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The idea, echoed in ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'', that the Guardians of Time should be counted among the [[Great Old One]]s and originated as the "upper echelons" of the [[earlier race of Time Lords]] who ruled the [[Great Old Ones' universe|previous universe]], was based on a cosmology outlined by [[Craig Hinton]]. Notes explaining his view of the matter were written as part of the preparatory work for ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'', and later printed in the [[charity anthology]] ''[[Shelf Life]]''. Therein, Hinton explained that in his theory:  

In particular, the [[President of the High Council]] became the Black Guardian, "the Guardian of Dark in Time, the Guardian of Chaos, the Guardian of Entropy, He Who Walks in Darkness" while his [[Chancellor]] became the [[White Guardian]], "the Guardian of Light in Time, the Guardian of Structure, He Who Walks In Light". The War which destroyed the old universe is described as roughly equivalent to the [[War in Heaven]], suggesting the Black Guardian was originally his universe's equivalent of [[the War King]], alias [[the Master]]. Also on the High Council on that fateful day was "the Renegade", this universe's equivalent of [[the Doctor]]; becoming the [[Red Guardian]], this entity, "the Guardian of Justice and Morality in Time, the Guardian of Right, He Who Walks in Judgement", is incarnate in the present-day Doctor, who is fated to become the Red Guardian again upon reaching his final [[regeneration]] — implicitly making the Red Guardian [[the Other]], who is referenced elsewhere in Hinton's notes.