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== Culture == | == Culture == | ||
=== Overview === | |||
{{Section stub|The description of Time Lord society given in [[Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen (novelisation)]]}} | |||
The [[Eighth Doctor]] once remarked that half of the Time Lords were "crazy or corrupt," while the other half were "duller than you could possibly imagine." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Terror Firma (audio story)|Terror Firma]]'') He also stated that Time Lords were a rather [[conservative]] bunch and did not like change, with the minds of deceased Time Lords in [[the Matrix]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]'') — the [[Matrix Lord]]s ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Legacy of Gallifrey]]'') — somehow even more conservative and dismissive. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]'') [[Brother]] [[Lassar]] of the [[Krillitane]] remembered the Time Lords as a "pompous race", calling them "ancient, dusty senators", who were incredibly scared of "change and chaos". ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'') The [[Fisher King]] called the Time Lords "cowardly, vain curators". ([[TV]]: ''[[Before the Flood (TV story)|Before the Flood]]'') | |||
The Eighth Doctor feared it was his inevitable fate to end up just like the rest of his kind, claiming "the chances were" he would end up "old and alone" on a path back home to "gather dust" with the rest of his people. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Terror Firma (audio story)|Terror Firma]]'') The [[Eleventh Doctor]] believed he was on a path back home but saw it in a positive light, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') while [[Twelfth Doctor]] decided to quickly leave Gallifrey on a stolen TARDIS after finding it again. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') | |||
During the [[Last Great Time War]], Gallifrey experienced a major cultural change with a focus on war. The Fisher King stated the Time Lords "suddenly remembered they had teeth," ([[TV]]: ''[[Before the Flood (TV story)|Before the Flood]]'') while the [[Tenth Doctor]] reflected his people were "changed" by the "endless war." ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') Their change was so great that they were just as bloodthirsty as the [[Dalek]]s in battle. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') Amid the [[Fall of Gallifrey|final siege of Gallifrey]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Whoniverse (novel)|The Whoniverse]]'') the Time Lords even approved the [[Ultimate Sanction]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') | |||
=== Art === | === Art === | ||
Time Lords appreciated music, as indicated by such artefacts as the [[Harp of Rassilon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') They also appreciated art, although painting on Gallifrey was done by [[computer]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'') Time Lord art, known as [[stasis cube]]s, were unique in that they were in [[3D]], as they acted as snapshots of a single moment in time. This meant that they could be used as rudimentary time travel, by freezing a person inside a painting and then letting them out at the required point in time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') | Time Lords appreciated music, as indicated by such artefacts as the [[Harp of Rassilon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') They also appreciated art, although painting on Gallifrey was done by [[computer]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'') Time Lord art, known as [[stasis cube]]s, were unique in that they were in [[3D]], as they acted as snapshots of a single moment in time. This meant that they could be used as rudimentary time travel, by freezing a person inside a painting and then letting them out at the required point in time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') | ||
