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<blockquote data-quote="Jock Ewing Fan" data-source="post: 388015" data-attributes="member: 40536">Yes, more ambiguity is more fun when it is well-written, serves a purpose and does not definitely establisha blatantly contradictory narrative.An example of something that was done well.I was not a fan of the 7th Doctor era, on overall qualityHowever, one good point about it was the mystery of the Doctor himselfThe name of the show is Doctor Who, implyingthat his true background and origin is an unsolved mystery.Andrew Cartmel wrote&nbsp; a number of clues.Lady Pentafore knew of the Doctor&#039;s past, Fenric&#039;s story,the Hand of Omega, the Merlin identity - all of these were hintsof something without a final reveal.The Doctor seems to imply some sort of collaboration with Rassilon and Omega,which is seemingly contradictory, but it could be interpreted as an erroneous choice of words, false memory, or attempt to mislead.In &quot;The Three Doctors&quot;, Omega is depicted as a legendary figurewho the Doctor only knows about from stories.Rassilon is usually described the same way.When Tennant meets Rassilon, it may be a title, or a resurrected Rassilon for the Time War,since Rassilon supposedly had powers that transcended those of other Time Lords.&quot;Ghost Light&quot; was originally supposed to take place on Gallifrey and further explore the Doctor&#039;s pastThe 7th Doctor book &quot;Lungbarrow&quot; while not canon (supposedly)describes the Doctor&#039;s familyThe Virgin Adventure series also explores the Doctor&#039;s past, againin a way that is mysterious but not definitive.The BBC book range would also do the same, at times,same with Big Finish.Now that the Toymaker has admitted to manipulating the Doctor&#039;s past,nothing is certain, not even the Doctor&#039;s own memoriesand/or his assumptions.And as RiverSong said, &quot;The Doctor lies&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jock Ewing Fan, post: 388015, member: 40536"] Yes, more ambiguity is more fun when it is well-written, serves a purpose and does not definitely establish a blatantly contradictory narrative. An example of something that was done well. I was not a fan of the 7th Doctor era, on overall quality However, one good point about it was the mystery of the Doctor himself The name of the show is Doctor Who, implying that his true background and origin is an unsolved mystery. Andrew Cartmel wrote a number of clues. Lady Pentafore knew of the Doctor's past, Fenric's story, the Hand of Omega, the Merlin identity - all of these were hints of something without a final reveal. The Doctor seems to imply some sort of collaboration with Rassilon and Omega, which is seemingly contradictory, but it could be interpreted as an erroneous choice of words, false memory, or attempt to mislead. In "The Three Doctors", Omega is depicted as a legendary figure who the Doctor only knows about from stories. Rassilon is usually described the same way. When Tennant meets Rassilon, it may be a title, or a resurrected Rassilon for the Time War, since Rassilon supposedly had powers that transcended those of other Time Lords. "Ghost Light" was originally supposed to take place on Gallifrey and further explore the Doctor's past The 7th Doctor book "Lungbarrow" while not canon (supposedly) describes the Doctor's family The Virgin Adventure series also explores the Doctor's past, again in a way that is mysterious but not definitive. The BBC book range would also do the same, at times, same with Big Finish. Now that the Toymaker has admitted to manipulating the Doctor's past, nothing is certain, not even the Doctor's own memories and/or his assumptions. And as RiverSong said, "The Doctor lies" [/QUOTE]

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