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The [[Ninth Doctor]] referred to the regeneration process as "dodgy", and indicated that it was possible to regenerate into a form without a [[head]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') Though previously unfashionable, wholly non-humanoid forms adapted for warfare became popular on [[the Homeworld]] during the [[War in Heaven]], although such forms were still considered "informal". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | The [[Ninth Doctor]] referred to the regeneration process as "dodgy", and indicated that it was possible to regenerate into a form without a [[head]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') Though previously unfashionable, wholly non-humanoid forms adapted for warfare became popular on [[the Homeworld]] during the [[War in Heaven]], although such forms were still considered "informal". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
One visible difference between humans and Time Lords was the [[eye]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') While the human eye was just a dish of light-sensitive cells, leaving the [[brain]] to do all of the processing, the Time Lord [[retina]] was capable of thinking on its own. As a result, on [[Gallifrey]], the retina replaced fingers as the main method of communicating with machines. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Seeing I (novel)|Seeing I]]'') The [[Eighth Doctor]]'s eyes could change [[eye colour|colour]] between [[green]], [[blue]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Vampire Science (novel)|Vampire Science]]'') and [[grey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)|Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]'') | One visible difference between humans and Time Lords was the [[eye]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') While the human eye was just a dish of light-sensitive cells, leaving the [[brain]] to do all of the processing, the Time Lord [[retina]] was capable of thinking on its own. As a result, on [[Gallifrey]], the retina replaced fingers as the main method of communicating with machines. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Seeing I (novel)|Seeing I]]'') The [[Eighth Doctor]]'s eyes could change [[eye colour|colour]] between [[green]], [[blue]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Vampire Science (novel)|Vampire Science]]'') and [[grey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)|Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]'') {{Delgado|n=The Master}}'s eyes could change colour from dark brown, flecked with gold, to midnight blue, to a deep purple. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Dæmons (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Dæmons]]'') [[Allisheer St Marx]], the [[hybrid|half]]-[[human]] daughter of [[Handramit]], had mirror-flecked eyes; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved...]]'') [[Antigone (Weapons Grade Snake Oil)|Antigone]]'s dark eyes were flecked with "the tell-tale [[purple]] of the [[the Homeworld|Homeworld]] high-caste". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)|Weapons Grade Snake Oil]]'') One of the closest advisors of [[Leader of the Time Lords (K9 and the Zeta Rescue)|one leader of the Time Lords]] had eyes consisting of small red pupils glowing in darkened sockets, despite being otherwise humanoid in appearance. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[K9 and the Zeta Rescue (novel)|K9 and the Zeta Rescue]]'') | ||
However, Time Lords' physical forms were only fragments of much vaster multi-dimensional ones, existing in a realm invisible to humans. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sky Pirates! (novel)|Sky Pirates!]]'', ''[[Deceit (novel)|Deceit]]'', ''[[The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|The Taking of Planet 5]]'') For at least some, referred to as caillou, this aspect was able to manipulate [[luck]] around a Time Lord. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'') | However, Time Lords' physical forms were only fragments of much vaster multi-dimensional ones, existing in a realm invisible to humans. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sky Pirates! (novel)|Sky Pirates!]]'', ''[[Deceit (novel)|Deceit]]'', ''[[The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|The Taking of Planet 5]]'') For at least some, referred to as caillou, this aspect was able to manipulate [[luck]] around a Time Lord. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'') | ||
