Universal balance

The universal balance, (TV: The Ribos Operation ^[+]Loading...["The Ribos Operation (TV story)"]) also called the cosmic balance, (TV: The Stones of Blood ^[+]Loading...["The Stones of Blood (TV story)"]) was the balance of forces within reality maintained by the presence of the White Guardian and the Black Guardian. The balance included the balance between order and chaos (TV: The Ribos Operation ^[+]Loading...["The Ribos Operation (TV story)"]) and the "natural balances of good and evil throughout the whole of the universe". (TV: The Armageddon Factor ^[+]Loading...["The Armageddon Factor (TV story)"])

By accounts by which there were six Guardians of Time, the balance was a more complicated design maintained by all of them, (PROSE: Divided Loyalties ^[+]Loading...["Divided Loyalties (novel)"]) with White representing structure, Black representing entropy, Red representing justice, Azure representing equilibrium, Crystal representing dreams, and Gold representing life. (PROSE: The Quantum Archangel ^[+]Loading...["The Quantum Archangel (novel)"])

Behind the scenes

• The "Universal Balance" between the White and Black Guardians would be shown in the unproduced 1990s revival The End of Time as a balance between life and death.