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(Warning: This is an Author original character I created for my own amusement. The References in this article only apply to my own fan fiction, and are not in tune with any canon whatsoever.)
"The Professor" was the main alias (title-name) of a Time Lady Law Enforcement officer from Gallifrey who travelled through Time and Space in her rather odd-charactered, heavily modified Type 23 Law Enforcer TARDIS. She was the mother of the "renegade" Time Lord known as The Doctor, and the Head of House Lungbarrow.
Described as a technical pacifist, she preferred and believed in non-violent solutions, but could, under the right circumstances, be a great warrior and cause destruction on a massive scale. Indeed, amongst Time Lords she was considered a rather violent but courageous person, resorting to direct confrontation in extension of her inherent protectiveness of people, and was considered a hero to many people, including or even especially her own.
Nevertheless, her millennia in servitude as the Lord High Valeyard had gained her an infamy rivalled only by other senior members of the Office, and, after the Last Great Time War, her own son, being directly responsible for erasing four galaxies from existence, thus being one of the few Time Lords ever to commit galaticide, and having executed more than 300 Time Lords for temporal violations.
Having been born in an age of change and exchange, The Professor spent a good deal of her free time on Earth and in the Antarian Realm, having an affinity for both Humans and Antarians alike, but, as a female main line member of a Great House of Gallifrey, she spent comparatively a lot of time amongst her own kind to tend to her family's needs.
Nonetheless, she would be one of the few Time Lords to escape the catastrophic destruction of her people, ironically by simply doing her duty which placed her outside of normal space-time the moment Gallifrey burnt to ashes.
Name
Like any proper born Time Lady, the Professor's real name was only known to herself, her parents, her husband and ultimately, the Medusa Cascade.
When she was 125 years old and thus considered an adult, she originally chose the title-name of "Justice", but discarded that name when she discovered the White Space at age 221.
According to the Master, she chose this name as part of Gallifreyan customs to reflect her constant tendency to deliver a lecture, an explanation, conduct research and teach in the same paragraph, or, more literally, to reflect her "constant tendency of being a know-it-all". (Indeed, it should be noted that even the most senior of Time Lords found it difficult to contradict her, although that could be a nod to her extreme age.)
Martha Jones/The Walker described her title-name as being a summary, standing in for 'Leader-teacher-master-protector-mentor-researcher, all in one' (TV: The Law of Gallifrey).
However, it should be noted that she once held the position of senior recruiter at the High Office of the Valeyards, making her an actual Professor.
Age/Idiosyncrasy
Born into the Main (=fertile) line of House Lungbarrow, The Professor was born with a unique genetic make-up containing every marker of the family for longevity and restorative abilities. This resulted in a supposedly only theoretical condition/ability known as restoration: The ability to heal faster than the genetic/cellular degradation caused by aging, aided by having the enzyme Telomerase in every cell of her body.
Because of this, the Professor is, even to Time Lords, somewhat of a living relic, especially since she never had the need to regenerate so far (TV: The Law of Gallifrey). This made her virtually immortal and ageless, being stuck on the physical age of 132. It earned her the envy and hatred of The Master, who sought immortality all his lives and thus called her an abomination (TV: Last of the Time Lords (TV story)).
Born in 13.629 BCE, she has often been called Last Child of the Golden Age of Gallifrey, and was already over 3.000 when Salyavin/Chronotis was born. It therefore didn't surprise she outlived both her first husband, and her first son. Indeed, after breaking the 10.000 year mark, to other Time Lords, her mere time signature would be a reason to consider twice before telling her off.
Consequently, it was that very different point of view that made her be aware of the sneaking corruption of Gallifrey, but she also felt that she would be unable to do anything, as the future was written by the younger generation.
Family
Lungbarrow House
The Professor was born into the House of Lungbarrow as the first-born daughter of the then Head of House, making her the heiress apparent-presumptive, and actual heiress after becoming a Valeyard. As a consequence, she was raised and grew up to be a protector of people, and to the belief that family comes always first, and to love said family with a passion bordering on obsession (TV: Last of the Time Lords (TV story)). She had a younger brother known as The Surgeon, and a sister.
As Head/Matriarch of House Lungbarrow, The Professor was considered Mother to all the loomed cousins of the House, regardless of generation and degree of relation, being referred to as Janayitritarane (Mother-of-our-name-and-clan) or, more commonly, Lady Lungbarrow by the loomlings. Also, she had power over the biggest country estate on Gallifrey, reflecting the clan's outstanding position.
Still, as Head of House, she had actual children, who were, ironically enough for a matrilineal society, all male (her daughter would become an embarrassment she would have to disown). The eldest surviving of the pair would also end up being the only one: The Doctor.
Reflecting her own affectionate upbringing, the Doctor (and his brother) was allowed to call her the somewhat childish and extremely affectionate "Janayi" ("mum"), which he would continue to do even at age 1200, unless attempting to argue with her, under which he would use the long form of "Janayitritariene" (Mother-of-my-name-and-blood). In turn, she would call them taruelai, "beloved child", and use their childhood designators more in the context of either distinguishing between them or when being cross with them.
Despite trying not to have favourites, especially among the loomlings, The Professor was extremely close to Quences, which can be attributed to his high age in the end, and the man's successor as Crèche Guardian, Keenon, who was among the favourites of the Doctor; however, these bonds paled to the lengths the woman would go for her actual offspring, including interfering in their lives. Nonetheless, she was also willing, albeit reluctantly, to banish individuals from the House if their actions reflected poorly on what was considered a true Lungbarrow, the most regretted being the Un-Naming of her own daughter.
Marriages
At over 15.000 years of age, it is not surprising the Professor was married twice so far; however, her first marriage was arranged, and more of a political alliance than a romantic relationship in its foundations. Nonetheless, she would come to describe her first marriage with loving fondness, safe for its tragic end, as both her son and her husband would perish in a laboratory accident, leaving her to build a pyre for both husband and child. (The Law of Gallifrey)
Consequently, the Professor would stay childless and a widow for the better part of 6500 years.
Far less political, but also more romantic was her relationship to the Doctor's father, The Keeper/Vorias, a scion of the main line of the House of Scaltata, as the far younger Vorias would pursue her and court for her affection for the time of 100 years, and asking her a total of 21 times to bond to him. To his embarrassment, Vorias had "lost" the ring when she finally gave in, and had to buy her a new one; he would later find the original ring in his secondary set of robes. This relationship yielded three children, two sons and a daughter: The Doctor, The Inventor (a genius with TARDISes) and Alyia.
Personality
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