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Even without regeneration, Gallifreyans had considerable lifespans. Within one regeneration, Gallifreyans could live for hundreds of years, yet look much younger than a human of equivalent age. When artificially aged 500 years, the [[Fourth Doctor]] looked like an elderly human. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]'') During his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]], the Doctor spent over a century trapped on Earth ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'' to ''[[Escape Velocity (novel)|Escape Velocity]]'') and never seemed to physically age during that time. He also spent approximately 600 years on the planet [[Orbis]], although this may not be entirely accurate as the Doctor mused that he lost count and may have been using local years rather than human years. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Orbis (audio story)|Orbis]]'') | Even without regeneration, Gallifreyans had considerable lifespans. Within one regeneration, Gallifreyans could live for hundreds of years, yet look much younger than a human of equivalent age. When artificially aged 500 years, the [[Fourth Doctor]] looked like an elderly human. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]'') During his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]], the Doctor spent over a century trapped on Earth ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'' to ''[[Escape Velocity (novel)|Escape Velocity]]'') and never seemed to physically age during that time. He also spent approximately 600 years on the planet [[Orbis]], although this may not be entirely accurate as the Doctor mused that he lost count and may have been using local years rather than human years. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Orbis (audio story)|Orbis]]'') | ||
Physical stress could cause Gallifreyans to age. The [[Second Doctor]]'s hair turned from black to grey after the stress of his confrontation with the [[Player]]s as they attempted to alter the outcome of the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'') The [[War Doctor]], appearing as a young man at the beginning of his life, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'') looked considerably older at the end of his life ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') after fighting in the Time War, an event that lineally lasted 400 years, but was more like an eternity, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'') although factors such as his exposure to the Time Destructor may have contributed to his ageing. ([[AUDIO]]: [[The Innocent (audio story)| | Physical stress could cause Gallifreyans to age. The [[Second Doctor]]'s hair turned from black to grey after the stress of his confrontation with the [[Player]]s as they attempted to alter the outcome of the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'') The [[War Doctor]], appearing as a young man at the beginning of his life, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'') looked considerably older at the end of his life ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') after fighting in the Time War, an event that lineally lasted 400 years, but was more like an eternity, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'') although factors such as his exposure to the Time Destructor may have contributed to his ageing. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Innocent (audio story)|The Innocent]]'') The [[Ninth Doctor]] was once sent back in the past, and waited 28 years before seeing [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] again, and looked just the same as the day they were separated. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Other Side (audio story)|The Other Side]]'') When the [[Tenth Doctor]] was artificially aged 100 years by the Master's [[laser screwdriver]], he took on the appearance of a very old man. Ageing him a further 900 years turned the Doctor into a small, grey-skinned figure. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]''/''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') The [[Eleventh Doctor]] looked essentially the same for two centuries, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') though at least three more centuries caused him to age somewhat and six more centuries ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tales of Trenzalore (short story)|Tales of Trenzalore]]'') of further time caused him to age into a very old man, near death from old age. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') | ||
However, Gallifreyan children grew at about the same rate as humans of the same age. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') After this point, ageing would slow, with the Gallifreyan looking like a teenager for decades. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] referred to himself at ninety years old as being "just a kid". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') | However, Gallifreyan children grew at about the same rate as humans of the same age. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') After this point, ageing would slow, with the Gallifreyan looking like a teenager for decades. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] referred to himself at ninety years old as being "just a kid". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') | ||
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As well as the senses shared with humans, Gallifreyans had further senses, with at least a sixth sense, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wishing Well (novel)|Wishing Well]]'') although the Doctor tended to keep his sensory input limited to the human norm to make things more interesting and allow himself to be surprised. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eye of Heaven (novel)|Eye of Heaven]]'') Gallifreyans had time- and spatial-related senses and physical attributes; they were able to resist fields of slow time, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'', ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'') notice distortions and jumps in time, ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'', ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'', ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'') retain perception of local time flow, including a secondary "backwards" consciousness during jumps back in time that could overwrite the one prescribed by forward time, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Space in Dimension Relative and Time (comic story)|Space in Dimension Relative and Time]]'') directly perceive the interstellar motions of cosmological bodies or their inhabitants ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') — including sensing the "shape" of the world to the extent that they were aware when trapped in pocket dimensions such as [[Lychburg]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Heart of TARDIS (novel)|Heart of TARDIS]]'') — and perceive all possible timelines. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'') Gallifreyans could sense the presence of others of their own species, with the sense being specific enough to allow identification of one another just by sight, regardless of potential recent regeneration. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') Due to their time sensitive nature, Gallifreyans could retain memories of negated ([[TV]]:''[[Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)|Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS]]'') or alternative ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'', ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') timelines. | As well as the senses shared with humans, Gallifreyans had further senses, with at least a sixth sense, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wishing Well (novel)|Wishing Well]]'') although the Doctor tended to keep his sensory input limited to the human norm to make things more interesting and allow himself to be surprised. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eye of Heaven (novel)|Eye of Heaven]]'') Gallifreyans had time- and spatial-related senses and physical attributes; they were able to resist fields of slow time, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'', ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'') notice distortions and jumps in time, ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'', ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'', ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'') retain perception of local time flow, including a secondary "backwards" consciousness during jumps back in time that could overwrite the one prescribed by forward time, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Space in Dimension Relative and Time (comic story)|Space in Dimension Relative and Time]]'') directly perceive the interstellar motions of cosmological bodies or their inhabitants ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') — including sensing the "shape" of the world to the extent that they were aware when trapped in pocket dimensions such as [[Lychburg]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Heart of TARDIS (novel)|Heart of TARDIS]]'') — and perceive all possible timelines. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'') Gallifreyans could sense the presence of others of their own species, with the sense being specific enough to allow identification of one another just by sight, regardless of potential recent regeneration. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') Due to their time sensitive nature, Gallifreyans could retain memories of negated ([[TV]]:''[[Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)|Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS]]'') or alternative ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'', ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') timelines. | ||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] once claimed to have a [[Finding Evil sense|seventh sense]]. ([[PROSE]]: [[Magic of the Angels (novel)| | The [[Eleventh Doctor]] once claimed to have a [[Finding Evil sense|seventh sense]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Magic of the Angels (novel)|Magic of the Angels]]'') | ||
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Due to internal incompatibilities, Gallifreyans were not suitable for most forms of [[Cyber-conversion]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'') The Cybermen of the [[Cyberiad]] however were capable upgrading Gallifreyans, though the victims did retain their independence for longer than other species. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'') By the time of Gallifrey's destruction, the Cybermen of the [[Cyber-Empire]] were capable of fully upgrading deceased Gallifreyans, creating the [[CyberMaster]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') | Due to internal incompatibilities, Gallifreyans were not suitable for most forms of [[Cyber-conversion]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'') The Cybermen of the [[Cyberiad]] however were capable upgrading Gallifreyans, though the victims did retain their independence for longer than other species. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'') By the time of Gallifrey's destruction, the Cybermen of the [[Cyber-Empire]] were capable of fully upgrading deceased Gallifreyans, creating the [[CyberMaster]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') | ||
Gallifreyans also had [[DNA]] in a [[triple-stranded DNA|triple-helix formation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctormania (comic story)|Doctormania]]'', [[TV]]: [[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]) This DNA was arranged into 69 [[chromosome]]s in 23 "homogeneous triads" instead of pairs. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]'') The complexity of their DNA made them immune to being converted into [[Dalek puppet]]s, their genetic code too complex for the Dalek [[nanogene]]s to rewrite. ([[PROSE]]: [[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)| | Gallifreyans also had [[DNA]] in a [[triple-stranded DNA|triple-helix formation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctormania (comic story)|Doctormania]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]) This DNA was arranged into 69 [[chromosome]]s in 23 "homogeneous triads" instead of pairs. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]'') The complexity of their DNA made them immune to being converted into [[Dalek puppet]]s, their genetic code too complex for the Dalek [[nanogene]]s to rewrite. ([[PROSE]]: [[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'') | ||
The [[First Doctor]] noted that he did not have a [[prostate]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bide-a-Wee (short story)|Bide-a-Wee]]'') | The [[First Doctor]] noted that he did not have a [[prostate]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bide-a-Wee (short story)|Bide-a-Wee]]'') | ||
