the Guardian and Doctor Who

From: Steve Allen <sla_at_ucolick.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 23:00:38 -0700

(with apologies to the BBC, John Nathan Turner, Tom Baker, Peter
Davison, &c. for this note's subject: line)

On Thu 2003-06-26T12:13:49 +0100, Ed Davies hath writ:
> > The Guardian
> > http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,985020,00.html
>
> I thought this was, generally, a quite good article

It uses a curious phrase that I've encountered before in casual
leapsecs discussion, but never before in print have I read
"time lords".

Now (aside from Doctor Who) I wonder who coined this phrase, when, and
to whom it typically refers?

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