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| '''High Gallifreyan''' was the ancient language of the [[Time Lord]]s. It was not known by many; by the Doctor's era, it was virtually extinct, superseded by [[Gallifreyan (language)|Gallifreyan]].
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| The written form of High Gallifreyan resembles, to human eyes, a mixture of Greek letters and mathematical symbols. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'')
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| Inside the [[Tomb of Rassilon]] in the [[Death Zone]] on [[Gallifrey]], an old rhyme was written in "Old High Gallifreyan" which explained the outcome of the "Game of Rassilon". ([[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'')
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| Within the Doctor's rooms on Gallifrey there was a painting of a woman, holding a scroll with the words "Death is but a door" written in High Gallifreyan. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors]]'')
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| The [[First Doctor]] wrote his [[Five Hundred Year Diary]] in High Gallifreyan to make sure no one could read it. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Power of the Daleks]]'')
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| In addition to written High Gallifreyan, two other forms of written Gallifreyan have been seen:
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| *a vaguely Arabic-looking script, in a letter written by the Doctor to warn the High Council of impending danger ([[DW]]:''[[The Deadly Assassin]]''). This writing system is probably more appropriate for everyday communications, such as letters.
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| *a complex system of interlocking circles. This writing system is used by the [[TARDIS]]' output screens, and is the one seen in the notes that the Doctor scatters around the [[TARDIS]] console room, so it may be a specialized system optimized for communicating time-related concepts or TARDIS settings.
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| [[Category:Gallifreyan history]]
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| [[Category:Gallifreyan culture]]
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Latest revision as of 19:37, 11 June 2011
