Transient Being

Great Old Ones such as Yog-Sothoth were described by the Sixth Doctor as "transient beings". (PROSE: Millennial Rites) Of these "Transient Beings", the Fifth Doctor said that they possessed the necessary time sensitivity for the operation of the Crystal Bucephalus, along with the Legions, Tharils, Eternals, and Chronovores. (PROSE: The Crystal Bucephalus)
== Behind the scenes ==
In his notes for The Quantum Archangel, Craig Hinton elaborated on his concept of the wider cosmology of the Doctor Who universe, including the idea of the Great Old Ones as the survivors of an earlier race of Time Lords from the previous universe. Therein, he devoted a section to "the Transient Beings", defining them in contrast to the six Guardians of Time, the greatest of the Great Old Ones, who had been the High Council of the Old Time Lords.
In Divided Loyalties, based in large part on this cosmology, Gary Russell employed a different terminology, mainly reserving the name of "Great Old Ones" to these "Sub-Guardians".
Category:Linguistics
Category:Great Old Ones
Category:Time-sensitive species