History Recap / DoctorWhoNewAdventuresLungbarrow

* RapunzelHair: Innocet has resolved not to cut her hair until she sees daylight again. This results in her having to walk about with 673 years' worth of hair in a colossal plait, worn wound on her back like a turtle shell.

* TimeTravelTaboo: There are technological measures (the Backtime Buffers) preventing attempts to take a TARDIS into Gallifrey's past, which is strictly forbidden.
* Near adaption: The most recent episode, The Timeless Children borrows a few things from this novel. Mainly, the Doctor's back story. There are several hints on the Doctor's childhood, we also see an unseen incarnation of the Doctor. Who as seen in the novel is known as the "Other", but in the episode we see the "Ruth" Doctor.

* Nearadaption: The most recent episode, The Timeless Children borrows a few things from this novel. Mainly, the Doctor's back story. There are several hints on the Doctor's childhood, we also see an unseen incarnation of the Doctor. Who as seen in the novel is known as the "Other", but in the episode we see the "Ruth" Doctor.

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* RapunzelHair: Innocet has resolved not to cut her hair until she sees daylight again. This results in her having to walk about with 673 years' worth of hair in a colossal plait.
* TheReveal: The Doctor is the genetic reincarnation of the Other, one of the three founders of Gallifreyan society alongside Rassilon and Omega. Moreover, Susan was technically the biological granddaughter of the Other, but she recognized the Doctor as her grandfather.

* ContinuitySnarl: Time Lords are said to be born through machines called Loom, which weave the same DNA into different individuals (called 'Cousins'), and are shown to be fully matured when exiting the Looms. This is contradicted by the Revival series, which shows both Gallifreyans and Time Lords as children. Furthermore, as stated by ''Lungbarrow'' and a previous novel, ''Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible'', the Looms were created to counter the sterility curse cast on the Time Lords by their ancient ruler, the Pythia, and all but eliminated the idea of parenthood from Gallifreyan culture, as all individuals woven by the same loom were now considered 'Cousins' due to being genetically identical. This too is contradicted by the TV series, which mentions the Doctor having a father and a mother (not to mention children and a granddaughter) and the Master having a father and a daughter. Not to mention the Doctor still having his own ''crib'' of all things.

* NoHuggingNoKissing: ''Lungbarrow'' revealed that, since a long-ago catastrophe rendered their entire race sterile, Time Lords don't have sex -- they get created on ''looms''. (Included at no extra cost: A tortured explanation of how, in that case, the Doctor can be Susan's grandfather.) This revelation was entirely ignored by the TV series.

* GeniusLoci: Most Houses on Gallifrey, including Lungbarrow, the Doctor's family House.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Offers a solution to the 'Half-Human' debacle from [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie the TV Movie]]. The end of the book reveals that Leela is pregnant with Andred's child. The Doctor, amused, tells them to name the child after himself. It is implied that this half-Human, half-Gallifreyan child grows up, steals a TARDIS somewhere in the 24 years other works have confirmed to have passed between "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime The Invasion of Time]]" and ''AudioPlay/{{Gallifrey}}'' (this book is set a year after the TV episode), has his own adventures and then goes back into Gallifrey's past and becomes the Other. ''Then'', he throws himself into a Loom and is reborn as the Doctor ten million years later, meaning that the memories of parents the Doctor refers to in the TV Movie are actually the Other's.
* ChaoticEvil: Glospin fits the bill on both counts. He confronts the Doctor about his illegal Looming instead of having him outright arrested and executed, leading him to escape Gallifrey with the aid of the Hand of Omega.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: This story was originally pitched for Season 26, but was turned down both because it would have broken the budget and because it established far more about the Doctor's past than the showrunners at the time were happy with. Aspects of the pitch (creepy Gothic mansion linked to a regular character's past, etc.) were reworked into "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E2GhostLight Ghost Light]]".

''Lungbarrow'' is the final novel in the Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures Seventh Doctor series, and the second-to-last one in the DWNA overall. It was written by Marc Platt and served as a conclusion to the infamous "Cartmel Masterplan", a storyline that would have introduced the Doctor's past on Gallifrey during the abruptly-cancelled Season 27. This "Masterplan" would have presented the Doctor as the reincarnation of one of the founders of Time Lord society, bringing back the mystery of the Doctor's real identity. Numerous clues of this "Masterplan" were found throughout Season 25 and 26, but the supposed creators of the storyline themselves said it actually was nothing but a couple of fancy ideas thrown between them, although considering how infuriatingly unstable and ever-shifting the Doctor Who canon is, they shouldn't be taken as Word of God.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The whole 'Half-Human' debacle from the TV Movie, which is a source of contention and controversy still to this day, is masterfully solved here. The end of the book reveals that Leela is pregnant with Andred's child. The Doctor, amused, tells them to name the child after himself. It is implied that this half-Human, half-Gallifreyan child grows to be the Other, steals a TARDIS somewhere the 24 years other works have confirmed to have passed between [[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime "The Invasion of Time"]] and [[AudioPlay/{{Gallifrey}} ''Gallifrey'']] (this book is set a year after the TV episode), has his own adventures and then goes back into Gallifrey's past and becomes the Other. ''Then'', he throws himself into a Loom and is reborn as the Doctor ten million years later, meaning that the memories of parents the Doctor refers to in the TV Movie are actually the Other's. Try saying that three times fast.

* TheChessmaster: Most of the Time Lords are, as it's the only way to rise through the ranks of their society. Romana and Ferain are notable examples, and Glospin fancies himself one (and ''oh'' boy if he ''isn't''). Rassilon, the first Time Lords, is hinted to be one, and is seen playing a game of chess containing several other games of chess inside a single board. His mentor and rival, the Other, is one too.
* ContinuitySnarl: Time Lords are said to be born through machines called Loom, which weave the same DNA into different individuals (called 'Cousins'), and are shown to be fully matured when exiting the Looms. This is contradicted by the Revival series, which shows both Gallifreyans and Time Lords as children. Furthermore, as stated by Lungbarrow and a previous novel, Cat's Cradle, Time's Crucible, the Looms were created to counter the sterility curse cast on the Time Lords by their ancient ruler, the Pythia, and all but eliminated the idea of parenthood from Gallifreyan culture, as all individuals woven by the same loom were now considered 'Cousins' due to being genetically identical. This too is contradicted by the TV series, which mentions the Doctor having a father and a mother (not to mention children and a granddaughter) and the Master having a father and a daughter. Not to mention the Doctor still having his own ''crib'' of all things.
* GrandFinale: For the [[Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures New Adventures]], even if [[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresTheDyingDays The Dying Days]], which features the Eighth Doctor, also fits as one.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: this story was originally going to be broadcasted in Season 27. Just ''imagine'' what would it have been, on screen.

''Lungbarrow'' is the final novel in the Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures Seventh Doctor series, and the second-to-last one in the DWNA overall. It was written by Marc Platt and served as the a conclusion to the infamous "Cartmel Masterplan", a storyline that would have introduced the Doctor's past on Gallifrey during the abruptly-cancelled Season 27. This "Masterplan" would have presented the Doctor as the reincarnation of one of the founders of Time Lord society, bringing back the mistery of the Doctor's real identity. Numerous clues of this "Masterplan" were found throughout Season 25 and 26, but the supposed creators of the storyline themselves said it actually was nothing but a couple of fancy ideas thrown between them, although considering how infuriatingly unstable and ever-shifting the Doctor Who canon is, they shouldn't be taken as Word of God.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The whole 'Half-Human' debacle from the TV Movie, which is a source of contention and controversy still to this day, is masterfully solved here. [[spoiler: The end of the book reveals that Leela is pregnant with Andred's child. The Doctor, amused, tells them to name the child after himself. It is implied that this half-Human, half-Gallifreyan child grows to be the Other, steals a TARDIS somewhere the 24 years other works have confirmed to have passed between [[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime "The Invasion of Time"]] and [[AudioPlay/{{Gallifrey}} ''Gallifrey'']] (this book is set a year after the TV episode), has his own adventures and then goes back into Gallifrey's past and becomes the Other. ''Then'', he throws himself into a Loom and is reborn as the Doctor ten million years later, meaning that the memories of parents the Doctor refers to in the TV Movie are actually the Other's. Try saying that three times fast.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The Doctor is the genetic reincarnation of the Other, one of the three founders of Gallifreyan society alongside Rassilon and Omega. Moreover, Susan was technically the biological granddaughter of the Other, but she recognized the Doctor as her grandfather.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: this story was originally going to be broadcasted in Season 27. Just ''imagine'' what would it have been, on screen.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The whole 'Half-Human' debacle from the TV Movie, which is a source of contention and controversy still to this day, is masterfully solved here. [[Spoiler: The end of the book reveals that Leela is pregnant with Andred's child. The Doctor, amused, tells them to name the child after himself. It is implied that this half-Human, half-Gallifreyan child grows to be the Other, steals a TARDIS somewhere the 24 years other works have confirmed to have passed between [[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime "The Invasion of Time"]] and AudioPlay/Gallifrey (this book is set a year after the TV episode), has his own adventures and then goes back into Gallifrey's past and becomes the Other. ''Then'', he throws himself into a Loom and is reborn as the Doctor ten million years later, meaning that the memories of parents the Doctor refers to in the TV Movie are actually the Other's. Try saying that three times fast.]]

* GrandFinale: For the [[''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures New Adventures'']], even if [[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresTheDyingDays ''The Dying Days'']], which features the Eighth Doctor, also fits as one.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The whole 'Half-Human' debacle from the TV Movie, which is a source of contention and controversy still to this day, is masterfully solved here.

''Lungbarrow'' is the final novel in the Doctor Who New Adventures Seventh Doctor series, and the second-to-last one in the DWNA overall. It was written by Marc Platt and served as the a conclusion to the infamous "Cartmel Masterplan", a storyline that would have introduced the Doctor's past on Gallifrey during the abruptly-cancelled Season 27. This "Masterplan" would have presented the Doctor as the reincarnation of one of the founders of Time Lord society, bringing back the mistery of the Doctor's real identity. Numerous clues of this "Masterplan" were found throughout Season 25 and 26, but the supposed creators of the storyline themselves said it actually was nothing but a couple of fancy ideas thrown between them, although considering how infuriatingly unstable and ever-shifting the Doctor Who canon is, they shouldn't be taken as Word of God.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The Doctor is the genetic reincarnation of the Other, one of the three founders of Gallifreyan society alongside Rassilon and Omega. Moreover, Susan Foreman was technically the biological granddaughter of the Other, but she recognized the Doctor as her grandfather.]]

''Lungbarrow'' is the final novel in the Doctor Who New Adventures Seventh Doctor series, and the second-to-last one in the DWNA overall. It was written by Marc Platt and served as the a conclusion to the infamous "Cartmel Masterplan", a storyline that would have introduced the Doctor's past on Gallifrey during the abruptly-cancelled Season 27. This "Masterplan" would have presented the Doctor as the reincarnation of one of the founders of Time Lord society, bringing back the mistery of the Doctor's real identity. Numerous clues of this "Masterplan" were found throughout Season 5 and 26, but the supposed creators of the storyline themselves said it actually was nothing but a couple of fancy ideas thrown between them, although considering how infuriatingly unstable and ever-shifting the Doctor Who canon is, they shouldn't be taken as Word of God.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The Doctor is the reincarnation of the Other, one of the three founders of Gallifreyan society alongside Rassilon and Omega. Moreover, Susan Foreman was technically the biological granddaughter of the Other, but she recognized the Doctor as her grandfather.]]

* TheChessmaster: Most of the Time Lords are, as it's the only way to rise through the ranks of their society. Romana and ferain are notable examples, and Glospin fancies himself one (and ''oh'' boy if he ''isn't''). Rassilon, the first Time Lords, is hinted to be one, and is seen playing a game of chess containing several other games of chess inside a single board. His mentor and rival, the Other, is one too.
* ContinuitySnarl: Time Lords are said to be born through machines called Loom, which weave the same DNA into different individuals (called 'Cousins'), and are shown to be fully matured when exiting the Looms. This is contradicted by the Revival series, which shows both Gallifreyans and Time Lords as children. Furthermore, as stated by Lungbarrow and a previous novel, Cat's Cradle, Time's Crucible, the Looms were created to counter the sterility curse cast on the Time Lords by their ancient ruler, the Pythia, and all but eliminated the idea of parenthood from Gallifreyan culture, as all individuals woven by the same loom were now considered 'Cousins' due to being genetically identical. This too is contradicted by the TV series, which mentions the Doctor having a father and a mother (not to mention children and a granddaughter) and the Master having a father and a daughter. Not to mention the Doctor still having his own ''crib'' of all things.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Glospin fits the bill on both counts. He confronts the Doctor about his illegal Looming instead of having him outright arrested and executed, leading him to escape Gallifrey with the aid of the Hand of Omega.

* '''AlwaysChaoticEvil''': Glospin fits the bill on both counts. He confronts the Doctor about his illegal Looming instead of having him outright arrested and executed, leading him to escape Gallifrey with the aid of the Hand of Omega.

* '''TheChessmaster''': Most of the Time Lords are, as it's the only way to rise through the ranks of their society. Romana and ferain are notable examples, and Glospin fancies himself one (and ''oh'' boy if he ''isn't''). Rassilon, the first Time Lords, is hinted to be one, and is seen playing a game of chess containing several other games of chess inside a single board. His mentor and rival, the Other, is one too.

* '''ContinuitySnarl''': Time Lords are said to be born through machines called Loom, which weave the same DNA into different individuals (called 'Cousins'), and are shown to be fully matured when exiting the Looms. This is contradicted by the Revival series, which shows both Gallifreyans and Time Lords as children. Furthermore, as stated by Lungbarrow and a previous novel, Cat's Cradle, Time's Crucible, the Looms were created to counter the sterility curse cast on the Time Lords by their ancient ruler, the Pythia, and all but eliminated the idea of parenthood from Gallifreyan culture, as all individuals woven by the same loom were now considered 'Cousins' due to being genetically identical. This too is contradicted by the TV series, which mentions the Doctor having a father and a mother (not to mention children and a granddaughter) and the Master having a father and a daughter. Not to mention the Doctor still having his own ''crib'' of all things.

''Lungbarrow'' is the final novel in the Doctor Who New Adventures Seventh Doctor series, and the second-to-last one in the DWNA overall. It was written by Marc Platt and served as the a conclusion to the infamous "Cartmel Masterplan", a storyline that would have introduced the Doctor's past on Gallifrey during the abruptly-cancelled Season 27. This "Masterplan" would have presented the Doctor as the reincarnation of one of the founders of Time Lord society, bringing back the mistery of the Doctor's real identity. Numerous clues of this "Masterplan" were found throughtout Season 5 and 26, but the supposed creators of the storyline themselves said it actually was nothing but a couple of fancy ideas thrown between them, but considering how infuriatingly unstable and ever-shifting the Doctor Who canon is, they shouldn't be taken as Word of God.

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* '''Always Chaotic Evil''': Glospin fits the bill on both counts. He confronts the Doctor about his illegal Looming instead of having him outright arrested and executed, leading him to escape Gallifrey with the aid of the Hand of Omega.

* '''The Chessmaster''': Most of the Time Lords are, as it's the only way to rise through the ranks of their society. Romana and ferain are notable examples, and Glospin fancies himself one (and ''oh'' boy if he ''isn't''). Rassilon, the first Time Lords, is hinted to be one, and is seen playing a game of chess containing several other games of chess inside a single board. His mentor and rival, the Other, is one, too.

* '''Continuity Snarl''': Time Lords are said to be born through machines called Loom, which weave the same DNA into different individuals (called 'Cousins'), and are shown to be fully matured when exiting the Looms. This is contradicted by the Revival series, which shows both Gallifreyans and Time Lords as children. Furthermore, as stated by Lungbarrow and a previous novel, Cat's Cradle, Time's Crucible, the Looms were created to counter the sterility curse cast on the Time Lords by their ancient ruler, the Pythia, and all but eliminated the idea of parenthood from Gallifreyan culture, as all individuals woven by the same loom were now considered 'Cousins' due to being genetically identical. This too is contradicted by the TV series, which mentions the Doctor having a father and a mother (not to mention children and a granddaughter) and the Master having a father and a daughter. Not to mention the Doctor still having his own ''crib'' of all things.

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* '''Continuity Snarl''': Time Lords are said to be born through machines called Loom, which weave the same DNA into different individuals (called 'Cousins'), and are shown to be fully matured when exiting the Looms. This is contradicted by the Revival series, which shows both Gallifreyans and Time Lords as children. Furthermore, as stated by Lungbarrow and a previous novel, Cat's Cradle, Time's Crucible, the Looms were created to counter the sterility curse cast on the Time Lords by their ancient ruler, the Pythia, and all but eliminated the idea of parenthood from Gallifreyan culture, as all individuals woven by the same loom were now considered 'Cousins' due to being genetically identical. This too is contradicted by the TV series, which mentions the Doctor having a father and a mother (not to mention children and a granddaughter) and the Master having a father and a daughter, among other things.

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