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{{quote|Oh, we arrive by our names in the same way you do — your ancestors were named, perhaps, after what they did, and that nickname would become their name. Erm, [[the Giver]], [[the Taker]], [[the Meddler]], [[the Doctor|the Truth-Seeker]]. [[Minister of Chance|I]] was always concerned with… probability.|[[First Minister of Chance]] ([[WC]]: [[Death Comes to Time (webcast)|Death Comes to Time]])}} | {{quote|Oh, we arrive by our names in the same way you do — your ancestors were named, perhaps, after what they did, and that nickname would become their name. Erm, [[the Giver]], [[the Taker]], [[the Meddler]], [[the Doctor|the Truth-Seeker]]. [[Minister of Chance|I]] was always concerned with… probability.|[[First Minister of Chance]] ([[WC]]: [[Death Comes to Time (webcast)|Death Comes to Time]])}} | ||
Without going as far as saying this was the norm, other accounts showed it was possible for Time Lords to go by such titles without turning their backs on the Gallifreyan orthodoxy. | Without going as far as saying this was the norm, other accounts showed it was possible for Time Lords to go by such titles without turning their backs on the Gallifreyan orthodoxy. In one of the visions he had during the [[V-Time Experiment]], [[Chris Cwej]], who was calling himself "the Adjudicator", suggested that becoming known by a title was a mark of honour among the [[Superior]]s. Indeed, the Experiment was carried out by an individual calling himself [[the Surgeon]], who was evidently prestigious among the Superiors' establishment. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The V Cwejes (short story)}} | ||
{{quote|[[Base of Operations|Where I come from]], the greatest heroes are honored by having their names erased rather than immortalised. Titles strip arbitrariness to reveal innermost function.|[[PROSE]]: [[The V Cwejes (short story)|The V Cwejes]]}} | |||
Even before the Time War, [[K9 Mark I]]'s overseer in [[Gallifrey High Command]] was known as simply [[the Space Controller]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|K9 and the Zeta Rescue (novel)}}) and the overseer of the [[Cartago]] colony was simply "[[the Governor]]". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Bloodletters (novel)}}) | Even before the Time War, [[K9 Mark I]]'s overseer in [[Gallifrey High Command]] was known as simply [[the Space Controller]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|K9 and the Zeta Rescue (novel)}}) and the overseer of the [[Cartago]] colony was simply "[[the Governor]]". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Bloodletters (novel)}}) | ||
