Rod of Rassilon

The Rod of Rassilon was one of the artefacts of Rassilon. Together with the Sash of Rassilon, it could be used to raise the control structure for the Eye of Harmony located beneath the Panopticon on Gallifrey.

The Rod slotted into the control structure (a black obelisk), allowing the person wielding it (wearing the Sash of Rassilon) to disengage the control interfaces and gain access to the power of the Eye of Harmony. (TV: The Deadly Assassin)

The Rod was also given, along with of the Sash of Rassilon and the Crown of Rassilon, to Presidents upon being made Lord President of Gallifrey, believed to be of "only sentimental value". (TV: The Invasion of Time)

The Presidency of Time Lords

Presidents

Pre-Time Lords
(Council Leaders)

Tussan

Ancient history

Urizen • Pandak • Omega • Rassilon • Pandad • First Morbius / The Imperator • Saran • Helron • Pandora

First Doctor's day

Drall • Unnamed President 1 • Pundat the Third • Slann • Pandad VII

Until Borusa

First Time Lord 1 • First Time Lord 2 (Pandad IV) • Omega Crisis President (Pandad IV) • Assassinated President (Pandad IV/Pardar V/Pandar V) • Greyjan the Sane • Fourth Doctor • Borusa • Fifth Doctor • The President Kodachrome

Pre-Time War

Unnamed leader • Flavia • Lowri • Flavia • Niroc • Romana II • Unnamed President 2 • Unnamed President 3 • Romana I (Romana II / Pandora) • Valyes • Darkel • Irving Braxiatel • Matthias • Romana II • Unnamed President 4 • Padrac

War in Heaven

Romana III • Head of the Presidency • Umbaste • The War King • Lolita • Unnamed Monarch

V-Time

Unnamed President 5 • Unnamed President 6

Last Great Time War

Romana II • Livia Caralis • Valerian • "Rassilon the Resurrected" • "War" Rassilon • "Rassilon the Narrator"

Post-Time War

"Rassilon the Narrator" • "Rassilon the Redeemer" • Twelfth Doctor • Unnamed Lady President

Unknown placement

Pandak II • Pandak III • Unnamed President 7

Other realities

Barusa's universe	Barusa • The Master • The Doctor

Antonin's timeline	Leela

Burner Doctor's timeline	Romana

Regenerators' timeline	Romana

Auld Mortality's universe	Susan

The Warrior's universe	The Warrior

From stories considered
invalid by this Wiki

Unnamed President 8 • Roasted Gallifreyan President

Symbols
of office

Crown of Rassilon • Sash of Rassilon • Rod of Rassilon • Great Key of Rassilon • The Matrix • Resignation honours list

Occasions

Presidential Resignation Day • Reaffirmation Ceremony

The Presidents are categorised by in-universe chronological order. Loose chronological order applies for the lists, but when in doubt (as with the temporal uncertainty of the Time Wars), list them in the order in which they were first depicted as Presidents in the real world.

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