Clara Oswald]], by the time of the Doctor's [[twelfth incarnation]], he had been "married four times, all deceased". ([[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') | According to [[Clara Oswald]], by the time of the Doctor's [[twelfth incarnation]], he had been "married four times, all deceased". ([[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') | ||
== | == Other references == | ||
[[Martha Jones]] had believed that [[the Master]] was the Doctor's "secret [[brother]] [or something]", to which the [[Tenth Doctor]] told her that she had "been watching too much [[television|TV]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') | [[Martha Jones]] had believed that [[the Master]] was the Doctor's "secret [[brother]] [or something]", to which the [[Tenth Doctor]] told her that she had "been watching too much [[television|TV]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* Martha's belief that the Master was the Doctor's "secret brother" was first floated as a revelation about the character back in the [[Jon Pertwee]]-era. The idea was reignited years later in the [[Peter Davison]]-era story ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'', with [[Anthony Ainley]]'s version of the Master, before seemingly burning up, exclaiming "Won't you show mercy to your own…", never finishing the sentence. According to the [[DVD]] commentary, [[Fiona Cumming]] asked [[John Nathan-Turner]] how the line was to end, to which he replied, "brother". It was also used in several pitches for the [[Eighth Doctor]] TV projects which eventually ended up as the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|1996 ''Doctor Who'' TV movie]]; there, the Master would have been [[Ulysses]]' son by his legitimate Gallifreyan spouse, while the Doctor was Ulysses' son with [[Penelope Gate|a human woman]], making him and the Master half-brothers. | * Martha's belief that the Master was the Doctor's "secret brother" was first floated as a revelation about the character back in the [[Jon Pertwee]]-era. The idea was reignited years later in the [[Peter Davison]]-era story ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'', with [[Anthony Ainley]]'s version of the Master, before seemingly burning up, exclaiming "Won't you show mercy to your own…", never finishing the sentence. According to the [[DVD]] commentary, [[Fiona Cumming]] asked [[John Nathan-Turner]] how the line was to end, to which he replied, "brother". It was also used in several pitches for the [[Eighth Doctor]] TV projects which eventually ended up as the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|1996 ''Doctor Who'' TV movie]]; there, the Master would have been [[Ulysses]]' son by his legitimate Gallifreyan spouse, while the Doctor was Ulysses' son with [[Penelope Gate|a human woman]], making him and the Master half-brothers. | ||
* [[David A. McIntee]] once pitched a [[Fifth Doctor]] novel which would instead have revealed the Doctor and the Master as former spouses, in a plotline allegedly inspired by ''War of the Roses''. The pitch was refused with a "death-stare" from [[Gary Russell]].<ref>https://originallonemagpie.tumblr.com/post/102452330527/well-i-guess-we-know-where-the-idea-for-missy</ref> | * [[David A. McIntee]] once pitched a [[Fifth Doctor]] novel which would instead have revealed the Doctor and the Master as former spouses, in a plotline allegedly inspired by ''War of the Roses''. The pitch was refused with a "death-stare" from [[Gary Russell]].<ref>https://originallonemagpie.tumblr.com/post/102452330527/well-i-guess-we-know-where-the-idea-for-missy</ref> | ||
