The Time Lords were named and introduced in 1969s The War Games,Patrick Troughtons final story.
Brutal pragmatists, then?
Certainly when we see them after this, they maintain this sense of power and detachment.
In The Three Doctors they attempt to overcome Omegas power by sending multiple incarnations of the Doctor into action.
Its staid, complacent, but also could remove your planet from existence if it wanted.
Monitoring Fixed Points in Time
We know Time Lords perceive time differently to humans.
Then they died, and took it all with them.
Walls of reality closed, the worlds were sealed.).
What About the Day-to-Day?
Why did you run away from them in the first place?
Well, I was bored.
Its the Gallifrey stories after The Deadly Assassin where things start to get really mundane.
After that, the depiction of Gallifrey really heightens the tedium.
In The Invasion of Time we get to see, among other things, a Time Ladys day-job.
Her job is to watch and, presumably, maintain excellent bladder control.
Romana,the Doctors companionfrom Seasons 16 18, worked in the bureau of ancient records for a time.
What this means, essentially, is database maintenance.
Talor is killed early on, his last words unfortunately being Impulse laser?
something akin to Ned Starks last words being Big axe?
Actually being a Time Lord or Lady sounds like for the most part administrative tedium with unreliable bosses.
The implication of the ending of Kill the Moon is that the Doctor can sense future timelines.
you could see why the show has moved away from stories set on Gallifrey.
The whole reason the show is fun is because the main character specifically chosenotto stay on Gallifrey.
Doctor Who returns to BBC One, BBC iPlayer and Disney+ in November for three 60thanniversary specials.
