discussion time?

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I was just going to ask this on dwcanon_fodder (one of my favourite things about our fandom) but then I became so curious about people's opinions that I decided to ask here, too.

Do Time Lords have money?

The Gallifrey audios make it clear that Time Lords have economic relationships with off-worlders and at the very least, the Gallifreyan government owns foreign currency - Braxiatel embezzles it for his Collection, and they try to sell things to offworlders to solve their economic crisis. The Doctor seems to have very little respect for property in general (see how he uses ATMs in New Who). On the other hand, he (and the Master even more so) likes status symbols in some of his regenerations.

But do Time Lords use money ON Gallifrey? Do they earn wages and buy stuff? If they don't have money, how might their system work (given that they definitely have social classes and more and less desirable jobs)? And in your personal canon, do you think that the Doctor's family was richer or poorer than the Master's?

Speculate away!