He had a wife/partner, they had a child who grew up and in turn had a daughter of their own; Susan. All this occurs before the series began and references to his family are usually rare so we're not likely to find out any more than we can guess.
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He had a wife/partner, they had a child who grew up and in turn had a daughter of their own; Susan. All this occurs before the series began and references to his family are usually rare so we're not likely to find out any more than we can guess.
dougdeep
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Shame you had to google it. I guess you didn't know either. Never mind.
I'm sure that at the time they felt that if a young girl is traveling with an old man would seem odd so they just made Susan he's granddaughter, I don't know if you have seen the first episode but it ties in that the viewers first discover the Doctor when Susan's teachers Ian and Barbara find her behaviour weird so followed her 'home' only to discover the TARDIS in a junkyard...
Just a minor plot point that the viewers can understand, just like how the TARDIS remains as a Police Box as the chameleon circuit is stuck.
Tyrone Biggums
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Well, I figured if I had just said "well, obviously he had a family on gallifrey before he ran off with the tardis with his granddaughter", which is the simplest answer and needs no googling, you'd want more info/a source, so I figured I'd just show you that so you could look for whatever extra detail you wanted yourself.
Isn't his granddaughter Susan living on earth in 2150? After the Dalek invasion of that year was defeated she fell in love with a guy called David Campbell and stayed with him. So could the Doctor not go and visit her? After all when he left her there he did say "And one day I'll come back".
Tony Meolas Loan Spell
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Yep correct. And Susan turns up in the five doctors and gets to meet drs 1 2 3 and 5
I didn't know that - and I think I watched the Five Doctors!