Questions tagged [time-lord]
The Time Lords are an ancient and long-lived extraterrestrial race in Doctor Who of which the Doctor is a member. The name also applies to their civilisation. Always use in conjunction with the [doctor-who] tag.
68
questions
0
votes
0
answers
68
views
Who is the "Mysterious woman" who tries to save The Doctor? [duplicate]
In the two-parter Christmas-Specials "The End of Time", December 2009,- January 2010, the Time-Lords try to make a return in a manner that would destroy the Earth.
Wilfred (Bernard Cribbbins)...
- 5,234
3
votes
1
answer
317
views
Is anything bigger on the inside apart from Time Lord technology?
Has there ever been anything in, or mentioned in, the Whoniverse that is bigger on the inside apart from Time Lord technology?
I am obviously aware of Tardises. There was also an object which turned ...
- 2,770
4
votes
2
answers
570
views
Has the Doctor ever communicated telepathically with this character before?
In 'Spyfall' (the first episode of series 12) the Doctor comes across a man who is subsequently revealed to be
In the subsequent episode (part 2) they communicate telepathically. Time Lords being ...
- 61.2k
15
votes
3
answers
5k
views
Can a Time Lord survive with just one heart?
In Doctor Who, Time Lords such as the Doctor have two hearts, which got me wondering if they need both to survive or if the second heart is so that if one stops working they can still survive (kind of ...
- 4,854
-5
votes
1
answer
220
views
How accurate is this fanfic's explanation of the TARDIS and the Time Lords to actual canon information?
The fanfic chapter in question if from "Of Gods and Mortals" by Matthew Regent. The passage I am wondering about is as follows:
"HEY!" yelled someone. I jerked back as a series of ...
- 103
5
votes
2
answers
1k
views
Why does the Doctor blame Rassilon for the Horrors of the Time War?
In Doctor Who (2005) S9E12, the Doctor is hell bent on (among other things) chasing Rassilon off of Gallifrey. An exchange between Ohila, the High Priestess of the Sisterhood of Karn, tells Rassilon ...
- 1,360
3
votes
0
answers
128
views
How do Time Lords reproduce? [duplicate]
By looking at the sheer number of residents on Gallifrey (as shown in The Day of the Doctor), we see both men women and several children.
How do(/did) the Time Lords reproduce? Is there any ...
- 26.4k
5
votes
1
answer
272
views
Is it now possible to "pop" in and out of universes, after a certain event happened?
The Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) mentioned that anyone could pop in and out of universes when the Time Lords watched over things, right? And that them being gone meant that cross dimensional travel ...
- 51
2
votes
1
answer
526
views
Will The Doctor deteriorate now that he's past his 12th regeneration? [closed]
Cardinal Rassilon was the one who modified Time Lord DNA to allow regeneration. According to the wiki he also input a parameter of twelve regenerative cycles to avoid decaying biogenic molecules.
...
- 195
7
votes
2
answers
1k
views
Are Time Lords vulnerable or invulnerable during regeneration?
I know that in the episode "The Impossible Astronaut" it's explicitly said that Time Lords are vulnerable during their regeneration, even Melody/River Song saying "Whatever that was, it killed him in ...
- 195
20
votes
2
answers
4k
views
Can Time Lords Regenerate Into Children?
I've seen many questions addressing when Time Lords can regenerate, and a few on what they regenerate into, but all address adults.
There is no question that Time Lords have children - we see both ...
- 1,694
7
votes
3
answers
651
views
How much can regeneration change the Doctor (any timelord)?
We know that Doctor's character is changed with every regeneration, but we don't know where is the borderline.
He eats different (sometimes very strange) things. He is in different ages and looks. ...
- 4,547
2
votes
0
answers
94
views
What would the Doctor be if he wasn't a Time Lord? [duplicate]
In the episode Listen, when the TARDIS lands on Gallifrey, Clara overhears a conversation between two people and one says:
well he's not going to the academy , is he, that boy. He'll never make a ...
- 21
6
votes
1
answer
450
views
The risk of the TARDIS safeguard
In the Christmas special "Voyage of the Damned" (Tenth Doctor), The Doctor explains the TARDIS is programmed to lock onto the nearest centre of gravity when it's adrift (in this case, Earth).
That's ...
- 456
3
votes
1
answer
1k
views
How does one calculate the age of a Time Lord? [duplicate]
How does one calculate the age of a Time Lord?
Is it the time since he was born until the canon present? Or is it the sum of the days he lives?
Because if it is the latter, he could live billion of ...
- 257
6
votes
2
answers
1k
views
How many non-Doctor regenerations have we seen on-screen?
Regeneration in Doctor Who was a device created to explain the recasting of the main character, the Doctor himself. But it's something all Time Lords are capable of, and occasionally we've seen Time ...
- 131k
4
votes
5
answers
854
views
Is the Doctor's Second Heart artificial?
I noticed recently that when the Doctor meets Missy and realizes she has two hearts, he says "You're a Time Lord." However, we know from "Listen" that "Time Lord" is a rank, not a species. So is the ...
- 501
1
vote
1
answer
698
views
Is there any evidence of alternate-reality Time Lords?
In his answer to this question, Thaddeus states that we have never seen any evidence of Time Lords from alternate dimensions.
While I trust Thaddeus's judgement, the answer is from 2012. Additionally,...
- 65.9k
-4
votes
1
answer
7k
views
Did the Doctor in fact kill the Time Lords?
Ok so, in the season 1 episode The Dalek when the Doctor confronts the Dalek he says that he made them burn, then says that the Time Lords burned with them... so in killing the Daleks did he in fact ...
- 2,919
1
vote
1
answer
1k
views
Are all Time Lords like the Doctor?
In A Good Man Goes to War, the reason they took the Ponds’ baby was they wanted a Time Lord weapon, and when the Doctor asks why Vastra says they have seen him.
My question is: are all Time Lords ...
- 1,707
9
votes
4
answers
3k
views
Besides the seals of Rassilon, Omega, The Master, and The Time Lords, what other seals are in Doctor Who?
My friend and I are working on a project that requires the use of seals from the WhoVerse, particularly, those of individual Time Lords.
So far we have:
We also have the Mark of the Corsair to work ...
- 141
8
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Can Time Lords decide not to regenerate?
After watching to the end of season 9, I thought of starting back from Eccleston onwards. I got to Last of the Time Lords with the Master and the Utopians, and the Master decides to refuse to ...
- 1,707
5
votes
1
answer
427
views
Are Gallifreyans reptiles, mammals, or something else?
I recently saw a claim that Gallifreyans are reptiles.
I know that their normal internal temperature is significantly lower that that of humans.
From Wikipedia (emphasis mine):
Physiological ...
- 1,505
3
votes
0
answers
119
views
Is there an in-universe explanation for why humans look like Time Lords? [duplicate]
Amy: You look human.
Doctor: No, you look Time Lord. We came first.
(from Series 5, episode 2, The Beast Below)
Is there an in-universe explanation for why Time Lords and humans look exactly the ...
- 18.6k
4
votes
1
answer
713
views
Who painted Clara’s portrait in Heaven Sent?
I was wondering if there’s any hint. Do you think it was
- 1,707
0
votes
1
answer
282
views
Why does the Doctor make the pop sound in Heaven Sent?
In "Heaven Sent", at the beginning
Is it a saying or an old time gesture of some sort? It just seems strange to be put in for no reason. I want to know if there is something I'm just not getting.
- 1,707
1
vote
2
answers
424
views
Who rules Gallifrey after season 9 finale? [Spoilers]
During the season 9 finale "Hell bent" the Doctor
My question is who is in charge now?
Not sure if this info exists yet, but hoping Moffat might have said something.
- 2,928
16
votes
3
answers
2k
views
Can Time Lords regenerate as soon as they're born, or do they have to reach a certain age first?
Almost all the Time Lord regenerations I've seen on-screen have been of adult Time Lords, who typically have already lived for several hundred years. Do we know whether or not a very young Gallifreyan ...
- 9,068
4
votes
1
answer
577
views
Are the Cloisters bells, or a race?
In the finale when they mention the Cloister bells ringing they also refer to the things down there,
What race are these creatures?
- 1,707
2
votes
1
answer
225
views
Was Arabella Weir's appearance in The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe an Easter egg?
When Big Finish Productions did audio stories before 2005 they had a female doctor, played by Arabella Weir. Weir appears with Bill Bailey in The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe. Does anyone know ...
- 1,707
4
votes
1
answer
8k
views
Is this Doctor Who character the Nightmare Child?
In series 9 episode 6 of Doctor Who, when the Doctor revisits
she’s known across the land as the Nightmare.
I watched a YouTube video which goes through Doctor Who easter eggs, and it says that she ...
- 1,707
14
votes
1
answer
4k
views
Are 8 snipers really enough to kill a Time Lord?
In S9E1 (The Magician's Apprentice) of Doctor Who, Missy says:
I'm gonna need eight snipers. Three for each heart, and two for my brain stem. You'll have to switch me off fast, before I can ...
- 131k
5
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Do the Time Lords have a flag?
Prompted by a recent question in chat...
Is there a Gallifreyan flag? Or a flag for the ruling organisation of Time Lords? If so, what does it look like?
Both sides often have flags in wars, so the ...
- 131k
9
votes
4
answers
3k
views
Are the Sisterhood of Karn Time Ladies?
Are The Members of the Sisterhood of Karn:
Time Ladies?
Gallifreyans?
Descended from Gallifreyans but a distinctly different race (like
how Romulans are different from Vulcans)?
a completely ...
- 2,928
6
votes
1
answer
915
views
Why can't the Doctor sense the other Timelords? [duplicate]
So at some point in the new Doctor Who, The Doctor mentions that he would be able to sense whether or not there were any other Timelords across time and space. However, throughout the series, he doesn'...
- 65.9k
14
votes
2
answers
2k
views
How to identify a Time Lord?
ROSE: Well, he's got two hearts.
JACKIE: Oh, don't be stupid.
ROSE: He has.
JACKIE: Anything else he's got two of?
(The Christmas Invasion, 2005 Christmas special)
So is there anything else ...
- 131k
3
votes
2
answers
531
views
Doctor Who: Can regenerations be stolen?
I have been trying to find any canon-based answer to the question if and how regenerations could be stolen from a Timelord.
We know that the regular 12 CAN be added to because it happened to both The ...
- 1,263
4
votes
2
answers
1k
views
Why didn't the Doctor know he would regenerate again? [duplicate]
In The Day of the Doctor, all 13 Doctors turn up to help save Gallifrey, and it's assumed that Ten, Eleven, and War have summoned the rest. Given Twelve's presence - a form that Eleven hasn't yet seen ...
- 131k
10
votes
5
answers
2k
views
In Doctor Who, why don't the Doctor and gang bump into other traveling Timelords?
If all Timelords can travel back and forth through time, despite being wiped out of civilization, shouldn't the doctor and gang have bumped into one or two at this point? Pre Time War Timelords ...
- 109
3
votes
0
answers
116
views
Could a Time Lord/Lady recognise other Time Lord/Lady independent from their regenerations? [duplicate]
Could a Time Lord/Lady recognise other Time Lord/Lady independent from their regenerations? Like when The Doctor “recognise” the Time Lady in "The end of time" or when The Doctor recognise The Master ...
- 1,127
3
votes
2
answers
2k
views
Did Time Lords invent the TARDIS?
At the risk of sounding philosophical which came first the timelord or TARDIS? In the show it is stated that TARDISes grew, it was also stated that it takes thousands of years to grow. Is there canon ...
- 5,210
3
votes
2
answers
939
views
Can Gallifreyans regenerate their head?
In The Christmas Invasion, The Doctor was within 15 hours of his regeneration cycle, so he was able to regrow his hand after the Sycorax cut it off. If he was decapitated within that period of time, ...
- 5,210
7
votes
3
answers
6k
views
Could River Song have a Timelord child?
River Song is a highly mutated human who has Timelord-like traits. She, like us all, is in love with The Doctor. Though she could regenerate a few times, she is still primarily human. So, could the ...
- 5,210
37
votes
4
answers
12k
views
"Time Lords" and "Gallifreyans". What's the difference?
All people from Gallifrey are considered Gallifreyans; but what differences, if any, are there between Time Lords and common Gallifreyan citizens other than having a TARDIS?
- 5,210
15
votes
3
answers
1k
views
How could The Doctor lie in Time of the Doctor?
In the last moments of The Time of the Doctor, when the young man enters the tower, the Doctor says that he has a plan, and then tells Clara that actually, he has no plan.
But the city has a truth ...
- 251
5
votes
3
answers
817
views
Is there a canon precedent for a Timelord being able to use regeneration energy in such a destructive manner?
In "The Time of the Doctor", we see Matt Smith's Doctor go out with a bang as he uses (apparently excess) energy from his regeneration to destroy the Daleks that have besieged him. This appears to be ...
- 3,316
24
votes
11
answers
47k
views
How does River Song know The Doctor's name?
In series 6, The Doctor lies that he told River his name (which River falsifies in the end of the episode). Yet in The Name of The Doctor she knows The Doctor's real name and even opens The Doctor's ...
- 16.1k
4
votes
2
answers
554
views
Why didn't the Doctor just leave the town of Christmas to keep them safe?
I know that the doctor couldn't leave the planet because all the aliens would destroy it as soon as he was gone. I know that he had to stay on or near the planet so that he could say the name if it ...
- 573
10
votes
7
answers
9k
views
How does the doctor age faster during the events of The Time of The Doctor?
In series 6, during The Impossible Astronaut, the age difference between the two Doctors we see (the Tesselecta and the Envelope #1 Doctor) is said to be 200 years old. In the Time of The Doctor, when ...
- 16.1k
8
votes
1
answer
544
views
Why couldn't the Time Lords get through?
Maybe I've got to watch the episode a few more times, but I don't understand why the Time Lords couldn't get through
.
- 7,113