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|appearances = [[Time Lords - list of appearances|'''''see list''''']]

The '''Time Lords''', ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') also known by many other names such as "the '''Sun Builders'''", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Out of the Box (short story)|Out of the Box]]'' et. al) "the '''Watchmakers'''", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'', et. al) the '''Gods of the Fourth''', ([[WC]]: ''[[Death Comes to Time (webcast)|Death Comes to Time]]'') the '''Superiors''', the "'''Shadow People'''", "the '''House-Dwellers'''", "the '''Lords of Jewel'''", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Bright White Crack (short story)|A Bright White Crack]]'') the '''Archons of Time''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Bloodletters (novel)|The Bloodletters]]'') the '''Architects''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Great Houses (feature)}}) and the "'''Race of Temporal Supremacy'''" ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ring Theory (short story)|Ring Theory]]'') or '''Great Race''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The V Cwejes (short story)|The V Cwejes]]'') were inhabitants of the planet [[Gallifrey]], who were most famous for the creation and attempted monopolisation of [[time travel]] technology. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Time Bomb! (comic story)|Time Bomb!]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'' et al.) They created and upheld the [[Laws of Time]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'', ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') after [[Anchoring of the thread|establishing]] the [[Web of Time]] to keep the universe rational. ([[TV]]: ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]''; [[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]'')

Time Lords were [[Time sensitivity|sensitive]] to [[timeline]]s, being able to see "all that is, all that was, all that ever could be," ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') but also "what must not [be]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'') They had an instinctive urge to stay away from events that would always happen. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'') They were seen as [[Immortality|immortal]], or nearly so, ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') partially due to their ability to [[regenerate]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') They had a [[Time Lords in popular culture and mythology|great place]] in the mythologies and cultures of other civilisations, being outright called "the '''Gods'''" by several species, including the [[Minyan]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[Underworld (TV story)|Underworld]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Omega (comic story)|Omega]]'') and the [[Gendar (species)|Gendar]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Out of the Box (short story)|Out of the Box]]'')

The ancient Time Lords were known to take part in battles and conflicts, often helping to hunt species known to be dangerous. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Pandoric's Box (short story)|Pandoric's Box]]'', et al.) One of the last of these was [[Eternal War|a war]] against the [[Great Vampire]]s, which was so long and bloody that they turned against violence in general. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'') [[The Thousand and Second Night|One account]] of this war called them the '''angels'''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Head of State (novel)|Head of State]]'') For at least part of their history, the Time Lords adhered to a strict [[Non-interference policy|policy of non-interference]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') Despite their attempts to keep up an appearance of being uninterested in the affairs of others, they still sent discreet missions where other Time Lords would act on their behalf. ([[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space (TV story)|Colony in Space]]'', ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'', ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'', et al.) On one occasion, the [[Fourth Doctor]] was instructed to [[Genesis Incident|intercept]] the [[Creation of the Daleks|creation of the]] [[Dalek]] race, ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') a step which eventually led to [[Last Great Time War|a war]] between the two species. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)|Hunters of the Burning Stone]]'', et al.)

By the time of the [[Sixth Doctor]], the Time Lords had reigned in "absolute power" for ten million years. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') During the final day of the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]], it was claimed the history of the Time Lords spanned "a billion years". ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')