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According to the [[Spy Master]], the [[ancient Gallifreyan]]s called themselves the [[Shobogan (species)|Shobogan]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Timeless Children (TV story)}}) the name later embraced by "new-age Academy dropouts" who protested against the Time Lords' way of life and rejected their heritage as Time Lords. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Deadly Assassin (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Eight Doctors (novel)}}) Still according to the Master, they adopted the names of Time Lords after mastering [[time travel]], "renam[ing] themselves with characteristic pomposity". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Timeless Children (TV story)}}) One account dealing with the [[Kotturuh crisis]] suggested an intermediate stage where the Gallifreyans called themselves the "[[Space Lord of Gallifrey|Space Lords of Gallifrey]]" during the [[Eternal War]]; ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Monstrous Beauty (comic story)}}) the name of [[Space Lord]]s would be more lastingly adopted by a different species, slightly younger than their time-based counterparts and based on the planet [[Fractallax]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Out of the Box (short story)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Monstrous Beauty (comic story)}}) | According to the [[Spy Master]], the [[ancient Gallifreyan]]s called themselves the [[Shobogan (species)|Shobogan]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Timeless Children (TV story)}}) the name later embraced by "new-age Academy dropouts" who protested against the Time Lords' way of life and rejected their heritage as Time Lords. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Deadly Assassin (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Eight Doctors (novel)}}) Still according to the Master, they adopted the names of Time Lords after mastering [[time travel]], "renam[ing] themselves with characteristic pomposity". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Timeless Children (TV story)}}) One account dealing with the [[Kotturuh crisis]] suggested an intermediate stage where the Gallifreyans called themselves the "[[Space Lord of Gallifrey|Space Lords of Gallifrey]]" during the [[Eternal War]]; ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Monstrous Beauty (comic story)}}) the name of [[Space Lord]]s would be more lastingly adopted by a different species, slightly younger than their time-based counterparts and based on the planet [[Fractallax]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Out of the Box (short story)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Monstrous Beauty (comic story)}}) Very early in Time Lord history, shortly after they became such, [[Lord]] [[Griffen]] addressed an assembly of the [[Prydonian Chapter]] as "fellow Chronarchs". ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|4-D War (comic story)}}) | ||
Until the [[War in Heaven]], it was traditional for a new [[Head of the Presidency]] to cite a few titles to the [[High Council|council of the Ruling Houses]] as part of their inaugurational speech, "reminding [their] audience that [they] are Engineers of History, Lords of the Continua, Overseers to Causality itself, ''ad nauseum''". [[The War King]] broke with this tradition in his speech, which aimed to snap the [[Great House]]s out of their complacency. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=The War King}}) | Until the [[War in Heaven]], it was traditional for a new [[Head of the Presidency]] to cite a few titles to the [[High Council|council of the Ruling Houses]] as part of their inaugurational speech, "reminding [their] audience that [they] are Engineers of History, Lords of the Continua, Overseers to Causality itself, ''ad nauseum''". [[The War King]] broke with this tradition in his speech, which aimed to snap the [[Great House]]s out of their complacency. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=The War King}}) | ||
