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|writer        = [[Justin Richards]]

|publisher      = BBC Books

|release date  = [[29 September (releases)|29 September]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]

|isbn          = ISBN 978-0062397287

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'''''The Time Lord Letters''''' is a collection of letters and writings by and to [[the Doctor]]. It hearkens back to many televised adventures, and adds many more details of its own.

These rich and diverse documents paint an extraordinarily detailed picture of the Doctor and include his plea to the [[Time Lord]]s to help end the [[War Game]]s, an extract from the written defense he submitted at his subsequent trial, his application for the post of [[Caretaker]] at [[Coal Hill School]], his apology to the [[Queen]] for missing dinner, even telepathic messages to the [[High Council]] on [[Gallifrey]] and his famous letter to [[Santa Claus]]. Like the Doctor himself, the mood can change in an instant.

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=== Back cover ===

The back cover features a note the [[First Doctor]] left on stealing [[the TARDIS]]:

{{quote|{{il|To whom it may concern,

|<br>As you have no doubt noticed, I have removed a [[TARDIS]] Time capsule from this location. I do not intend to return it. As it is rather old wasted and was in for repair, I really cannot imagine that anyone will miss it.

|<br>But assuming someone does, and an explanation is required, allow me to elaborate. In short, I have had enough of monitoring and analysis. I am bored with watching rather than doing. With a whole [[universe]] of [[space]] and [[time]] to explore, all we [[Time Lord]]s ever do is observe. Well, I don't know about you, but for [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] and myself, this is no longer enough.

|<br>Should you wish the TARDIS returned, we will be somewhere in space and time. But, quite frankly, we would rather now be bothered.}}

|The Doctor}}

== References ==

* The [[First Doctor]] mentions an incident with a [[perigosto stick]] and a [[temporal feedback loop]] during his time at [[Prydonian Academy]].

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* [[Borusa]] was established as the Doctor's former teacher in [[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]''.

* One of Borusa's comments in his [[Interim Academy Report]] of the Doctor is "he might as well have grown up on a barn rather than a [[Time Lord|fully techno-temporal society]]." The Doctor did, in fact, grow up in [[Barn (The Day of the Doctor)|a barn]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')

* The [[First Doctor]] leaves a note for [[the Monk]] after defeating him for the first time, scorning him for his misdeeds. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'')

* One of the articles is the [[telepathic]] message the [[Second Doctor]] sent to the [[Time Lord]]s in [[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''.

* The Doctor would later again make the claim that he ran away from [[Gallifrey]] because he was bored. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') He, reveals, though, that he really left because he was afraid. ([[TV]]: ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'')