65-421: " The Sound of Drums " is the twelfth episode of the third series of the revived British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It was broadcast on BBC One on 23 June 2007. It is the second of three episodes that form a linked narrative, following " Utopia " and followed by " Last of the Time Lords ". In the episode, set in the 21st century, the alien time traveller the Master ( John Simm ) uses
130-576: A cliffhanger as he uses his regeneration as a propaganda opportunity. In Doctor Who: The Adventure Games , Rassilon's Final Sanction is mentioned when Amy Pond looked at a Time Lord Staff that the Eleventh Doctor kept in his study. Rassilon features in the War Doctor novel Engines of War by George Mann , which looks at the events that led to the War Doctor's decision to use the Moment, including
195-399: A half billion years, as well as indirectly responsible for the death of his companion, Clara . On arriving on Gallifrey, he leads a military revolt against Rassilon, deposes him, and sends him into exile. Timothy Dalton was asked to reprise the role for the episode, but was replaced by Donald Sumpter as a regenerated Rassilon when he became unavailable for filming. Rassilon's rise to power
260-804: A living statue. Rassilon subsequently returned the first three Doctors to their proper places in time and space and freed the Fourth Doctor from the time eddy in which he had been trapped. In that story, Rassilon (played by Richard Mathews) appears as a disembodied image floating above his own sepulchre, but the nature of this apparition is not explained. People with major involvement in the Doctor Who television series, Doctor Who spin off media and in Doctor Who Magazine , when asked in The Essential Doctor Who magazine, were divided over whether
325-626: A network of mobile phone satellites to hypnotise the world and influence the population of the United Kingdom into electing him Prime Minister. Following the election, he makes contact with an invading race he calls the Toclafane . The Tenth Doctor , Jack , and Martha escape the Futurekind by using Jack's vortex manipulator to return to present-day London. They quickly learn that the Master has taken on
390-617: A separate story, but notes that the determination is arbitrary. Some of the car action sequences in this episode were filmed by Freema Agyeman herself rather than a stunt double, and took place at Harbour View Road, Penarth. David Tennant's makeup in which he is aged 100 years was inspired by the First Doctor , William Hartnell . The episode was advertised on BBC television with a spoof party political broadcast , featuring testimonials from British celebrities Sharon Osbourne , McFly and Ann Widdecombe showing their support for Mr Saxon ,
455-633: A stop to the games (" The Five Doctors ", 1983). It was rumoured that Rassilon, who lived during this time, had been deposed by Time Lords rebelling against his rule. It was also claimed Rassilon had discovered the secret of immortality and was still alive in the Tower, sleeping. The quest to reach Rassilon's tomb and the secret, blocked by a series of deadly obstacles, is referred to as "The Game of Rassilon". In "The Five Doctors", Lord President Borusa wants Rassilon's secret for himself, describing Rassilon's immortality as "perpetual bodily regeneration". Borusa uses
520-528: A version of which is seen in the episode itself. Also during the broadcast, drums can be heard. There is also a different trailer that showed still shots of the Doctor, Martha Jones and Captain Jack over the top of which Mr Saxon's speech, in which he says, "what this country really needs, right now, is a doctor", can be heard and at the end there is a small clip of him showing his trademark smile, making his intent to kill
585-526: Is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who . In the backstory of the programme, he was the founder of Time Lord society on the planet Gallifrey and its first leader, as Lord High President. After the original television series ended in 1989, Rassilon's character and history were developed in books and other media. Within the universe of the television series, there are many contradictory legends about Rassilon. It
650-456: Is also given credit, variously, for TARDIS technology; the living metal and super-weapon validium ; and the defensive Quantum Force Field and Transduction Barriers that protected Gallifrey. How much of this is true and how much of it is propaganda is not certain. However, it is established that a TARDIS derives its power primarily from the Eye of Harmony. The Tomb or Tower of Rassilon, also known as
715-688: Is dead and the face that appears is "a clever AI". Head writer and executive producer Russell T Davies believed that Rassilon is "clearly alive", with his big face in the story being "A projection from the Matrix . A mental life extending beyond the body's death." Spin-off writer George Mann believed that Rassilon was dead, but the Time Lords had figured out a way of "resurrecting dead people in extreme circumstances", doing "something horrible and timey wimey". Spin-off writer and DWM columnist Jacqueline Rayner described his condition as "a permanent sleep which
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#1732851464391780-401: Is honoured throughout Time Lord history. The Rassilon Imprimatur is the name given to the symbiotic nucleus of Time Lords' cell structures that allows them to withstand the molecular stresses of time travel and grants them a link to their TARDIS time machines. Several other Time Lord artifacts named after him have a technological function, in addition to their ceremonial roles: Rassilon
845-625: Is joined by three companions: Donna Noble , Martha Jones and Captain Jack Harkness . Actress and comedian Catherine Tate was cast as one-off companion Donna Noble for the Christmas special. At the end of the episode the character turns down the chance to travel in the TARDIS , but Tate later reprised her role and returned for a full series starting in the 2008 episode " Partners in Crime ". Following
910-481: Is known that he developed the technology for time travel that made his people lords of time in the distant past together with his colleague Omega . Omega, a stellar engineer, was presumed killed by the supernova that created the black hole later known as the Eye of Harmony , and Rassilon harnessed the nucleus of the black hole to provide the energy that powers time travel. Rassilon then took control of Gallifrey and became
975-451: Is pretty much indistinguishable from death", and that "He's immortal, but he has no awareness," and when the trap inside the Tomb of Rassilon is triggered, "he becomes semi-aware so he can oversee or judge what's going on, before going back into his eternal sleep again". DWM deputy editor Peter Ware believed that Rassilon is dead by the time of "The Five Doctors", and his dead mind is speaking from
1040-405: Is revealed to be the return of the Doctor's enemy Time Lord the Master , first played by Derek Jacobi before regenerating into John Simm . Three episodes from Series 3 were adapted from previously published works: "Human Nature" / "The Family of Blood" was adapted by Paul Cornell from his own New Adventures novel, also entitled Human Nature , while "Blink" originated as a short story in
1105-565: The Gelth in " The Unquiet Dead ".* Olivia Hill played a TV Reporter in The Sarah Jane Adventures episode " Invasion of the Bane " (2007). William Hughes, who plays the young Master, played the even younger Casanova in the eponymous BBC serial written by Russell T. Davies, in which David Tennant plays the adult Casanova. The drumming motif used several times in the story bears similarities to
1170-501: The Time War , "And got killed. And resurrected. Because that happened a lot in the Time War." According to scriptwriter Terrance Dicks , who wrote "The Five Doctors", Rassilon has "gone to a higher plane where he's a benevolent being who can, if he feels it's a big enough crisis, intervene". Rassilon (portrayed by Timothy Dalton ) appears as the villainous mastermind of " The End of Time ",
1235-799: The interactive episode " Attack of the Graske " and the TARDISODEs , Helen Raynor , one of the show's script editors , Chris Chibnall , the head writer and co-producer of spin-off series Torchwood , and Stephen Greenhorn . Previous writers Paul Cornell , Steven Moffat and Russell T Davies all contributed to the series, with Davies continuing to act as head writer and executive producer . Phil Collinson and Susie Liggat acted as producers, with Julie Gardner as executive producer. Euros Lyn , Charles Palmer , Richard Clark , James Strong , Graeme Harper , Hettie MacDonald and Colin Teague directed episodes in
1300-640: The television movie . When talking to the world's press cameras toward the end of the episode, the Master begins his speech "Peoples of the Earth, please attend carefully." This paraphrases part of a speech he gave in episode four of Logopolis (1981), which began "Peoples of the Universe, please attend carefully." The Master is shown enjoying an episode of Teletubbies , continuing a fascination with children's television first seen in The Sea Devils (1972), when he
1365-465: The 2006 Doctor Who annual by Steven Moffat called "What I Did on My Christmas Holidays' By Sally Sparrow". "Human Nature" is also the first instance of the Doctor's previous incarnations prior to his ninth being explicitly referenced in the revived era through the sketches in The Journal of Impossible Things . A 13-part animated serial, The Infinite Quest , was produced and broadcast as part of
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#17328514643911430-734: The Dark Tower, stands in the middle of the Death Zone—a blasted, barren plain—on Gallifrey. The Death Zone was used, in a period of Gallifrey's history known as the Dark Time, as an arena that pitted warriors of various alien species and times (captured by the use of a device called the Time Scoop) against each other in gladiatorial games, although the Second Doctor tells the Brigadier that Rassilon put
1495-632: The Doctor 100 years using Professor Lazarus's genetic manipulation technology , and DNA he took from the Doctor's severed hand (which Jack took aboard the TARDIS). Jack, having been revived, gives Martha his vortex manipulator and tells Martha to get off the Valiant . The Master brings Martha's family onto the bridge as the Paradox Machine activates. A massive rift opens above the Valiant , allowing six billion Toclafane to descend upon Earth and kill one-tenth of
1560-480: The Doctor proclaims that he does not kill and Zagreus refuses to be Rassilon's puppet. At the end of Zagreus , the Doctor is exiled to the Divergents' universe, having previously cast Rassilon into that reality to end his actions but unable to return to his universe as he was still contaminated by anti-time. He eventually tracks down Rassilon in that universe, and discovers that he has been manipulating an entity called
1625-415: The Doctor public. The celebrity appearances in the episode itself differ from those in the trailer, most noticeably that of Ann Widdecombe, who appears alone in the trailer but alongside Mr Saxon in the episode. The BBC had created two fictional websites in connection with these episodes, www.votesaxon.co.uk and www.haroldsaxon.co.uk. The latter site, at one time, did replicate the video and web pages seen by
1690-608: The Earth's population. Martha tends to the aged Doctor, and he whispers into her ear. She uses the vortex manipulator to teleport away, and promises to come back. Whilst the boy Master wears a black-and-white outfit like those worn by the first Time Lords seen on screen, in The War Games in 1969, the adult Time Lords are depicted dressed in the ceremonial robes first seen in The Deadly Assassin in 1976. Created by then BBC staff designer James Acheson prior to his film career,
1755-622: The Kro'Ka to observe and control the Doctor and Charley 's actions. At the end of the events of " The Next Life ", the Doctor and his companions escape the timeless Divergent universe—Rassilon having previously filtered the Zagreus energies out of the Doctor upon his arrival in this universe without the Doctor's knowledge—but Rassilon and the Kro'Ka remain trapped in a permanent loop. Rassilon's next audio appearance comes in Desperate Measures , concluding
1820-493: The Master addresses the nation, he opens with 'Britain, Britain, Britain'. This is a reference to the popular British comedy Little Britain , which opened with Tom Baker 's narrator saying the same. Tom Baker also played The Fourth Doctor . This episode, along with " Utopia " and " Last of the Time Lords ", are treated in several sources as a three-part story, the first such story in the revived series of Doctor Who . However, Russell T Davies has said that he regards "Utopia" as
1885-528: The Master's past and tells them how, as a child, the Master looked into the time vortex and was driven mad. They see a TV report that the Master is planning to reveal humanity's first contact the next day with an alien race known as the Toclafane. UNIT takes over the meeting and moves it to the flying aircraft carrier Valiant . The Master accepts the changes and boards the Valiant with his wife Lucy. The Doctor, Martha, and Jack teleport aboard and discover that
1950-446: The Master; the Face of Boe 's prophecy is directly related to Master; and a similar fob-watch that was used by the Doctor to change his Time Lord biology into human was also used by the Master to hide from the Time Lords. Murray Gold composed the music, with orchestration by Ben Foster . Production blocks were arranged as follows: An animated serial , The Infinite Quest ,
2015-614: The Master’s minions. The Master contacts them to gloat about his seeming victory, and reveals that the three are wanted criminals. He also asked him to let Jack know that he sent the Torchwood team into "a wild goose chase in the Himalayas ", guaranteeing no help from them. Hiding in an abandoned building, the Doctor uses parts of Martha's laptop and his TARDIS keys to create perception filters so they can move about unnoticed. He explains some of
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2080-539: The Matrix to the Doctors and Borusa. He mentions the line from the episode " Hell Bent " (2015)—"Rassilon the resurrected", as further proof that he had died. Doctor Who scriptwriter Mark Gatiss quipped that Rassilon is "biding his time until he regenerates into [actor] Daniel Craig ". Head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat , who also wrote "Hell Bent", understood that Rassilon was "alive, but in 'eternal sleep'", having got up from his eternal sleep to participate in
2145-479: The Matrix. According to audio plays, Rassilon developed the power of regeneration from the Vampires, who were apparently peaceful until the Time Lords attacked them. He transforms the Doctor into his assassin—a being of pure anti-time that identifies itself as Zagreus—to defeat the Divergents, a race who would have evolved to surpass the Time Lords if reality had progressed as it should have, only for his plans to fail when
2210-708: The Other breaking with him and throwing himself into the genetic looms, leading to his later apparent reincarnation as the Doctor. In the last three stories of Alan Moore 's run on Doctor Who Monthly we see the first Time War in Time Lord history, where the Order of the Black Sun make a pre-emptive strike on the Gallifreyans' experiments with time travel. In the first story, "Star Death" ( Doctor Who Magazine #47), we see Rassilon gaining
2275-504: The TARDIS has been converted by the Master into a Paradox Machine that is building up power to be activated at the appointed time of first contact. The Doctor, Martha, and Jack enter the bridge of the Valiant as the first four Toclafane appear on board. The Master orders the Toclafane to kill US President Winters. The Master reveals that he can see around the perception filters, and uses his laser screwdriver to kill Jack and artificially age
2340-576: The Time Lords into beings of pure consciousness. The Doctor in his War Doctor incarnation learned of this and decided to end the war using the Gallifreyan superweapon called "the Moment". With the prophecy deciphered that the Doctor would destroy Gallifrey to end the Time War, and told he would die on that day, Rassilon refuses to accept his fate and killed his advisor for speaking out against his plans. Anticipating Gallifrey's complete annihilation in " The End of Time " (2009–10), Rassilon attempted to break
2405-589: The Time Scoop to transport the Doctor in the majority of his incarnations (along with various companions ) to the Death Zone, using them to clear the way to the Tower. The First Doctor deduced from the riddle "This is the Game of Rassilon; to lose is to win and he who wins shall lose" that the Game was a trap to get rid of Time Lords who might be a danger to their race. Borusa is granted immortality by being transformed into
2470-470: The characters in "The Sound of Drums". Lachele Carl previously appeared as the American news anchor in " Aliens of London ", " World War Three ", and " The Christmas Invasion ". The spin-off website "Who is Doctor Who?" states her name as "Mal Loup". This is mangled French for "Bad Wolf". This newscaster's name has subsequently been specified in the end credits as "Trinity Wells". Zoe Thorne previously voiced
2535-402: The children's programme Totally Doctor Who on CBBC , leading up to the finale of series 3. Each instalment was approximately 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 minutes in length and, when compiled, was equivalent to a regular episode. The serial was broadcast in its entirety on 30 June 2007 and later released on DVD. Series 3 was David Tennant 's second series in the role of the Doctor , during which he
2600-459: The departure of Billie Piper as Rose Tyler at the end of Series 2 , a new full-time companion was needed. On 5 July 2006, the BBC confirmed that Freema Agyeman would join the show as new companion Martha Jones . Agyeman had previously appeared in the 2006 episode " Army of Ghosts ". John Barrowman also returned as Captain Jack Harkness for the three-part series finale. Recurring guest stars for
2665-528: The discovery that Rassilon has resurrected Borusa as a possibility engine to help him decide what actions he should take during the war. Rassilon returns to Gallifrey in the Titan Comics 2016 multi-Doctor event story Supremacy of the Cybermen , which depicts the last Cybermen at the end of the universe forming an alliance with Rassilon with the goal of conquering Gallifrey and using Time Lord energy to regenerate
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2730-474: The end of the series due to the fact that her family need support whilst recovering from the events of the series finale, which involved her mother, sister and brother being tortured. John Barrowman also reprises his role as Captain Jack Harkness in the final three episodes which serve as the finale. The series is connected by a loose story arc consisting of the recurring phrase "Vote Saxon", which ultimately
2795-466: The equipment to control time travel thanks to the failed initial attack. In the DWM comic strips, Rassilon is shown existing in the Matrix as part of a council of "Higher Evolutionaries" acting as the guardians of Time ( The Tides of Time Part 2, DWM #62, among others). In the Doctor Who audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions , Rassilon is voiced by Don Warrington . He is shown to continue to exist in
2860-510: The first and, to date, only Lord High President, his successors taking the title Lord President. The official history is that he was a benevolent ruler who ruled his people wisely. However, there are other accounts which paint Rassilon as a cruel dictator. The first mention of Rassilon is in the Fourth Doctor serial The Deadly Assassin . Rassilon's contributions to Time Lord culture and society were immense, and his name both reverberates and
2925-534: The huge stiff collars of these outfits remained the distinctive look for officials of the Doctor's race. The collars used were the originals, on loan from the Doctor Who Exhibition in Blackpool . The Seal of Rassilon —the equally well-established Gallifreyan symbol employed by Acheson (originally in the non-Time Lord-related Revenge of the Cybermen )—appears here for the first time since its prominent use in
2990-407: The image of Rassilon seen in "The Five Doctors" is actually alive or an artificial intelligence or if he had ever died prior to "The Five Doctors". According to DWM editor Tom Spilsbury , it hadn't occurred to him before that he was anything other than being alive, and that "it might come down to semantics over what being alive means". Doctor Who scriptwriter Gareth Roberts believed that Rassilon
3055-534: The ninth series of Big Finish Productions spin-off Gallifrey . During the Time War the Time Lord Valerian ( David Sibley ) becomes a host through whom Rassilon is resurrected to lead Gallifrey. These events will lead into the tenth series of the spin-off where the part will be played by Terrence Hardiman . This season ends with Romana attempting to arrange an assassination to stop his dictatorship, ending with Rassilon beginning to regenerate. The series ends on
3120-532: The now-amplified drum beat acts as a signal that, with a White Point Star diamond (a diamond unique to the planet, Gallifrey), allows Rassilon and Gallifrey to escape the Time Lock. Destroying the White Point Star, the Doctor severs the link between Gallifrey and Earth. Rassilon's attempts to kill the Doctor in revenge are blocked by the Master, vengeful owing to his manipulation by Rassilon, who then follows him and
3185-510: The other Time Lords into the last day of the Time War. In " The Day of the Doctor " (2013), the Time Lords are revealed not to have been destroyed at the Time War's conclusion; all incarnations of the Doctor united and used their TARDISes to send Gallifrey into a pocket dimension. In " Hell Bent " (2015), the Twelfth Doctor arrives on Gallifrey and learns that a regenerated Rassilon was responsible for his imprisonment and torture for four and
3250-472: The persona of Harold Saxon, and is the newly elected Prime Minister . The Master has created a phone network called Archangel which subliminally influenced the population to vote for him. After his election, he kills his entire cabinet with poisonous gas and a reporter who was investigating his fake identity. The three narrowly avoid a bomb placed in Martha's flat and learn that Martha's family has been kidnapped by
3315-429: The planet out of the Time Lock implemented in the latter phases of the Time War to block creative attacks involving time travel, placing a drumbeat (actually the heartbeat of Gallifreyian twin-hearts) in the mind of the Master when he was a child. As a result, Rassilon is the cause of the Master's insanity and indirectly responsible for the Time Lord's actions. When the Master turned all of humanity into copies of himself,
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#17328514643913380-444: The revived British science fiction programme Doctor Who , and the twenty-ninth season of the show overall, was preceded by the 2006 Christmas special " The Runaway Bride ". Following the special, a regular series of thirteen episodes was broadcast, starting with " Smith and Jones " on 31 March 2007 and ending with " Last of the Time Lords " on 30 June 2007. In addition, a 13-part animated serial (equivalent to one regular episode)
3445-537: The series 9 out of 10 (Amazing). Nick Lyons of DVD Talk gave a positive review saying, "series three is on par with the last two seasons of the new series." He said that the character of Martha and series three, "will no doubt please fans". He gave the series 4 and a half stars out of 5. Selected pieces of score from this series (and " Voyage of the Damned "), as composed by Murray Gold , were released on 5 November 2007 by Silva Screen Records. Rassilon Rassilon
3510-918: The series included Adjoa Andoh , Trevor Laird , Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Reggie Yates , who portrayed Martha's family. Derek Jacobi and John Simm portray The Master , Simm doing so in three episodes. Other guest stars included Thelma Barlow , Ryan Carnes , Matthew Chambers , Chipo Chung , Christina Cole , Michelle Collins , Lenora Crichlow , Anthony Flanagan , Andrew Garfield , Lucy Gaskell , Mark Gatiss , Don Gilet , Jennifer Hennessy , Anna Hope , Gerard Horan , Jessica Hynes , Dean Lennox Kelly , Matt King , Chris Larkin , Harry Lloyd , Eric Loren , Stephen Marcus , Roy Marsden , McFly , Alexandra Moen , Carey Mulligan , Michael Obiora , Ardal O'Hanlon , Travis Oliver , Sharon Osbourne , Sarah Parish , Angela Pleasence , Hugh Quarshie , Miranda Raison , Anne Reid , Finlay Robertson , Thomas Sangster , Rebekah Staton and Ann Widdecombe . Following
3575-488: The series, continuing on from the previous series. All releases are for DVD unless otherwise indicated: Arnold T. Blumberg of IGN gave an overwhelmingly positive review of the third series. He praised the acting of Tennant, Agyeman and John Simm, describing Simm's portrayal as "a master stroke". Overall he said, "With an assured air earned by success, Series 3 of Doctor Who is a tour de force excursion across time and space...it doesn't get much better than this". He gave
3640-520: The series. The episodes in series three are arranged in a loose story arc: " Mr Saxon ", an alias for the Master . The character's name was first mentioned in " The Runaway Bride "; the Ministry of Defence shot down an alien craft at Saxon's request. Several elements from episodes in the series are contributory to the three-part finale: the events of "The Lazarus Experiment" and "42" were directly influenced by
3705-478: The success of the first series, the BBC announced that Doctor Who had been recommissioned for a third series on 16 June 2005, only two months after the announcement of the second series. Recording for the Christmas special began on 4 July 2006, with production on the series itself beginning on 8 August 2006 and concluding on 2 April 2007. First-time writers for the show included Gareth Roberts , who previously wrote
3770-500: The two-part finale of the series' 2009 Specials . Though referred to by name by the Tenth Doctor, Dalton is credited as the 'Narrator / Lord President' with Russell T Davies confirming his name in a Doctor Who Confidential episode. During the Time War , Rassilon became ruthless and determined to avoid death at any cost, motivating his formulating of the "Final Sanction" which would destroy all creation while elevating himself and
3835-515: The underbeat of the Doctor Who theme tune . " Voodoo Child " by Rogue Traders is played diegetically within this episode. The song, from the album Here Come the Drums , has the phrases "the sound of drums" and "here come the drums" in its lyrics. The Master cues the music track by triumphantly declaring "here come the drums" at the end of the episode. Doctor Who series 3 The third series of
3900-522: The universe into one under Cyber-control. Although Rassilon's insight allows the Cybermen to conquer history and defeat all of the past Doctors, the Twelfth Doctor is able to convince Rassilon to help him after the Cybermen betray Rassilon, the two turning the Cybermens' equipment against them so that the universe is 'regenerated' to a point before the Cybermen conquered Gallifrey. Although the Twelfth Doctor
3965-651: Was also produced alongside the series and was broadcast as part of the CBBC programme Totally Doctor Who . The third series premiered on 31 March 2007 with " Smith and Jones ", and concluded after 13 episodes on 30 June 2007 with " Last of the Time Lords ". The series was initially planned to conclude a week earlier, but on 2 May 2007, episodes 7–13 were pushed back a week due to the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 , rather than air " 42 " in an earlier timeslot. Doctor Who Confidential also aired alongside each episode of
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#17328514643914030-634: Was explored in the Virgin New Adventures novel Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible . It is revealed in the novel that Ancient Gallifrey was ruled by the Pythia, who controlled the population through prophecies and superstition. Rassilon, whose followers believed in science and rationality, led a revolution against the Pythia, eventually causing her to kill herself, and send her followers to the planet Karn. However, before she died she cursed Rassilon and all future Time Lords to sterility. Rassilon's unborn daughter
4095-602: Was one of the deaths. In later New Adventures we are introduced to the concept of the genetic Looms, from which new Time Lords were created. This leads to Rassilon becoming part of a ruling triumvirate with Omega and a mysterious figure called the Other . Together they rebuilt Gallifrey and re-ordered the universe along rational and scientific lines, outlawing superstition and banishing magic. The later novel Lungbarrow shows Rassilon becoming increasingly tyrannical and violently crushing resistance to his reforms, which ultimately leads to
4160-454: Was produced and broadcast as part of Totally Doctor Who . The series stars David Tennant as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor , an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in his TARDIS , which appears to be a British police box on the outside. In the Christmas special he is joined by Catherine Tate as Donna Noble . The series also introduces Freema Agyeman as the Doctor's new companion Martha Jones , who leaves at
4225-588: Was shown watching Clangers . He wryly analyses both series' characters, remarking how amazing it would be if they were real. The Doctor had previously been prematurely aged in The Leisure Hive (1980). Writing in the episode's BBC Fact File, Peter Ware observes that the Master's introduction of the Jones family as having come "all the way from prison" is similar to the style used in the TV show This Is Your Life . When
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