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As an example, [[Terrance Dicks]] and [[Malcolm Hulke]] believed that a previous mention of "[[Time Lord]]s" had appeared when they set about writing ''[[The War Games]]'', when the series had never done so before. By mistake, they ended up creating the concept. | As an example, [[Terrance Dicks]] and [[Malcolm Hulke]] believed that a previous mention of "[[Time Lord]]s" had appeared when they set about writing ''[[The War Games]]'', when the series had never done so before. By mistake, they ended up creating the concept. | ||
A major and concerted attempt to retcon happened when the writing team assembled by [[Andrew Cartmel]] ([[Script Editor]] from [[Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 23]] to [[Season 26]]) and writers [[Marc Platt]] and [[Ben Aaronovitch]], attempted to make the Doctor more mysterious and powerful again, and came up with a secret backstory for him known as the "[[Cartmel Masterplan]]", first hinted at in ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' and even more so in [[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|its novelisation]]. ''Doctor Who'''s cancellation in [[1989]] meant that this did not go very far. | A major and concerted attempt to retcon happened when the writing team assembled by [[Andrew Cartmel]] ([[Script Editor]] from [[Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 23]] to [[Season 26 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 26]]) and writers [[Marc Platt]] and [[Ben Aaronovitch]], attempted to make the Doctor more mysterious and powerful again, and came up with a secret backstory for him known as the "[[Cartmel Masterplan]]", first hinted at in ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' and even more so in [[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|its novelisation]]. ''Doctor Who'''s cancellation in [[1989]] meant that this did not go very far. | ||
In the [[1990s]] many of the official ''Doctor Who'' stories that were released were written by fans of the programme who often attempted to address some of these 'inconsistencies' themselves, providing retcons where necessary. | In the [[1990s]] many of the official ''Doctor Who'' stories that were released were written by fans of the programme who often attempted to address some of these 'inconsistencies' themselves, providing retcons where necessary. | ||
