Editing Time Lord (section)

===Mental powers===
Time Lords can communicate by [[telepathy]],{{sfn|Donaghy|2014|p=12}}<ref name="The Deadly Assassin">{{cite serial |title=[[The Deadly Assassin]] |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Robert (writer) |last=Holmes |author-link=Robert Holmes (scriptwriter) |first2=David (director) |last2=Maloney |author-link2=David Maloney |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC1]] |date=30 October – 20 November 1976 }}</ref> and can link their minds to share information and enhance their powers.<ref name="The Three Doctors">{{cite serial |title=[[The Three Doctors (Doctor Who)|The Three Doctors]] |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Bob |last=Baker |author-link=Bob Baker (scriptwriter) |first2=Dave (writers) |last2=Martin |author-link2=Dave Martin (screenwriter) |first3=Lennie (director) |last3=Mayne |author-link3=Lennie Mayne |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC1]] |date=30 December 1972 – 20 January 1973 }}</ref> In ''[[Castrovalva (Doctor Who)|Castrovalva]]'',<ref name="Castrovalva">{{cite serial |title=[[Castrovalva (Doctor Who)|Castrovalva]] |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Christopher H. (writer) |last=Bidmead |author-link=Christopher H. Bidmead |first2=Fiona (director) |last2=Cumming |author-link2=Fiona Cumming |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC1]] |date=4–12 January 1982 }}</ref> the Doctor activates the TARDIS' Zero Room mentally. Additionally, both the Doctor and the Master demonstrate significant [[The Master (Doctor Who)#Mental abilities|hypnotic abilities]] which may be supplemented by their telepathic abilities.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OXRBBAAAQBAJ&q=doctor+who+hypnotic+abilities&pg=PA91|title=Doctor Who: A History|last=Kistler|first=Alan|date=2013-10-01|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781493000166|language=en}}</ref>

These powers were elaborated upon from 2005. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] is seen using this method to query a cat about the goings-on of the flat in "[[The Lodger (Doctor Who)|The Lodger]]".<ref name="lodger">{{Cite episode |title=The Lodger |episode-link=The Lodger (Doctor Who) |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Gareth (writer) |last=Roberts |author-link=Gareth Roberts (writer) |first2=Catherine (director) |last2=Morshead |author-link2=Catherine Morshead |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=12 June 2010 |series-no=5 |number=11 }}</ref> In "[[A Good Man Goes to War]]" <ref name="a good man"/> and "[[Closing Time (Doctor Who)|Closing Time]]" <ref>{{Cite episode |title=Closing Time |episode-link=Closing Time (Doctor Who) |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Gareth (writer) |last=Roberts |author-link=Gareth Roberts (writer) |first2=Steve (director) |last2=Hughes |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=24 September 2011 |series-no=6 |number=12 }}</ref> he is apparently able to even understand babies, as well as horses in "[[A Town Called Mercy]]".<ref>{{Cite episode |title=A Town Called Mercy |episode-link=A Town Called Mercy |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Toby (writer) |last=Whithouse |author-link=Toby Whithouse |first2=Saul (director) |last2=Metzstein |author-link2=Saul Metzstein |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=15 September 2012 |series-no=7 |number=3 }}</ref> In "[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]",<ref>{{Cite episode |title=The Girl in the Fireplace |episode-link=The Girl in the Fireplace |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Steven (writer) |last=Moffat |author-link=Steven Moffat |first2=Euros (director) |last2=Lyn |author-link2=Euros Lyn |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=6 May 2006 |series-no=2 |number=4 }}</ref> the [[Tenth Doctor]] reads the mind of [[Madame de Pompadour]]—and in the process, to his surprise, she is able to read his mind as well. In "[[The End of Time (Doctor Who)|The End of Time]]",<ref name="end of time one">{{cite serial |title=[[The End of Time (Doctor Who)|The End of Time]] |episode=Part One |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Russell T (writer) |last=Davies |author-link=Russell T Davies |first2=Euros (director) |last2=Lyn |author-link2=Euros Lyn |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=25 December 2009 }}</ref> the Master uses the same technique, allowing the Tenth Doctor to hear the drumming sound the Master constantly hears. The Doctor later displays his telepathic communion powers in "[[Fear Her]]" <ref>{{Cite episode |title=Fear Her |episode-link=Fear Her |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Matthew (writer) |last=Graham |author-link=Matthew Graham |first2=Euros (director) |last2=Lyn |author-link2=Euros Lyn |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=24 June 2006 |series-no=2 |number=11 }}</ref> and in "[[The Shakespeare Code]]",<ref name="shakespeare">{{Cite episode |title=The Shakespeare Code |episode-link=The Shakespeare Code |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Gareth (writer) |last=Roberts |author-link=Gareth Roberts (writer) |first2=Charles (director) |last2=Palmer |author-link2=Charles Palmer (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=7 April 2007 |series-no=3 |number=2 }}</ref> where by using his mind melding technique he is partially able to relieve a man of his mental illness as he traces back through his memories. In "[[Planet of the Ood]]",<ref name="Planet of the Ood"/> the Tenth Doctor seems able to temporarily confer some degree of telepathy on his companion Donna Noble, so that she can hear the telepathic song of the Ood. When she is unable to bear the song, the Doctor removes the ability.

In "[[The Lodger (Doctor Who)|The Lodger]]",<ref name="lodger"/> the Eleventh Doctor (pressed for time and needing to convey a great deal of information to someone) smashed his forehead into another person's forehead, causing a massive instantaneous transfer of information.

The Doctor also contacts the Time Lords by going into a trance and creating an assembling box in ''The War Games''.<ref name="The War Games"/> In ''[[The Two Doctors]]'',<ref name="Two Doctors"/> the Doctor engages in [[astral projection]], but warns that if he is disturbed while doing so, his mind could become severed from his body and he could die. In "[[Last of the Time Lords]]", the Doctor telepathically interfaces with a network tapped into the [[human population]] who collectively chant his name. The focus of psychic energy granted the Doctor the ability to de-age himself, float through the air, deflect shots from the Master's laser screwdriver, and telekinetically disarm the Master.<ref name="Last of the Time Lords">{{Cite episode |title=Last of the Time Lords |episode-link=Last of the Time Lords |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Russell T (writer) |last=Davies |author-link=Russell T Davies |first2=Colin (director) |last2=Teague |author-link2=Colin Teague |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=30 June 2007 |series-no=3 |number=13 }}</ref>

In addition, Time Lords may be [[clairvoyance|clairvoyant]], or have additional time-related senses. In ''[[The Time Monster]]'',<ref>{{cite serial |title=[[The Time Monster]] |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Robert (writer) |last=Sloman |author-link=Robert Sloman |first2=Paul (director) |last2=Bernard |author-link2=Paul Bernard (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC1]] |date=20 May – 24 June 1972 }}</ref> and ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'',<ref>{{cite serial |title=[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]] |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Malcolm (writer) |last=Hulke |author-link=Malcolm Hulke |first2=Paddy (director) |last2=Russell |author-link2=Paddy Russell |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC1]] |date=12 January – 16 February 1974 }}</ref> the [[Third Doctor]] is able to resist fields of slow time, being able to move through them even though others are [[paralysis|paralysed]]. In ''[[City of Death]]'',<ref>{{cite serial |title=[[City of Death]] |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=David (writer) |last=Agnew |author-link=David Agnew |first2=Michael (director) |last2=Hayes |author-link2=Michael Hayes (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC1]]  |date=29 September – 20 October 1979 }}</ref> both the [[Fourth Doctor]] and Romana notice distortions and jumps in time that no one else does.

In the [[Doctor Who (series 1)|2005 series]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] claims that he can sense the movement of the Earth through space<ref name="rose">{{Cite episode |title=Rose |episode-link=Rose (Doctor Who episode) |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Russell T (writer) |last=Davies |author-link=Russell T Davies |first2=Keith (director) |last2=Boak |author-link2=Keith Boak |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=26 March 2005 |series-no=1 |number=1 }}</ref> as well as being able to perceive the past and all possible futures.<ref name = "potw">{{Cite episode |title=The Parting of the Ways |episode-link=The Parting of the Ways |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Russell T (writer) |last=Davies |author-link=Russell T Davies |first2=Joe (director) |last2=Ahearne |author-link2=Joe Ahearne |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=18 June 2005 |series-no=1 |number=13 }}</ref> He is also able to concentrate and time his motions well enough to step safely through the blades of a rapidly spinning fan,<ref name="the end of the world"/> and later claims that if any Time Lords still existed, he would be able to sense them.<ref name="Sound of Drums"/> As the Tenth Doctor he repeats this assertion, adding also that he is somehow innately able to sense which events in time are 'fixed' and which are in 'flux'.<ref>{{cite episode|title=The Fires of Pompeii|episode-link=The Fires of Pompeii|series=Doctor Who|series-link=Doctor Who| first=James (writer) |last=Moran |author-link=James Moran (writer) |first2=Colin (director) |last2=Teague |author-link2=Colin Teague |series-no=4 |number=2 |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=12 April 2008 }}</ref> The Eleventh Doctor slightly amends what was said earlier in "[[The Doctor's Wife]]",<ref name="doctors wife"/> saying that he could only sense if there were other Time Lords in this universe. In the original series episode ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'', Romana is called a 'time-sensitive' by a marauding slaver and, though she seems to deny this, is able to interface with his spaceship in ways that only a 'time-sensitive' is supposed to be able to.<ref name="warriors">{{cite serial |title=[[Warriors' Gate]] |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Stephen (writer) |last=Gallagher |author-link=Stephen Gallagher |first2=Paul (director) |last2=Joyce |author-link2=Paul Joyce |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC1]] |date=3–24 January 1981 }}</ref> In "[[Utopia (Doctor Who)|Utopia]]",<ref name="Utopia"/> the Tenth Doctor states that he finds it difficult to look at Captain [[Jack Harkness]] because Jack's existence has become fixed in time and space.

In the [[Doctor Who (series 4)|Series 4]] episode "[[Journey's End (Doctor Who)|Journey's End]]",<ref name="journeys"/>{{sfn|Donaghy|2014|p=31}} the Tenth Doctor was shown to use his telepathic abilities to wipe Donna Noble's mind of certain memories, specifically the memories of her travels in the TARDIS and to 'implant' a defence mechanism which is activated in "[[The End of Time (Doctor Who)|The End of Time]]".<ref name="end of time two"/> ''[[The War Games]]'' <ref name="The War Games"/> showed that other Time Lords are also able to erase people's memories, as in that story, [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] and [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]]'s travels with the Doctor were erased from their memory, and the council of Time Lords also put a memory block on the Doctor so he could not pilot the TARDIS. In the [[Doctor Who (series 5)|Series 5]] episode "[[The Big Bang (Doctor Who)|The Big Bang]]" <ref name="big bang">{{Cite episode |title=The Big Bang |episode-link=The Big Bang (Doctor Who) |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Steven (writer) |last=Moffat |author-link=Steven Moffat |first2=Toby (director) |last2=Haynes |author-link2=Toby Haynes |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=26 June 2010 |series-no=5 |number=13 }}</ref> the Doctor telepathically left a message in [[Amy Pond]]'s head before sealing her into the [[Pandorica]] so that she would know what was happening when she woke up.