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}}The '''anchoring of the thread''' was the name given by ''[[The Book of the War]]'' to the process through which the [[Great Houses]] created [[history]] with themselves at the centre and, by [[The Book of the War|one account]], accidentally unleashed the [[Yssgaroth]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') The [[Seventh Doctor]] described this as [[Rassilon]]'s decision to make the universe rational; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]'') with [[the Other]]'s help, he thus "shut the door" on the [[Time of Chaos]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') or "[[Dark Times]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'', ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]'') | }}The '''anchoring of the thread''' was the name given by ''[[The Book of the War]]'' to the process through which the [[Great Houses]] created [[history]] with themselves at the centre and, by [[The Book of the War|one account]], accidentally unleashed the [[Yssgaroth]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') The [[Seventh Doctor]] described this as [[Rassilon]]'s decision to make the universe rational; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]'') with [[the Other]]'s help, he thus "shut the door" on the [[Time of Chaos]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') or "[[Dark Times]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'', ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]'') | ||
The process of rationalizing the universe was a reflection of the [[Intuitive Revelation]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'') and was synonymous with the [[Time Wars]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]'', ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'') The [[Founding Conflict]] which involved the [[Fugitive Doctor]] also played a significant role in ending the Dark Times by establishing Time Lord-influenced harnessing of history. ([[TV]]: ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]'') | Ending the "[[time before this]]", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'', ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') the process of rationalizing the universe was a reflection of the [[Intuitive Revelation]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'') and was synonymous with the [[Time Wars]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]'', ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'') The [[Founding Conflict]] which involved the [[Fugitive Doctor]] also played a significant role in ending the Dark Times by establishing Time Lord-influenced harnessing of history. ([[TV]]: ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]'') | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
=== Background === | === Background === | ||
Before the anchoring of the thread, the universe was unstructured and chaotic. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | Before the anchoring of the thread, the universe was unstructured and chaotic. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') A period remembered as "the [[time before this]]", there were no laws of [[physics]], only infinite possibility, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'') and "time ran wild". ([[TV]]: ''[[War of the Sontarans (TV story)|War of the Sontarans]]'') [[Astrolabus]], an ancient [[Time Lord]] who would become one of the first to map the [[meridian]]s of time, would later deride [[logic]] itself as "a new toy" from his perspective. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Voyager (comic story)|Voyager]]'') | ||
The time before the laying of the thread was variously called the [[Dvapara Yuga]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dharmayuddha (short story)|Dharmayuddha]]'') [[Dark Times]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]'') or [[Time of Chaos]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') although the latter term was sometimes applied to a narrower period within [[Gallifreyan history]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') [[Magic]]k and [[science]] coexisted in the universe, although magick predominated. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]'') [[Human]]ity had [[god|divine]] powers: for instance, [[Arjuna]] had one thousand arms and was ardently skilled at compressing time, while [[Nakula and Sahadeva]] led armies of imaginary [[hybrid]] animals made of broken time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dharmayuddha (short story)|Dharmayuddha]]'') | The time before the laying of the thread was variously called the [[Dvapara Yuga]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dharmayuddha (short story)|Dharmayuddha]]'') [[Dark Times]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]'') or [[Time of Chaos]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') although the latter term was sometimes applied to a narrower period within [[Gallifreyan history]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') [[Magic]]k and [[science]] coexisted in the universe, although magick predominated. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]'') [[Human]]ity had [[god|divine]] powers: for instance, [[Arjuna]] had one thousand arms and was ardently skilled at compressing time, while [[Nakula and Sahadeva]] led armies of imaginary [[hybrid]] animals made of broken time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dharmayuddha (short story)|Dharmayuddha]]'') | ||
