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DoesDoctor Who ’s recent Timeless Child discover exculpated up a lurk mystery from theDavid Tennantera ? It ’s been over a decennary since the final voyage of the Tenth Doctor of the Church in " The terminal of Time " but for many fans , those scars are still raw . The emotional sexual climax of Tennant ’s TARDIS land tenure visit The Doctor team up with John Simm ’s Master , as the duo prevented the Time Lords from escape the seal off Time War and endangering twenty-first C Earth . The Doctor succeeded without succumbing to the " he will strike hard 4 time " warning but could n’t outrun fate , and ultimately sacrifice his present personification to save Wilfred Mott . The Doctor then embarked on a leave-taking tour of past associate .
While the David Tennant earned run average neatly round off offRussell T. Davies ' fourth dimension asDoctor Who ’s showrunner , and mostly answered all of the questions recruit , there was one persist speck of ambiguity that fall in " The End of Time " itself . When the Time Lords get to confront The Doctor , they are joined by a cleaning lady , played by Claire Bloom , who resist Rassilon ’s plan and is now being shamed . This same mysterious figure was seen warning Wilfred in the build - up to his adventure with The Doctor , and she share a lingering look with David Tennant ’s poor boy that suggested a connection between the two . Davies later unveil that he retch Bloom with the intention she would play The Doctor ’s mother . Since this is n’t explicit on - screen , however , the Time Lady could be Susan , The Doctor ’s daughter , Romana or some other family unit fellow member .
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The recent events ofDoctor Who ’s time of year 12 finale , " The Timeless Children , " put this mystery grapheme in an entirely new context . Fans now know that The Doctor comes from another realm , rather than Gallifrey , so the woman from " The terminal of Time " definitely is n’t the mother ofDoctor Who ’s long - stand lead . alternatively , theTimeless Childreveal offers another potential identity element for the Time Lady - Tecteun . After The Doctor arrived in our earthly concern , Tecteun was the one who took her back to Gallifrey and scientifically orchestrate her biology to create the Time Lord slipstream . Tecteun was an adoptive parent to The Doctor , was a high up - rank appendage of the Time Lord High Council , and could regenerate , all of which fits with the graphic symbol the Tenth Doctor picture in " The End of Time . "
On the other hand , the Doctor clearly has no memory of Tecteun after being brain - wiped by The Division in the pre - Hartnell period . There ’s emphatically a spark of recognition on David Tennant ’s side when he sees this woman in his net sequence , and this mo perhaps rules out her and Tecteun being one and the same . That is unless the Tenth Doctor ’s realization was subconscious , and the reason he did n’t bring out her personal identity to Wilfred was simply because he could n’t remember . Nevertheless , " The Timeless Children " throw out Russell T. Davies ' pet idea and the woman is now most likely to be an adoptive parent The Doctor maturate up withafterworking forThe Division .
ManyDoctor Whofans in all likelihood thought this remain Tennant mystery would never be revisited , but whether by accident or figure , the Timeless Child arc pull viewers to consider it once more . Similarly , Chris Chibnall ’s huge canon expansion also explain the oft - discourse Morbius Doctors game golf hole - an previous Tom Baker episode that suggested other Doctors came before William Hartnell . However , season 12 creates incompatibility faster than it work out them , such as Ruth ’s TARDIS being a police box and Clara not seeing the older medico when she entered Eleven ’s time stream . Fortunately , the mysterious Time Lady in " The End of Time " benefits from theTimeless Child , rather than being contradicted by it , since a unequivocal answer was never provided at the time .
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