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[[Greyjan the Sane]] was the shortest-reigning [[Lord President]] of [[Gallifrey]]. Before becoming President, he researched the patterns of [[time]]. He believed that a law like [[chaos theory]] governed [[paradox]]. This research led him to foresee the [[War in Heaven]], and he invented a plan for creating [[Nine Gallifreys|backup Gallifreys]]. He was publicly perceived as a prophet of doom. | [[Greyjan the Sane]] was the shortest-reigning [[Lord President]] of [[Gallifrey]]. Before becoming President, he researched the patterns of [[time]]. He believed that a law like [[chaos theory]] governed [[paradox]]. This research led him to foresee the [[War in Heaven]], and he invented a plan for creating [[Nine Gallifreys|backup Gallifreys]]. He was publicly perceived as a prophet of doom. | ||
He also researched the origins of [[life]]. Observing the common physical and chemical characteristics of all life, he | He also researched the origins of [[life]]. Observing the common physical and chemical characteristics of all life, he theorised all living things in the [[universe]] were descended from a single "[[ancestor cell]]". However, before that cell, other organisms existed with exotic and alien biochemical systems, and by feeding off [[TARDIS]] pollution and the energies of temporal paradox, these cells would be able to grow into life that was impossible for the Time Lords to fathom and utterly inimical to their existence, which would eventually destroy Gallifrey. This theory drove him to suicide after only three years in office. | ||
After his death, his sciences were outlawed and declared arcane, though [[Romana III]] would later build his [[Nine Gallifreys]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'') | After his death, his sciences were outlawed and declared arcane, though [[Romana III]] would later build his [[Nine Gallifreys]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'') |