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I bet that title got your attention, didn't it? We geeks have filthy minds, you should know that by now. You think all that slash and torridly-shippy fic writes itself? On to the matter at hand...
Way Back When, Omega had a snit fit and cursed the Time Lords with sterility. I forget what he was having a fit about, but Omega didn't do anything by half measures, 'cos he's a vengeful bastard.
(or was it Rassilon who did the cursing? Bloody hell, I can't remember. Well, I'm saying Omega for now and will gleefully accept corrections later)
At the very end of the classic TV continuity, and here and there in the books - about which I know the is it canon or not arguments will never fade, alas - there was much mention of the "Genetic Looms" and a few raised eyebrows because a certain Time Lord of renown has (gasp!) a bellybutton, which apparently isn't the done thing in Time Lord circles1.
I have a problem with the bellybutton thing, actually. Even if Gallifreyans are grown in vats, surely some sort of placental arrangement is necessary in order to nourish the fetus, in which case, they resulting beings would have bellybuttons, regardless of what sort of "uterus" they grew in, right? So I'm going to ignore that whole "The Doctor has a bellybutton" fuss.
Gotta love fanon - ignore the bits that get in the way. That doesn't mean I don't think about them, however.
Furthermore, it's a bit unclear to me if Omega cursed the entire planet full of Gallifreyans, or only the Time Lords, when it came to smacking them with the Big Stick of Sterility. If one were to make a decision based on pre-Seven continuity, one could make a case for it just being the Time Lords suffering the curse. Don't try to tell me that Leela was going to settle down with some fella who wouldn't provide her with some healthy babies, y'know?
Contraiwise, there's the matter that the entire society seems a bit, er, prudish - and various hints and implications in the post-classic continuity suggests that all Gallifreyans rely on the genetic looms for reproduction. So, it's not terribly clear. Again, my gut instinct suggests that Omega cursed every-bloody-one, not just the Time Lord sect/class of society.
However, despite the temptation to perhaps make everyone into sexless beings whilst at the Loom - because hormones cause half the world's problems, donchaknow? - the naughty bits are still needed, unless one fancies the idea of being pre-adolescent for the entirety of one's existence. Ugh. So, never mind how prudish some Time Lords seem to be, those bits are still vital to physical development and are going to be standard issue for everyone.( Further noodlings behind the cut-tag )
Way Back When, Omega had a snit fit and cursed the Time Lords with sterility. I forget what he was having a fit about, but Omega didn't do anything by half measures, 'cos he's a vengeful bastard.
(or was it Rassilon who did the cursing? Bloody hell, I can't remember. Well, I'm saying Omega for now and will gleefully accept corrections later)
At the very end of the classic TV continuity, and here and there in the books - about which I know the is it canon or not arguments will never fade, alas - there was much mention of the "Genetic Looms" and a few raised eyebrows because a certain Time Lord of renown has (gasp!) a bellybutton, which apparently isn't the done thing in Time Lord circles1.
I have a problem with the bellybutton thing, actually. Even if Gallifreyans are grown in vats, surely some sort of placental arrangement is necessary in order to nourish the fetus, in which case, they resulting beings would have bellybuttons, regardless of what sort of "uterus" they grew in, right? So I'm going to ignore that whole "The Doctor has a bellybutton" fuss.
Gotta love fanon - ignore the bits that get in the way. That doesn't mean I don't think about them, however.
Furthermore, it's a bit unclear to me if Omega cursed the entire planet full of Gallifreyans, or only the Time Lords, when it came to smacking them with the Big Stick of Sterility. If one were to make a decision based on pre-Seven continuity, one could make a case for it just being the Time Lords suffering the curse. Don't try to tell me that Leela was going to settle down with some fella who wouldn't provide her with some healthy babies, y'know?
Contraiwise, there's the matter that the entire society seems a bit, er, prudish - and various hints and implications in the post-classic continuity suggests that all Gallifreyans rely on the genetic looms for reproduction. So, it's not terribly clear. Again, my gut instinct suggests that Omega cursed every-bloody-one, not just the Time Lord sect/class of society.
However, despite the temptation to perhaps make everyone into sexless beings whilst at the Loom - because hormones cause half the world's problems, donchaknow? - the naughty bits are still needed, unless one fancies the idea of being pre-adolescent for the entirety of one's existence. Ugh. So, never mind how prudish some Time Lords seem to be, those bits are still vital to physical development and are going to be standard issue for everyone.( Further noodlings behind the cut-tag )
