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The '''Castellan''' was a member of the [[High Council]] of [[Time Lord]]s responsible for overseeing the [[Chancellory Guard]] and therefore order on and the security of [[Gallifrey]]. The various Commanders of the Chancellory Guard itself acted as the Castellan's subordinates.
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The '''Castellan of the Chancellery Guard''', ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'') also known simply as the '''Castellan''', was a high-ranking [[Time Lord]] who oversaw the [[Chancellery Guard]].


The position was protected by some of the most ancient and powerful [[Gallifreyan]] laws. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Lies]]'')
== Role ==
The [[commander]]s of the Chancellery Guard reported to the Castellan. As the Guard were responsible for security within the [[Capitol]] and the personal security of the [[President of the High Council|Lord President]], the Castellan was often in direct conflict with the [[Coordinator]] of the [[Celestial Intervention Agency|CIA]] whose remit was external threats to the planet or to the integrity of the [[timeline]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Pandora (audio story)|Pandora]]'') The Castellan was the Capitol equivalent of a Chief of Police. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'')


==Holders of the office of Castellan==
[[Borusa|President Borusa]] raised the position of Castellan to one that sat on the [[High Council]], with the first to do so being [[Jerricho]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'') who also went on to sit in the [[Inner Council]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') In [[Spandrell]]'s time, the Castellan's duties involved him more frequently with the "plebeian classes" of Gallifrey than with suspect Time Lords. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'') [[Kelner|Castellan Kelner]], by contrast, was second in line to the [[Lord President|Presidency]], after the [[Lord Chancellor|Chancellor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'')
*[[Spandrell]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'')
*[[Kelner]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'')
*Un-named male Castellan (killed) ([[DW]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors]]'')
*[[Wynter]] ([[BFG]]: ''[[Lies]]'')
*[[Andred]] ([[NA]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'')
*[[Maxil]] ([[BFG]]: ''[[Lies]], [[Imperiatrix (audio drama)]]
*[[Lode]] ([[NA]]: ''[[Love and War]]'')
*[[Temus]] (([[Gallifrey Chronicles]]), Castellan at the time of [[Rassilon]]'s seizure of power


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The position was mandated by some of the most ancient and powerful [[Gallifreyan]] laws. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lies (audio story)|Lies]]'') Even so, the laws of Gallifrey apparently gave the Presidency wide [[discretion]] in deciding which matters were handled by the Castellan, and which by the Coordinator. [[Romana II|Lady President Romana II]], for instance, once simply chose which of the two she wanted to handle a matter. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Pandora (audio story)|Pandora]]'')
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The Castellan was outranked by the [[Coordinator]] of the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Enemy Lines (audio story)|Enemy Lines]]'')
 
== History ==
Each [[chapter]] had a [[Chapter Castellan]]. Often the Castellans had served in the Chancellery Guard prior to their elevation. Both [[Maxil]] and [[Andred]] served in this way. Others appear to have been political appointments, like [[Kelner]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'') and [[Wynter]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lies (audio story)|Lies]]'', ''[[Pandora (audio story)|Pandora]]'')
 
Nine of one Castellan's strike force were killed by members of the [[Order of the Black Sun]] during the [[4-D War]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[4-D War (comic story)|4-D War]]'')
 
The rogue [[Time Agent]] [[Scott Thrower]] took the alias of "Castellan Bond" on [[Helion]] in an attempt to use the [[solstice of Pajaro]] to rejuvenate himself, accompanied by a group of [[Gizou]] [[mercenary|mercenaries]] disguised as Chancellery Guards. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Time Fraud (comic story)|Time Fraud]]'')
 
In her position as the caretaker of [[House Ixion]] and leader of the [[Order of the Weal]], [[Thessalia]] claimed the title [[Chatelaine]], the feminine equivalent of "castellan". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')
 
After [[Rassilon|President Rassilon]] dissolved the Chancellery Guard, the position of Castellan was redundant and its incumbent, [[Bovari|Castellan Bovari]], was reassigned to the Archives as an [[administrator]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Havoc (audio story)|Havoc]]'')
 
== Known Castellans ==
Castellans throughout [[Gallifreyan history]] included [[Rannex]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'') [[Lode]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'') and [[Voran]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'')
 
[[Marnal]] was Castellan before [[the Doctor]] left Gallifrey. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'')
 
[[Spandrell]] was Castellan when the President was assassinated by [[Goth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'')
 
[[Kelner]] was Castellan at the time that the [[Fourth Doctor]] returned to Gallifrey to claim the office of Lord President when the planet was invaded by the [[Vardan]]s and later the [[Sontaran]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'')
 
[[Castellan (Arc of Infinity)|Jerricho]] was Castellan for sometime during the life of the Doctor's [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]]. He was killed trying to escape the mind probe by members of the [[Chancellery Guard]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')
 
In [[the Doctor's reality (Death Comes to Time)|a version of reality]] where the Time Lords had become largely extinct during the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s lifetime, one of the survivors was [[Casmus]], who remained on the largely abandoned [[Gallifrey]] and was acknowledged as Castellan by [[the Kingmaker]]. He eventually let himself be killed by [[Tannis]] shortly before the Doctor sacrificed himself to destroy Tannis, leaving [[Ace]] was the first and only member of a new kind of Time Lords. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Death Comes to Time (webcast)}})
 
According to one account, [[Andred]] was made Castellan by [[Romana II|President Romana]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') According to others, however, he remained commander until, after his [[regeneration]], [[Darkel]] promoted him. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Insurgency (audio story)|Insurgency]]'')
 
[[Leela]] was acting Castellan at one time. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Pandora (audio story)|Pandora]]'')
 
[[Maxil]] was promoted to Castellan shortly after the supposed death of Andred. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lies (audio story)|Lies]]'', ''[[Imperiatrix (audio story)|Imperiatrix]]'') After siding with [[Pandora]] and Inquisitor [[Darkel]] in the Gallifreyan Civil War, he was demoted back to [[Commander]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Appropriation (audio story)|Appropriation]]'', ''[[Warfare (audio story)|Warfare]]'')
 
[[Annos]] was acting Castellan at one time. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mindbomb (audio story)|Mindbomb]]'')
 
[[K9 Mark II]] was Castellan in an [[Gallifrey (Reborn)|alternate timeline]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Reborn (audio story)|Reborn]]'')
 
[[Castellan (The Eleven)|A male Castellan]] held office when [[the Eleven]] escaped. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eleven (audio story)|The Eleven]]'')
 
[[Bovari]] was Castellan during the early months of the [[Last Great Time War]]. She was humiliated by being reassigned to work as an [[administrator]] in [[the Archives]] after [[Rassilon|President Rassilon]] dissolved the Chancellery Guard. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Havoc (audio story)|Havoc]]'')
 
[[Kanteer]] held office towards the end of the [[War Doctor]]'s [[regeneration]]. He assisted [[Ollistra]] in attempting to analyse the arrival of [[the Enigma]], and find a way to destroy them if necessary. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Enigma Dimension (audio story)|The Enigma Dimension]]'')
 
[[Castellan (Engines of War)|Yet another]] held office during the Last Great Time War. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'')
 
=== Parallel universes ===
In a [[parallel universe (Exile)|parallel universe]], a [[Time Lord guard (Exile)|guard]] presented a [[report]] from the [[Castellan (Exile)|Castellan]]'s [[Castellan's office|office]] informing his [[Court (Exile)|fellow Time Lords]] that [[Previous Doctor (Exile)|the Doctor]] had [[escape]]d. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Exile (audio story)|Exile]]'')
 
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Jerricho in the role of Castellan. (TV: Arc of Infinity)

The Castellan of the Chancellery Guard, (TV: The Deadly Assassin) also known simply as the Castellan, was a high-ranking Time Lord who oversaw the Chancellery Guard.

Role[[edit]]

The commanders of the Chancellery Guard reported to the Castellan. As the Guard were responsible for security within the Capitol and the personal security of the Lord President, the Castellan was often in direct conflict with the Coordinator of the CIA whose remit was external threats to the planet or to the integrity of the timeline. (AUDIO: Pandora) The Castellan was the Capitol equivalent of a Chief of Police. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors)

President Borusa raised the position of Castellan to one that sat on the High Council, with the first to do so being Jerricho (PROSE: A Brief History of Time Lords) who also went on to sit in the Inner Council. (TV: The Five Doctors) In Spandrell's time, the Castellan's duties involved him more frequently with the "plebeian classes" of Gallifrey than with suspect Time Lords. (TV: The Deadly Assassin) Castellan Kelner, by contrast, was second in line to the Presidency, after the Chancellor. (TV: The Invasion of Time)

The position was mandated by some of the most ancient and powerful Gallifreyan laws. (AUDIO: Lies) Even so, the laws of Gallifrey apparently gave the Presidency wide discretion in deciding which matters were handled by the Castellan, and which by the Coordinator. Lady President Romana II, for instance, once simply chose which of the two she wanted to handle a matter. (AUDIO: Pandora)

The Castellan was outranked by the Coordinator of the Celestial Intervention Agency. (AUDIO: Enemy Lines)

History[[edit]]

Each chapter had a Chapter Castellan. Often the Castellans had served in the Chancellery Guard prior to their elevation. Both Maxil and Andred served in this way. Others appear to have been political appointments, like Kelner (TV: The Invasion of Time) and Wynter. (AUDIO: Lies, Pandora)

Nine of one Castellan's strike force were killed by members of the Order of the Black Sun during the 4-D War. (COMIC: 4-D War)

The rogue Time Agent Scott Thrower took the alias of "Castellan Bond" on Helion in an attempt to use the solstice of Pajaro to rejuvenate himself, accompanied by a group of Gizou mercenaries disguised as Chancellery Guards. (COMIC: Time Fraud)

In her position as the caretaker of House Ixion and leader of the Order of the Weal, Thessalia claimed the title Chatelaine, the feminine equivalent of "castellan". (PROSE: The Book of the War)

After President Rassilon dissolved the Chancellery Guard, the position of Castellan was redundant and its incumbent, Castellan Bovari, was reassigned to the Archives as an administrator. (AUDIO: Havoc)

Known Castellans[[edit]]

Castellans throughout Gallifreyan history included Rannex, (PROSE: Divided Loyalties) Lode, (PROSE: Love and War) and Voran. (PROSE: The Infinity Doctors)

Marnal was Castellan before the Doctor left Gallifrey. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles)

Spandrell was Castellan when the President was assassinated by Goth. (TV: The Deadly Assassin)

Kelner was Castellan at the time that the Fourth Doctor returned to Gallifrey to claim the office of Lord President when the planet was invaded by the Vardans and later the Sontarans. (TV: The Invasion of Time)

Jerricho was Castellan for sometime during the life of the Doctor's fifth incarnation. He was killed trying to escape the mind probe by members of the Chancellery Guard. (TV: Arc of Infinity, The Five Doctors)

In a version of reality where the Time Lords had become largely extinct during the Seventh Doctor's lifetime, one of the survivors was Casmus, who remained on the largely abandoned Gallifrey and was acknowledged as Castellan by the Kingmaker. He eventually let himself be killed by Tannis shortly before the Doctor sacrificed himself to destroy Tannis, leaving Ace was the first and only member of a new kind of Time Lords. (WC: Death Comes to Time [+]Loading...["Death Comes to Time (webcast)"])

According to one account, Andred was made Castellan by President Romana. (PROSE: Lungbarrow) According to others, however, he remained commander until, after his regeneration, Darkel promoted him. (AUDIO: Insurgency)

Leela was acting Castellan at one time. (AUDIO: Pandora)

Maxil was promoted to Castellan shortly after the supposed death of Andred. (AUDIOLiesImperiatrix) After siding with Pandora and Inquisitor Darkel in the Gallifreyan Civil War, he was demoted back to Commander. (AUDIOAppropriation, Warfare)

Annos was acting Castellan at one time. (AUDIO: Mindbomb)

K9 Mark II was Castellan in an alternate timeline. (AUDIO: Reborn)

A male Castellan held office when the Eleven escaped. (AUDIO: The Eleven)

Bovari was Castellan during the early months of the Last Great Time War. She was humiliated by being reassigned to work as an administrator in the Archives after President Rassilon dissolved the Chancellery Guard. (AUDIO: Havoc)

Kanteer held office towards the end of the War Doctor's regeneration. He assisted Ollistra in attempting to analyse the arrival of the Enigma, and find a way to destroy them if necessary. (AUDIO: The Enigma Dimension)

Yet another held office during the Last Great Time War. (PROSE: Engines of War)

Parallel universes[[edit]]

In a parallel universe, a guard presented a report from the Castellan's office informing his fellow Time Lords that the Doctor had escaped. (AUDIO: Exile)