Random Facts About Time Lords

[The Doctor]

Thanks to getting a Nook for Christmas, I've been reading the Doctor Who novels in order, beginning with An Unearthly Child. So here's some things I've learned about the Time Lords from those novels:

• They are stronger for their size than a comparable human would be. (The Daleks)
  
• Alcohol only makes them drunk if they want it to. (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
  
• Susan, as a young Time Lord, needed to sleep as much as two hours a day. She looked forward to getting older, so she wouldn't need it so much. (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
  
• Time Lord body temperature is around 60 degrees Fahrenheit. (The Reign of Terror)
  
• According to the original draft of An Unearthly Child, Susan's real name is "Findooclare". The Doctor also had these lines: "Everywhere [the enemy] he listens. He searches for you, Findooclare... for you. His victory is not complete until he destroys you." Also "Findooclare would rule! Findooclare would be Queen in a world greater than any your minds could dream of. But her people are enslaved by the Paladin hordes." Ian calls him mad over this, and the Doctor responds "You would insult a Lord of the House of Doclare?" Oh, and finally, Susan says "It's a name he has for me. I was a baby when the Paladins attacked our world and he saved me. We got away in this machine... It was the first our people made." (The Doctors Who's Who.)
  
• The limit of 12 regenerations was not a thing, early on. Several of the novelizations of the adventures of the First Doctor allude to his previous Incarnations.
  
• Names run the risk of trapping you in a historical role. That's why the Doctor doesn't use one, and presumably it's why other Time Lords that leave Gallifrey tend not to use them either. (The Myth Makers)
  
• The Master didn't invent the idea of a "laser screwdriver" in The Sound of Drums. The Meddling Monk used a "laser pen" to seal the lock of the Doctor's TARDIS. (The Mutation of Time.)
  
• Regeneration hurts. A lot. Particularly if you've been resisting Regeneration. Plan to spend some time figuring out whether or not you've got all the senses you had in your old body, and whether or not you've got new senses. (Power of the Daleks)
  

[Rob "the Meddler" Goodfellow]

In his first Incarnation, the Meddler had a mild snuff habit. (The Time Meddler)

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Wow, thank you for this information First! I read Shada when I can and it's proving to be very interesting.

[The Doctor]

Here's a random Companion fact:

• Ian Chesterton drew upon what he learned while traveling with the Doctor to revolutionize the fledgling field of Artificial Intelligence in the 1960s. This nearly led to the subjugation of the human race by the machine intelligence WOTAN. (The War Machines.)
  
• In the earliest drafts of the pilot for Doctor Who, Ian and Barbara were named "Cliff" and "Lola". Perhaps their full names are Ian Clifford Chesterfield and Barbara Lola Wright? (A Brief History of Time, "Nothing At The End of the Lane")
  

[Amelia Pond]

I just found this lovely gem: a map of Gallifrey!





The Tumblr author writes: "From what I know, it’s pretty accurate (or as accurate as can be possible given what there is to work with) based upon the descriptions in the books and comics and what little information the tv show has to offer. Some of it is creative licensing though.

It was found here. More updated versions of the Compendium can be found on the artist’s Deviant gallery here (but is sadly missing these pages)."

[Rob "the Meddler" Goodfellow]

I think I may have mentioned this before, but I have this "mad dogs and Englishmen" theory that the Time Lords are the distant evolutionary descendents of humans. It was mentioned, for instance, that humans evolve a second heart by the "Twelfth Segment of Time".

But, well, go back up and look at those maps. Then look at these...

Pangaea (Earth about 300 million years ago):


And Pangaea Proxima (Earth about 250 million years from now):


Look familiar? Like, say, a Kardashev-III Human colony deciding to pay homage to their ancient homeworld by resculpting it?

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Wow, I should have known it was there, I'm pretty much the go-to for Gallifrey History as well. x'D Anyway, I gots me some interesting information about the Symbols of Gallifrey, as well as some specs on ancient Gallifreyan ships. Coming up will be the specs on Gallifreyan ships and TARDISES.

The Seal of Rassilon

The seal of Rassilon was used to ward off evil (and mostly Vampires). It's the most common design used in Time Lord clothing and a symbol of power.

The Seal of Omega

The seal of Omega represents order through chaos, though it's thought it doesn't have any special mechanisms to it, but it is mostly worn by Omega and any supporters of his.

The Seal of the Time Lords

This seal (found in The Sounds of Drums and The End of Time) denotes a symbol that is supposed to represent their crest shield and mimic Circular Gallifreyan.