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|image       = Space Lords.jpg
|Species name = Gallifreyan
|type        = [[Humanoid]]
|aka = [[Time Lord]] (not technically correct), ''Dominus temporis''
|aka        = {{csl|Homeworlder|Space Lord of Gallifrey}}
|type = [[Near-Human]]
|affiliation = {{csl|[[Pythia]]|[[Time Lord]]s|[[Sisterhood of Karn]]}}
|affiliation = <ul><li>[[Pythia]]</li><li>[[Time Lord]]s</li><li>[[Sisterhood of Karn]]</li></ul>
|origin     = [[Gallifrey]]
|origin = [[Gallifrey]]
|first      = The War Games (TV story)
|appearances = [[DW]]: ''All episodes (excluding [[Mission to the Unknown]])''
|appearances = [[Time Lord/Appearances|'''''see list''''']]
|Mentions =
|individuals = {{csl|[[Susan Foreman]]|[[the Monk]]|[[Goth]]|[[Pandad IV]]|[[Socra]]|[[Adelphi]]|[[the Master]]|[[Omega]]|[[Rassilon]]|[[Morbius]]|[[Borusa]]|[[Romana]]|[[Chronotis]]|[[Flavia]]|[[the Rani]]|[[Darkel]]|[[Irving Braxiatel]]|[[Narvin]]|[[Straxus]]|[[the General]]|[[Renegade Time Lord (The Eleven)|"Numerical non-entity"]]|[[Ollistra]]|}}
|individuals = [[The Doctor]]<br>[[The Master]]<br>[[Borusa]]<br>[[The Rani]]<br>[[The Monk]]<br>[[Susan Foreman]]<br>[[Romana]]<br>[[Flavia]]
}}
}}
The '''Gallifreyans''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Legacy of Gallifrey (short story)|The Legacy of Gallifrey]]'', et. al) also known as the '''Homeworlders''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'', et. al) were the original [[humanoid]] species native to the planet [[Gallifrey]]. Already a proud spacefaring civilisation with pretensions to [[god]]hood, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Legacy of Gallifrey (short story)|The Legacy of Gallifrey]]'') who sometimes called themselves the '''Space Lords of Gallifrey''', ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Monstrous Beauty (comic story)|Monstrous Beauty]]'') they were granted the power of [[time travel]] and [[regeneration]] thanks to [[Rassilon]] and [[Omega]]'s creation of the [[Eye of Harmony]], and became the [[Time Lord]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Legacy of Gallifrey (short story)|The Legacy of Gallifrey]]'')


'''Gallifreyans''' (''Dominus temporis'') were a [[near-Human]] species native to the planet [[Gallifrey]]. ([[TDA]]: ''[[The Last Dodo]]'') The powerful [[Time Lord]]s originated from this species.  
The majority of [[Time Lord]]s were genetically Gallifreyans, since they arose from the species; they considered themselves to be the elite of Gallifreyan society, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]'') as only a select few bloodlines had been granted the privilege of becoming Time Lords when Rassilon originally unveiled the Eye. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Legacy of Gallifrey (short story)|The Legacy of Gallifrey]]'') Accounts were, however, divided on whether there remained any non-Time-Lord Gallifreyans on the planet in later periods of its history.


==Appearance and biology==
There also existed one account according to which the original native species of Gallifrey was the [[Shobogan (species)|Shobogans]]; an explorer of their kind, the [[First Tecteun]] travelled to [[Planet (The Timeless Children)|another world]] where she found a [[Timeless Child]] and brought [[regeneration]] to her homeworld, with the Shobogans eventually building themselves a [[Capitol|Citadel]] and renaming themselves (with "characteristic pomposity") the Time Lords. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'')
Gallifreyans were externally identical in appearance to [[Human]]s.


:''See [[Gallifreyan physiology]]''
== History ==
{{Main|Gallifreyan history}}


==Culture and society==
== Appearance and biology ==
===Gallifreyans and Time Lords===
{{main|Gallifreyan physiology}}
The term ''Gallifreyan'' is often used interchangeably with ''Time Lord'', despite indications that not all Gallifreyans are members of that august society. The Gallifreyan species existed for eons before the time of [[Rassilon]] and [[Omega]], the founders of Time Lord society.
Gallifreyans were externally identical in appearance to [[human]]s but had several biological differences internally. They had [[Binary vascular system|two hearts]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'') two or three [[brain stem]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'') and a [[respiratory bypass system]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Island of Death (novel)|Island of Death]]'', et al.) Compared to humans, they also boasted larger [[brain]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]'') and lower [[body temperature|body temperatures]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blood of the Daleks (audio story)|Blood of the Daleks]]'')


:''Most of our knowledge of this species pertains to the Time Lords, specifically in regards to a single Gallifreyan, [[the Doctor]]. The matter is confused by the fact that the terms ''Gallifreyan'' and ''Time Lord'' have sometimes been used interchangeably. We have done our best to allow for this bias.''
By one account, Gallifreyans from the [[Drylands]] (who were not initiated as Time Lords) were incapable of [[Regeneration|regenerating]], and had one life only. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Assets of War (audio story)|Assets of War]]'') Another account held that all Gallifreyans, Time Lords or not, had the ability to regenerate twelve times. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'')


There have also been at least two non-Gallifreyan Time Lords, the renegade known as [[the Master]], who in the later stages of his life changed species on at least two occasions, and [[Donna Noble]], who was orginally a [[Human|human]], but became a human/Time Lord hybrid after a [[Human/Time Lord metacrisis|metacrisis]]. (It should be noted that during the time of the seventh and eight Doctors, we learn that Gallifreyans are born from the Looms, after the Curse of Pythia. The order of Timelords created by the Three (Rassilon, Omega, and the Other) were just titles given to the elite Gallifreyans who made rank. However, once the curse of Pythia took hold, the Looms wove genetic markers into all new Gallifreyans born. Further yet, it is hinted at, but never specifically said that it is a side effect of the Looms that give Timelords the capability to regenerate. It is possible before the Looms were created that Gallifreyans were not capable of this. This genetic marker is evident with both the appearance of Master in a human form, and with the Doctor hiding from the Family of Blood as a human. By changing their genetic structure they lost their Time Lord abilities. Only the stored energy of their memories and genetic form in their FOB watches could bring them back. This suggests it is not just a title but a genetic trait]].
== Culture and society ==
There was always a [[President of the High Council|Lord or Lady President]] of Gallifrey, with a council of other Time Lords, approving or vetoing decisions. An exception to this was when the Lord President (ignoring the [[High Chancellor|Chancellor]]) broke two [[Laws of Time]] to bring the [[First Doctor|First]], [[Second Doctor|Second]] and [[Third Doctor]] together to solve the problem of the power/life force-drainage into [[Omega]]'s black hole. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'')


:''Another, possibly apocryphal account, portrays a [[Human]], [[Ace]] growing in her knowledge and understanding of the cosmic order and attaining the position of Time Lord.'' ([[WC]]: ''[[Death Comes to Time]]'')
Time Lords and Gallifreyans regarded the [[Flower of Remembrance]] as an omen of death. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'')


===Within the Capitol===
A quarter of Gallifreyans on their homeworld worshipped the higher [[Eternal]]s such as [[Death (mythology)|Death]] and [[Time (mythology)|Time]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'')
Even within the Time Lord sanctum of [[the Capitol]], "plebeian classes" exist. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'')


:''This reference may well indicate the presence of ordinary Gallifreyans, rather than just Time Lords, in the Capitol. In fact, it remains unclear whether particular groups, like the [[Chancellory Guard]] belong to the Time Lord or one of the common Gallifreyan classes.''
=== Gallifreyans and Time Lords ===
Sources were controversial on the difference (if there was any) between Gallifreyans and [[Time Lord]]s.


===Outsiders and outcasts===
Time Lords may have been just Gallifreyans in possession of a [[TARDIS]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]'')
[[Image:Invasion_time.jpg|thumb|right|A Gallifreyan Outsider ([[DW]]:''[[The Invasion of Time]])]]


Living in the wild lands outside the Capitol, bands of Gallifreyans called [[Gallifreyan Outsiders|Outsiders]] lived a primitive lifestyle, wearing fur skins and using [[:category:weapons|weapons]] like bows, arrows and spears and hunting in order to eat. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'')
[[I.M. Foreman]] stated that Time Lords were a separate species due to [[Rassilon]]'s intervention. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One (novel)|Interference - Book One]]'') The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Vastra]] said that the Gallifreyans evolved into Time Lords via exposure to the [[Time Vortex]] and the [[Untempered Schism]] over billions of years. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'')


Within the Capitol, rebels known as [[Shobogans]] committed petty acts of vandalism. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'')
At one point in [[Gallifreyan history]], members of Gallifreyan religious orders who were not Time Lords were nonetheless given certain rights: access to [[time travel]], certain [[gene]]tic privileges, and the right to observe [[High Council]] procedure. However, the High Council later disestablished the churches, monasteries and other religious orders, effectively abolishing these rights. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference]]'')


==History==
Despite the fact that the vast majority of Time Lords were Gallifreyans, many Time Lords were non-Gallifreyan. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'') These included [[Ace]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Intervention Earth (audio story)|Intervention Earth]]'') members of [[House Paradox]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') [[Lolita]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Shadow Play (audio story)|The Shadow Play]]'') and [[River Song]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'')


:''See [[Gallifreyan history]].''
=== Outsiders and outcasts ===
By [[A Brief History of Time Lords|one account]], billions of Gallifreyans lived outside [[the Capitol]] and the other [[City|cities]] of the [[Time Lord]]s. They made up almost the entire population of Gallifrey. They lived on [[farm]]s or homesteads and worked through the day to provide food for themselves and the Time Lords in the cities. According to this source, despite the vast difference in culture, the Gallifreyans were biologically no different from the Time Lords. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'')


By one account, Gallifreyans from the [[Drylands]] were not Time Lords, and lacked their special abilities. They were largely dismissed by Time Lords, though some were given the chance to stare into the [[Untempered Schism]], and to join the Academy, should their minds be deemed suitable. This segment of the population on Gallifrey continued to be excluded, into the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Assets of War (audio story)|Assets of War]]'')


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Latest revision as of 20:31, 10 April 2024

Gallifreyan

The Gallifreyans, (PROSE: The Legacy of Gallifrey, et. al) also known as the Homeworlders, (PROSE: The Book of the War, et. al) were the original humanoid species native to the planet Gallifrey. Already a proud spacefaring civilisation with pretensions to godhood, (PROSE: The Legacy of Gallifrey) who sometimes called themselves the Space Lords of Gallifrey, (COMIC: Monstrous Beauty) they were granted the power of time travel and regeneration thanks to Rassilon and Omega's creation of the Eye of Harmony, and became the Time Lords. (PROSE: The Legacy of Gallifrey)

The majority of Time Lords were genetically Gallifreyans, since they arose from the species; they considered themselves to be the elite of Gallifreyan society, (PROSE: Interference - Book Two) as only a select few bloodlines had been granted the privilege of becoming Time Lords when Rassilon originally unveiled the Eye. (PROSE: The Legacy of Gallifrey) Accounts were, however, divided on whether there remained any non-Time-Lord Gallifreyans on the planet in later periods of its history.

There also existed one account according to which the original native species of Gallifrey was the Shobogans; an explorer of their kind, the First Tecteun travelled to another world where she found a Timeless Child and brought regeneration to her homeworld, with the Shobogans eventually building themselves a Citadel and renaming themselves (with "characteristic pomposity") the Time Lords. (TV: The Timeless Children)

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Gallifreyan history

Appearance and biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Gallifreyan physiology

Gallifreyans were externally identical in appearance to humans but had several biological differences internally. They had two hearts, (TV: Spearhead from Space) two or three brain stems, (TV: Spearhead from Space, The Magician's Apprentice) and a respiratory bypass system. (PROSE: Island of Death, et al.) Compared to humans, they also boasted larger brains (TV: The Brain of Morbius) and lower body temperatures. (AUDIO: Blood of the Daleks)

By one account, Gallifreyans from the Drylands (who were not initiated as Time Lords) were incapable of regenerating, and had one life only. (AUDIO: Assets of War) Another account held that all Gallifreyans, Time Lords or not, had the ability to regenerate twelve times. (PROSE: A Brief History of Time Lords)

Culture and society[[edit] | [edit source]]

There was always a Lord or Lady President of Gallifrey, with a council of other Time Lords, approving or vetoing decisions. An exception to this was when the Lord President (ignoring the Chancellor) broke two Laws of Time to bring the First, Second and Third Doctor together to solve the problem of the power/life force-drainage into Omega's black hole. (TV: The Three Doctors)

Time Lords and Gallifreyans regarded the Flower of Remembrance as an omen of death. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell)

A quarter of Gallifreyans on their homeworld worshipped the higher Eternals such as Death and Time. (PROSE: Happy Endings)

Gallifreyans and Time Lords[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sources were controversial on the difference (if there was any) between Gallifreyans and Time Lords.

Time Lords may have been just Gallifreyans in possession of a TARDIS. (AUDIO: Omega)

I.M. Foreman stated that Time Lords were a separate species due to Rassilon's intervention. (PROSE: Interference - Book One) The Eleventh Doctor and Vastra said that the Gallifreyans evolved into Time Lords via exposure to the Time Vortex and the Untempered Schism over billions of years. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War)

At one point in Gallifreyan history, members of Gallifreyan religious orders who were not Time Lords were nonetheless given certain rights: access to time travel, certain genetic privileges, and the right to observe High Council procedure. However, the High Council later disestablished the churches, monasteries and other religious orders, effectively abolishing these rights. (PROSE: Interference)

Despite the fact that the vast majority of Time Lords were Gallifreyans, many Time Lords were non-Gallifreyan. (PROSE: The Infinity Doctors) These included Ace, (AUDIO: Intervention Earth) members of House Paradox, (PROSE: The Book of the War) Lolita, (AUDIO: The Shadow Play) and River Song. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War)

Outsiders and outcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]

By one account, billions of Gallifreyans lived outside the Capitol and the other cities of the Time Lords. They made up almost the entire population of Gallifrey. They lived on farms or homesteads and worked through the day to provide food for themselves and the Time Lords in the cities. According to this source, despite the vast difference in culture, the Gallifreyans were biologically no different from the Time Lords. (PROSE: A Brief History of Time Lords)

By one account, Gallifreyans from the Drylands were not Time Lords, and lacked their special abilities. They were largely dismissed by Time Lords, though some were given the chance to stare into the Untempered Schism, and to join the Academy, should their minds be deemed suitable. This segment of the population on Gallifrey continued to be excluded, into the Last Great Time War. (AUDIO: Assets of War)

Bands of Gallifreyans called the Outsiders dropped out of the Time Lord Academy and lived in the Drylands to reconnect with nature. They lived a primitive lifestyle, wearing fur skins and using weapons like bows, arrows and spears for hunting food. (TV: The Invasion of Time, PROSE: A Brief History of Time Lords)

Within the Capitol, rebels known as Shobogans committed petty acts of vandalism. (TV: The Deadly Assassin)

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