Thread:Turtle365/@comment-15395126-20151011045507/@comment-15395126-20151011053211

Another idea I had regarding the "Gateway to Gallifrey" (tentative name):
 * A Time Lord must sacrifice his life in order to open this mythical doorway; it drains him of his regenerations.

Now recall how the Valeyard sought to obtain the Doctor's remaining regenerations in the Sixth Doctor's lifetime…
 * To obtain the Doctor's regenerations, the Valeyard seeks to make his past self open the Gateway and steal the regenerations from it as they are drained.

A couple things I'm left wondering if I pursue this idea, though…
 * I was thinking the Gateway to Gallifrey and the Doctor's big sacrifice could have something to do with the return of Gallifrey and/or how the Doctor plans to release it after he learns it's inside him. Any thoughts on this and how one event could lead into another?
 * I was also thinking that the Gateway could possibly lead to a means of releasing Omega so that he can be the primary threat in Series 13, the time of the Thirteenth Doctor's last adventure, as well as the time of the "rise of the Thirteenth" and Gallifrey's return.
 * I envisioned the Valeyard as a character who seeks his own destruction by eliminating his past self. But this conflicts with the new idea I presented above…Perhaps the Valeyard simply seeks to use the Gateway to end his own life instead of killing the Doctor?

Do let me know what you think, when you can :)