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However, Gallifrey would nevertheless fall in a war against an implacable enemy, who would be unknown until [[Last Contact]] was made. Then, the one Time Lord would find the [[Lost Scrolls of Rassilon]] and lead Gallifrey from the darkness. | However, Gallifrey would nevertheless fall in a war against an implacable enemy, who would be unknown until [[Last Contact]] was made. Then, the one Time Lord would find the [[Lost Scrolls of Rassilon]] and lead Gallifrey from the darkness. | ||
The [[Lord President|president]] and members of the [[High Council|Supreme Council]] knew this prophecy, but they kept it hidden, fearing that Gallifrey would fall into chaos if it was widely known. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') The council was split on whether to tell [[the Matrix]] to look for threats matching the description, since such action might inevitably lead to contact and conflict with the enemy. Deliberation on the topic took several millennia. | The [[Lord President|president]] and members of the [[High Council|Supreme Council]] knew this prophecy, but they kept it hidden, fearing that Gallifrey would fall into chaos if it was widely known. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') The council was split on whether to tell [[the Matrix]] to look for threats matching the description, since such action might inevitably lead to contact and conflict with the enemy. Deliberation on the topic took several millennia. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'') At date index [[309456/4756.7RE/1213GRT/100447TL]], the Matrix projected that the [[Vore]] were a potential candidate for [[Last Contact]], and a conflict with Gallifrey would result in fatalities of 20-40% of the Time Lord population. As a result, the Supreme Council mandated that no Time Lord was to engage the Vore or come within one [[parsec]] or one century of any of their moons. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') | ||
[[The Doctor (The Infinity Doctors universe)|The Doctor]] was aware of this prophecy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'') | [[The Doctor (The Infinity Doctors universe)|The Doctor]] was aware of this prophecy. His student [[Larna]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'') shared it with the [[renegade Time Lord]] [[Ulysses]], his [[human]] wife [[Penelope Gate]], and the immortal Mister [[Saldaamir]] at [[the Shoal]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') Larna would later assist a renegade Time Lord called "[[Daniel Joyce]]" with [[Advanced Research Project|his research]] in [[San Francisco]]. Saldaamir, a close associate of [[the Doctor's father]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') also came to live in San Francisco. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beige Planet Mars (novel)|Beige Planet Mars]]'') | ||
When [[Padrac]] became Lord President and gained access to [[the Matrix]], he saw that in every projection of [[Gallifrey]]'s future, the Time Lords were destroyed by war, attrition, or collateral damage in the battles of other species. The only scenario in which Gallifrey survived was the one where the Time Lords were the only race in the universe. To achieve this, [[Padrac]] founded the [[Doom Coalition]], who planned to use the [[Crucible of Souls]] to convert all the universe's energy into regeneration energy, making the Time Lords immortal while destroying the universe. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Crucible of Souls (audio story)|The Crucible of Souls]]'') | When [[Padrac]] became Lord President and gained access to [[the Matrix]], he saw that in every projection of [[Gallifrey]]'s future, the Time Lords were destroyed by war, attrition, or collateral damage in the battles of other species. The only scenario in which Gallifrey survived was the one where the Time Lords were the only race in the universe. To achieve this, [[Padrac]] founded the [[Doom Coalition]], who planned to use the [[Crucible of Souls]] to convert all the universe's energy into regeneration energy, making the Time Lords immortal while destroying the universe. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Crucible of Souls (audio story)|The Crucible of Souls]]'') | ||
=== The Hybrid === | === The Hybrid === | ||
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In [[2002]], [[Sam Jones]] told [[Griffin]] about a Gallifreyan prophecy concerning a hybrid. She said the Doctor was a [[hybrid]], [[the Doctor's father|his father]] a Time Lord and [[the Doctor's mother|his mother]] a [[human]], and that he was destined to unite the two races and "bring good old human niceness into their alien society". Though she thought she was bluffing to stall [[Griffin]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] later asked her who had told her about the prophecy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') | In [[2002]], [[Sam Jones]] told [[Griffin]] about a Gallifreyan prophecy concerning a hybrid. She said the Doctor was a [[hybrid]], [[the Doctor's father|his father]] a Time Lord and [[the Doctor's mother|his mother]] a [[human]], and that he was destined to unite the two races and "bring good old human niceness into their alien society". Though she thought she was bluffing to stall [[Griffin]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] later asked her who had told her about the prophecy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') | ||
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] later revealed that a | The [[Twelfth Doctor]] later revealed that a legend on Gallifrey told that all [[prophecy|prophecies]] in [[the Matrix]] concurred that [[the Hybrid]] of two warrior races would conquer Gallifrey and stand over its ruins before unraveling the [[Web of Time]], destroying a billion billion [[heart]]s to heal its own. He went on to say, "The Hybrid is me." [[Ashildr]] suggested that the Doctor was the Hybrid because he was half-human. ([[TV]]: ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'', ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') | ||
== The Imperator == | == The Imperator == | ||
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[[Entarodora]] expected [[the War]] to end either in the War being retroactively annulled or in one side's inexorable victory, upon which a new kind of history would be founded. Despite this, there were some brief attempts at peace, like the [[Venue Accords]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | [[Entarodora]] expected [[the War]] to end either in the War being retroactively annulled or in one side's inexorable victory, upon which a new kind of history would be founded. Despite this, there were some brief attempts at peace, like the [[Venue Accords]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
Some time after the [[Carnival Queen]] caused [[Lord President|President]] [[Romana II|Romana]] to accidentally release [[Grandfather Paradox]] from the [[Shada|prison planet]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'') Romana made amends with the [[Sisterhood of Karn]], and [[Pythia]]'s Curse was lifted, returning the possibility of childbirth to Gallifrey. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') Disgusted and frightened by the implications of these changes, the [[Rassilon|"Great Grey Eminence"]] attempted to fix the [[timeline]] by making a deal with [[Faction Paradox]] to fold the Doctor's timeline back upon itself and rewrite [[Gallifreyan history]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') In the process, Rassilon guided the amnesiac [[Eighth Doctor]] to interfere with his own past and make some "improvements to the [[Web of Time|pattern of history]]". After these changes, [[Flavia]] was President, and the Eighth Doctor went to travel with [[Sam Jones]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'') rather than [[Grace Holloway|someone]] who would try to [[sex|"screw"]] him. However, the Doctor was able to remember both Flavia and Romana being the current President, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') and he had memories of both having parents and being [[Loom]]ed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'') However, [[Faction Paradox]] in fact performed these changes to introduce the Time Lords to the idea of [[Paradox]]; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') approximately fifty years into [[the War]], the [[House Military]] had endorsed paradox to the point that [[the War King]] reintroduced Faction Paradox to the [[War Council]] as "House Paradox". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Body Politic (audio story)|Body Politic]]'') | |||
After [[Lord President|President]] [[Romana II|Romana]] reconciled Gallifrey with the [[Sisterhood of Karn]], lifting the Curse of Pythia, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') the [[Book of Lies]] said that, from within [[Tomb of Rassilon|his tomb]], the "Great Grey Eminence" made a deal with [[Faction Paradox]] to fold the Doctor's timeline back on itself and return [[Gallifreyan history]] to passionless sterility. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') When {{Roberts}}'s last trap left the [[Eighth Doctor]] suffering from amnesia, Rassilon's spirit guided the Doctor to various locations where his past selves were about to face crucial dangers or defining moments. In the process, the Doctor made "improvements to the pattern of history" for Rassilon. At the end, Rassilon guided the Doctor to [[Sam Jones]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'') who he knew would never dare to "[[sex|screw]]" the Doctor. After Gallifreyan history was rewritten, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') [[Livia]] was the current President ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'') and the "Eminence" had been taught the ways of [[paradox]]. However, these changes to Gallifrey's history were unstable, and the Doctor wasn't sure if Livia or Romana was President, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') or if he'd had parents or been born of a [[Loom]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'') | |||
[[The Accord]] foresaw a "great war spreading through time". They feared that the [[1970s]] and [[1980s]], which had been temporally weakened due to the Doctor's frequent visits, would be damaged, so they tried to reinforce those decades by altering the time DNA of every person who lived through those decades so that they subconsciously realised that there were inconsistencies with history. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Enfolded Time (short story)|The Enfolded Time]]'') | [[The Accord]] foresaw a "great war spreading through time". They feared that the [[1970s]] and [[1980s]], which had been temporally weakened due to the Doctor's frequent visits, would be damaged, so they tried to reinforce those decades by altering the time DNA of every person who lived through those decades so that they subconsciously realised that there were inconsistencies with history. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Enfolded Time (short story)|The Enfolded Time]]'') | ||
