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The Time Lords held absolute power for some ten million years. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') They adopted [[Non-interference policy|a strict policy]] whereby they would only observe the events of the wider universe and never become involved. ([[TV]]: ''[[Underworld (TV story)|Underworld]]'') In spite of this two secret Time Lord organisations, [[the Division]] and [[Celestial Intervention Agency]], were known to exist to interfere in the cosmos when deemed necessary. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') Their eons of stability were threatened by the rise of the Imperator, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') [[Morbius]], who was eventually exiled and finally defeated on the planet [[Karn]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Warmonger (novel)|Warmonger]]'') | The Time Lords held absolute power for some ten million years. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') They adopted [[Non-interference policy|a strict policy]] whereby they would only observe the events of the wider universe and never become involved. ([[TV]]: ''[[Underworld (TV story)|Underworld]]'') In spite of this two secret Time Lord organisations, [[the Division]] and [[Celestial Intervention Agency]], were known to exist to interfere in the cosmos when deemed necessary. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') Their eons of stability were threatened by the rise of the Imperator, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') [[Morbius]], who was eventually exiled and finally defeated on the planet [[Karn]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Warmonger (novel)|Warmonger]]'') | ||
The Time Lords faced numerous crises during the Doctor's era. One account claimed the Doctor departed Gallifrey after a failed revolution. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birth of a Renegade (short story)|Birth of a Renegade]]'') After the Doctor was [[The Doctor's trial (The War Games)|tried]] and [[Exile on Earth|exiled]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') the Time Lords faced a [[First Omega Crisis|crisis]] when their power was drained by [[Omega]] forcing them to rely on three incarnations of the Doctor to save them, after which they restored his freedom. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') Greater crises followed with [[Goth]]'s assassination of the President and {{Pratt}}'s subsequent attempt to use the [[Eye of Harmony]] which destroyed half the Capitol, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'') an [[Sontaran invasion of Gallifrey|invasion]] by the [[Vardan]]s and [[Sontaran]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'') the [[Crisis of Gin-Seng]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Erasure (audio story)|Erasure]]'') a [[Second Omega Crisis|second manifestation]] of Omega ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'') and President [[Borusa]]'s | The Time Lords faced numerous crises during the Doctor's era. One account claimed the Doctor departed Gallifrey after a failed revolution. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birth of a Renegade (short story)|Birth of a Renegade]]'') After the Doctor was [[The Doctor's trial (The War Games)|tried]] and [[Exile on Earth|exiled]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') the Time Lords faced a [[First Omega Crisis|crisis]] when their power was drained by [[Omega]] forcing them to rely on three incarnations of the Doctor to save them, after which they restored his freedom. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') Greater crises followed with [[Goth]]'s assassination of the President and {{Pratt}}'s subsequent attempt to use the [[Eye of Harmony]] which destroyed half the Capitol, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'') an [[Sontaran invasion of Gallifrey|invasion]] by the [[Vardan]]s and [[Sontaran]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'') the [[Crisis of Gin-Seng]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Erasure (audio story)|Erasure]]'') a [[Second Omega Crisis|second manifestation]] of Omega ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'') and President [[Borusa]]'s plot to claim immortality. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') Finally the High Council's cover-up of a theft from the Matrix by [[Operation Ravolox|relocating Earth]] and subsequent [[The Doctor's trial (The Mysterious Planet)|trial]] of the Doctor for discovering this injustice triggered a revolution on Gallifrey. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'') | ||
After [[Romana II|Romana]] became President, the Time Lords began to be more involved in the wider cosmos, resolving the rift with the [[Sisterhood of Karn]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') forming an alliance known as the [[Temporal Powers]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Weapon of Choice (audio story)|Weapon of Choice]]'') and allowing non-Gallifreyans to study at the Academy. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lies (audio story)|Lies]]'') During this time, the Time Lords were attacked by the Daleks, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Apocalypse Element (audio story)|The Apocalypse Element]]'') [[anti-time]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]'', ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'') and [[Free Time]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Weapon of Choice (audio story)|Weapon of Choice]]'', ''[[Insurgency (audio story)|Insurgency]]'') The [[Pandora]] entity escaped the Matrix, seizing power as the [[Imperiatrix]]. This caused a [[Gallifreyan Civil War|civil war]] on Gallifrey, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Imperiatrix (audio story)|Imperiatrix]], [[Fractures (audio story)|Fractures]]'') which Romana eventually prevailed in. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Warfare (audio story)|Warfare]]'') In the aftermath [[Matthias]] became President, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Appropriation (audio story)|Appropriation]]'', ''[[Mindbomb (audio story)|Mindbomb]]'') however his era was short-lived due to the [[Dogma Virus]] pandemic. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Panacea (audio story)|Panacea]]'') After curing the virus and stopping the Daleks, who had been sponsoring Free Time and created the virus to enable them to invade Gallifrey, Romana was restored as President. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ascension (audio story)|Ascension]]'') | After [[Romana II|Romana]] became President, the Time Lords began to be more involved in the wider cosmos, resolving the rift with the [[Sisterhood of Karn]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') forming an alliance known as the [[Temporal Powers]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Weapon of Choice (audio story)|Weapon of Choice]]'') and allowing non-Gallifreyans to study at the Academy. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lies (audio story)|Lies]]'') During this time, the Time Lords were attacked by the Daleks, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Apocalypse Element (audio story)|The Apocalypse Element]]'') [[anti-time]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]'', ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'') and [[Free Time]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Weapon of Choice (audio story)|Weapon of Choice]]'', ''[[Insurgency (audio story)|Insurgency]]'') The [[Pandora]] entity escaped the Matrix, seizing power as the [[Imperiatrix]]. This caused a [[Gallifreyan Civil War|civil war]] on Gallifrey, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Imperiatrix (audio story)|Imperiatrix]], [[Fractures (audio story)|Fractures]]'') which Romana eventually prevailed in. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Warfare (audio story)|Warfare]]'') In the aftermath [[Matthias]] became President, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Appropriation (audio story)|Appropriation]]'', ''[[Mindbomb (audio story)|Mindbomb]]'') however his era was short-lived due to the [[Dogma Virus]] pandemic. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Panacea (audio story)|Panacea]]'') After curing the virus and stopping the Daleks, who had been sponsoring Free Time and created the virus to enable them to invade Gallifrey, Romana was restored as President. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ascension (audio story)|Ascension]]'') | ||
In her [[Romana III|third incarnation]], President Romana faced a third manifestation of Omega ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Intervention Earth (audio story)|Intervention Earth]]'') and began preparing the Time Lords for the [[War in Heaven]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'') This started a series of events which resulted in Gallifrey’s seemingly total destruction by the Doctor, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'') though he preserved the Time Lords by downloading all their minds from the Matrix into his own mind. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') In the [[post-War universe]], the Time Lords appeared to have been completely wiped from [[history]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'') Despite this, there still existed [[Four surviving elementals|four remaining Time Lords]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'', ''[[Trading Futures (novel)|Trading Futures]]'', ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') The Time Lords were eventually restored to existence. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Tomorrow Windows (novel)|The Tomorrow Windows]]'') | In her [[Romana III|third incarnation]], President Romana faced a third manifestation of Omega ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Intervention Earth (audio story)|Intervention Earth]]'') and began preparing the Time Lords for the [[War in Heaven]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'') This started a series of events which resulted in Gallifrey’s seemingly total destruction by the Doctor to prevent [[Faction Paradox]] invading it, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'') though he preserved the Time Lords by downloading all their minds from the Matrix into his own mind. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') In the [[post-War universe]], the Time Lords appeared to have been completely wiped from [[history]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'') Despite this, there still existed [[Four surviving elementals|four remaining Time Lords]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'', ''[[Trading Futures (novel)|Trading Futures]]'', ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') The Time Lords were eventually restored to existence. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Tomorrow Windows (novel)|The Tomorrow Windows]]'') | ||
The existence of Romana's third incarnation was erased by [[Braxiatel]] who changed history to stop her second regeneration, claiming to be averting a future war on her future self’s orders, and had her resign the presidency for [[Livia Caralis (Enemy Lines)|Livia]]. This new timeline was stabilised by [[the Watchmaker]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Enemy Lines (audio story)|Enemy Lines]]'') Under [[Thirteenth Livia Caralis|Livia]]'s presidency, the Time Lords began the [[Last Great Time War]] against the [[Dalek]]s, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Celestial Intervention (audio story)|Celestial Intervention]]'') during which [[Rassilon]] was resurrected to rule Gallifrey again as [[Lord President Eternal]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Desperate Measures (audio story)|Desperate Measures]]'') After centuries of conflict across time and space that ravaged the whole universe, the Time War culminated in the [[Fall of Gallifrey]] in which it appeared, and was assumed by [[the Doctor]] for a time, that the Time Lords were all but wiped out along with the Daleks. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') However, intervention by thirteen incarnations of the Doctor had actually placed the Time Lords in a [[Gallifrey's pocket universe|pocket universe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') | The existence of Romana's third incarnation was erased by [[Braxiatel]] who changed history to stop her second regeneration, claiming to be averting a future war on her future self’s orders, and had her resign the presidency for [[Livia Caralis (Enemy Lines)|Livia]]. This new timeline was stabilised by [[the Watchmaker]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Enemy Lines (audio story)|Enemy Lines]]'') Under [[Thirteenth Livia Caralis|Livia]]'s presidency, the Time Lords began the [[Last Great Time War]] against the [[Dalek]]s, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Celestial Intervention (audio story)|Celestial Intervention]]'') during which [[Rassilon]] was resurrected to rule Gallifrey again as [[Lord President Eternal]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Desperate Measures (audio story)|Desperate Measures]]'') After centuries of conflict across time and space that ravaged the whole universe, the Time War culminated in the [[Fall of Gallifrey]] in which it appeared, and was assumed by [[the Doctor]] for a time, that the Time Lords were all but wiped out along with the Daleks. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') However, intervention by thirteen incarnations of the Doctor had actually placed the Time Lords in a [[Gallifrey's pocket universe|pocket universe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') | ||
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Readily able to leave the pocket universe but unable to confirm which reality was [[N-Space]], the Time Lords took control of a [[time field]] in a nearby universe, through which they broadcasted [[the Question]] from the planet [[Trenzalore]], hoping that the Doctor would hear their call and confirm that it was safe to return. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'') This resulted in the [[Siege of Trenzalore]], the Doctor spending the next nine centuries defending the Time Lords from the [[New Dalek Paradigm]] threatening to cause a new time war. At the behest of [[Clara Oswald]], the Time Lords saved the Doctor from what would have been his thirteenth and final death by granting him a new cycle of [[regeneration]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') Confirming that he'd found the right universe, Rassilon returned Gallifrey to N-Space but moved it to the [[end of the universe]] for protection, at the same time locking the [[Twelfth Doctor]] in his [[confession dial]] to learn about [[the Hybrid]]. The Doctor eventually escaped, [[Coup against Rassilon|overthrew Rassilon]], and used Time Lord technology to save Clara Oswald before fleeing Gallifrey once more in [[Clara's TARDIS|another stolen TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') | Readily able to leave the pocket universe but unable to confirm which reality was [[N-Space]], the Time Lords took control of a [[time field]] in a nearby universe, through which they broadcasted [[the Question]] from the planet [[Trenzalore]], hoping that the Doctor would hear their call and confirm that it was safe to return. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'') This resulted in the [[Siege of Trenzalore]], the Doctor spending the next nine centuries defending the Time Lords from the [[New Dalek Paradigm]] threatening to cause a new time war. At the behest of [[Clara Oswald]], the Time Lords saved the Doctor from what would have been his thirteenth and final death by granting him a new cycle of [[regeneration]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') Confirming that he'd found the right universe, Rassilon returned Gallifrey to N-Space but moved it to the [[end of the universe]] for protection, at the same time locking the [[Twelfth Doctor]] in his [[confession dial]] to learn about [[the Hybrid]]. The Doctor eventually escaped, [[Coup against Rassilon|overthrew Rassilon]], and used Time Lord technology to save Clara Oswald before fleeing Gallifrey once more in [[Clara's TARDIS|another stolen TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') | ||
The Time Lords were finally wiped out by {{Dhawan}}, who devastated Gallifrey after learning the secret of the [[Timeless Child]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'') He later used [[Cyber-technology]] to make the [[CyberMaster]]s out of his people's corpses. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') The Division still existed in secret however and embarked on a plan to destroy the universe, releasing [[the Flux]] in space and two [[Ravager (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Ravagers]] in time, planning to move on to [[Universe Two|the next one]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]'') | The Time Lords were finally wiped out by {{Dhawan}}, who devastated Gallifrey after learning the secret of the [[Timeless Child]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'') He later used [[Cyber-technology]] to make the [[CyberMaster]]s out of his people's corpses. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'') The Division still existed in secret however and embarked on a plan to destroy the universe, releasing [[the Flux]] in space and two [[Ravager (The Halloween Apocalypse)|Ravagers]] in time, planning to move on to [[Universe Two|the next one]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]'') The CyberMasters served the Master during [[The Master's Dalek Plan|his plan]] to seize the Doctor’s body and identity through [[forced regeneration]], with their regeneration energy being exploited by [[Yasmin Khan]] and the [[Holo-Doctor]] to power a [[Retro-regeneration|degeneration]] to restore the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]'') | ||
== Life cycle == | == Life cycle == | ||
