"timelord"

[Jeff Prucher]

Jonathon Green wrote:

> Adams indeed worked on Dr Who, but not until the show, which began in
> November 1963,  had been going more than a decade. The creator of
> 'timelord' (assuming, that is, that it was created for the show, and I
> have no proof thereof - maytbe Jesse's science fiction citations file
> could help?)  was perhaps Anthony Coburn, C.E. Webber or Terry Nation,
> the writer I recall on many early episodes.

We have nothing on "timelord" at the OED sf project, but I would assume that
the word was created for "Dr. Who" as well.

Jeff Prucher


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