Time Lords

[Jamie McCrimmon]

Apart from the Doctor, how many named Time lords were there? Was the Meddling Monk a Time Lord, seeing as he had a Tardis?

[Dirk Gently]

Yes he was, as was The Master & The Rani and Romana of course.
And Professor Chronotis from Shada.

[Antony Cox]

Yes he was, as was The Mater & The Rani and Romana of course.
And Professor Chronotis from Shada.

And don't forget The Pater...

[Logo Polish]

Also Drax and Azmael and Morbius, and almost the entire casts of Deadly Assassin, Invasion of Time and Arc of Infinity. The War Chief was a Time Lord too.

[Zbigniev Hamson]

Then there's Borusa, Drax, Azmael, Thalia, Flavia, Spandrell, Engin, that woman who works on traffic control. Oh and Omega and Rassilon. And the War Chief. There's looooads.

...er, as was just said. Damn I forgot Morbius

[Jon Masters]

There are loads on Gallifrey named in Deadly Assassin, Invasion of Time and Arc of Inifinity (though we only get titles in Three Doctors).

Outside Gallifrey we have Morbius , The War Chief in the War Games and Azmael in Twin Dilemma, but I think Drax is a failed Time Lord (or just a Gallifreyan)

Edited to add : I see we're all getting in on it now !!

[Pip Madeley]

There's Stephen Fry too.

[Jamie McCrimmon]

Most of the time lords who were prominent were baddies, then. It's a shame really that they're all gone as they were good adversaries for the doctor.

[Si Hunt]

Cliff Richard.

Si.

[Jamie McCrimmon]

That would explain many things!

[Jeff]

How about Jane Seymour... she just doesn't seem to get any older.

[Larry]

Cliff Richard.

Si.

not a secret fan are you Si,

[Andrew Curnow]

Possibly Susan.

[Carol Baynes]

Also, if you're from Gallifrey (as Susan probably was) does that automatically make you a Timelord?

[Dirk Gently]

Apparently not. I can't remember where but I found that out. Someone will probably come on here & correct me.

[Si Hunt]

Well the evidence to the contrary comes up occasionally:

(i) we see numerous citizens of Gallifrey die without regenerating (guards the like) suggesting they arn't Time Lords

(ii) The term "Time Lords" are referred to in some Gallifrey stories, suggesting not everyone is one

Si.

[Jeff]

Well the evidence to the contrary comes up occasionally:

(i) we see numerous citizens of Gallifrey die without regenerating (guards the like) suggesting they arn't Time Lords

(ii) The term "Time Lords" are referred to in some Gallifrey stories, suggesting not everyone is one

Si.

Plus weren't the Doctor and the Master at Academy/University together to become Time Lords, indicating that it was a rank or honor that has to be achieved (and Romana mentioned something about her scores or grades being better than the Doctor's had been)?

[Ian Lethbridge-Stewart]

Plus weren't the Doctor and the Master at Academy/University together to become Time Lords, indicating that it was a rank or honor that has to be achieved (and Romana mentioned something about her scores or grades being better than the Doctor's had been)?

That's a good point; is one born a Time Lord or simply a Gallifreyan (if indeed, they are different things).
Does being able to regenerate automatically make one a Time Lord (I suppose it does, but what I am asking is whether one is defined by the natural ability to regenerate, or is being a Time Lord a title that is earned)?

I must admit that I always assumed that if you regenerated - then you were born with that ability (I'm making this sound as if it's true now), but maybe you do have to go to school to earn the right to regenerate.

Maybe existing Time Lords can make a regular Gallifreyan a Time Lord; after all Borusa offers the Master a complete new life cycle in the 5 Doctors???

Hmmmmmmm..................

[Jeff]

Maybe existing Time Lords can make a regular Gallifreyan a Time Lord; after all Borusa offers the Master a complete new life cycle in the 5 Doctors???

And in Underworld the Minyans have Timelord technology which allows them to regenerate, suggesting further that regeneration is born from technology rather than being a natural trait.

[SiHart]

As do Mawdryn and his mutant chums.

Si xx

[Larry]

As do Mawdryn and his mutant chums.

Si xx

ah but didn't they get more mutated with every regeneration they did with that machine they nicked.

[Si Hunt]

weren't the Doctor and the Master at Academy/University together to become Time Lords, indicating that it was a rank or honor that has to be achieved

That's never been stated in the series. Better evidence is when Rodan mentions "the Guards AND the Time Lords" in "The Invasion of Time", suggesting they are discrete.

Si.

[Pip Madeley]

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned K'anpo Rimpoche (aka Cho Je) yet...

... ah well, I've done it now.

[Jeff]

Clever Lupton. :wayne

[Paul Monk]

There's the guy in the bowler hat in Terror of the Autons and the Time Lord at the beginning of Genesis of the Daleks. Can't miss such important figures out!