Who invented Gallifreyan?

The design for circular Gallifreyan, popular throughout the BBC Wales series, was devised by graphic artist Jenny Bowers, for the Ninth Doctor's TARDIS in series 1.
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Who created the Time Lords?

The Time Lords owe their existence to two solar engineers, Omega and Rassilon. Rassilon was acclaimed as a young hero when he destroyed the Giant Vampires with his bow ships (State of Decay), after which he and Omega collaborated on the ultimate defence system for Gallifrey, the living metal validium (Silver Nemesis).
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What is the Doctor's Gallifreyan name?

Is Theta Sigma the Doctor's real name? Theta Sigma was the Doctor's unique nickname when he was studying at the Time Lord Academy on Gallifrey. Although this identified the Doctor from all the other Time Lords at the academy, the Seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) dismisses it as just a nickname in The Happiness Patrol.
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Can the TARDIS translate Gallifreyan?

River Song explicitly mentions that High Gallifreyan writing "doesn't translate" -- even the TARDIS can't do it for someone who doesn't read it.
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How is Gallifreyan written?

Instead of being character/letter based like English, circular Gallifreyan is based, as the name implies, on circles. The symbols that make up letters are collected into words by larger word-circles. Many word-circles are collected together in even larger sentence-circles.
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Are all Gallifreyans Time Lords?

There are still Gallifreyans whom are not Time Lords, some which lived outside of the Capital Cities. There are also non-Timelord farmers in the series such as in the episode Hell Bent. As previously stated Time Lords were the ruling class of the planet Gallifrey when Doctor Who was introduced.
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How did river song know the Doctor's name?

"She learned the Doctor's name when the doctor last saw her". No, false. She never says when she learned his name. Rather, it is the (10th) Doctor himself who says that "there's only one situation where I would tell someone my name".
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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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What did Amy see in her room?

In series 6 of the new Doctor Who series, The God Complex episode, there is a room for everyone (maybe even Rory, we don't know for sure). Amy saw herself waiting for The Doctor as a child. It scared her and reminded her of her faith in The Doctor and made her reach for her faith, which the Minotaur would feed on.
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Why can't Doctor Who say his name?

Long story short: the Doctor lies. Recently, fans have hypothesized that the reason why the Doctor never speaks their own name is for their own safety. And the hypothesis also suggests that the only occasion for which a Time Lord would reveal their name is at the moment of their final death.
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Is Clara a Time Lord?

It's in that repair we discover something even more amazing about Clara: she's a Time Lord. Think about it. Clara is there on Gallifrey to persuade the first Doctor to take the TARDIS with the wonky steering. It has been stated that only Time Lords are allowed on Gallifrey.
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Is the Doctor's real name Basil?

Steven Moffat, the executive producer, has said the Doctor's real name is Mildred, but this is generally assumed to be a joke. (Rule #0: the Moffat lies.) In Series 9, the Doctor tells Osgood that his first name is Basil, but this is presumably also a joke. (Rule #1: the Doctor lies.)
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Are Weeping Angels Time Lords?

The Weeping Angels being disgraced Time Lords creates a classic Doctor Who time travel paradox - the Time Lord punishment was inspired by the Weeping Angels, but the Weeping Angels were created by the Time Lords' punishment.
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Who invented the TARDIS?

One of the designers for the first episode, Peter Brachacki, created the first Tardis.
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Who will be the 14th Doctor?

Doctor Who casts Sex Education's Ncuti Gatwa as 14th Doctor - Polygon.
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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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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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What is Dr Who's real name?

John Smith. The Doctor's most common alias (apart from the Doctor, obviously), this is his standard pseudonym on Earth.
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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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Who are River Song's parents?

River Song (born as Melody Pond) is the daughter of Amy Pond and Rory Williams, the wife and occasional companion of The Doctor and a recurring guest character in Doctor Who.
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Why is River Song backwards?

River Song's Timeline isn't backwards (and neither is the Doctors). Their individual timelines move forward from birth to death (in the loosest sense of the word) but as time travellers they are free to visit any time and space in any order.
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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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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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Can Time Lords change gender?

Upon encountering the remains of fellow Time Lord the Corsair in "The Doctor's Wife", the Doctor refers to the Corsair as both male and female, hinting that Time Lords can switch genders upon their regenerations; this is confirmed in "Dark Water", in which the Master, previously seen in various male incarnations for ...
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