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** Then there are the Osirians, like Sutekh from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E3PyramidsOfMars Pyramids of Mars]]". They're from the planet Osiris, have [[MindRape telepathic]] and [[MindOverMatter telekinetic]] abilities, have enough power to wipe out entire planets and star systems if they truly wanted to[[note]][[OmnicidalManiac And Sutekh does want to]][[/note]] and Myth/EgyptianMythology is based on them, the way they look and their seemingly mythical powers.

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** There are the Eternals, for instance, who dismiss the Time Lords with "Are there Lords of such a small domain?" In the ExpandedUniverse novels, a group of Eternals are the seldom-mentioned [[AncientAstronauts gods of Gallifrey]]. And then it turns out that the Eternals themselves greatly respect creatures known as the Black and White Guardians, who are as far above them as they are above Time Lords.
*** Some of the ExpandedUniverse novels also suggested that the Eternals are the descendants of "Time Lords" from the previous universe that escaped its collapse and fled into ours. They also suggested that some of the rogue god-like beings we sometimes see – like Fenric, or the Animus, or the Celestial Toymaker -– are actually rogue Eternals or Guardians.
** The Time Lords themselves, who possess technology allowing them to travel anywhere in time and space, created insanely powerful weapons like the star-killing Hand of Omega and sentient "galaxy eater" the Moment... and not to mention their [[TheNthDoctor ability to cheat death]] potentially an enormous amount of times, if someone is granted a new regeneration cycle. And that's only ''some'' of what they can do.
** Then there are the Osirian's, like Sutekh from ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E3PyramidsOfMars Pyramids of Mars.]]'' They're from the planet Osiris, have [[MindRape telepathic]] and [[MindOverMatter telekinetic abilities,]] have enough power to wipe out entire planets and star systems if they truly wanted to [[note]][[OmnicidalManiac And Sutekh does]][[/note]] and the ancient Egyptian myths and religions are based off of them, the way they look and their seemingly mythical powers.

If you have to use something that's recognizable to the viewer as a machine, you're not Sufficiently Advanced. (See HigherTechSpecies.) If you can just wave your hand and things happen, you probably are (visual machines are allowed for really ''big'' effects, like making galaxies explode or transporting a planet from one side of the galaxy to another). If you ''[[MechanicalLifeforms are]]'' [[MechanicalLifeforms a machine]], there's some wiggle room (and some overlap with DeusEstMachina).

** [[spoiler: The asari got a massive boost from the Protheans in the past when they began uplifting the primitive asari by teaching them the basics of civilization such as mathematics and argirculture, as well as genetically augmenting the asari to have natural biotic abilities and leaving them a Prothean Beacon to help boost their technological progression. All of this allowed the asari to become the first spacefaring species following the Prothean extinction and go on to more or less become the dominant race of the Galaxy, thanks to being the first to rediscover the Citadel and being the founders and leaders of the Galactic Council.]]

* The Great Houses from the ''Literature/FactionParadox'' continuity. They anchored the relationship between cause and effect whilst the universe was still in its infancy, and their home planet acts as a mean time for the entire universe. When they go to war, they use entire cultures as weapons.

* Jeff Bridges's species in ''Film/{{Starman}}'' might count -- there seems to be nothing his [[AppliedPhlebotinum magic balls]] couldn't do.[[note]]Considering he makes an infertile woman pregnant, [[IncrediblyLamePun he may really have magic]] ''[[IncrediblyLamePun balls]]'', [[IncrediblyLamePun too.]][[/note]]