#borusa is so TIRED

[gallifreyanhotfive]

[gallifreyinstituteforlearning]

Do time lords have last names? Do they just use the name of their House, or are they more like humans?

Do Time Lords have last names?

Kinda, but it's all a bit more confusing than your typical Earth first name surname.

In the Old Times, Shobogan children (the ancestors of the Time Lords) took their surnames from their mothers, which was quite straightforward. But things got more formal and symbolic when the Time Lords started the Academy. During their time there, they receive an official name, often including their House. These names are written in Old High Gallifreyan, and they're long.

🧑‍🏫 Long and Powerful Names

For Time Lords, names represent power, status, and beliefs. The more influence a Time Lord has, the longer their name becomes. Over time, their names grow in length to reflect their social and political stature. That said, Time Lords don't usually go around throwing these grand names into casual conversations. Instead, they use a more manageable, two-syllable version when dealing with close friends or trusted colleagues. You might hear names like Spandrall, Maxil, or Borusa, but those are usually just the 'friendly' versions.

🏛️ The Role of the House

While Time Lords don't have last names like humans do, their Houses play a huge role in their identity. A Time Lord's House is a major part of their longer name, much like a family name. Think of it as an aristocratic title tied to their heritage and social standing.

🎩 Elective Semantectomy

Now, many Time Lords (especially renegades) opt for a process called the Elective Semantectomy, which is essentially a fancy way of saying they can remove their given name from history and replace it with a title based on what they do or what they represent. The Doctor, for example, chose their title after leaving Gallifrey, and it’s become part of their identity. Titles like the Master or the Rani work the same way. This process allows renegades to shake off any ties to their House and form a new identity.

🎂 Name Days and Namedays

Time Lords celebrate something called a Name Day, which is a bit like a birthday. The Doctor's name day is Otherstide, which is the Gallifreyan equivalent of Christmas. Some Time Lords even get treats on their name day.

🏫 So...

Time Lords don’t use surnames in the traditional human sense; they certainly have powerful, ever-growing names that reflect their status and beliefs. And, for those who prefer not to be tied to their past, they have the option to cast off their names and pick a title that defines who they really are.

Related:

💬|⏰🎉How do Gallifreyans celebrate Otherstide?: Looking at how Gallifreyans celebrate this holiday.

💬|🧸🏡Does a Gallifreyan's House determine which chapter they'll be a part of?: Looking at Academy affiliations and the Academy selection process.

💬|💍💎What are some Gallifreyan wedding traditions?: Expanded look at how weddings might work on Gallifrey, both in ceremony and legalities.

Hope that helped! 😃

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Borusa trying to gossip with the Matrix Cloister Wraiths: “Anyway so I then went and asked Ms. Brendafkakwjfnia and she told me that apparently Lady Flavia in fact was only hiring ugly Chancellory Guards as apparently she was concerned about me “getting distracted by hot men who blindly follow orders” meanwhile she never got the reports I wanted for the senate meeting!”

Cloister Wraith: *screams of eldritch terror*

Borusa, sipping a cup of tea: “Tell me about it.. honey I am tired of Rassilon’s shit too🙄. These people just need to let us do our thing! I am not mentally unstable! You deserve a break too!”

[theangelshavethephonebox]

Heyyyy- went through and fixed a couple Deca member's galleries and character templates, plus uploading a few more pieces of art from the wonderful people who have allowed their work to be uploaded to the wiki (:

I thought it would be a good idea if I list the tasks that I want to get to next on the wiki:

Still got a lot of art to upload- the reason it's taking a while is because writing the alt IDs is quite tiring, so I can only do a couple of them at a time, but I promise I will get through all of them! Plus upload a few from the show that will be needed for the Doctor Who character pages on the Deca members

I'd like to figure out the best way to show that certain images are linked- maybe using prevnext? Because sometimes I have broken up a piece of art with multiple figures into each separate figure, because one of those characters had no solo art and needed something, but I think it would be good to show that they're all one piece of art.

Obviously if The Big Poll on Coverage concludes options 1 or 2 should be done, it'll be a lot more work, so priorities may change

I have been messing around with infoboxes- we'll see. If i can figure it out, it may be worth creating a couple template infoboxes, but also with the way we're doing everything right now I don't really see the need. If people are finding the layout of a specific type of page busy or confusing, maybe pop a note on one of those page's discussion pages?

Got a lot of category work to do. Luckily I can mass-add pages to categories, so I just need to sit down and do it, but there's also the issue of having overarching categories that other things are sub-categories of. Shouldn't be too hard, just something I have to sit down and figure out, you know?

If 1/2 is voted in, I will give each wiki artist their own page, rather than just a category. Didn't do that originally because I was a bit shaky on what pages should and shouldn't be mainspace, but I think if 1/2 is voted in they definitely should be, and would be under the 'fandom' section. Doesn't mean if 1/2 isn't voted in this won't be done, just that I'll probably put up a separate poll to see if people think it should work like that. If the artists come forward and say they would prefer that, that should override the poll though, because it's about them.

In terms of content, I've been working my way through insignificant memories, and then I'll go through decaeological findings- I'm going slow as I'm doing the plot summaries at the same time. Once all that's done, obviously the main series should be the main priority- I'll at the very least create stubs for the non-revised pages. I would've made Only Dead Fish when it came out, but honestly I didn't think I'd enjoy it if I had to type out a plot summary while reading for the first time. We've also got a lot of other major characters who need pages- Borusa, Ensilden (btw I think we should have a conversation about what name to use lol), Ummins... And, something I really think I need to make is the page on Doctor Who. Kinda embarassing that it doesn't exist, actually- it has 40 links to it!

But, I have exams next month, so though I'll be able to do some of the more low effort/quick ones of these, the bulk of this will be after May.

[edupunkn00b]

Run

Janus has one final assignment.

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A/N: This was originally written as the epilogue to More Time With You as the logical end to that story. [AO3]

Spoilersss, sssweetie .... This story shares a multiverse with and contains spoilers for both More Time With You and the earlier story, The Best of Humanity.   

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Run, boy, run! This world is not made for you Run, boy, run! They're trying to catch you Run, boy, run! Running is a victory Run, boy, run! Beauty lies behind the hills

Run, boy, run! The sun will be guiding you Run, boy, run! They're dying to stop you Run, boy, run! This race is a prophecy Run, boy, run! Break out from society

Tomorrow is another day ...

-Woodkid, Run Boy Run     

...

"Janus, it is time."  

"No, please, no ..." I'm curled in a ball on the floor of the Soul Assignment Council chamber, jaw clenched, hands tangled in my hair. I've given up fighting the tears coursing down my face. The Assignment clerk from all those years ago is crouching over me. To hell with them. Let them see what assignment feels like. "I ... I just can't ... I've chased the Doctor across all of time and space. I've lived so many lives. When does it end? When do we - " my voice cracks. Get it together. Don't give up. Fight for yourself. "When can we rest?" I'm just so tired. Tired of the pain. Tired of finding the Doctor only to lose them yet again and again. ... and again and again ...

The clerk grips my chin and turns my face toward them. "You have one more assignment. This is your last." They swallow, something unreadable in their eyes. "I promise."

"No ... no ... no, you can't make me." I can feel the desperation pouring out of my mouth, out of my heart. There has got to be a way out! "I'll wait here. I'll just wait here for the Doctor ... We've bonded, it's now just a matter of time! Please, please don't make me go through all of that again." With more strength than I thought they had, the Assignment clerk pulls me up to my feet and drags me to the closest portal. "No! No, NO! Please ... Please! I can't - I can't do it all again ... " Even I can barely understand my own words. "I can't, I can't, I can't ... I'll go mad ..."

"This was always where you were headed, Janus. Do you remember when I told you all those years ago that we didn't have a lot of experience with assigning souls to Time Lords?" I squeezed my eyes shut as though that could stop this all from happening. "You assumed I was talking about Thomas."

The clerk shoved me through the portal into my final assignment. I didn't have time to process their words before the darkness took me..

...

Time passed.

I have no idea how long I laid curled up on the floor in the Mindscape of my new host. Gradually, I started to feel the cold of the floorboards seeping through my clothes. Sound reverberated through the room. I slowly realized what it was - a heartbeat. I could feel my host's heartbeat thundering through me like the only sound in the world.

thump-thump-thump-thump thump-thump-thump-thump thump-thump-thump-thump thump-thump-thump-thump

The heartbeat was rapid and strong and ... not human.

My eyes shot open and I stood and pulled on the thread to the outside world. My host was tucked into a narrow alley with another young boy. His face ... he reminded me of ... "Shhh ..." the Doctor hissed in my host's ear. How could I know that he's the Doctor? But it's him, somehow I know it's him! He's young, yes, but it's definitely him! I felt a jolt of hope shoot through my chest. The Doctor hissed again, "Borusa's coming this way! If he catches us, we'll have to go back to the Academy!"

My knees gave way and I dropped back to the floor of the Mindscape. No, no ... it can't be ...

Throughout the centuries of chasing after the Doctor, I'd heard all of the stories of the Doctor's oldest friend. His first friend from the Time Lord Academy. Two of my previous hosts had barely survived meeting him. My hands gripped my hair as I shook my head. Not after all this. No, no ... it can't be him! I can’t be him!

thump-thump-thump-thump thump-thump-thump-thump thump-thump-thump-thump thump-thump-thump-thump

The Doctor grinned and grabbed my final host's hand, whispering, "when I count to four, run!"

... 

They say we are what we are, but we don’t have to be I’m bad behavior but I do it in the best way I’ll be the watcher (watcher) of the eternal flame I’ll be the guard dog of all your fever dreams

Oh, I am the sand in the bottom half of the hourglass, glass, glass Oh, I try to picture me without you, but I can’t

'Cause we could be immortals, immortals Just not for long, for long And live with me forever now ...

-Fall Out Boy, Immortals

[gallifreyanhotfive]

Random Doctor Who Facts You Might Not Know, Part 69

One time while escaping from a cell, Romana commented that it would be child's play to unlock the door with her sonic screwdriver. She then said it was literally child's play as doing so had been a game back on Gallifrey. (Audio: Subterranea)

One of Jamie's distant relations became a spy during World War II and used the name "the Doctor." (Audio: Operation Werewolf)

On his report, Borusa gave Theta Sigma a 7 in the subject of "Physical Inactivity." He commented that his pupil seems to think he is a mountain goat. (Short story: Report on Term's Work)

Memory lanterns are Time Lord devices that resemble paper lanterns but record an individual's thoughts and memories. During the Time War, many Gallifreyans released these lanterns as a desperate ploy to not be forgotten, as they thought they would all die. (Novel: Engines of War)

Ben, Polly, and Jamie played with a ouija board on the TARDIS. This caused a dark cloud from the time vortex to slip inside Jamie's mind, affecting his behavior. The Second Doctor banished the cloud by reading a recipe for Bajaxx stew written in Ancient Gallifreyan. (Short story: Something at the Door)

Jarra To killed the previous overseer of the Axis. Eventually, a Time Lord came to investigate, but they killed them. By the time the Fifth Doctor and his companions landed there, they described the corpse as "rank" with oozing flesh and insect larvae. (Audio: The Axis of Insanity)

After leaving Nyssa, Tegan, and Marc behind, the Fifth Doctor had several adventures on his own. Eventually, he encountered his Eleventh self, and he decided to return to his companions because he didn't want to be like him - companionless and disparaged in 1892. (Audio: Thin Time)

Time Vortex leeches live in the time vortex, and the Doctor had thought they were a myth from Ancient Gallifreyan songs until one of them clung to his Eleventh self's TARDIS exterior. (Comic: Space in Dimension Relative and Time)

One time, a man called Gaylord Lefevre played a game of cards against the Toymaker. He cheated and used a needle to mark cards, but the Toymaker was aware of this and altered his cards to be a hand full of jokers when Gaylord wasn't looking. The Toymaker claimed he wasn't cheating but instead following a new rule that Gaylord had introduced - that cheating was acceptable. (Comic: The Greatest Gamble)

Gallifrey has a transtube, which is basically an underground train. It has a central station under the Capitol. (Novel: The Ancestor Cell)

One time after the Seventh Doctor was knocked out, he drowsily told Ace that he had had a terrible dream. A man with ringlets had been reaching out to him, saying, "Come in, Number Seven, your time is up." He was talking about the Eighth Doctor. (Audio: The Silurian Candidate)

Maria Mazzini once commented on how powerful the Fifth Doctor's thighs were - after slapping them. (Audio: Serpent in the Silver Mask)

One time, the Fourth Doctor decided to take Sarah Jane to Geshtinanna. The journey in the TARDIS took nine weeks, during which both became bored and tired. While traveling in the time vortex, the clocks in the TARDIS all stopped, and the Doctor then detected the remains of another TARDIS in the vortex, trapped their because the pilot had made the mistake of locking their course. They were worried that they too had fallen to the same fate and were unable to change course, but when the day of materialization finally came, they successfully materialized. The Doctor realized that the TARDIS had stopped all the clocks out of respect for her fallen fellow TARDIS. Even after nine weeks of travel, they materialized nowhere close to Geshtinanna. (Short story: Eternity)

The Seventh Doctor has shifted his genetic makeup enough to disguise himself before and mimic someone else. He admitted that he learned this trick from the Master, who frequently used regeneration as a disguise. (Novel: Original Sin)

On Gallifrey, there are two hundred and eight tenses in their languages. They don't translate well. (Novel: The Crystal Bucephalus)

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[gallifreyinstituteforlearning]

So, uhm.

Who’s Borusa? Whats his deal with Rassilon?

Who is Borusa?

Borusa was a high-ranking and influential Time Lord on Gallifrey, having served as a tutor to the Doctor (and others like the Master and Romana) and held important positions such as Cardinal, Chancellor, and eventually Lord President. He was a staunch traditionalist and an authority figure who valued power, stability, and Gallifrey's traditions.

🎓 Borusa as the Doctor's Mentor

Back when the Doctor was a young scallywag at the Academy, Borusa was the strict teacher trying to keep him in line. He was all about tradition, rules, and Gallifreyan superiority. He wasn't a fan of the Doctor's rebellious nature and often gave him a hard time (even when the Doctor saved Gallifrey from the Master, Borusa only gave him a 'nine out of ten' for it).

💼 Borusa's Ambition and Fall

Though Borusa started out as a respected leader, his ambition ultimately led him down a dangerous path. Obsessed with Gallifreyan tradition and convinced that he alone should rule Gallifrey forever, Borusa sought immortality. He orchestrated a massive plot involving the Doctor's past selves, believing that gaining eternal life from Rassilon would solidify his rule.

Unfortunately for him, it was all a trap. Instead of ruling Gallifrey for eternity, Borusa was imprisoned as a statue in Rassilon's tomb—stuck in stone but still with a consciousness, which is quite possibly the most disturbing thing that's ever happened, like, ever, in anything, and I'm still having nightmares about it.

💥Final Chapter

The story doesn't end there, though. During the Last Great Time War, Rassilon freed Borusa from his stone prison, though had no intention of giving Borusa his freedom—he needed him as a tool for his own schemes. Borusa's mind and body were constantly regenerated to predict the best outcomes in the war, suffering through countless transformations. He was eventually freed from this misery by the War Doctor.

Funnily enough, Borusa, who had once sought immortality for personal glory, finally found peace in death—choosing to sacrifice himself.

🏫So ...

Borusa started out as a strict, by-the-book leader and mentor, but his ambition drove him to seek ultimate power, which led to his downfall. He was eventually tricked by Rassilon and trapped in eternal imprisonment as a cautionary tale about the dangers of unchecked ambition.

Related:

💬|👤👑Why is Rassilon everywhere?: Who Rassilon is and why he’s so important.

💬|👤🔥Who/What is Lord Burner?: Looking at the entirely fictional role of the entirely fictional Lord Burner.

💬|👤💂Who is Commander Maxil?: Looking at Gallifrey’s resident jobsworth.

Hope that helped! 😃

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I really love to heal my own parent issues by imagining the relationship between Borusa and a young Ushas. Here are some headcanons:

>Borusa isn’t stupid when it comes to kids and how they see adults and what they need from them. He’s one of the few Academy Tutors and Advisors to not mention Ushas’ Parents after they died. Instead, he helps her with class work she’s missed, talks about what silly things the grownups have done in the Panopticon. He’s a distraction and Ushas is relieved to not have to talk about the uncomfortable stuff for once. He doesn’t need to hear how she feels, he knows already that she is devastated and lost. He can feel it telepathically from her and although it hurts him to see a student so broken a hurt he continues to work with her.

>Ushas going to his office sometimes after having a meltdown or getting memories of her parents triggered and sitting with her knees curled to her chest or with a blanket. Borusa doesn’t force an answer or explanation he just offers her water, tea,or a snack and continues grading his graduate level class assignments. He brings out paper for her to draw her dinosaurs or scribble her anger out.

>Ushas sometimes talks to him and Borusa listens patiently and is very upfront about his inability to exactly empathize with her situation as his parents were never close with him at all. Ushas in a way feels listened to abd feels validated. Her situation is unique and she’s tired of therapists and teachers claiming to understand her complex emotions. How can they when they haven’t lived through it?

>When Ushas gets older and begins to cause trouble like all of the Deca she often breaks and admits to the prank at the mere mention from a disciplinary officer of telling Borusa of her actions. He’s the one person not in the science department who she respects.

>Even as a young adult she likes to sit in his office and ask about what is going on with all of the Cardinals and their drama. Borusa shares only stories from non teachers for obvious reasons. It’s very relaxing and helps her anxiety to hear about the stupid Timelords and their dumb bills.

>Ushas gets very mad when she has to share Borusa with Jelpax. She usually grumbles and leaves early “He’s in my chair!”

Okay now a sad one

>when Ushas is held trial for her crimes and the verdict of “exile” is read for the first time Borusa who of course is present to watch, audibly gasps and holds his head in his hands. As she is formally exiled off the planet, like an exile the high council stands in formal attire to watch. Before she is transported off the system, they turn to face away from her. Borusa is the last to do so. The expression of pure pain and, for the first time anyone has ever seen since the Morbius era, tears falling down his face publicly before turning away is the face that haunts the Rani for the rest of her lives. It is that day Borusa takes an extended leave of absence for the first time in his career as the mere sight of her in her student uniform in his index of former students was enough to make him weep in his office.

Okay sorry for that lol. Here ya go @starryeyedgazer time to be sad lol

[gallifreyanhotfive]

I have more energy again! That means more Academy Era facts! Admittedly, not all of these are explicitly Academy Era, but they are all facts that in my opinion provide useful insight to the early life of the Doctor.

I cannot believe I haven't mentioned the Other yet! The Other was one of the Founders of Gallifrey. He grew really tired of Rassilon's devolvement into tyranny and blamed himself for everything happening to Gallifrey, so he threw himself into the Looms to await future reconstitution. He eventually was re-loomed and became the Doctor. (Novel: Lungbarrow)

The Doctor's name day just so happens to coincide with Otherstide too. (Novel: Lungbarrow)

When Quences tried to get Theta to return home for Otherstide and his name day by sending Badger, Theta said that the family could "go and rot." (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

There are several curse words derived from the Other's name, such as "othering" and "otheringly" (Novel: Lungbarrow) as well as "otherf*****." (Novel: The Shadows of Avalon)

Other students often looked at the Deca in contempt and envy because of their intellectual standing. Koschei could shrug this off, but Theta Sigma found it distressing. (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

Borusa tried to teach Theta Sigma to at least appear to respect tradition, even if he didn't actually. (Comic: Vortex Butterflies)

During part of the Academy Era, the Lord President of Gallifrey was named Drall. (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

Innocet was said to be pretty much the only cousin of Theta's to be nice to him in his youth. (Novel: Lungbarrow)

Drax and Jelpax did not live in the Academy dorms like the rest of the Deca. (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

The Eighth Doctor could remember his father holding him up to see the stars. (Novel: The Eight Doctors)

Koschei and Theta were taught about High Vectors from Borusa. High Vectors are an ancient and powerful force that would one day take part in the Last Great Time War. (Audio: The Last Line)

Borusa taught Theta to always take control of the situation, not let the situation take control of him. (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

Badger would often wear Theta Sigma's waistcoats, much to his chagrin, despite Theta offering to get him his own. Considering Badger was an Avatroid, wearing Theta's waistcoats meant that they always tore when he did so, but this never stopped Badger from wearing another. (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

Badger does not like being called a pet and according to Theta sometimes gets angry when called such. (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

Apparently, the members of the Deca used to scream vulgarities at the sky while roaming the fields of Gallifrey. (Short story: Report on Term's Work)

Koschei called Mortimus "aerial ears" at least once but probably a lot more than that because of Mortimus's affinity for eavesdropping. (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

Braxiatel was called "the Icicle" while he attended the Academy. (Audio: Lies)

Theta Sigma was nicknamed "Wormhole" because he had a belly button. No loomed Gallifreyan would have one. (Novel: Lungbarrow, Divided Loyalties)

In addition to "Wormhole," he was also sometimes called "Snail." (Novel: Lungbarrow, Divided Loyalties)

An elective semantectomy is a process in which a Gallifreyan removes their name from history and replaces it with some sort of title. I will further explain below.

Koschei and Theta Sigma erased their names from history as children. Only they remember it. (Audio: Blood of the Time Lords) There are accounts, however, of others knowing these names.

Another account of elective semantectomy saw a young Doctor, perhaps Theta Sigma, breaking his name into 38 pieces. It apparently made a sound similar to a wine glass breaking. He quietly gave these pieces to people he met while traveling. Apparently, his name continued to grow inside these people and made them bigger and better than they had been before. (Novel: Return of the Living Dad)

Yet another account states that the Doctor lost his true name after Quences disinherited him from the House of Lungbarrow. (Novel: Lungbarrow).

Furthermore, an account suggests that in one potential origin is that the Doctor's father, sometimes called Ulysses or Daniel Joyce, and the Doctor's names were both banned for consorting with aliens. Another origin is that Ulysses erased himself from every file. (Novel: Unnatural History)

I've mentioned the Doctor having parents as well as the Doctor being loomed. In reality, the Doctor's timeline has been manipulated so many times and warped in so many ways that he can remember both, but he isn't sure which is the 'dream.' (Novel: The Shadows of Avalon). This leads some details of the Academy Era open to interpretation as well as explains why there are so many origin stories, as the same logic can be applied to all of the Doctor's origin stories.

On that same note, the child of Leela and Andred is implied to be the Doctor. Or, this child would eventually travel to the Dark Times, become the Other, throw themselves into the Looms, and then become the Doctor. (Novel: Lungbarrow)

Koschei's name is purportedly a "string of mellifluous syllables." (Novel: Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons)

Cavis's father would sometimes visit the House of Lungbarrow, perhaps taking her with him. The Eighth Doctor thought she potentially encountered Theta Sigma during one of these occasions. (Novel: The Shadows of Avalon)

Drax's inquisitive nature often led to questionable, if not illegal activities, such as wanting to go after the relics. Jelpax was quite distressed by this idea, as the relics needed to be maintained for future generations to learn from. (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

Many of the surviving members of the House of Lungbarrow were thought to have eventually scattered or joined the Faction Paradox. (This, of course, happened after the collapse of the House of Lungbarrow and is thus not in the Academy Era, but it concerns the fate of many individuals who would have been around in that era. I'm thus including it anyway because I like this fact lol). (Short story: Crimes Against History)

After Rallon seemingly disappeared, his body being taken by the Toymaker, and seeing the white nothingness of the Toyroom, Millennia asked if they could go home now, clutching her knees to her chest and rocking back and forth. (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

Theta Sigma once wrote a paper on the intricacies of love at the Academy and came to the conclusion that it was nothing but chemicals. He failed this assignment because his professor said he missed the point entirely. (Audio: The Wormery)

There was a bit of an age gap between Rallon and Millennia. (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

Vansell, Ushas, and Rallon were an entire semester ahead of the rest of the Deca. (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

Satthralope thought that Theta (and the Doctor of course) was a "disappointment to the House" and a "wretched child." (Novel: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible)

She also called him "monstrous" on occasion (especually when she found out that the Doctor had left Gallifrey while the House of Lungbarrow was buried). (Novel: Lungbarrow)

Magnus had an incredibly commanding personality and was able to get others to listen to him very easily with little to no argument. Koschei commented on how much he wanted to learn how he does that. (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

The Housekeeper of a Great House was a member who served as a medium between the cousins and the sentient House. They are considered to be literally married to the House and can control the furniture and the drudges. They can also look through the mirrors as though they were security cameras. (Novel: Lungbarrow)

There is a quota of 45 members for the House of Lungbarrow. (Novel: Lungbarrow)

Rallon was big in stature. Theta had observed that Rallon's hand was bigger than both of his put side by side, which had the added effect of Rallon's "gentle pats" feeling like he got hit with a skimmer. (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

Two members of the CIA from the future knew that Mortimus would be troublesome after he left Gallifrey. They also knew that another Deca member had an important destiny and identified this individual as Theta Sigma. This is why Vansell was sent to watch him. (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

Savar once beat Theta Sigma at chess so badly that Theta almost cried from the humiliation. (Novel: The Infinity Doctors)

Following Theta's public humiliation by Delox, his breakdown, and his decision to do something no other Time Lord had done before (aka the lead up to the Toymaker incident), he told the rest of the Deca that if they don't prove that the universe deserves to be explored rather than watched and observed, they might as well die right then and there. (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

Tebediatroculozan attended the Academy at the same time as the Deca and had several classes with Theta Sigma. He was incredibly jealous of the adventures Theta was having. (Short story: Seven Deadly Sins)

As a child, Theta Sigma would play in the tunnels underneath the Panopticon. (Audio: Order of the Daleks)

Some students at the Academy have already symbiotically bonded to a TARDIS. For these students, the Academy has a TARDIS cradle. (Audio: The Apocalypse Element)

Theta Sigma had bonded to a Type 50 TARDIS before running away from Gallifrey and establishing himself as the Doctor. This TARDIS felt spurned and angry that the Doctor had stolen an "inferior" Type 40 to run away with and also left the planet. She crashed, was unable to leave the planet she was on, began rebuilding herself with paradox energy, and eventually died when she got caught in one of the paradoxes. (Audio: Prisoners of Fate)

Upon being admitted to the Academy, recognition codes are sewn into the students' DNA. (Novel: Interference- Book One)

Theta Sigma - and probably his friends if I'm completely honest (have you seen these guys) - would ride vortisaurs bareback at the Academy. Vortisaurs are creatures that live in the time vortex, and they kind of look like pterodactyls. (Audio: Storm Warning)

When Theta Sigma played zero-grav hyperball, he would always cheat by making the ball stick to his teammates' hands. (Audio: The Eleven)

Theta Sigma played a female incarnation of Omega in a school play. (Short story: He's Behind You)

Lady Genniploritreludar taught stellar engineering at the Academy, apparently with a droning voice. She taught Theta Sigma, calling him by that nickname whenever she asked him to pay attention. (Novel: Original Sin)

"Rallon" is short for "Rallonwashatellaraw." (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

"Vansell" is short for "Vansellostophossius." (Audio: Neverland)

Neither of Theta's parents taught him what sex was or where babies came from. His mother told him they came from storks, but Theta knew this could not be true because he did not see storks often enough for that to be the case. He then decided to watch a neighbor's house because he had heard that a baby was due. He watched the midwife go in and eventually heard the baby start to cry, so he came to the logical conclusion that the midwife must have brought the baby into the house in their bag. (Novel: The Twin Dilemma)

What Stories Are About the Academy Era? A Guide

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Context:

Stories set in the Academy Era/Otherwise Early Days are sparse to say the least (even Divided Loyalties only shows you the Academy through a dream), but you can actually piece together a pretty decent chunk of the Doctor’s early life (while it still remaining very mysterious) using the Expanded Universe. I've done a lot of infodumping in my time, so I'll do my best here by typing up my personal reference guide to this era. Anyway:

Theta Sigma and his friends would attempt to climb Mount Cadon. At the peak, you could apparently see all of time, but they never got to the top because of hallucinogenic snow. While attempting such a climb, Vansell broke his leg, and Theta Sigma fixed it with a time bubble he made from a sonic wrench and some twine. (Audio: Devil in the Mist)

Theta Sigma and Koschei traveled into the past of Gallifrey in search of Valdemar. Theta was horrified by the power that Valdemar represented, but Koschei was intrigued. (Novel: Tomb of Valdemar)

Theta Sigma time-locked his dorm room so thoroughly that even centuries after he graduated they hadn't managed to undo it. (Audio: Time in Office)

Theta Sigma also once used the food machine to get mercury for his own science projects and in doing so almost caused his professor to regenerate. (Audio: Time in Office)

At some point, Theta Sigma and Koschei traveled to the planet Machasma and used sonic agitation to get them out of trouble. (Audio: Darkness and Light)

Theta Sigma, Koschei, and three others were part of a band called the Gallifrey Academy Hot Five (see: my username). Theta Sigma played the perigosto sticks, and Koschei played the drums. (Novel: Deadly Reunion)

Millennia came from a wealthy family and was gifted in temporal engineering. She and Rallon had a "thing" for each other (wink wink) (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

Theta Sigma once made High Tutor Albrecht regenerate in an incident involving a perigosto stick and a temporal feedback loop. He was reprimanded by Borusa for this. (Novel: The Time Lord Letters)

Koschei was obsessed with the Necronomicon. (Short story: The Nameless City)

Runcible was the hall monitor at the Academy and regularly got into conflicts with the Deca because it was his job to make sure students were in bed after dark. They have mutual hatred of each other. (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

Indeed, the Master would one day stab him in the back and kill him. (Television: The Deadly Assassin)

Drax built a skimmer and would sometimes use it to take Jelpax home because they lived close to each other. (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

Theta Sigma attended Ushas's 94th birthday party. (Novel: The Death of Art)

Theta Sigma engineered a dangerous bacteria that rendered all multicellular life that came in contact with it comatose. This was a huge scandal on Gallifrey, and the Academy thoroughly hushed it up and had all samples destroyed. However, Ushas kept a sample and would one day use it in a scheme as the Rani. (Audio: Planet of the Rani)

Koschei taught Theta Sigma hypnosis. He'd also hypnotize others a lot because he thought it was amusing. (Novel: The Dark Path)

Mortimus once asked Ushas out but was so thoroughly rejected that he thought she wasn't interested in dating at all. Unbeknownst to him, Ushas later had a relationship with Magnus. (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

Theta Sigma and Koschei were bullied by Torvic. Theta was eventually forced to kill Torvic to save Koschei's life, but when Death came to offer Theta to be their disciple, he had Koschei take his place. He forgot about this deal and lived for centuries under the impression that their places had been swapped and that it had been Koschei to kill Torvic. (Audio: Master)

Despite this, he apparently drew pictures of Torvic in his diary. (Short story: The Three Paths)

Theta Sigma was also bullied by Anzor at the Academy. Anzor would use a galvanizer to make Theta do his navigational homework. He also turned another student named Cheevah into a crystal and threw him off a bell tower. (Audio/Novel: Mission to Magnus)

Koschei was in charge of organizing the end of term parties, but the Eighth Doctor recalled that they weren’t good. (Comic: The Glorious Dead)

Theta Sigma and Koschei would sneak out of the Capitol and go drinking with the Shobogans. (Novel: The Eight Doctors)

Theta Sigma was given an avatroid named Badger as a young child to act as his friend, protector, and tutor. He apparently gives bone crushing hugs. (Novel: Lungbarrow)

Theta Sigma did not have a good relationship with most of the House of Lungbarrow. Indeed, his first memory is of Satthralope smacking him so hard he could not walk afterwards. (Audio/Novel: Cold Fusion)

Satthralope would also let the drudges attack Theta if he refused to come to dinner. Drudges are basically servants of the Houses, about two and a half meters tall, and strong enough to hold a fully grown Time Lord in one arm. (Novel: Lungbarrow)

One time, those at the House of Lungbarrow wanted Theta Sigma to return home for Otherstide and even sent Badger to collect him. Theta refused, so they contacted his professor Delox, who proceeded to expel him from her classroom after chastising him on his family in front of the entire class. After this, Theta appeared to exhibit many of the signs I associate with a nervous breakdown. Distressed, Theta came up with an idea that would prove he wasn't what they all said he was - he would go after the Toymaker. (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

Millennia and Rallon were the only two to join him on this trip, the rest of the Deca thinking them mad. They stole a Type 18 TARDIS, and after making it to the Toyroom, Rallon's body was basically immediately taken over by the Toymaker. The Toymaker had Theta play a game of Capture the Flag. He turned Millennia into one of his dolls, and Theta returned to Gallifrey, the only survivor. (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

Because of these events, Theta was put on trial. The only two to attend this trial to support Theta were Jelpax and Magnus. Vansell showed up but only to reveal that he had been working with the CIA, having been tasked with watching Theta. Koschei and Ushas had been off working on a research project at the time. (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

While Theta, Rallon, and Millennia were gone, Mortimus ran away from Gallifrey, which made many think he had gone with them, and eventually also ended up in the Toyroom. (Novel: Divided Loyalties) Other accounts suggest Mortimus left Gallifrey later, so perhaps he returned after this trip.

Theta Sigma was on the same zero-grav hyperball team as Padrac, who he called "Paddy." (Audio: The Eleven)

Theta and Koschei's "kindergarten spat" apparently almost destroyed the planet. During this time, Theta used to call Koschei "Scabby Knees." (Audio: Blood of the Time Lords)

Theta Sigma had no friends in his very early life. Instead of creating imaginary friends, he had an imaginary enemy called Mandrake. Mandrake was actually a dead lizard he pinned to an engine part that Theta would defeat using a stick. (Audio: The Widow's Assassin)

There was a Hermit who lived behind the House of Lungbarrow on the mountain. Theta Sigma once went to him, depressed and full of despair, and the Hermit showed him hope in yellow flowers. (Television: The Time Monster)

Shimmerlings live in the time vortex, but after a storm, they were stranded on Gallifrey and dying. A very young Theta Sigma saw the Hermit throwing them into the Untempered Schism to save them. Theta asked him what was the point because he wouldn't be able to save them all before they died, and the Hermit taught him the value in saving who he could, despite not being able to save everyone. (Audio: Crossed Lines)

Theta Sigma was the Time Tot Hide And Seek Champion for 42 years in a row, which apparently drove Ushas nuts. (Comic: Weapons of Past Destruction)

When Maris - a retired CIA agent - was hired to find out where Theta Sigma, now probably the Doctor, had run off to in the TARDIS, Ushas and Koschei kidnapped her, interrogated her in an attempt to find where the Doctor had gone, and eventually almost killed her when she knew nothing (she was extracted from the situation before she could be murdered). (Short story: Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir)

After graduating, Magnus rose quickly in Time Lord society, which Borusa felt threatened by. Borusa had the CIA manufacture evidence implicating Magnus in treason, leading to him fleeing Gallifrey and becoming a renegade. (Novel: Timewyrm: Exodus)

Koschei befriended a professor at the Academy named Salyavin because he wanted access to the restricted libraries. He wanted to find The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey, an act which was illegal. Salyavin took the blame for this, was sent to Shada, and stole the book (since he was condemned anyway, he might as well). (Short story: The Legacy of Gallifrey)

Theta Sigma and Ruath, another student at the Academy who was obsessed with vampires, once electrified Borusa's perigosto stick. (Novel: Goth Opera)

After the Academy, Koschei attended a ritual with Theta Sigma and Susan, then likely called Arkytior, in Arcadia. Here, he gave her a toy, which was actually a communication node that he planned to use to find Theta and her if they ever left Gallifrey. (Audio: The Toy)

According to one account, Koschei led students at the Academy in a coup against Lord President Pundat the Third and tried to convince Theta Sigma to join. Pundat died of stress soon after the revolt and was replaced with Chancellor Slann. There was a second coup, but they were overheard by the authorities trying to yet again convince Theta to help. After each coup, there were bloody reprisals against the students, but Theta, who was not involved, had his memory wiped. Koschei assassinated Slann, but the students weren't ready for another go. He ended up fleeing Gallifrey. (Short story: Birth of a Renegade) There are, however, many other accounts of him fleeing Gallifrey.

Koschei and a "friend" were locked in a bathroom of a bar in the Tower by the Time Lords after a prank gone wrong. The two fought, and the friend left Koschei behind in the Tower, where he remained locked in for centuries. (Short story: Rebel Rebel)

Theta called Vansell "Nosebung" and continued to do so for centuries. (Audio: Neverland)

Theta Sigma came in fourth place in the Time Lord Academy Sprint Championship. (Comic: Space in Dimension Relative in Time)

Theta Sigma fed a snapping wart fowl to Valyes's summer project, and Valyes still holds a grudge over this. (Audio: The Next Life)

Flubbles are koala-like animals with six legs. Theta Sigma used to keep one under his bed at the Academy as an illegal pet. He almost got caught when she went into heat and started performing her mating call. (Novel: Island of Death)

Theta Sigma used to chase tafelshrews - a species almost like rodents - through the snow of Mount Cadon. (Short story: The Three Paths)

By some accounts, Theta Sigma was loomed, and by some, he had parents. In a version where he had parents, his father and Mr. Saldaamir were once working in the House and were therefore ignoring Theta. Because of this, Theta, at this point a small child, caught a cobblemouse and set it loose in the House, interrupting their plans. (Novel: Unnatural History)

A cousin of Theta's - Glospin - used to bully him quite a lot. He once claimed to find evidence in the Loom pointing to the fact that Theta did not belong in the House of Lungbarrow. If this was believed, Theta Sigma would have been executed. This caused the two to have a physical altercation. (Novel: Lungbarrow)

During this fight, Glospin got a genetic sample from Theta, allowing him to force a regeneration into a Theta lookalike. Then, Glospin murdered Quences, the Kithriarch of the House of Lungbarrow (basically the head of the family), before regenerating again, thus framing Theta for the murder. This was because Glospin wanted to become the next Kithriarch instead of Theta, but because of this, the House of Lungbarrow buried themself (the Houses are sentient, did I mention that?) for centuries. (Novel: Lungbarrow)

Despite doting on Theta (and Theta generally being his favorite), Quences had been convinced by Satthralope to disown him when he announced he didn't want to be a Lord Cardinal. (Novel: Lungbarrow)

Some of Theta's cousins include Quences, Satthralope, Glospin, Innocet, Arkhew, Owis, Salpash, Luton, Rynde, Jobiska, Maljamin, Farg, Celesia, Chovor, DeRoosifa, and Almund. (Novel: Lungbarrow)

Grandfather Paradox was also of the House of Lungbarrow from the same generation as Theta, but of course, he never actually existed. (Novel: Christmas on a Rational Planet)

Pandad VII issued a Burn Edict on Braxiatel, but Braxiatel killed his would be assassin. As punishment, Braxiatel was forced to take up the mantle of Lord Burner for some time, the personal assassin for Lord President Pandad VII. He was ordered to erase an old man and his granddaughter (wink wink) who were fleeing Gallifrey from history but refused to do so and let them go free. That very same day, Pandad died when a power relay that was in his office overloaded, but an inquiry led by Braxiatel found that this was an accident. Just an accident. Nothing shady going on here. (Audio: Disassembled)

Magnus tried to drain the Artron energy from a giant sphere from the time vortex. Theta Sigma opposed him and used the gun of a member of the Chancellery Guard to stop him from draining the energy because he had learned that the energy was alive. This set the energy free. Magnus never forgave him for this, and their friendship ended. (Comic: Flashback)

Theta Sigma had a great aunt lived in a house high in the mountains. She would sing him lullabies. The Eighth Doctor said she was "terrible." (Audio: Together in Eclectic Dreams)

Anyhow, I'm spent, so I'll post this now. Might add on some more later lmaoooo