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The Eighth Doctor Adventures had their way of reconciling it, have a look at this passage from Unnatural History:

"'It’s impossible,’ said the Doctor. ‘It’s impossible for my people. Our past is unreachable. What’s written can’t be unwritten.’

‘Who said your history can’t change?’

Another boy answered, ‘Someone from his history.’

And another: ‘Maybe it’s the second-biggest lie in Time Lord history.’ ‘Maybe it changes all the time.’ Someone giggled. ‘Let’s play pin the tale on the donkey.’ ‘Maybe you didn’t use to have a father.’ ‘Maybe you’re living in the middle of a time war. Maybe there’s an Enemy out there –’ The Doctor shouted, ‘I’m not listening!’ ‘– who’s rewriting you when you’re not looking!’ ‘Maybe you weren’t always half human.’ ‘But now you’ve become always half human.’ ‘Maybe you weren’t always a Time Lord.’ ‘But now you’ve always been a Time Lord.’ ‘Maybe you originally came from some planet in the forty-ninth century. Fleeing from the Enemy who’d overrun your home –’ ‘I said I’m not listening! Laa laa laa laa laa –’"