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Although primarily known as the '''[[Time Lord]]s''' ([[TV]]: {{cs|[[The War Games (TV story)]]}}), the species/people which held dominion over time and resided on [[Gallifrey]] were also known by various alternative titles.


Despite their many differences, the vast majority of these names shared the commonality of referencing either this species' Lordship, or relationship to [[Time]], or their [[Anchoring of the Thread|role in the "creation" of the universe and history]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}, etc.)


Collectively, the Time Lords were frequently referred to as '''the Great Houses''' or '''the Houses''', in reference to [[Great House|the family units in which they were divided]], each of whom dwelt in a literal [[Chapterhouse]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}}, etc.) They were also refered to as the '''Houses of the Hostes of Heaven''' ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)}}) and individually as '''House-Dwellers'''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Armored Creature of 004X (short story)}}) Members of the Houses were sometimes  termed '''Homeworlders''' ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}}) or '''Houseworlders'''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Bloody (And Public) Domaine (short story)|A Bloody (And Public) Domaine}}) Furthermore, "'''the Homeworld'''" was occasionally deployed metonymically to refer to the inhabiting species; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}}, etc.) indeed, the [[Seventh Doctor]] suggested that the word "'''Gallifrey'''", before coming to refer to [[Gallifrey|the planet]], had been a name for the Time Lords themselves, as it originally translated to "'''they that walk in the shadows'''". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Pit (novel)}}) The latter meaning was echoed by the rarer "'''Shadow-People''', still in use in [[V-Time]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Armored Creature of 004X (short story)}})
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As ''[[The Book of the War]]'' highlighted, members of the [[Great Houses]] had woven their [[biodata]] into the very [[metastructure of history]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}}) which meant they were considered '''[[elemental]]s''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)}}) or more precisely, '''Lesser Time Elementals''' (with [[TARDIS|their timeships]] being "[[Greater Time Elemental]]s"). ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Love & War (short story)}})
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This unique relationship to time was, at other times, highlighted by referring to members of the Houses as '''Archons of Time''',{{note|"Archon", roughly speaking, means "Lord" in Greek. In {{w|Gnosticism}}, {{w|Archon (Gnosticism)|the Archons}} are the antagonistic builders and rulers of the physical universe, keeping souls trapped and unable to ascend to higher forms of reality.}} ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Bloodletters (novel)}}) with '''archons''', ([[PROSE]] {{cs|Crimes Against History (short story)}}) '''Archons''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}) and '''Archons of [[the Morning Star]]''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Previously On... The Multiverse (short story)}}) also being documented variants, as well as '''Chronarchs'''; ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|4-D War (comic story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Going Once, Going Twice (short story)}}) or "[the] '''chronarchy'''". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Eyes (short story)}})
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Other names alluding to their relationship to Time and history included '''Lords Temporal''', {{note|As of 17 May 2024, this is the only alternative-name-for-the-Time-Lords which first coined by the Expanded Universe to feature on live-action ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]''}}([[PROSE]]: {{cs|First Meetings (short story)}}, {{cs|Master Faustus (short story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Devil's Chord (TV story)|minute=29)}}) the '''Race of Temporal Supremacy''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Ring Theory (short story)}}) '''[[Author]]s of [[History]]''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}) '''Overseers of Causality''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=The War King}}) '''Engineers of History''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=The War King}}, {{cs|Opioid Painkiller of the People (short story)}}) '''Watchmakers''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)}}, etc.) ([[French]]: ''les '''Horlogers''''' ([[POEM]]: {{cs|Auteur and the Homeworld (poem)}})) or '''Causal Initiators'''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dinosaur in the Snow (short story)}}) [[The Interior Designer]]'s suggestion of "'''Temporal Emperors'''" failed to catch on. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Big Hand for the Doctor (short story)}})
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Crimes Against History (short story)}}
Though harkening back to this element, the designation of '''Gods of the [[Fourth Dimension]]''' ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Our Finest Gifts We Bring (short story)|part=13}}) or '''Gods of the Fourth''' (([[WC]]: {{cs|Death Comes to Time (webcast)}}) also echoed a number of cultures' tendency of referring to them as simply '''Gods''', ([[TV]]]: {{cs|Underworld (TV story)}}) '''gods''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the Enemy (short story)}})) or '''[[angel]]s'''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Head of State (novel)}}) Indeed, Despite the importance of Time to this species, some titles did not reference it directly. However, they often ''did'' reference either Lordship or role in Creation.  
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Titles which referenced this people's role in the ordered universe and its genesis without emphasising their connection to time included '''Architects'''{{note|The French for this, '''Architectes'', was included in {{cs|Auteur and the Homeworld (poem)}}.}}, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Golden Age (novel)}}, {{cs|The Great Houses (feature)}}, {{cs|Lilith (feature)}} etc.) '''Sun Builders''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Going Once, Going Twice (short story)}}, {{cs|Out of the Box (short story)}}, etc.) '''Lightbringers''', '''Celestials''', '''''Grigori''''', {{note|The {{w|Watcher (angel)|Watchers}} (Greek: ''Grigori'') were a group of angels who rebelled against God in the apocryphal {{w|Book of Enoch}}.}}, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}) '''Lords of the Continua''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=The War King}}) '''Lords of the Morning Star''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Our Finest Gifts We Bring (short story)|part=23}}) '''Lords of [[Jewel (planet)|Jewel]]''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Bright White Crack (short story)}}), '''Lords of the Universe''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}) and '''Lords of Creation'''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)}}) They were also known as the '''[[Great Race of Yith|Great Race]]'''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The V Cwejes (short story)}}) Yet others referenced their immortality, such as "'''Perpetua'''". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Armored Creature of 004X (short story)}})
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== Footnotes ==
|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}
=== Notes ===
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[[Category:Time Lords]]
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the Snowstorm (short story)}}
|Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator.
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dinosaur in the Snow (short story)}}
|Used by [[Tirion]] in dialogue.
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Claus-Rosen Bridge (short story)}}
|Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator.
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Two Auteurs (short story)}}
|Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator.
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Love & War (short story)}}
|Used by [[Olivia Kagg Waldermein]] in narration, by the [[Sixth Dionus]] in his [[diary]], and by the [[Dark Lord (Love & War)|Dark Lord]] in dialogue.
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The God Who Came For Christmas (short story)}}
|Used in dialogue by the [[God of the Sacred Wood]].
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Our Finest Gifts We Bring (short story)}}
|Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator.
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|I'm Dreaming of a Cheshire Easter (short story)}}
|Used in dialogue by [[the Cheshire Cat]].
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Collision of Ships (short story)}}
|Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator, by [[Abraytha Janus Colefia]] and [[Mrellin]] in dialogue, and by [[Zerlan]] in internal monologue and dialogue.
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Visit from Everywhere (short story)}}
|Used in dialogue by [[Abraytha Janus Colefia]].
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Carnage of Urmafrae (short story)}}
|rowspan=3|Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator.
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|I'm So Normal I'm So Normal I'm So (short story)}}
|rowspan=2|[[3 April (releases)|3 April]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]]
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Infernal Escape (short story)}}
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|rowspan=3|"Archons of the Morning Star"
|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Previously On… The Multiverse (short story)}}
|Used by [[the Bookwyrm]] in narration.
|rowspan=3|[[26 December (releases)|26 December]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]]
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the Snowstorm (short story)}}
|Used by [[Professor]] [[Vomm She'hayle]] in dialogue.
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Presents (short story)}}
|rowspan=2|Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator.
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|rowspan=4|"Archons of Time"
|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Bloodletters (novel)}}
|[[1 May (releases)|1 May]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dinosaur in the Snow (short story)}}
|Used by [[Tirion]] in dialogue.
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cathedral of Winter (short story)}}
|Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator.
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Visit from Everywhere (short story)}}
|Used in dialogue by [[Abraytha Janus Colefia]].
|rowspan=2|[[31 March (releases)|31 March]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]]
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Carnage of Urmafrae (short story)}}
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Revision as of 01:45, 18 May 2024


Alias Sources Context Date
"archons" PROSE: Crimes Against History [+]Loading...["Crimes Against History (short story)"] Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator. 11 November 2001
"Archons" PROSE: The Cactus and the Corpse [+]Loading...["The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)"] Used by the Bookwyrm in narration and by Auteur in dialogue. 29 October 2023
PROSE: Previously On… The Multiverse [+]Loading...["Previously On… The Multiverse (short story)"] Used by the Bookwyrm in narration. 26 December 2023
PROSE: The Book of the Snowstorm [+]Loading...["The Book of the Snowstorm (short story)"] Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator.
PROSE: The Dinosaur in the Snow [+]Loading...["The Dinosaur in the Snow (short story)"] Used by Tirion in dialogue.
PROSE: The Claus-Rosen Bridge [+]Loading...["The Claus-Rosen Bridge (short story)"] Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator.
PROSE: The Two Auteurs [+]Loading...["The Two Auteurs (short story)"] Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator.
PROSE: Love & War [+]Loading...["Love & War (short story)"] Used by Olivia Kagg Waldermein in narration, by the Sixth Dionus in his diary, and by the Dark Lord in dialogue.
PROSE: The God Who Came For Christmas [+]Loading...["The God Who Came For Christmas (short story)"] Used in dialogue by the God of the Sacred Wood.
PROSE: Our Finest Gifts We Bring [+]Loading...["Our Finest Gifts We Bring (short story)"] Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator.
PROSE: I'm Dreaming of a Cheshire Easter [+]Loading...["I'm Dreaming of a Cheshire Easter (short story)"] Used in dialogue by the Cheshire Cat. 31 March 2024
PROSE: A Collision of Ships [+]Loading...["A Collision of Ships (short story)"] Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator, by Abraytha Janus Colefia and Mrellin in dialogue, and by Zerlan in internal monologue and dialogue.
PROSE: A Visit from Everywhere [+]Loading...["A Visit from Everywhere (short story)"] Used in dialogue by Abraytha Janus Colefia.
PROSE: The Carnage of Urmafrae [+]Loading...["The Carnage of Urmafrae (short story)"] Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator.
PROSE: I'm So Normal I'm So Normal I'm So [+]Loading...["I'm So Normal I'm So Normal I'm So (short story)"] 3 April 2024
PROSE: Infernal Escape [+]Loading...["Infernal Escape (short story)"]
"Archons of the Morning Star" PROSE: Previously On… The Multiverse [+]Loading...["Previously On… The Multiverse (short story)"] Used by the Bookwyrm in narration. 26 December 2023
PROSE: The Book of the Snowstorm [+]Loading...["The Book of the Snowstorm (short story)"] Used by Professor Vomm She'hayle in dialogue.
PROSE: Presents [+]Loading...["Presents (short story)"] Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator.
"Archons of Time" PROSE: The Bloodletters [+]Loading...["The Bloodletters (novel)"] 1 May 2020
PROSE: The Dinosaur in the Snow [+]Loading...["The Dinosaur in the Snow (short story)"] Used by Tirion in dialogue. 26 December 2023
PROSE: The Cathedral of Winter [+]Loading...["The Cathedral of Winter (short story)"] Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator.
PROSE: A Visit from Everywhere [+]Loading...["A Visit from Everywhere (short story)"] Used in dialogue by Abraytha Janus Colefia. 31 March 2024
PROSE: The Carnage of Urmafrae [+]Loading...["The Carnage of Urmafrae (short story)"] Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator.
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