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Saghan, re your side note: As far as I know, the Doctor used the term "Time Lady" '''once''' (in ''City of Death''), referring to Romana. I don't recall it being used on screen on any other occasion. Romana used the term "Time Lord" of herself (in ''The Creature from the Pit''). Given that they can change gender and that we've no example on screen of a female Time Lord calling herself a "Time Lady", I would (& do) use "Time Lord" for all of them. However, "Time Lady" seems to be established fan usage & it may be a losing battle to try to get it changed. I can't, though, see any reason to adopt the sexist habit myself. --[[Special:Contributions/89.240.242.255|89.240.242.255]]<sup>[[User talk:89.240.242.255#top|talk to me]]</sup> 18:31, October 1, 2012 (UTC) | Saghan, re your side note: As far as I know, the Doctor used the term "Time Lady" '''once''' (in ''City of Death''), referring to Romana. I don't recall it being used on screen on any other occasion. Romana used the term "Time Lord" of herself (in ''The Creature from the Pit''). Given that they can change gender and that we've no example on screen of a female Time Lord calling herself a "Time Lady", I would (& do) use "Time Lord" for all of them. However, "Time Lady" seems to be established fan usage & it may be a losing battle to try to get it changed. I can't, though, see any reason to adopt the sexist habit myself. --[[Special:Contributions/89.240.242.255|89.240.242.255]]<sup>[[User talk:89.240.242.255#top|talk to me]]</sup> 18:31, October 1, 2012 (UTC) | ||
:Personally, I think Time Lord would be more correct. It's not a title, it's a species. We don't (usually) have separate gender-based names for other species. We just use the general term "male" and "female" to describe the individual gender of an single entity '''within''' a species. Plus, this use of the word Lord isn't a term of respect, it literally has to do with them being lords (or gods) of time. I only even asked because I know that the gender-change ability is a somewhat recent inclusion into the show, and couldn't remember if it had been explained in the classic series. [[User:Saghan|Saghan]] [[User talk:Saghan|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 18:55, October 1, 2012 (UTC) | |||
