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Although primarily known as the '''Time Lords''' ([[TV]]: {{cs|[[The War Games (TV story)]]}}), this species were also known as the '''Sun Builders''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Out of the Box (short story)}}, et al.) '''Watchmakers''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)}}, et al.) '''Gods of the [[time|Fourth]]''', ([[WC]]: {{cs|Death Comes to Time (webcast)}}), '''Superiors''', '''Shadow-People''', '''[[Great House|House]]-Dwellers''', '''Lords of [[Jewel (planet)|Jewel]]''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Bright White Crack (short story)}}), '''Race of Temporal Supremacy''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Ring Theory (short story)}}) '''[[Great Race of Yith|Great Race]]''' ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The V Cwejes (short story)}}), '''[[Architect]]s''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Great Houses (feature)}}) '''Lords of [[the Universe]]''', '''Lightbringers''', '''Celestials''', '''''Grigori''''', '''[[Author]]s of [[History]]''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}) '''angels''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Head of State (novel)}}), {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}) '''Archons of Time''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Bloodletters (novel)}}) or simply '''Archons'''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}})
Although primarily known as the '''Time Lords''' ([[TV]]: {{cs|[[The War Games (TV story)]]}}), this species were also known as the '''Sun Builders''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Out of the Box (short story)}}, et al.) '''Watchmakers''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)}}, et al.) '''Gods of the [[time|Fourth]]''', ([[WC]]: {{cs|Death Comes to Time (webcast)}}), '''Superiors''', '''Shadow-People''', '''[[Great House|House]]-Dwellers''', '''Lords of [[Jewel (planet)|Jewel]]''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Bright White Crack (short story)}}), '''Race of Temporal Supremacy''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Ring Theory (short story)}}) '''[[Great Race of Yith|Great Race]]''' ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The V Cwejes (short story)}}), '''[[Architect]]s''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Great Houses (feature)}}) '''Lords of [[the Universe]]''', '''Lightbringers''', '''Celestials''', '''''Grigori''''', '''[[Author]]s of [[History]]''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}) '''angels''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Head of State (novel)}}), {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}) '''Archons of Time''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Bloodletters (novel)}}) or simply '''Archons'''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}})


Collectively, the Time Lords were freqeuently refered to as '''the Great Houses''', in reference to [[Great House|the buildings they inhabitted]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}}, et al.)
Collectively, the Time Lords were freqeuently refered to as '''the Great Houses''' or '''the Houses''', in reference to [[Great House|the family units in which they were divided]], each of whom dwelt in a literal [[Chapterhouse]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}}, et al.)


The original version of the inhabitants of [[Gallifrey]], before becoming the Time Lords, were variably refered to as [[Ancient Gallifreyan]]s ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)}}, {{cs|[[A History of the Universe (short story)]]}} or [[Shobogan (species)|Shobogan]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|[[The Timeless Children (TV story)]]}}), a term also used for the [[Outsider]]s of modern Gallifrey. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|[[The Eight Doctors (novel)]]}}
The original version of the inhabitants of [[Gallifrey]], before becoming the Time Lords, were variably refered to as [[Ancient Gallifreyan]]s ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)}}, {{cs|[[A History of the Universe (short story)]]}} or [[Shobogan (species)|Shobogan]]; ([[TV]]: {{cs|[[The Timeless Children (TV story)]]}}) the latter term would come to be used for a particular anti-establishment group on Gallifrey in later eras, ([[TV]]: {{cite source|The Deadly Assassin (novel)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Eight Doctors (novel)}}) once described by the Doctor as "New Age [[Time Lord Academy|Academy]] dropouts". ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|All-Consuming Fire (novel)}})


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