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|name            = Lord Griffen
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| species        = Gallifreyan
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| origin          = [[Gallifrey]]
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| first cs        = Star Death (comic story)
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| appearances    = [[COMIC]]: ''[[4-D War (comic story)|4-D War]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Black Sun Rising (comic story)|Black Sun Rising]]''
|appearances    = [[DWM]]: ''[[Star Death (comic story)|Star Death]]'', [[DWM]]: ''[[4-D War (comic story)|4-D War]]'', [[DWM]]: ''[[Black Sun Rising (comic story)|Black Sun Rising]]''
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'''Lord Griffen''' was an early [[Gallifreyan]] leader. During the time of [[Rassilon]] and [[Omega]], Griffen was known as one of the [[Elders of Gallifrey]]. Lady [[Jolodex]] and he were on the Gallifreyan flagship ''[[Aeon (spaceship)|Aeon]]'' when Rassilon and Omega detonated the star [[Qqaba]], enabling the Gallifreyans to become Lords of Time. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Star Death (comic story)}})
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'''Lord Griffen''' was an early [[Gallifreyan]] leader. During the time of [[Rassilon]] and [[Omega]], Griffen was known as one of the "Elders of Gallifrey". He and Lady [[Jolodex]], were present on the Gallifreyan flagship ''Aeon'' when Rassilon and Omega detonated the star [[Qqaba]], enabling the Gallifreyans to become Lords of Time. ([[DWM]]: ''[[Star Death (comic story)|Star Death]]'')


Twenty years later, Griffen was married to Lady Jolodex. At that time, the two sent their daughter [[Rema-Du]] and [[Wardog]] of the [[Special Executive]] to retrieve the assassin [[Fenris]] from the [[Vortex]]. After Fenris was retrieved, Griffen summoned an assembly of the [[Prydonian Chapter]] to learn who sent him. Shortly after [[Viridian the Brainfeeler]], another member of the Special Executive, searched Fenris's mind to learn that he had been sent by the [[Order of the Black Sun]], members of the Order itself attacked the meeting. Griffen was the first to understand that the Gallifreyans were facing a [[time war]]. ([[DWM]]: ''[[4-D War (comic story)|4-D War]]'')
Twenty years later, Griffen was married to Lady Jolodex. They sent their daughter [[Rema-Du]] and [[Wardog]] of the [[Special Executive]] to retrieve the assassin [[Fenris]] from the [[Time Vortex]]. After his retrieval, Griffen convened an assembly of the [[Prydonian Chapter]] to learn who had sent Fenris. Another member of the Special Executive, [[Viridian]], searched Fenris' mind to learn he had been sent by the [[Order of the Black Sun]]. Members of the Order itself attacked the meeting. Griffen was the first to understand Gallifrey faced a [[time war]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|4-D War (comic story)}})


Ten years after the first Black Sun attack, Griffen communicated with Rema-Du, who had become a Gallifreyan ambassador, when she attended a diplomatic conference on the planet [[Desrault]]. ([[DWM]]: ''[[Black Sun Rising (comic story)|Black Sun Rising]]'')
Ten years after the first Black Sun attack, Griffen communicated with his daughter when she attended a diplomatic conference on the planet [[Desrault]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Black Sun Rising (comic story)}})


==Behind the scenes==
The ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'' cited Lord Griffin's work ''[[Fenris, the Black Sun and the First Great Time War]]'' for more information on Gallifrey's initial experimentations with time travel. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)|chaptnum=II|chaptname=The Dalek World}})
Although in ''Star Death'' Griffen exclaims "We can become lords of time!" after the detonation of Qqaba, he is never referred to as a Time Lord in any of his three appearances. It is not clear whether the Gallifreyans adopt the title "Time Lord" during his lifetime or later. Griffen ages visibly over the three stories' thirty year timespan.
 
== Behind the scenes ==
Although in ''Star Death'', Griffen exclaims "We can become lords of time!" after the detonation of Qqaba, he is never referred to as a [[Time Lord]] in any of his three appearances. It is not clear whether the Gallifreyans adopt the title "Time Lord" during his life or later. Griffen ages visibly over the three stories' thirty year span.


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Latest revision as of 03:18, 10 September 2024

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Lord Griffen was an early Gallifreyan leader. During the time of Rassilon and Omega, Griffen was known as one of the Elders of Gallifrey. Lady Jolodex and he were on the Gallifreyan flagship Aeon when Rassilon and Omega detonated the star Qqaba, enabling the Gallifreyans to become Lords of Time. (COMIC: Star Death [+]Loading...["Star Death (comic story)"])

Twenty years later, Griffen was married to Lady Jolodex. They sent their daughter Rema-Du and Wardog of the Special Executive to retrieve the assassin Fenris from the Time Vortex. After his retrieval, Griffen convened an assembly of the Prydonian Chapter to learn who had sent Fenris. Another member of the Special Executive, Viridian, searched Fenris' mind to learn he had been sent by the Order of the Black Sun. Members of the Order itself attacked the meeting. Griffen was the first to understand Gallifrey faced a time war. (COMIC: 4-D War [+]Loading...["4-D War (comic story)"])

Ten years after the first Black Sun attack, Griffen communicated with his daughter when she attended a diplomatic conference on the planet Desrault. (COMIC: Black Sun Rising [+]Loading...["Black Sun Rising (comic story)"])

The Dalek Combat Training Manual cited Lord Griffin's work Fenris, the Black Sun and the First Great Time War for more information on Gallifrey's initial experimentations with time travel. (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual [+]Loading...{"chaptname":"The Dalek World","chaptnum":"II","1":"Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)"})

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Although in Star Death, Griffen exclaims "We can become lords of time!" after the detonation of Qqaba, he is never referred to as a Time Lord in any of his three appearances. It is not clear whether the Gallifreyans adopt the title "Time Lord" during his life or later. Griffen ages visibly over the three stories' thirty year span.