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Can you tell a distinctive features of gallifreyan kids from newborn to teens,bodily(biological),psychological and social?

What are the distinctive features of Gallifreyan children and teenagers?

Gallifreyan childhood is more of a slow bake than a two-minute microwave job. Unlike human kids who race through two decades, Gallifreyans develop over about a hundred years, with huge changes in physiology, psychology, and social roles.

👶 Infant

Biological:

Oldbloods may have only one heart until their first regeneration.

Baseline temperature is higher (16.5–20.5°C) and metabolic activity is rapid.

Highly vulnerable to cold, due to underdeveloped internal regulation systems.

Rapid cellular development.

Motor skills are still refining.

Psychological:

Demonstrates early cognitive ability beyond human standards—memory retention and puzzle-solving are noticeably sharp.

Early expression of genetic instincts, like unease near time anomalies or innate threat recognition.

Psionics not yet under control—leakage or feedback may occur, but is usually minor.

Social:

Raised communally by their House, with early life focused on tutors and caretakers rather than a family construct.

Social contact is minimal and highly structured; play exists, but it's closer to enrichment activities than fun.

🧒 Child

Biological:

Enhanced healing and notable physical resilience.

Still vulnerable to the cold and sleep as much as human children.

Psionic activity becomes more erratic—false positives in consciousness tests are likely common due to unstable telepathy.

Psychological:

Developing emotional regulation but prone to psionic outbursts or passive telepathic bleed-through.

Memory probably becomes extremely long-term oriented—what they learn here may last through multiple incarnations.

Time sense may begin to stir, often without explanation or awareness.

Social:

Around 8, they're pulled from their House and placed into an Academy. This is abrupt, isolating, and an honour.

Children are sorted into Chapters, which shapes their sense of identity.

Expect fierce academic competition, House pride, and low tolerance for anyone not conforming.

🧑 Teenager

Biological:

Will appear 16–18 for decades.

Healing abilities and stamina are high; cardiovascular resilience becomes adult-standard.

Sleep as much as human teenagers.

Psionics stabilise just enough to be dangerous—sudden bursts of clarity, and accidental mind-reading or thought broadcasts are all possible if they're not paying attention in psionics class.

Psychological:

Time sense begins to assert itself, causing temporal dysregulation, especially during stress.

Puberty is complex—neural rewiring occurs, and with it comes emotional extremes, sensory overload, and identity instability.

Social:

Teen Gallifreyans begin to really self-define. Many will conform, some will not...

🏫 So…

Gallifreyan children are not smaller Time Lords. They're complex, biologically volatile beings navigating psionic development, sensory overload, time perception, and cultural rigidity. They build themselves over a century, and their Houses keep a very close eye on what they're building.

Related:

💬|🍼👽How long would it take for a Gallifreyan-Human hybrid child to realise they're not human?: All the little clues a new hybrid might pick up on as they grow.

💬|🧸🏡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 Gallifreyan teenagers like?: Talking about the strange world of Gallifreyan adolescence.

Hope that helped! 😃

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