Gallifreyan (language)

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Various forms of written Gallifreyan have appeared. By the time of the Doctor, the archaic Old High Gallifreyan language spoken in the days of Rassilon had given way to a more contemporary form of the language. (DW: The Five Doctors)

This later "vulgate" was presumably the Doctor's native language.
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An example of Gallifreyan script written by the Doctor. (DW: The Deadly Assassin)

Examples

Old High Gallifreyan

An example of the second type of writing: interlocking/overlapping circles. (Note the Doctor's handwritten note in the upper right corner.) (DW: Utopia)
This implies that the Renegade Daleks would know how to interpret Gallifreyan writing.
  • In the episode Time Of Angels The Doctor finds a Home Box in a museum with symbols carved into it, which he describes as Old High Gallifreyan. He states the message reads "Hello Sweetie"

Circular Gallifreyan

Previous to this, we had seen the TARDIS' displays, when they appeared, in English.

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