Doctor Who Club of Australia

au3xr6 · Joined: 03 Oct 2007 Posts: 7 Location: newcastle

Did any of you ever consider that the doctor is not the only remaining time lord? Romana is still in E space and would not have been involved in the war that Killed off all the other time lords. So in theory the doctor could return to E space and re populate the time lord race. for those of you not familiar with the early doctor who episodes this happened in the Tom Baker days.

Sulp Niar · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:38 pm Post subject:

I... doubt it. That Romana's in E space, I mean. For a start, I can't imagine how a Time War that can reduce creatures to ethereal beings (Gelth) couldn't affect E space, particularly when we've seen that the two can intersect quite comfortably if you know how ('Warriors' Gate', mainly). Oh, and I'm certain that, as the Doctor suggested in 'Earthshock', there was a taxi service set up to transport lost Alzarians, so Romana could have taken one home.

Also, and I know this isn't definitive because canon isn't definitive, but I doubt that the New Series production team would openly contradict the Virgin New Adventures, Big Finish, the BBC EDAs etc. either.

Greg · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 7:04 pm Post subject:

However, Romana aside...

Whatever happened to Susan? Or the Monk? Or Drax? Or the Rani? They were all alive and (at least possibly) not on Gallifrey when the Time War happened.

au3xr6 · Joined: 03 Oct 2007 Posts: 7 Location: newcastle

Greg · Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:44 am Post subject:

Well, at the simplest level, there's absolutely no way that two members of a species could repopulate a civilisation without incest...!

However, I was more concerned with the topic heading (about the Doctor not being the last of the Time Lords) than the prospect of repopulating Time Lord society.

You'd end up paddling in the shallow end of the gene pool in any case, even if you recruited everyone I listed - while a species isn't extinct while even one member survives, you need a fair old number to have something genetically viable.

In any case, given we've been assured that the Doctor is half-human on his mother's side, and is still counted as a Time Lord, why do you need another Time Lord at all? Maybe the Doctor is giving off a powerful 'I'm from an almost extinct species, breed with me' pheromone, which explains why Rose and Martha were so attracted to him...

Ickabod · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 533 Location: far far away

In any case, given we've been assured that the Doctor is half-human on his mother's side, and is still counted as a Time Lord

was there a book regarding this information....I'd certainly like to read it....maybe the Monk could regenerate into a female?

dave · Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 6:16 pm Post subject:

That info comes from the telemovie so far as I know, Cate.

Greg · Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:05 pm Post subject:

The information is given in the 8th Doctor telemovie and has not been definitively refuted.

Maybe the similarities in the genetic structires of Time Lords and humans is why the chameleon bridge converts a Time Lord into a human (based on the only two examples that we have...)?

Ickabod · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 533 Location: far far away

Panecea · Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 9:15 pm Post subject: