Theory:Timeline - Borusa

This page lists appearances of Borusa in the order in which he experienced them. This timeline is based upon observations of the Doctor Who universe and the events that occur during each of these stories.

As a child

 * At the age of eight, Borusa is taken from his family for the selection process into the Time Lord Academy. Staring into the Untempered Schism, Borusa is driven mad. (PROSE: A Brief History of Time Lords)

Early hand in politics

 * PROSE: Warmonger
 * As a junior Lord Cardinal, Borusa chairs the Committee of Enquiry into the activities of Morbius.

At the Academy

 * COMIC: Vortex Butterflies (flashback)
 * Borusa lectures a young First Doctor.


 * Borusa writes a report on the Doctor's work at the Academy (PROSE: Report on Term's Work)


 * "Theta Sigma" writes to Borusa in response to an Interim Report. Borusa is the head of the Prydon Academy and is yet to be promoted to the role of Cardinal. (PROSE: "Academic Progress")


 * PROSE: Divided Loyalties
 * Borusa presides over the Doctor's expulsion from the Time Lord Academy.

Later life

 * TV: The Deadly Assassin / PROSE: Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin
 * Lord Cardinal Borusa meets the Fourth Doctor. He has regenerated at least once.


 * TV: The Invasion of Time / PROSE: Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time
 * Regenerating again in the interim, Lord Chancellor Borusa once again crosses paths with the Doctor amidst the Sontaran invasion of Gallifrey.


 * PROSE: Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen


 * TV: Arc of Infinity / PROSE: Arc of Infinity
 * Now in his fourth known body, Lord President Borusa meets the Fifth Doctor.


 * TV: The Five Doctors / PROSE: The Five Doctors
 * Assembling four incarnations of the Doctor in a bid to gain immortality, Lord President Borusa, in yet another new body, is condemned by Rassilon to eternity in the stone of the Tomb of Rassilon.


 * PROSE: Punting

Enduring eternity

 * PROSE: The Eight Doctors
 * During the Sixth Doctor's trial, Borusa is released from his "immortality" at the request of the Eighth Doctor, regressed to an earlier and more stable incarnation.


 * PROSE: Blood Harvest
 * Borusa is released from the tomb to aids the Seventh Doctor, seeing the error of his ways. Rassilon decides to find him "a better place" to endure eternity.


 * PROSE: Engines of War
 * In the final days of the Last Great Time War, Borusa has since retro-evolved to become Rassilon's possibility engine, perpetually regenerating through his different incarnations. Assisting the War Doctor, Borusa finds peace as he finally dies.