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[[File:Gwyneth's seance (TUD).jpg|thumb|The [[Ninth Doctor]]'s human company were told of the Time War by the Gelth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'')]]
'''"Lesser species"''' or '''"lesser races"''' was the term used by the [[Great House]]s for all other species. However, as more cultures became [[time-active]], some of the [[Newblood]] Houses chose to describe only the non-time-active cultures as "lesser". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') The [[Osiran|Osirian]], who were the closest thing to equals that the Great Houses acknowledged, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Coming to Dust (audio story)|Coming to Dust]]'') likewise used the term "lesser species" and excuded the [[Time Lord]]s from it in turn. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Sins of the Father (comic story)|Sins of the Father]]'')
'''"Lesser species"''' or '''"lesser races"''' was the term used by the [[Great House]]s for all other species. However, as more cultures became [[time-active]], some of the [[Newblood]] Houses chose to describe only the non-time-active cultures as "lesser". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') The [[Osiran|Osirian]], who were the closest thing to equals that the Great Houses acknowledged, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Coming to Dust (audio story)|Coming to Dust]]'') likewise used the term "lesser species" and excuded the [[Time Lord]]s from it in turn. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Sins of the Father (comic story)|Sins of the Father]]'')



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The Ninth Doctor's human company were told of the Time War by the Gelth. (TV: The Unquiet Dead)

"Lesser species" or "lesser races" was the term used by the Great Houses for all other species. However, as more cultures became time-active, some of the Newblood Houses chose to describe only the non-time-active cultures as "lesser". (PROSE: The Book of the War) The Osirian, who were the closest thing to equals that the Great Houses acknowledged, (AUDIO: Coming to Dust) likewise used the term "lesser species" and excuded the Time Lords from it in turn. (COMIC: Sins of the Father)

When the Ogron Confederation of Planets passed through the Void into N-Space, they attacked the forces of the warring Quarks and the Kroton Imperium in an effort to uphold the Universal Concordat on Peaceful Co-existence by stopping a conflict between "lesser-evolved species". (COMIC: The Lost Dimension)

The Hausanthropic equations defined the evolution of aesthetically-pleasing lesser-species. (PROSE: The Short Briefing Sergeant's Tale)

According to the Gelth ambassador, the Last Great Time War was invisible to "smaller species" yet devastating to "higher forms". (TV: The Unquiet Dead)