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The '''Final Sanction''', also known as the '''Ultimate Sanction''', was a plan instigated by the [[Time Lords]] during the last years of the [[Last Great Time War]]. It was spearheaded by the [[Lord President]] [[Rassilon]] himself and involved causing a rip within the [[Time Vortex]] itself which was an act considered suicidal. However, it was believed that this would allow the inhabitants of [[Gallifrey]] to ascend into beings of pure consciousness thus free of flesh as well as of time. This act, however, would lead to the destruction of both [[Time]] and all of creation itself. They were prevented from accomplishing this act as a result of the Last Great [[Time War]].
{{Infobox Conflict
|aka              = Final Sanction
|image            = Rassilon Gauntlet.jpg
|part of          = [[Last Great Time War]]<br>[[Fall of Gallifrey]]
|first cs          = The End of Time (TV story)
|date              = [[26 December]] [[2009]]
|location          = {{il|[[Capitol]], [[Gallifrey]]|[[Naismith mansion]], [[England]], [[Earth]]}}
|side1            = [[High Council]] of the [[Time Lord]]s, [[Master Race]]
|side2            = [[Wilfred Mott]]
|leader1          = {{il|{{Dalton}}|{{Simm|c}} (defected)}}
|leader2          = {{il|[[Tenth Doctor]]|{{Simm|c}}}}
|result            = {{il|[[Gallifrey]] is returned to the [[Last Great Time War]].|{{Simm|c}} forces {{Dalton}} to [[Regeneration|regenerate]].|The [[Master Race]] is erased.|The Master returns to Gallifrey with the [[Time Lord]]s.|The [[Tenth Doctor]] regenerates.}}
}}
Proposed by [[Lord President]] {{Dalton}} as the last resort to winning the [[Last Great Time War]], the '''Ultimate Sanction''', or '''Final Sanction''', involved the creation of a [[paradox]] so severe that the resulting spatial-temporal rupture would rip the [[Time Vortex]] apart.


Through [[The Master]] during his time as [[Harold Saxon]], Rassilon managed to allow the Time Lords and Gallifrey to escape the [[Time-lock]] surrounding the war in order to complete the Ultimate Sanction. However, they were prevented from doing so by the [[Tenth Doctor|Doctor]] who sent them back into the Time-lock thus preventing the horrors they would unleash on the universe. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time]]'')
As this would be a suicidal measure, Rassilon devised a way of allowing the [[Time Lord]]s to escape the disintegration of Creation by having the whole race shed their corporeal bodies and become creatures of [[consciousness]] alone, ones that would escape the effects of time and of cause and effect.


[[Category:Time Lords]]
== History ==
=== A day to come ===
Following his first wartime [[regeneration]], {{Armitage}} had plans to ascend the Time Lords beyond their current plane of existence, even disclosing this as he spoke with the [[Dalek Emperor in the Last Great Time War|Dalek Emperor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Homecoming (audio story)}})
 
This event was foreseen by the [[Ood]], [[Carmen (Planet of the Dead)|Carmen]] and [[the Trickster]], who all tried to warn the [[Tenth Doctor]] through prophecies, which also informed him of his upcoming [[regeneration]]. [[Ood Sigma]] told the Doctor that his "[[song]]" must end soon, Carmen told the Doctor that "[[Wilfred Mott|he]] [would] knock four times", and the Trickster taunted the Doctor by saying that [[Immortality Gate|the Gate]] was waiting. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of the Ood (TV story)}}, {{cs|Planet of the Dead (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)}})
 
=== The plan ===
[[The Woman (The End of Time)|The Woman]] opposed [[Lord President]] Rassilon's plan to destroy [[time]] itself, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}}) along with the [[Patriarch of Stillhaven|Patriarch]] of the [[House of Stillhaven]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Lords and Masters (short story)}}) Rassilon condemned them to stand behind him in the Panopticon and cover their faces "as monuments of their shame, like the [[Weeping Angel]]s of old", ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}}) and had their names [[Elective Semantectomy|erased from Time]] as further punishment. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)}})
 
Rassilon nearly succeeded when his sleeper agent, {{Simm}}, used a [[White-Point Star]] diamond to send a physical rhythmic signal of four beats into time and space. Rassilon locked onto that signal. He used it as a homing beacon to break [[Gallifrey]] out of the [[time lock]] and begin the End of Time.
 
Rassilon's plan was again foiled when the [[Tenth Doctor]] used [[Wilfred Mott]]'s old service revolver to destroy the diamond. Rassilon tried to kill the Doctor for this but was attacked by the Master, saving the Doctor. The Master assaulted the Time Lords as Gallifrey was plunged back into its last day. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}})
 
News of the Ultimate Sanction, or at least news that the High Council was planning something, was brought to [[the General]] by [[Androgar]], but the General dismissed the Council's plans as having "already failed". Later, the first thirteen incarnations of the Doctor saved Gallifrey in a [[pocket universe]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}}) with the help of hundreds more, later Doctors. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)}})
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* Rassilon planned for the Time Lords to escape the effects of the Ultimate Sanction by becoming "creatures of consciousness alone". This is exactly what the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]] did during the [[War in Heaven]], becoming the [[Celestis]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Alien Bodies (novel)}})
* In {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}}, it is implied that the Doctor used [[the Moment]] when he became aware of the Ultimate Sanction and that most of the Time Lords had agreed to it, suggesting that the Time Lords' moral corruption was one reason the Doctor resorted to such drastic measures. In {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}}, the Ultimate Sanction is only given a passing reference. Both episodes, however, show that the Doctor acquired the Moment prior to Rassilon actually gaining the approval of the other Time Lords. {{cs|Hell Bent (TV story)}} also indicates that not all Time Lords agreed with Rassilon's plans as the Doctor was hailed as a war hero and the entire Gallifreyan military turned on {{Sumpter}} once given the chance.
 
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Latest revision as of 17:34, 21 October 2024

Proposed by Lord President Rassilon as the last resort to winning the Last Great Time War, the Ultimate Sanction, or Final Sanction, involved the creation of a paradox so severe that the resulting spatial-temporal rupture would rip the Time Vortex apart.

As this would be a suicidal measure, Rassilon devised a way of allowing the Time Lords to escape the disintegration of Creation by having the whole race shed their corporeal bodies and become creatures of consciousness alone, ones that would escape the effects of time and of cause and effect.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

A day to come[[edit] | [edit source]]

Following his first wartime regeneration, Rassilon had plans to ascend the Time Lords beyond their current plane of existence, even disclosing this as he spoke with the Dalek Emperor. (AUDIO: Homecoming [+]Loading...["Homecoming (audio story)"])

This event was foreseen by the Ood, Carmen and the Trickster, who all tried to warn the Tenth Doctor through prophecies, which also informed him of his upcoming regeneration. Ood Sigma told the Doctor that his "song" must end soon, Carmen told the Doctor that "he [would] knock four times", and the Trickster taunted the Doctor by saying that the Gate was waiting. (TV: Planet of the Ood [+]Loading...["Planet of the Ood (TV story)"], Planet of the Dead [+]Loading...["Planet of the Dead (TV story)"], The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith [+]Loading...["The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)"])

The plan[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Woman opposed Lord President Rassilon's plan to destroy time itself, (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) along with the Patriarch of the House of Stillhaven. (PROSE: Lords and Masters [+]Loading...["Lords and Masters (short story)"]) Rassilon condemned them to stand behind him in the Panopticon and cover their faces "as monuments of their shame, like the Weeping Angels of old", (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) and had their names erased from Time as further punishment. (PROSE: A Brief History of Time Lords [+]Loading...["A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)"])

Rassilon nearly succeeded when his sleeper agent, the Saxon Master, used a White-Point Star diamond to send a physical rhythmic signal of four beats into time and space. Rassilon locked onto that signal. He used it as a homing beacon to break Gallifrey out of the time lock and begin the End of Time.

Rassilon's plan was again foiled when the Tenth Doctor used Wilfred Mott's old service revolver to destroy the diamond. Rassilon tried to kill the Doctor for this but was attacked by the Master, saving the Doctor. The Master assaulted the Time Lords as Gallifrey was plunged back into its last day. (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"])

News of the Ultimate Sanction, or at least news that the High Council was planning something, was brought to the General by Androgar, but the General dismissed the Council's plans as having "already failed". Later, the first thirteen incarnations of the Doctor saved Gallifrey in a pocket universe (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"]) with the help of hundreds more, later Doctors. (PROSE: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)"])

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

  • Rassilon planned for the Time Lords to escape the effects of the Ultimate Sanction by becoming "creatures of consciousness alone". This is exactly what the Celestial Intervention Agency did during the War in Heaven, becoming the Celestis. (PROSE: Alien Bodies [+]Loading...["Alien Bodies (novel)"])
  • In The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"], it is implied that the Doctor used the Moment when he became aware of the Ultimate Sanction and that most of the Time Lords had agreed to it, suggesting that the Time Lords' moral corruption was one reason the Doctor resorted to such drastic measures. In The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"], the Ultimate Sanction is only given a passing reference. Both episodes, however, show that the Doctor acquired the Moment prior to Rassilon actually gaining the approval of the other Time Lords. Hell Bent [+]Loading...["Hell Bent (TV story)"] also indicates that not all Time Lords agreed with Rassilon's plans as the Doctor was hailed as a war hero and the entire Gallifreyan military turned on Rassilon once given the chance.
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