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Post by theotherjosh on Aug 2, 2017 18:49:57 GMT
It's not purely a revival anomaly. Right baxk in the War Games the Doctor says the Time Lords are his people. But like many others I tend to think the Time Lords are the academy graduates and the Gallifreyans are an underclass who do the scut work. My take is that Timelords and Galifreyans are different races, but not greatly so, perhaps not even the difference between wolves and dogs, distinct but clearly closely related. In my mind, Timelords initially set themselves apart by being in some way altered by the technology and actions of Rasilon and his allies, perhaps initially all Timelords were all his allies, but since that time Timelords have kept themselves mostly apart from Galifreyans adopting the role of aristocracy, I suspect it may still be possible for Galifreyans to become Timelords but that this has become increasingly rare, and that some Timelords have from time to time rejected Timelord society and gone on to live as a Galifreyans, which of course may well mean that over time some Timelord genetic traits have made their way into the general Galifreyan gene pool. I came to a similar conclusion. I'm increasingly inclined to read it as there is some manner of change in the body of a student as part of the education at the academy and they become something more than Gallifreyan as they earn the title Time Lord. Non-Gallifreyan Time Lords add another level of complexity to the conversation. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 1:12:02 GMT
My take is that Timelords and Galifreyans are different races, but not greatly so, perhaps not even the difference between wolves and dogs, distinct but clearly closely related. In my mind, Timelords initially set themselves apart by being in some way altered by the technology and actions of Rasilon and his allies, perhaps initially all Timelords were all his allies, but since that time Timelords have kept themselves mostly apart from Galifreyans adopting the role of aristocracy, I suspect it may still be possible for Galifreyans to become Timelords but that this has become increasingly rare, and that some Timelords have from time to time rejected Timelord society and gone on to live as a Galifreyans, which of course may well mean that over time some Timelord genetic traits have made their way into the general Galifreyan gene pool. I came to a similar conclusion. I'm increasingly inclined to read it as there is some manner of change in the body of a student as part of the education at the academy and they become something more than Gallifreyan as they earn the title Time Lord. Non-Gallifreyan Time Lords add another level of complexity to the conversation. The implication is certainly there, but putting a definitive label to it is rather tricky. Hmm... Maybe they're an evolutionary successor that exists alongside their predecessors. I don't think the Time Lords would take very kindly to being called a subspecies though, even if that is precisely what they might be. I wonder how many others would qualify as a subspecies? There's the rival homeworld and presidency on Dronid (think the Gallifreyan equivalent of the Eastern Roman Empire), the uplifted and then abandoned colony on Minyos, the Third Zoners with Dastari and Space Station Camera (who might be linked to Dronid) and Mawdryn's isolated pocket of followers. |
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