From: danaf@vccsouth28.its.rpi.edu (Frank R. Dana Jr.)
Subject: Re: ALL OUR TOMORROWS: The Doctor and Causality
Reply-To: danaf@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 18:58:15 GMT

In article <1992Sep5.112328.16083@lugb.latrobe.edu.au>, HISC9016351D@LUST2.LATROBE.EDU.AU (MAMMONE,Robert) writes:
|> In <torresce.715548951@craft.camp.clarkson.edu> torresce@craft.camp.clarkson.edu writes:
|> 
|> 
|> > 
|> > When:  I have followed previous threads and believe the Doctor either was 
|> > Rassilon or was involved with him alot (or possibly Rassilon set it up so one
|> > person could do the things that the doctor does). This is where the doctor 
|> > obtained his 'time protection'.
|> 
|> >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 agree with this assesment. If anyone here has not read John Peel's short
"Scrolls of Rassilon" piece at the back of his Gallifrey Chronicles reference
work, you really should. It's well-written, and in my opinion is the closest
we're ever going to get to the "real" story unless the show comes back on the
air.

As a quick summary, it tells the story of the three pre-Time Lord Gallifreyans
who are responsible for creating (capturing?) the Eye of Harmony. Rassilon and
Omega are identified by name, and there is a third party referred to only by a
pseudonym.(I forget what it is, I don't have the book here). By action, speech,
and description, this is assuredly the Hartnell incarnation of the Doctor. This
story makes sense, fits the general feeling of the show well, and meshes 
completely with the events hinted at in Season 27.

(Come on, you KNEW a writer like John Peel (wonderful man...) couldn't bear to
write an entire reference book without ONE chunk of creative fiction...)

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