10 Biggest Events In Doctor Who That You Never Got To See

5. Raising A Family

Doctor Who Susan Foreman
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Susan Foreman is the Doctor's grandfather, even if various writers and producers behind the scenes of the show would rather that not have been the case! In fact, during the production on The Five Doctors, a deliberate attempt was made to obfuscate their relationship, as the producers didn't want audiences to think that the Doctor had ever fathered children!

However, father them he did, something that is more than suggested by the very existence of Susan and is confirmed by the Tenth Doctor. However, like so many other Time Lords and other beings, the Doctor's family has long since died. What exactly happened to them is still a mystery. Its possible that they perished in the Time War, while they could have been hunted as a way to reach the meddlesome traveller himself.

While the depiction of a blood family might be a bit jarring at this stage in the Doctor's history, it could be no more jarring than the revelation that the Doctor herself was the origin of all of Gallifrey's regeneration abilities. With this being revealed, are the descendants of the Doctor, like the Doctor themselves, remnants of a species that is from somewhere entirely mysterious in the universe?

Who, and where, are they?

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