Laws of Time

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fictional concept in-universe law temporal regulation

The Laws of Time are the strict temporal regulations in the Doctor Who universe that govern how Time Lords may interact with and alter history.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
First Law of Time	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional concept ⓘ in-universe law ⓘ temporal regulation ⓘ
appliesTo	Time Lord ⓘ surface form: Time Lords Web of Time ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter	Rassilon ⓘ The Doctor ⓘ surface form: the Doctor The Master ⓘ surface form: the Master
canBePunishedBy	erasure from history ⓘ exile ⓘ imprisonment ⓘ regeneration limit enforcement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy	Time Lord ⓘ surface form: Time Lords
enforcedBy	High Council of the Time Lords ⓘ surface form: High Council of Time Lords Lord President of the High Council ⓘ surface form: Lord President of Gallifrey Time Lord ⓘ surface form: Time Lords
fandomDomain	Doctor Who fandom ⓘ
firstMentionedIn	Doctor Who ⓘ surface form: classic Doctor Who series
governs	Time Lord interactions with events ⓘ alteration of fixed points in time ⓘ interference with history ⓘ time travel conduct ⓘ
hasConcept	Web of Time ⓘ causal integrity ⓘ fixed point in time ⓘ temporal non-interference ⓘ
hasOrigin	Gallifrey ⓘ
hasPurpose	maintenance of temporal stability ⓘ preservation of the Web of Time ⓘ prevention of paradoxes ⓘ protection of the timeline ⓘ
inUniverseStatus	ancient Time Lord doctrine ⓘ foundational temporal law ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	English ⓘ
medium	television ⓘ
notableExample	prohibition on changing fixed points ⓘ prohibition on crossing one’s own timeline ⓘ restriction on large-scale temporal interventions ⓘ
partOf	Doctor Who ⓘ surface form: Doctor Who universe
relatedTo	causality ⓘ fixed points in time ⓘ non-interference principle ⓘ temporal paradoxes ⓘ
sometimesOverriddenDuring	Last Great Time War ⓘ
violatedBy	The Doctor ⓘ surface form: the Doctor The Master ⓘ surface form: the Master Last Great Time War ⓘ surface form: the Time War

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Time Lord → law → Laws of Time ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Law of Time