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}}{{you may|Dark Ages|n1=the Dark Ages in European history|Time of Chaos|n2=the Time of Chaos, a term not always synonymous with Dark Times}} | }}{{you may|Dark Ages|n1=the Dark Ages in European history|Time of Chaos|n2=the Time of Chaos, a term not always synonymous with Dark Times}} | ||
The '''Dark Times''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (novelisation)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The Pit (novel)|The Pit]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'', ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'') '''Dark Ages''', ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Call Me Ishmael (audio story)|Call Me Ishmael]]'') or simply the '''Dark Time''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'', ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'') also poetically referred to as the '''time before time''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cobweb and Ivory (short story)|Cobweb and Ivory]]'') or "''' | The '''Dark Times''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (novelisation)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The Pit (novel)|The Pit]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'', ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'') '''Dark Ages''', ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Call Me Ishmael (audio story)|Call Me Ishmael]]'') or simply the '''Dark Time''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'', ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'') also poetically referred to as the '''time before time''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cobweb and Ivory (short story)|Cobweb and Ivory]]'') or "'''time before this'''" ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'') were a [[Time of Chaos|time of chaos]] and [[monster]]s that predated [[the Doctor]]'s reality, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'') The universe during this period was sometimes known as the '''Protoverse'''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Contributors (short story)|Contributors]]'') | ||
Remembered by the [[Tenth Doctor]] as "the millennia that came creeping out of the endless night as the first stars switched on in the universe", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Knight, The Fool and The Dead (novel)|The Knight, The Fool and The Dead]]'') they were a time of chaos which not only predated [[Time Lord]] [[history]], but was also "before there was any such thing as history", and where the laws of time and reality of the later universe did not apply. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Enemy of My Enemy (audio story)|The Enemy of My Enemy]]'') The terminology was fluid across accounts, however, and some equated the "Time before this" with the "[[Old Time|Old Time]]" but not the "Dark Times". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'', ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'', ''[[Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)|Weapons Grade Snake Oil]]'') Some accounts defined "the Dark Time" as being an era localized to Gallifrey in which darkness grew in Gallifreyan society, but as having occurred ''within'' "the [[Old Time]]", specifically towards its tail end. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') Other sources still indicated the Dark and Old Times were distinct eras of Gallifreyan history. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'') | Remembered by the [[Tenth Doctor]] as "the millennia that came creeping out of the endless night as the first stars switched on in the universe", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Knight, The Fool and The Dead (novel)|The Knight, The Fool and The Dead]]'') they were a time of chaos which not only predated [[Time Lord]] [[history]], but was also "before there was any such thing as history", and where the laws of time and reality of the later universe did not apply. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Enemy of My Enemy (audio story)|The Enemy of My Enemy]]'') The terminology was fluid across accounts, however, and some equated the "[[Time before this]]" with the "[[Old Time|Old Time]]" but not the "Dark Times". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'', ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'', ''[[Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)|Weapons Grade Snake Oil]]'') Some accounts defined "the Dark Time" as being an era localized to Gallifrey in which darkness grew in Gallifreyan society, but as having occurred ''within'' "the [[Old Time]]", specifically towards its tail end. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') Other sources still indicated the Dark and Old Times were distinct eras of Gallifreyan history. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'') | ||
In terms of universal history, the Dark Times were billions of years before the [[21st century]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') and in part aeons before the rise of [[Gallifreyan]] civilisation. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Knight, The Fool and The Dead (novel)|The Knight, The Fool and The Dead]]'') | In terms of universal history, the Dark Times were billions of years before the [[21st century]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') and in part aeons before the rise of [[Gallifreyan]] civilisation. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Knight, The Fool and The Dead (novel)|The Knight, The Fool and The Dead]]'') | ||
