Resumindo: O Doutor tornou-se o 407º Senhor Presidente de Gallifrey em Invasão do Tempo , mas provavelmente perdeu a presidência no final do enredo - ele aparentemente esqueceu, e assim foi sucedido por Castellan Borusa. No entanto, ele é novamente o presidente mais tarde, perdendo o cargo em algum tempo não especificado antes de Trial of a Time Lord . Ele pode ter sido presidente pela terceira vez, mas nenhum detalhe é conhecido sobre isso (ainda).
Em muito tempo :
Em O Assassino Mortal , o (4º) Doutor é um dos dois candidatos:
GOTH: You're keeping a close watch on the Doctor, I hope?
SPANDRELL: Someone is with him all the time.
GOTH: Good. You know that, apart from myself, he is the only other candidate in this election?
SPANDRELL: Is that so.
Isto é seguido pelos eventos de Invasão do Tempo , onde o (4º) Doutor toma posse:
BORUSA: Doctor!
DOCTOR: I am here to claim my legal right.
BORUSA: What?
DOCTOR: I claim the inheritance of Rassilon. I claim the titles, honour, duty and obedience of all colleges. I claim the Presidency of the Council of Time Lords.
[...]
DOCTOR: You don't dispute my claim, then?
BORUSA: No, only the arrogance with which you present it.
[...]
BORUSA: I'll do what I can to persuade the Cardinals to accept you as their President.
DOCTOR: I am the President! No persuasion is necessary.
BORUSA: Politeness dictates
DOCTOR: I am the President! Is there another candidate legally?
BORUSA: No. That was an unfortunate oversight.
No entanto, até o final desta história, o médico (aparentemente) esqueceu sobre isso:
BORUSA: Your Excellence.
DOCTOR: Excellence? Excellence?
DOCTOR: Is this some kind of a joke, Borusa? It's not like you to make jokes.
BORUSA: Have you forgotten your induction?
DOCTOR: My induction?
BORUSA: The Vardans?
DOCTOR: (sotto) Vardans.
BORUSA: The Sontarans?
DOCTOR: (sotto) Sontarans.
BORUSA: Doctor, you saved Gallifrey.
DOCTOR: I have? Oh. Well, what do you think of that, Leela?
LEELA: I think you've gone mad.
BORUSA: He remembers nothing of it. It is the wisdom of Rassilon.
Esse episódio foi o final de uma temporada (o episódio final de Leela), e ou ele perdeu o cargo entre o segundo e o próximo episódio, ou os roteiristas também esqueceram. Quando nós (e o 4º Doctor) somos apresentados a Romana na The Ribos Operation , ela diz:
ROMANA: My name is Romanadvoratnelundar.
DOCTOR: I'm so sorry about that. Is there anything we can do?
ROMANA: The President of the Supreme Council sent me.
Presumivelmente, o Conselho "Supremo" é o mesmo Alto Conselho. O médico diz:
DOCTOR: That information is confidential! That President. I should have thrown him to the Sontarans when I had the chance.
Eu certamente poderia acreditar que esta é uma referência irônica ao próprio, então pode ser que o Doutor como Presidente tenha enviado Romana para si mesmo, exceto , que em The Stones of Blood (brevemente mencionado em The Armageddon Factor também descobrimos que:
DOCTOR: Romana, you were not sent on this mission by the President of the Supreme Council.
ROMANA: What?
DOCTOR: No, no, you weren't.
ROMANA: But, I saw. He told me. ... Well, what am I doing here?
DOCTOR: The voice you just heard and the being you saw in the shape of the President was the White Guardian, or to be more accurate, the Guardian of Light and Time as opposed to the Guardian of Darkness, sometimes called the Black Guardian. They can assume any shape or form they wish.
Na época do Arco do Infinito , Borusa é o 408º presidente:
BORUSA: You too have regenerated.
DOCTOR: Indeed, President Borusa.
Em Os Cinco Doutores , Borusa perde a presidência, e o (5º) Doutor é devolvido ao cargo como o 409º Presidente:
FLAVIA: You are safe, Doctor. I feared President Borusa had... Where is President Borusa?
DOCTOR: Unavailable. It seems the legend about Rassilon is true.
FLAVIA: You must make a full statement to the High Council.
DOCTOR: Oh, must I?
FLAVIA: It can form part of your inaugural address.
DOCTOR: My what?
FLAVIA: Doctor, you have evaded your responsibilities for far too long. The disqualification of President Borusa leaves a gap at the very summit of the Time Lord hierarchy. There is only one who can take this place. Yet again, it is my duty and my pleasure to inform you that the full Council has exercised its emergency powers to appoint you to the position of President, to take office immediately.
DOCTOR: Oh, no.
FLAVIA: This is a summons no Time Lord dare refuse. To disobey the will of the High Council will attract the severest penalties.
DOCTOR: Very well, Chancellor Flavia. You will return to Gallifrey immediately and summon the High Council. You have full deputy powers until I return. I shall travel in my Tardis.
FLAVIA: Oh, but Doctor -
DOCTOR: You will address me by my proper title. I am President, am I not? You will obey my commands. (To Tegan and Turlough) Into the Tardis. (To the guards) You will escort Chancellor Flavia back to her duties.
Em algum momento depois disso, ele é deposto. Ele (e nós) descobrimos isso em A Provação de um Senhor do Tempo :
DOCTOR: I am Lord President of Gallifrey. You can't put me on trial.
INQUISITOR: Doctor, since you willfully neglected the responsibility of your great office, you were deposed.
DOCTOR: Oh. Is that legal?
INQUISITOR: Perfectly.
Na 4ª parte deste enredo, geralmente conhecido como O Último Inimigo , o (6º) Médico é perguntado ficar em pé novamente, mas declina:
INQUISITOR: Now then, once law and order have been restored, a new High Council will need to be elected. Can I persuade you to stand for Lord President again?
DOCTOR: Ah. Ah ha. I've a better idea.
MEL: He's going to suggest you stand.
DOCTOR: Indeed I am. And were there such a thing as an intergalactic postal vote, you'd have mine.
Mais tarde, o sétimo médico chama a si mesmo de "presidente eleito" em Recordação dos Daleks :
DOCTOR: Ah, there you are. This is the Doctor, President Elect of the High Council of Time Lords, Keeper of the legacy of Rassilon, Defender of the Laws of Time, Protector of Gallifrey. I call upon you to surrender the Hand of Omega and return to your customary time and place.
EMPEROR: Ah, Doctor. You have changed again. Your appearance is as inconstant as your intelligence. You have confounded me for the last time!
Então é possível que ele fosse o Presidente uma terceira vez (ou possível, ele estava esticando a verdade um pouco, ou que na linha do tempo do Dalek ele ainda era o Presidente Eleito, mas não no dele, ou que ele estava apenas usando os títulos o Imperador estaria familiarizado, desde que ele se regenerou desde seu último encontro).