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| |name = Gallifrey
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| |aka = <ul><li>The Shining World of the Seven Systems</li><li>The Homeworld</li><li>The Houseworld</li></ul>
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| |image = [[File:The_Citadel.jpg|250px]]
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| |type = [[Planet]]
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| |location = [[Kasterborous]], [[Mutter's Spiral]]
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| |natives = [[Gallifreyan]]s ([[Time Lord]]s)
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| |appearances = [[Gallifrey - List of Appearances]]
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| |mentions=
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| }}
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| :''For the Big Finish audio series see [[Gallifrey (audio series)]].''
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| '''Gallifrey''' was the [[planet|homeworld]] to the [[Gallifreyan]]s and to the [[Time Lord]]s, amongst them [[the Doctor]]. It was destroyed in the [[Last Great Time War]]. The literal translation of Gallifrey was ''"They that walk in the shadows"''. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Pit]]'')
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| ==Location==
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| Gallifrey was located in the [[constellation]] of [[Kasterborous]], at galactic co-ordinates 10-0-11-0-0 by 0-2 from [[Galactic centre|Galactic Zero Centre]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'') Varying accounts were given of its position. It was said to be either located at the edge of the [[Mutter's Spiral]] [[galaxy]] ([[EDA]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two]]'') or closer to the core. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune]]'') or "At the other Side of your Galaxy." ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)]]'') It was believed to be somewhere between 29,000 ([[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary]]'') and 30,000 light years from [[Earth]] ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune]]'')
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| Following the [[Last Great Time War]], the Time Lords attempted to bring back Gallifrey, moving it very close to [[Earth]] which would be destroyed in the process. This attempt was stopped by [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[The Master (Harold Saxon)|the Master]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
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| Kasterborous was also known as the Seven Systems, so that Gallifrey had the alternative name, '''The Shining World of the Seven Systems'''. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'')
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| ==Astronomy==
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| Gallifrey was in a binary [[star system]], the second star seeming to rise in the south in the morning, making the mountains glow. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sensorites]]'', ''[[Gridlock]]'') The system contained five other planets ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]''), among them [[Karn]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]''), [[Polarfrey]], and an asteroid named [[Kasterbourous the Fibster]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'')
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| Gallifrey had at least 2 large [[moon]]s ([[IDW]]: ''[[Agent Provocateur]]''), one of which was the copper-coloured [[Pazithi Gallifreya]], which shone so brightly it could be seen during the day. ([[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]], [[Lungbarrow]]'')
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| Gallifrey was several times larger than [[Earth]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
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| Gallifrey was duplicated eight times, both to confound its enemies and as a place of refuge. Gallifrey was still destroyed by [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]] (following involvement from [[Faction Paradox]]) during the [[Second War in Heaven]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'') It was recreated ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') and then destroyed a second time by [[the Doctor]] in the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Gridlock]]'')
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| [[Image:Gallifrey2.jpg|240px|thumb|A [[Sontaran]] ship approaches Gallifrey. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'')]]
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| [[File:DW 4x18 The End of Time (Pt 2) 0566.jpg|240px|thumb|Galifrey materializes next to Earth. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')]]
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| ==Landscape==
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| From orbit, Gallifrey was rust-coloured, with brown lakes and grey clouds. ([[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') Following the [[Last Great Time War]], it was still rust and brown coloured, but had a more volcanically active appearance. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
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| From the planet's surface, it boasted an orange sky and trees with silver leaves. These reflected the morning sunlight, making it look like the forests were on fire. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sensorites]]'', ''[[Gridlock]]'') There were also green forests, golden fields and red deserts ([[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]''), but overall it seems to have been a much drier world than Earth. ([[NA]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'')
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| ===Known Geographic Features===
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| ====Continents/Regions====
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| *Wild Endeavour (The [[Capitol]] was located here)
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| *[[Death Zone|The Death Zone]]
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| ====Mountains====
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| *[[Mount Cadon]]
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| *[[Mount Lung]]
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| *[[Mount Perdition]]
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| *Mountains of [[Solace]] and [[Solitude]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'')
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| :''Possibly two separate mountains (i.e. Mount Solace and Mount Solitude), possibly the name of a mountain range. It/They were near the [[Capitol]]. If they are two separate mountains then the Capitol lays in between them "between the mountains of Solace and Solitude"''
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| ====Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans====
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| *Cadonflood river
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| *[[Lake Abydos]]
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| ===Major Settlements===
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| The [[Capitol]] (sometimes also called "Gallifrey" or "the Citadel") was Gallifrey's largest city, the home of the [[Time Lord Academy]] and most of the [[Time Lord]]s.
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| ==Native Species==
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| ===Gallifreyan Flora===
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| Gallifrey had a wide variety of plant life, ranging in colour from silver to green and golden. Known plant species include the [[Schlenk Blossom]] ([[PDA]]: ''[[Island of Death]]'') and the ''[[Madevinia aridosa]]'' ([[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'').
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| ===Gallifreyan Fauna===
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| Native animals of Gallifrey include [[flutterwing]]s ([[DW]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]''), [[flubble]]s ([[PDA]]: ''[[Island of Death]]''), [[tafelshrew]]s ([[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]''), plumboles ([[BBCR]]: ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space]]'') and, of course, the [[Gallifreyan]]s themselves. In the past, the [[dinosaur]]-like [[Gargantosaur]]s lived on the planet. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Stolen TARDIS]]'') Oddly enough, before its complete annihilation from time and space, no animal had gone extinct from the planet. ([[NSA]]: ''[[The Last Dodo]]'')
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| :''This lack of [[extinction]] was probably due to the [[Time Lord]]s, who likely brought back species before they had died out.''
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| ==Behind the Scenes==
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| *Although the planet was referenced numerous times previously, and even seen on occasion ([[DW]]: ''[[The War Games]]'', ''[[The Three Doctors]]'', for instance), the name Gallifrey was not uttered on screen until [[Jon Pertwee]] did so in ''[[The Time Warrior]]''. In the revived series, the name Gallifrey was mentioned for the first time in ''[[The Runaway Bride]]''.
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| ==External Links==
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| *[http://meshyfish.com/~roo/index.html "Rassilon, Omega and that Other Guy": informally named but very exhaustive website compiled Gallifrey information form all media, with speculation (clearly labelled as such)]
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| *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/locationofgallifrey.shtml ''Discontinuity Guide'' article on the location of Gallifrey]
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Gallifreyan history]]
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| [[Category:Gallifrey|*]] | | [[Category:Gallifrey|*]] |
| [[Category:Time Lords]] | | [[Category:Time Lords]] |
