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'''Transcendental beings''' were creatures that had existed since before the universe of [[N-Space]] had formed, made from the very fabric of [[time]] itself. These beings included the [[Guardians of Time]], the [[Eternal]]s and their cousins the [[Chronovore]]s (described as the Guardians' children), the [[Time Wraith]]s, the [[Swimmer (species)|Swimmers]], and the [[Great Old One]]s. The [[Sixth Doctor]] described them as beyond [[human]]ity's comprehension, and even his own. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Quantum Archangel (novel)}}) | |||
== Interaction with the normal universe == | == Interaction with the normal universe == | ||
In the aftermath of the [[Big Bang]], the Transcendental | In the aftermath of the [[Big Bang]], the Transcendental beings found themselves in their new home when six dimensions curdled into themselves and formed a six-dimensional universe, a separate realm where they could thrive and prosper without interference from the lesser beings. Known to human science as [[Calabi-Yau Space]], the [[Six-Fold-Realm]] was protected by the [[Ancient Covenants|Great and Ancient Covenant]], which bound them, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Quantum Archangel (novel)}}) serving as codes of conduct. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|No Future (novel)}}) For example, the Guardians were essentially the universe, so they would not dare interfere in order to preserve the structure of reality, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Quantum Archangel (novel)}}) using agents as they mustn't be seen to act. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Mawdryn Undead (TV story)}}) Because of this power, the [[Time Lord]]s may have made a deal with the Guardians, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|No Future (novel)}}) as [[Rassilon]] wouldn't dare to break the Covenant, the Time Lords never managing the total destruction of a race of Transcendental beings. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Quantum Archangel (novel)}}) | ||
They preferred the Realm or the upper levels of the [[Time Vortex]], ignoring the deepest levels known as the darker strata. Although they could share the vortex with the lesser beings, the Covenants divided them. However, some Transcendental | They preferred the Realm or the upper levels of the [[Time Vortex]], ignoring the deepest levels known as the darker strata. Although they could share the vortex with the lesser beings, the Covenants divided them. However, some Transcendental beings, including the [[Great Intelligence]], the [[Nestene Consciousness]], [[the Animus]], and [[Nyarlathotep]], saw the universe and its people as a challenge to be conquered and raped, and stole away into the hidden places, regions of the [[multiverse]] even more remote than the darker strata of the vortex. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Quantum Archangel (novel)}}) The [[Celestial Toymaker]], [[Fenric]], and [[Hecuba]] enjoyed playing games with lesser beings, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TV story)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Queen of Time (audio story)}}) while the [[Gods of Ragnarok]] used them for entertainment. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|No Future (novel)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)}}) The [[Carnival Queen]] mentioned creatures who had escaped the [[Pre-universe|old time]], describing them as a handful of baby godlings and '[[Great Intelligence|great intelligences]],' but considered them to be weak, unimaginative creatures, who gave into the Order imposed on the universe by the [[Time Lord|Watchmakers]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)}}) | ||
The | The Eternals viewed mortals, whom they called "[[Ephemeral]]s," as toys for diversion from the boredom of [[Eternity (location)|Eternity]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Enlightenment (TV story)}}) | ||
Transcendental | Transcendental beings had some difficulty interacting with normal life, Chronovores and Guardians feeling cramped in the dimensions of the normal universe, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood Heat (novel)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Destroyer of Delights (audio story)}}) | ||
The Eternal [[Elektra]] and the Chronovore [[Prometheus (The Quantum Archangel)|Prometheus]] conceived [[Kronos|a child]] they planned would lead all Transendental Beings to common ground and live together with the races spawned by the universe, including humans, [[Gallifreyan]]s and [[Dalek]]s. ([[PROSE]]: | The Eternal [[Elektra]] and the Chronovore [[Prometheus (The Quantum Archangel)|Prometheus]] conceived [[Kronos|a child]] they planned would lead all Transendental Beings to common ground and live together with the races spawned by the universe, including humans, [[Gallifreyan]]s and [[Dalek]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Quantum Archangel (novel)}}) | ||
== Types of transcendental beings == | == Types of transcendental beings == | ||
Whereas normal life was made from [[baryonic matter]], the Transcendental | Whereas normal life was made from [[baryonic matter]], the Transcendental beings were made from the very fabric of time itself; the Chronovores were described as living nonbaryonic matter, who in their natural form existed as six-dimensional polymorphic lattices of [[photino]]s and [[chronon]]s, bound by [[superstring]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Quantum Archangel (novel)}}) The Guardians' and Old Ones' natural form was stated to be a collective consciousness, possessing neither form nor substance and existing between dimensions. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Divided Loyalties (novel)}}) | ||
Transcendental | Transcendental beings were often immortal, with the Guardians always existing until they were no longer needed and the Eternals merely being "transferred" rather than killed. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Enlightenment (TV story)}}) The Old Ones were incapable of being killed in the normal universe, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|White Darkness (novel)}}) and the Toymaker remarked that were he to be killed, he would simply reappear. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Solitaire (audio story)}}) Effectively, the only way for a Transcendental being to truly die would be if they willed it. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Quantum Archangel (novel)}}) | ||
Various Transcendental | Various Transcendental beings displayed similar powers, such as being able to change their appearance ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Armageddon Factor (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|No Future (novel)}}) manipulating time and creating [[Timeline|timelines]], ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Time & Time Again (comic story)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Protect and Survive (audio story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|No Future (novel)}}) and following and moving individuals through time and space. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Web of Fear (TV story)}}, {{cs|Enlightenment (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Well-Mannered War (novel)}}) Both the Eternals and Chronovores were [[Time sensitivity|time sensitives]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)}}) | ||
=== The Guardians of Time === | === The Guardians of Time === | ||
[[File:Guardians of Time The Whoniverse.jpg|thumb|The [[Guardians of Time]] overlook the birth of the universe. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Whoniverse (novel)}})]] | |||
''See [[Guardians of Time]]'' | ''See [[Guardians of Time]]'' | ||
The Guardians were one of the powers of the [[Omniverse]] that could do anything, ([[PROSE]]: | The Guardians were one of the powers of the [[Omniverse]] that could do anything, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|No Future (novel)}}) existing as the pinnacle of reality, able to collectively act and reshape the universe. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Quantum Archangel (novel)}}) They each personified a different concept, and were only as strong as their elements were in the universe. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Well-Mannered War (novel)}}) They were known to only a few advanced species, including [[Time Lord|Time Lords]] and the Eternals, who called them "Enlighteners" and deferred to them. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Enlightenment (TV story)}}) | ||
Known as the Six-Fold God, the six Guardians were the [[Black Guardian]] of [[Entropy]], the [[White Guardian]] of Structure, the [[Red Guardian]] of Justice, the [[Azure Guardian]] of Equilibrium, the [[ | Known as the Six-Fold God, the six Guardians were the [[Black Guardian]] of [[Entropy]], the [[White Guardian]] of Structure, the [[Red Guardian]] of Justice, the [[Azure Guardian]] of Equilibrium, the [[The Toymaker|Crystal Guardian]] of Dream, and the [[Gold Guardian]] of Life. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Quantum Archangel (novel)}}) | ||
=== The Old Ones === | === The Old Ones === | ||
''See [[Great Old One]]'' | ''See [[Great Old One]]'' | ||
The Old Ones were cruel and dangerous beings from the [[Pre-universe|previous universe]] who tried to conquer the normal universe, and played a more active role than other Transcendental | The Old Ones were cruel and dangerous beings from the [[Pre-universe|previous universe]] who tried to conquer the normal universe, and played a more active role than other Transcendental beings. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Quantum Archangel (novel)}}) They were more a pantheon of various beings than an actual race. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Divided Loyalties (novel)}}) | ||
Old Ones included the [[Nestene Consciousness]], which could be considered its own race, and [[Nyarlathotep]] ([[PROSE]]: | Old Ones included the [[Nestene Consciousness]], which could be considered its own race, and [[Nyarlathotep]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Quantum Archangel (novel)}}) as well as the [[Gods of Ragnarok]], [[Fenric]], the [[Great Intelligence]], and [[the Animus]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|All-Consuming Fire (novel)}}) all of whom were also called "[[Elder God|Elder Gods]]." ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Black and White (audio story)}}, {{cs|Gods and Monsters (audio story)}}) | ||
=== Eternals === | === Eternals === | ||
''See [[Eternal]]'' | ''See [[Eternal]]'' | ||
Eternals were creatures who used Emphemerals, parasites feeding on | Eternals were creatures who used Emphemerals, parasites feeding on their minds, using them as blueprints for their own amusement as a diversion from the endless wastes of [[Eternity (location)|Eternity]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Enlightenment (TV story)}}) They were disembodied energy matrices, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Goth Opera (novel)}}) some of whom posed as gods on [[Gallifrey]], such as [[Death (mythology)|Death]], [[Pain (mythology)|Pain]], and [[Time (mythology)|Time]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Happy Endings (novel)}}) | ||
=== Chronovores === | === Chronovores === | ||
''See [[Chronovore]]'' | ''See [[Chronovore]]'' | ||
Chronovores, the most fearsome being [[Kronos]], were winged beings who fed on time. ([[TV]]: | Chronovores, the most fearsome being [[Kronos]], were winged beings who fed on time. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time Monster (TV story)}}) According to one account, they were originally native to the real universe, feeding on the raw energy of stars before evolving to a higher plane. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dark Path (novel)}}) They could be bound by the blood of an Eternal, change their appearance, and manipulate timelines. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|No Future (novel)}}) | ||
=== Other similar beings === | === Other similar beings === | ||
Although not explicitly stated to be Transcendental | Although not explicitly stated to be Transcendental beings, creatures that displayed similar characteristics included the [[Timewyrm]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)}}) the [[Mandragora Helix]], ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Mark of Mandragora (comic story)}}) the [[Kraken (Unnatural History)|Krakens]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Shadows of Avalon (novel)}}, {{cs|Unnatural History (novel)}}) the [[Ancient Lights]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Secrets of the Stars (TV story)}}, [[WC]]: ''[[Sarah Jane's Alien Files|The Alien Files]]'') the [[Pantheon of Discord]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)}}, [[WC]]: ''[[Sarah Jane's Alien Files|The Alien Files]]'') and [[The Trickster]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)}}, [[WC]]: {{cs|Monster File: The Trickster's Brigade (webcast)}}) | ||
As the [[Temperon]] was distantly related to the Chronovores, they were presumably Transcendental | As the [[Temperon]] was distantly related to the Chronovores, they were presumably Transcendental beings as well. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Sirens of Time (audio story)}}) | ||
== Terminology == | == Terminology == | ||
Many of the same Transcendental | Many of the same Transcendental beings are identified by different names, making true ''specific'' distinctions unclear. Various accounts have refered to the Celestial Toymaker as being from a race of [[Toymaker]]s, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Celestial Toymaker (novelisation)}}) a Guardian, a Great Old One, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Divided Loyalties (novel)}}) and an Elder God, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Black and White (audio story)}}) although "Elder God" may have just been a synonym for "Great Old One." | ||
Additionally, the Guardians were also Great Old Ones, considered a pantheon within a pantheon, with the other Great Old Ones considered to be "sub-Guardians." ([[PROSE]]: | Additionally, the Guardians were also Great Old Ones, considered a pantheon within a pantheon, with the other Great Old Ones considered to be "sub-Guardians." ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Divided Loyalties (novel)}}) | ||
The [[Fifth Doctor]] knew of many | The [[Fifth Doctor]] knew of many time sensitive races: [[Time Lord]]s, [[Legion]]s, [[Tharil]]s, Chronovores, Eternals, and [[Transient Being]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)}}) The [[Sixth Doctor]] later referred to the Great Old Ones as "transient beings". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Millennial Rites (novel)}}) | ||
The [[Carnival Queen]] referred to a handful of baby godlings and '[[Great Intelligence|great intelligences]],' ([[PROSE]]: | The [[Carnival Queen]] referred to a handful of baby godlings and '[[Great Intelligence|great intelligences]],' ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)}}) implying there were others besides [[Yog-Sothoth]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|All-Consuming Fire (novel)}}, {{cs|Millennial Rites (novel)}}) | ||
The Eternals were considered part of the "[[Old One | The Eternals were considered part of the "[[Old One]]s" that existed during the [[Dark Times]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Knight, The Fool and The Dead (novel)}}) | ||
[[Category:Time Vortex inhabitants| ]] | [[Category:Time Vortex inhabitants| *]] | ||
[[Category:Shapeshifters]] | [[Category:Shapeshifters]] | ||
[[Category:Time-sensitive species]] | [[Category:Time-sensitive species]] |