Il Dottore was never the original Zandik.

He was created by him.

Built from Zandik's biological data, memories, intellect, and research, Dottore began as an artificial continuation of his creator.

Then he started becoming someone else.

Now the creation stands beside the original, brilliant enough to question the one thing Zandik never expected him to challenge:

Which of them has the greater claim to being real?