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|image = TimeLordsTIOT.jpg | |image = TimeLordsTIOT.jpg | ||
|type = [[Humanoid]], [[elemental]] | |type = [[Humanoid]], [[elemental]] | ||
|aka = '''''[[ | |aka = '''''[[Names for the Time Lords|see list]]''''' | ||
|individuals = [[Rassilon]], [[Omega]], [[the Doctor]], [[the Master]], [[Romana]], [[Irving Braxiatel]], [[Borusa]], [[Artron]], [[the Monk]], [[Narvin]], [[Iris Wildthyme]], [[Morbius]], [[the Minister of Chance]] | |individuals = [[Rassilon]], [[Omega]], [[the Doctor]], [[the Master]], [[Romana]], [[Irving Braxiatel]], [[Borusa]], [[Artron]], [[the Monk]], [[Narvin]], [[Iris Wildthyme]], [[Morbius]], [[the Minister of Chance]] | ||
|affiliation = {{il|[[Fledgling Empires]]|[[Temporal Powers]]|[[Free Time]]}} | |affiliation = {{il|[[Fledgling Empires]]|[[Temporal Powers]]|[[Free Time]]}} | ||
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{{Time Lord counterparts}} | {{Time Lord counterparts}} | ||
The '''Time Lords''', ([[TV]]: {{cs|[[The War Games (TV story)]]}}) also known by [[ | The '''Time Lords''', ([[TV]]: {{cs|[[The War Games (TV story)]]}}) also known by [[Names for the Time Lords|many other names]], were inhabitants of the planet [[Gallifrey]], most famous for the creation and attempted monopolisation of [[time travel]] technology. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Time Bomb! (comic story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Time Warrior (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)}} et al.) They created and upheld the [[Laws of Time]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Three Doctors (TV story)}}, {{cs|Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)}}) after [[Anchoring of the thread|establishing]] the [[Web of Time]] to keep the universe "rational". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Once, Upon Time (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|So Vile a Sin (novel)}}, {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}}, et al.) | ||
Time Lords were [[Time sensitivity|sensitive to timeline]]s, being able to see "all that is, all that was, all that ever could be," ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Parting of the Ways (TV story)}}) but also "what must not [be]". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)}}) They had an instinctive urge to stay away from events that would [[fixed point|always happen]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Waters of Mars (TV story)}}) They were seen as [[Immortality|immortal]], or nearly so, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The War Games (TV story)}}, {{cs|Last of the Time Lords (TV story)}}) partially due to their ability to [[regenerate]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of the Spiders (TV story)}}) They had [[Time Lords in popular culture and mythology|a great place in the mythologies and cultures of other civilisations]], being outright called "the '''Gods'''" by several species, including the [[Minyan]]s ([[TV]]: {{cs|Underworld (TV story)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Omega (comic story)}}) and the [[Gendar (species)|Gendar]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Out of the Box (short story)}}) | Time Lords were [[Time sensitivity|sensitive to timeline]]s, being able to see "all that is, all that was, all that ever could be," ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Parting of the Ways (TV story)}}) but also "what must not [be]". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)}}) They had an instinctive urge to stay away from events that would [[fixed point|always happen]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Waters of Mars (TV story)}}) They were seen as [[Immortality|immortal]], or nearly so, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The War Games (TV story)}}, {{cs|Last of the Time Lords (TV story)}}) partially due to their ability to [[regenerate]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of the Spiders (TV story)}}) They had [[Time Lords in popular culture and mythology|a great place in the mythologies and cultures of other civilisations]], being outright called "the '''Gods'''" by several species, including the [[Minyan]]s ([[TV]]: {{cs|Underworld (TV story)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Omega (comic story)}}) and the [[Gendar (species)|Gendar]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Out of the Box (short story)}}) | ||
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By the time of the [[Sixth Doctor]], the Time Lords were said to have reigned in "absolute power" for "ten million years", ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Ultimate Foe (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=The Imperator Presidency}}) a number "so round that many feel it must have been (…) a purely arbitrary figure chosen just to suggest 'a very long time'". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=The Imperator Presidency}}) During the final day of the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]], it was claimed the history of the Time Lords spanned "a billion years". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}}) | By the time of the [[Sixth Doctor]], the Time Lords were said to have reigned in "absolute power" for "ten million years", ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Ultimate Foe (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=The Imperator Presidency}}) a number "so round that many feel it must have been (…) a purely arbitrary figure chosen just to suggest 'a very long time'". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=The Imperator Presidency}}) During the final day of the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]], it was claimed the history of the Time Lords spanned "a billion years". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}}) | ||
== History == | == History == |
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