Time Lords

The  Time Lords (sometimes called the  Lords of Time or, rarely, Chronarchs) were the oligarchic rulers of the planet  Gallifrey, and thus also  Gallifreyan.

HISTORY
The Gallifreyans had one of the oldest and mightiest civilizations in the  Universe. As the Time Lords, they would hold absolute power for some ten million years.

LIFE CYCLE
The Gallifreyan life cycle seemed to include a phase similar to human childhood. Like human children, Gallifreyan children slept in cribs. Children were entertained with nursery rhymes   and stories such as  Snow White and the Seven Keys to Doomsday. There were specialised books for Gallifreyan children, including  Every Gallifreyan Child's Pop-Up Book of Nasty Creatures From Other Dimensions. Very young Gallifreyan children were sometimes called "Time Tots".

A Gallifreyan ninety years old might still be considered a "kid". <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'LucidaGrande','TrebuchetMS','GillSans',Verdana,'URWGothicL','NimbusSansL',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;">They could live for hundreds of years before  regenerating<span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'LucidaGrande','TrebuchetMS','GillSans',Verdana,'URWGothicL','NimbusSansL',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;">. <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'LucidaGrande','TrebuchetMS','GillSans',Verdana,'URWGothicL','NimbusSansL',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;">  Handrel<span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'LucidaGrande','TrebuchetMS','GillSans',Verdana,'URWGothicL','NimbusSansL',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;"> claimed that Time Lords could live around ten thousand years before regenerating. <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'LucidaGrande','TrebuchetMS','GillSans',Verdana,'URWGothicL','NimbusSansL',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;">The Time Lords had a rite called  Soul Catching<span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'LucidaGrande','TrebuchetMS','GillSans',Verdana,'URWGothicL','NimbusSansL',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;">, which was done to dying Time Lords before they were assimilated into  the Matrix<span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'LucidaGrande','TrebuchetMS','GillSans',Verdana,'URWGothicL','NimbusSansL',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;">. This allowed them to assimilate their memories before they died. <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'LucidaGrande','TrebuchetMS','GillSans',Verdana,'URWGothicL','NimbusSansL',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;">Time Lords, once they had reached old age, were allowed to leave  Gallifrey<span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'LucidaGrande','TrebuchetMS','GillSans',Verdana,'URWGothicL','NimbusSansL',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;"> and retire on another planet. This was very rarely done;  Chronotis<span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'LucidaGrande','TrebuchetMS','GillSans',Verdana,'URWGothicL','NimbusSansL',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;"> was the only person known to take up the offer.