 In "The Timeless Children" (2020), it is revealed that the Shobogans were the first race of peoples who resided on Gallifrey, only becoming the Time Lords after gene-splicing the ability to regenerate from the Doctor.<ref name="timeless child ep"></ref>

Romana and the Doctor have also referred to "Time Tots", or infant Time Lords,<ref name="shada vhs"></ref><ref name="shada web"></ref> and (in "Smith and Jones") the Doctor refers his compatriots and he playing "with Röntgen bricks in the nursery".In "The Sound of Drums", the Master is seen as a child, apparently at the age of 8.In general, the Time Lords are an aloof people, with a society full of pomp and ceremony.