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* Shortly before the War, [[Sontaran invasion of Gallifrey|failed]] [[Etra Prime incident|invasions]] of [[the Homeworld]] by members of the [[lesser species]] showed that the [[Chancellery Guard|ceremonial constabularies]] were useless against any real threats. Such invasions were seen in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Invasion of Time (TV story)}} and [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Apocalypse Element (audio story)}}; in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ancestor Cell (novel)}}, [[Kellen (The Ancestor Cell)|Kellen]] referred to the latter's "Dalek incident" as one of the early signs that things had been "changing" on [[Gallifrey]] in the lead-up to the War. | * Shortly before the War, [[Sontaran invasion of Gallifrey|failed]] [[Etra Prime incident|invasions]] of [[the Homeworld]] by members of the [[lesser species]] showed that the [[Chancellery Guard|ceremonial constabularies]] were useless against any real threats. Such invasions were seen in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Invasion of Time (TV story)}} and [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Apocalypse Element (audio story)}}; in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ancestor Cell (novel)}}, [[Kellen (The Ancestor Cell)|Kellen]] referred to the latter's "Dalek incident" as one of the early signs that things had been "changing" on [[Gallifrey]] in the lead-up to the War. | ||
* [[Forced-matter shell]]s were created around [[Fixed point in time|node points in the meta-structure of time]] that could serve as portals into the [[Spiral Yssgaroth]]. This idea was first displayed during a partially-unreliable flashback to the [[Dark Times]] shown to [[Sam Jones]] by [[Faction Paradox]] in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Interference (novel)}}. | * [[Forced-matter shell]]s were created around [[Fixed point in time|node points in the meta-structure of time]] that could serve as portals into the [[Spiral Yssgaroth]]. This idea was first displayed during a partially-unreliable flashback to the [[Dark Times]] shown to [[Sam Jones]] by [[Faction Paradox]] in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Interference (novel)}}. | ||
* It is claimed that prior to the [[anchoring of the thread]], "early [[deep time|deep-time]] explorations performed by the Houses' [[pioneer]]s had shown that there were ''things'' at work in the formative future, things which simply couldn't be classified or even monitored by the Houses' own technology". In [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cold Fusion (novel)}}, the Doctor described ancient Gallifreyan [[Patience]]'s [[The Doctor (The Brain of Morbius)|husband]] as "a pioneer and leader among [the Doctor's] people, one of the first Gallifreyans to enter the Time Vortex after it was discovered", who "led an expedition into deep time", returning with "travellers' tales of monsters and lost civilisations". This itself built on the [[First Doctor] claiming in similar terms to have once been a "pioneer" among "[his] own people", a long time prior to his involvement in the [[Thal-Dalek battle]], in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)}}. | * It is claimed that prior to the [[anchoring of the thread]], "early [[deep time|deep-time]] explorations performed by the Houses' [[pioneer]]s had shown that there were ''things'' at work in the formative future, things which simply couldn't be classified or even monitored by the Houses' own technology". In [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cold Fusion (novel)}}, the Doctor described ancient Gallifreyan [[Patience]]'s [[The Doctor (The Brain of Morbius)|husband]] as "a pioneer and leader among [the Doctor's] people, one of the first Gallifreyans to enter the Time Vortex after it was discovered", who "led an expedition into deep time", returning with "travellers' tales of monsters and lost civilisations". This itself built on the [[First Doctor]] claiming in similar terms to have once been a "pioneer" among "[his] own people", a long time prior to his involvement in the [[Thal-Dalek battle]], in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)}}. | ||
* The entry on the anchoring of the thread acknowledges that "without doubt", it involved an actual "ceremony, (…) one great symbolic moment when the mechanisms locked into place and all the fragments of history were connected", with "elite representatives" gathered in the centre of the [[machine-heart]]. [[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Final Chapter (comic story)}} depicted such an event, with [[Rassilon]] ceremonially activating the [[Eye of Harmony]] using the [[Great Key of Rassilon]] as a small grouping of other early Time Lords stood in line around him. | * The entry on the anchoring of the thread acknowledges that "without doubt", it involved an actual "ceremony, (…) one great symbolic moment when the mechanisms locked into place and all the fragments of history were connected", with "elite representatives" gathered in the centre of the [[machine-heart]]. [[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Final Chapter (comic story)}} depicted such an event, with [[Rassilon]] ceremonially activating the [[Eye of Harmony]] using the [[Great Key of Rassilon]] as a small grouping of other early Time Lords stood in line around him. | ||
* [[Nine Homeworlds|Multiple Homeworlds]] were constructed during the War, an idea established in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Alien Bodies (novel)}} and also featured in subsequent [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|BBC ''Eighth Doctor Adventures'' novels]] [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)}} and [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Shadows of Avalon (novel)}}) | * [[Nine Homeworlds|Multiple Homeworlds]] were constructed during the War, an idea established in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Alien Bodies (novel)}} and also featured in subsequent [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|BBC ''Eighth Doctor Adventures'' novels]] [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)}} and [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Shadows of Avalon (novel)}}) | ||
