Is everyone on Gallifrey a Time Lord?

The basic idea is that all natives of Gallifrey are Gallifreyans, but only those who pass through the Time Lord Academy are Time Lords. That includes everyone from technicians to the President.
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Are all Time Lords from Gallifrey?

The majority of Time Lords were genetically Gallifreyans, since they arose from the species; they considered themselves to be the elite of Gallifreyan society, (PROSE: Interference - Book Two) as only a select few bloodlines had been granted the privilege of becoming Time Lords when Rassilon originally unveiled the Eye ...
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Can all people from Gallifrey regenerate?

As much as it annoys me to say it, the evidence points towards Gallifreyans not being able to regenerate, at least without Symbiotic Nuclei. One case of such is when we see Gallifreyan citizens being slaughtered by Daleks. On the other hand, Daleks have some pretty goddamn good weapons.
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Do all Gallifreyans have two hearts?

This question seems to be based on the idea that if the Timeless Child is from some other race, and we know that Gallifreyans/Time Lords have two hearts, it's therefore a coincidence that the Timeless Child/Doctor has two hearts too. But it's really not. There are a multitude of possibilities here, so take your pick.
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Are all Time Lords the Doctor?

The Time Lords are an ancient race of extraterrestrial people in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, of which the series' main protagonist, the Doctor, is a member. Time Lords are so named for their command of time travel technology and their non-linear perception of time.
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Why does the TARDIS not like Clara?

In answering that question in Doctor Who Magazine, Moffat suggested that the TARDIS' dislike of the current companion may be due to her sceptical nature and how she did not seem suitably awed by the Doctor's spaceship. Or, as he said, “It's almost like it's all building to something…
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Are the Weeping Angels Time Lords?

The Weeping Angels are dead Time Lords

One scene in 2010's 'The End of Time - Part Two' has two Time Lords punished by being forced to stand stock still "as monuments to their shame" – like "the weeping angels of old."
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Can Time Lords have babies?

The Fourth Doctor's companion Leela married a Gallifreyan Time Lord, and in non-screen materials they had the first natural-born child on Gallifrey in millennia.
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How long is a Gallifreyan year?

So 237 Gallifreyan Years is equal to 209 Earth Years. This means one Earth Year is 1.133971291866 Gallifreyan Years.
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Does River have 2 hearts?

Although it's a 'blink-and-you'll-miss-it' moment, she does indeed appear to have two hearts... You might want to mention that the novel seems to be contradicted by screen evidence in The Doctor's Daughter.
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Are Time Lords sterile?

Rassilon led a revolution against the Pythia, eventually causing her to kill herself and send her followers to the planet Karn. However, before she died she cursed Rassilon and all future Time Lords to sterility.
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Can Time Lords get drunk?

This is thought to be because they metabolize alcohol very quickly. But there is an exception to that rule-- if ginger beer gets involved, then it can reduce their ability to tolerate alcohol and leave them feeling a bit worse for wear. So if you ever want to get a Time Lord drunk, ginger beer is the way to go.
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How many Time Lords are left?

We may never know for certain, but whatever its genesis, the outcome of this epic conflict was horrifying and only two Time Lords survived - the Doctor and the Master. With the latter's apparent death the Doctor is left to continue his travels with the lonely knowledge that he is the last 'child of Gallifrey'.
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Is the Doctor the last Time Lord?

He has experienced the cutting-off (the end of experience, i.e. "death") of every other timeline of every other Gallifreyan who lived while he was alive, and as we go forward in his own timeline, no new Gallifreyans can be born. So in this sense, The Doctor is indeed the last of the Time Lords.
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Are there black Time Lords?

Doctor Who unveils its first black portrayal of the Time Lord in show's 57-year history... as show boss CONFIRMS actress Jo Martin is 'definitively the Doctor' Doctor Who has introduced its first black portrayal of the titular Time Lord in its illustrious 57-year history.
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Is the Doctor not a Time Lord?

The Doctor Is The Timeless Child

Over the years, though, the Doctor's history has gradually been revealed. She's a renegade Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborous, who grew dissatisfied with her race's refusal to intervene in galactic affairs.
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Why is Gallifrey in a bubble?

At the conclusion of "The Day of the Doctor" (2013), Gallifrey is revealed to have actually survived the Time War, though it was frozen in time and transported into a bubble universe, before being unfrozen and arriving at the end of the universe at a chronological point before "Hell Bent" (2015).
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Is Clara the Doctor's daughter?

Clara is the future child of the Doctor and River who's had her memory erased. The two Time Lords must be up to something on their nights away from River's prison cell.
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What is the Doctor's actual age?

Before the Eleventh Doctor's 200-year farewell tour between TV: The God Complex and Closing Time, the writers of the 2005 revival of the series explicitly described the Doctor as around 900 years old, despite contrary statements on TV and expanded media.
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Is the Doctor actually Gallifreyan?

The Doctor, as explained at length by the Master, was not Gallifreyan at all. She was discovered as a child on another planet by a Gallifreyan scientist called Tecteun (Seylan Baxter), who – after bringing her back home – extracted her power to regenerate in order to form the basis of Time Lord society.
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Did every Time Lord have a TARDIS?

Even though hundreds of Time Lords have a TARDIS granted to them they must still obtain authorization before using the TARDIS to leave Gallifrey. It is common for only a couple of TARDISes to be off Gallifrey at any given time.
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What do you call a female Time Lord?

As last year's Christmas Special revealed, Broadchurch star Jodie Whittaker has taken on the role of the Thirteenth Doctor – and we couldn't be more excited for her adventures starting later this year. But some fans slightly baulked at a female Time Lord, or Time Lady if you will.
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How many regenerations does River song have?

Assuming they did not, it would appear that Melody Pond/River Song gave up TEN incarnations (9 regenerations) to save The Doctor. First Regeneration - while homeless, young Melody Pond apparently succumbed to hunger & illness, undergoing her first regeneration in the episode "Day of the Moon".
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Is the Doctor's mother a Weeping Angel?

In a fascinating wrinkle to the theory, one of the two shamed Time Lords in "The End of Time" was later confirmed by Russell T. Davies to be The Doctor's mother. This means The Doctor's own parent could've been among the very first Weeping Angels.
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Who is the longest serving Doctor Who?

As of 25 December 2018, official television productions have depicted fourteen distinct incarnations of the Doctor. The longest-lasting on-screen incarnation is the Fourth Doctor, played by Tom Baker for seven years.
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