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Gallifreyans could survive some falls which would shatter the bones of humans. The [[Tenth Doctor]] survived a fall from a low flying spaceship through a glass skylight and was able to stand and move afterwards. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') However, the fall from a radio telescope dish was enough to cause the [[Fourth Doctor]] to regenerate. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') | Gallifreyans could survive some falls which would shatter the bones of humans. The [[Tenth Doctor]] survived a fall from a low flying spaceship through a glass skylight and was able to stand and move afterwards. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') However, the fall from a radio telescope dish was enough to cause the [[Fourth Doctor]] to regenerate. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') | ||
Gallifreyans could survive extreme cold, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'', ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'', ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'', ''[[The Infinite Quest]]'', ''[[Planet of the Ood]]'') due to having a "souped-up metabolism" ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Betrothal of Sontar (comic story)|The Betrothal of Sontar]]''); they could even withstand exposure to a vacuum for a few minutes with the only consequence being [[blind]]ness rather than death ([[TV]]: ''[[Oxygen (TV story)|Oxygen]]''). They could also survive extreme heat. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') They could even survive the subzero temperatures and extremely low pressure of [[vacuum]] for around six minutes, ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday]], [[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'') and survive electric shocks that would be fatal to humans. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'', ''[[World War Three]]'', ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Vampires of Venice]]'', ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'', ''[[The Zygon Inversion (TV story)|The Zygon Inversion]]'') [[X-ray|Röntgen radiation]] affected Gallifreyans so minimally that Gallifreyan children were routinely given radioactive toys in the nursery. They could, at will, absorb very high doses of Röntgen radiation, transform it into a form harmless to humans, and expel it from their bodies. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]'') [[Radiation]] of other kinds could be fatal, but even then a Gallifreyan could handle much higher doses than a normal human could, and could hold out much longer than even most terrestrial life-forms ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''), although a unique form of radiation around the [[Lakertyan System]] was only fatal to Time Lords while being harmless to humans ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Brink of Death (audio story)|The Brink of Death]]''). | Gallifreyans could survive extreme cold, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'', ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'', ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'', ''[[The Infinite Quest]]'', ''[[Planet of the Ood]]'') due to having a "souped-up metabolism" ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Betrothal of Sontar (comic story)|The Betrothal of Sontar]]''); they could even withstand exposure to a vacuum for a few minutes with the only consequence being [[blind]]ness rather than death ([[TV]]: ''[[Oxygen (TV story)|Oxygen]]''). They could also survive extreme heat. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') They could even survive the subzero temperatures and extremely low pressure of [[vacuum]] for around six minutes, ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday]], [[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'') and survive electric shocks that would be fatal to humans. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'', ''[[World War Three]]'', ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Vampires of Venice]]'', ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'', ''[[The Zygon Inversion (TV story)|The Zygon Inversion]]'') | ||
[[X-ray|Röntgen radiation]] affected Gallifreyans so minimally that Gallifreyan children were routinely given radioactive toys in the nursery. They could, at will, absorb very high doses of Röntgen radiation, transform it into a form harmless to humans, and expel it from their bodies. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]'') [[Radiation]] of other kinds could be fatal, but even then a Gallifreyan could handle much higher doses than a normal human could, and could hold out much longer than even most terrestrial life-forms ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''), although a unique form of radiation around the [[Lakertyan System]] was only fatal to Time Lords while being harmless to humans ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Brink of Death (audio story)|The Brink of Death]]''). | |||
Gallifreyans needed less sleep than humans, and could make do with as little as an hour. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'', ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)|Mummy on the Orient Express]]'', [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Night and the Doctor]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Highlanders (novelisation)|The Highlanders]]'') | Gallifreyans needed less sleep than humans, and could make do with as little as an hour. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'', ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)|Mummy on the Orient Express]]'', [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Night and the Doctor]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Highlanders (novelisation)|The Highlanders]]'') | ||
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Gallifreyans could be disabled by a blow to the left shoulder, which possessed a vulnerable nerve cluster. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Set Piece]]'') | Gallifreyans could be disabled by a blow to the left shoulder, which possessed a vulnerable nerve cluster. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Set Piece]]'') | ||
Gallifreyans also appeared capable of resisting attempts to disintegrate their bodies, as [[Sycorax whip]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') and electric bolts from [[Zygon]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[The Zygon Inversion (TV story)|The Zygon Inversion]]''), both of which were shown capable of disintegrating other organisms, did not affect them. | |||
Based on the similarities between [[Mal'akh]] regenerative ability and that of Gallifreyans and [[Time Lord]]s, [[Richard Francis Burton]] hypothesized that early Gallifreyans deliberately infected themselves with the [[Yssgaroth]] taint to give themselves a biological advantage. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | Based on the similarities between [[Mal'akh]] regenerative ability and that of Gallifreyans and [[Time Lord]]s, [[Richard Francis Burton]] hypothesized that early Gallifreyans deliberately infected themselves with the [[Yssgaroth]] taint to give themselves a biological advantage. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
