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Time Lords can communicate by telepathy,<ref name="The Deadly Assassin"></ref> and can link their minds to share information and enhance their powers.<ref name="The Three Doctors"></ref> In "Castrovalva",<ref name="Castrovalva"></ref> the Doctor activates the TARDIS' Zero Room mentally.Additionally, both the Doctor and the Master demonstrate significant hypnotic abilities which may be supplemented by their telepathic abilities.<ref></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".<ref name="lodger"></ref> In "A Good Man Goes to War" and "Closing Time" <ref></ref> he is apparently able to even understand babies, as well as horses in "A Town Called Mercy".<ref></ref> In "The Girl in the Fireplace",<ref></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.