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'''Time Rings''' were small [[time travel]] devices created by the [[Time Lord]]s. The first Time Rings were worn on the [[wrist]]. Later ones were worn on the [[finger]], once Time Rings became more compact.
'''Time Rings''', also known as '''Time Bracelets''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen]]'') were small [[time travel]] and [[space travel]] devices created by the [[Time Lord]]s. The first Time Rings were worn on the [[wrist]]. Later ones were worn on the [[finger]], once Time Rings became more compact.


{{Delgado|c}} duplicated a stolen Time Ring [[prototype]] to send his agents to assassinate key figures in Earth's history, but was thwarted by [[James Stevens]], who used one of the Time Rings to prevent Lee Harvey Oswald's death and later to assassinate [[John F. Kennedy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'')
{{Delgado|c}} duplicated a stolen Time Ring [[prototype]] to send his agents to assassinate key figures in Earth's history, but was thwarted by [[James Stevens]], who used one of the Time Rings to prevent Lee Harvey Oswald's death and later to assassinate [[John F. Kennedy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'')
The {{Manning}} gave her old companion [[Jenny Winterleaf]] a "[[Time Cock]]", which was a time ring disguised as a black [[dildo]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dreadful Flap (short story)|The Dreadful Flap]]'')


The Time Lords gave the [[Second Doctor]] [[Second Doctor's Time Ring|a Time Ring]] to see that all of the victims of the [[War Lord]]s were restored to their proper places in time and space. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Players (novel)|Players]]'', ''[[World Game]]'')
The Time Lords gave the [[Second Doctor]] [[Second Doctor's Time Ring|a Time Ring]] to see that all of the victims of the [[War Lord]]s were restored to their proper places in time and space. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Players (novel)|Players]]'', ''[[World Game]]'')


The Time Lords gave the [[Fourth Doctor]] [[Fourth Doctor's Time Ring (Genesis of the Daleks)|a Time Ring]] to return to [[Nerva Beacon]] after carrying out a mission to prevent the [[Creation of the Daleks|creation]] of the [[Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') The [[temporal distortion]] caused by the Doctor's actions on [[Skaro]] disrupted the Time Ring, scattering the Doctor and his companions across the [[Adelphine Cluster]]. After [[peace]] was established in the region, the Time Lords gave the Doctor [[Fourth Doctor's Time Ring (A Device of Death)|a new Time Ring]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Device of Death (novel)|A Device of Death]]'') When the Doctor and his companions finally returned to Nerva Beacon, the Time Ring disappeared, much to the astonishment of [[Harry Sullivan]], who had wanted to have it as a memento. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
The Time Lords gave the [[Fourth Doctor]] [[Fourth Doctor's Time Ring|a Time Ring]] to return to [[Nerva Beacon]] after carrying out a mission to prevent the [[Creation of the Daleks|creation]] of the [[Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') The [[temporal distortion]] caused by the Doctor's actions on [[Skaro]] disrupted the Time Ring, scattering the Doctor and his [[companion]]s across the [[Adelphine Cluster]]. After [[peace]] was established in the region, the Doctor requested [[Brastall]] reactivate the Time Ring, rejecting the offer of [[TARDIS (A Device of Death)|a new TARDIS]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Device of Death (novel)|A Device of Death]]'') It briefly transported them aboard the ''[[Desolii]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Last Thing You Ever See (short story)|The Last Thing You Ever See]]'') then finally back to Nerva Beacon. There, the Time Ring disappeared, much to the astonishment of [[Harry Sullivan]], who had wanted to have it as a memento. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
 
The renegade Time Lady [[Sartia]] left [[Gallifrey]] using [[Sartia's Time Ring|a Time Ring]]. Like [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], the Time Ring was an antique. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Skin of the Sleek (audio story)|The Skin of the Sleek]]'')


The renegade Time Lady [[Sartia]] left [[Gallifrey]] using [[Sartia's Time Ring|a Time Ring]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Skin of the Sleek (audio story)|The Skin of the Sleek]]'')
The [[Seventh Doctor]] was given time rings by [[Muldwych]] to give to [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Jason Kane]] for [[Bernice Summerfield and Jason Kane's wedding|their wedding]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'') until [[The Doctor (Good Companions)|Dokien]] retrieved these wedding rings from Bernice and Jason, as mementos. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Collection (short story)|The Collection]]'') However, they still had their wedding rings after this point. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Grel Escape (audio story)|The Grel Escape]]'')[[File:Davros's Time Ring.jpg|thumb|The Time Ring stolen by Davros. ([[GAME]]: ''[[Dalek Attack (video game)|Dalek Attack]]'')|left]]A "sacred" [[Davros' Time Ring|Time Ring]] was stolen from [[Gallifrey]] by [[Davros]], who took it back to [[2254]] [[Skaro]], where the [[Time Lord]]s sent the [[Seventh Doctor]] to retrieve it before the scientist could use it to do any serious damage. After the Doctor succeeding in stopping Davros (killing the current [[Dalek Emperor (Dalek Attack)|Dalek Emperor]] in the process), the Time Lords froze Davros in time as punishment. ([[GAME]]: ''[[Dalek Attack (video game)|Dalek Attack]]'')


The [[Seventh Doctor]] was given time rings by [[Muldwych]] to give to [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Jason Kane]] for their [[wedding]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'') until [[The Doctor (Good Companions)|Dokien]] retrieved these wedding rings from Bernice and Jason, as mementos. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Collection (short story)|The Collection]]'') However, they still had their wedding rings after this point. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Grel Escape (audio story)|The Grel Escape]]'')
During the invasion of [[Gallifrey]] by the [[Knights of Velyshaa]], all [[TARDIS|Time Capsules]] and Time Rings were rendered useless. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time (audio story)|The Sirens of Time]]'')


During the invasion of [[Gallifrey]] by the [[Knights of Velyshaa]], all [[TARDIS|Time Capsules]] and Time Rings were rendered useless. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time]]'')
The [[Eighth Doctor]] was given [[Eighth Doctor's Time Ring|a Time Ring]] by [[Straxus (Human Resources)|Straxus]] to rescue [[Lucie Miller]] from [[Todd Hulbert]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Human Resources (audio story)|Human Resources]]'') Straxus later used [[Straxus' Time Ring|one]] to find the Doctor during the [[Morbius]] incident. Lucie stole it from him. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sisters of the Flame (audio story)|Sisters of the Flame]]'') The Doctor then tried to use this time ring to escape the [[Sisterhood of Karn]]'s dispersal chamber. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)|The Vengeance of Morbius]]'')


The [[Eighth Doctor]] was given [[Eighth Doctor's Time Ring|a Time Ring]] by [[Straxus]] to rescue [[Lucie Miller]] from [[Todd Hulbert]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Human Resources]]'') Straxus later used [[Straxus' Time Ring|one]] to find the Doctor during the [[Morbius]] incident. Lucie stole it from him. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sisters of the Flame (audio story)|Sisters of the Flame]]'') The Doctor then tried to use this time ring to escape the [[Sisterhood of Karn]]'s dispersal chamber. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)|The Vengeance of Morbius]]'')
[[Jerasta|Chancellor Jerasta]] used a Time Ring to board the [[Presidential TARDIS]] upon finding that it had been stuck in the [[transduction barrier]] for a number of days. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Songs of Love (audio story)|Songs of Love]]'')


An [[old man (Warlords of Utopia)|old man]] (in reality a member of the [[Time Lord|Great Houses]] fleeing [[the War]]) carried [[Time Ring (Warlords of Utopia)|a Time Ring]] inscribed with [[Gallifreyan (language)|Greek-seeming letters]] and an [[ouroboros]]. He used it to travel to [[Roma I]], where he appeared in the busy [[Roman Forum]]. [[Marcus Americanius Scriptor]] used the "bracelet" to explore the [[Known Worlds]], building the [[Empire of Empires]] and leading their [[war]] against the [[Greater German Reich]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Warlords of Utopia (novel)|Warlords of Utopia]]'')
[[The Eleven]] used a Time Ring to get to [[1970s]] [[New York City]] due to the damage down to the [[Time Vortex]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Side of the Angels (audio story)|The Side of the Angels]]'')


[[The Eleven]] used a Time Ring at the suggestion of one of his previous incarnations to cope with instability in the Time Vortex during the Doom Coalition crisis to travel to New York after managing to learn where the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Liv Chenka]], and [[Helen Sinclair]] had fled to after force regenerating Volstrom a number of times. [[The Nine]] labelled the Time Ring as pretty, and wanted to keep it. After getting the Eleven's previous lives to see [[Padrac]] didn't care what happened to him, the Doctor persuaded [[the Eight]] to trigger the Time Ring, taking the Eleven back to Gallifrey. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Side of the Angels (audio story)|The Side of the Angels]]'')
An [[old man (Warlords of Utopia)|old man]] (in reality a member of the [[Time Lord|Great Houses]] fleeing the [[War in Heaven]]) carried [[Time Ring (Warlords of Utopia)|a Time Ring]] inscribed with [[Gallifreyan (language)|Greek-seeming letters]] and an [[ouroboros]]. He used it to travel to [[Roma I]], where he appeared in the busy [[Roman Forum]]. [[Marcus Americanius Scriptor]] used the "bracelet" to explore the [[Known Worlds]], building the [[Empire of Empires]] and leading their [[war]] against the [[Greater German Reich]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Warlords of Utopia (novel)|Warlords of Utopia]]'')


The [[Tenth Doctor]] was forced to give an old [[Time Ring (I Am a Dalek)|Time Ring]] he found in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] to a Dalek in exchange for it sparing Earth. Later, [[Kate Yates]] used the Time Ring to put a [[force field]] up around the [[Dalek]]. After that, she used her Dalek knowledge to set the Time Ring to self-destruct. The Time Ring's destruction caused a warp implosion, imploding the Dalek into [[atom]]s and making all the [[window]]s in a twenty-[[mile]] radius shatter. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I Am a Dalek]]'')
The [[Tenth Doctor]] was forced to give an old [[Time Ring (I Am a Dalek)|Time Ring]] he found in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] to a Dalek in exchange for it sparing Earth. Later, [[Kate Yates]] used the Time Ring to put a [[force field]] up around the [[Dalek]]. After that, she used her Dalek knowledge to set the Time Ring to self-destruct. The Time Ring's destruction caused a warp implosion, imploding the Dalek into [[atom]]s and making all the [[window]]s in a twenty-[[mile]] radius shatter. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I Am a Dalek (novel)|I Am a Dalek]]'')


[[Harmonious 14 Zink's Time Ring|A Time Ring]] was used by [[Harmonious 14 Zink]] to travel through time "righting wrongs" wherever he and his wife went. This Time Ring was used during and after the events on [[Erratoon]] by Zink and [[Zara]] to aid in her search for the [[Key to Time]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Prisoner's Dilemma]]'') After taking the segment of the Key on [[Mars]], Zara took Zink's Time Ring from him and used it to travel to [[Safeplace]] and to [[Isskar's ship]] on her own to continue her quest. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Judgement of Isskar (audio story)|The Judgement of Isskar]]'') She used it again when she was a passenger on the ''[[Eschaton]]'' and during the conflict between the [[White Guardian]] and the [[Black Guardian]] on [[Chaos (planet)|Chaos]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Chaos Pool (audio story)|The Chaos Pool]]'')
[[Harmonious 14 Zink's Time Ring|A Time Ring]] was used by [[Harmonious 14 Zink]] to travel through time "righting wrongs" wherever he and his wife went. This Time Ring was used during and after the events on [[Erratoon]] by Zink and [[Zara (The Judgement of Isskar)|Zara]] to aid in her search for the [[Key to Time]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Prisoner's Dilemma (audio story)|The Prisoner's Dilemma]]'') After taking the segment of the Key on [[Mars]], Zara took Zink's Time Ring from him and used it to travel to [[Safeplace]] and to [[Isskar's ship]] on her own to continue her quest. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Judgement of Isskar (audio story)|The Judgement of Isskar]]'') She used it again when she was a passenger on the ''[[Eschaton]]'' and during the conflict between the [[White Guardian]] and the [[Black Guardian]] on [[Chaos (planet)|Chaos]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Chaos Pool (audio story)|The Chaos Pool]]'')


In an [[Gallifrey (Reborn)|alternate universe]] where the [[Time Lord]]s sold their technologies to other races, they gave Time Rings to the [[Monan Host]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Reborn (audio story)|Reborn]]'')
In an [[Gallifrey (Reborn)|alternate universe]] where the [[Time Lord]]s sold their technologies to other races, they gave Time Rings to the [[Monan Host]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Reborn (audio story)|Reborn]]'')
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[[Chris Cwej]] was granted [[Chris Cwej's time ring|a time ring]] by [[Romana]] after he stopped travelling with the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') He used it in his service to the [[Superior]]s throughout and after the [[War in Heaven]]. Cwej's time ring was a gold band that fitted on his finger. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eternal (short story)|The Eternal]]'') He could also split it into multiple functional time rings at will, and fuse these back together to reconstitute the original. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Bright White Crack (short story)|A Bright White Crack]]'')
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Time Rings, also known as Time Bracelets, (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks, Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen) were small time travel and space travel devices created by the Time Lords. The first Time Rings were worn on the wrist. Later ones were worn on the finger, once Time Rings became more compact.

The Master duplicated a stolen Time Ring prototype to send his agents to assassinate key figures in Earth's history, but was thwarted by James Stevens, who used one of the Time Rings to prevent Lee Harvey Oswald's death and later to assassinate John F. Kennedy. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)

The "Katy Manning" Iris gave her old companion Jenny Winterleaf a "Time Cock", which was a time ring disguised as a black dildo. (PROSE: The Dreadful Flap)

The Time Lords gave the Second Doctor a Time Ring to see that all of the victims of the War Lords were restored to their proper places in time and space. (PROSE: Players, World Game)

The Time Lords gave the Fourth Doctor a Time Ring to return to Nerva Beacon after carrying out a mission to prevent the creation of the Daleks. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks) The temporal distortion caused by the Doctor's actions on Skaro disrupted the Time Ring, scattering the Doctor and his companions across the Adelphine Cluster. After peace was established in the region, the Doctor requested Brastall reactivate the Time Ring, rejecting the offer of a new TARDIS. (PROSE: A Device of Death) It briefly transported them aboard the Desolii. (PROSE: The Last Thing You Ever See) then finally back to Nerva Beacon. There, the Time Ring disappeared, much to the astonishment of Harry Sullivan, who had wanted to have it as a memento. (TV: Revenge of the Cybermen)

The renegade Time Lady Sartia left Gallifrey using a Time Ring. Like the Doctor's TARDIS, the Time Ring was an antique. (AUDIO: The Skin of the Sleek)

The Seventh Doctor was given time rings by Muldwych to give to Bernice Summerfield and Jason Kane for their wedding (PROSE: Happy Endings) until Dokien retrieved these wedding rings from Bernice and Jason, as mementos. (PROSE: The Collection) However, they still had their wedding rings after this point. (AUDIO: The Grel Escape)

The Time Ring stolen by Davros. (GAME: Dalek Attack)

A "sacred" Time Ring was stolen from Gallifrey by Davros, who took it back to 2254 Skaro, where the Time Lords sent the Seventh Doctor to retrieve it before the scientist could use it to do any serious damage. After the Doctor succeeding in stopping Davros (killing the current Dalek Emperor in the process), the Time Lords froze Davros in time as punishment. (GAME: Dalek Attack)

During the invasion of Gallifrey by the Knights of Velyshaa, all Time Capsules and Time Rings were rendered useless. (AUDIO: The Sirens of Time)

The Eighth Doctor was given a Time Ring by Straxus to rescue Lucie Miller from Todd Hulbert. (AUDIO: Human Resources) Straxus later used one to find the Doctor during the Morbius incident. Lucie stole it from him. (AUDIO: Sisters of the Flame) The Doctor then tried to use this time ring to escape the Sisterhood of Karn's dispersal chamber. (AUDIO: The Vengeance of Morbius)

Chancellor Jerasta used a Time Ring to board the Presidential TARDIS upon finding that it had been stuck in the transduction barrier for a number of days. (AUDIO: Songs of Love)

The Eleven used a Time Ring to get to 1970s New York City due to the damage down to the Time Vortex. (AUDIO: The Side of the Angels)

An old man (in reality a member of the Great Houses fleeing the War in Heaven) carried a Time Ring inscribed with Greek-seeming letters and an ouroboros. He used it to travel to Roma I, where he appeared in the busy Roman Forum. Marcus Americanius Scriptor used the "bracelet" to explore the Known Worlds, building the Empire of Empires and leading their war against the Greater German Reich. (PROSE: Warlords of Utopia)

The Tenth Doctor was forced to give an old Time Ring he found in his TARDIS to a Dalek in exchange for it sparing Earth. Later, Kate Yates used the Time Ring to put a force field up around the Dalek. After that, she used her Dalek knowledge to set the Time Ring to self-destruct. The Time Ring's destruction caused a warp implosion, imploding the Dalek into atoms and making all the windows in a twenty-mile radius shatter. (PROSE: I Am a Dalek)

A Time Ring was used by Harmonious 14 Zink to travel through time "righting wrongs" wherever he and his wife went. This Time Ring was used during and after the events on Erratoon by Zink and Zara to aid in her search for the Key to Time. (AUDIO: The Prisoner's Dilemma) After taking the segment of the Key on Mars, Zara took Zink's Time Ring from him and used it to travel to Safeplace and to Isskar's ship on her own to continue her quest. (AUDIO: The Judgement of Isskar) She used it again when she was a passenger on the Eschaton and during the conflict between the White Guardian and the Black Guardian on Chaos. (AUDIO: The Chaos Pool)

In an alternate universe where the Time Lords sold their technologies to other races, they gave Time Rings to the Monan Host. (AUDIO: Reborn)

Chris Cwej was granted a time ring by Romana after he stopped travelling with the Doctor. (PROSE: Lungbarrow) He used it in his service to the Superiors throughout and after the War in Heaven. Cwej's time ring was a gold band that fitted on his finger. (PROSE: The Eternal) He could also split it into multiple functional time rings at will, and fuse these back together to reconstitute the original. (PROSE: A Bright White Crack)