CultureTime Lord Culture2010-01-18T08:29:54.312+11:00 MEASURING TIME Because it is located in Inner Time Gallifreyans measure local time according to the Time Band. Gallifreyan
seconds, minutes, days, yearsare indentical to the ones used on Earth. A Gallifreyan month is probably equal to 27 days. Gallifrey time is told in 18 hour days. 9 hours of daylight and 9
hours of night. The length of the hours are dependent on the season and
location. The passage of hours is marked by the ringing of bells. The number of
rings denote the hour.Some Clock have 12 divisions. 48 hours is division of time that is often used. A Gallifreyan Cycle is approximately 23 years. They also used micro-spans (which is also used by the Sisterhood). One
micro-span probably equals 200 seconds. Time Lord watches can synchronize themselves to the local time
instantaneously (use the same technique as the translations systems). The
watch face morphs to match local time keeping conventions. These watches are
standard equipment for field operatives.nano-span = .2 secondsmicro-span = 200 sec (3.3 min)milli-span = 55.6 hours (2.3 days)centi-span = 23 daysspan = 6.3 yearskilo-span = 6341 years Transduction Barriers separate Gallifrey's continuity and history from the rest of the universe by locating it in a Micro-Universe outside of Time. Thus when you are on Gallifrey, you are in Inner Time, "outside" of the Universe. In addition to this, its past is protected by
powerful Temporal Baffels, Temporal Locks and Governing Circuits built into all Gallifreyan time travel
technology. NOTE: Greyjan was the shortest serving President in Gallifreyan history,
serving for only three years; however, his reign spanned the Earth-relative
days in September 1752 AD where the Shadow Parliament is found. However the
Eye of Harmony was activated in 3.5 Billion BC and Greyjan only became
President a few Million years after that activation. Does this mean time flows much slower on Gallifrey then in the
rest of the Universe? If so then 1 year in Inner Time would equal ~1750
years in Normal Space. The Rassilon Era uses at least five dating systems. The first is the Relative Date (Mission to Magnus, The Gallifrey Chronicles, Armagedon Factor, TV Movie).Relative Dating began with the installation of the Eye of Harmony in
the Citadel - which was the begining of the Rassilon Era. For this reason the dates are given with the prefix RE for Rassilon Era.
The Doctor would have been loom in 2004716.44 (The Gallifrey Chronicals claim the Doctor was loomed on 4756.7 RE But this is 40.5 years off from all other sources). For convience sake Time Lords usualy abreviated Local Date Line to five
digits (ie 5725.2). The Relative Date can be found by adding 2004716.44 to the Doctor's
age. The Local Dateline (ie the 4 diget version) can be found by adding
4716.44 to the Donctor's age. Any Earth date can be translated into Local Dateline (LD) by adding
3503412400.2 (about 3.5 billion) to the Earth year if after 1 BC or
3503412399.2 if before 1 AD. Day 1 of the Gallifreyan new year is between
day 274 and day 310 on Earth (ie Dec 30 10:47 pm EST is 1/5th of the way
through the Gallifreyan year).Thus New Year's Day on Gallifrey probably begins arond Oct 20.
This system is often used for discussing events that occured in the outside
universe relative to Gallifrey time. For example 1999 AD (the 20th century) would be 3,5034139.89 RE.The second systems is used by the Matrix and APC for dating events
(Neverland) and can be found by adding 5720.6 years to the Doctor's
Age.This system is often used to record events arround the time of the Doctor,
for example Romana's mission to Neverland occured at 6798.5 MD. The Doctor was loomed on 5720.6 MD. Side Note: It is possible that Local Date Line and the Matrix
Dating system are the same system that had been corrected in some way. Much
like the 11 days that were added to the English calender to correct it so to
might the Time Lords have added about 1000 years from their calender to
correct it. This might have been done to compensate for some unknown
temporal phenomenon. If this did happen then it probalby happened between
Lungbarrow and Neverland. The third system is called Date Index (Deadly Assasin,The Gallifrey Chronicles). Any Relative Date can be converted to Date
Index (DI) by subtracting 1695300 to the full RE or adding 304700 to the
four diget verstion of RE. Thus 5206.4 RE would be 309906. This dating system is also abriviated to 2 digets (ie 92). The fourth system is the GRT system (The Gallifrey Chronicals), which works just like the Relative Date system only you need to
subtract 2003543 from the long version of the RE date. Thus2004756.44 RE would be 1213 GRT. The fifth system is the Gallifreyan TL Dating System(FASA,The Gallifrey Chronicals),which works like the Relative Date system only you need to add
100448 to the Doctor's Age. Thus 2004756.44 RE would be 100447 TLHOLIDAYS Day 1 (Oct 20th~)Creation of the Web of Time Day 13(Nov 1st~) The Thirteeth Night: Gallifreyan Cults practice Mimesis. Day 128 (Feb 24th~) Intuitive Revolution Day Day 162 (Mar 30th~) Otherstide/Othermass/Festival of Freedom: Otherstide is a holiday on Gallifrey. No one leaves
their houses on Otherstide eve, and gifts are given to time-tots. Day 205 (May 12th~) Death of Omega The Festival of the Timewright (Anmers-Tonastide, or
TimeWorker), Feast of Omega, and Rassilon's Flag Day are other
holidays.prosecutor.jpg The name Deliavatsud written in the Omegabetdefense.jpg The name Adelphiwritten in the Omegabetreporter.jpgarchivist.jpgTwo more Gallifreyan Nameswritten in the Omegabetnumbers4.jpgGallifreyan Numbersnumbers.jpgGallifreyan numbers found on Dicegallifreynumbers.jpgGallifreyan numerical keypad. (translation below)[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]gallifrey_2_imagestamps_by_purplerhino.jpgMore Gallifreyan Text from http://www.21stcenturydoctorwho.com/index.php21stcenturydoctorwho.comLANGUAGE Old High Gallifreyan had 10,000,000 letters in its alphabet and worked
well as code for computer programs. This language had at least three levels
each of which added a different subtext to statements. Old Low Gallifreyan
is another language that was once used. But the Modern Gallifreyan
Omegabet is a mathematically based language that has only 1,000,000 characters. Its possible that their number system is base
12 as that is all the symboles that appear on a standard numeric key
pad. Messages are writen in equations that must be solved to be
deciphered. This half writing, half math language is very precise but not very
practical. Gallifreyans use 208 language tenses.Because of the
stagnation of their society Gallifreyans have difficulty handling different
cultures. They have 30 different words to describe culture shock. The term for "Time Lord" is probably gender neutral (which might
explain the inconsistant use of the title "Time Lady"). The plural
of TARDIS is still still debated by Time Lords.The Patrexian Numbers serve as a numerical base to everything that
Patrexian's create. Gallifreyan Morse is similar to Morse Code. Many (if not all) Time Lord
documents are printed on circular colored paper. Somtimes these are rolled
up into scrolls. Meyopapa: appears to mean master. Grumblies: kid slang for adults Gjara'vont: of darkest thought Arkytior: High Gallifreyan for 'rose' Broken House: a dying bloodline. Pre-ja Vu: (Modern Gallifreyan) the sense that you're going to have been
somewhere before. (coined by Academi Plurix)Gallifreyan Sayings, Rymes, Teachings, and JokesSince the live in enclosed cities Gallifreyans never say
good morning or other referances to the location of the sun. By the time of the War with the Enemy using the names
Rassilon, or Omega is considered blasphemy (example "Omega's
orifice"). "A leader's greatness is best judged by the quality of
her advisers." - from Pelatov's Collected Sageries. "All that was long ago as the vortisaur flies." "Ferisix and Thrayke protect us" "For Rassilon's Sake!" Gallifrey profanity "Frost in the fire and the rocking chair / Frost in the
hearth, frost in the ladle / Children's voices in the air /
Wind that rocks the empty cradle." -Mid-Gallifreyan Nursery
Versery "Great Rassilon" Gallifrey profanity "History is time's way of preventing everything from
happening at once" - Graffito the Prydonian "Its not the size that matters, its how you use it. [paraphrased] "Life begins at 750" "Life begins at 1500" "Like Trying to close the Eye with a finklegruber" - a
Gallifreyan phrase used to describe a hopeless task. "Never trust a Time Lord" (presumably said only by
Gallifreyans) "...never trust a venusian shanghorn with a perigosto
stick." is the punch line to a funny joke. "Omega's Orifice" Gallifrey profanity "...or I shal lay your soul to waste!" is a threat. "Othering Other" Gallifrey profanity "Othering Omega" Gallifrey profanity "Otherf---er"Gallifrey profanity "Rassilon's Death" Gallifrey profanity "Rassilon's Ghost" Gallifrey profanity"Rassilon's Rod" Gallifrey profanity "Rot in a black star" "Rungar protect us" - Rungar is a criminal
imprisoned in Shada "Scares the Staazula out of me" Gallifrey profanity "Sweet mother of Chaos" Gallifrey profanity "Thank the Other!" "The moment has been prepared for." might be a Gallifreyan phrase referring to
Regeneration. "There are some corners of the Universe which have bred the
most terrible things. Things which act against everything we
believe in. They must be fought." (ancient child's maxim) "There is always still-time, and there is always
flowing-time" "Those to Rassilon's Tower would go, must choose: Above,
Between, Below" -Nursery Rhyme. "Those who plot the destruction of others, often fall
victim themselves." - from Pelatov's Collected
Sageries "Time moves in circles" - old Gallifreyan
proverb "What goes bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud,
bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang
thud, bang thud, bang thud, bang thud? - - -A Time Lord
committing suicide." - Graffito the Prydonian. "What is the name of Rassilon..." Gallifrey profanity "What the devil?!" "You see all those stars? Each one of those represents a
promise. All the time they shine the promise remains
unbroken" Zagreus sits inside your headzagreus lives among the deadzagreus lives among the deadzagreus sees you in your bedand eats you when you're sleeping zagreus at the end of days zagreus at the end of days zagreus lies all other ways zagreus comes when time's a maze and all of history's weeping zagreus taking time apart. zagreus fears the hero heart. zagreus seeks the final part. the reward that he is reaping. zagreus sings when all is lost zagreus takes all those he's crossed zagreus wins and all is cost the hero's hearts he's keeping. zagreus seeks the hero's ship zagreus needs the web to rip zagreus sups time at a drip and life aside, he's sweeping. ...???.... zagreus waits at the end of the world for zagreus is the end of the world his time is the end of time and his moment time's undoing Nursery Rhyme (Ledgends of Zagreus can be found on a
1000 different worlds. It was put there by the
Neverpeople to trick the leaders of Gallifrey into
entering the Anti Time Universe.)RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGYSince Gallifreyans are never born, are never learn like children, and almost never die their understading of mythology and
fairy-tales is limitied. It wasn't till millions of years after the creation of the Eye of
Harmony that they invented post-modernism.Many Time Lords belive that there was a creator of the universe. Old Time legends and Gallifreyan mythology states that the Universe was
born from a sentient singularity called Eru or the Great Old one Azathoth.
At Event 0 the being split into 10 dimensions (the Universe has 11
dimensions). After Event 0 the Mother Goddess used the Aurora Temporalis (anvils of heaven) to create and pour Time itself into the void of the empty Universe. With the
exceptions of some Shobogan cults, the Gallifreyans do not
worship either Azathoth or the Mother Goddess, nor do they do call them
"gods," but they do belive that the ordered compexity of the universe
points unquestionably to the existance of a creator. This creator's
power takes the form of gravity when viewed from 3 dimensions.
The primary Gallifreyan Gods are the Menti Celesti who have been
worshiped since the Old Time. The Menti Celesti are made up of Pain, Death,
and Time (akathe daughter of the Timewyrm). Other gods include Light, and Life. The Gallifreyan Gods have the following colors attributed to them. Red and
Black for Pain, White for Death, and a shifting Gray color for Time. The
ancient symbol of Death is a red circle called a Regenerative Circle. About
25% of the population of Gallifrey worships Death, Time, Pain etc. Many Childeren recite prayers to the Time and her Sisters. Prayer to the gods is usualy conducted by individuals in a privet setting. The Time Lords belive these Gods to be Higher Eternals but in reality they are part of the essence of the Universe. They are abstract universal conceptual entities, a non-corporeal beings that can control time, and fate. Death, Time, and
Pain might be the dreams of Time Lords who leak out into the cosmos. Time
Lords in nightmares or near-death states sometimes make deals with them,
sometimes to become their Champions. Early in their history the Gallifreyans came to believe that if they
killed all the evil people in the universe then the good people who remained
would become evil. Light can not exist without darkness. If evil were
destroyed then good would vanish as well. Sin is not a concepts that can be found in Gallifreyan culture. Damaging History is about as close to evil as Gallifreyan culture gets. The number six is very important to Gallifreyan culture and is used in architecture, and numerous other aspects of life.It probably derives from the 6 Gaurdians (aka the Six-Fold
God). Most Time Lords consider the six segments of the Key to Time to be a myth.
The number 13 is important as well (steming from the Fendahl being composed
of 13 parts). Other Gallifreyans (including the Doctor) believe in The Great
Moral Dialectic. It states that the Moral Universe refines itself towards
goodness just as the physical Universes keeps expanding. Reality leads to complexity, which leads to life, which leads to
civilization, which leads to ethics.This leads to the Ultimate superiority of Good over
Evil. As of The Infinity Doctors many Gallifreyans worship Omega. He is
know as the God Ohm. Some Gallifreyans believe that the Matrix controls Gallifrey. Some
even believe it created the Gallifreyans so that it would have an origin. The minds (or souls) Gallifreyans are stored in the APC after death which
is a form of heaven. Gallifreyan legends reference a Hell filled with horror and pain. Time Lords have also been known to mention a devil from time to time. Cats are a symbol of intelligence in Gallifreyan culture. The Omniscate has been seen as an almost magical symbol for warding off
evil and is placed on rooms and objects of great power. Gallifreyan
Mythology has lots to say about the Daleks and the Klade. It also mentions
races of creatures that "wear the skins of men" (meaning aliens that look
like Gallifreyans). There is a Time Lord myth that says that too much time
traveling cause a mental illness akin to delusionary or hallucinatory schizophrenia. Legands and fairytales of the Toclafaneand Grandfather Paradox are often told to childeren. There are no records of this person in the Matrix files. The Story of the Rock is an old fairy-tale that warns against
interference in history. Sabjatric and Rungar were prisoners on Shada but some Gallifreyans beleive that they were Gods of the Dark Time. They
sometimes swear by Rungar. The Legends of Cuwirti, Ferisix, and Thrayke are also important. Gallifreyan folk-tales speak of Gallifreyans abandoned and "raised"
by humans. These Gallifreyans develop amazing abilities and are ruled their
extreme passions. Vampires still scare adult Time Lords, even in the modern era. Vampires
in the Capitol is a particularly horrific thought. Some Gallifreyans believe
that Rassilon was a Vampire. Some even worship Rassilon the Vampire. The Time Lords guard against magic and have files on everyone who claims
to use it. The mythology of Gallifrey has stories of the Fendahl and the
Fendahleen. There was a cult on Gallifrey that used Mimesis which is a Gallifreyan
art in which whatever is written comes true. Mimesis is a variation of Quantum Mnemonics. It was performed in the annual ritual of "The Thirteenth Night. The High
Council had the cult banned. Some Gallifreyan bedtime stories claim excessive time travel causes
dementia and hallucinatory schizophrenia. Some people belive that anything
that can be imagined must exist otherwise you wouldn't be able to imagine
it. Three two one, three two one,A wreath of roses lay.Rassilon's dead and Omega's lost,The other one's gone away.Three to wonder and bide their time,They'll all come back one day.Transcribed from hieroglyphics in the Domdaniel
Caverns on Strava. MISCELLANEOUS The very idea of Gallifrey having a history is viewed as vulgar and
primitive by the Time Lords. 6 is a special number in Gallifreyan Culture. 6 members of the Supreme
Council, 6 great heroes who founded the 6 colleges .Some (if not all) students receive a new official name while attending
their Academy. All Gallifreyans receive single names
(though they are usually very long). The long version of a Gallifreyan's name is writen in Old High
Gallifreyan. The length of a Time Lord's name grows as his social and political
stature increase. Arround the time of the Doctor's birth, many Time Lords
began using titles instead of names. These
titles are based on what they do and how they do it. The ceremonial robes, collars, and makeup of the Time Lords are worn only
for special occasions. CIA robes are simplier than other governmental robes. Food: Usually Gallifreyans consume pill shaped food (such as Promarzzi Bars), but on special occasions Karmine pudding, Dactyl Eggs, blue fruit, Roasted Grockleroots,and Gallifreyan Pizza is eaten. Most Time Lords have never had to cook a meal for themselves. Beverages served in Gallifrey include tea (Unconcious Gallifreyans can often be awakened with boiling tea vapor )and a Gallifreyan Tea Set has approximately 178 peices. Other beverages include Milean Head Juice(a type of alcohol), Bog-Truffle Tincture (a type of drink), Orneilian Wine and Rassilon's Red (a fine Gallifreyan wine bottled at the time of Rassilon). Wine is dated by the President who was in power a the time it was bottled. Some Gallifreyans smoke pipes or cigars. Gallifreyan art is made so that look good even when they are
decaying and falling apart from old age. The aging is "part" of the
sculpture. The concept of caricatures is unknown to Gallifreyan art. The Patrexes are an order of artists aesthetes. House and TARDIS
is a Time Lord magazine. It is bigger on the inside then on the outside so
that it can hold a near infinite number of loose leaf advertisments. The
Gallifreyan Flower of Remembrance (Memento Mori)(6 yellow petals) is an omen
for disaster. It is often scattered around Funerals and Tombings. The Gallifreyan Roll of Honor is a list of Gallifreyans who have died
with valor. Media entertainment is provided by Public Register Video which covers all
the ceromonies and traditions. There are over 87656432 media channels. The
Videos are watched by the Gallifreyans. They have entertainment transmission (which sometimes broadcasts of
emergency regenerations). It should be noted that Time Lord culture has no mass media and
the only news source read by them is the Daily Presidential Bulletin. On Gallifrey all paintings are done by computers. Sensory Tanks are used by Gallifreyans as a popular recreational device.
The oxygenated liquid the subject is immersed in sooths away all stress and
worries and induces dreams that fullfill the user's deepest and most
wonderful fantasies. The water is imbunned with oxygen, nitrogen, clorine,
dopymene, protean chains (which contains the intelligence of the Sensory
Chamber). The chambers use timers to awaken the user, though a switch inside the
chamber can also be used to deactivate the chamber. The pianalaika is a Gallifreyan instrument. The Harp is another common insturment on Gallifrey.They keep track of popular music on a top twenty music chart. Scratchin is a Gallifreyan game. Four-D Chess is a popular Time Lord game. Not only can the peices
move on three vertically stacked boards but they can also move forwards and
backwards in time. However the First Law of Time must be observed during
play meaning that the its possible to get the other player to lose by
forcing him to create a paradox. And indeed this is a common way of winning. Gallifreyan Chequers has 2 colors - red and white. Pieces include: Presidents Cardinal,
President's Commander, Chancellor's Castallan, Gold Usher's
Captain. Gallifreyan playing cards are round and have the following suits: Flames,
Owls, Clouds, Souls, Deeps, Mesmers, and Dominoes. Face cards include the
Hand, the Duke, and the Rogue). They can use these cards to play Five Dimensional Cribbage. Gallifreyan Labyrinth Game: The point of this game is to get your
opponents lost in a (dimensionally transendental?) maze and then manipulating their movements by subconciously training them
to make certain turns. At the height of its popularity there were Labyrinth
games on every street corner and even in the Panoptican. Some seedy Gallifreyan Cardinals hang themselves to get rid of extra
regenerations. This is considered to be a dangerous hobby. Shifting everything in a defined area forward a few seconds in time creates
an impenatrable black wall. This is sometimes done on a small scale as a
parlor trick. The Foxtrot of Rassilon is a Time Lord waltz. Pandaks (made of brass), Pounds, andGuineas are used as currency. A guinea will buy you a few
drinks in a bar.However most uses of currancy on Gallifrey appear to be completely
symbolic and ritualistic. For this
reason Gallifrey has very low potential for commercial
development. Many of the most advanced pieces of
Gallifreyan technology require the user to have the correct biodata to
operate them. Gallifreyans dislike robots, considering them primitive. Gallifreyan memory wiping techniques aren't totally reliable. The
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