From: torresce@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Carlos E. Torres)
Subject: Re: ALL OUR TOMORROWS: The Doctor and Causality
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 14:01:41 GMT

HISC9016351D@LUST2.LATROBE.EDU.AU (MAMMONE,Robert) writes:
>>Your theory as a whole is rather interesting, and demands furhter looking
>into.  However, I've a problem with the above comment about Rassilon.  I
>personally don't believe the Doctor to be Rassilon.  It just doesn't seem
>to fit.  Why would Rassilon seek to escpe the Time Lords, then submit to
>a forced regeneration and then exile to Earth, then another trial, then
>meet his final incarantion in his tomb without recognising himself, then
>another trial.  Also, the Doctor being involved with Rassilon att some
>pruior date doesnt wash for me given that in The Five Doctors, when all bar
>one of the Doctors met Rassilon's spirit, Rassilon didn't recognise the Doctor
>especially the first incarnation, and given the fact that time Lords seem
>to be able to recognise each other without speaking.  All right, people
>will point to stories like Silver Nemesis and Remembrance of the Daleks
>as some sort of indicator that the Doctor met or worked with Rassilon
>at some prior time, but whenever he's directly confronted, the Doctor
>tends to hedge or deflect.  But anyway, this is all my opinion, and I'm
>looking forward to all the flak that's coming my way. Cheers, 

I haven't seen any of the McCoys series yet, so I can't comment on Silver 
Nemesis or Remembrance of the Daleks.  But here are my comments anyway.  My
first clue that led me to believe that the Dr. is Rassilon was in The Brain of
Morbius where he seemed to have more regenerations than we knew about (I know
people here said they were the actual filming crew [or whatever], but why were
they put in???)  Also, many times, time lords have not recognized others.  First
of all, they must be 'looking' to recognize one, 2nd of all, the time lord can
place a wall around his mind (shown in many stories, including The Brain of 
Morbius - I just saw this recently, so it is fresh in my mind).  After all, the
Dr. would always know when he was confronting the Master - wouldn't he?
(The Keeper of Traken, Logopolis, etc...)  Also, it is curious, in The Five
Doctors, how only Dr#1 chose the right answer - perhaps remembering the most of
what was suppose to happen versus the others forgetting.  The question would be
why???  The Dr. has constantly told us he was bored, perhaps he gave himself a
new identity and decided to go explore this universe, but giving himself time
protectedness, to help preserve the universe by doing the "little things"
that no one sees - like destroying Sutek!  :) :)
	The 2nd clue for letting me know he might be Rassilon, was in State of
Decay where he seemed to have the original documents in his Tardis on how to
destroy the large vampire bat.  (the sound went off on my station when I saw
this episode - so I don't really know what was said at the time).  My apologies
if I'm wrong here.
	I'll end this here since this is getting long, but I'll try and compose
a list of all the clues I have put together, and then I'll post it.
		Mystic

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