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* She was "born in the 21st century," so she can't be from any earlier than 2015 or so. But that's now close enough to be Main/TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture.
** [[ExamplesAreNotRecent The above WMG and comment were obviously written some years before 2015]]. At the time of writing ''this'' comment (April 2015), the objection no longer applies.

During his time with Jo Grant, the Doctor observed something in her. She may have seemed dim, but he could tell she was smarter than she let on, and she had a fierce spirit that reminded him of himself. After the Time-Lords returned the use of his TARDIS to him, the Doctor started thinking about submitting her for the Academy, but these plans were cut short when Jo got married, thus him looking so broken up after. He soon, however, found another potential candidate in Sarah Jane, who had a similarly fierce spirit, and was more open about her intelligence. After what happened with Jo, though, the Doctor was on the fence for a long time about whether to submit Sarah, but, when finally forced to make a decision, the Doctor decided not to, hence him telling her humans weren't allowed on Gallifrey.

During his time with Jo Grant, the Doctor observed something in her. She may have seemed dim, but he could tell she was smarter than she let on, and she had a fierce spirit that reminded him of himself. After the Time-Lords returned the use of his TARDIS to him, the Doctor started thinking about submitting her for the Academy, but these plans were cut short when Jo got married, thus him looking so broken up after. He soon, however, found another potential candidate in Sarah Jane, who had a similarly fierce spirit, and was more open about her intelligence. After what happened with Jo, the Doctor was on the fence for a long time about whether to submit Sarah, but, when finally forced to make a decision, the Doctor decided not to, hence him telling her humans weren't allowed on Gallifrey.

During his time with Jo Grant, the Doctor observed something in her. She may have seemed dim, but he could tell she was smarter than she let on, and she had a fierce spirit that reminded him of himself. After the Time-Lords returned the use of his TARDIS to him, the Doctor started thinking about submitting her for the Academy, but these plans were cut short when Jo got married, thus him looking so broken up. He soon, however, found another potential candidate in Sarah Jane, who had a similarly fierce spirit, and was more open about her intelligence. After what happened with Jo, the Doctor was on the fence for a long time about whether to submit Sarah, but, when finally forced to make a decision, the Doctor decided not to, hence him telling her humans weren't allowed on Gallifrey.

This would explain the obvious set look of the whole thing and also the historical inaccuracies. Being presumably made in the future, some details were lost or less accessible.

Naturally, one has to assume that returning someone to an earlier point either naturally reverts their age, or the Time Lords would have done that deliberately.

Naturally, one has to assume that returning someone to an earlier point either naturally reverts their age, or the Time Lords would have done that deliberately (I'm assuming the former).

Basically, he'd be back at the start of the point in the trial before he'd made the deal with no memory of anything having happened. He was then able to finish off his trial, but this time the Time Lords weren't going to kill him. When the Time Lords decided to send him to Earth, he had no idea that it was secretly part of the agreement he'd made with them as part of his service. Letting it be decided "in the trial" was a handy way for them of hiding the fact that it was a result of a backroom deal. Then the end of "The War Games" really was The Doctor being made to regenerate just as it originally seemed.

The reason for the [[BodyHorror undead looking]] Pratt/Beavers Master is an indication on why there are only 13 regenerations. Technically it is possible to regenerate a thirteenth time without a new cycle, it's just that things...[[CameBackWrong go poorly]]. The decaying form of the Master is what happens when a Time Lord tries to regenerate but instead of using the normal energy, [[CastFromHitPoints they use their own biological reserves]]. It's enough to save their life, but causes rapid aging and degradation to keep themselves alive. As for the Anthony Ainley incarnation, it's likely that the Master did some genetic modification to Tremas' body be more like a Time Lord. That's why he never seems to lack Time Lord traits in future stories who's absence might hinder his plans. A lot of him is still Trakenite though, which is why he never regenerates until he gets an actual Time Lord body in the new series. That, or since Trakenites naturally had zero regenerations and he had zero left in his old body, the Master just needed to be given them.

It does'nt look like Victorian\19th century dresses, but instead looks somewhat modern-ish and streamlined, and about as 20th century as Sarah's usual outfits. By the time of the First Great Human Empire (which started the year after Vicki's birth) Earth's contact with other HumanAlien species would've made it so that fashion comprised (and mix-and-matched) [[AnachronisticFashion fashion from various planets... as well as various centuries of the same planet.]] And the 20th century was one of Vicki's favorite centuries so she likely had a lot of clothing based on that time period.

** Also, perhaps the Fifth Doctor would have been ''much'' more jaded by the time of his 'original' stories in this new continuity. After all, 7 more years of death and destruction around him could not be good for the psyche - even for one as well-adjusted as the Fifth's tended to be. Maybe he'd be (gasp!) GenreSavvy enough to notice when the Master showed up.

[[WMG: The entire history of the Doctor has been one long game of XanatosSpeedChess against the creatures of the [[Creator/HPLovecraft Cthulhu Mythos]]]].

It's because the Celestial Intervention Agency has redacted information on this incident. Which explains why the Brigadier knows the 6th Doctor despite never meeting him in canon. The two obviously shared an adventure (or more!) before the BigFinish adventures.

[[WMG: The Time Lords are descended from [[{{Exalted}} Sidereals.]]]]

This theory, being a widespread fan theory, itself belongs in WMG even though it was around long before TvTropes.org. At the end of the Second Doctor's last story, "The War Games", companions Jamie and Zoë are sent back to their own times with memory wipes, and the Time Lords force him to regenerate into the Third Doctor and send him to Earth.

Its only towards the end of his life, and after some time traveling with his granddaughter and his first human companions, that the First Doctor gradually mellowed down and his more altruistic side came to the forefront. This CharacterDevelopment was reflected in his first four regenerations. But the regeneration from the Fifth to the Sixth Doctor was so traumatic that it caused the Doctor to 'relapse' back to the younger days of his first life.

In future episodes, we are seen that the Doctor can land in the same location in the same time zone where the TARDIS left. So, that means that the Doctor was lying to Ian and Barbara about not being able to return them home - in an effort to save them from the Daleks who will appear in Revelation of the Daleks. Remember that the Doctor cannot change fixed points in time, but he is able to prevent more casualties from happening. Ian and Barbara could have been a part of the deceased list during the Dalek attack in Revelation of the Daleks.

They're the only two Time Lords shown to have (or the potential for) potent, usable at command psychic powers. The early cracks in The Doctor and The Master's friendship was The Master becoming a bad influence towards Susan, though not enough for The Doctor to consider him more than a jackanape before encountering him again on earth.

Let's pretend Edward Travers was about 44 years old when we saw him, because Jack Watling was. This would make him be born in 1891, and let's say Lyndon Travers had Edward at about 36 years old making him born in 1855, 11 years before Victoria was taken in by the Doctor. So that means that at the time she was taken by the Doctor, Victoria had an 11-year-old cousin named Lyndon on her mother's side, who grew up and then had a kid named after Edward Waterfield.

The main strategy the Renegade Daleks are using in this serial is taking a human child and utilizing her creativity to come up with better battle plans. This is very close to what the Cult of Skaro's whole concept is. Additionally, aside from physically resembling Sec by being a black Dalek, the Supreme Dalek's death is very trippy and cuts away before we see any damage. All we see is the ash left at the end. We've seen other Daleks explode before so it's possible the Supreme Dalek merely used an early version the Emergency Temporal Shift. Due to some kinks still being worked out in the technology it left some ash from his casing behind.

The Second Doctor knowing about the mindwipe and his companions is one of the biggest factors to suggest a Season 6B. However I propose an alternate theory. The Third Doctor is clearly taken from a time before he repaired his Tardis, since he is driving Bessie (or perhaps after loosing Joe but before acquiring Sarah, point is he hasn't officially met her yet otherwise she'd be travelling with him and wouldn't have to get captured separately) yet he meets Sarah Jane as if he knows he, and he seems to know about the Forth Doctor too calling him all teeth and curls. This is further supported by the fact that he said it was nice meeting her right before they leave. She's confused and he says he'll explain later. He also greets the Brigadier as if he hasn't seen him in a while. Given this I think it's clear during this story at least, the Doctors are taken out of their time but their connected minds and timeywimey instability mean they all have the memories of the most recent Doctor but the physical body and personalities of the respective incarnations. The only thing to suggest against this is the fact that the first Doctor doesn't seem to recognise the Master (or the other companions) which might mean they only have vague recollections of their future memories. Or perhaps regardless of when they were stolen from time, their minds by default go to the most recent version of that incarnation ie they get the memories they had just as they were about to regenerate.

The Second Doctor knowing about the mindwipe and his companions is one of the biggest factors to suggest a Season 6B. However I propose an alternate theory. The Third Doctor is clearly taken from a time before he repaired his Tardis, since he is driving Bessie (or perhaps after loosing Joe but before acquiring Sarah, point is he hasn't officially met her yet otherwise she'd be travelling with him and wouldn't have to get captured separately) yet he meets Sarah Jane as if he knows he, and he seems to know about the Forth Doctor too calling him all teeth and curls. This is further supported by the fact that he said it was nice meeting her right before they leave. She's confused and he says he'll explain later. He also greets the Brigadier as if he hasn't seen him in a while. Given this I think it's clear during this story at least, the Doctors are taken out of their time but their connected minds and timeywimey instability mean they all have the memories of the most recent Doctor but the physical body and personalities of the respective incarnations. The only thing to suggest against this is the fact that the first Doctor doesn't seem to recognise the Master (or the other companions) which might mean they only have vague recollections of their future memories. Or perhaps regardless of when they were stolen from time, their minds by default go to the most recent version of that incarnation ie they get the memories they had just as they were about to regenerate.

''Doctor Who'' isn't like ''Star Trek'', where anything vaguely bipedal can breed with one another, yet King Peladon's mother was from Earth. The fact that his father could breed with a human suggests that his distant ancestors were also Earth humans, probably from the ever-popular 51st century when spaceships were capable of emergency time-jumps. The ancestors of the Pel culture crashed there after such a time-jump, and their stranded descendants developed a medieval-level culture. Their chief distinguishing feature, their funky hair-stripes, are a "founder effect" because one or more of the surviving castaways had that genetic quirk.