Gallifrey

"No. No, no, no, no. Wait, wait. I remember I'm with my father, lying back in the grass. It's a warm Gallifreyan night."
"Gallifreyan?""Gallifrey! Yes, this must be where I live. Now, where is that?""I've never heard of it. What do you remember?""A meteor storm. The sky above us was dancing with lights. Purple, green and brilliant yellow!"
—The Doctor and Grace HollowayGallifrey was the homeworld of the Time Lords. By one account, the planet was actually named Jewel. During several time wars, the Great Houses utilitarianly referred to it as the Homeworld, while other civilisations called it the Houseworld. During V-Time, Cwej usually referred to his Superiors' planet as their Base of Operations. The literal translation of the name "Gallifrey" was "They that walk in the shadows", and indeed, "the Shadow People" was one of the names given to the planet's inhabitants.
Gallifrey was assumed lost at the end of The Last Great Time War after The Doctor in his "War" Incarnation used The Moment to destroy the planet, killing all Daleks and Time Lords to end the war. However, unknown to him until near the end of his Eleventh Incarnation, The Doctor would team up with his past selves to in fact save Gallifrey, keeping it locked away in a pocket dimension, allowing the Daleks to "kill themselves in their own cross-fire". The Doctor wasn't aware of these events due to his memory being erased as the timelines were out of sink.
These events left the Time Lords, at the time in command of the Lord President of Gallifrey Rassilon, in another universe as they'd be trapped there to contain the Time War. The Time Lords however broke free of this and simply hid in at the end of time located at the furthest end of the universe to keep themselves safe from The Doctor and the Time War.
Due to Gallifrey's relocation in the real universe, on his return, Omega was able to find Gallifrey and - killing Rassilon - lead the Time Lords under the influence of The Organization.
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