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==Notable Features== | ==Notable Features== | ||
*A full history of Gallifrey and select Time Lords written 'in-universe' with references including through [[An Unearthly Child]] right through to [[Survival]], does not include any novels published. | *A full history of Gallifrey and select Time Lords written 'in-universe' with references including through ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'' right through to ''[[Survival]]'', does not include any novels published. | ||
*Chapters include: [[Gallifrey]], The Physical Nature of the [[Time Lord]]s, Temporal Engineering, [[The Matrix]], Politics, [[The Doctor]] and the Time Lords, [[Susan]], [[Romana]], [[Rassilon]], [[Omega]], [[The Monk]], [[The Master]], [[Borusa]], [[The Rani]], [[The Valeyard]], [[Guardians of Time|The Guardians]], The Renegades, Other Time Lords. | *Chapters include: [[Gallifrey]], The Physical Nature of the [[Time Lord]]s, Temporal Engineering, [[The Matrix]], Politics, [[The Doctor]] and the Time Lords, [[Susan]], [[Romana]], [[Rassilon]], [[Omega]], [[The Monk]], [[The Master]], [[Borusa]], [[The Rani]], [[The Valeyard]], [[Guardians of Time|The Guardians]], The Renegades, Other Time Lords. | ||
*The Scrolls of Rassilon cover the final few 25 pages of the book and are primarily written in first person from [[Rassilon]]'s point of view. It begins just after Rassilon's return from battling the [[Great Vampire|Vampire Horde]]. (These scrolls are meant to be the | *The Scrolls of Rassilon cover the final few 25 pages of the book and are primarily written in first person from [[Rassilon]]'s point of view. It begins just after Rassilon's return from battling the [[Great Vampire|Vampire Horde]]. (These scrolls are meant to be the [[Black Scrolls of Rassilon]] as seen in [[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'') It ends as Rassilon is forced into his eternal sleep. | ||
:* Several of the elements presented in the scrolls do not fit with established continuity, though it is possible to speculate that the scrolls are a diary (so Rassilon could have made bits up). | :* Several of the elements presented in the scrolls do not fit with established continuity, though it is possible to speculate that the scrolls are a diary (so Rassilon could have made bits up). | ||
*At the end of the chapter on Temporal Engineering Peel has a section of '''Speculations'' which suggests that it is the [[telepathic circuits]] in | *At the end of the chapter on Temporal Engineering, Peel has a section of '''Speculations'' which suggests that it is the [[telepathic circuits]] in [[the TARDIS]] which allow the Doctor and his companions to understand various languages. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*There is also a [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] (of the same name) ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles]]''. | *There is also a [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] (of the same name) ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles]]''. | ||
*Cover illustration by [[Andrew Skilleter]]. | *Cover illustration is by [[Andrew Skilleter]]. | ||
*Additional illustrations by [[Trevor Baxendale]] | *Additional illustrations are by [[Trevor Baxendale]] | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Illustrated guides]] | ||
