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Many [[Time Lord]]s used meaningful [[title]]s, usually of the form "the [Something]". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Space Babies (TV story)}}, etc.) These '''vocational names''' ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Two Auteurs (short story)}}, {{cs|Our Finest Gifts We Bring|part=19}}) were a matter of personal choice, at least for [[Renegade Time Lord|Renegades]]; according to the [[Eleventh Doctor]], "the name [that one chose was] like a promise [one made]". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Name of the Doctor (TV story)}}) | Many [[Time Lord]]s used meaningful [[title]]s, usually of the form "the [Something]". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Space Babies (TV story)}}, etc.) These '''vocational names''' ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Two Auteurs (short story)}}, {{cs|Our Finest Gifts We Bring|part=19}}) were a matter of personal choice, at least for [[Renegade Time Lord|Renegades]]; ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Sound of Drums (TV story)}}) according to the [[Eleventh Doctor]], "the name [that one chose was] like a [[promise]] [one made]". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Name of the Doctor (TV story)}}) | ||
A Renegade's original designation might in some cases be erased altogether, in a process known as [[Elective Semantectomy]]. Accounts varied on whether "the" titles were peculiar to renegades who had undergone such a process, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)}}) or a wider fixture of Time Lord culture. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Space Babies (TV story)}}, [[WC]]: {{cs|Death Comes to Time (webcast)}}) | A Renegade's original designation might in some cases be erased altogether, in a process known as [[Elective Semantectomy]]. Accounts varied on whether "the" titles were peculiar to renegades who had undergone such a process, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)}}) or a wider fixture of Time Lord culture. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Space Babies (TV story)}}, [[WC]]: {{cs|Death Comes to Time (webcast)}}) | ||
