Exile on Earth: Difference between revisions

While based on 20th century Earth, a Time Lord appeared to warn the Doctor of the coming of [[the Master]], an indirect way of sending him on a mission to defeat the Master's plots. ([[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]''). For a period of time thereafter, the Doctor repeatedly encountered the Master and foiled his various plots ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil]]'' to ''[[The Dæmons]]'', inclusive).

The appearance of the Time Lord who warned the Doctor of the Master's return prefigured a period of time in which the Time Lords allowed the Doctor occasional reprieves from exile. When it suited their purposes, the Time Lords would send the Doctor on controlled flights away from Earth on specific missions. The Time Lords allowed the Doctor full use of his TARDIS to stop the Master on an Earth colony in the future ([[DW]]: ''[[Colony in Space]]''). Later, they allowed him to travel to [[Peladon (planet)|Peladon]] for unspecified reasons ([[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]''). They also sent him on a direct mission to convey a message to [[Ky]], a [[Solonian]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'').