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The office of '''Vice President''' was the second most senior ranking [[Time Lord]] after the [[Lord President]] and before the [[ | The office of '''Vice President''', or '''Deputy President''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (novelisation)|The Five Doctors]]'') was the second most senior-ranking [[Time Lord]] after the [[Lord President]] and before the [[High Chancellor]]. | ||
Quite often there was no Vice President. | Quite often there was no Vice President. [[Valyes]] and [[Irving Braxiatel|Braxiatel]] assumed the presidency through being Chancellor. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Appropriation (audio story)|Appropriation]]'', ''[[Mindbomb (audio story)|Mindbomb]]'') | ||
Matthias | According to [[Cardinal]] [[Matthias]], the Vice President usually held the titles of [[Presidential Representative to Non-Gallifreyan Dignitaries]] and [[Security Secretary]], both on and off-world. Matthias tricked [[Lady President]] [[Romana II|Romana]] and the [[High Council]] into granting him the powers of the vice presidency during the emergency following the [[Gallifreyan Civil War]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Appropriation (audio story)|Appropriation]]'') | ||
The Vice President wore red and gold robes. ([[ | The Vice President wore [[red]] and [[gold]] robes. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Warmonger (novel)|Warmonger]]'') | ||
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[[Saran]] was promoted to the position of Lord President from Vice President after the [[High Council]] voted unanimously to depose [[Morbius]] based on the findings of the [[Committee of Enquiry]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Warmonger (novel)|Warmonger]]'') | |||
[[Kelner|Castellan Kelner]] was told to consider himself Acting Vice President by the [[Fourth Doctor]] during the [[Sontaran invasion of Gallifrey]], though he continued to repeatedly address him as Castellan thereafter. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'') | |||
According to one account, when the [[Fifth Doctor]] granted Chancellor [[Flavia]] "full deputy powers until [his] return" he was bestowing upon her the title of Deputy President. The Doctor told [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] and [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] of his prediction that this meant she would be the "longest-serving Deputy President in [[Time Lord history]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (novelisation)|The Five Doctors]]'') According to other accounts, Flavia was given the title of [[Acting Lord President|''Acting'' President]] instead. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'') | |||
[[Timon (The Ancestor Cell)|Timon]] was [[Romana III]]'s Vice President for a time in the run-up to the [[War in Heaven]] before he was killed by [[Father Kreiner]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'') | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:07, 8 October 2020
The office of Vice President, or Deputy President, (PROSE: The Five Doctors) was the second most senior-ranking Time Lord after the Lord President and before the High Chancellor.
Quite often there was no Vice President. Valyes and Braxiatel assumed the presidency through being Chancellor. (AUDIO: Appropriation, Mindbomb)
According to Cardinal Matthias, the Vice President usually held the titles of Presidential Representative to Non-Gallifreyan Dignitaries and Security Secretary, both on and off-world. Matthias tricked Lady President Romana and the High Council into granting him the powers of the vice presidency during the emergency following the Gallifreyan Civil War. (AUDIO: Appropriation)
The Vice President wore red and gold robes. (PROSE: Warmonger)
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
Saran was promoted to the position of Lord President from Vice President after the High Council voted unanimously to depose Morbius based on the findings of the Committee of Enquiry. (PROSE: Warmonger)
Castellan Kelner was told to consider himself Acting Vice President by the Fourth Doctor during the Sontaran invasion of Gallifrey, though he continued to repeatedly address him as Castellan thereafter. (TV: The Invasion of Time)
According to one account, when the Fifth Doctor granted Chancellor Flavia "full deputy powers until [his] return" he was bestowing upon her the title of Deputy President. The Doctor told Tegan and Turlough of his prediction that this meant she would be the "longest-serving Deputy President in Time Lord history". (PROSE: The Five Doctors) According to other accounts, Flavia was given the title of Acting President instead. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors)
Timon was Romana III's Vice President for a time in the run-up to the War in Heaven before he was killed by Father Kreiner. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell)
