Okay, a little diversion from my Doctor Who photostory....
In 2000, BBC Books (who were publishing the latest Doctor Who book adventures) made the controversial decision to have Gallifrey destroyed by the Doctor's own hand, in The Ancestor Cell. However, unlike the later Time War (mentioned in the 2005-7 series), the Daleks were not the enemy, but rather something else. However, a rogue time-travelling terrorist group called Faction Paradox (originally from Gallifrey) intended to take over Gallifrey using the Doctor as it's tool. The Doctor, nearly succumbing to an infection Faction Paradox gave him, makes a heart-wrenching decision. He deliberately destroys Gallifrey in order to save the universe from Faction Paradox, who would impose chaos upon the cosmos. He is amnesiac afterwards, but not because of the trauma of the event.....
While the BBC books are no longer considered canon with the new series, it did provide the genesis of an idea, to start the Doctor from square one....
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