Thanks, those look like good references.
Although I’m more of a fan of the classic series than the new one, I will ask you a question about something which I’ve never seen clearly explained: what exactly did the Doctor do to get him exiled to Earth by the Time Lords?
Well, the specifics have always been left a mystery. What we do know is that he went on the run from his own people, and that he stole his TARDIS (which was an older “Type 40” model, without many of the features of newer models, like the Master and Rani have). TARDISes were already obsolete when the Doctor stole his. The Time Lords had invented Time Rings, which could simply transport the wearer wherever they wanted to go by thinking about the location and then activating it. It’s assumed that a TARDIS was more practical for the Doctor because there would be less security involved in trying to obtain one, and it could also serve as a home and base for him. What role his granddaughter played in all of this, if any, is unknown. (Frankly, we don’t even know if Susan is his
actual granddaughter or not, or whether she’s even a Time Lord, However, it is made clear in the episode “The Five Doctors” that she recognizes the Death Zone on Gallifrey by sight, so clearly she has a lot of knowledge about the Time Lords, regardless.)
We eventually see him get caught during the last Second Doctor episode, “The War Games”, when he has no choice but to involve the Time Lords to help straighten out the crisis of the episode. He is simply charged with “intervening in the affairs of others”, which is contrary to the highest Time Lord law. (At one point early in their history, Time Lords were evil, and interfered hideously in the affairs of others. This was eventually reformed, but ever since that time, intervening in the affairs of any planet in any way has been Gallifrey’s highest crime.) He is given a reprieve because of all the good he has done, and is exiled to Earth in a new body, so that no one can recognize him. He also loses the ability to fly the TARDIS for much of his Third incarnation. Nevertheless, it has been made clear many times during the series that whatever set him on the run in the first place was also MUCH more than just a desire to interfere on the side of good and see the universe (although that was a large part of it). During the Seventh Doctor’s tenure, we learn that the Doctor may have far more intimate knowledge of Time Lord society than anyone realizes (for example, knowledge and possession of the “Hand of Omega”, which was created at the beginning of Time Lord society). It has been speculated by some that he may have even been around as a hidden but important figure at the beginning of Time Lord society, but there’s nothing tangible at all to back that up.
