Gallifrey
Gallifrey is the fictional home planet of the Time Lords in the British television series *Doctor Who*.
It serves as the birthplace of the Doctor, the show's protagonist.
The name appears in discussions of the show's lore and mythology: The Doctor can never return to Gallifrey.
Fans use it as cultural shorthand for the series itself.
- Time LordGallifreyan with regeneration ability
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- High CouncilSenior leadership assembly
- CitadelNamed financial powerhouse
Capitol · Matrix · Daleks · companions · sonic screwdriver
Movement across temporal points
- vortexRotating fluid column
- continuumUninterrupted, gradual sequence
- chronologyTemporal ordering of events
- temporalRelating to chronology
paradox · causality · timeline · fixed point · flux · loop · anomaly · fourth dimension
Star-orbiting spherical body
- originStarting point or source
- birthplaceLocation of one's birth
- civilizationAdvanced organized human society
- societyOrganized communal human existence
culture · silver trees · mountains · dome · sanctuary · exile · return · destruction
Unverified traditional tale
- mythosBody of foundational legends
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
- lost civilizationAncient society now gone
- AtlantisMythical sunken island
Avalon · Shangri-La · Utopia · hidden realm · ancient · forbidden · sacred · mysterious
TARDIS
- Time LordGallifreyan with regeneration ability
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- High CouncilSenior leadership assembly
Citadel · Capitol · Matrix · Daleks · companions · sonic screwdriver
time travel
Movement across temporal points
- vortexRotating fluid column
- continuumUninterrupted, gradual sequence
- chronologyTemporal ordering of events
temporal · paradox · causality · timeline · fixed point · flux · loop · anomaly · fourth dimension · relativity
planet
Star-orbiting spherical body
- originStarting point or source
- birthplaceLocation of one's birth
- civilizationAdvanced organized human society
society · culture · silver trees · mountains · dome · sanctuary · exile · return · destruction · burning
legend
Unverified traditional tale
- mythosBody of foundational legends
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
- lost civilizationAncient society now gone
Atlantis · Avalon · Shangri-La · Utopia · hidden realm · ancient · forbidden · sacred · mysterious · vanished