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The '''Lord''' or '''Lady President''' (or '''President of the Council''' or simply '''President''') governed the [[High Council]] of [[Time Lord]]s, making him or her the holder of the most powerful office on [[Gallifrey]]. | The '''Lord''' or '''Lady President''' (or '''President of the Council''' or simply '''President''') governed the [[High Council]] of [[Time Lord]]s, 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 ceremonial privileges of the President included access to the [[APC Net]] by means of the [[Matrix Crown]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'') and the possession of the [[Sash of Rassilon|Sash]] and [[Rod of Rassilon|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]]'') | 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]]'') | ||
Revision as of 16:06, 26 May 2007
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) and the possession of the Sash and 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, he was the 407th President. (DW: The Invasion of Time, EDA: The Ancestor Cell)
- 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), he was (still counted as) the 409th President. (DW: The Five Doctors, EDA: The Ancestor Cell)
- Greyjan the Sane was President for three days between the 2nd September 1752 and 14th September 1752. (EDA: The Ancestor Cell)
- Un-named male President (BFA: The Sirens of Time)
- Romana (see her entry for more details)
