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|Evokes the metaphysical concept of the {{w|Unmoved mover|"prime mover" or "first uncaused cause"}}, theorised as a necessary origin point of [[history]] to avoid an infinite causal regress, and thus considered a theoretical basis for the existence of [[God (mythology)|God]]. As such, references the beings' role as originators of the causal universe via the [[anchoring of the thread]]. | |Evokes the metaphysical concept of the {{w|Unmoved mover|"prime mover" or "first uncaused cause"}}, theorised as a necessary origin point of [[history]] to avoid an infinite causal regress, and thus considered a theoretical basis for the existence of [[God (mythology)|God]]. As such, references the beings' role as originators of the causal universe via the [[anchoring of the thread]]. | ||
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|rowspan= | |rowspan=5|"Celestials" | ||
|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}} | |[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}} | ||
|rowspan= | |rowspan=6|Used by [[Monochrome Auteur|Auteur]] in dialogue. | ||
|[[29 October (releases)|29 October]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]] | |[[29 October (releases)|29 October]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]] | ||
|rowspan=5|The adjective "Celestial", derived from the Mediaeval Latin "''caelestialis''", refers to something originating from "the sky", "the heavens" or "the sky". As such, "the Celestials" or "the Celestial Ones" may be read both with a mythological or spiritual association, or simply as referencing the beings' extraterrestrial origins.<br />[[TV]]: {{cs|The Deadly Assassin (TV story)}} introduced a secret [[Time Lord]] security service calling itself "the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]]", playing on both these meanings but not, at that time, necessarily intended as referring to the species of the Agency's membership outright.<br />[[The Toymaker]], a being sometimes intended or depicted as a [[Time Lord]], was repeatedly described as "celestial" within [[TV]]: {{cs|The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)}}, with "[[the Celestial Toymaker]]" later being misconstrued by various sources as a name for the entity himself. In [[TV]]: {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}}, the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] offers the Toymaker the chance for the two of them to become "celestial" together if they went "back to the stars". | |rowspan=5|The adjective "Celestial", derived from the Mediaeval Latin "''caelestialis''", refers to something originating from "the sky", "the heavens" or "the sky". As such, "the Celestials" or "the Celestial Ones" may be read both with a mythological or spiritual association, or simply as referencing the beings' extraterrestrial origins.<br />[[TV]]: {{cs|The Deadly Assassin (TV story)}} introduced a secret [[Time Lord]] security service calling itself "the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]]", playing on both these meanings but not, at that time, necessarily intended as referring to the species of the Agency's membership outright.<br />[[The Toymaker]], a being sometimes intended or depicted as a [[Time Lord]], was repeatedly described as "celestial" within [[TV]]: {{cs|The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)}}, with "[[the Celestial Toymaker]]" later being misconstrued by various sources as a name for the entity himself. In [[TV]]: {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}}, the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] offers the Toymaker the chance for the two of them to become "celestial" together if they went "back to the stars". | ||
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Presents (short story)}} | |[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Presents (short story)}} | ||
|Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator. | |Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator. | ||
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Collision of Ships (short story)}} | |||
|Used by [[Zerlan]] in dialogue. | |||
|[[31 March (releases)|31 March]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]] | |||
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|"Celestial Ones" | |"Celestial Ones" | ||
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|[[26 December (releases)|26 December]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]] | |[[26 December (releases)|26 December]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]] | ||
|A less positive inversion of "Lightbringers", focusing on their role in ending the [[Dark Times]] and banishing or hunting down many beings native to that version of reality. | |A less positive inversion of "Lightbringers", focusing on their role in ending the [[Dark Times]] and banishing or hunting down many beings native to that version of reality. | ||
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|"Denizens of the Fortress of History" | |||
|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Collision of Ships (short story)}} | |||
|Used by [[Zerlan]] in dialogue. | |||
|[[31 March (releases)|31 March]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]] | |||
|In allusion to "[[the Fortress of History]]" as a name for their home planet. | |||
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|"the divine Houses" | |"the divine Houses" | ||
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|See "Elementals". Abridged as "Lesser Elementals" or "L.T.E.s". | |See "Elementals". Abridged as "Lesser Elementals" or "L.T.E.s". | ||
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|rowspan= | |rowspan=8|"Lightbringers" | ||
|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}} | |[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)}} | ||
|Used by [[the Bookwyrm]] in narration and by [[Monochrome Auteur|Auteur]] in dialogue. | |Used by [[the Bookwyrm]] in narration and by [[Monochrome Auteur|Auteur]] in dialogue. | ||
|[[29 October (releases)|29 October]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]] | |[[29 October (releases)|29 October]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]] | ||
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the Snowstorm (short story)}} | |[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the Snowstorm (short story)}} | ||
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Our Bleak Midwinter (short story)}} | |[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Our Bleak Midwinter (short story)}} | ||
|Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator, by [[Abigail Stein]] in narration, and by [[Nardeth]] in dialogue. | |Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator, by [[Abigail Stein]] in narration, and by [[Nardeth]] in dialogue. | ||
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Collision of Ships (short story)}} | |||
|Used by the non-diegetic third-person narrator, and by [[Zerlan]] and [[Abraytha Janus Colefia]] in dialogue. | |||
|rowspan=2|[[31 March (releases)|31 March]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]] | |||
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|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Visit from Everywhere (short story)}} | |||
|Used by [[Abraytha Janus Colefia]] in dialogue. | |||
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|"L.T.E.s" | |"L.T.E.s" | ||
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|[[23 April (releases)|23 April]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]] | |[[23 April (releases)|23 April]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]] | ||
|A variant on "Superiors", highlighting their association with time. | |A variant on "Superiors", highlighting their association with time. | ||
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|"The time travellers" | |||
|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dead Romance (novel)}} | |||
|Used by [[Christine Summerfield]] in narration. | |||
|[[1 March (releases)|1 March]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]] | |||
|Used by [[Christine Summerfield]] for lack of a better term as a specific name for "[[Chris Cwej]]'s employers" at several points, e.g. referring to Chris as "an official agent of the time travellers". In the [[Dead Romance (anthology)|second edition]] of ''Dead Romance'', some of these instances were replaced with mentions of "the Houses". | |||
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|rowspan=5|"Watchmakers" | |rowspan=5|"Watchmakers" | ||
