Time Lord

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Doctor Who species fictional species humanoid species time-traveling species

A Time Lord is a fictional, time-traveling humanoid species from the planet Gallifrey in the Doctor Who universe, known for their ability to regenerate and their mastery of time and space.

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All labels observed (20)

Label	Occurrences
Time Lords	147
Time Lord canonical	39
Time Lords of Gallifrey	4
the Time Lords	4
Rassilon	2
The Time Lords	2
Time Lord civilization	2
Time Lord society	2
Doctor Who	1
Gallifreyan machinery	1
High Council of Time Lords	1
Renegade Time Lord	1
The Doctor	1
The Woman in "Doctor Who" (The End of Time)	1
Time Lord known as the Master	1
Time Lord organization	1
Time Lord security forces	1
Time Lord society of Gallifrey	1
Time Lords of Gallifrey (former)	1
the Doctor	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T120018 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Time Lord
Context triple: [Doctor Who, featuresSpecies, Time Lord]

A. Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television series that follows the time-traveling adventures of the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who explores the universe in the TARDIS.
B. Gallifrey
Gallifrey is the fictional home planet of the Time Lords in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
C. Torchwood
Torchwood is a British science fiction television series that follows a secret organization investigating extraterrestrial and supernatural phenomena in the same universe as Doctor Who.
D. Journeys in Space and Time
"Journeys in Space and Time" is a notable episode of the science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the nature of space-time, relativity, and the vast scales of the universe.
E. Arthur Dent
Arthur Dent is the bewildered everyman protagonist of Douglas Adams' comic science fiction series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," who is swept off Earth just before its destruction and thrust into absurd intergalactic adventures.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Time Lord
Target entity description: A Time Lord is a fictional, time-traveling humanoid species from the planet Gallifrey in the Doctor Who universe, known for their ability to regenerate and their mastery of time and space.

A. Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television series that follows the time-traveling adventures of the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who explores the universe in the TARDIS.
B. Gallifrey
Gallifrey is the fictional home planet of the Time Lords in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
C. Torchwood
Torchwood is a British science fiction television series that follows a secret organization investigating extraterrestrial and supernatural phenomena in the same universe as Doctor Who.
D. Journeys in Space and Time
"Journeys in Space and Time" is a notable episode of the science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the nature of space-time, relativity, and the vast scales of the universe.
E. Arthur Dent
Arthur Dent is the bewildered everyman protagonist of Douglas Adams' comic science fiction series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," who is swept off Earth just before its destruction and thrust into absurd intergalactic adventures.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (73)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Doctor Who species ⓘ fictional species ⓘ humanoid species ⓘ time-traveling species ⓘ
ability	non-linear time perception ⓘ regeneration ⓘ time manipulation ⓘ time travel ⓘ use of TARDIS technology ⓘ
capitalCity	Capitol ⓘ Citadel of the Time Lords ⓘ
chapter	Arcalian Chapter ⓘ Cerulean Chapter ⓘ Patrex Chapter ⓘ Prydonian Chapter ⓘ Scendles Chapter ⓘ
conflict	Last Great Time War ⓘ
creatorInUniverse	Omega ⓘ Time Lord self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rassilon the Other ⓘ
culture	non-interference policy ⓘ
distinguishingFeature	ability to change personality on regeneration ⓘ ability to change physical appearance on regeneration ⓘ binary vascular system ⓘ extended lifespan ⓘ regenerative biology ⓘ resistance to many human diseases ⓘ resistance to radiation ⓘ two hearts ⓘ
education	Time Lord Academy initiation at young age ⓘ
enemy	Cybermen ⓘ Daleks ⓘ Time Lords opposed to the Doctor ⓘ Weeping Angels ⓘ
fictionalMedium	television series ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Doctor Who ⓘ
firstAppearanceEpisode	The Time Meddler ⓘ
firstAppearanceWork	Doctor Who ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear	1965 ⓘ
galacticLocation	Kasterborous constellation ⓘ Kasterborous constellation ⓘ surface form: Kasterborous system
genre	science fiction ⓘ
government	Time Lord self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: High Council of Time Lords
homeworld	Gallifrey ⓘ
keyConcept	Eye of Harmony ⓘ Matrix (Time Lord data store) ⓘ Seal of Rassilon ⓘ surface form: Rassilon Imprimatur Regeneration Cycle ⓘ Time Vortex ⓘ
language	Gallifreyan ⓘ
law	Laws of Time ⓘ surface form: First Law of Time Laws of Time ⓘ
narrativeRole	central species in Doctor Who mythology ⓘ
notableMember	Omega ⓘ Time Lord self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rassilon Romana ⓘ the Corsair ⓘ Doctor Who ⓘ surface form: the Doctor The Master ⓘ surface form: the Master the Rani ⓘ the War Doctor ⓘ
organization	Citadel of the Time Lords ⓘ surface form: Time Lord Academy
planetRegion	Continent of Wild Endeavour ⓘ
publisher	BBC ⓘ
regenerationLimit	13 incarnations ⓘ originally 12 regenerations ⓘ
regenerationRetcon	limit later extended in canon ⓘ
socialStructure	Chapters ⓘ Houses ⓘ
statusInCanon	often considered extinct after the Time War ⓘ
symbol	Seal of Rassilon ⓘ
technology	TARDIS ⓘ time capsule ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (214)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Doctor Who → featuresSpecies → Time Lord ⓘ

Time Lord → government → Time Lord self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Council of Time Lords

Time Lord → creatorInUniverse → Time Lord self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rassilon

Time Lord → notableMember → Time Lord self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rassilon

The Master → species → Time Lord ⓘ

Claire Bloom → notableRole → Time Lord ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Woman in "Doctor Who" (The End of Time)

Cybermen → enemyOf → Time Lord ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Doctor

Cybermen → enemyOf → Time Lord ⓘ