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* The Doctor Who Feature Articles *
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* By: Apple Avenger *
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* File #2: Gallifrey *
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Now, since you know about the Doctor and his wonderful machine the TARDIS, its
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now time to explain where the Doctor and his fellow Time Lords come from.
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Gallifrey is located in the constellation of Kasterborus, on the very edge of t
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ime and space. It's co-ordinates from galactic zero center are ten, zero, eleve
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n, zero zero by zero two. That puts the planet about the center of the universe
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(Hence it is at very edge of time and space.)
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The surface of Gallifrey is covered with mountains a waste lands. In these wild
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erness regions is where the Shobogans live, a group of Time Lords who have reje
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cted the society of their fellows and withdrawn into solitude. This is Gallifre
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ys true form, but throughout the planet there are domed constructions. These ar
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e the domed cities in which the Time Lord dwell.
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No traveller could, though, approach the city without his presence being regist
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ered and entry is only possible through the transduction barrier. Once the quar
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dians of the capital have established the purpose of the incoming visitor, the
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barrier is opened for a split sec{NJ to allow them to pass through it. If the b
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arrier wasN'G opened, ther visitor would not be allowed to enter the world of G
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allifrey
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In these domed cities, one will realize that there is no way out of them. Since
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the Time Lords can control time, they don't have a need for things such as doo
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rs and simple passage ways. Upon entering the@}zzy, one would realize that ever
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ything in the city is in a "timeless" peaceful state. There is no sence of urge
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ncy, no undue bustle, none of the signs on would expect in the sophisticated mo
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dern city.
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Not eveyone on this Planet can become a Time Lord. Only way you can become one
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is to go into the Academy, and the only way one can get into this is be Heritag
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e,Rvyeeding, Intelligence, and demanding study. Once you graduate from the acad
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emy, you are placed watching over time and space. There are in fact ancient her
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itages into which the Time Lords are divided: including the three most importan
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t, the Pyrdonians, the Arcalians, and the Patraxes. Each social class wear ther
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e own distinguishing robes - the Pyrdonians, as the most famous, are Red and Go
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ld (Note: The Doctor is from this class), the Arcalians in Green, and the Patra
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xes in Heliotrope. Most of these robes are only woren during study and ceremoni
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al occasions.
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The teachers of the academy are called Lord Cardinals, Time Lords of great age
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and experience, who instruct their students in the laws laid down b) =x>~zlon,
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the first of the Time Lords, whose great prowess aeons ago created both the pow
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er source and protective force field upon which Gallifrey depends. The essence
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is said to be contained in the mysterious book, The Ancient Law of Gallifrey (N
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ote: This book was kept on Shada, which is the prison planet of the Time Lord C
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elestial Intervention Agency (CIA), and the Doctor retrieved this book, but due
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to the BBC strike, this show was never finished!)
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The Time Lord with the most wisdom and age usually becomes the Lord President o
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f the Time Lord Society. Upon being elected to the possion, thg0person is linke
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d with the Matrix. The Matrix is a large computer network which holds the knowl
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edge of the Time Lords. Once a Time lords 12th regeneration is up, and thier ti
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me span is over, there thought paterns are put into the computer Matrix so all
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will benefit from in the future. The Lord President via th 'Crown of Rassilon'
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can connect with the Matrix and call upon this wealth of data. Upon becoming Lo
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raH resident, the person is given 2 out of the 3 great items handed down by Ras
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silon. The person is given 'The Crown of Rassilon' and 'The Sash of Rassilon'.
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There is another item called 'The Great Key' but that is not given to the Lord
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President. For many years they th?/ght the great key was just a myth, but when
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the Doctor became Lord President he figured out the riddle behind the key. The
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key is actually kept *9$the Castellan of the court (sorta of a Vice President).
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The Job of this person is to watch over the President and the Guards. Rassilon
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thought that a person with complete power over Time and everything might try t
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o play God. So he devised a plan in which everyone watches over everyone else a
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nd that no one has complete power at one time.
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At the very center of the Capital City stands a enormous circular building know
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n as the Panopticon where all matters of state, law, government and administrat
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ion are settled by the Gallifreyan Parliament. This body consists of the Cardin
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als who, apart from teaching, govern the planet and maintain its law,
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and the High Council, who are concerned with all aspects of time. At the headh
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f all this is the Lord President, who, liked I explained earlier, is the electe
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d leader of the community and lives out his life in this building.
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Directly beneath the Panopticon lies the source of the Time Lords' power, the E
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ye or Harmony, a huge ebonite monolith in whRGh resides incalculable forces upo
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n which the Time Lords can draw to make time travel a reality.
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The Eye of Harmony is actually a black hole, in which the enitre planet is buil
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t around. Rassilon figured out how to capture the power of this collapsing star
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and use it powers to make time travel a reality.
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Close by the Panopticon stand the archive Towers which house t|%Emind-boggling -
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ytorehouse of knowledge know as the Matrix (which was explained earlier). The M
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atrix is the most advance and perfect kind of computeriX which the Time Lords
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save all of the knowledge of time and space which has been assembled over co=n|
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less ages. This information has been collected from the past, present and futur
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e, and helps the Time Lords govern the galaxy.
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Even though the Time Lords govern the galaxy and are considered the highest pow
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er in the galaxy, there is a higher power, called Guardianwn@At this time there
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are only two known Gaurdians, a White (good) and a Black (evil). The reason th
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ere is a Good`|d Evil guardian is to keep the balance of Good and Evil in the
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galaxy. Gaurdians do have the power to stop all time totally, and to rearrange
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time or to put it in balance. This is only can be done by Key to Time. This key
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is splp@Dinto seven segements, and once assembled, the key can be given a orde
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r, and will carry out that order and then it dissasembles itself and once again
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scaters all across the galaxy. The key does disguise itself so not ever one ca
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n find it and assemble it to use it for evil purposes. At this time, only the W
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hite Guardian has used the key to time.
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As one can see, Gallifrey is a planet of many wonders. It is a place where time
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itself stands still, but yet time goes on around them, and they control it. Li
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fe goes on Gallifrey steadily, methodically akKnexorably, and yet while there
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may be constant changes in other worlds, here nothing changes. On the planet w
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hich is at the core of our legend, time it trulzxtimeless.
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End of file #2: 1/19/85
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"Doctor Who" is a registered trade mark of the British Broadcasting Company, IN
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