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Re:No leap second will be introduced at the end of December ... by ninju on Thursday July 09, 2026 @11:40AM (#48847746)
For those who need more context of who the Time Lords are

The Time Lords are a fictional ancient race of extraterrestrial people in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. In-universe, they hail from the planet Gallifrey and are stated to have invented time travel technology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Lord

Re:No leap second will be introduced at the end of December ... by latexr on Thursday July 09, 2026 @02:02PM (#48850016)
For further context, Doctor Who is a member of the species.
Re:No leap second will be introduced at the end of December ... by tialaramex on Thursday July 09, 2026 @02:21PM (#48850292)
I think if we're being pedantic, the character's name is "The Doctor". The TV show is named "Doctor Who" but the character doesn't call themself that and a name is what something is called.

[Edited to avoid assigning a gender to a character who has had different genders]

Re:No leap second will be introduced at the end of December ... by latexr on Friday July 10, 2026 @04:34AM (#48857333)
I wasn’t being pedantic, I was (as per my words), providing further context. Anyone who has watched the show knows these things, they are basic information from it. My post and the one I replied to are (obviously) for people who know close to nothing about it, and those people won’t know who “The Doctor” is, the point was to make it clear it’s the main character.

Also, not only is “The Doctor” not the character’s real name, they have been called “Doctor Who” multiple times, including in credits, so you pedantry isn’t even right.

https://screenrant.com/doctor-who-name-debate-settle-explain...

Re:No leap second will be introduced at the end of December ... by throw-the-towel on Thursday July 09, 2026 @03:24PM (#48851136)
And, I think, the last of them remaining.
Re:No leap second will be introduced at the end of December ... by stevekemp on Thursday July 09, 2026 @03:35PM (#48851304)
The Master always comes back, of course. They're such perfect frenemies.

(Depends on the era of course, sometimes there are other timelords, sometimes not.)