From: utzoo!decvax!watmath!bstempleton
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Title: Re: The Doctor"s name is...
Article-I.D.: watmath.2569
Posted: Thu Jun 10 01:22:08 1982
Received: Thu Jun 10 05:23:21 1982
References: pur-phy.331

We must remember, Doctor Who has been running since '63, and has had many
many writers.  A great number of them have decided to completely ignore
precedents set up by other writers, in particular from the very early
days.  Certainly the new Baker->Davison regeneration was nothing like
the previous.  But let's look at more:

1) The Time Lords can easily control the Tardis and the Doctor.  Common
ideas today seem to be he is allowed to dabble in time (and is a member
of the Celestial Intervention Agency, some high ranking Galifrean society)
as long as he does a few jobs.  Remember the beginnings of
"Genesis of the Daleks" and "The Brain of Morbius".  The Doctor never stays
long, or fights for a known cause when asked too.  Romana did just this
when she quit.

2) Somehow, in some way, Doctor Who is the President of the Time Lords.
He did lose his memory after use of the Great Key, but I don't see how
that means he must give up his presidency.  He can have a fancy Tardis
when he likes by this.  Anyway, at LOGOPLIS, they fixed his Tardis so that
it can change shape.  No doubt Davison wants to not use the Police Box as
much.