 The character first appeared as an unnamed character who had disguised himself as a monk, and who was the possessor of a stolen Mark IV TARDIS which had a fully functioning camouflage unit.The Doctor hypothesised that he left the Doctor's then-unnamed home planet, some 50 years after the Doctor did.<ref name=timemeddler></ref> At this early stage in the history of the series, the names Time Lord and Gallifrey, and the details of the Doctor's origins had not yet been devised.The Monk was meddling in history and to change it for his own amusement and for what he considered to be the better