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According to some accounts, the Black and White Guardians were created from the psychic powers of the [[Matrix Lord]]s by [[Matrix Rassilon|Rassilon]], who entrusted them with some of his power. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Legacy of Gallifrey]]'') Indeed, when asked by [[Donna Noble]] if there had ever been such a thing as a singular "Guardian of Time", the [[Tenth Doctor]] brought up [[Rassilon]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legends of Camelot (novel)|Legends of Camelot]]'') However, other accounts suggested that the Guardians of Time were [[Transcendental being|transcendental beings]] who predated the [[Time Lord]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') Rassilon was uncertain as to the Guardians' true nature, and used "the [[Great Old One]]s" as a term for creatures lesser than the Guardians, but according to the same account which made this claim, the [[Sixth Doctor]] held the Guardians to be "the upper echelons of the [[Great Old One]]s, a pantheon within a pantheon", so that the Guardians were indeed Great Old Ones of a sort. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'', ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') | According to some accounts, the Black and White Guardians were created from the psychic powers of the [[Matrix Lord]]s by [[Matrix Rassilon|Rassilon]], who entrusted them with some of his power. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Legacy of Gallifrey]]'') Indeed, when asked by [[Donna Noble]] if there had ever been such a thing as a singular "Guardian of Time", the [[Tenth Doctor]] brought up [[Rassilon]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Legends of Camelot (novel)|Legends of Camelot]]'') However, other accounts suggested that the Guardians of Time were [[Transcendental being|transcendental beings]] who predated the [[Time Lord]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') Rassilon was uncertain as to the Guardians' true nature, and used "the [[Great Old One]]s" as a term for creatures lesser than the Guardians, but according to the same account which made this claim, the [[Sixth Doctor]] held the Guardians to be "the upper echelons of the [[Great Old One]]s, a pantheon within a pantheon", so that the Guardians were indeed Great Old Ones of a sort. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'', ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') | ||
According to some accounts, they numbered six in total, and together were known as the '''Six-Fold God'''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'') In other accounts, there were only two, the [[Black Guardian|Black]] and [[White Guardian]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Legacy of Gallifrey]]'', ''[[Power to the People (short story)|Power to the People]]'') who alone claimed to each be responsible for 50% of the universe ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Destroyer of Delights (audio story)|The Destroyer of Delights]]'') and to be the two individuals responsible for the balance of the cosmos. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation (TV story)|The Ribos Operation]]'') The [[Celestial Toymaker]], a powerful being encountered by [[the Doctor]] on many occasions ([[TV]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Endgame (DWM comic story)|Endgame]]'', et al.) once claimed to be a third active Guardian out of the six, the Crystal Guardian of Dream and Fantasy ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]''), | According to some accounts, they numbered six in total, and together were known as the '''Six-Fold God'''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'') In other accounts, there were only two, the [[Black Guardian|Black]] and [[White Guardian]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Legacy of Gallifrey]]'', ''[[Power to the People (short story)|Power to the People]]'') who alone claimed to each be responsible for 50% of the universe ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Destroyer of Delights (audio story)|The Destroyer of Delights]]'') and to be the two individuals responsible for the balance of the cosmos. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation (TV story)|The Ribos Operation]]'') The [[Celestial Toymaker]], a powerful being encountered by [[the Doctor]] on many occasions ([[TV]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Endgame (DWM comic story)|Endgame]]'', et al.) once claimed to be a third active Guardian out of the six, the Crystal Guardian of Dream and Fantasy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'') After breaking into [[the Doctor's universe]], the Toymaker defeated the Guardians in a game. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]) | ||
== Known Guardians == | == Known Guardians == | ||
