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Although primarily known as the '''Time Lords''', ([[TV]]: {{cs|[[The War Games (TV story)]]}}) this species were also known by many other names. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}, etc.) | Although primarily known as the '''Time Lords''', ([[TV]]: {{cs|[[The War Games (TV story)]]}}) this species were also known by many other names. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}, etc.) | ||
Among these were various epithets relating to their Lordship, including '''Archons''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}) '''archons''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Crimes Against History (short story)}}) '''Archons of Time''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Bloodletters (novel)}}) '''Chronarchs''' ([[COMIC]]: {{cite source|4-D War (comic story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Going Once, Going Twice (short story)}}) '''Archons of [[the Morning Star]]''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Previously On... The Multiverse (short story)}}) '''Lords of the Morning Star''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Our Finest Gifts We Bring (short story)|part=23}}) '''Lords of [[Jewel (planet)|Jewel]]''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Bright White Crack (short story)}}) and '''Lords of the Universe'''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}) | Among these were various epithets relating to their Lordship, including '''Archons''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}) '''archons''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Crimes Against History (short story)}}) '''Archons of Time''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Bloodletters (novel)}}) '''Chronarchs''' ([[COMIC]]: {{cite source|4-D War (comic story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cite source|Going Once, Going Twice (short story)}}) '''Archons of [[the Morning Star]]''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Previously On... The Multiverse (short story)}}) '''Lords of the Continua''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=The War King}}) '''Lords of the Morning Star''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Our Finest Gifts We Bring (short story)|part=23}}) '''Lords of [[Jewel (planet)|Jewel]]''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Bright White Crack (short story)}}) and '''Lords of the Universe'''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}) | ||
Other titles emphasised their supremacy or part in creation in the universe without highlighting their Lordship; these included: the '''Superiors''', ([[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)}}) '''[[Author]]s of [[History]]''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}) '''[[Architect]]s''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Great Houses (feature)}}, {{cs|Lilith (feature)}} etc.) ([[French]]: '''''Architectes''''' ([[POEM]]: {{cs|Auteur and the Homeworld (poem)}})). | |||
Other titles emphasised their supremacy or part in creation in the universe without highlighting their Lordship; these included: the '''Superiors''', ([[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)}}) '''[[Author]]s of [[History]]''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}) '''[[Architect]]s''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Great Houses (feature)}}, {{cs|Lilith (feature)}} etc.) ([[French]]: '''''Architectes''''' ([[POEM]]: {{cs|Auteur and the Homeworld (poem)}})) ''''Overseers of Causality''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=The War King}}) or '''Engineers of History'''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=The War King}}, {{cs|Opioid Painkiller of the People (short story)}}) | |||
Yet more titles emphasised specifically this species's relationship to Godhood; they were known to the [[Minyan]]s as '''Gods''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Omega (comic story)}}) and to many as '''angels'''; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Head of State (novel)}}, {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}) '''Gods of the [[time|Fourth]]''' or ([[WC]]: {{cs|Death Comes to Time (webcast)}}) '''Gods of the Fourth Dimension''' ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Our Finest Gifts We Bring (short story)|part=13}}) were among their epiphets. | Yet more titles emphasised specifically this species's relationship to Godhood; they were known to the [[Minyan]]s as '''Gods''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Omega (comic story)}}) and to many as '''angels'''; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Head of State (novel)}}, {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}) '''Gods of the [[time|Fourth]]''' or ([[WC]]: {{cs|Death Comes to Time (webcast)}}) '''Gods of the Fourth Dimension''' ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Our Finest Gifts We Bring (short story)|part=13}}) were among their epiphets. | ||
Beyond all these, this species were also known as the '''Sun Builders''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Going Once, Going Twice (short story)}}, {{cs|Out of the Box (short story)}}, etc.) '''Watchmakers''' ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)}}, etc.) ([[French]]: ''les '''Horlogers''''' ([[POEM]]: {{cs|Auteur and the Homeworld (poem)}})), '''Causal Initiators''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dinosaur in the Snow (short story)}}) '''Shadow-People''', '''[[Great House|House]]-Dwellers''', '''Perpetua''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Armored Creature of 004X (short story)}}) '''Lightbringers''', '''Celestials''', '''''Grigori''''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}) '''''Bijoutiers mystérieux''''', ([[POEM]]: {{cs|Auteur and the Homeworld (poem)}}) '''Lesser Time Elementals''' ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Love & War (short story)}}) or simply '''elementals''' | |||
Beyond all these, this species were also known as the '''Sun Builders''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Going Once, Going Twice (short story)}}, {{cs|Out of the Box (short story)}}, etc.) '''Watchmakers''' ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)}}, etc.) ([[French]]: ''les '''Horlogers''''' ([[POEM]]: {{cs|Auteur and the Homeworld (poem)}})), '''Causal Initiators''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dinosaur in the Snow (short story)}}) '''Shadow-People''', '''[[Great House|House]]-Dwellers''', '''Perpetua''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Armored Creature of 004X (short story)}}) '''Lightbringers''', '''Celestials''', '''''Grigori''''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}}) '''''Bijoutiers mystérieux''''', ([[POEM]]: {{cs|Auteur and the Homeworld (poem)}}) '''Lesser Time Elementals''' ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Love & War (short story)}}) or simply '''elementals'''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)}}) | |||
Collectively, the Time Lords were frequently referred 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)}}, etc.) The words '''Gallifrey'''{{fact}} and '''the Homeworld''' were occasionally deployed metonymically to refer to their inhabiting species. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}}, etc.) | Collectively, the Time Lords were frequently referred 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)}}, etc.) The words '''Gallifrey'''{{fact}} and '''the Homeworld''' were occasionally deployed metonymically to refer to their inhabiting species. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}}, etc.) | ||
