President of the High Council

The Lord or Lady President (or President of the Council or simply President) governed the High Council of Time Lords, making him or her the holder of the most powerful office on Gallifrey.

The ceremonial privileges of the President included access to the APC Net by means of the Matrix Crown (DW: The Invasion of Time), the possession of the Sash of Rassilon and the Rod of Rassilon (sometimes also called the Key of Rassilon) (DW: The Deadly Assassin)

The President also had the formal responsiblity, not attempted in reality, to seek the Great Key of Rassilon (a separate artefact from the Rod of Rassilon, also sometimes referred to as the Key of Rassilon). (DW: The Invasion of Time)

Holders of the office of President

• Pandak III (DW: The Deadly Assasin, RT: Birth of a Renegade)
• Un-named male President (DW: The Three Doctors)
• Un-named male President (assasinated) (DW: The Deadly Assasin) (possibly the same President)
• The Doctor (DW: The Invasion of Time)
• Un-named male President (impersonated by the White Guardian and later by the Black Guardian) (DW: The Armageddon Factor)
• Borusa (DW: Arc of Infinity. The Five Doctors)
• The Doctor (did not assume office; deposed) (DW: The Five Doctors)
• Un-named male President (BFA: The Sirens of Time)
• Romana (see her entry for more details)