The Doctor/Time Lord Victorious

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The Time Lord Victorious/The Doctor
Other names:	The Doctor, Time Lord Victorious,Lord of Time, Dr. Who, Doctor Who, Doctor
Birth date:	Unknown
Death date:	N/A
Era:	Rassilon Era, Romana Era, Victorious Era (Parallel Time Line)
Main jobs:	Time Lord, Conqueror, Butcherer Of Worlds
Appearance
Species:	Time Lord
Gender:	Various
Eye color:	various
Hair color:	various
Height:	various
Weight:	various

The Time Lord Victorious is the adopted persona of the time lord formerly know as the Doctor from a Parallel universe (Reality 92) after losing grip on sanity following the deaths of several of his companions. Consumed by rage and pain, The Victorious became the ultimate threat to not only his universe but to the very Multiverse itself. He dominated it with an iron fist and hoped to spread his version of harmony to even more realities.

He would later find redemption and learn to cope with his grief and eventually returned to using his former moniker, attempting to once again live life of good and find penance in helping others.

“

For a long time now, I thought I was just a survivor, but I'm not. I'm the winner. That's who I am. The Time Lord Victorious. . — The Time Lord Victorious

”

Dark Beginnings

The Destruction Of The Dalek's

In His Fourth Incarnation, The Doctor while Travelling alone, was dispatched by the time lords to interfere in the Genesis of the Daleks, the doctor helped instigate a Thal uprising and after learning of the plan of the chief Kaled scientist Davos. managed rig the Dalek incubation room with explosives which would end the threat of the Daleks all together. As he is about to touch the two exposed wire ends to set them off, he hesitates, questioning whether he has the right to make that decision.

The Fourth Doctor Makes A Crucial Decision

“

But if I kill, wipe out a whole intelligent lifeform, then I become like them. I'd be no better than the Daleks...wouldn't I? . — The Fourth Doctor

”

Realising the opportunity he had he sets off the explosion destroyed the Daleks in this developmental stage, setting their evolution back years if not centuries, in the ensuing chaos of the blast harry and Sarah barely made it out in time, finding a heavily burned and injured Nyder crawling from the rubble they attempted to help him but the doctor insisted he be left these events allowed the Thals to reconquer skaro. Upon his return to galifrey The Time Lords welcomed the doctor back as a hero and he was given honours from the president Rassilon (Earth 92) himself who mockingly chastised the doctor for breaking there non interference policy but was grateful that he did

Mind Like Morbius

The body crafted for Morbius )

Tasked wit a secret assignment from Rassilon himself, the doctor follows reports of the that Morbius the notorious and malevolent renegade Time Lord is rumoured to be active. His career was the first in millennia to dramatically alter Gallifrey's relations with the wider universe. He attempted to overturn Gallifrey's non-interference policy in favour of military conquest. He failed, was exiled and eventually executed, only to survive, saved by his followers.

The Doctor Tracks find and tranquillise the creature created by DR Solan as a vessel for Morbius's mind, but not before it kills one of the Sisterhood. Solon convinces the Doctor he's going to dismantle the creature, Instead, he dead locks the laboratory trapping the Doctor outside, this leaves him free to complete the operation. The Doctor left with no other option injects cyanide gas into the lab, killing Solon, but not before Morbius arises, fully sentient within his new vessel. The doctor manages to break through the deadlock and is greeted by the creature, Morbius confronts the Doctor. The Doctor mocks Morbius's new form and says it's an improvement over the last time they had met, Morbius comments he now has the lungs of a birastrop, rendering him immune to the cyanide, the doctor laughs adding that that is very unornate and solan did think of everything. Morbius begins to boasts that despite his monstrous appearance, his followers will rise to join him once more. The Doctor challenges Morbius to a potentially deadly mind-bending contest, to which he arrogantly agrees, after a fierce contest of wills the machine overloads. The Doctor drops to the floor, inert. Morbius screams out and reverts to his earlier savagery, The Sisterhood, armed with torches are ready to great the beast and corner Morbius and drive him over the edge of a cliff to his demise. After sarah pleads with the sisterhood The Doctor's life is restored with a fresh draught of Elixir produced by Maren's self-sacrifice to the Sacred Flame, The Doctor gives sister Ohica a pack of firecrackers in case they have any more trouble, He departed with Sarah in the TARDIS. On the Tardis the doctor was unusually quite and Sarah worried that his mind-bending with Morbius had left a stain on the his mind, a darkness flickered over the doctors eyes and he glared silently across the console room.

The Doctor Was Heralded As A Hero, But Inside He Felt A Darkness stir

The Death Of Adric

The beginning of the Doctor's downward spiral began during the doctors fifth incarnation, sent on another mission by the time lord high council, an encounter with a group of Mondassion cybermen ended with not only the destruction of the entire Cyber fleet and their motherships but the death of the doctors young companion Adric (Plan of the Rani) after he sacrificed himself to save the doctor. The Doctor desperately tried to save Adric but found the TARDIS' controls have been damaged, making any sort of rescue impossible, The Tardis crew watched helplessly as the freighter collides with Earth in a massive explosion.

The Fifth Doctor Shocked By Adric's Death

The Doctor, having abandoned Nyssa and Tegan, returned to galifrey alone a broken man, the high council celebrated his defeat of the cyber race his long time friends The Rani (Earth 92) and The Master (earth 92) where the only ones who saw the doctors true emotions. retiring to his chambers following a feast in his honour the doctor entered A state of deep depression and attempted to commit suicide in a bid to end his misery, having pickpocketed a Staser pistol from a Chancellery Guard, he sat in silence apologising to his lost friends failing however this attempt was not successful and this led to him regenerating into his sixth incarnation, a tall man, with long, curly, blonde hair and green eyes. who seemed only fuelled by rage.

The Newly Regenerated Sixth Doctor

During a council meeting the newly regenerated doctor entered the chamber much to the shock of the other time lords assembled, when quizzed on his new appearance he remarked "change was in order" describing his new form having "a noble brow," as well as "a firm mouth, [and] a face beaming with a vast intelligence". This new incarnation seemed for more arrogant then the previous and when under direct stress had a violent outburst, rassilon called the doctor sentimental and chastised him for his love of 'lesser beings and that time lords where above the cattle' labelling him pathetic the two time lord traded harsh words with the doctor warning rassilon he could destroy everyone in 'a moment' if he wished. rassilon goaded the doctor challenging him to exact his moment upon them, the doctors simply smiled and left the chamber silently as the chamber erupted in chatter.

The Fall of Gallifrey

The Doctor, now filled with silent rage and rippling with pain, sat in his Tardis contemplating everything he came upon the thought that the universe needed new order but not from the corruption and eventual megalomania of the Time Lords or any other higher civilization in fact it needed a guiding hand. not a pompous bureaucrat or superiorly strong general no the universe needed a intellect that would be boundless and gently or perhaps, if he dared to allow himself, even forcefully push peace at any cost. So the plan was hatched He used his TARDIS with it's vast corridors and endless passage ways to allow several different armies from countless worlds that despised the time lords themselves and sought there ruin, to remain hidden until his command then he would give them there greatest and darkest wish, a ticket to the heart of galifrey. the doctor landed his ship in the main chambers of the high council and confronted the mighty Rassilon, he two traded jibes and rassilon asked if the doctor was here to burn them to the ground like he had previously remarked bellowing with mocking laughter, then the doctor smiled and simply answered yes and clicked his fingers and the doors of the Tardis flung open and it began a full-frontal assault on Gallifrey. In mere hours he himself, the doctor, had brought about the near extinction of his own race and his home world was reduced to a wasteland with only small outposts of life and those foolish enough to flea to the death zone. With the armies' purpose now fulfilled, they turned to the last time lord who could stop them the Doctor himself, he was prepared for this eventually and used his great intellect to weave a lie, he told them the time lords would return in greater strength if Omega wasn't destroyed, He watched with glee as the most powerful armies in the universe simply marched themselves into a black hole and annihilating them instantly atom by atom, he cheered them on with a great pantomime flare even using a set of football rattles and a whistle to whimsically cheer them on, finally leaving him to sit in peace and clap as the last battalion faded into oblivion all while he sipped tea on the edge of his Tardis and sighed in relief as his grand vision took shape. in less then a day the doctor had defeated the time lords and countless war like races and he remarked at the fact of it's simplicity and wondered why he hadn't done it much earlier.

The Great Purge

The Newly Crowned Time Lord Victorious

The Doctor then began his great plan for conquest of the universe and everlasting peace, He began by decimating all governments and political powers not with force but with simple words, outwitting all of them and ruthlessly slaughtering all those who dared send armies against him he did this simply and effortlessly, for he needed no armies he stood alone and most times unarmed. word spread fast of the doctor who walked bathed in fire and blood and could make worlds fall by simply opening his lips, alliances where formed and people went into hiding the once heroic doctor became an intergalactic bogeyman that haunted children's nightmares. First The Shadow Proclamation fell, Followed by The Atraxi, The Uvodni Swarms, The Draconian empire and all others who dared impose there laws on the doctors peaceful world. The Doctor soon found people flocking to him begging to be saved and bowing to him under fear of his wrath, he bathed in there devotion and finding himself in charge of vast sways of life made him smile in his eyes he was bringing piece to war torn planets and threatening swift action to anyone who dared interfere with his grand plan. Staying true to his word, all protests and rebellions were dealt with swiftly, most who where lucky where simply jettisoned into space while some where killed by there own people who where petrified the doctor would hear them and kill everyone on the planet because of them. To demonstrate his power and make his intentions clearly know, he with a 'heavy heart' vaporised the world of Agronda without batting an eyelid, he then arranged all the other civilizations to meet him and dine with him on the asteroid field created from the once lush worlds remains. all who attended where disgusted with some bowing down before him then and there, showing absolutely no remorse for these actions he told his assembled guests this was the fate of those who rebelled gesturing all around him. Some begged for him to stop and appealed to him as the doctor and simply laughed the title of 'Doctor' was abandoned and replaced with a new more fitting moniker 'the Time Lord Victorious' - Lord of Time, Controller of All Life in the Universe, bringer of peace. The Time Lord Victorious began shaping things to bend to his will further, He began destroying the planets of every creature who dared defy him in the past, The planets Sontar, Raxacoricofallapatorius and even the Ood Sphere - trillions of lifeforms snuffed out by the Victorious and his newly crafted army of robotic soldiers. The Victorious made sure that all major threats were dealt with so that no one would dare defy or challenge his word.

The victorious's newly built Roboforms

The newly restored Dalek race attempted to wage war on the Victorious's forces a large last ditch attempt by the combined rebel forces to defeat their common enemy, throwing ships and thinly stretched resources at the Victorious but the entire remnants of their armies where no match, colonies and eventually their species were ultimately destroyed, the victorious simply would defeat them by sheer might or simply rewrite history in his favour, wiping them out of existence before they even had chance to raise arms against him. The Victorious had indeed brought his perverse version of peace to the universe and he revelled in it, he reigned supreme and his rule was unmatched and unchallenged. Regenerating for some unknown reason the seventh incarnation the Victorious decimated his opponents on the battle field, he was unpredictable, dangerous and an utterly ruthless megalomaniac of the most diabolical kind. He was unbelievably resourceful, and could access vast amounts of weaponry, technology and forces if needed. He met All challenges in exceptionally calm and reserved manner even while in the thick of battle, Being extremely intelligent but in all of the worst ways, a known master of psychological warfare he could and would intimidate people with his very presence.

Defeat

Beginning Of The End

The Victorious 8th incarnation

With The Victorious' victory over the Dalek race, it appeared there were no longer any true threats to him, during a game for some close friends he had been bested by a gladiator in his own arena with the warrior landing a blow to the victorious’s left flank. roaring with laughter and watching as the gladiator looked on borrows he began to change before his guests eyes and in the confusion he the slew the same being in his newly regenerated eighth incarnation describing this self as a warrior to his ‘friends‘, displaying a newly found ease with most blades given to him. he travelled from corner to corner of his glorious empire experiencing the sights, sounds and pleasures he could afford now, with no more blood to spill in glorious battle, he became bored and eventually grew more cruel and bloodthirsty thirsting for a challenge even the master had been found and killed. He would make races under his control fight in blood sport to appease him, on occasion decided to cause extinction level events and then swoop and rescue the worthy simply for the frill. Most described his eighth incarnation as looking and speaking like an angel but acting like a monster and most chose to simply obey his rule no matter the cost because to anger the victorious would be risk fates worse then death, not just for oneself but possibly your entire race and planet.

The Victorious RoboForm soldiers always watchful

Not long after this, The Victorious' TARDIS, now with a dark blue nearly black colouration, started malfunctioning. It started to counter The Victorious' decisions, and refused to allow him to travel to some destinations. Unhappy, The Victorious simply and with out hesitation mutilated his Tardis and essentially lobotomised it, placing the consciousness of it in a female human body that resembled Romana simply referred to as "Bad Wolf". The woman, having the power of the Time Vortex in her was able to escape by travelling to another parallel universe. Shortly after arriving, her body psychically breaking down and her life coming to an end the bad Wolf realized that this universe must have its own version of The Doctor, and perhaps, he or she may be exactly what their universe needed.

The Bad Wolf

The Bad wolf made her way to earth and after years of searching came upon the doctor on earth in the town of Sheffield now in her second incarnation of her second regeneration cycle upon hearing of her parallel self's actions the doctor was Appalled and did not think twice about helping. The Doctor then travelled to her past to find every single one of her previous incarnations, to help her stop The Victorious.

Arrival of the Other Doctors & The Battle For The Universe Begins

The Victorious Fighting The Assembled Doctors .

The bad wolf used her powers to bend reality to return the doctors to her original reality, the victorious sensing the return of his creation arrived to great them with a grand armada. now in his 9th body and looking much older, with pronounced wrinkles carved into his craggy, careworn face, resembling a man in his seventies the Victoroious looked more world weary and battle hardened.

Following an intense fire fight, the 13 Doctors managed to evade the victorious fleet and keep him occupied chasing after them throughout time and space, some how narrowly avoiding his moves infuriating him further, However the Time Lord Victorious managed to damage the thirteenth Doctors' TARDIS to stop this. Unbeknownst to the victorious the doctors had planned this and the remaining doctors had managed to unite the remaining rebel forces including several the remnants of the shadow proclamation, the last cyber flotilla and several dalek saucers and launching an all out assault against the victorious and his fleet who went into battle hysterically laughing. The assembled doctors companions acted as envoys amongst the assembled races who pushed back hard against the victorious fleet with many laying down there lives to end his reign.

The Thirteenth Doctor The Women Who Would Defeat The Victorious

The Doctors arrived together in the ruins of galifrey there plan was simple to deactivate the Time Lord Victorious's TARDIS and stop him from crossing over into any other dimension and locking him in a chrono-loop for all time, if they couldn't save this universe they would seal it shut and allow it to heal itself. Upon entering Citadel and finding the remnants of the victorious the time lords began to become corrupted by the Dark Matrix installed within the stolen TARDIS. Suddenly without warning one of the doctors companions ran screaming from the direction of the doctors Tardis's a blood drenched Victorious emerged having slain some of the assembled doctors companions.

The Victorious's 12th Incarnation After Murdering The Doctors Companion

Now in His 11th incarnation having burnt quickly through regenerations while battling the rebel forces the Victorious battled The Thirteenth Doctor and her other incarnations, following a breath physical fight between the war and 9th incarnation of the Doctor he victorious proved superior he was about to land a killing blow on the doctors ninth incarnation with a shard of metal, when suddenly there was brilliant flash of blue light an unknown male ran across the battle field, a companion of the thirteenth doctors this momentarily distracted the Victorious. The man dressed in a long buttoned up coat had a scarf wrapped around the lower half of his face with a large set of welding goggles covering his eyes pulled a device from one of his pocked and set off a sonic charge he dragged the ninth doctor to safety and then pulled another sonic device from his pocket the device flickered blue to green then humming flickered red he shouted something indistinguishable to the doctors a sudden sonic wave of them activating their collective sonic screwdrivers and setting off a blast knocking back the victorious and crippling him temporally.

The assembled time lords took the opportunity to rest and to talk to there dark parallel, as well as thanking the mysterious companion of the thirteenth doctor, who simply stood over the fallen victorious watching him like a sombre sentinel. He asked to speak directly to the bad wolf and the thirteenth doctor together in private, while the others reasoned with the Victorious, the doctors explaining the events of the time war and how this effected the doctors mentally but he never gave up or gave in, never became cruel or cowardly. the victorious sneered and called the collected doctors sentimental fools echoing Rassilons words years previous, the victorious told the collective mass once the effect on his body wore off he would kill each of them slowly and smash their Tardis's into one machine and initiate the final sanctum transmuting the whole multiverse into beings of pure energy where peace would be ever lasting. the thirteenth doctor and the bad wolf returned and infrmed the collected doctors that the stranger had left but gave them a message 'show the victorious mercy'

allowing time for there true plan to take shape. The doctors had rigged the bad wolf's failing body as a Demat-bomb allowing her to send the doctors back to there own universe and destroy the victorious in one act, the machine cradled the Victorious crying as she wiped him from existence.

The Bad Wolf Cradles The Newly Regenerated Thirteenth Incarnation

Fate Would not Allow Things To end here and Instead of dying the Victorious began to regenerate, due to the dark energies of the Dark Matrix tainting his cells, the initial blast of regenerative energy was so powerful that it sterilised the Tardis and allowed the bad wolf to return back within the Tardis, which, as a result, renewed itself into its' original form. And thus, the Twelfth Incarnation Of The Victorious was born. The Tardis took pity upon the freshly regenerated Victorious and aware she had deleted him from the time lords memories, took her old friend on one last trip to a new dimension where he could live in peace for the rest of his final regeneration

Reawakening

The Victorious Awoke newly regenerated in a new reality his former memories wiped from temporal energies of the previous battle he was left without a tardis or any idea where he was eventually he was found by a young women called clara oswald in a small seaside town on the coast off the north east of England. her family helped him heal and he grew to love them like a loving grandfather. At Night he Would have vivid nightmares of a women on a far away planet laughing at him and torturing him and he would often wake up screaming. He Would Eventually calm and have less frequent nightmares but would always live in fear of the women from his dreams

The Victorious's Nightmares

The Dishevelled Victorious

Soon the The victorious encountered this universes version of the master the victorious who killed clara and her family during a battle with this universe version of the doctor. seeing the destruction after the battle this version of doctor came to comfort the crying old man in the burnt up house.

the enraged victorious snapped remembering his previous incarnations memories, in a blind rage his hands gripped around the throat of the young timelord before him he strangled this version of the doctor before he could fight back eventually he landed a punch knocking the shocked doctor clean out, as the doctors lay out cold he made his way to the master.

The Paralell Universe Doctor reportedly in his second incarnation

They Say The masters screams could be heard for miles around and no one dared look upon what the victorious had done, it is possible through dark means to rip regenerations from a time lord but the process is so horrific it can cause the time lord having the regeneration ripped mental damage and agony beyond comprehension but he victorouis didn't care, he only managed to extract four regenerations from this version on the master and as his body crackled with the last remnants of regeneration energy the victorious reached for the nearest thing a set of cutlery and drove two butter knives directly into the masters hearts halting the masters regeneration and process killing him permanently.

The Victorious In The Other Universes Master's Clothing

Following His Torture of the master the victorious set to work modifying the masters Tardis, ashamed to face the judgement of the other doctors own feeling some remanence of shame. after many hours he had turned the masters tardis into a highly functioning battle tardis, his final act was to redress himself in a combination of the masters and doctors clothe’s taking this universes sonic screwdriver as his own, He set Course for his next challenge, home.

The Victorious Make Shift Battle Tardis

Return To Galifrey

The Birth Of New Galifrey

After Many Attempts At Breaking The Barrier Between Worlds, the victorious dangerously dabbled in some Manipulation of E-space and in a grand explosive fashion finally managed to Return To His own universe crash landing back on the planet karn, the damage to the parallel masters Tardis was irreparable. The shocked Sisterhood of karn bore witness to the almighty bursts of energy and light as the victorious broke through realities, they nursed the injured time lord back to health sensing in him a great rage but also compassion unlike any other. The Great Mother of the sisterhood organised a secret transport for her guest back to galifrey, in return for a favour she would call upon at a later date which the victorious begrudgingly agreed to. He was shocked to arrive back on the day after His Fifth Incarnation Had in this altered time line Successfully Committed Suicide, this had been the outcome of the bad wolf and the doctors plans changing his time line so that the Victorious would never come into creation. The Victorious simply laughed this off disposing of his Own Body and assuming the identity of his sixth incarnation, there was a knock at the door and he was called to the a meeting of the high council.

The Victorious Triumphantly Strode Into The High Council Chamber As He did before with many of the assembled members of the high council shocked at his new regeneration, many commenting on how old he now was and that something seemed of about him he exuded a sense of foreboding like a shark circling it's prey. he sat in the nearest chair plonking his feet upon the grand table. Rassilon looked on confused by the 'doctor's new appearance the victorious smiled at the lord president and announced he was here to save galifrey and proceeded to produce a Tissue Compression Eliminator from his pocket he remarked the device was "Not usually my style" before activating it and shrinking Rassilon, the shocked council erupted in burst of screams, shouting and calls for the guards however the Victorious spoke softly and laid out his plans for what he called 'new galifrey', a society where time lords would interfere with time and shape the universe to better then the old one they would rise and become a shining republic a beacon to light the way delivering his impassioned speech to anyone who would care to listen to him. following a breath moment of silence the room erupted in applause and cheers and Rassilon was all but forgotten about in the following months the mantle of lord president was given to the victorious. He reunited with his granddaughter Susan and her family and enjoyed spending time with his remaining family members something he had not had chance previous to do in previous incarnations.

The victorious Takes His Place As President Of Gallifrey

Resplendent in his crimson battle armour the victorious was never one to shy away from conflict a master tactician on the battle field and off, he became know for going into hostile environments alone and end conflicts single handed eventually he would take to wearing pure white armour and would be found helping others especially children but his dark side would linger and he would fly into fits of rage almost at the brink of beating enemies to death the only thing able to stop him where the breath fragmented memories of Clara that flashed into his mind. Several Years went by and the ghost of the victorious's past began to haunt him he would hear Clara calling for him from nowhere and he would have terrible nightmares of the thirteenth doctor coming and taking her away from him or murdering her. he would wake in cold sweats hearing the countless screams of the people he would of killed in the alternative timeline, Ghostly watchers would sometimes follow him other times masses of these ghosts would be seen around him. Frightened by these visions sought help from the sisterhood of karn once more who explained these where echo's of his original time line bleeding into this one they gave him herbs and conjure visions of clara as a sister of karn where they would talk for hours and he would ask her forgiveness for the crimes he had committed. the victorious become more and more remorseful the more time he spent with this vision of Clara.

Haunted By The Ghost Of Clara

He would often seek Clara's council before anyone else's and new galifrey enjoyed a golden age of prosperity under the victorious rule, wars that should of happened where ended and peace was even brokered between the thralls and kaleds by the victorious who everyone called assumed was simply the sixth doctor, little did he know someone else was on karn watching him and learning of his new weakness and waiting to strike.

Return Of The Master

After Much Time Away the master made a surprise return to new galifrey to much commotion from her fellow time lords, her apparent reason for returning was her simply hearing her old friend was now lord president and wanted to congratulate him on his rise to power. The Victorious greeted the master, now calling herself missy, warmly and asked her for a private meeting In his private office which greatly impressed missy. The two old friends shared stories, reminiscing on there time within the academy together with missy even remarked that earth was in a terrible state since he had been away invade no less then fifteen times and that he really should go back to cleaning up others messes as it was no fun without him. The Victorious simply smirked and said he had bigger intentions now and that earth was something he'd have to eventually get round to in time

The Master Now In A New Female Body Returns To See Her Old Friend

After a brief conversation, missy knew instantly this person calling themselves 'the doctor' was not who he said he was, instead of her old friend a much darker entity sat across the table from her now as she put it "much older and ancient and filled with rage a plenty and a killer eyebrows to boot" she told the victorious she had actually been back some time and had been disguised amongst the people of galifrey watching him but she needed to be face to face with him to confirm what she knew deep down. the victorious had no option and revealed himself informing missy of who he was and how he came to be back in the universe, the two laughed and missy complimented the victorious on his achievements adding 'the butter knives where a nice touch' the victorious added that he missed having a friend to talk to slowly but surely he began to persuade missy to join him and help him improve new galifrey.

Missy Informed The Victorious she loved the idea of ruling the universe side by side and that they would really make a terribly wonderful mess together they could burn it all down but with some sadness she said "alas, it wouldn't be any fun without the doctor trying stop her" the Victorious looked at her confused telling her "the doctor is dead" she laughed and told him that he wasn't not deep down, she informed him that she still saw a faint twinkle in his eyes of the doctor and the good man she loved

Death At The Hands Of An Old Friend

In the middle of the night the victorious heard strange sound he called for his servants but no one came he rushed to the courtyard of his home and there he found Clara Oswald asking for help, confused at where he was the victorious was shocked to see her and stepped out into the cool night air his arms out ready to embrace and comfort her. as soon as he stepped out he felt cold steel plunge into one of his hearts, missy who had positioned herself just out of view cackled. she had brought this universes Clara to him as a distraction the victorious as simply 'why?' missy seemed upset and crazed she only wanted her friend back to stop her "it's not any fun if we are both the evil one's now is it" the victorious fell to the ground and watched as missy and Clara disappeared. he screamed and felt himself regenerating the words 'come out and play doctor' written in his own blood on the wall behind him.

The Victorious Newly Regenerated Into Her 14th Incarnation Haunted By The Face Of The Women Who Defeated Her Past Self

The Victorious looked at her newly regenerated face, a new female body, her attendants and servants crowded rounded and helped her back to her room to dress. once she had awoken it took a few moments for her to realise this new body was the face of the doctor who had stopped her a few years previous, she grew mad and spent days locked in her chambers torturing herself, the victorious sick self harming as some way of hurting the person she despised most. The high council was called into session and the victorious arrived in her grand robes looking gaunt and pale more like a cloister wraith then living time lord. In the lord presidents chair sat missy resplendent in her own time lord robes a mixture of pinks and purples the two time lords exchanged a heated glances the assembled council members expressed there concerns for the "doctor's" well being. missy simply sneered and revealed who this doctor really was " the time lord victorious" how the person in front of them was a monster and should be locked up for everyone's safety the council dismissed her words as the rambling of a demented time lord. Cardinal Ollistra demanded silence and ordered missy to respect where she sat cardinal Grayvas also scolded her actions and called her claims ludicrous and banished her from the chambers and warned her that they would decide upon her fate soon enough having the cardinal guard take her into custody. she simply chuckled and blew a kiss to the victorious as she left caring little for the time lords judgement of her actions. The Victorious sat in quite contemplation while the council squabbled around her, after much deliberation they ordered the lord president to be removed to a zero room to be allowed to heal and process this new regeneration. hoping this would end the mental anguish the regeneration had put on her and restore the 'doctor' back to her normal as the cardinal guard escorted her out there where lots of reassurances from the council members wishing her well and hoping for a speedy recovery.

Missy's Short Tenure As Lord President

The Zero Room Ordeal

The Lord president's Zero Room

Once She was taken to the lord presidents zero room she became more violent towards herself and scratched away at her arms and legs and using anything to hand, her body unresponsive to sedatives and most forms of psychic communication. eventually it was decided it would be best if she was sealed in the room until her mind had fully healed, however the victorious simply descended into madness further scratching at her own eyes and causing herself to regenerate Two more time into two more females incarnations that where never seen only briefly heard and still the process would continue any sedatives introduced into the room would have no effect, eventually after a massive burst of regenerative energy was registered within the room everything fell silent.

After a few days the doors to the zero room where opened and a man was found in a destroyed room simply weeping and begging for forgiveness, The time lords believed this to be the doctors ninth incarnation when actually this was the Victorinus's seventeenth incarnation. This new incarnation was brought before the new galifreyian council who declared they had decided due to recent events to remove the office of lord president and rule collectively as a republic without a figure head. due to his many years of service to new galifrey they would allow 'the doctor' to act as an agent for them throughout time and space and travel like he once did saving lives and helping out where he needed, it was there hope that the madness had passed and that in doing this it would help heal 'the doctors' soul.

The Newly Regenerated Victorious

A Final Set of gifts where given as a thank you for service to the planet Cardinal Ollistra took the doctor away to show him gifts in secret; His old Tardis had been refurbished and restored, four more regenerations allowing him to assume the role of his 'true' ninth incarnation, A brand new sonic screwdriver.

Interoir Of The Seventeenth/'Ninth' Doctors Doctors Tardis

The Seventeenth/'Ninth' Doctors doctors new sonic screwdriver

Ollistra explained that she had thought what missy had said was perhaps true but she knew the doctor well and he was a good man and although most thought her callous and cruel she had a deep respect for him and chose to believe in him rather then doubt him, remarking that 'without you the universe does seem a lot darker'. sending the doctor on his way he Explored his old Tardis the crimson red console the only true hint of color within the cold and bleak industrial room, the console itself was an island in the middle of room surrounded by a moat of shimmering silver and blue liquid with only two walk ways one at the Front leading from the entrance and a rear walk way leading to the back of the console room. the 'doctor' made his way to the Tardis's wardrobe removing the tattered robes of state he had wore for what felt like eternity. He chose to wear a simple blue shirt with a dark tweed waist coat, dark grey trousers with brown leather dress shoes and a dark navy pea coat over the top with the collar turned up. he felt a strange sense of relief wash over himself and he felt a contentment he hadn't for many years.

Return Of The Doctor

Return To Being The Doctor, The Victorious In His 17th Incarnation, But Assuming the Title of the ninth doctor

Wracked with Guilt With His Previous Actions the victorious left new galifrey in a hurry and did as the council instructed he returned to saving the universe, although he never gave a name when asked who he was he felt to ashamed to call himself the doctor again, he visited Agronda the first world he had vaporised but now it stood peaceful and he simply watched the people counting the number of children who would of burned through his actions he could barely breath when he thought of this. a young Agrondian girl believed him to be a wayward travel and offered him some fruit he accepted her simple act of kindness brought tears to his eyes and he thanked her he sat and mediated for many hours in that same spot while the people past by him then as suddenly as he came he was gone. His first true act as the doctor was to save Adric his former companion, sitting down together he revealed to the him the truth about himself and how he came to be back in this universe, shocked at first to the revelations he juts heard Adric took some time to consider the time lords words he told the guilt ridden man before him that he essentially had been given a clean slate by the universe and he was 'the doctor again' now what was he going to do about it. this spurred a new fire in the time lord and he jumped back into his tardis and was once again saving the universe

Old And New Faces

In Early 2008, Sarah investigated strange goings-on at Harmony Shoal While investigating the Business she crossed paths with An Overly Friendly IT Technician "John Smith". Later that night as she investigated deeper into the company, she entered a room and was shocked to see the familiar police box shape of the Doctor's TARDIS. Exiting the room, she saw John Smith, who she correctly identified as the Doctor, now in his 'Ninth' incarnation The two instantly embraced engaging in a brief catch up, Sarah led the Doctor outdoors and reunited him with the inoperative K9 Mark III. The pair reminisced at a local coffee shop whilst the Doctor performed such repairs to K9 as he could, managing to restore basic functionality but with only limited power, the doctor showed some admiration for Sarah jane being able to construct her own sonic device with he limited equipment the century provide to which she remarked she had a good teacher. Sarah jane admitted she could see sadness or perhaps shame In the doctors eyes he told her he had done terrible things and was no longer the man she met many years ago, sparing her the details of his past exploits he maintained the visage of being the ninth incarnation of the doctor

Sarah Jane and her sonic lipstick

Zygon Peace Treaty

In Late 2025 the doctor brokered peace between the zygons and human Race he was paramount in his efforts uniting the two races to work together for equal benefit, While Dealing with a group of zygon rebels who where determined on killing the human inhabitants of the planet, the doctor gave an impassioned speech:

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I don't understand? Are you kidding? Me? Of course I understand. I mean, do you call this a war? This funny little thing? This is not a war! I fought in a bigger war than you will ever know. I did worse things than you could ever imagine. And when I close my eyes I hear more screams than anyone could ever be able to count! And do you know what you do with all that pain? Shall I tell you where you put it? You hold it tight till it burns your hand, and you say this. No one else will ever have to live like this. No one else will have to feel this pain. Not on my watch! . — The 'Ninth Doctor'

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This speech revealing this current incarnations deep passion and compassion to ending conflict and ensuring no one would endure or suffer the darkness that his previous reign as the victorious brought about. the rebels stood down and the doctor shielded them from reprisals for the actions in their attacks on humanity and personally witnessed the signing of peace treaty between the Prime minister Harriet jones and the zygon collective.

Blink

Young photographer Sally Sparrow breaks into an abandoned house, Wester Drumlins, taking photos of fallen chandeliers and moss growing in the fireplaces. Finding her way into the rooms upstairs, she sees faded and peeling wallpaper and the letters "BE" exposed underneath. She pulls back the corner and reveals a message that reads "BEWARE OF THE WEEPING ANGELS". She tears off more wallpaper, revealing more of the message telling her to beware of the Weeping Angels, and also instructing her to "duck, Sally Sparrow." It is only when she reveals the words "duck now" that she actually does so, narrowly avoiding a rock that would have hit her head, looking out the window, from where the rock was thrown and sees the statue of an angel with its hands covering its eyes. She peels the rest of the wallpaper off to reveal the remainder of the message and a clue to it's writer simply saying "Love from the Doctor, 1969." Startled Sally decides to head home, looking into her living room; there are numerous televisions; they show a man with glasses, although, on one screen, a young woman is butting into the scene. The man tells the viewer not to turn away, not to look away, and not to blink, insisting strongly the words "Blink and you're dead." Sally calls her best friend Kathy Nightingale, despite the late hour; she answers, groggily, but refuses to leave her home. 

It's then revealed that Sally is in Kathy's home, having been given a key. Annoyed, Kathy gets ready to greet her friend, however upon hearing the toilet flush, Kathy cautiously asks if Sally has met her brother, warning her that she's about to. Sally turns to the hall to see Kathy's naked brother, Larry, who desperately hoped he was wearing pants. Kathy walks in, shouting at Larry to get to bed, she then notices Sally isn't concerned by this, asking her what's wrong. 

The next morning a reluctant Sally and Kathy return to the house; Kathy has a laugh that they are acting like detectives. Sally shows Kathy the message on the wall and the Weeping Angel but thinks it now appears closer to the house than last night, Someone rings the doorbell causing the pair to jump, Sally reluctantly answers it while Kathy waits in the room with the writing on the wall, as she puts it in case of incidents. Sally answers the door to discover a man who is looking for her, he says that he was told to come to this house on this exact date and time and give Sally Sparrow a letter. As Kathy tries to spy on the conversation through the crack in the open door, she fails to notice the Weeping Angel moving whenever it isn't in sight, lowering its hands from its eyes and creeping slowly into the room and upon Kathy from behind. When Sally asks the man who sent him, he replies that it was his grandmother, Katherine Wainwright, who specified that he explains that before marriage, she was known as Kathy Nightingale. At that moment, the door to the room Kathy is in slams violently shut. Sally calls out to Kathy, to which the man assumes is her wondering if he said the right name so  he restates her full name, Katherine Constello Nightingale. Sally presumes she has figured out the practical joke and calls for her friend, but Kathy does not reply, when she goes back into the room where she left her Sally finds her friend has completely vanished, with the Angel is back in its original spot and position outside, sally wondering if she noticed the strange smile on it's face before. 

Elsewhere, Kathy wakes up in a field and asks a local lad where she is, He replies that she is iHull, but she refuses to believe it to be true until he shows her the local newspaper, which not only confirms her location but also shows the year to be 1920. 

Back at Wester Drumlins, the man has now become upset, he had promised to fulfil this task for his late grandmother, Kathy Wainwright he states she died in 1987. This persuades Sally of his honesty and she takes the letter and reads it, this man is indeed Kathy's grandson, who swore to fulfil her last request. In anger Sally flings down the letter and heads upstairs as she begins hyperventilating, only to be met by more Weeping Angels on the landing. One of them has a Yale key in its hand, She takes it and goes to leave finding Kathy's grandson is also leaving with his promise now fulfilled, she asks him one more question regarding Kathy's life, whether she it was good or not and he smiles and tells her his grandmother was loved and passed away holding her husbands hand surrounded by her family. As they both leave,they fail to notice the Angels uncovering their eyes and watching her as sally takes the key and leaves. 

In a near by coffee shop, Sally reads the letter fully, learning Kathy did lead a full and happy life, with a man named Ben, the first person she met in Hull having settled down with a family. She has included photographs of her and her children, with her daughter named after Sally and several grandchildren. Sally then reads Kathy's joke about living to an exceptionally old age and her request to tell Larry, who works at a local DVD shop, something. She explains her parents are both gone by this time, so he's really her only close family, Sally then goes to visit Kathy's grave to pay her respects to her dead friend, having a laugh that Kathy lied to Ben, claiming to have been younger than she was she then leaves for the DVD shop. Sally fails to notice one of the Angels from Wester Drumlins spying on her in the graveyard. 

When Sally gets to the DVD shop, she goes into the back to find Larry, she is shocked to see the man with glasses who gave her the blinking warning on a TV. Larry happily explains that the man is an Easter egg found on seventeen DVDs and no one, not even the manufacturers or the publishers, knows how it got there, he explains he has been looking for a meaning behind the Easter eggs for sometime joking on about cults and the illuminati. As they are talking, the DVD keeps un-pausing itself, and the man with glasses says random phrases, one of which shockingly fits with something Sally commented. In the end, Larry gives her a list of the seventeen DVDs that have the Easter egg on them, she then leaves the shop, having gotten an idea about what to do next from a comment said by one of Larry's co-worker in regards to a horror film "Why does nobody ever just go to the police?". 

Sally goes to the police station, and mentions the house's name, while waiting, she sees two of the Angels on the church across the street she carefully watches them studying them she blinks and they seem to have disappeared, What she doesn't see is that they are now above the window she is looking out of. breaking the silence DI Billy Shipton introduces himself, he shows sally a collection of cars with something strange in common, all of them were found outside the Wester Drumlins house. He explains some of the cars where found with their motors still running and all of their owners vanished without a trace, he shows her a fake police phone box, with a lock that will not open, explain they have tried various locksmiths but to no avail. Billy charms Sally to give him her mobile number before she leaves insisting it's in case he needs to ask her more questions potentially over dinner, after she leaves, Billy turns around to find the Weeping Angels have appeared in the room with him, surrounding the phone box, he begins to examine them closely wondering where they have come from, he then blinks. Outside, Sally finds the key she took from the Angel's hand in her coat pocket quickly thinking she heads back to the garage to try it out, finding Billy and the police box have both vanished, the outside door is broken open. Someone haven broken through it with tremendous force. 

Billy wakes up, rubbing his eyes he sees the Doctor and Ace, who tell him he is now in 1969, because of the "touch of an Angel"; most likely the same one that touched them as he is in the same year that they are. The Doctor advises not to go swimming for an hour as time travel without a capsule is disorientating, Ace advises Billy to nod when the Doctor stops for breath. Billy wonders how the Doctor found him, the Time Lord then shows off a modified lunch box, which he explains detects when someone comes from a different time the doctor adds that" it can cook an egg from 20 paces, whether you want it to or not"' Because of this, he actively avoids chickens, as it's not pretty when they blow up he explains with a characteristic smirk. Ace explains that they normally would have offered Billy a ride home, however, the doctor adds someone's nicked his motor. After they talk, the Doctor asks Billy to give Sally Sparrow a message and apologises that it will take "a while" to get the message through. 

Back in the present, Sally gets a phone call she is visibly shaken as the call progresses. She goes to visit an old and dying Billy at the hospital, they have a laugh that Billy eventually managed to marry a Sally, who has already passed away, he then passes on the Doctor's message - "look at the list". Meaning the list of DVD's Larry gave her, Billy reveals that he didn't stay a cop back in the '70s; he instead got into video publishing and eventually DVDs, Sally realises that he was the one who put the Easter eggs on the DVDs, with the elderly bill smiling at her realisation. He also says that she will understand one day, but that he won't; the Doctor has told him that this is their last meeting and that he has only as long as the rain stops before he dies. Billy goes on to explain that he could have contacted her before tonight, but the Doctor advised him against it as the resulting temporal paradox could have severely damaged the universe, Sally decides to stay with him until the end, holding his hand till the rain eventually stops. 

Sally leaves hospital and calls Larry, she has realised what the DVDs on "the list" all have in common: they are all owned by her; specifically, they are the only DVDs that she owns, which means that the Easter egg is specifically meant for her. She asks him to bring a portable DVD player to the old house, Larry does so and brings the DVD with the best sound on the Easter eggs, They play it and see the full message from the Doctor. He makes the same random comments from the video store, but now they fit perfectly into what Larry and Sally are saying, Realising this, Sally thinks he can hear them, but Larry explains that he always says it and that he has got a transcript of the Easter eggs with him, as the Doctor gives his message, everything Sally says seems to fit in, so Larry, now very excitedly begins to add her words to the transcript. 

The Doctor then mentions that he has a copy of the transcript on his autocue explaining that is how he knows what she is saying, he warns of creatures from another world, calling them the "Lonely Assassins", aka the Weeping Angels. They are incredibly fast, and they can send people back in time, which is how he got stuck in 1969. These aliens have a unique defence mechanism, they are "quantum locked"; which means they do not exist when they are being watched. If any living thing looks at the Angels, they immediately turn to stone until they are no longer looked at. This explains the "weeping"; they cannot look at each other since it has the same effect, since a statue can't look away or blink, the Angels who see each other never move again. The Angels send their victims into the past and feed off the days they never had, they are looking to get into the TARDIS, which is filled with time energy, which the Angels will feast on forever but the damage they could do could potentially switch off the sun he explains that since Sally has the key, the Angels are after her now. 

The Doctor is stuck in 1969, so he is relying on Sally to send the TARDIS back to him, when she asks how, he states that he has run out of transcript, but he can guess why, he surmises that the Weeping Angels are closing in, forcing her to flee and so left the transcript was left unfinished. Larry has unknowingly stopped writing, he says what Sally has already heard; she must keep her gaze on the Angels, she mustn't turn away, look away, or even blink. The Angels can move with incredible speed when unobserved then he says the words she has heard before that take root in her brain “Blink... and you're dead". Once the message has ended, Sally and Larry feel chill emanating up there spines as they both realise at the same time that neither is looking at the Weeping Angel anymore, they both look up as quick as they can, the Angel is now in the room with them, baring razor sharp stone teeth held in a savage snarl and outstretching clawed fingers aimed towards them. A terrified Larry keeps his eyes fixed on the Angel to stop it getting any closer, while Sally searches for a way out, as she fumbles round try all the doors in the house, only to find the Angels have locked them in while they were watching the Doctor's message, Larry begins to grow increasingly restless and fearful that the other Angels could come up behind him. Larry decides to turn around for a split second to investigate, the Angel moves to right in front of him, paralysed with fear and keeping his eyes on it, he slowly backs out of the room. Sally finds an unlocked door to the cellar, and calls out to Larry to give him the news, Larry willingly flees to rejoin with Sally. 

Larry and Sally descend into the cellar to find a way out, They find the TARDIS, along with the other three Weeping Angels. They head towards the door, keeping their eyes on the Angels. As they get to the TARDIS, the fourth Angel has appeared by the stairs and is pointing at the light. The light starts to flicker, and Sally and Larry realise in horror that the Angel is draining the light so that the Angels will be able to attack in the darkness. With each flicker, the Angels move towards Sally and Larry with their claws out and their teeth showing, as they frantically try to unlock the TARDIS door. At the last second, they open it and flee inside and lock the Angels out just in time. As the two look around at the TARDIS interior in amazement, a hologram of the Doctor activates and says that the TARDIS has detected an authorised control disc, valid for one journey only. The realise it is the DVD that Larry played for Sally, which is now ominously glowing. Outside the angels begin shaking the TARDIS on each side, looking for a way in. Larry puts the DVD into the console and the TARDIS begins to dematerialise slowly fading away around them, Sally realises the TARDIS is leaving but she and Larry are not going with it. She screams at the Doctor to help them, even as the TARDIS fades, leaving them crouching in the middle of the circle of Angels. Sally yells to keep looking at them, but Larry stands up slowly and realises that the Doctor has tricked the Angels, they've been left looking straight at each other, freezing them permanently. 

A year later, Sally and Larry are running the DVD store together but Sally cannot let all that has happened to them go as she still doesn't know how the Doctor got all the information he possessed. Sally is shown to now have everything she recorded, including the transcript, the photos of the wall and the list of DVDs in a folder which she keeps on her at all times. When Larry goes out to get some milk, she sees the Doctor and Ace getting out of a taxi. She rushes over to talk to them, only to find that he doesn't recognise her as the events of her past are still in his future. Sally suddenly realises that she is the one who gives the Doctor the information he needs to retrieve the TARDIS and save her from the Weeping Angels. Sally then hands over the folder telling him he's going to be transported back to 1969 and he'll need to ensure he has it on him when he is. The Doctor is in a rush, still in the middle of another adventure, but asks Sally's name and tells her its nice to meet her. Larry returns right at that moment with the milk and can only stare at the Doctor and Ace in stunned amazement. The Doctor is in a hurry and cannot stay, so he and Ace eventually head off to take care of "four things and a lizard", while Sally clasps Larry's hand and goes back into the shop, Sparrow and Nightingale's antiquarian books and rare DVDs. 

However, we see all over the city filled with public statuary, punctuated with the Doctor's recorded warnings, as though to warn us that there might be other Angels lurking among the statues... 

"Blink and you're dead. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And DON'T. BLINK. Good luck."

Meeting Jack

In His travels the ninth doctor encountered the temporal agent Captain jack Harkness ( earth 92) the two eventually discovered a planet where there where reports of temporal disturbance where something/someone was churning creatures from different dimensions into this one. The neighbouring decided to bombard the world however doctor bought himself and jack sometime to investigate discovering the source of the disturbances where the remains of the bad wolf entity that had now gone mad the doctor and jack fought there way through the beings being summoned, with jack dying multiple times and being resurrected by the bad wolf till eventually the pair managed to confront her. as soon as he approached the bad wold smiled and she instantly recognising what she called 'her doctor', the two shared a tender embrace and the doctor kissed her on the head and told her she was now able to sleep which finally deactivated her stopping all temporal disturbances. Little did the pair know that the energy from the bad wolf constantly regenerating jack turned him into a singularity, an immortal fixed point in time, who aged at an extremely slow rate and could never truly die. Whenever he did die, he automatically came back to life almost instantly in perfect condition as before he his death.

Ragnoarke or Bust

It's 800AD and the Tardis materialises in the middle of a battle field two warring Viking clans are in the midst of heated battle, The Ninth Doctor, Captain jack Harknes ( earth 92) and Ace ( Earth 92) unspectacularly step out in the midst of the battle, sword and shields clatter around then and the throng of the ensuing battle threaten to over take them they gently, as not to attract more attention, retreat back aboard the tardis. ace remarking to jack she would of loved to be a viking with the doctor correcting her that females in viking warriors in viking society where called sheild maidens, the doctor checks diagnostics on the center console and regales they are near Maiden's Point on the Northumberland Coast of england. jack and ace where busy laughing amongst themselves suggesting the doctor could seemingly pass for a viking, with his looks in this regeneration the doctor silently ignored the remarks but smirked out of eye shit from his companions. the doctor picked unusual energy readings from a near by settlement a few years into the future from the battle in which they had just seen it was sending a distinct pulse through time which greatly concerned the doctor, he landed the Tardis and turned to ace and told her today she might just get her wish, not wanting to panic his companions he played off the situation calmly. Emerging from the tardis the battlefield was now nothing but a muddy field and the village lay where one of clans camps had lay, a fair walk south, in high spirits with only ace adapting clothing suitable for the time period, the three set about enjoying their adventure with only the doctor slowly and methodically performing tests on the area and asking strange questions to the locals. through some slight of hand magic from the doctor and captain jacks generalise flirting the three Befriended the clan including its leader, Jarl Ulfrect BjornSon, they learn from him that the settlement is being used as a trading post to build relationships with the local saxons and they’re goal is broker an uneasy peace between the communities, the doctor commends the idea.  

Jarl Ulfect

elsewhere A Saxon Monk secretly works at deciphering older Viking runes found in dinghy cave, hidden amongst the rocks of maidens bay, The network of tunnels lead beneath the village. The Runes warning of an ancient and terrifying being called Fenric, which has attracted the monks attention, believing that he can gain Fenric's power and the power of the gods themselves. Outside the village, the Doctor and Ace discover an encampment of Saxon Grunts, led by Captain Sorin, who are seeking to capture the trading post for its fertile farm land the Doctor warns them to lie low, while Ace and Sorin become smitten with each other. Captain Jack having wandered off with some company takes the time to go exploring with a young couple, the three sharing kisses and embraces planning more carnal activities within a cave by the bay. This is until they stumble over something, find a glowing oriental vase, believing it’s to be ancient treasure captured by the original Viking settlers and left in the caves as part of a horde, sarcarson tell jack and his young love they must tell the jarl at once, as soon as they arrive back at the trading post the vase is confiscated by Jarl Ulfrect with the monk appearing from within the jars hall and quickly grasping at the face. Jack argues with the jarl and his men which leads to a brief confrontation leading jack being knocked unconscious and having him thrown in prison. As Ulfrect and The Monk prepare to decipher the writings on the vase, several vampire-like Haemovores emerge from the sea, they begin to attack and slowly convert the norseman and Saxon troops and towns people into more  

The Doctor searching through the jarls great halls stumbles upon jack in bed with his jailer and gently nudged the pair awake with a kick. he suggests maybe leaving the two men but really must insist on his presence, jack apologises to his embarrassed bed fellow and dresses quickly, brandishing his revolver from its holsters and wiping on his long airman’s in a flash. as they enter the court yard the doctor blocks and entrance way as creatures attempt to pour in, jack fires wildly into the horde , the doctor explains the haemovore’s are linked to the appearance of the Fenric an ancient evil from the dawn of time, with the doctor also revealing he has faced this entity before, originally besting it by challenging the entity at a chess problem, time lords having invented the game to trap The Fenric specifically and the doctor arrogantly in his youth took up the deadly game and the creature locked away in his prison has despised him since. The Doctor orders jack to find ace quickly and head back to the tardis, he sets about Arranging another chess problem in the jail cell that once held jack, rigging the bars with some makes shift wiring he barley manages to create a small force field with his limited resources, that should he hopes hold the Fenric for a time. The doctor manages to finish his connection and goes to climb the stairs where he is confronted by the posseded jarl brandishing a large battle axe, the doctor narrowly dodges the Jarl’s mighty swings. Jumping and flipping over tables and chairs and having his hand cut on the razor sharp axe, the other worldly powers now overcoming the jarl more and more with the Fenric’s powers growing, doubling his already immense strength. The Fenric gladdened by being able to face the doctor once more, he smiles as the doctor lures him into the cell, this time the Fenric smiles he won’t be fooled by a petty chess game driving the axe through the flimsy wooden table and shattering the chess board into shards. The doctor panting and seemingly defeated swiftly pulls his sonic free of his coat and rolls out from the cell, activating the force field with only moments to spare holding the fenric back as it viciously tries to escape. A strange neon purple and green glow emits from the mighty jarls eyes and his voice mutates to a low growl like a trapped beast the fenric taunts the doctor who simply and mockingly ask his captive to stay put. he then runs off rendezvousing with ace and jack inquiring about the state of the defences and with the dire situation ,he noticeably panics and attempts to seek a more permanent solution, his hands drumming on his head. Still in the halls, Sorin, one of the last remaining member of the saxon forces, follows the sounds to cell below he sees the jarl and prepares to aim his bow at the Fenric, whispering gently the Fenric reveals that Sorin is in fact one of his "wolves", giddily revealing that having descended from the Vikings that carried the cursed vase to the English shores this makes him susceptible to the entities power and the creature promptly takes over his body leaving the Drained Jarl locked within the force field. the monk appears seeing sorin leave and destroys the constructed device creating the force field, setting the jarl free he beckons him and speaks to him calling him fenric but when he notices the the jarls is no longer possessed he quickly berates him. pulling back his hood the monk reveals himself  as a man with tan coloured skin, who appears to be of Indian decent with floppy jet black hair and a stubbles beard a manic look glistening over his eyes. the jarl stands telling the monk that the entity that possessed him was no god as promised and was monster of war, the jarl clearly angered by the monks lie, who intern simply laughs and walks away.

The Vikings Head For War

When Ace Goes looking For Sorin , she unwittingly helps Fenric, in Sorin's body revealing the location of the doctors tardis and the ancient vase, The Doctor arrives too late, as the Fenric can no longer be stopped it will consume the tardis and with the unbridled energy of eye of harmony it will achieve its goal of consuming all life throughout all time. Sorin throws ace to the ground and then opens the vase consuming the strange tar like liquid inside, the doctor beckons ace to him and they run as sorin begins to writhe and twist and as his form changes into a giant serpent breaking through the walls and his coils destroy the trading post. The jarl having reunited with his forces assembles the remaining Saxon and norseman for one last battle, one of the jarls men ask if the beats is jormungander the night world serpent and he laughs in return yell with placing his helm on and raising sword ‘Ragnarok’ has come. the doctor and ace catch up with jack but hear loud blast horns being blown and watch as side by side old enemies walk into battle, towards the mighty serpent. Fenric roars out beginning it’s feast attempting to drain the energy from the tardis and orders the Ancient Ones to attack the Doctor and his forces but when one of the Homeavores attemptsto attack ace a blast of energy knock the monster back. The Doctor is forced to reveal to the shocked Ace that she too is one of Fenric's pawns, as it was entity’s actions nat this precise moment that led to the time storm that transported her mother to the alien colony Ice world where she was born, where the doctor and jack eventually found her Furthermore, by unknowingly saving Katerina and Ashildr, she has assured that the cycle remains unbroken, as Ashildr will grow up to become Ace's own mother whom she despises. Ace’s faith is shattered she breaks down crying and jack grabs her cuddling her as she cries into his coat, the doctor psychically links his mind with the Ancient One and reveal/ the truth to it that she was once a the captain of the vessel carrying the prison for the fenric and touching the tar liquid inside caused her to mutate. enraged she orders the homeovores to stop and instead attack the Fenric, the creatures disturb its feast and consume its vast energy’s destroying them all as well as draining the entity. As the Doctor, Ace and captain jack recover along the shore, waiting for the tardis to rebuild its energy banks, Ace takes a moment to contemplate why she hates her mother and asks the doctor how long he knew and he simply asks back to her does it matter now and they agree it doesn’t. the doctor looks out at the combined forces rebuilding the village and trading post and tell his companions the legend of ulfrect bjornson, a fierce warrior who came to a strange land and thought a mighty serpent and was named king of the land, he grew older and wiser and brought peace to his land choosing to fight with his head not his sword.  the hooded monk sees the doctor and his companions leave before laughing and wntrring a tardis revealing himself to be the master

Me All Along

There Came a time when the doctor came to a realisation after many years of travelling, he asked his companions to wait for him on beta sigma Orion a back water planet know for it's amazing hospitality. It had dawned on him that mysterious companion of the thirteenth doctor some years ago was in fact someone he knew, himself in disguise, he donned the garb from his memories of the stranger and loaded himself with tricks and traps a plenty and set course for a nexus point. Borrowing a vortex manipulator from captain jack and leaving a time anchor on the Tardis to pull him back to the point he left safely, he attempted to travel back in his own time line with some difficulty manipulating time from now a dead time line he knew his time would be brief and he hoped all of him would arrive in the same location. He first arrived on an alternative galifrey where the insectoid race the zarbi where in the time lords place he explained a quick 'whoops' before he continued tweaking the device and finally ended up back on the ruins of galifrey.

He found himself aboard the thirteenth doctors Tardis who was travelling with the bad wolf from her own universe, the bad wolf detected the anomaly of the ninth doctor entering the Tardis and cried out to the doctor who active a defensive shield around the intruder. As the two spoke he found himself not able to hate the women who had defeated him all those years ago he found himself speaking to her like an old friend. He was honest and explained who he was and the events that would occur after the doctors had met and defeated his past self, seeing the bad wolf he apologised profusely for any actions the victorious had done but explained they had been undone by manipulating the bad wolf android into a temporal bomb that caused his regeneration and erasing the time line and correcting events so his fifth form incarnation had successfully committed suicide allowing him to become the doctor once more. the bad wolf believe him and smile giving him a tender hug, however the thirteenth doctor wasn't so sure so the Victorious Doctor handed her the connection to his time anchor saying his life was in her hands. as the victorious fleets fired upon the collective doctors Tardis's a message was passed from Tardis to Tardis He gave the doctors information that would help them out run and out wit his previous self. The collective doctors hatched a plan unbeknownst to them all the Victorious doctor and the thirteenth tweaked the dying bad wolf ready for the end game o there plans, after the confrontation was over the Victorious Doctor thanked the thirteenth doctor saying her actions had set him on the path to be a better man. The two spent some time in the thirteenth doctors universe and the Victorious doctor marvelled at how peaceful it all seamed and how his head felt less cluttered now and the two shared stories before the Victorious doctor retuned back to his own universe and his waiting companions.

Regeneration

as a repercussion of his reality bending and dimension hopping antics the Doctor began his regeneration process, in his final moments he had contemplated not regenerating allowing himself to die but exclaimed 'it would be to easy...I still have work to do'. stroking his Tardis console he spoke about 'the wrongs he had still to undone, lives left unsaved, the universe still needed the doctor' activating the console for an unknown destination he would never see, tears rolled down his cheeky and he smiled exclaiming 'and that's me' he smiled and was consumed by the energy pulsing around him.

Newly Regenerated '10th' doctor

The burst of regenerative energy rippling through his body as his cells where changed and disintegrating he felt every cell in his body burning and the process was excoriatingly painful causing the doctor scream out as he took his 'tenth' incarnation. a hollow silence drifted over the Tardis as the doctors body smoked and he exuded heat and appeared flushed as his new body slowly cooled and settled, struggling to breath he gripped at his throat and ripped open his shirt, gasping and panicking the doctor flew out of the Tardis out onto a snow filled alien world that seemed familiar to him yet new. He still crackled with energy and felt himself fall to the ground blacking out with a hard thud against the ice

Light In The Darkness

The newly regenerated doctor spent his first few days meditating on the ocean world of belagose maxima with belagosian monks, the monks having sworn a vow of silence gave the time lord some peace and allowed him to heal and control his bodies regeneration from the trauma of his time line jumping

The '10th' Doctor was a more light hearted man although suffered from regular bouts of depression

The 'Tenth' Doctors Tardis console room

Finally entering his Tardis once more he found the console room restored and was pleased to find it taken on more welcoming atmosphere and definitely grander appearance however it still retained a dark foreboding presence, the main column crackled with energy firing up and down in fantastic arks behind the glass and rippling through pipping up through and around the ceiling bathing the room with a bright light. on each oft the walls was a gallifrayeon glyph representing each of the doctors former companions they glowed a beautiful crimson much like the rest of the wall, the doctor admired the names running his hand over the cool black metal smiling, he found a new screw driver holstered within the console, it still looked similar to the previous model if not slightly more elaborately decorated it was now more compact hiding a slider that allowed the diode to be extended, the diode now able to flicker through a variety of colour settings.

Newly repaired sonic screwdriver

Meeting The 'Next Doctor'

Arriving in 1851, the Tenth Doctor landed in London on Christmas Eve for some much needed rest and quite, he hears a woman frantically calling out, "Doctor!" He rushes to her aid, where he encounters a woman called Rose, who does not believe him when he claims to be the Doctor. Suddenly Another man, also calling himself "the Doctor," charges in, Dressed in a dijon yellow tweed overcoat with a dark tan overcheck, an ivory shirt under a burgundy-and-teal paisley waistcoat, a gold cravat tie, black trousers, and black shoes, a fob watch dangling from his waistcoat pocket. The Doctor is shocked when the 'doctor' asks Rose to hand him his sonic screwdriver, instructs her to go back to the Tardis for safety and introduces himself to the spectator as a Time Lord.

Jackson lake believed himself to be the doctor

The Tenth Doctor not having a chance to respond to this strange turn of events as a strange creature, A Large oozing mass of tentacles, bursts into the alley. The three give chase with both doctors running far ahead of rose, the creature eludes them by slivering down a drain. In the aftermath of the chase, the two Doctors talk: the Tenth Doctor believes the other to be one of his next incarnation, but the other Doctor doesn't recognise him; the next Doctor explains that many of the memories are missing and that he cannot remember anything "since the Daleks." The Two doctors and rose Explore London in search of clues for where the dalek's creature scuttled off to, they come across several clues linking recent events to a strange odour emerging from the sewers at the same time, they follow this leads and venture into the sewers where they encounter the remains of more discarded dalek victims which would indeed explain the persistent smell. The two doctors begin hypothesizing That the Daleks must of launched experiments on earth in attempts to bolster there dwindling numbers, finding a letter amongst a victims possession and under the insistence of rose they decide to deliver it to give some peace to the departed persons family. Arriving at the address to find no one home they hear rumbling within and decided to take a peak inside, The 'Tenth' Doctor begins to doubt the man he met is actually his regeneration when he learns the latter's sonic screwdriver is just a regular screwdriver (he refers to it as 'sonic' because it makes a noise when he taps it against a wall). s the two men are distracted rose breaks into the home and asks them if they intend to stand around all day comparing toys, to which they both laugh and follow her inside. As they investigate, the next Doctor and rose explains that the dalek's presence is linked to a number of murders and child abductions across London, starting with the death of a man named Jackson Lake. The next Doctor begins to show signs of remembering the Doctors first incarnation even mentioning Susan foreman, but before he can delve further, the Tenth Doctor finds a pair of infostamps devices hidden in a chest in the victims house, the devices allow the storage of large amounts of information. The Doctor activates one, discovering it contains information on the history of London from 1066 to 1851.

The Doctor realises the Daleks have been using the infostamps to update their knowledge of history. However, the next Doctor remembers the night he regenerated the same night he lost his memory he was holding an infostamp. Their discussion is cut short when a dalek creature emerges from the fire place and begins to attack; rose fends them off with a cutlass, remarking to the doctors to jump in anytime they feel like it, but the dalek mutant isn't interested in the 'tenth' doctor or rose — only the next Doctor. Before they can kill the pair, the next Doctor overloads the core of the infostamp and opens it, The energy released electrocutes the dalek mutant and instantly destroys it. The three of them quickly return to the next Doctor's home base, which coincidentally holds all of the luggage belonging to the first victim, Jackson Lake. Rose and the next Doctor show the original Doctor their TARDIS: a hot-air balloon (Tethered Aerial Release Developed In Style). The 'tenth' Doctor, now certain his new friend is not his future self, tells the next Doctor he can explain what happened to him the night he regenerated and explain his lost memories. The original Doctor tells him and Rose about the daleks, about the war between the kaleds and thralls and eventually the time lords intervention, how they had been thrown into the void between realities. They managed to escape from the Void when the walls of the universe were weakened in "a greater battle", and found themselves in London in 1851.

Newly emerged and there cases destroyed due to them passing painfully through the void they came upon a man, Jackson Lake, a mathematics teacher and the first person to disappear. The Dalek's where in pain and attacked the first people they saw they attacked his home, the home they visited earlier, and sadly killed his wife, Caroline. In a fit of desperation, Lake in desperation grabbed the only thing to hand an infostamp in an attempt defend himself, one containing information on a certain time lord, the Doctor; though the infostamp destroyed the surrounding dalek mutants, it backfired and overwhelmed Lake's mind. In his despair, he came to deeply believe he was the Doctor. The Doctor then reveals his final piece of proof: the fob watch the next Doctor carries with him is engraved with the initials JL. Lake, finally remembering who he is and what has happened to him, is overcome with emotion and breaks down. Lake tells the Doctor he and his family were moving to London so he could take up a teaching post, and that he discovered the Cybermen in his basement. The Doctor and Lake realise there may be a way into the Dalek's base through Lake's house. Inside the house, they find a Dimension Vault, a piece of technology stolen from the time lords that allowed the Daleks to escape the Void, as well as a tunnel connecting to the sewers. A disturbance is heard and the Doctor and Rose head out to investigate, They discover that the dalek forces are mobilising and have been using London's industry to make new armoured shells for there bodies the first to emerge from the factory is the dalek controller itself, resplendent in his new case. the armoured dalek begins firing upon the house screaming 'exterminate' leaving the doctor, lake and rose to find cover from the ensuing blasts. as the bombardment stops the dalek controller calls for them to surrender revealing they need the information stored within Jackson lakes brain to begin there conquest on there ultimate target, the doctor and the time lords, offering them an ultimatum they will exterminate all the child workers within the surrounding factories unless the doctor and lake hand themselves over. without hesitation Jackson lake suggest surrounding himself to save his companion rose and all the children remarking what is one life in exchange for hundreds the doctor strongly disagrees and commandeers the hot-air balloon, rising until he is high above the dalek forces.

The re-armoured dalek leader

After sending Rose and Jackson to evacuate the factories, the Doctor grabs the Dimension Vault and he Doctor offers the controller a deal: to take the daleks to a place where the daleks can live in peace and search for there morbid version of purity without harming anyone else. The controller refuses without a thought, and the Doctor attacks them with the combined force of dozens of overloaded infostamps. Though the controller initially taunts him for failing to kill her, the Doctor replies that it wasn't his intent: instead, he has severed the connection from the dalek controller and the humans mutated, setting them free. the majority of the dalek forces realising what they had become, screams in horror as the broken connection destroys them and the Cybermen and causes the newly encased daleks to begin to self-destruct before the ensure mass blast destroys London the Doctor uses the Dimension Vault to transport the entire dalek forces into the Time Vortex, where all the energy created from the blast would be harmlessly dissipated. As the rose and lake evacuate the children un aware of the events outside, Jackson Lake recalls the one last missing fragment of his memory: after killing his wife, the dalek's kidnapped his son, finding him amongst the child labourers he finds and embraces his son with the two running out onto the street out to find them free of daleks and the remaining forces sucked into the time vortex to be engulfed in the fire ball. they wave up tot he doctor with lake saluting the doctor and with a wide smile the doctor salutes back but a sombre look crosses his face as the ashes from the blast fall lightly like winter snow.

The destruction of the dalek forces

In the aftermath of the battle, Jackson thanks the Doctor for what he has done and offers him a place at his Christmas celebrations with Rose and his son, The Doctor politely refuses but offers Jackson a look inside his Tardis, Lake is overwhelmed with amazement but decides that he has had enough adventure for one lifetime. He again thanks the Doctor, but points out that in all the information he saw, the Doctor had companions present. The Doctor explains that in the end, they all leave, for a variety of reasons, and that ultimately, they break his heart. Jackson says that his request for dinner is no longer a request but a demand, in honour of all those who have been lost. The Doctor solemnly agrees. He then tells Jackson that, of all the people who could have been the Doctor, he was glad it was Jackson. He closes the Tardis door and they leave together to feast in remembrance and celebration.

Dinner With River

The Fledging Tenth Doctor Discovers A Schism in reality

At some unknown point at the start of is life the 'tenth' doctor encountered a schism in the fabric of reality and spent a few days attempting to repair it, during this period a humanoid entity emerged from the schism and identified herself as professor river song the doctor and river quickly developed a bond as the two continued work on fixing the schism and sending river back to her own reality. when the doctor revealed his identity river was excited at the prospect of meeting another version of her husband confusing the time lord greatly, she comment on how rugged and youthful he now look which made the doctor surprisingly bashful. while they worked she remarked his eyes sparkled with a dim fire that made even her scared a little and she could tell he had done far darker things then her husband which made the doctor anxious and he turned away from river and she quickly called out to him that she could also see his shame and he wasn't that man anymore, the doctor upon hearing this felt a great sense of relief and smiled deeply.

The doctor having a rather romantically charged meal

Taking a break from there work to eat the two discussed rivers relationship with the other realities doctor and they shared some laughs, discussing the 11th incarnations chin size and how and the unacceptable length of galifeyan collars the chemistry gradually growing between the two, the doctor showed river around his Tardis and she remarked "you've redecorated, I don't like it" the two instantly burst into laughter they shared a glass of champagne in the dining room and then spent a few hours discovering the room of the Tardis. soon rivers data pad beeped into life and the work on the schism had come to an end and river had to go now or she would never make it back to her own reality the doctor wished her luck with her future endeavours and she smiled and called him sweetie and gently kissed him on the cheeky instructing him to not travel alone anymore she insisted that was an order from the 'missus' and told him she would be back and be very cross if he didn't listen to her, he simply smirked back at her and asked her to not make promises she couldn't keep as she went through the schism she said simply 'spoilers'. The doctor felt strange he didn't feel sad at loosing river he felt energised to go back out and fulfil her wish and maybe he hoped he might bump into her again or maybe meet someone like her.

Battlefield Medic

The Cyber Wars

The doctor in high spirits travelled to a planet not to far away from mondas in search of his an old companion Alexus and to his horror learned her world had been converted by the legions of the cybermen in the first days of the great cyber war, The doctor encountered a group of Vogan's searching through the area armed with glitter guns, weaponry developed so that fired gold dust particles or even sometimes molten gold into the chest units of the Cyberman, plugging up their respiration system and suffocating them. The doctor learned from the search party that the war had recently moved to an adjacent world, corona five, as the cyber fleet was continuing his conquest of worlds at a rapid pace and Alexus as now fighting on the front lines of the cyber wars which they where gravely loosing due to recent upgrades to the enemy units making the glitter guns redundant

The Doctor found himself at the heart of the cyber wars

Without warning a missile hurtled towards him as a bombardment from the cyber fleet above began raining down from above several shots landed within the Tardis console room and damaged the interior forcing the doctor and Alexus to escape by jumping into the building below, the damaged Tardis dematerialised and appeared to shatter out of existence causing the doctor to become panicked and upset.

The doctor came upon a facility have destroyed by the bombing raids of the previous night he heard a faint cry for help and set off in search of it's origin, after hours of searching through rubble and debris the doctor found what he beloved to be a man named Ashad who had been taken prison and awaiting conversion. To both men's horror when the doctor pulled the injured man from the rubble the conversion process was already begun and Rangor was already partly converted with the explosions halting the process

The Doctor Encountered An unlikely ally in a semi converted cyberman

Ashad and the doctor sat amongst the rubble of a destroyed city and the two traded story's of the past and hopes for the future The Cyberman remarked how his distant link to the cyberiad hummed in the back of his mind and whispered to him he shed a tear as he told the doctor he had seen that his children had joined this "resistance" and thought so bravely and fiercely it made him proud as a father, but he saw as they where capture and had there throats to slits by there own allies in an attempt to stop them facing the horrors of conversion. this led to an exchange between the two about the how both side had lost there humanity and a wave of zealotry had been engraved on both sides and if the none cyber forces won would there be any spark of humanity within them still.

Ashad and the doctor fought the way across the battlefield the doctor using his sonic to deactivate turrets and cyber companion blasting them with his wrist mounted cannon

The cyber legions amass for a final assault

The cyber marshal sent electricity coursing through the doctors body, he began to scream in pain as he was tortured for the sadist pleasure of the cybermen

The doctor begged Ashad to remember his wife and daughter Remember the things that made him human, he pleaded desperately watching the cold half cyberman begin to twitch and his pupil on his human flicker with fire. suddenly the cyber Marshall grabbed his head in pain and screamed out Ashad was transmitting his grief, anger and sadness into the Marshall mind through the cybernet overloading his mind with emotions. assimilating the upgrade from the cyber marshals corpse and then assuming control of the cyber units Ashad turned to the doctor and apologised with tears rolling down from his singular human eye. the doctor looked on confused as the cyberman transmitted a signal that reactivated all the emotions of the cyber fleet on the planet, this sudden raw burst of emotion and reactivation of pain receptors caused all the current cyber units to scream out as they felt the pain and emotions previously blocked

The doctor screamed out and called Ashad a fool and tampered with the main Cyberiad housing computer desperately trying to modify it, converting the computers entire runtime of the vast network to a back door simulation where all the cyberman on the planet where were uploaded as algorithms before they eventually self destructed, allowing their consciousness's to live on peaceful version of the planet before the cybermen attacked. Ashad was the only one aware of this and thanked the doctor from inside the program for uniting him with his family again, the doctor listened as the world fell silent and a deep depression came over him he punched the machine and fell to the ground feeling like he had failed and held back tears.

The planet defence force arrived and Alexus came in to congratulate the doctor who sat with his head in his lap surrounded by dead cybermen, she congratulated him and told her men this was 'how you usually find the doctor of war' all of them cheering wither remarking 'the time lord... victorious in battle' the doctor bolted up and pointed a finger at her like it was a dagger. he stood before the warriors amassed before him and gave them and impassioned speech that

“

what did you call me, your right this is how you find me, surrounded by the dead, by the countless people I couldn't save, take a good look at them, these are not just metal monsters they where people, they where your fathers, your mothers, your sons and daughters and they where your friends, bury them and remember them as the people they where, other wise you have become the emotionless monsters you've been fighting . — The 'tenth Doctor'

”

The Doctor returned to his Tardis and saw his reflection in the glass of the Tardis windows his hair was speckled with flecks of grey and his face was dirty and he bore new wrinkles he hadn't seen before. the reality of how long this brief trip had taken dawned on him he had been fighting this war for far longer then he knew, his brain tingled and he remembered details he had previously missed, the cyber base being where the original residence base once stood and finally a wave of shock passed over him realising the women he had spoken to so harshly to after the battle was over to was not his former companion Alexus, her face was younger and different she was in fact her granddaughter brought upon tales of him.

The 'tenth' doctors new Tardis desktop

He sighed and opened the Tardis doors to reveal a newly restored console which brought a smile to his face as he looked around at the beauty of the new room. The new console room was bathed in a warm orange lighting from the central console, blue Gallifreyan markings etched onto the ceiling and above the time rotor itself, hexagonal roundels on the lower console level, and the previous Gallifreyan markings representing the doctors companions now where moved onto the top level at the heart of the room itself. Several tiny lights went around the walls of the room in a straight line, flashing sections in different sequences. The console featured two screens, and what seemed to be a display similar to radar. There were two additional consoles around the edge of the main level. Except for the time rotor, all lights could be turned off when the Doctor was not inside. There where a few homely touches amongst the Gallifreyan technology on one of the higher levels was a reclining chair, bookshelves, candles, chalkboards, an additional staircase to the upper level and circular lights around the lower balcony giving a ambient glow.

Return To Galifrey

While on a trip to the galaxies largest library the doctor, seemingly at home amongst the vast sways of books laid to rest on shelfs carved into the inner shell of a once gigantic space faring nautilus, was drawn back to his Tardis by a sense of unease rushing down his spine, he noticed the bustling chambers where now barren. The console room shuddered to life as he uneasily swung open the Tardis door, the cloister bell began to ring a distant warning, a screen flashed a message from home in high galifreyan. The Tardis began to operate as if it had a mind of its own the doctor was locked out of his controls, the door slammed itself shut and he found himself travelling back to galifrey without warning. With a tremendous thud he landed, streams of smoke billowed out of the corridors around him, steadying himself to his feet he clicked some levers and dials and quickly left the console room. Using his sonic screwdriver, he activated a dead lock on the Tardis and it whirred beginning a repair sequence, the doctor stepped onto a rock plateau and looked at the grand citadel of the time lords its large protective dome was shattered and I lay in ruins. Suddenly his mind raced with visions of his past, his own actions that caused galifrey’s destruction seemed so familiar and he clenched his fist and strode into he ruined city. 

Gradually he found himself in the central chamber of citadel its walls steeped in history this was the place where generations have come to hear proclamations be made and discuss the greatest matters of history, now it was silent and lifeless a red hue cast over it and nothing but the doctors echoing footsteps suggested any form of life. Dust floated down and the crumbling walls let in arches of light that cast deep shadows, in the distance there was a clatter the doctor turned quickly, his pulse racing he could feel himself breathing harder, facing the shadow filled corridors and watched as Rassilon's staff rolled across the floor it's brass and gold finish shimmering as it came into the light, descending down the grand staircase the lights began to fade around the doctor, now barley nothing but wisps leaving a column of golden light flickering the flecks of dust visibly drifting down into them. A strange cackle echoed deep within the bowels of the chamber and out from the shadows emerged a figure, sporting a plum purple moleskin frockcoat, with a royal blue shirt, and a navy blue waistcoat with a rust-check pattern, two sky blue chains, silver shank buttons and blue grey lapels. He also wore trousers with a rust-check pattern. He grinned insanely and the doctor knew instantly who he was, his old nemesis and occasional ally the Master, now in what the doctor deduced as his Eighth Incarnation, the doctor gave a look of disgust at his old friend who seemed to have become more crazed in this incarnation

The Eighth Incarnation

this was met with a  maniacal grin and his eyes where glazed with delight. The doctor soon demanded to know why he had been brought back and what cruel act was intended to be inflict upon him, the master simply laughed, his hands waved and waned as he spoke, he had waited and watched said he had assumed the mighty Fenric of legend would of been enough to destroy the doctor and begrudgingly admit he had admired his masterful use of the local earthlings in his game against the beast. 

This revelation shook the doctor, the time lords where forbidden from disturbing such entities and contact was monitored closely, the doctor began to confront the master calling into question his sanity and disregard for his own safety. The master just took the verbal abuse like a petulant child allowing the doctor to have his tirade before smirking his gaze locked at the floor, he enquired if the doctor was finished at first and followed upon this by asking him why the doctor hadn’t asked where everyone was, raising his head to meet the doctor’s eyes. The same shudder fell down the doctor’s spine as before he could feel every hair individually stand on end, he had been so consumed at berating his enemy that he had missed the greater picture, his mind flooded with information and he began to piece together every detail as if like a bullet shot from a gun. The smell in the air, the silence, how his footsteps echoed, the little details he had noticed himself paying attention to but now suddenly felt the ice cold realisation wash over him, looking still into the diabolical eyes of the master he felt the words quell in his throat before he dared ask ‘what have you done’. Raising his hands as though presenting a prize, the masters immense grin grew, as blue lights flickered and blinked into sight and a metallic thud of several footsteps echoed throughout, the doctor felt reality shake and quiver as Cyber men marched from every corridor, the realisation dawned upon the doctor the Cyber wars weren't over they had come to Galifrey (reality 92), the master gleefully named the twelve cyber lords; Padrac, Sendok, Tortheth, Delox, Franilla, Rannex, Theora, Morissa, Lenadi, Braxiatel, Grayvas and finally Ollistra the doctor looked on in horror.  

The master and the newly created Cyber lords

 Part cyberman and part time lord the metallic blank faces draped in galifreyan refinery, high collars and flowng robes over clean crisp metal. The Master Stood in central chamber of the citadel and laughed with sinister glee as the corpses of the time lords he had murdered appeared at his feet, the perception filter he had installed gradually fading away, the cloister bell ringing in the deep as the new cyber converted time lords surrounded the doctor.

The cyber lords take aim

The master tells the doctor this is their final confrontation and the doctor reaches for his sonic, his eyes dart from side to side at lightning pace, he briefly activates the sonic before several blasts knock him down. The master began to celebrate as the doctor’s eyes flickered, his face covered in scratches and debris the world slowly falling away from him hearing the master cackling away, giving in he his eyes close and everything around him silent. Opening his eyes, he finds himself in an old abandoned barn, confused he stands and dusts himself of before feeling the timbers and walking the straw laden floors, each stray stalk crinkling under his feet a relived smile fixes to his face and he goes to the door to see outside is a whirling mass of swirls and hexagonal shapes gently shifting. The doctor had managed to outwit the master and was inside the time lord matrix itself, having very quickly harmonised the frequency of his sonic with the cyberlords blasters he had given himself a temporary boost to his psychic abilities uploading his consciousness into the matrix itself and allow his body to remain in a near death state, this however was only a temporary solution and he knew he would need to find a way of returning to his body before it degraded to a state where he wouldn’t return and make regeneration impossible.

The doctor concentrated and allowed his mind to meld into the time lord matrix itself, he saw galifreyan history unfold before him; he saw the other, rassilon and omega, the dark renegade Morbius and his dark acolytes and he felt himself drift through history, he began transmitting his impossible life into the matrix how he became the time lord victorious his reality bending exploits and how he had returned after his own death, the matrix’s core began to strain unable to compute how the events could be real and how they could even be possible. The master was monologue to himself and his silent companions about his own genius and how he would conquer all, he failed to notice his cyberlords where beginning to act of their own accord with one of them speaking saying they felt cold. Suddenly he looked across as the cyberlords all started to speak with some of them screaming and others finishing conversations they had been having before their conversion, it dawned upon him that their memories had been restored from the matrix but by who, he looked down at the doctor’s body. Running down the staircase and leaping down onto the doctor’s body to examine it he thumbled looking a sign of life, after a few seconds to find a vein he felt a faint pulse resonating in the doctor’s hearts, he simply and calmly smiled and called the doctor ‘as clever as ever ‘and reached into his pocket and slowly removed a device. He insisted this was going to hurt a lot and that although he had ruined his plans he would finally be free of the doctor, activating the device it hummed as it powered and the masters eyes flared with fury. Just as the device reached firing strength a blue energy blast knocked the device from his grasp causing him to shout out in pain and instantly drop it, looking up over his shoulder as tended to his charred hand he saw a cyberlord aiming its arm cannon at him which he met with another devilishly wide grin and laugh.

The Cyberfide Ollistra stares blankly

The master simply Stood and watched as all the cyberlords aimed there arm cannons at him and he took this moment to address them, each individual cyberlords for their stupidity and suggesting they had become so blinded by arrogance if they had just allowed him to continue his work then they could of been gods, he revealed had discovered there secrets picking through there brains the valeyard teh timeless child and many more delicious morsels. with this the cyberlord slowly began to fire upon him, with adding in a now clearly voice ‘we are lords of time’ with the remaining cyberlords repeating in a rythmic chant. each one firing at the master agaiman again his body taking the barrage of consecutive energy blasts. in the wake of the destruction the cyberlords who dragged the unconscious doctor from the citadel and dropped him feet away from his Tardis, half conscious he called out to Ollistra and says he saw what they are planning, the cyber lords simply march back inside the citadel and a few moments later there is a explosions heard throughout as each Cyberlord self-destructed taking large chunks of the citadel with it

Due to Romana's perceived failures as president during this time, the newly reformed council of surviving time lords led ejected from her role, it was decided by the ruling houses that Rassilon should be awoken from his slumber, the doctor mentally and psychically exhausted fell into his Tardis and managed to claw his way to the console and pressed a few buttons erratically before collapsing onto the floor once more.

City Of The Sensorites

The Tardis crash lands on the hull of a spaceship, smashing clearly through the outer hull and lodging it's self into the side of the left dorsal section. The sirens begin blur and the ships defences seal the breach with an air tight force field. The doctor exhausted mentally and psychically from his battle on Galifrey attempts to step out of the Tardis only to take a few steps and collapse a few feet away. Reacting to the alert crew members Captain Maitland and Carol Richmond, who are on an exploration mission from Earth and are orbiting an unknown planet launch a mission to discover the source of the breach to their hull. They find the unconscious time lord, putting him onto a stretcher and identify his species by taking a quick DNA sample, with Captain Maitland remarking that the device must be faulty as time lords are the stuff of bed time stories. moving the patient to the make shift med bay in the bridge of the shift the assembled crew discuss how this man could have gotten aboard with carol mentioning he was stood next to a wooden box which causes much commotion and debate. Without warning The doctor bolts awake he instantly began clutching his head, his mind is flooded with the many scared voices, screaming at him through telepathy, he panicked and stumbled across to the viewing window seeing the world below and his mind quietened as he tuned out the masses below. Captain Maitland and The ships engineer Anderson restrain the doctor and he pushes them back, demanding to know where he is before they can answer the Planets Inhabitants having detected the presence of the Tardis entering their orbit and through unknown means send the ship and its crew on a collision course with the planets moon, the Doctor barely manages to force the ship to divert, earning the trust of the majority of the crew in that brief moment. He breaths frantically and repeats his previous question, visibly distressed he goes down on one knee and catches his breath.

The chief medical officer enters and abruptly orders him to sit on a table in the med bay and have some fluids, gently applying a small probe behind his ear that links to a drip, she enquires if he is done playing hero, the doctor smirks at her and simply replies ‘if only’. She points to the four members of the crew who are currently active; Captain Richard Maitland, lieutenant Carol Richmond, Anderson who she remarks has a full name but no one’s sure what it is as all her documentation states Anderson as her only name and finally herself Doctor Vickers, to which the doctor introduces himself in return which leads to a brief exchange where doctor Vickers tells him that he is like no doctor she has encountered. The doctor while waiting asks about the other patients with Doctor Vickers chiming in that the gentlemen to his left is Carol's fiancé John, whose mind has been broken by the sheer volume of telepathic signals being released from the planet, which the doctor is familiar with, she then goes on to ask about the doctor’s apparent time lord DNA suggesting the scanners are easily mislead and can give false readings due to their age but he confirms that he is indeed a time lord. They both share a momentary glance at one another with the doctor saying he knows he is the last of his kind now and tell her he is survivor of the cyberwars, which confuses Dr Vickers greatly causing her to ask what cyber wars, this leads to a longer pause as the doctor looks panicked at her. The Silence is broken when Carol enters and checks on the status of the patient under orders of captain Maitland, the doctor stand and asserts he is fit and well and smiles at Dr Vickers who nods to carol in agreement of this diagnosis. Carol proceeds to give the doctor a brief history lesson about the planet, they have come to know as, the sense- sphere, the planets inhabitants, Humanoid beings who possessed bulbous heads with large black eyes with no eyelids, their eyes having come dilated due to this, their face where covered in white whiskers and bristles around their mouths, predominantly longer in the males then in females. Through encounters with them they had come to identify themselves as simply 'the Sensorites'. Carol explains that since they dropped into orbit the inhabitants had refused to let the ship or its crew leave, some strange hold keeps the ship from leaving despite their best efforts, now running low on fuel the crew have turned down all functions to minimum, with many non-essential decks left unused, captain Maitland fearing that the life support systems for the remaining crew in status could fail any day now.

On the planet’s surface below the The Sensorite Council of clans meet and is clearly divided over the issue of their next move: some members plot to kill the Humans, but others believe that the humans can help with a mysterious disease that is currently killing many Sensorites planet wide. With their first plot is foiled by other Sensorites, the rogue Senorites continue to plot in secret. Meanwhile, the Doctor, left alone with the ships systems calculates from the ships logs, that the Sensorites attacks on the human craft coincide with the unconscious John, a mineralogist, discovery of a vast supply of the element molybdenum on Sense-Sphere. Maitland calls for the doctor and reports that the Sensorites wish to make contact with them, asking the whole crew to descend to Sense-Sphere at once with the doctor accompanying them being called ‘the anomaly’ by the Sensorite Chieftain, they partially release their hold on the vessel allowing it to slowly descend to the surface. the planets surface is lush and verdant, thick forests and cocoon like buildings weaves throughout the trees abound, The Doctor accompanies the crew, insisting they remain unarmed but understands if they don’t agree to do this, as they sit down and meet with the collected Sensorite clans, the grand chieftain sits highly above them with a massive whiskery beard, during the meeting there is a lot of hostility between the two parties more than carol originally let on in her brief history lesson, it is revealed that the previous visitors from Earth exploited the Sense-Sphere for its wealth, with some of the Sensorite’s being used as slaves or suffering humiliating degradation, With some rising and killing the earthlings which caused the crews to leave. The doctor, noticing the rising tension in the midst of the talks, speaks to the chieftain and the elders on behalf of the crew announcing himself formally “grand chieftain and honourable members of the Sensorite clans, I'm the Doctor. I'm a Time Lord. I'm from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborous. I’m over a thousand years old and I come to broker peace” the Sensorite’s clamber around interested in him and baying to get a look at him, the chieftain allows him to speak with the doctor bowing formally thanking his host. Having wandered away, Anderson contracts the disease that has blighted the Sensorites, and stumbling back into the meeting and collapses onto the chamber floor. Doctor Vickers runs over and starts to administer aid with a nearby Sensorite shaman coming to aid her all while whispers surround them, Recognising the signs of the disease the shaman tells the crew Anderson will soon die; it is revealed through her croaked ramblings that she was has been poisoned by drinking water from a nearby spring. The Doctor sets out immediately and through help of the chieftain finds the spring, the rebel Sensorites make their move and capture and then impersonate a Sensorite leader, the Second Elder of the Mozlek Tribe. Back aboard the ship John's mind is eventually unblocked and he awakens aboard the vessel sometimes later he begins to frantically message the crew on, attempting to warm them of some impending danger and repeating the words ‘the city’.

Meanwhile, investigating the spring, the Doctor hears strange noises and following them comes across a dark cave hidden beneath a waterfall. He sees and removes deadly nightshade littered across the way, the cause of the poisoning, he remarks at his astonishment at finding this particular flower close so far from earth. Following the cave system deeper he eventually reaches a large cavern where he finds a city made from molybdenum littered with bones of dead Sensorites, he realises this must have been the site john logged and the stored psychic echo left from the horrors that unfolded within must of shut down his mind and reverberated across the planet. He sadly states that the field that protects the planet is the final cry from the dead desperately trying to protecting the living, about to return the doctor meets an unseen monster that renders him unconscious. On recovering, he finds himself locked within a cell somewhere deep inside the molybdenum city, apparently talking to himself he relays his urgency of his return harbouring suspicions that some Sensorites are plotting to kill the crew members.

Back at the meeting John arrives and having felt the doctor’s presence psychically is aware of him and tells the others of the rebels plot to assume control of the clans and unleash all-out war against humanity and that he knows the lead plotters identity, but he is now too powerful, the crew leave and meet the chieftain waiting at the spring and John speaks directly to him surprisingly in his own language and discussing the things he has seen through his psychic interactions he tells the chieftain he found the lost city of the Seniorities.  

The Doctor Still rambling to himself says clearly as if someone is listening to him that he  deduced the identity of the creature that attacked him and that the monsters could only be explained as one thing, the survivors of the previous mission from earth modifying there combat suits to appear far more fearsome, he also questioned if they felt shame now living in the bones of the race they slaughtered. suddenly a door click open and a frail looking man walks in his military outfit tattered he laughs at the doctor and asks him how he figured all this out in such a short space of time, the doctor simply replies he hadn’t he was just guessing and hoping someone would be stupid enough to correct him, the man smirks

Taking the doctor amongst the remaining refugees they explain they have been slowly been poisoning the Sensorites over time. hoping to kill them off and return to the surface and eventually escape from the planet. Their deranged Commander has over intentions and wants outright annihilation in retaliation for the uprising with he and the doctor sharing a fiery exchange regarding the nature of the elves uprising with the commander stating the primitive species was beneath the superior humans. insisting if they are successful in there efforts he will return with a offer force and cull the planet and much to the chagrin of the rest of the refugees states clearly his intentions of genocide. the doctor states that if he so clearly set on this course then the doctor will have no option but to stop him, the commander brandishes his blaster and points it at the doctor who simply laughs stating ‘i don’t make threats but i do keep promises’ the commander grimaces and orders the doctor to be restrains. suggesting they have no alternative and leads the remaining forces including the captive doctor to the surface, where they are met by the rebel Sensorites having come to assonance the Chieftain. a brief fire fire ensures with blasters being fired and many being injured the commanders eye blaze with fury as he fights rebel Sensorities in close combat, The Doctor seeing john amongst the crew assembled to defend the Chieftain sends a psychic message to him and the refugees are led into an ambush with no other option but to surrender. the doctor uses his sonic to unlock the restraints and confronts the commander suggesting he should of rethought his actions. without warning the desperate man grabs the doctor and aims his blaster at his head, in this moment the doctors pleads clemency for the poisoners. The confused Chieftain of the Sensorites agrees and asks his forces stand down, in the brief seconds of confusion the doctor flips the commander and launches him flying before adjusting his jacket, he looks over   at the astonished crew and simply states Venusian Aikido. John, shows the Sensorites the lost city with the bland overjoyed to ha d this significant ancestral site returned to them john pleads for himself and Carol to stay and help the inhabitants rebuild and make up for the other earthlings transgressions, gladdened the elders agree to this with the remaining refugees head back with Maitland and his crew, to Earth for treatment. the doctor gladdened with the outcome heads back to his tardis followed by doctor vickers, who he allows a private viewing of the tardis interior, she tells him that her own father would tell her stories about the time lords. she mentions the day the earth moves through space and when she woke up she looked new stars her words shocked the doctor having never heard of this before she smiled and simply said stated the next night the stars had returned to normal. the doctor laughs off her remarks and sends her away all the while silently contemplating.

Sontaran Holiday

On Starship UK, children sit in class waiting to be graded by their instructor, a Sontaran. Timmy does not want to line up, and so he joins at the very end; the Sontaran calls Timmy a bad pupil and grades him a zero. As the students walk out, Timmy's friend Mandy reminds him that he cannot take the vator; students aren't allowed to if they have a zero grade. She leaves in one, promising to wait for him back in London. Not wanting to walk twenty decks to get there, Timmy enters the second vator. On the monitor, a little girl recites a poem. Instead of heading to London, the vator drops down to Floor 0, with the floor in the vator opening to a red chasm beneath. Timmy screams in terror and falls into the chasm. The Doctor is sat on top of the TARDIS he enjoys the blissful peace while meditates, A young man and women look out from the doors of the Tardis and wonder, a sudden boom is heard and the doctor opens one eye and looks below the Tardis, seeing Starship UK. He frantically races back to the console, his companions look at the doctor mystified he goes on to explain that in the 29th century, solar flares scorched the Earths surface and forced the entire human race to flee to the stars until it was all over. Each continent created ships that rushed and zoomed out across the stars, countries confined into cramped space the doctor trails of realising his companions have lost the thread of his point long ago and are now smiling to humour him. The Doctor puts Starship UK up on the monitor, going on to say its the same UK, only metal. Merissa asks if they can go on board, The Doctor giddily agrees, but goes through the rules: they are observers and cannot interfere, something that he has always tries to stick to doing in his travels. Dean compares them to filmers of a wildlife documentary, Merissa But when they spot Mandy crying silently on the scanner she and dean discuss maybe going help and show visible signs of distress, The Doctor suddenly appears on the screen, asking Mandy if she needs help. The little girl runs away from him, and the Doctor beckons for his companions to join him outside.

Merissa and Dean exit the TARDIS and are immediately overwhelmed by everything around them, Merissa is hit by a realisation; she's been dead for centuries correcting herself, they have been dead for centuries. The Doctor appears less than amused: "you're a cheery one!" The trio explore the area, known locally as the London Market, with the Doctor encouraging them to notice everything as there is something gravely wrong. Looking around, Dean notices people riding bikes, asking if its unusual on a spaceship. The Doctor smiles, before becoming serious again; he tells them to really look as there are "secrets, shadows, lives lived in fear. Abruptly, he stops and takes a glass of water off a nearby table, setting it on the floor and observing it for a brief moment before returning it; he apologises and tells those he took it from that "there's an escaped fish". He informs Amy that this is a police state: the government controls everything. The Doctor spots Mandy crying across the room, and they move towards her, followed closely by a dark-robed individual, the figure phones Starn, commander of the Sontaran forces, to report what he's seen. Starn, likewise, calls a cloaked woman sitting on a bedchamber floor amidst a sea of water glasses; he tells her that there has been a sighting. She asks him if he "did the thing", Starn replies 'yes, he did'. The woman tells him that she will take a look at the monitors, and grabs a porcelain mask before leaving.

The Doctor observes Mandy from a bench gently rubbing his beard, His companions tinker with items on the stalls around them, Merissa stops and asks the doctor why he keeps looking at the little girl, The Doctor explains that children cry because they want attention or they're hurt; when they cry silently, it means they can't stop. He tells her that any parent would know that, making Marissa ask if he's a father; the Doctor has a breath pause where he doesn't answer but his breathing becomes heavier. He goes on to explain that several possible parents are passing Mandy and are not even bothering to talk to her, meaning it's highly likely that they know what's making her cry, and it's something that they're too afraid to talk about. Mandy leaves, still crying. Dean wonders where she went, to which the Doctor rattles off Mandy's full name and which part of the ship she lives in; Dean and Marissa give him a look of surprise. The Doctor pulls out some sort of identification, explaining that Mandy dropped it when he bumped into her; explaining further it took him six tries.

The Doctor encourages The Pair to follow Mandy, not only to comfort her and learn about her plight, but to also ask about the Sontarans because they are everywhere; even more disturbing is the fact the Sontarans a warrior race genetically perfected for war are acting peacefully, When Marissa questions his orders, the Doctor retorts, "it's either this or Home", prompting Her to comply with his orders. As for himself, the Doctor explains that he's going to do what he always does — "Stay out of trouble. Badly." As they part ways, Marissa having linked arms with dean, asks the Doctor if he interferes with other lives and planets if children are crying. The Doctor confirms this with a grin.

Dean and Marissa find Mandy waiting for them in a street, Mandy explains that she noticed them and the Doctor watching her. Marissa hands Mandy's identification back to her, with Mandy stating she only dropped it because the Doctor kept bumping into her. They discover a sealed-off part of the road — which Mandy refers to as a "hole" — which Marissa investigates despite Mandy's warnings that they are not allowed; it has something to do with the Sontarans and "below". She asks Marissa whether she's Scottish, informing her that Scotland has its own ship, something that amuses Dean. Meanwhile, the nearby cameras turn to face them as Marissa enters the tent. Inside, she discovers a giant tentacle rising up through the ship from below; it attacks her and forces her back out of the tent, where she is immediately surrounded by a group of hooded Figures who put her to sleep with a gas as Mandy and Dean look on.

Meanwhile, the Doctor descends a ladder into the ship's "engine" room. After examining the surrounding area with the sonic, he meets the masked woman, who tells him that she is conducting an investigation similar to the Doctor’s and demands to know why he thought to put the glass of water on the floor in the marketplace earlier. He relays his suspicions that, in a ship of this size, the engines would have created some sort of disturbance on the surface of the water — and yet there was none. He opens the power coupling boxes, which reveals they are dummies; they aren't even connected. In fact, it would appear that the ship has no engine at all. The woman replies in the affirmative and offers him a device that will lead him to Amy. The Doctor inquires how he can find her again, learning she is Liz Ten, and she will find him.

Marissa regains consciousness in a voting booth as she's scanned by a machine, confirming her name and reading her age as 1,307 years — which amuses her. The screen switches to a video narrated by a man in a smart suit who tells her that she will now be shown the truth of the ship's travels; afterwards, she will be faced with the choice to "forget" everything she's learned in the booth or to "protest". Should only one percent of the population protest, the project will be discontinued "with consequences for you all". She is shown the film — a succession of subliminal images that suggests a huge influx of information — then suddenly finds herself having pressed the "forget" button and has no idea what she just saw. Marissa discovers a blinking light on the console in front of her when she clicks on it she discovers it is in fact a recording she made prior to forgetting, a video of herself appears on the screen, where, crying, Marissa tells herself to find the Doctor and dean and get them off Starship UK to keep him from investigating. No doubt, there is something going on that the Doctor wouldn't approve of. The booth's door opens, with the Doctor, Mandy and Dean waiting for her outside; Marissa quickly stops the message before the Doctor can see it, being embraced by Dean who is happy to see her again. The Doctor wonders what it is that she's done.

From a scan with the sonic screwdriver, the Doctor deduces that a machine in the lamp above Marissa’s head has made her forget the last twenty minutes; he comments, basic memory wipe. Mandy explains that anyone 16 and older can choose to use a booth once every five years; the Doctor jokes that everyone choosing to forget is "democracy in action". Mandy wonders if the Doctor is Scottish as well, to which he says "I'm much worse than Scottish." The Doctor explains that the machine won't show him the film as he is not human; Dean points out that he looks human. However, the Doctor retorts to him that humans look Time Lord, gently smirking; remarking his species came first. When asked if there are other Time Lords, the Doctor tells her that there isn't anymore; just him. The rest died on a "bad day". And now, all he does is help people every single day that he can. Rubbing his hands together, the Doctor comes to a decision. "Hold on; we're bringing down the government!" He slams his fist on the "protest" button, making the door shut and the floor open to the red abyss that Timmy fell into. While Marissa and Dean screams in terror, the Doctor is overjoyed, telling them to instead say, "Wheee!" they plummet down a chute. Liz Ten goes over to the abandoned Mandy, who recognises her once Liz takes off her mask.

The trio land in a rubbish dump at the heart of the ship, which the Doctor jokes is Lancashire, He then notices that only food refuse is down there with them, and Dean notices the floor is all squishy. A scan from the sonic tells him the truth: they're in a mouth of a large beast. As pipes have been surgically implanted in the beast, they can try using the normal "entrance" to escape; however, it is "closed for business". Marissa tries walking to the teeth, accidentally causing the swallow reflex. To avoid being digested, the Doctor uses the sonic to make the beast vomit. Marissa awakens to find herself in an overspill pipe next to a still unconscious Dean, where the Doctor explains that she has no injuries and is covered in sick, politely asking her to wake up Dean. The Doctor sees that the only way they can get back into the ship is to press another "forget" button. When they refuse to press the switch, A Sontaran in full battle armour emerges at the end of the corridor not and moves to attack them. They are rescued by the mask-less Liz Ten, who enters from the other side of the door and smacks the Sontaran on it’s probic vent knocking it out cold. Liz explains that she tracked the device she gave the Doctor; she heard everything they did through it. Liz also jokes that the Doctor is a bit hard to miss; "Mysterious Stranger M.O.; intelligence of higher alien life forms". Walking through a hall, Liz goes on to explain that the Doctor was old drinking buddies with Henry 12, "Vicky" knighted and exiled him on the same day, and he at least once shared tea and scones with Liz 2. "And so much for the 'Virgin Queen', you bad, bad boy!" The Doctor immediately realises who Liz is: Queen Elizabeth X - Liz Ten, exclaiming "I'm the bloody Queen, mate; basically, I rule". Walking through another corridor, they notice another root coming from the creature pounding against a barred opening. Marissa explains her previous encounter with the root that burst through the road; the Doctor confirms that the roots are part of the same creature whose mouth they were just inside and that it's reaching out. Liz wonders if the beast is infesting the kingdom, but is far angrier that someone is feeding her subjects to it. Explaining that there is a high-speed vator to her quarters nearby, Liz walks off with Mandy. Watching the roots continue to bang against the bars, the Doctor sadly tells the pair that they shouldn't have come here. Marissa remembers her message to herself. Starn sees them on the monitor and calls it in, saying since Liz has seen the truth, it's time to activate the pre-agreed protocol.

In Liz's room, Dean fixes his hair as the Queen goes on to explain that she has been investigating the creature for ten years, ever since she came to the throne at the age of forty. Liz had her ageing process slowed down; "keeps me looking like the stamps." With everyone knowing who she is, Liz wears her mask for anonymity; the Doctor, toying with the mask between his hands, notes that, because the mask is made of air-balanced porcelain, it must have been made to perfectly fit her face. Though he points out that it's at least 200 years old. Liz seems briefly confused, wondering why an antique would be of any concern in their situation. At that moment, the hooded figures enter Liz's room and demand that she come with them. However, when she protests, they disrobe revealing themselves to be Sontaran and human forces in charge of keeping the peace on Starship UK. Liz tells them that she is still their Queen; they agree, but tell her that, on the highest authority, she must go to the Tower of London. They are taken to the Tower in the bowels of the ship, where Liz meets Starn and Prime Minister Hawthorne, The Two most senior members of the government; apparently, Hawthorne has not been seen for a while. Seeing children being put to work, they question this; Hawthorne explains protesters and citizens of limited value are fed to the beast. However, it won't eat children for some reason. He calls the Doctor and His companions lucky for being the first adults it has spared. The Doctor retorts that they're very lucky to be in the torture chamber of the Tower of London; "except it isn't, except it is; depends on your perspective". He leads A visibly worried Marissa, Dean and the Queen over to a pit, which has a laser periodically zapping the creature's brain. They wonder what it is, to which the Doctor repeats gruffly that it's up to their perspective. It's either the gas pedal, Starship UK's go faster button, or the exposed pain centre of the creature's brain being repeatedly tortured to force it to continue flying the ship across the stars. Clearly horrified, the Queen demands the creature's immediate release; however, no-one moves. When she demands an answer, Hawthorne insists he is simply obeying the orders of a higher authority. Liz protests, calling herself the highest authority on the ship. The Doctor brings her attention back to the impossibility of her mask. How could a mask have been made for her specifically 200 years before when she's only 50? The Doctor answers his own question: "They slowed your body clock, all right, but you're not fifty. Nearer... three hundred." She's reigned the same ten years over and over again, each time choosing to forget the truth. As Liz takes this in, Hawthorne confirms that he, the Sontarans and even Starn all work for her. Hawthorne plays a recording of Liz Ten; she explains that the British people were faced with destruction when Earth was devastated by the solar flares, and the children screamed in pain. All other countries had taken to the sky, a group of Sontarans even attempted to help but became trapped with them, with Britain lacking the resources to build their own spaceship they were stranded and doomed to die. But then, "like a miracle", the creature — the last of the star whales — appeared to them. The government and the Sontarans trapped it, and built their ship around it, using the creature in place of an engine; it’s very beating heart powers the ship. The recording once again gives Liz the option: "forget" or "abdicate". Pressing abdicate will release the star whale — but in doing so will destroy the ship and kill everyone on board.

The Doctor angrily pulls a grate off, allowing a tendril to emerge; he tells the humans and Sontarans that this noise is what they all didn't want to hear and points his sonic screwdriver at it. At that moment, a high pitched scream rings through the room; it's the voice of the star whale. He declares in that moment there is no choice but a mercy killing. He will release powerful electric shock to the star whale's brain, leaving it a vegetable but still sustaining Starship UK; it is the only choice other than either leaving the creature to endure more torture for centuries or killing every human and Sontaran on the ship. He then states that he intends to abandon the name "the Doctor" once the deed is done, remarking his disgust at himself and suggesting he might as well retained the title ‘time lord victorious at this rate’. He expresses his fury towards all of the humans and Sontarans gathered who have allowed this situation to arise; he is also angry with Marissa, and via Proxy Dean, for trying to keep the truth from him by pressing "forget". They try to apologise but he isn't interested and tells them that he'll be taking them back home after this is all over. However, as the Doctor sets up the massive electrical charge which will render the star whale brain-dead, Dean remembers the Doctor's encouragement that he notices everything. Marissa and Dean see Mandy find Timmy, not knowing that a tendril from the star whale has risen up behind her. Timmy looks on in fear. However, the tendril simply taps Mandy's shoulder, getting her attention. The tendril plays with them instead of attacking. Marissa then remembers the Doctor is the last of his kind and only ever interferes when children need help; she also remembers Liz's recording about how the children suffered until the last of the star whales arrived. This has Marissa remember when the Doctor helped her when she was scared of the Strange creatures under her bed, making her realise the star whale is, in fact, benevolent and has been voluntarily propelling the ship because of its compassion for children. Shouting at the Doctor to stop, Marissa Shouts to dean who makes Liz Ten press the "abdicate" button and the brain stimulus halts. The star whale is freed. The whole ship shakes.

However, much to their surprise, the creature continues to power the ship, with Hawthorne and starn observing that they have actually increased speed. Marissa huffs at him, "Yeah, well, you've stopped torturing the pilot!" Liz wonders why the star whale hasn't dislodged itself from Starship UK yet, before Marissa reveals it volunteered its services - the humans were so desperate for help, they did not catch wind of its intentions. They outright trapped and tortured the creature for fear it would abandon them in their time of need. Explaining her actions, Marissa says that "if you are very old and the last of your kind" like the star whale — and also just like the Doctor — then "you just can't stand there and watch children cry." On an observation deck, the Doctor looks out into space, deep in thought over the events that have just transpired. Dean and Marissa walks up behind him, handing him Liz's mask as a souvenir from their adventure there. She explains that Liz has decided that there will be no more secrets in Starship UK; everyone will know the star whale is to thank for their salvation from the inferno on Earth. Calmly, the Doctor points out to the pair, especially Marissa, that she could have killed the entire British nation if she was wrong. She points out that he could have killed the star whale. She knew how it would react because of its similarities with the Doctor — "Very old and very kind, and the very, very last. Sound a bit familiar?" They share a hug, With Dean hugging them both. They walk through the market street, back to the TARDIS, as Dean wonders if it's really okay to leave without saying goodbye. The Doctor tells him that they'll wonder about that and come up with stories, saying it's a big day tomorrow. Marissa, shocked, stops and asks him what he means. The Doctor tells her that it's always a big day tomorrow for him because he skips the little ones. Marissa, relieved that he didn't know about her wedding, asks him if there was anything he ever ran away from because he was scared or just because he could. The Doctor says yes, but it was a long time ago; his travels through time and space were the end result. Dean urges Marissa to tell him about her up coming nuptials and she tries, revealing the reason she wants to go back the morning after they took off, but the sound of the TARDIS phone ringing distracts them. Inside, the Doctor works on the TARDIS console as Marissa answers the phone; however, the caller is a bit vague about who they are. The Doctor asks Them to get the specifics; his travels have him meeting different people who have important positions or titles in different points in time. Learning that it's his old buddy British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the Doctor takes the call. Winston tells the Doctor that he's in a bit of a tricky situation; he asks the Doctor for help.

Winston throws the gauntlet 

Stepping out the Tardis into ten downing street the doctor shook Winston’s hand, the portly prime minister smirked placing the phone the receiver down, he explained “These are dire times…doctor… that blighter you call The Master is in cahoots with some fishy devils off the coast”. The doctor stopped in his tracks, the master here, he seemed to be encountering the master more frequently he thought, pondering the predicament. Marisa gently coughed bringing the time lord back from inside his own head, he made introductions with the prime minister and his two companions, ever being ever mindful of Winston’s actions the PM wanted access to the Tardis for the war effort and would stop at nothing to obtain it. The doctor ushered Marissa onto the Tardis leaving Winston licking his lips, lost in the moment fantasising ideas for the blue box before he was deep in his own imagination no doubt hashing a great master plan when the doctor’s words jerked him awake “leave this with me Winston… and do wish you wouldn’t look at her that way”. The two men exchanged a smirk between themselves, before the doctor shut the doors stroking the wood gently “don’t worry old girl…I’d never let him steal you”. The doctor tentatively turns away from the door, for a breath second he had forgotten he was not alone Marissa gives an awkward smile “would you two like to be alone for a bit”. The doctor chuckles removing his coat and folding it over a nearby railing, he quietly contemplates Marissa and Dean she gives him a half-hearted smile, Marissa knew that look. He put his hands deep into his pockets as he usually did when he wanted to say something he hated saying, the two companions just stared at him confused there face smile waiting for him to speak, then the words came “I’m going into battle…against an old enemy of mine… someone who has a habit of killing anyone between me and them”. He paused staring at them, he was trying to save them and he hoped they knew it, he hated endings and this was bittersweet.

Marissa began to argue, although the doctor remained silent she continued as if he was, Dean remained silent and sighed before the doctor marched forward and pulled a leaver on the console and the Tardis sprung to life. The noise of the Tardis engines filled the empty silence as Marissa scrunched her face she angrily headed towards the door her heavy foots step clanging on the gantry, she stopped inches away the door and turned. Tears streamed from her eyes and she looked at the doctor sombre face knowing they shared the same sadness and then the doctor slowly approached her, making another apology he hugged her tight his eyes welling up “I can’t lose you Marissa… A long time ago… I had a granddaughter… she was so much like you… just… fantastic”. He tells her of Susan and how brave and intelligent she was; he then says that   he expects great things from Marissa’s future, the sad Marissa understand and beckons Dean to join her he shakes his head. The doctor notices his tears and walk towards them both filled with frantic energy “doctor… I was born a woman…”.  Dean gulped and felt the words fill the air with a bitter sting, h3 turns to Marissa who smiles at him her tears stopping “everyone saw me as Danielle… when inside I was really Dean… for the first time in a long time you and Marissa just accepted me…”. Dean holds both their hands, the doctors face turns to a smile as he sees Deans bravery “I didn’t tell you and I’m sorry doctor… but we have travelled across time and space and I… I can’t go back to… that life”. The doctors smile is warm and inviting he moves his hand from deans and hand to his shoulder and comforts his companion, the time lord look at him with his ancient eyes “I knew dean… but why would that change anything”. Dean could feel his heart beating in his chest, the doctor hugged him tight “you have always… and will always be…my friend”. Marissa joined the hug realising today she would lose two friends rather than one the doctor escorted her back to her door and wished her luck, chuckling as her panicked fiancé answered the door. He stood half in the Tardis door as her fiancé answered the door and enquired if she had been with that ‘freak’ dean-ielle, feeling a great warmth fill him as her knuckle met the man’s jaw and sent him flying back, entering full into the Tardis and approaching console he asked dean “sure I can’t change your mind?”. Dean replied by pulling the leaver on the console and activating the Tardis, a huge grin adorned his face.

The Master Plan

Misadventures Of Missy And The Masters

Reuniting With The Master in His First Incarnation

Arriving off the coast of Scotland the doctor met with the British forces defending the beach, having dean join their ranks as his aid, he asked the soldiers to look after his friend. The doctor and the master then spent many days testing each other’s resolve as the doctor and the amassed British forces defended the beach and cove from the sea devil’s attacks time and time again. Dean found himself surprised how well he fit in well with the other soldiers, he would bring messages to the doctor about the men and their moral and they worked on creating a strategy, On the tenth day they prepared for the final assault, some Scottish women from the local village gave them blankets and they laid hidden in hidden dug outs on the beach, the master also revealed himself to the doctor through an encrypted message, obtained from a sea devil communicator. The doctor was shocked to see the first incarnation of his old foe, the youthful face of old academy friend at the start of his endeavours into evil. the master and his forces where defeated having been surrounded by the hidden troops, while the doctor brokered peace talks, revealing that a German U boat had damaged the sea devils home, the captain of the British forces offered to help them in any way possible. The master didn’t stay to witness this and ran straight to his Tardis in an attempt flee before facing the sea devil’s wrath, spurred on by an insistent dean, the doctor was hot on his heels. The two Tardis’s flew off into space chasing after one another, through so careful hacking, the doctor’s face appearing on a viewing screen inside the masters Tardis where he begged his friend to stop doctor was closing in on the master. Suddenly and over enthusiastic cackle rang out from a corridor deep in the doctors Tardis, horrified to be confronted by the unexpected return of missy, the doctor’s eyes filled with white hot rage, missy screamed in joy at finally having the doctor back, embracing him tightly she tapped his nose with her index finger and ran around the Tardis console “you don’t look very pleased to see me”. Supressing all his emotions and intentions of wanting take hold of missy’s throat and squeeze, she awoke that dark heart of him he tried so badly to keep locked away, what was worse she knew this to. She cackled and began to tease him on his new appearance saying mockingly “I much preferred you as a woman”. missy began to mercifully gleefully tease the doctor about ‘poor’ Clara and chipped away at him trying to achieve a rise from him. Finally reaching the end of his patient, he asked why she was there and as she turned and threw open the Tardis doors, she shouted “to give the other one a head start”. Realising she was referring to her previous incarnation, the pair had been duped him and he watched as missy dived out into space activating a temporal shift device on her wrist and disappearing in a fizzle of smoke.

He gave chase best he could, desperately following The Two Master’s into New York city where he was waylaid briefly dealing with an infestation of weeping angels, the doctor enlisted a friend from the FBI to help young Canton Everett Delaware III who along with his partner helped the doctor take down a group of mobsters using the living statues to take out rival crime families. After a few days of being waylaid the chase resumed, the rogue time lords left a trail of destruction across the galaxy, chasing them across half the universe, before they just seem to vanish. Visiting the black market trader Dorium Maldovar, the doctor bartered for information on the master’s whereabouts finding out they had formed an uneasy alliance with the dying Davros, creator of the daleks, reports suggested they were aiding him in his attempts to surge forth the evolution of the Dalek race, the blue humanoid added “there’s word… they are splicing time lord and Dalek DNA”. As Dorium Chuckled the doctor made a swift exit to his Tardis, using the locator chip he had been given he wound up somewhere unknown, he managed to make it through the blockades surrounding the planet undetected but arrived with time to spare. Stepping out onto the planet’s surface, he was greeted by yet another incarnation of the master, a much older man, who hid a thinly vailed rage rather poorly he was clearly baying for the doctor’s blood and through gritted teeth he welcomed the doctor, it seemed the first master and missy had seemingly vanished and now he was being led into the mouth of the beast.

An unknown Incarnation of the master meets the doctor on skaro

The facility was cold and cylinders jutted out from the large silver domes, there was an eerie familiarity to this places, the soil was dry and devoid of life and the air was thin. As they entered the First dome they were greeted by a younger man, dressed in a plain charcoal great suit with a black kipper tie, reminiscent of low ranking civil servant, he scowled and pulled a device out from his pocket and blasted the doctor with it. extricating pain surged through the doctor’s body as he was bathed in a resonating yellow light, the bald man held what appeared to be a sonic screwdriver up introducing himself as the master and adding “welcome doctor… to Skaro”. Passing out from the pain, the doctor dreamt, far off stars twinkled and ran, the doctor ran even in his dream he didn’t know who from or why but he ran never the less. An ice cold wave flowed over him, fluttering his eye lids he woke up to see the two masters peering over him, like children looking through the glass at a zoo. The doctor admitted he was impressed by their collected ambition he even suggested he was highly flattered they put all the effort in for just him, the older looking master stepped forward, clearly disgusted with the doctor’s sheer presence.  He calmly looked over the doctor and gently licked his lips, then suggested flailing the doctor alive and hijacking his remaining regenerations from his corpse, this led to a disgusted reaction from the other master, who asked 'grandad' to calm down the younger looking master apologised for his past self “he's a little morbid… personally…I think I've improved with age”. he sniggered and activated a nearby viewing screen with a click of his fingers, Davros addressed the room of time lords with disdain “I see you two… have captured the doctor”. The pair exchanged a glance, they didn’t want to look idiotic and admit he had turned up of his own accord and they had captured him using pure luck. Davros stated he had saved them the time and effort and asked the supreme to prepare the siphon, to steal the doctor’s remaining regenerations into Davros creations then they would rule the universe equally, this caused an eruption of laughter from the captured Doctor.

The two masters stop and turn and sneered at the doctor while the angered Davros ordered the doctor to stop mocking them immediately and he retorted “you think you can trust these two”.  Davros’s cold blue eye stared out from the screen unflinching, slowly he bared his rotting teeth growling low as the doctor continued pointing at the Masters then at the screen “you think you can trust him”. The doctor continued to laugh, he realised no one had commented on his hands being free yet, the older master removed a strange knife from his long red duster and placed its tip on the doctor’s chest, this made the doctor laugh more while everyone else looked on baffled. The doctor’s smirked as the older master growled pressed the blade into the fabric of the doctor’s shirt, before anyone could react the doctor sprang up disarming the older master throwing him against a walk then flipping him over his leg, the old man clattered to the ground. The bald master looked on in shock with the doctor simply straightening his coat mentioned his training in escapology from Harry Houdini, he moved forward and the bald master cowered slightly “I’ve also still got a flare for Venusian aikido”. Davros bellowed through the monitor screaming in hopes someone will hear him, his voice echoed out in waves across the whole planet “stop… HIM!”. Ordering his Daleks to start the attack on the room, the smiling doctor pulled his sonic free from his pocket and giving Davros his most confident smirk, activated the sonic opening a side vent which began sucking some the oxygen, as well as some of contents, out of the room, taking the doctor with it. Now having achieved step one of his plan he had escaped, now in free fall the doctor aimed himself for a

nearby body of water the impact of the furniture jettisoned before him breaking the surface tension of the water, the impact still hurt but he swam to the surface as quickly as his arms would allow him. Dripping wet and aching from the fall, he quickly made his slowly way through passages and tunnels into Skaro’s dense sewers amongst the writhing, oozing masses the doctor hatched a plan, he knew the masters would be brazen and keep their Tardis’s close by, he would sabotage them with a temporal time loop which would be easier now that two incarnations where in one place and their sheer presence effected the time line, this would allow him to create a miniature time lock on these events stopping the masters and Dalek’s escaping.

After many hours of searching he made his way under sealed chamber he could hear Dalek’s hover over head, the sinister hum of their cases chilled him to the bone, then he thought of something diabolical. Touching the slimy wall his hand begins to glow with a white and gold light, the energy is absorbed into the wall with the doctor laughing and fighting to remove his hand “easy now… only a little bit will do”. Having set his plan in motion the doctor bolts from floor into the sealed room, he begins to tamper with the control rooms of the masters Tardis’s setting up the time loop, having completed his work all he needs to do now is simple, get captured. Unlocking the door and standing in front of the Dalek’s his trademark smirk gleams across his face and he stares at them, remarking he always wanted to say this “take me to your leader”. Smuggled in a blaster point, the doctor is brought before Davros and the two masters who bickered amongst themselves, they debated what to do with the doctor and if it was still safe enough to siphon his regenerations. Davros angrily chastised the pair and they kept bickering until they heard a distant thud below them, closely followed by another the ground bellowed and cracked, the supreme screamed at the doctor “EXPLAIN!”. The masters realised what was happening, the bald master chuckled and grabbed the other masters arm and they both made a sharp exit towards there Tardis’s, unknowingly activating the Doctors trap. As the ground opened up and swallowed Dalek after Dalek, a golden glow emanated from within the city itself, the doctor looked at the scared Davros “you wanted the Daleks to evolve… well they are evolving… your sewers are revolting”. As grey sludge emerged and enveloped all around them the doctor found the Dalek’s guarding him preoccupied, he used this chance to escape, running at full pace across the surface of the planet back to his Tardis, avoiding the time loop he quickly departed back to earth, back to safety. The Doctor’s hearts still pumped with excitement, taking a deep breath he stepped out of his Tardis and was greeted by an armed guard, he laughed realising these where UNIT Soldier's he asked them to stand down, they didn't react to him causing him to take them situation more seriously out from behind the men emerged Ace ( Earth 92) looking older then the doctor has seen her last, she smiled at her old friend and welcomed him to Torchwood escorting his further onto the premises and down into the vault

Enter Torchwood

a severely aged and war torn tenth doctor

The Doctor was within the heart of Torchwood (earth 92), Andromeda house, brought into a meeting room and greeted by another familiar face Captain jack Harknes ( earth 92) and an unknown man who the others referred to as Arthur, Tecteun - 'The Other' ( Earth 92),

Romana ( Earth 92) jumped at the doctor embracing her old friend

Journeys End

Leaving Andromeda house, the doctor intends to enjoy some simple time catching up with romana, he ponders far flung destinations on the screens before smirking and settling on Blackpool pier, licking his lips at the prospect of freshly cooked chips with plenty of salt and vinegar. Suddenly the Tardis is hit with a violent jolt, The Doctor rushes to the doors and flinging them open to find himself hanging in space. The Doctor checks the readings to find out why he had ended up in empty space, slapping the screen in his temper he slowly realised he hadn’t. The position is fixed and the Tardis is in the spot it landed, it is the Earth that has disappeared, Impossibly, the entire planet has been stolen, but by whom? 

At the Torchwood Base in New York, Dr Martha Jones regains consciousness after an earthquake to find UNIT officers running around in chaos and torchwood personnel panicking. A horrified colleague grabs Martha and tells her to look at the sky. 

In Andromeda house, Captain Jack Harkness guesses that aftermath of the battle with the great intelligence may have been responsible for the brief but violent earthquake that has just devastated the Hub. After making sure that the other members of Torchwood are all right, Jack heads outside to survey the damage. Presuming it to be a localised event planning a god cover story in his head to spread to local press. Susie looks at the computers with Gwen announces to jack that whatever the problem is, "It's a bit bigger than the uk " 

At 13 Bannerman Road, Ealing, London, Sarah Jane Smith and her son Luke comment on the earthquake and wonder why it is now dark outside since it was only 8 a.m. when the quake struck. Sarah asks her alien supercomputer Mr Smith for an explanation. Mr Smith says that she should look outside because she will "find the visual evidence most conclusive". 

In His home brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and his daughter Kate are not sure what has caused the earthquake, as they step outside their home, Kate looks at the sky in horror reaching for her phone and placing a call directly to unit command. 

The familiar sky is gone, The sun is gone, The constellations have been replaced with strange new ones. Twenty-six new unknown planets have appeared in the sky. The Doctor does not know where his friends and companions, Romana insists they need help and without hesitation he decides he has only one course of action and he sets course for the Shadow Proclamation. 

At Sarah's house, Mr Smith picks up readings of a fleet of two hundred spaceships apparently headed towards Earth. In America, American UNIT leader General Sanchez enters and tells all soldiers and torchwood staff that Geneva has declared a Code Red Emergency. Martha tells him that she has tried to establish contact with the Doctor, but the signal is dead. The signal is designed to reach anywhere in the universe, but the signal is being blocked by some unknown force. Sanchez notes that they will likely find out soon with the fleet is coming into orbit. Gwen calls her husband, Rhys, and tells him to stay indoors and call her mother. She then joins the others as they are reviewing the situation. The atmosphere is in place. They muse that whoever has done this wants the human race alive, which Jack calls "a plus". Gwen notices something at the heart of the planets that gives a different reading, only It is not a planet. Andromeda House having also detected the ships coming into orbit, contact Martha and confirm that neither of them has heard from the Doctor. They discuss "Project Indigo", which is the reason for Martha Jones' presence in New York. Mr Smith tells Sarah that the ships have a message for the human race and puts it through, It consists of a single repeated word: "Exterminate!". The message is heard on all frequencies, on all channels. Jack and Sarah Jane react with horror as they realise the fleet belongs to the Daleks. Jack says, "I'm sorry, we're dead", kissing Gwen on the forehead. Sarah hugs Luke, crying, "You're so young." a massive Dalek spaceship flys over London, shooting at everything in its path. In space, thousands of other saucers descend upon the helpless Earth. At the New York City base, General Sanchez orders everyone to their battle stations and Geneva declares an Ultimate Code Red: put simply, Earth is at war. The room promptly shakes and Martha rushes to the window in time to see dozens of Dalek ships descend and wreak havoc and destruction upon Manhattan. Aboard a massive spaceship at the heart of the cluster of planets, the Daleks finalise their plans. The Supreme Dalek, a red Dalek with extra panels, declares that the Crucible will soon be complete and "We have waited long for this ultimate destiny. Now the Daleks are the masters of Earth!" The Daleks eagerly take up the chant, a shadowy figure watches the daleks. 

Far across the universe, on board the TARDIS and unaware of the unfolding destruction on Earth, the Doctor arrives at the Shadow Proclamation conclave. his is greeted at gunpoint by its rhino-headed guards, the Judoon, but the Doctor convinces them he means no harm and needs help with the trusted help of his knowledge of the Judoon's language. A female member of the Proclamation tells the Doctor that the situation is worse than he suspects, not one but twenty-four planets have been stolen. The Doctor asks about Pyrovillia, but the Judoon captain tells him that Pyrovillia is a cold case; it disappeared over two thousand years ago. The Romana mention the lost Adipose Breeding Planet and the Doctor realises that planets are being snatched out of time as well as space. The Doctor heads over to the computer and shifts the display of the missing planets into 3D. He adds Adipose 3, Pyrovillia, and the lost moon of Poosh, which all vanished in the past. The model rearranges itself into a perfect balance, fitting together "like pieces of an engine". Recalling a distant memory, the Doctor says that someone tried to move the Earth once before... 

Back on Earth, the Daleks attack the UNIT Defensive air craft, Valiant, disabling its shields and forcing the crew to abandon ship. Jack, Gwen, and Susie, desperately try to find a way to stop them, but their efforts are futile. Daleks are landing in Japan, the Air Force is put into retreat over Africa, and contact with the British Prime Minister's plane is lost. Back in Manhattan, the base is attacked by Daleks. Jack tells Martha to get out of there, but she does not listen. General Sanchez declares that Project Indigo has been activated. Back in the control room, personnel cowering behind desks are knocked backwards as Daleks blast their way into the room. UNIT soldiers fruitlessly but bravely open fire as administrative personnel attempt to flee, though some are exterminated in the process. Sanchez leads Martha and another Torchwood agent to the vault where Project Indigo is being kept. He orders Martha to put it on, and she straps a device onto her back. As Jack protests for Martha not to use it because it is too dangerous, General Sanchez orders Martha to do it. He hands her the "the Osterhagen Key". Martha is horrified, understanding the purpose of the key. She at first refuses to take it, but General Sanchez orders her to do so for the sake of humanity. Martha activates Project Indigo as Jack rages. The General and another soldier begin firing as the Daleks break-in, and Martha vanishes. 

Inside Torchwood, Jack tells Gwen and Susie that Project Indigo is a teleport device reverse-engineered from salvaged from the Sontaran technology, but in its infancy they have no coordinates or stabilisation. When Gwen asks where Martha is, an upset Jack says she has been "scattered into atoms” announcing to Andromeda house staff “Martha is down." 

On board the Dalek station, the Supreme Dalek orders the Daleks to prepare landings and bring the humans to "the Crucible". He receives a call from the control room, asking for any news. The Supreme Dalek declares, "Earth has been subjugated." The speaker is a sinister figure: hidden in shadow and dressed in a black frock coat with a clear crimson lined collar. They both know He is really asking for news of the Doctor, The Supreme Dalek gleefully replies, "No reports of the Time Lord. We are beyond the Doctor's reach!" The figure is fascinated by the Dalek's triumphant tone and warns him about his pride, several shadowy figures emerge from behind the speaker. Undeterred, the Supreme Dalek proclaims, "The Doctor cannot stop us!" The figure replies, "Said So Many before you." Suddenly A light blare on to show a Dalek with its shell opened to reveal the mutated, tentacle’s creature inside, its top half destroyed. The Supreme Dalek protests, "The abomination is insane!" The figure demands that the Dalek show respect; after all, without Dalek Caan, Earth could never be conquered. Also, everything Caan says comes true. Caan screams out in a high pitch wail, "He is coming. he dances in the lonely places...oh, the Doctor is coming!" then bursts into insane laughter. 

Back at the Shadow Proclamation's space station, Romana is sitting on the stairs, waiting for the Doctor to work out what has happened. The Doctor asks Romana if anything strange was happening on Earth. Romana reminds tells him about the bees disappearing, torchwood decided this wasn’t worth investigating. The Doctor realises that this is a clue, Romana tells him some people thought it was pollution or global warming, but the Doctor tells her that, in fact, the bees were returning home, to the planet Melissa Majoria the two time lords smile at each other sharing the same sudden brain wave they exclaim in unison “the Tandocca Scale”. Realising that if they follow the trail, they can find the Earth. The Shadow Architect stops them, saying, "The planets were taken with hostile intent. We are declaring war, Doctor, right across the universe, and you will lead us into battle!" The Doctor looks stunned, then replies, "Right, 'course I will. I'll just go get you a key." He closes the door and the TARDIS dematerialises, to the Shadow Architect's fury. 

Back on Earth, the Daleks have enslaved London and are ordering all humans to leave their homes. When a man and his family defy the Daleks and return to their home, the Daleks brutally incinerate the house, leaving no survivors. Meanwhile, the TARDIS stops in the Medusa Cascade. The Doctor tells Romana he came here when he was just a child, ninety years old and that it is the centre of a rift in time and space. Romana asks about the twenty-seven planets. The Doctor tells her that they are nowhere, she asks what they are to do, but the Doctor does not reply... he now has no options and no clue what to do next. 

On Earth, Torchwood and Bannerman Road listen as the United Nations officially declares Earth's surrender. Sarah and Captain Jack have given up: Earth has no hope but to wait and pray that the Daleks bring the end quickly. At the Lethbridge-stewart house, the laptop suddenly switches itself on and a voice comes through. Sarah and the people at Torchwood hear it, too. Jack believes it is just another suffering person crying for help amongst millions of others. He tells Gwen to leave it, but the woman speaking shames him and demands that he stands to attention. She identifies herself as Harriet Jones, former prime minister. Harriet also makes contact with Sarah and decides they should be able to talk to each other. There are four contacts: Harriet, Sarah Jane, and Andromeda House, but the fourth contact is having trouble getting through. Martha appears on screen as the fourth contact, Martha reveals that Project Indigo had brought her home to her mother, possibly tapping into her mind to determine where she really wanted to go. Harriet introduces Torchwood to Sarah, Jack states that he has been following Sarah's work, telling her, "Nice job with the Slitheen." Sarah tartly replies that she has been staying away from Torchwood — "Too many guns." Far from offended, Jack suggestively tells her that she is "looking good". Harriet is unimpressed by Jack's incorrigible flirting, though Sarah is quite flattered, and explains that they are communicating through a subwave network — a sentient computer programme obtained from the Mr Copper Foundation to contact anyone and everyone who can contact the Doctor. Jack tells everyone that what they need at the moment is something to fight the Daleks with and asks Martha what the Osterhagen Key does. Harriet abruptly interrupts telling Jack that the Osterhagen Key is not an option and isn't to be used under any circumstances and what they need is the Doctor. Sarah wonders why Harriet is doing this, given that the Doctor deposed her. Harriet admits that she has often wondered whether or not her decision was wrong. Regardless, she asserts, "I stand by my actions to this day because I knew that one day, the Earth would be in danger, and the Doctor would fail to appear." 

Martha explains that she has tried to phone the Doctor, but the signal cannot get through. Jack realises they can transmit to the Doctor using "all the power of the Rift". Luke points out that Mr Smith can tap into the global telecommunications network, forcing every phone across the globe to call the same number at the same time; Jack is impressed. Susie appears beside Jack and theorises that as soon as transmitting begins, the subwave network will become visible to the Daleks. Harriet understands that the signal will be traced back to her, but she declares, "My life does not matter — not if it saves the Earth." Jack salutes her. She tells Jack to give the Doctor a message: "He chose his companions well." Martha sends them all the Doctor's phone number. 

The transmitting starts, manifesting as glowing blue rings that shoot up the radio tower of Andromeda house and extend out into space, Earth and the twenty-six other worlds calling their Doctor for help. Mr Smith and the equipment at Torchwood are pushed beyond their limits. Suddenly, transmitting slows. The Daleks have detected the subwave network. The Supreme Dalek orders that the culprit be exterminated. The figure in the control room contacts him again, telling him, "I warned you, Supreme One. Just as Dalek Caan foretold, the Children of Time are moving against us, but everything is falling into place." Gwen warns Harriet that the Daleks have found her, but Harriet keeps working. She sends control to Torchwood just as the Daleks arrive in her home. She introduces herself as usual, and the Daleks tell her they know her. Harriet retorts defiantly, "Oh, you know nothing of any human. And that will be your downfall." With this, she is exterminated, though the Daleks have the decency to destroy the video link before doing so. 

On board the TARDIS, as the Doctor and Romana sit despondently, the phone torchwood gave him starts ringing. The two jump into action and, although there is no voice on the other end, the Doctor picks up the signal and locks onto it. The TARDIS travels through time, overloading. The twenty-seven planets come into view and the Doctor realises that they were all one second out of sync with the universe — he describes it as "the perfect hiding place". He picks up the subwave network and his companions appear onscreen. The Doctor and Romana smile happy to see their friend’s again.

On board the Crucible, Caan says, "He is here...the Dark Lord is coming." The figure demands the supreme give him access to the subwave network. A small cylindrical silver and gold device slides into his palm and the figures start to walk into the light behind him.

Suddenly, all the contacts vanish off of the screen. Romana thinks they are losing contact, but the Doctor realises there is another contact coming through. They all hear the figure sneer, "Your voice is different and yet, its arrogance is unchanged," they realise who it is with horror: The master. He gloats, "Welcome, Doctor, to my new empire. It is only fitting that you should witness the resurrection and the triumph of The Time Lord Victorious." The figures emerge from behind their faces grinning sadistically several of the master’s past regenerations side by side.

The Tenth master had planned the doctors down fall in the shadows for years

The Doctor protests that Master was destroyed that his Tardis flew into the jaws of the Nightmare Child at the Gates of Elysium, even though he tried to save The master. The master mockingly replies, "But it took one stronger than you — Dalek Caan." Caan continues the story, shrilly crying, "I flew into the wild, and the fire; I danced and died a thousand times." The master explains that caan initiating an emergency temporal shift which rescued the master, pushing him free of his Tardis and allowing him to regenerate in the wreckage of the new galifreyan fleet and amongst the remains of the nightmare child. He awoke in the flames and stained with the scent of death and he too pity on caan. 

The Doctor protests that the war was time-locked, and therefore completely prevented from being accessed. The master points out the obvious: "Yet he succeeded." Caan was somehow able to break the barriers, but in the process lost his sanity. The Doctor realises that after being rescued, the master had helped created a new race of Daleks. Davros boasts, "I gave myself to them — quite literally: each one grown from a cell of my own body.". He proudly proclaims, "New Daleks...better Daleks. I have my children, Doctor. What do you have now?" The Doctor's response is just one word: "Bye!" He cuts transmission with the Master and sets the TARDIS for Earth. The Supreme Dalek orders that the Daleks locate the TARDIS and the Doctor, but masters points out that they need only look on Earth; the Doctor is sure to seek out his companions. Caan ominously screeches, "Death is coming. I can see it!" Suddenly, the Daleks detect that the subwave network has been rebooted and the new location is Torchwood. The Supreme Dalek orders Andromeda house exterminated. 

On Earth, Jack contacts Martha by phone and asks what the two oscillating digits on the Project Indigo transporter are; she responds that they are a 4 and a 9. Jack tells her that those are the teleport base codes, which is all Jack needs to reactivate his vortex manipulator's teleportation ability. Jack grabs a large gun and promises Gwen and Susie that he will come back, then vanishes. 

Sarah heads off in her car to find the Doctor after Mr Smith promises to protect Luke. She drives down the street turning a corner nearly hitting two daleks. Despite her frantic attempts to apologise. The daleks prepare to exterminate her.

Aboard the crucible the master argues amongst themselves like children, the fourth incarnation starts to talk over the other masters, he states they should act now and activate the device before the doctor has any chance to stop them. The tenth master, the leader of the group simply remains silent playing with his laser screwdriver. The fourth master grows with confidence and stands behind the tenth master remarking behind his shoulder “I worry for my future… if my plan is as flimsy and feckless as this… perhaps I”. his words are cut short the tenth Master Slides a dagger from his cuff and with a lighting fast lurch. he has slid it into his Fourth incarnations right heart, dropping to his kneed the fourth master cries out “your mad… you would kill yourself”. The master sniggering lowering himself to face to face to his dying self, whispering gently “I would kill everyone one of you”. this was greeted by laughter as his fourth incarnation slumps to the ground the life slowly leaving him. The Master Stands over the body, his eyes glisten as the regenerated process begins, casually giving his former self a kick as the energy’s consumes him he sneeringly remarks “to think… I was as pathetic as you”

The Doctors Tardis lands on earth, amongst the devastation and chaos, Romana and the doctor are just happy to be back, as they exit the Tardis they are confronted immediately by a dalek, the two time lords surrender on the spot but the Dalek refuses to accept. Aims its weapon stalk at the two it prepares to fire, but before it can exterminate them it’s top section is blown away by a huge blast, standing on the other side of the now destroyed dalek is Captain Jack Harkness. The doctor and jack embrace, the doctor says it’s good to see the jack again

Meanwhile, Sarah Jane Smith is covering her head with her arms, waiting to be exterminated by the Daleks, Unit soldiers appear beside the car and they blast the Daleks to pieces, the brigadier emerges from a nearby street with Kate Stewart following behind him arguing for him to go home. Sarah gets out of the car, shocked, but immediately hugs the brigadier, kate gives a disapproving look however turns to the UNIT soldiers and begins to converse about tactical plans.

Over at Torchwood, Nyder in some attempt to please the daleks has lowered the defences and tells the arriving daleks he was a faithful servant to their creator, Davros,  The daleks merely pause at Davros’s name and nyder is exterminated for his efforts. Gwen, Susie and Arthur shoot at the incoming Daleks, raging. But they notice something strange and they cease fire. They walk forward cautiously and see their bullets hanging in the air as if stopped by an invisible wall. Gwen reaches out slowly to touch it — she can't, but her finger makes a ripple in the air; it's a time lock that their deceased co-worker Tosh was working on. However, while the Dalek is locked out, they're locked in. 

Elsewhere, a patrol of Daleks has found the TARDIS. Inside, the Doctor prepares to take off with his companions to figure out a strategy. However, right as he throws a switch, the Daleks use a temporal loop to make the TARDIS powerless. It is then transported to the Crucible The master's crowning achievement a gigantic ship the size of a planet holding a terrible secret.  Upon arrival, the Supreme Dalek orders the time travellers to depart the vessel. Jack thinks they are safe because of the extrapolator force field the TARDIS has, but the Doctor explains that unlike the last time when they were fighting hybrid scavengers, now they're up against a Dalek Empire at the height of their power who have the expertise and technology to get past the TARDIS' defences. As the Doctor puts it, "...that wooden door is just a wooden door". Stepping out the Doctor is confronted by the gathered masters led by the tenth incarnation the doctor places his hands in his pockets and looks them all over “well you have my attention”. The master gleefully looks over the doctor, he begins questioned if that beast was still within his old friend in if he had the fire and conviction that the master had now or whether he was the sad whelp like he was before. The collective master chuckle amongst themselves with the newly regenerated master smiles at him her eyes baying for blood, the doctors looks at them all and questioned which incarnation he must be now. The thirteenth regeneration chimes in “ it’s rude to ask a lady her regeneration dearie”. She cackles with laughter slapping her first incarnation on the back while he looks awkwardly at her in return.

The tenth master smirks sitting on what almost appears to be a throne one legs hanging casual over the side. taunting the doctor and wondering “have you figured it out yet…Is that genius mind still working after all he’d been through”. The master continued sitting up in his chair “I found them you know… in heart of death zone… the time lord’s dirty little secrets”. staring intensely at the doctor he smirked and look as the doctor mind raced all while his faced gave nothing away “the valeyard… the secrets of the time lord victorious… the timeless child”. Those last words felt like a bell being rung in the doctor’s mind, like somewhere in his brain a warning was being sounded and in that brief moment of breaking his concentration the master saw he had struck a blow to the doctor. Through gritted teeth the masters eyes flickered with intensity “along time a go a space farer found a child… a little girl abandoned… however this was no ordinary girl”. The fifth master steps forward the same fire in her eyes, the blood still on her shirt from her previous incarnation, she continues “The space farer… having lost her own child… loved  the little girl with all her heart… but one day the girl had and accident and she fell”. The doctor and his companions look solemnly the masters, the tenth master interjects “the story doesn’t end there… NO!”. slamming his fist down in fury sending an echoing boom through the room first incarnation of the master steps forward his voice is softer although his malice is undisguisable “the space farer found the little girl at the bottom of a cliff… she… she began to regenerate… the first regeneration this universe saw”. The tenth master watches the doctors face closely he finishes “the space farer… Tectuen… took the girl home… to galifrey… where they experimented on her and ripped her DNA apart to uncover her secrets”.

The doctor interjected sharply “I met Tecteun… on earth… he wouldn’t harm a child”. The masters cackled then the fifth master growled, tears welled in her eyes “but Rassilon… WOULD!”. The doctor clicked his tongue in mouth scared to ask the question he knew needed asking however found Romana’s voice echoing throughout the chamber “ the child… what happened to the child?”. The words hung in the air, the doctor felt himself reach out a hand to stop her instinctively but it was too late, he and his companions watched as the masters developed devilish grins except the fifth who had tears rolling down her cheeks “I am the child… I am the timeless child”. Jack found himself laughing unable to believe the masters words, but the masters revelled in the doctors realisation, part of the master lived in him. The dark intentions of the Time lord victorious had been the masters genetic influence secretly effecting the doctors mind since his birth, the tenth master stood now approaching the doctor. He saw the fear, the anger in his eye as the master chuckled and spoke nose to nose “ I am the true time lord victorious… that part of you that monster deep inside that glint of evil… was all me doctor”. Watching as the doctor struggled with all his might not to reach out and attack the master, the two time lords stared each other out before the fifth master stepped forward and the tenth help his hand out to stop her.

The Crucible Removes It's Cloak Surrounded by the Dark Navy

The master revealed that he never intended to pervert time lord DNA with the genetic abominations of the Daleks, the very thought disgusted him he went as far as to scoff at the idea of a perfect hybrid, in actuality he just needed there vast armadas and made use of there deep hatred for the doctor to achieve there combined goals. His real intention was to activate a device within the heart of the ship, Something spoken of only in myth but now was a dark reality, a reality bomb the doctor shook with fear a the mention of it. The weapon made use of the stolen planets transported to the Medusa Cascade, captured for the master by the New Dalek Empire, along with the unique Z-Neutrino-based energy source he created for them known as the Crucible. The bomb worked by cancelling out the electrical field that held atoms together, it was capable of wiping out the entire universe and all of creation, except for those within or near the safety of Crucible. The Master had chosen the medusa cascade by no mere fluke he knew that Once the weapon penetrated the time rift at the heart of the Medusa Cascade, it would spread into every parallel universe and alternate dimension as well.

In the moment the doctor seizes his opportunity reaching for sonic in an attempt to deactivate the console but the master knocks his arm stopping him he then smirks uttering “Venusian aikido”. The masters own laser screwdriver falls down into his palm from a concealed pocket in his sleeve activating it he pins the doctor to the floor. The doctor begins to black out as he hears his companions screaming out, the Dalek’s Supremes voice booms through the chamber interrupting them “Final testing has commenced”.

Sarah and the unit soldiers, having seen the Daleks transport the TARDIS to the Crucible, lay down their guns, allowing themselves to be captured and taken to the Crucible in order to find the Doctor. 

Meanwhile, Martha Jones says her goodbyes to her mother and uses the Project Indigo device to take her to Germany, where one of five Osterhagen stations is hidden, and awaits contact from the other bases. 

Aboard the Crucible, Jack frustrated attempts to shoot the master with his revolver, a force field fizzles as the bullet males contact with it and the master promptly blast his down with his screwdriver. The doctor screams out as two daleks enter the chamber, alerted by the gun shot, the master gestures for the body to be moved the doctor snaps in anger “The one thing I don’t get is why them… why the daleks?... why create hybrids of time lords and daleks”. The masters face contorts as if disgusted by the notion, he admits openly he never intended to pervert time lord DNA with the genetic abominations of the Daleks, the very thought disgusted them. He went as far as to scoff at the idea of a perfect hybrid, in actuality he just needed their vast armadas and made use of their deep hatred for the doctor to achieve their combined goals, he had used DNA from the doctor’s ‘precious humans’ to create his daleks.

The doctors face fills with fury and he grits teeth his knuckles clenched the master sinister smile creeps along his face as he reveals His real intention, to activate a device within the heart of the ship, something spoken of only in myth but now was a dark reality. Romana and the doctor shake with fear, A reality bomb. The weapon made use of the stolen planets transported to the Medusa Cascade, captured for the master by the New Dalek Empire, along with the unique Z-Neutrino-based energy source the masters united incarnations had created for them, known as the Crucible.

Test subjects are led into a chamber as the effects of the bomb is shown to the Doctor, several groups of human test subjects are exposed to a bright green flash of light fall into speckles of dust on the floor, the doctor shouts out “NO!”. The Doctor and Romana are horrified as they realise how it works. by cancelling out the electrical field that held atoms together, it was capable of wiping out the entire universe and all of creation, except for those within or near the safety of Crucible. The Master had chosen the medusa cascade by no mere fluke he knew that Once the weapon penetrated the time rift at the heart of the Medusa Cascade, it would spread into every parallel universe and into every single corner of creation. The master proclaims it is his ultimate victory: "The destruction of reality ITSELF!" 

Jack having resurrected finds his way to Sarah and the UNIT forces, and, with a warp star from Sarah, creates a device that will implode the Crucible. Meanwhile, Martha makes contact with two other bases in China and Liberia. The Chinese counterpart wants to get it over and done with, but Martha, knowing the Doctor, first broadcasts a signal to the Crucible to give the Daleks a chance. She vows to use the Osterhagen key to detonate twenty-five nuclear warheads in strategic locations under the Earth's crust to destroy the planet and disable the reality bomb. The Doctor is horrified that Earth would ever construct what is essentially a giant self-destruct button. Jack and the others then contact Davros and threaten to destroy the Crucible with the warp star. The Doctor objects again and asks where they even got a warp star. Sarah steps forward and claims responsibility. The Master then interrupts her, recognising her face, and gets nostalgic, recalling there previous encounters. Sarah retorts that she has learned to fight since then and demands that he free the Doctor or be destroyed by the warp star; however, seeing all his friends willing to go to such extreme measures gives the Doctor pause. The master notices this and tells the Doctor that this is what he does to people: the Doctor may have turned his back on his former self, but now he turns ordinary people into soldiers in his war; he is told that his "Children of Time" have been transformed into murderers like he wants was, noting that one has already sacrificed herself opening the subwave network. The Doctor is then shocked to learn that Harriet Jones died to ensure he got to Earth. The master then asks the Doctor coldy, how many other people have died for him and/or in his name, and the Doctor is reminded of the many others who gave their lives to help him. The collected masters laugh, this is their final victory over the Doctor, destroying the doctors very soul. 

The Daleks lock on to their respective positions and transmat Martha, Sarah and the UNIT  soldiers to the vault where the Doctor and Romana are being held captive, thereby preventing them from using any of their devices to stop the Daleks put into forcefield. The Daleks then prepare to activate the reality bomb to wipe out all matter in this and every parallel universe through the rifts in the Medusa Cascade. the Doctor is angry because the reality bomb is still counting down. The Doctors companions helplessly watch in horror as the reality bomb ticks down to 9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1... 

Nothing happens. The masters stand still in expectant triumph, but still nothing even the daleks begin to express concern, suddenly an alarm blares. Everyone looks over to see that doctor is now stood by the control node a few feet away from where he was held by the force field, The Daleks are left literally spinning round in circles as the doctor flips switch after switch the master bellows as the separate incarnations turn to stop him or grab a companion to hold hostage. They hit an invisible barrier the doctor chuckles gesturing to his companions “it’s ok the barriers are down… just a bit of showman ship on my part”. The doctors companions look confused, the doctor begins to explain “While you were all trying to kill yourself, I was harmonising the sonic to the frequency of the force field”. Romana beams explaining he created an echo image of himself allowing him to escape and reach the control node, the doctor frown and jokingly insists it sounds better when he explains it.

The Doctor then get to work and use the magnetron to send all the planets back to their correct places. The tenth master attempts to stop them again only for Jack to hold him at gunpoint. Turning to Dalek Caan, he demands to know why he didn't foresee this. From Caan's maniacal cackling, the Doctor realises that he did see it. Caan admits that he had seen the Daleks and time lords for what they were, had seen all the evil they had caused across time and space, and secretly aided the Doctor in their destruction, declaring "No more!" 

The Supreme Dalek descends to the vault and accuses the masters of betraying the Daleks. Though Davros insists that Dalek Caan is the traitor, the Supreme Dalek declares that he will destroy them all and fires at the Doctor, striking the machinery. Jack swiftly destroys the Supreme Dalek, but the shot he fired has destroyed the Magnetron, leaving the single remaining planet, Earth, stranded. Getting an idea, the l Doctor races into the TARDIS to replace the broken machine. Realising that Dalek Caan has seen the end of the Daleks, has been manipulating time to achieve this, and knowing that, even without the Reality Bomb, this Dalek Empire is powerful enough to still take the universe by force, the masters panic and try engage temporal shifts to abandon the crucible, Dalek caan begins to overload the machinery to destroy all the Daleks and their fleet. All around them, Daleks and their ships begin to self-destruct. The companions flee into the TARDIS, When the Doctor offers to save The master, he refuses. Gesturing at the destruction around them, The master shrieks, "Never forget, Doctor, you did this! I name you forever! You are the Destroyer of Worlds!... Time Lord Victorious". Abandoned by his past selves he howls in fury as the flames surround him, while Caan chuckles to himself. Unable to save either of them, the Doctor flees into the TARDIS just before the Crucible is destroyed. 

The Doctor comes up with a plan: he'll use the energy of the Rift as a rope and the TARDIS as a "tow truck" to move the Earth back to where it belongs. With the help of Torchwood's Rift Manipulator sending the energy, Mr Smith roping it around the TARDIS and K9 supplying Mr Smith with the TARDIS' base code, the Doctor is ready to go. However, he has a surprise for his companions. He explains that the reason that he has so much trouble piloting the TARDIS is that it is designed to be piloted by six people, and he has had to do it all on his own. He lets Sarah, Martha, and Jack help him pilot aswell as the UNIT soldiers. The Doctor flicks a switch and the TARDIS begins to fly with the immense Earth following behind. 

On Earth, Luke holds onto K9 and cheers as the house on Bannerman Road shakes, Arthur and Gwen holler in delight in the trembling Andromeda house.

the Doctors and companions work the controls until, with a great shuddering halt, the Earth stops and begins to spin on its own, with the Moon hovering in to resume its own orbit. With Earth back in its proper place, the Doctor's companions leave the TARDIS. Sarah points out that the Doctor considers himself a lonely man, but he has the biggest family on Earth: his companions. She then leaves, concerned about Luke. The next to leave is Jack, but before he goes, he is stopped by the Doctor — "I told you, no teleport" — and has his vortex manipulator disabled yet again. Martha leaves with Jack, who tries asking her to come back to Torchwood. The UNIT soldiers also leave one of them, Mickey thanks the doctor and leaves.  Romana waits by the Tardis door a sad smile on her face, the doctor and her share an acknowledging look “a fazing through the Force field create the echo... but it would of knocked your entire body out of alignment with the universe”. the doctor laughs adjusting his coat “it was very painful i can tell you that”. romana smiles a single tear rolling down her cheek, she hugs the doctor goodbye “don’t go doctor”. he cuddles her harder and kisses her head a somber look engraved on his face “i’m not the doctor anymore... but you’ll see him again soon”. he steps aboard the Tardis, leaving Romana alone, she turns and walks away her head hung low. 

The Doctor Alone again talks to himself he explains that by destroying the entire Dalek race, Caan had committed genocide, he contemplates how easy an act would normally have been for him in his past life. He describes himself "full of blood and anger". He sighs his hand ripples with golden energy, he looks gently down at his own hand and smiles his voice softer than before and sounding at peace “wearing a bit thin”. Maybe The Master was right maybe the beast had gone, the time of being a warrior, a survivor was over he had forgotten long ago and it had taken reality almost breaking apart to remind him. how to be the doctor, the regeneration process wraps him in a warm glow of energy “You wait a moment, Doctor. Let’s get it right. I’ve got a few things to say to you. Basic stuff first.

Never be cruel, never be cowardly. And never ever eat pears! Remember – hate is always foolish…and love, is always wise”. he struggles to pull a leaver down breathing heavily, looking  at the Tardis door almost expecting his new self to walk through and shake his hand. a white ghostly barley visible calmly walks towards him and the doctor smiles.  he breaths his last words “Laugh hard. Run fast. Be kind”. turning to the figure who only he can see he looks at he shapeless face and outline unfair “Doctor... I let you go”. the white spectral figure places there hand on the doctors chest and he succumbs tot he regeneration. 

An Adventure in Space and Time

The Eleventh Doctor Carried A Much Calmer Demeanour Than His Previous Incarnation

Sometime after his regenerate the doctor, received a Summons back to Galifrey which he dutifully ignored, during this time he was adventuring the universe and helping out where needed. His benevolent nature was renowned and many saw him as a hero once again, his soul felt healed and he thrived and so did the universe he brought peace where ever he went. The summons came again and again and although he felt in his heart he should answer, his memories of the desolate wastelands left by the master and the cybermen still seemed far to recent, he kept ignored them acting oblivious to the pressures drawing him home, choosing instead to remain on earth his adopted home. Taking Up residence of the now abandoned andromeda house he and Nardole kept the time lord vault safe the doctor maintained this as his excuse for not retunring to Galifrey. it was also around this time the doctor met Bill a young student front the village who he offered to tutor; The Doctor, Nardole would have several adventures together.

Thin Ice

Bill has enters the TARDIS, asking the Doctor what she should do as a passenger. The Doctor tells her that she should know as she's already been on a trip. Bill counters this by stating it's a proper trip this time, asking if there are seat-belts. She sits in a seat, noting that the layout the TARDIS is completely wrong; the seats are too far away from the controls. She wonders if the Doctor can stretch his arms like Mr. Fantastic of the Fantastic Four. The Doctor explains he stands when piloting the TARDIS. Bill mocks him for never thinking to bring the chairs next to the controls, doctor mearly shakes his head and wondersif it is to late reconsider his decision of askinf bill to accompony him.  During the brief silence, Bill ponders for a moment and then asks where the steering wheel is, The Doctor tells her that they have to negotiate with the TARDIS, as it will not always take them where they wish; often it's the "still point" between where one wishes to go, and where they are needed. Hearing a knock, Bill wonders who could be knocking on the tarids doors.

Nardole enters with a tea tray, reminding the Doctor that he cannot leave the Earth unless an emergency happens, he is to guard the vault, pulling a key from his waistcoat pocket he goes to a small cabinet built into the Tardis wall and the room is filed with several overllapping voices. Hyper cubes constantly repeating the sumons for the doctor, nardole smiles as he notices the Docot marching towards him he slams the doors shut angrly and locks it tight before passing the key back to nardole with a glare that wold make most cower in fear. The Doctor whisphersto Nardole point made but he insists that he's over 2000 years old and sometimes likes to be lazy take his TARDIS downstairs instead of walking. Nardole asks why Bill is inside; the Doctor states it's because she isn't anywhere else. The Doctor kindly points to the tea tray and asks Nardole to fetch the good biscuits since they have company sending a nod in bills direction. Nadrole agrees and begrudingly leaves he turns to the doctor and insists that he will be keeping the chocolate hobnobs as they are for a specail occaisin . 

Thinking that the Doctor has changed his mind again, Bill asks if they are heading back to his office, to which the Doctor states will happen, after they've had some adventures; "between here and my office is everything that ever happened or ever will." The Doctor tells Bill to make her choice: past or future. Bill states the past, because she wants to see if it's as bleak as the books made out or if it was happy. The Doctor complies, throwing the brake lever and the TARDIS takes off.

The Twelfth Doctor and Bill are shocked to find themselves on the ice of one of the frost fairs, seeing an elephant. Before Bill has more time to come to terms with what she's seeing, the Doctor rushes her back into the TARDIS. As the Doctor works at the controls, Bill inquires if they've gone to a parallel world. The Doctor tells her that it's NOT; its February 4th, 1814, the last frost fair. Bill laughs commenting that the Doctor really can't steer the TARDIS. The Doctor states again you don't steer the TARDIS, but negotiate with it, rather unsuccessfully he adds. "She's a bad, bad girl this one. Always looking for trouble." 

The TARDIS moves to a bridge above the River Thames. They exit back out, with the Doctor explaining that the thaw comes tomorrow, so he needed a more reliable parking spot. The Doctor is up to going to the fair, but Bill points out that they're in an era where her race was enslaved. He dismisses her worries, giving a series of complicated directions of the TARDIS interior. When Bill asks him what he's talking about, the Doctor tells her that's where the wardrobe is located and to go pick out a dress. Bill then laughs that the TARDIS has dresses and heads back in to find the wardrobe. The Doctor bumps into a man carrying a basket of fruit as he heads back into the TARDIS. The man loses a fruit over the bridge. a drunken man is out on the ice, he stumbles onto an area of thin ice. He notices lightsunder the ice, which spin rapidly around him; in the following moment, he falls through the ice, which seals back up. The only thing left of the drunkard is his bottle. 

Bill steps outside the TARDIS later, dressed in fancy period clothing, The Doctor exits next, wearing a suitand top hat. Bill wonders if there is anything they need to be on the lookout for, as the Doctor shuts the door. After they leave the TARDIS, the monitor gives off an alarm; a map of the River Thames appears on the screen with a large portion of it pulsing red. It warns that a large creature is living in the river. As they walk, Bill asks about being in the past; she wonders if the future could be changed by the slightest things she does. The Doctor jokes their friend stepped on a butterfly and ceased to exist; now Bill can't even remember him. Bill notes the Doctor's joking; they were the only passengers in the TARDIS. As they walk, a street urchin offers them a flyer for the frost fair on the Thames; Bill is hesitant, prompting the Doctor to tell her that she's just taking a flyer, not altering the history of her planet. Reaching the Thames, Bill hesitantly walks onto the ice, becoming ecstatic at the prospect of being on the frozen river. The Doctor and Bill head to enjoy the fair. Watching a wrestling match, Bill cheers enthusiastically; the Doctor, however, is not that impressed. He tells her that 'real" wrestling involves zero gravity, tentacles and magic spells. Amused by the idea, Bill notes that Regency London is a lot more racially diverse than she remembers from the movies. The Doctor remarks that "So was Jesus. History's a whitewash". Bill plays a bowling game and wins, telling the Doctor that she's on a team back home. They visit a pie shop, where the Doctor has a bet with the proprietor over a coin toss; Bill enjoys some pie, noticing green lights under the ice. The Doctor tells the pie man that he knows he cheated on the coin toss, asking him how he did it; it's a very impressive trick. However, the man takes offence. The Doctor attempts to diffuse the tension by stating he's a skilled con man too, saying he could steal anything in the shop without him knowing it. 

Bill and the Doctor are promptly thrown out, with the Doctor revealing he managed to steal some more pie. Concerned about the lights, Bill asks the Doctor if there's any side-effects to time travel. He jokes that seeing lights under the ice is one, annoying Bill; if he saw them before, why didn't he bring it up? The Doctor tells her that he knew they'd get to work eventually, but decided they should enjoy the fair first. They are approached by a girl named Kitty, who asks for help looking for her lost dog. Bill finds her adorable, willing to help, The Doctor looks at the leash Kitty is holding, asking her to describe the dog; a boy in a large red hat sneaks up on the Doctor. Kitty tells him that she's looking for a small brown dog, Smiling, the Doctor congratulates Kitty on her con, knowing she was lying because the leash belongs to a big white dog. He quickly grabs the boy's hand as he attempts to pickpocket his sonic screwdriver from behind, only for Kitty to kick his leg and knock him down. Kitty and the boy flee, while Bill helps the Doctor up. 

Hiding in an unoccupied tent, the boy, Spider, wonders what the sonic screwdriver is. Kitty doesn't know, but guesses it could be worth a lot of money. Having lost sight of them, Bill wonders why the Doctor is so upset they stole his "magic wand"; he firmly tells her that it's a sonic screwdriver. She asks how it’s a sonic screwdriver; the Doctor tells her it's sonic because it makes noise and a screwdriver in a broad sense. They turn around, finding Kitty and Spider running off to pawn the sonic screwdriver. The kids run past "Thin Ice" warning sign, with Kitty making it back to shore. However, Spider becomes distracted by the green lights, despite Kitty yelling at him. Spider is sucked under the ice leaving only his outstretched arm, with the sonic screwdriver, protruding through the ice. Though the Doctor tries, he cannot save him and only manages to retrieve his screwdriver; he examines it to make sure no damage has been suffered. A shocked Bill demands the Doctor save the boy; the Doctor says he can't. The Doctor apologizes to Kitty for not being able to save Spider, warning that the danger is not over. He immediately deduces there are more kids living rough, asking Kitty to take him to them; Kitty thinks it’s because he wants to take them to the magistrate and turns to run away. The Doctor quickly grabs her arm, stating they only want to help; Kitty points out Bill is gone. When the Doctor turns to look, Kitty gets free of his grip and runs into the fog. The Doctor ponders quickly which girl to go after, deciding he must find Bill first. 

The Doctor finds Bill in a secluded spot, telling her to get used asking how he finds her; he asks what's wrong, Bill says she's never seen anyone die before, angered by his indifference towards the death of that boy, Bill demands to know how many people he's seen die; he replies he's lost count. Further angered, Bill asks if he's ever killed, because she sees a look in his eye sometimes, The Doctor starts to defend the action, but Bill adamantly tells him to answer the question, with a deep sigh, the Doctor admits he has killed, but didn't keep count. The Doctor tells her that he is 2000 years old and doesn't have the time for the luxury of outrage otherwise more people would die. They need to intervene before the kids living rough end up on the menu, Kitty overhears them talking and asks what they mean. 

Seeing the Doctor means well, Kitty takes the Doctor and Bill to meet the rest of the urchin gang - including the girl who handed Bill the flyer, The Doctor produces pies he stole from his top hat, winning the urchins trust after Kitty vouches for him. As night falls, the Doctor reads a book to the urchins by a warm fire, Nearby, Kitty puts provisions in a cabinet, Bill tells her that the Doctor can help them if they help in return. Kitty wonders what Bill does besides yell at the Doctor; Bill says that they were arguing and she has moved on from what she was angry about. Done with the story, the Doctor asks if the children have seen anything strange lately, Per Kitty's prompting the little girl reveals a man with a tattoo of a ship on his hand paid them to pass out fliers for the fair. Deciding the lead is boring and too broad, the Doctor decides that he and Bill need to follow the only other one they have, Following the Doctor out of the urchins' home, Bill asks him what he means. The Doctor leads Bill along the river, telling her that what they know is that lights under the ice have been "eating" people. However, they don't know why. The logical solution is to "get eaten". Finding some diving suits, the Doctor and Bill don them as preparation of being pulled under by the lights. The Doctor tells her that she doesn't need to worry about them being defenceless, Bill asks if he has magic alien’s powers; the Doctor gives an annoyed look, prompting Bill to ask if that was a rude question. 

On the ice, the Doctor explains the lights are smart, choosing isolated targets. However, once he walks a few meters away, lights begin spinning around Bill below the ice, she yells to get the Doctor's attention; however, her voiced is heavily muffled by the primitive diving suit. At wits end, Bill throws her lantern at the Doctor's head; it bounces off, making the Doctor turn around just as Bill falls through, The Doctor jumps through the ice before it reseals, making a human sized hole. Down below, Bill is safe; she and the Doctor discover a giant sea creature chained at the bottom of the river, Bill sees the hat belonging to the boy who was sucked under in its mouth before they head back to the surface. On the surface, the pie man is fishing much to his astonishment The Doctor and Bill climb out of the hole in the ice he cut. Taking off their helmets, the Doctor notices him giving him a wiry smile the pie man smiles back timidly, then flees. The Doctor yells for him to wait, as he loves his con asking for him show him how it is done. Bill thinks about the creature's moans, telling the Doctor she could feel the creature's voice in her bones; it sounded miserable down there. The Doctor walks over to the fish basket the pie man left behind, picking up an odd angler fish, examining the small fish, he questions what they get out of feeding the creature as they are not carnivores. Bill is sickened to learn the pie she ate was made out of those fish remarking that she loved that fish pie.  Deciding the pie man might have answers, they head to the docks, finding him cowering, The Doctor earnestly asking for the pie man to teach him the coin trick again, However, Bill reminds him that they have more pressing matters. The Doctor asks if the man's seen someone with a tattoo of a ship, but the pie man is silent. Wondering if the man is against tattoos, the Doctor states that he is as well smiling at the man as sincerely as he can "I think that we are bonding." Bill points out the flaw in the questioning; asking if he's seen someone with the tattoo of ship near the river. Realizing that this will get them nowhere, Bill asks if the pie man has heard of anything odd going on near the Thames, the pie man reveals that the dredgers have been working very hard; they're also heavily guarded. The Doctor and bill ponder “Why guard men dredging mud out of the river?”.

The next day, Doctor and Bill observe the dredgers hauling buckets of gunk out of the Thames, Bill wonders how they are going to get past the guards, prompting the Doctor to flash the psychic paper; Bill reads off that it says he works for the palace, half frowning and half smirking The Doctor notes that he hasn't heard that one in a while. They walk down to the operation, being brought to the foreman, who is intimated by the psychic paper's lie; he asks if Lord Sutcliffe knows they are here. Muttering the question to himself and Bill, the Doctor says Lord Sutcliffe insisted upon them coming for an inspection. As the foreman walks off to check on the workers, Bill inspects a brick of the gunk, wondering why they're investigating over a mile away from the creature; the Doctor tells her that the creature's head is back by the fair. They're on the other end of it now, meaning that it's not mud that the dredgers are hauling out of the Thames; it's the creature's waste matter. Bill drops the brick in disgust, quickly wiping her hand on her coat. Re-joining the foreman, the Doctor inquires if the men can be trusted and that it's been ensured that no-one follows the muck being transported to Hampton; however, the foreman corrects him, explaining the carts go to the steel mill. The Doctor quickly covers the blunder explaining "Hampton" is code for the steel mill; "we have to speak in code, otherwise anyone can walk in here and get you blabbing away like a fool. “The foreman agrees with the idea of using code as precaution; Bill laughs to herself. Noting the foreman is a man of intelligence, the Doctor goads him into revealing what he knows about the "muck". The foreman tells them that the waste of the creature is more efficient than coal, burning a thousand times longer and the fire from it is hotter than can be measured. The Doctor half-jokes that the foreman won't be having his job much longer at the rate he's going, making the man think he's going to get a promotion, the foreman also reveals that it's rumoured to burn underwater, astonishing Bill. 

They visit the manor home of the employer Lord Sutcliffe, Bill wonders why, to which the Doctor explains that the waste can be used for interstellar fuel, so they need to figure out if Sutcliffe is an alien hiding on Earth or a human who's taking advantage of the creature. The Doctor insists he does the talking as they must charm Sutcliffe into revealing the information they need; Bill is likely to become angered due to the creature eating the children. Under the guise of "Doctor Disco of the Fairford Club", the Doctor meets Sutcliffe who instantly makes sexist, classist but mainly racist, remarks towards Bill even calling her a "creature" and demanding she shows "respect in the presence of her betters". Bill quietly seethes with anger, with a look of disgust on her face, The Doctor on the other hand taps Sutcliffe on the shoulder, prompting him to turn around for a punch to the face, As Sutcliffe falls down, the Doctor states Sutcliffe is very clearly human. Bill agrees that if Sutcliffe was an alien "then that was pretty convincing racism." Bill and the Doctor are quickly captured by Sutcliffe's minions with a bruised Sutcliffe revealing the creature has been a family secret for generations, The Doctor deduces Sutcliffe funded the current fair to draw in more people for the creature to digest; the man holding the Doctor has a tattoo of a ship on his hand, meaning he's the one who hired the urchins to hand out fliers, Sutcliffe explains the creature is responsible for freezing the river, which allows the Frost Fairs to take place, The Doctor says he has to admit he preferred it when he thought Sutcliffe was an alien at least that would explain the lack of humanity, Sutcliffe states it’s no different from losing lives in a coal mine sharing his twisted smile with the captured guests. 

Sutcliffe explains he plans on blowing up the ice and sinking numerous victims to feed the creature, Bill is confused, as everyone will see it; however, Sutcliffe states the people would be too stupid to notice the creature as they will stop to mourn the ice "breaking". He claims to be moving the world forward by using this new fuel, citing that the lives of those eaten by the creature were not important, However, the Doctor tells him real value is putting an unimportant life above his own, Sutcliffe notes that the speech would have moved anyone with the slightest bit of compassion; he then adds "not your lucky day, is it?".The Doctor and Bill are shoved into a carriage by Sutcliffe, who plans on storing them at the fair until he can detonate the ice; not wishing to risk the duo having warned others to stay away, he plans on detonating at noon after he brings in an elephant to draw in a crowd. Sitting in the carriage, Bill mocks the Doctor for telling her that passion fights and logic wins; the Doctor tells her not to be smug, as that belongs to him. She asks if the Doctor really is 2000 years old, prompting him to ask why, with an impressed smile, Bill asks if it takes that long to be able to make a righteous speech like the Doctor did, if so, it’s worth the wait for getting that old. The Doctor smiles, happy Bill has seen his better side. 

Once at the fair, the Doctor and Bill are tied to a pole near the explosives in a tent. Bill thinks she can save them by screaming for help; however, the Doctor tells her not to bother, Ignoring the Doctor, Bill screams for help at the top of her lungs; the Doctor only waits for her to stop with annoyed look. Bill's screams are being drowned out by the cheers of the patrons watching the performances. Once done yelling, Bill asks the Doctor what they should do, He asks her to help him get his sonic screwdriver to cut through the ropes they're in, this also attracts the angler fish, their guard rushes in and the Doctor hands him the sonic causing the fish to become attracted to him. The Doctor tells him to toss the sonic back, having already untied himself; the man is sucked below by the fish. free, the Doctor tells Bill that they have two choices: let the creature suffer for centuries, or free it. Bill points out that it could kill everyone if let go, she adds they already have the answer; the Doctor tells her only idiots have the answers. The Doctor tells her that it's her choice; he works for the human race, and will only do something that could drastically change the future of their planet only if he's ordered to do so by a human, Remembering the creature's moans of agony, Bill tells the Doctor to free it. With that, the Doctor tells her that he will, telling her to kindly get everyone off the ice beforehand. 

Elsewhere, Kitty is attempting to pickpocket someone until her arm is grabbed by another person. To her relief, it's Bill; she tells Kitty to get the urchins to spread word that the ice is thawing to scare people back to safety. The urchins spread word of the ice breaking and someone falling in, quickly getting everyone to leave, Sutcliffe sees everyone running away, and attempts to dissuade the people from leaving, realising that he needs to hurry, Sutcliffe uses the detonator repeatedly, but nothing happens. However, that's far from the truth; below, each attempt to detonate instead breaks the chains holding the creature in place; the Doctor switched the explosives' positions. Aggravated by the lack of success, Sutcliffe goes back to the stockpile to see what's wrong. Entering the tent, he sees some of the barrels are missing and the sonic screwdriver hanging on a wire, jamming the signal. He attempts to hold it, but is startled by the sudden sound of the cracking of the ice. He goes outside to see the creature's fin swimming by; the force of it going by cracks the ice and Sutcliffe falls in, never to be seen again. Bill manages to avoid falling in, thanks to the Doctor; he pulls her up to the docks. As he pulls the wire holding the sonic screwdriver up, both of them are splashed by the creature as it swims away and avoiding harming anyone. Bill wonders where it will go now; the Doctor believes the fish will end up somewhere cold and try to avoid the human race for the rest of its life. However, she then wonders if they just doomed Greenland. As this is possible, the Doctor promises to check on Greenland in its future to see if the fish lives there now. Later, Kitty arrives outside Sutcliffe's home with the urchins, telling the children to behave and not steal anything, Bill lets them in, leading them to the dining hall. In the hall, the Doctor is scraping a name off Sutcliffe's will, asking a boy for his name; it's Perry. When Kitty asks why, Bill states that Sutcliffe's "long lost heir" couldn't be Kitty. 

Back in 2021, Nardole enters the Doctor's office at Andromeda house, Placing the tea on the Doctor's desk, he notices that the Doctor is still in period garb. Nardole reminds the Doctor that he promised not to go off-world; the Doctor sarcastically asks if it looks like he's wearing off-world clothes, He tells him that he's returned to his office as promised in his "tea-drinking" clothes. Bill exits the TARDIS, still in her period garb, revealing that the Doctor has broken his word. He reminds the Doctor of his vow whilst Bill is surprised that googling the sea creature from 1814 turned up no results, The Doctor explains that humans tend to overlook the inexplicable and that the Frost Fair involved a lot of day drinking. He shows her the headlines which detail Lord Sutcliffe's death and, despite the contesting of inheritance, Perry was eventually deemed the legitimate heir. 

The Doctor and Nardole soon toss a coin to decide whether the Doctor keeps his vow and remains on Earth, or Nardole leaves him alone. Using a trick, he learned from the con artist, the Doctor wins and presumably goes off in the TARDIS with Bill whilst Nardole checks the vault. As he goes to leave, knocking comes from inside, Nardole refuses to let the entity, Morbius, out before hurrying away looking very worried.

Eleven Answering The Call Back To Galifrey

Manor House Caper

Hooded monks travel across the Scottish moors. They enter the Torchwood Estate belonging to Sir Arthur MacLeish, An alias of the galifreyian, Tecteun. Their leader, Father Angelo, demands possession of the house. When the steward refuses, asking if the wrath of God would make them comply, Angelo responds "No. The fist of man" as he and the rest of the monks remove their cassocks, revealing orange robes. Exhibiting martial skill, they make short work of the rest of the men. They take over the house, chaining everyone they find in the cellar, including Lady Isobel MacLeish. They carry a covered cage into the cellar. When asked what is contained in it, Father Angelo uncovers the cage. Lady Isobel screams.

Meanwhile, the TARDIS is travelling back through time. Inside, the Tenth Doctor is trying his hardest to steer to Sheffield in 1979, so he can take Companion, Bill, to see Ian Dury in concert. In the Doctor's words 1979 was a hell of year; China invades Vietnam, The Muppet Movie, Margaret Thatcher. Grabbing his jacket, the Doctor also remembers 1979 is when Skylab fell to earth with help from him, the ordeal nearly losing him his thumb. Bill laughs as the doctor wiggles his left thumb, the two share a friendly giggle at the doctor’s tom foolery.

He ushers Bill out into the 1970s; however, they are met by armed soldiers on horseback. They demand explanations for the Doctor's presence and Bill’s "nakedness". The Doctor realises that they have arrived in 1879 Scotland; "close enough" the Doctor shrugs. Using the psychic paper and a Scottish accent, he convinces Captain Reynolds he is a Scottish doctor named James McCrimmon from the township of Balamory. Bill also attempts to speak with a Scottish accent, only to be shushed by the Doctor; unlike him, she would slip up and speak in her natural accent. The Doctor claims to be disorientated due to chasing Bill for some time; when he was buying in London, "it was either her or the Elephant Man." Reynolds isn't amused by the joke. Another man on a brown mare, stares coldly over to the doctor meeting his gaze and the doctor feels a strange intensity between them the man’s eyes seeming far older than his middle ages face.

An authoritative voice from the carriage the soldiers are escorting asks the Doctor and Rose to approach. The Doctor introduces Bill to Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, who is on her way to Balmoral Castle. When Victoria sees the psychic paper, she notes it says the Lord Provost has appointed the Doctor as her protector; looks like the time travellers are stuck in this time period for a while. The royal carriage is travelling by road because a fallen tree has blocked the train line to Aberdeen. The two travellers accompany the carriage on to the Torchwood Estate, where the Queen plans to spend the night. On the way, Bill bets the Doctor ten quid that she can get the Queen to say, "I am not amused".

Sir Arthur watches from the window, with Father Angelo, disguised as a servant, behind him. Sir Arthur goes to receive Victoria. Despite his hinting that all is not right, the Queen insists on staying; the estate was a favourite of her late consort, Prince Albert, who used to visit Sir Arthurs father, the queen remarking the family resemblance is astounding. They enter the manor, with Reynolds deploying his men to guard the estate. He also carries a small leather box inside, which he locks in a safe. In the cellar, the captive in the cage, who appears to be a hooded man, indicates to the other prisoners to be silent.

Sir Arthur shows the Queen, Doctor and Bill the observatory, which contains a telescope his father designed. The Doctor notices it has many prisms more than a typical telescope, causing too much magnification for simple stargazing; he then asks Rose if he was being rude again, which she confirms. Sir Arthur says he knows little of his father's eccentric work. Victoria mentions that Sir Arthur's father was a polymath, equally versed in science and folklore and that Albert was fascinated by local stories of a wolf. Before Sir Robert can tell the tale, however, the queens physician doctor Wingrave enters the middle age man smirks looking at the doctor and Sir Arthur, he is shortly followed by Father Angelo, who offers to take the guests to their rooms to prepare for dinner.

While Bill searches through the wardrobes for more appropriate attire, the disguised monks serve the soldiers drugged drinks, which knock them unconscious. Bill discovers a frightened servant girl, Flora, hidden in one of the wardrobes. Flora tells Bill what has happened; Bill decides to tell the Doctor. When they leave the room to find the Doctor, they find an unconscious soldier. They are captured, taken to the cellar and chained with the others.

At the dinner table, Sir Arthur tells the Queen, the Doctor Reynolds and Dr Wingrave a story. For the past three hundred years, livestock has been found ripped apart every full moon. Once a generation, a boy vanishes, and there are sightings of a werewolf. In the cellar, rose notices the caged man's alien-looking eyes. She asks him what planet he is from. Amused, he tells bill the human body he possesses was born ten miles away, a boy stolen by the Brethren, but he comes from a much longer distance. Bill offers to take the alien intelligence back home, but he does not wish to leave. He shall bite Queen Victoria, migrate into her body and begin the Empire of the Wolf. He says Bill has "something of the wolf" about her, but while she burned like the sun, all he requires is the Moon.

Upstairs, Sir Arthur relates that his father believed the story to be fact, and even claimed to have tried to communicated with the beast and learned its purpose. However, the Brethren of the monastery in the Glen of St Catherine opposed his investigations. Dr Wingrave asks “what if the monks had turned from God and started worshipping the wolf?”. This is met with laughter from the guest In attendance except the doctor who merely smiles out of politeness. The Doctor sees Father Angelo face the full moon through the window, chanting in Latin, "Lupus magnus est, lupus fortis est, lupus deus est" — or "The wolf is great, the wolf is strong, the wolf is God". The Doctor questions “what if the monks were with them now?”

The monks throw open the cellar doors and moonlight streams into the Host's cage, triggering a horrifying transformation. Bill rallies the other prisoners, telling them not to look, but to pull on the chains. As Father Angelo is transfixed with chanting at the moon, Sir Arthur apologises to the Queen for his betrayal; they were holding his wife. The Doctor demands to know where Bill is, but Father Angelo ignores him, continuing his chanting. The Doctor rushes to the cellar, leaving Sir Arthur, the Queen Reynolds and Dr Wingrave, Wingrave and Reynolds train their pistols on Father Angelo, asking him what his goals are. Father Angelo replies, "The throne", and swiftly disarms Reynolds. Dr Wingrave smiles pointing his pistol at Sir Arthur, confused Sir Arthur is about to enquire but Wingrave speaks First “goodbye old friend”. He fires a shot into sir Arthurs heart, the queen screams as she sees the body hit the floor.

The Doctor reaches the cellar just as Rose and the other prisoners manage to break their chains, but the Host has finished his transformation and breaks out of the cage. The others run out of the cellar, the Doctor transfixed at the "beautiful" werewolf until the last second. He seals the door with his sonic screwdriver as the werewolf howls at the moon. Above, Victoria surmises correctly that the monks had sabotaged the train tracks to bring her here. However, she is not unprepared, after six attempts on her life, and pulls a small revolver from her bag, aiming at Angelo and Dr Wingrave. Who sneers at her sceptically, calling her "woman". The Queen retorts, "The correct form of address is 'Your Majesty'!" and she shoots Angelo dead.

The women go to leave the house through the kitchen, while the Steward organises his men. The werewolf has broken through the sealed door but is driven back momentarily by rifle fire. The women find the kitchen door locked and the courtyard beyond guarded by monks with rifles. The Doctor tells the men they should retreat upstairs. The Steward says that nothing could have lived through the rifle barrage — and is promptly seized and killed by the werewolf. Bill and the Doctor run.

The werewolf slaughters the remaining men and makes its way to the kitchen, where Lady Isobel and the other women huddle in fear. However, instead of killing them, it sniffs the air and leaves. Meanwhile, Victoria retrieves a mysterious box from the safe under the careful watch of Dr Wingrave, they ae interrupted by Bill and the Doctor, Reynolds stands in front of them as they enter with Dr Wingrave barely caring, only concerned with the box. Dr Wingrave stares longingly at the boxes enough so that Reynolds is able to push the box into the air, Wingrave jumps to catching it, allowing the four run upstairs, now pursued by the werewolf. Reynolds, confirms Victoria has the contents of the box and says he will buy them time to get away. He fires at the werewolf but is quickly torn apart as the others enter the library and barricade the doors. However, the werewolf does not try to break through. The Doctor wonders what it is about the room that is protecting them from the wolf. Victoria demands to know what the creature is, and why the Doctor has lost his Scottish accent. The Doctor tries to explain, but she will have none of it, declaring sternly that this is not her world. When asked about weapons, the Doctor points out that they have the greatest weapons of all in this very room: books full of knowledge, which can give them clues as to how to fight back.

In the kitchen, Lady Isobel notices the monks are wearing mistletoe about their necks, a charm against werewolves. She notices sprigs of mistletoe on the kitchen floor and orders the other women to gather the scraps. In the library, the Doctor notices wooden details on the doors carved into the shape of mistletoe. He realises the walls are varnished with viscum album — oil of mistletoe. The werewolf is allergic to it, or the monks have trained it to be to control it, and Sir Arthur's father knew this. Lady Isobel and the women cook the mistletoe into a broth. In the library, the others find an account of something falling near the monastery in 1540. The Doctor theorises that perhaps only a single cell survived, passing itself from host to host while it grew stronger with each generation. Now it wants to establish an empire, advancing technology and building star ships and missiles fuelled by coal and driven by steam, laying waste to history. Victoria breaks in at this point, telling them she will die rather than be infected. She asks him to find a safe place for something more precious. She reveals the contents of the box: The Koh-i-Noor. The Queen had been taking it to the royal jewellers at Hazlehead to be re-cut. The Doctor looks over the Diamond recognising it as having properties to a white-point star, a jewel normally found on Galifrey. 

The Doctor remembers that Prince Albert kept insisting on having the diamond cut down and was never satisfied with the shape or size. Yelling in shock, the Doctor has an epiphany: the diamond, the telescope, Prince Albert and Sir Arthur’s father are all connected. The Doctor asks, what if the two men were not just exchanging stories, but treated it all as real and laid a trap for the wolf? Just then, the werewolf crashes through the skylight, forcing the others to flee the library. The werewolf nearly catches up with Bill, but Lady Isobel appears, throwing the mistletoe broth in the werewolf's face and forcing it away. The Doctor is forced to tell Lady Isobel of Sir Arthur’s demise at the hands of Dr Wingrave she smiles and simply adds “my dear sir... my husband...”. Bills places a hand on her shoulder trying to console her, the doctor tells her to take the women back downstairs, while he and the others climb the stairs to the observatory. The Doctor needs time. The doors to the observatory are not barred against the werewolf — Sir Arthur’s father intended the wolf to come in. Dr Wingrave appears brandishing a sword he shouts out for eh queen saying he wants to explain his betrayal. He holds the werewolf off with a sword. as he searches for them, the Doctor and Bill manoeuvre the telescope to align it with the full moon. The telescope is not a telescope, but a light chamber, magnifying the moon's rays. The werewolf may thrive on moonlight, but it can still drown in it.

The werewolf guided by Wingrave, crashes through the door and moves to slash at Victoria, but the Doctor tosses the diamond on the floor. It catches the light, which intercepts the werewolf and suspends it in mid-air. The werewolf reverts to human form; the host asks the Doctor to make the light brighter, to end its life and the "Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform" as the Doctor calls it.

Honouring the request of the poor boy, the Doctor precedes to do so. The werewolf form reasserts itself, howls and fades away in the moonbeam. The Doctor notices Victoria's wrist is bleeding and wonders if the werewolf bit her after all, but the Queen dismisses his concern, saying it was just a splinter from the door. Wingrave Runs in brandishing his sword and and as he is about to swing at the queen, Sir arthur appears and topless him. The queen and bill are taken aback seeing the wounded Sir Arthur, but the doctor knows who Sir arthur really is and the nature behind his survival. Dr Wingrave is taken into custody and locked away awaiting trial.

In the morning, Victoria dubs the two travellers Sir Doctor of TARDIS and Dame bill of the Powell Estate. Having rewarded them, she banishes them from the Empire (not a problem for bill, as she lives in the 21st century; the Doctor isn't even native to Earth). The Queen admits that she does not know who or even what they are, but that their world is steeped in terror and blasphemy and yet they consider it fun. She makes it clear that she cannot allow this in her world, and warns them to consider how much longer they might survive such a dangerous life. During this she says, "I am not amused". Having won her bet with the Doctor, Bill cannot suppress a smirk, until Victoria adds that she is "not remotely amused".

The two make their way back to the TARDIS, where the Doctor reflects it was always a mystery how Victoria and then her children had contracted haemophilia. He muses that perhaps was just a Victorian euphemism for lycanthropy. Bill speculates humorously that perhaps even the royal family of her day are actually werewolves! As the TARDIS takes off, both of them laugh and howl at the idea. 

Back at the Torchwood Estate, Victoria tells Sir Arthur and Lady Isobel that his braver and the ingenuity of his father will live on. The Queen has seen Britain has enemies beyond imagination and will establish an institute to research and fight these enemies: The Torchwood Institute If the Doctor returns, he should beware, because Torchwood will be waiting. Sir Arthur Interrogates Dr Wingrave asking him how he knew about the diamond, with the good doctor smirking sinisterly saying “the same way i know you would regenerate after i shot you”. The words hung thick in the air and Wingrave’s voice twisted and he takes on a thick cockney accent, his eyes glaze over with malice ‘dont you recognise me...i’m your former pupil... i am Morbius”.

The Family of Blood

The Eleventh Doctor and Bill barely make it into the TARDIS as an energy weapon discharges behind them. After ascertaining that their pursuers had not seen their faces, the Doctor explains that they are being pursued by aliens who have stolen a Time Agent's vortex manipulator and can follow the TARDIS anywhere. He gives her a watch and tells her his life depends on it...

In November 1913, at the Farringham School for Boys, schoolteacher John Smith wakes up from this dream. Bill comes in as his maid to bring him breakfast and addresses him as "Dr John Smith". He explains to her that he sometimes has dreams of being an alien adventurer from another world, and she was with him. He notices the watch on the mantelpiece of his bedroom and Bill looks up eagerly, but he replaces it idly whilst remarking how easily dreams seem to slip away. He does, however, remember that it took place in 2007, but she shows him a paper showing he's in 1913 and he's completely human. Outside, a column of boys in grey trousers and black coats march in formation to the front of the school, which is an elegant if rather old building, as a hymn is sung by another chorus. Smith, wearing a long black coat and hat, leads them through a history lesson regarding the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Elsewhere, Bill and fellow maid Jenny scrub the floors and are accosted by two particularly unpleasant cadets, one of whom makes a snide remark regarding Bill's skin colour. She doesn't rise to it, though remarks that she'd like to smack him upside the head with her bucket once he's out of earshot, and Jenny notes that in a few years, boys like them will be running the country. Bill, her face sad, responds quietly that with the year being 1913, they might not.

Matron Rosaline ‘Rose’ Tyler

Later, Smith runs into Matron Rosaline ‘Rose’ Tyler, the school's nurse, and they chat about the boys. She wonders if he'll be going to the local village dance and he rather awkwardly falls down the stairs. Bill comes to check up on him but Tyler casually dismisses her as a maid, under the assumption she has no medical knowledge. Smith talks about dreaming that he has two hearts but a stethoscope easily shows this is not the case. He shows Rose his journal of his various dreams and the creatures he has seen such as Daleks, Cybermen, and the TARDIS. He also has pictures of Ace, Adric and Marissa although they disappear from later entries. Nurse Tyler leaves with the book and when Bill goes after her, she asks how Bill came to be there with Smith. Meanwhile, a group of John's students are studying in their dormitory room. One of them, Timothy Latimer, is bullied by a fellow student, Hutchinson, who compels him into doing his Latin homework with a daunting deadline—the next morning. He proceeds to bully Latimer further as much for his obvious intelligence as for his uncanny and unsettling ability to know things he shouldn't or couldn't possibly know, like where Hutchinson's father is posted while serving abroad. Another student, Jeremy Baines, tires of teasing Latimer and announces to Hutchinson and the others that he knows the location of a secret stash of beer in the woods. He sneaks out the window to bring some back for the boys to enjoy in secret.

Outside the local pub, Bill is complaining to Jenny that it's not fair that they have to freeze outside just to have a beer. Her modern attitude amuses Jenny, who wonders where she gets such ideas. Bill then notices a green light shooting through the sky. John Smith arrives and greets them, explaining shooting stars to them. Bill doubts the explanation, in this case, being exceptionally careful to protect him. She runs off to investigate with Jenny following her. Baines has just found the cache of beer, in the woods near the school, when he sees a strange green light land on the field nearby. Curious, he investigates the light source and stumbles across an entrance to an invisible spaceship. Bill and Jenny arrive just moments after the ship briefly becomes visible, but miss seeing it as the cloaking technology turns back on. Inside the ship, Baines talks with the spacecraft's occupants, whom he can't see. They call themselves the Family. He wonders why he cannot see them, to which the Family ask why he would what to see them. Baines answers that it's because he wants to know what they look like. A raspy female voice explains that it can be easily done, as soon they will look very familiar. Baines screams in terror at something only he can see. Hutchinson and the other boys are getting impatient back at the dorm when Baines returns, his search for the secret stash of beer apparently being "unsuccessful". He is also behaving unusually, sniffing the air as though he has a cold. His eyes are also open completely, but none of the other boys seem to notice, saying there's another stash somewhere else.

The next morning, Bill rides out on a bike to an old hut. Inside is the TARDIS, on reduced power. She enters and greets the time machine, something that makes her think she is cracking up now. Bill thinks back to how the Doctor warned that their pursuers would never stop following them. He gave her a watch saying it contains "me," and said the Family's life spans were running out so they only needed to hide until they die. She remembers how the Doctor used a chameleon arch to, painfully, rewrite his biology and transform himself into a human. The TARDIS took care of everything else, creating a new identity for him. She turns on a recording the Doctor made prior to enacting his plan. She reviews it but finds nothing pertaining to the strange sighting. She now worries that she may have to bring the Doctor back if they have found them, as it was the last resort the message said to use in that scenario. Later, Rose asks John to sketch her in his journal, being surprised at how beautiful she is in his eyes. They kiss as Bill walks in on them by accident. She excuses herself, mumbling that love wasn't on the Doctor's list. She finds refuge in the TARDIS and reviews the instructions again. The instructions are notably lacking one thing: The Doctor did not foresee that his human self might fall in love.

Meanwhile, Latimer is summoned to John's office to retrieve a book. While John looks for it, Latimer is drawn to the pocket watch that contains the Tenth Doctor's Time Lord memories and abilities. The boy opens it, briefly seeing the Doctor's world, and strange voices speaking of a "Time Lord," but closes it quickly as he hears Smith approaching. Latimer slips the watch into his pocket and as he touches the book Smith is handing him, he suddenly gets visions of the Doctor on the prowl. Smith notices that Latimer seems a bit off-kilter, but the boy excuses himself and scurries away, unnerved. Also inside the school is Baines, who senses a trace of a Time Lord. He telepathically reports to the others the status of the Doctor's whereabouts and declares that it's time to activate the soldiers. On nearby Oakham Farm, Mr Clark is striding about ensuring everything is as it should be and is startled to see a scarecrow apparently wave at him from a nearby field. He accosts what he thinks is a trespasser, believing it to be one of "those idiot boys from the school". When he pulls the straw out and sticks his hand through the other side, however, he finds that it is just simply a scarecrow and becomes unnerved. Many more animated scarecrows promptly surround him as he cries for help. He becomes the Family's Father. Meanwhile a young girl, Lucy Cartwright, is walking down an adjacent road when yet another scarecrow appears and kidnaps her. She becomes the Family's Daughter.

Smith is giving weaponry training to the boys when the Rocastle, the school's headmaster arrives and orders firing to cease. Hutchinson tells him they could do "a lot better", as Latimer is being "deliberately shoddy", at least according to him. Latimer denies this, telling the headmaster he is trying his best, to no avail. He also speaks of his discomfort with the targets, which are meant to represent African tribesmen who would stand very little chance against machine guns when all they carry are spears. Dismissing Latimer's 'soft-hearted' beliefs, Rocastle orders for firing to continue. As they continue firing, Latimer is haunted by a vision of the future where he and Hutchinson are under attack in the upcoming war. Hutchinson's patience is getting beyond the limit, and he requests permission to take Latimer off for a "beating". Per Smith's countenance, the boys head back towards the school. Shortly after, Baines sniffs rather loudly, prompting Smith to ask if anything's the matter. He quickly dismisses it, although not in a normal fashion.

Later, during a walk together, Rose informs Smith that he wrote about a war starting the next year, but he dismisses the idea, hoping peace will reign. As he continues talking, he notices a woman and her carriage getting dangerously close to a piano on a rope. Instinctively seeking to save her, John grabs a nearby boy's cricket ball and tosses it to start a chain of events that stop the woman just as the piano comes crashing down just feet away from her. Rose is impressed, but Smith says it was luck. He then asks her to the dance that night. Walking back to the school Rose tells John that she thinks that "the Doctor" is the kind of man he wants to be and his dreams are his subconscious' way of trying to get to be so. They notice a scarecrow askew and John fixes it. Rose asks him where he learned and he reflexively says Galifrey. However, when questioned about its location, John isn't sure.

Meanwhile, the possessed Baines, Mr Clark and Lucy use their animated scarecrows to capture Jenny, who becomes the Family's Mother. Jenny then returns to the school and engages Bill in conversation. Bill quickly realises something is off about her friend and makes a hasty excuse to leave, barely avoiding a laser that 'Jenny' fires at her from the upstairs window. She runs to Smith, who is with rose preparing to go to the village dance that evening. She finds that the watch is gone, and tries in vain to restore him to his Time Lord configuration without it. However, Smith assumes Bill is delusional and unable to tell the difference between fact and fiction of his stories. Annoyed, Bill slaps him, telling him to wake up, Smith, shocked at Bill's behaviour, promptly fires her and leaves for the village dance with Nurse Tyler.

The Family break into Smith's office and search it, as the scent is traced back to him. They find the flyer for the dance and decide to follow. At the same time, Bill has arrived with the sonic screwdriver, prompting Rose to admit she feels something off about Smith. Smith is tired of Bill's "games", but is left speechless when she shows him the device he's seen in his dreams. Latimer is still watching Smith from a distance, curious about him. The Family then arrives, vaporising the unfortunate door attendant when he asks for a donation, and demand silence from the assembled and very confused villagers. Mr Chambers, the man in charge of the dance, accosts what he believes to be Mr Clark and asks him what is going on. In response, 'Clark' disintegrates him in front of the horrified villagers. Bill quickly tells Smith to forget everything she just told him as the Family turn their attention to him. However, Lucy/Daughter of Mine has been there the whole time and overheard Bill's attempts to get the Doctor's memory back, telling her Family that the Time Lord is within their grasp.

However, John easily points out that he is human without any memories of the person he was before. Baines/Son of Mine is amused, seeing the Doctor went as far as erasing his memory along with changing his biology. As the Doctor is useless to them like this, they try forcing him to change back by threatening him. Remembering Bill said Rose was important to him, the Family takes both of them hostage and order John to choose which is to die:

"Maid or matron, friend or lover, your choice."

As the Family holds Bill Potts and Rose Tyler captive, John Smith is helplessly bewildered by their demands. During the midst of the conflict, Nardole waddles in, he wears a crimson duffle coat over his waist coat and his square glasses glisten with the lights. He marched up to the doctor his brown leather shoes clacking as he marched through the fray, he pointed a finger at the doctor his face in a stern frown, slowly he realised the scene taking place around him “oh dear… have I caught you at a bad time”. Elsewhere Tim Latimer briefly opens the watch containing the Doctor's essence, confusing the Family with the Doctor's scent. This allows Bill to grab a gun from Mother of Mine, take her hostage and point the gun at Son of Mine, all while the nardole swiftly runs to find a hiding place stating “we’ll discuss it later“. Son of mine doesn't take Bill seriously and goads her to fire. Bill snarls "And you can shut up!", punctuating the warning with a shot through the roof. Son of Mine doubts that she'd have the gall to shoot him, but she points out that a scared person with a gun is quite dangerous. The Family members unwillingly lower their weapons and Martha tells Smith to evacuate the building.

After everyone has left, Bill releases Mother of Mine but keeps her weapon poised to shoot 'Sonny-boy' if they try anything. Advancing on her, Son and Mother of Mine remark on her bravery and how Mother of Mine should have taken her form instead. Bill asks about Jenny's fate and Mother of Mine sadistically reveals her last moments; the possession kills the host in the process, unfortunately. Taking advantage, an animated scarecrow grabs Bill and retrieves the gun. With help of the nardole she escapes and runs outside, Nardole explains he’s very cross with them both and with a sudden surge of energy he’s gone, the confused Bill finds Smith and leads him away. The watch still tells Latimer to keep it hidden. Smith, Rose, and Martha race back to the school, where Smith sounds the alarm. Father of Mine investigates Bill's past movements while the rest of the Family return to the school. They send Sister of Mine to spy on the school's inhabitants.

Inside the school, Bill pleads with Smith about having the students fight, but Smith says that they are trained to defend King and Country. Headmaster Rocastle enters, angry at first, but approving Smith's actions after hearing that Jeremy Baines, Son of Mine, and Clark, Father of Mine, have gone insane and are chasing them and people have been murdered. The headmaster and Smith arm the boys and prepare for battle. Unable to stop them, Bill races to Smith's room to search for the watch, followed by Rose. Rose slowly comes to accept the origins of Bill and the Doctor. Latimer hides away with the watch.

Rocastle and Phillips go outside to assess the situation. Son of Mine demands John Smith be handed over along with his Time Lord consciousness. He mocks Rocastle for teaching children to fight in the war that is coming, which will make them see war as less glorious than they were led to believe. Rocastle states his devotion to King and Country. Son of Mine vaporises Phillips. Rocastle runs back into the school, where Smith and he resume battle preparations. They order the boys to set up barricades and a line of machine guns to repel the Family. Son of Mine summons his scarecrow "soldiers". Meanwhile Father of Mine finds the TARDIS. Rose asks Smith about his Nottingham childhood, noting that his knowledge is confined to facts. "How can you think I'm not real?" he protests. She says that whoever he is, he knows it is wrong to have the boys fight. 

Sister of Mine eventually finds Latimer, who beams the Time Lord consciousness out of the watch, striking her with an image of the Doctor at his most merciless. This betrays his position and the Family send their scarecrow army to bring out the watch. This army's first line is machine-gunned, but Smith finds himself unable to fire. Sister of Mine appears and Rocastle thinks she is merely a girl and should be brought in for her own safety, despite warnings from Bill, Rose and Smith. Sister of Mine kills Rocastle, then taunts the boys, none of whom are willing to kill a girl. Smith orders the boys to make an orderly retreat, but the Family and their scarecrows chase them and line them up to look for the watch. Finding that none of them has it, they are about to massacre the boys when Latimer sends a beam from the watch on an upper floor. This distracts them and the boys get away. Latimer escapes out a window.

The Family bring the TARDIS to the school, and taunt Smith, who is watching from the adjoining woods, to come to them. Smith denies having seen the TARDIS before, but Joan recognises it as the blue box in his journal. Seeing this latest evidence of the Doctor's existence, Smith pleads desperately to remain himself. The Family return to their ship and use their alien technology to bombard the village to hasten Smith's surrender. Smith, Rose and Bill retreat to the Cartwrights' empty cottage; Rose has deduced that Sister of Mine killed her human host's parents earlier in the day after they realised she was not their child. Latimer arrives soon after knocking on the door, watch in hand. He says he has seen the Doctor, he calls him fearsome and wonderful. After Smith takes the closed watch, it causes him to speak in the Doctor's voice for a moment, explaining Latimer's telepathic abilities as due to "an extra synaptic engram". Smith is horrified Dropping the watch in shock, Bill looks at him hopefully. She tries to convince Smith to open the watch and change back, Smith asks why she let Rose and him be in a relationship if she knew it would have to end. Bill explains the list of warnings the Doctor left her, but falling in love wasn't included, devastating Smith at the Doctor's ignorance to love. Bill tells him that people are dying out there and she says that she loves the Doctor to bits and he is needed, Smith sees the transformation back to the Doctor as his own suicide. Latimer and Martha leave Rose and Smith alone; Smith has an agonised discussion with Rose. Both see a vision of how Smith will live out his life if he remains human: marrying Rose, having children, becoming a grandfather and dying at home in bed with Rose at his side. Rose remains ambivalent, having discovered from Smith's journal the awful consequences of the Family gaining what they seek and how they will spread despair, destruction and death across the universe.

Smith appears at the Family's ship and stumbles into things as he yields the watch in return for the Family stopping the bombardment and, apparently, to preserve his human identity. When they open the watch in triumph, they find it empty. Smith has changed back into the Doctor, misdirected their senses so as to seem human and in falling around, pushed buttons which make the machine overheat and destroy itself. Before leaving, he offers them one word of advice: Run! They quickly oblige and are able to make it out before the ship explodes.

The Family and the Doctor escape, but Son of Mine narrates the fate of the Family afterwards. He finally realised why this man who had fought gods and monsters had fled from a much less threatening enemy like them: it was a kindness. The Doctor would have preferred that they die peacefully. After all the death they caused, however, instead of showing them mercy he unleashes his wrath and deals out the ultimate punishments to them. As the Family's desire was to become immortal, he chooses to grant this wish but in other ways: Father of Mine is wrapped in unbreakable chains forged at the heart of a dwarf star, and imprisoned in an underground chamber; Mother of Mine is sent plunging into the event horizon of a collapsing galaxy, where she will be imprisoned forever; and Sister of Mine is trapped in every mirror in existence, where the Doctor visits her once a year, every year. Finally, the Doctor suspends Son of Mine in time and dresses him as a scarecrow to watch over the fields of England as their protector, The Doctor takes no pleasure in each action clearly repulsed by his own actions.

The Doctor visits Rose, who is certain that Smith is dead, The Doctor says Smith still exists within him; he is capable of everything that Smith was. He invites her to travel with him, but Rose refuses to go with the stranger who wears her dead lover's face. Instead, she reminds him that had he not chosen to hide then everyone who the Family murdered would still be alive, and sends him away, she watches him leave and starts to cry, clutching Smith's journal to her chest.

The Doctor returns to the TARDIS, where Bill awaits him., She brushes off her earlier confession of loving him as an act of desperation, which he seems to accept. He thanks her for looking after him and they hug. Latimer appears to see the Doctor and Martha off. He states that he now "knows what he must do" and is given the now-empty watch by the Doctor. He watches the TARDIS leave. The doctor shouting into the depth of the Tardis for Nardole to stop hiding, the small bald man plods from a corridor with a vortex manipulator on his wrist.

Latimer later saves Hutchinson and himself on the Western Front, based on his premonitions.

In the future, when an elderly Latimer, now using a wheelchair, attends an Armistice Day commemoration, still holding the watch, looking over he sees the Doctor, Bill and Nardole observe from a distance, wearing poppies. They silently acknowledge each other as the service continues

In the present day, in the Devil's Cairn, Scotland, a little girl named Judy goes to a slope against her brother's warnings saying that she wants to hear the music. He tells her that there are ghosts there and that if she stays there, they will eat her. As they go back to the village, Judy turns and goes back to the hill, while a crow alights on a stone, saying "Doc-tor! Doc-tor! Doc-tor!, Doc-tor!", as a carving of the TARDIS is seen on a rock.

Eaters of the light

Aberdeen, Scotland, 2nd Century AD. Nardole exits the TARDIS in his pyjamas and dressing gown, asking why they are not guarding the Vault this time; the Eleventh Doctor laughs that Nardole didn't have a problem when it was  Arcateen V last time. The Doctor says that Bill thinks that she knows more about Romans than him; so he's come to prove her wrong about what happened to the lost Ninth Roman Legion. Bill is confused as the Romans should still be there, prompting the Doctor to point out that they'd still be seeing 5000 Roman soldiers walking away past the hills.

However, Bill reminds the Doctor that Romans follow the river, as it ensured they had water to drink on their journeys. The Doctor laughs, saying she has much to learn about Roman Brittan; he's lived there, governing, farming and juggling. He was even a Vestal Virgin Second Class, Bill stops him, betting that she can find the Ninth Legion by following the river; the Doctor agrees to the wager, deciding to look for the Ninth Legion's last battlefield. Bill walks off, promising to bring back a Roman soldier, An astonished Nardole questions the Doctor about being a second-class vestal virgin, to which he says its a long story.

Bill explores the forest near the river, unaware some kind of creature is watching her, Seeing smoke nearby and with voices coming from the same direction, Bill cracks a smile and walks over. However, it's not a Roman, its a Pictish girl burning belongings of her dead relatives, stating she honours each one. Bill unintentionally snaps a twig underfoot, alerting the girl to her presence; before Bill has a chance to say anything, the girl picks up a sword and roars a battle cry. Bill runs quickly, managing to outrun the girl thanks to her tripping a lot. A good distance away, Bill catches her breath and looks around; assuming its safe, she accidentally falls into a hole. Now trapped in an underground pit, she is met with a sword, which is owned by a Roman soldier.

Elsewhere, the Doctor tells Nardole to look for some kind of obvious sign of the Romans presence - burning huts, slaughters locals, sweetie wrappers... As they walk Nardole hears a crow say "Dark" repeatedly; the Doctor tells him all crows can talk but are in a mass sulk in the future because humans don't have intelligent conversations with them anymore. He explains they are hurrying because the crow is warning them of danger; they don't have a lot of daylight left. They arrive at a stone camp, which the Doctor explains was built under the ground but close to the sky out of a belief that they are doors between worlds. Calling it an Iron Age church, the Doctor explains that a human settlement must be nearby; there's no point in building a place of religious importance otherwise. Nardole complains its damp, to which the Doctor states; "it's Scotland. Its supposed to be damp."

Back in the pit, Bill is pacing around. She says to herself that she wished she spoke Latin so they could converse. The Roman tells her that she is speaking Latin; Bill is surprised to hear English coming from the Roman; however, the Roman states he hears both of them speaking Latin. Bill quickly postulates that she can hear English from someone who doesn't speak her native language due to either the Doctor or the TARDIS. When the confused Roman questions her rambling, Bill notes that the "auto-translate" even does lip-synch for the translations. Bill introduces herself and asks the Roman if he's from the Ninth Legion. Confirming it, the Roman asks Bill if she saw what befell rest of his Legion.

Elsewhere, the Doctor and Nardole find a Roman corpse. However, it is discoloured blue and mushy. The Doctor says the victim's bones disintegrated from a complete lack of sunlight; "death by Scotland." Nardole jokes about the overcast weather. However, the Doctor tells him that this would take decades of lack of exposure to the sun; this happened a short while ago. The most logical solution is that an alien of some kind has arrived on Earth and is either harvesting or eating solar energy. The Doctor questions where the rest of the Ninth Legion could be and walks off to search. Nardole complains about wanting to go back to bed. They come across a battlefield littered with similar corpses and fires still burning; its the Ninth Legion. The Doctor notes that this massacre didn't happen too long ago, meaning whatever killed the Ninth Legion is still nearby; they need to find Bill before whatever did this gets to her first. However, right as they attempt to leave, Picts ambush them and take them hostage.

Once it's nighttime, Bill and the Roman climb out of the pit. Hearing something nearby, the Roman tells her its what slaughtered the Ninth. He reveals a handful of Romans have survived. As they walk off, the Roman reveals they only survived because they ran. The creature nears, The Roman tells her they're underground near the river and to look for a carving. The creature grabs the Roman with tentacles from its mouth and feeds off the sunlight in his body, killing him. It chases after Bill, but she manages to find the cave the Romans are hiding in. She is met by a sword. However, one of the creatures' tentacles lashes her shoulder. The Romans let her in and block the entrance. In a candlelit area, they rest; Bill reveals the death of their comrade, Simon. Bill notices the creature left black slime on her and passes out.

Elsewhere, the Doctor and Nardole are being held captive in a hut and at spear-point, The Doctor asks how long they intend to keep them there, hoping for a chair. A boy tells them to stay silent and be still until his sister Kar, Keeper of the Gate, arrives. "Well, let's hope she's the brains of the family." the Doctor states; they're basically the Little Pigs living in a house of sticks and a Big Bad Wolf of a monster is out there, ready to blow it down and eat them. Nardole takes out a bag of un-popped popcorn, asking if anyone would like any; at least he's trying to integrate himself better than the Doctor. The Doctor tells him to knock it off as he's against charm, being told to be silent again. The Doctor shushes everyone and asks if they just heard something; "that was the sound of my patience shattering into a billion little pieces." He pushes the leader back with authority, demanding to know where his friend is and what destroyed the Roman army. Kar, the girl who attacked Bill, walks in and claims credit; she apologizes to her brother for taking too long, as she was getting the Gatekeeper weapons. The Doctor says its an impressive trick if she did kill the Ninth Legion but then wonders where the adults are. Kar says it was a great if costly battle but they beat the Romans. The Doctor laughs that a child beat them, asking if she threw her toys at them.

Kar calls them Romans, telling them to be silent; the Doctor and Nardole state that they are not Romans. She tells them the "truth" about Romans; they'll steal from the rich and enslave the poor. They make an empire out of slaughter and plundering, calling it peace. Taking this in, the Doctor adds a positive about Romans - they have indoor toilets. Noting that that killing 5000 Romans would be impossible for Kar, the Doctor remembers she's called a gatekeeper and she has gateway weapons. The question is what kind of gate is that and what's on the other side. The Doctor grabs Nardole's popcorn bag and tosses into the fire, asking them to "jump out of their skins" so he and Nardole can escape in the confusion. Suddenly, the popcorn pops, scaring the Picts. The Doctor and Nardole flee. Back at the cairn, Nardole asks if they're looking for Bill, The Doctor tells him that they are looking for maximum danger in the immediate area and walking into it. If she's there, they'll save her; if she's not, she's safe. Nardole rests outside the cairn, while the Doctor goes in and ponders about the gate Kar mentioned; very possibly there's an actual gateway in there. The Pics grab Nardole, telling him that the gate is opening and that the Doctor won't be back. The sun rises; the light enters the cairn and opens a hidden passage with a blue void.

The Doctor enters the portal and sees several hostile creatures floating in the void; one roars at him, startling the Doctor backwards, out of the gateway. Back in the normal world, the Doctor hears Nardole telling a story about an Enzomodon encounter from outside of the cairn. He leaves to find Nardole in Pic garb, telling stories about his past travels to the assembled group. Seeing the Doctor, Nardole is surprised as the Picts told him that he'd never come back; for him, it's been two days, while for the Doctor, it's been seconds. The Doctor realises time goes slower in the void. He asks Nardole if he found Bill to which they say they looked but got no result. The Doctor is still hopeful, telling Nardole that she just wasn't where they looked.

In the cave, Bill is awoken by a Roman named Lucius. He tells her to move into a beam of sunlight coming from a hole in the cave to burn the black slime off. He gives her some food to regain her strength. Bill says she has to leave, despite protests that the beast is still out there.

While searching for Bill with Nardole, the Doctor runs into Kar, who is surprised to see him back from the cairn. He asks if she knew what was in the gate; its a portal between dimensions. Seeing she has no clue, the Doctor dismisses her as nothing more than bluster, Kar reveals its called the eater of light and that each generation a warrior would hold it off. However, it got out and killed the Ninth Legion. Kar says it will die soon because it's weak. The Doctor tells her that other Eaters will come out of the gateway and there's no way she can hold them back, sarcastically asking if she's holding her weapon the right-way-up. Kar refuses the Doctor's help, as a scream rings through the air.

In the cave, Bill notices Lucius fancies her, She tells him that she's only interested in girls; he compares her to his comrade Vitus, who only likes men. Vitus scoffs he likes men better-looking than Lucius, Lucius accepts Bill for knowing what she likes; Bill then asks about Lucius, Lucius states that for the rest of them, bisexuality is normal for Romans. Bill laughs at how modern Romans were about sexuality, Lucius offers to be a friend instead, which Bill accepts. They are startled by the creature, which has found their air hole.

Outside, a new corpse is found, this time it's a Pict girl. The Doctor states that the creature is feeding off the sunlight, hence why it keeps getting darker; there's very little time left to stop it. Kar blames herself; the Doctor realises the beast was released as a desperate effort to kill the Romans. Kar thought it could be fatally wounded as it slaughtered the Ninth. However, all this did was anger the beast; the Doctor tells Kar that she just doomed the world to protect her home.

Back in the cave, Bill has told them of the Doctor and how he can help. However, they are sceptical as a beast of darkness and barbarians await them. She tells them that being scared doesn't make them cowards; it makes them human. Bill tells them that being scared isn't a plan; she can at least promise them that they won't die in the cave. Lucius rallies his men to follow Bill's plan to seek the Doctor for help against the beast. Seeing the other Romans calling Lucius granddad, she questions why; it's because he's the oldest at 18. Bill silently laughs about this to herself. Back to the Doctor, he's devised a plan, They need to drive the eater of light back into the portal. However, he is confused by why sunlight opens it, Its because the ancestors who originally built the cairn couldn't properly shut the portal; so they sent a warrior in once a generation to keep the beast from getting out, Nardole compares it to venting an oil gush. Seeing Kar sulk, the Doctor tells her to save mourning the dead for old age; the more time she spends wallowing in that thought, the more people are going to die. He inquires about the mirrors on sticks Kar has, learning it poisons light the beat eats. The Doctor tells them they need to lure the best to the gate before sunrise when it's weak.

Back to Bill, she and the Romans move through a passage in the cave; they spent the last few days exploring to find ways to sneak past the beast. They come across a ladder, which Lucius says leads up to the village of the barbarians; voices and light come from above a trapdoor. Lucius asks Bill if she's sure the Doctor is with the barbarians; "basically, he always ends up being boss of the locals," Bill states. Cornelius attempts a walking to the ladder but is eaten by the beast. Bill and the others rush up the ladder as the Eater is preoccupied. They pop through into the room the Doctor and Nardole are in; Bill helps block the trapdoor. After greeting the Doctor, Bill smugly says she brought him the Ninth Legion. She then notices Nardole in a 2nd Century robe and face paint, asking what happened; Nardole states that he's blending in, mimicking a Scottish accent.

The Romans take a defensive formation against the Picts, who want revenge. The Doctor and Bill tell them that they don't have time for this. Kar tells Lucius that her people lived in peace until the Romans came, laying waste to everything and everyone they loved. The Doctor tells her the Romans are able to understand her but are confused as to why. Bill says it's because of the Doctor's presence; it allows anyone near him to hear their native language from other people.

Both the Roman and Picts realise that their respective enemies are just children. Bill realises that the Doctor can understand everyone in the universe and they all sound like children to him; the Doctor says there are exceptions. Nardole thanks him, to which the Doctor says he was talking about Bill. Recapping the deaths that each side has caused the other, the Doctor tells the group that they can continue to childishly slaughter each other until there's no-one left or "YOU GROW THE HELL UP!" The Eaters are the real threat; if they break through, they will eat the suns and stars, dooming N-Space. Both groups agree to work together. The plan is to lure the Eater with music to the cairn, where they will force it back into the portal.

At the cairn, the Doctor sets up the trap, explaining to Bill that a Pict fighting one off for a few minutes buys 60-70 years of peace and then they get replaced; however, human lives get used up too quickly, leaving the possibility of eventual failure. He tells Bill he has a better idea, which she says is the part he never tells her; the Doctor says its usually because he gets interrupted. Bagpipe music plays, annoying Nardole, who finds it worse than jazz. Outside, the beast arrives and runs inside; using the mirrors, light from torches is turned poisonous to the beast, weakening it. The Romans and Picts stab the beast to keep it still until sunrise.

The portal opens and the beast is forced inside. The Doctor revealed he plans to fight the beasts for eternity as his ability to regenerate and slow ageing would allow him to indefinitely keep the universe safe. However, he is knocked down by Nardole, who whacks him on the head with one of the mirrors. Kar states that she is the gatekeeper and that it's her responsibility. The Doctor states she'll be a hero for a minute and then the world is doomed. However, Lucius states that the Ninth Legion will fight as well, His men follow Kar and the bagpipe player into the portal. Lucius gives Bill a smile as he follows as well, Suddenly, the cairn begins shaking. The Doctor says too many people going through the portal destabilized it. Everyone runs out as the cairn as it collapses in on itself; the portal shut forever.

Nardole tells the Doctor to let go of any grudge he might have for incapacitating him as he knows 10% of his darkest secrets; he's also the only one who knows where the tea cakes are in the TARDIS. Kar's brother tells a crow to spread her name it flies off, cawing. Nardole laughs that the Doctor was wrong; crows in the future aren't in a huff, they're remembering Kar. The TARDIS trio walks off, with Bill reminding the Doctor he can't take on every fight as he has to guard the Vault. The Doctor admits he was wrong about the Ninth Legion. But Bill says they were both wrong. They weren't missing or killed; they always were here.

Entering the TARDIS, Nardole suggests they finally go home. The last thing they need is Morbius getting any ideas if they're gone too long. He then becomes shocked to see Morbius casually reading a book in the Doctor's recliner. Morbius tells the group that she was starting to worry about them since its been days. Seeing how shocked Bill and Nardole are to see him, Morbius asks the Doctor if he should have remained below deck; however, the Doctor tells him it's fine. Nardole demands to know why Morbius is in the TARDIS. The Doctor reveals that he had Morbius do some maintenance on the TARDIS engines for him insisting they were in pretty bad shape.

Morbius calms Nardole by explaining he's bio-locked out of the controls, preventing him from stealing the TARDIS; he's just as trapped in the TARDIS as much as he was in the Vault. Missy reveals he’d  been watching their adventure on the monitors. Recapping the end, he asks if it's up to the Doctor's bleeding heart standards. The Doctor says there's always music. Morbius asks Bill and Nardole for help hiding his guitar. He tells Morbius that she might understand the universe, but she can't hear its music; however, he's got plenty of time to teach him.

After Bill and Nardole leave the TARDIS, Morbius listens to the bagpipe music, deep in thought. He finds himself crying and turns to find the Doctor, Morbius  is confused and doesn't understand why he’s crying. The Doctor suggests that he’s trying to impress him; Morbius agrees that it must be part of some kind of scheme. However, the Doctor adds the other option is much worse; Morbius is feeling sorrow for the people who gave their lives, meaning its time. Morbius insists he had years to think this over, the doctor begs him to reconsider but morbius insists he’s made his mind up, he wants to end his life.

Mind over Morbius

Bill Sat in the kitchen listening she had heard the same sound for hours now, Nardole and the doctor had been in his office arguing for hours, there’s would be the occasional high pitched squeak of Nardole getting annoyed, which would make her chuckle. She made her third cup of tea of the day and then she saw him the quiet man sat in the corner of the room, Morbius, he was sat in a leather arm chair patiently watching the world go by outside the large bay window. Studying his face Bill noticed his eyes where slightly tearing up as he watches two small birds play amongst the ivy, bill placed a cup of tea beside him the clink of fine china on wood broke his trance like gaze he politely thanked her studying the warm tan colour liquid in the cup, Bill enquired nervously “so you’re the big bad time lord...Morbius ...Nardole is terrified of you”. she chuckles nervously trying to appear calm, all while deep down wondering if the man in front of her could possibly kill her at any moment, Morbius chuckled playing with his cup, he mused “I suppose I must be... I used to be a scholar... I used to be a war hero... now I'm the monster hiding under your bed”. he explained to bill he had once believed himself to be right, he used to be so passionate about how his race should reach out across the stars and just take the universe; all the stars, planets, moons every last rock and claim it for Galifrey.

He didn't hate or want to kill anyone he just wanted the time lords to thrive, his people to endure, his eyes streaming with tears he looks at Bill and admitted he had done terrible things, things that kept him awake at night in that vault, things that ripped, tore and bit at his soul and with each regeneration the feeling grew stronger like a snarling beast making its way closer and closer to consume him, all he wanted now was the beast to be abated. Bill smiles deeply, sat in a memory, she tells him reciting words she remembers fondly “we are all a little broken… it’s what we make out of the pieces we pick up that lets us change who we are… we can’t fix things but we can make something new and better”. Morbius nods, contemplating this notion having not thought like that before, he tells her that he can see why she and the doctor get on so well, but bill insists it’s all wisdom passed on from her mum, who is sadly no longer around. Morbius smiles and calls Bill’s mum a wise very wise woman and insists although someone isn’t around it just makes everything they did and said feel more precious, Bills smiles and agrees with him, he then tells Bill that travelling the universe had given him perspective that he had lived on the kindness and charity of others for as long as he could remember, before winding up on earth he had discovered how humbling and kind other people can be, without asking for reward or compensation just purely being kind. He had heard stories where ever he travelled of another time lord, one who stood up for the down trodden and the oppressed and was kind above all else, the doctor, a mad man in a blue box, someone who had become feared by the monsters and deviants of the universe. Out of desperation he had made a plan to help someone unsavoury and potentially garner the doctor’s attention, he had hoped the doctor would help him to face his demons head on, or perhaps end his misery, when he looked upon the man known as the doctor he saw only a kindred spirit, mired in darkness and grief and stained with blood. He solemnly admitted to bill he hadn’t truly intended to kill anyone, but acknowledged he knew those he had chosen to make bed fellows with people who would and failed to stop them when they did, bill wondered how desperate any could be to make deals with monsters, he clarified “the last time we met Bill Potts... I was... well... I was pointing a gun at queen Victoria”. Bill looks at him with shock her mind thinking back to her and the doctors encounters with the werewolf she can’t believe her ears “that was you... that must of been years ago”. Morbius simply grins liking at bill the pair share a chuckle, looking as bill try’s to work out how long it’s been since those events he simply states that he “took the slow way round”. Bill looks at him his eyes seem sadly and ancient all though his face is young and he smiles warmly at her, bill chuckles telling him “she was not amused”. The pair share a glance and both break out in fits of laughter, Bill can’t believe this man in-front of her can truly be as evil as everyone has said and she begins to wonder more and more about him, she thinks about how much he reminds her of the doctor, the laughter and smiles are interrupted however by an angry slam of a tea tray, they both anxiously turn to see a very grumpy Nardole who restocks the tray and grumbles to bill “not you as well”. Bill called after Nardole as he trundles along the corridor back to the doctor’s office, while Morbius contemplates that night and thinks about shooting Sir Arthur, picturing the moment his body hit the floor vividly in his mind, he knew it was Tectuen, he knew he would regenerate but the moment he was greeted by Arthur as he was held in that cellar his heart had sank, then he had willing come to this house and allowed himself to be entombed within the vault for years while he heard the world go by, meanwhile he reflected and meditated on his life and his failings.

Bill enters the doctor’s office finding him reclining in his chair with his feet resting on a stack of books that he’s clearly been working on for some time to achieve the perfect height, she admires the Tardis crammed into the corner the small windows give off a friendly inviting glow, the doctor calls out “What do you know about... him?”. Bill knows who he means and she gulps thinking about what to say, she thinks for a moment and answers as simply as she can “He's a murderer”. The doctor turns to look at her, she can see his dissatisfaction with her answer, not that she’s wrong, no he is angry at how basic and simplistic the words she has chosen are he rebuts her words “Enjoyed your bacon sandwich this morning did you?”. Bill smirks and asks the doctor why, confused by his question he smirks and raises his eyebrow meeting her gaze “Because it had a mummy and a daddy… Go tell a pig about your moral high ground”. The two share an uneasy few minutes until the doctor breaks off and gently fiddles with the trinkets on his desk, awkwardly avoiding meeting Bill’s eyes again, although he keeps that stern fixed expression always has, Bill lets out a long thin breath before she speaks again choosing her words more wisely this time “Nardole told me... he told me... he was the most dangerous being in the universe at one point ... he’s from where you’re from and... and your people... tried to kill him more than once”. the doctor gives her a warm smile and looking down he nods, he then explained more about Morbius’s past to her, how he once had an unparalleled intellect that even doctor admired and couldn’t dream to match as well as the long list of crimes he was meant to have committed, Bill plonked herself down in a nearby chair “sounds like someone you would have a poster of in your bedroom Doctor”. the doctor gives her a sly smirk and he sits back in his chair and rests his feet on the desk clasping his hands “I did... during my academy... I learnt about Morbius in history’s lessons… obviously… the murder and military conquest didn’t sit right with me… but the rebelling against those in charge did”. Bill and the doctor share an awkward look, it then dawns on bill how old Morbius must be, she starts to day dream how old the man she shared a cup of tea with must be and how small it made her feel, she knew the doctor was two thousand years old or maybe less he was prone to exaggeration at the best of times, but Morbius must be seriously ancient in comparison. The doctor explains he had met and fought against Morbius before and battled him on karn and almost lost his mind to the renegade time lord, commenting sometimes he even questioned if he had, he explained about the cult of Morbius and the new body they had built him and how he had been driven mad by the whole ordeal. The doctor confides in Bill that he doesn’t believe the creature he fought on karn is the man currently sat downstairs, the once diabolical extremist is now a damaged and broken man. Bill asks if this is what makes him dangerous and the doctor shakes his head and stands up prowling the room before settling next to a book case his back facing Bill, He quietly observed the grounds “Morbius isn’t dangerous because he’s evil Bill... unfortunately for us it’s not that simple anymore... he’s become something more than just evil now… I don’t believe he has the ability for it now”. He can feel bill’s sad eyes staring at him and he knows she can she what he sees in Morbius, the glimmer under the surface he struggles to speak but croaks a few words “Morbius is dangerous because he has given up... he feels remorseful for his actions and sees no course to reconcile his actions… so he intends to end his life... he has also asked me to help him achieve this”. Bill seemed outraged by this and began to insist the doctor stop and tells him to find another way, her voice drowns out him calling her name and she continues to rant at him telling him that he is the doctor and they must find another way that he can’t just give in and let someone end their own lives, the argument is interrupted by Nardole opening the door “He doesn’t intend to”. Nardole outline the complexity of killing time lords and how hard they are to kill, given their ability to regenerate, he states as far as he is aware Morbius is only on his fifth incarnation so it would take a few goes to finally put him out of his misery, the doctor glares at Nardole “I didn’t realise you were so versed in killing time lords”. Nardole simply smiles and insists that its information one never knows if one is going need in the future, the doctor smirks at Nardole who dusts the room happily, the doctor raises and inquisitive eyebrow and informs both his companions he needs to take a walk, leaving the room briskly, both his hand in his pockets.

Seeking some space, the doctor takes a stroll around the grounds listening to the sounds of the gardens and imagines life retiring to the solitude of Andromeda house and then he laughs off the notion. He heads back towards the house entering back in through the kitchen, it’s quite and the sun bathes the room in a golden warm light, he is shocked to find Morbius still sat in the same chair with a now cold half-drunk cup of tea beside him, tears stream down his cheeks as he listens to quietness of the world around him he addresses the doctor without acknowledging him “I don't even know why I'm crying… I keep doing that now… Why? Why do I keep doing this?”. The doctor pours himself a cup of water and leans against the counter looking down at the tiled floor he replies coldly “I don't know… Maybe you're trying to impress me”. Morbius chuckles and wipes his eyes turning to face the doctor in his seat “Yes… Probably… some devious plan… that sounds about right”. The doctor strides over to the seat next to him and pulls it out, still having not made eye contact he sits and for a few seconds enjoys the silence of sipping his water, he shoots Morbius a look his eyes seem on the brink of tears “The alternative would be much worse”. The two time lords look at each other contemplating each other’s thoughts, two kindred spirits one brought back from the brink in hopes of redemption, the other crafting a noose with his own remorse and admiring the view as the ground underneath fades away, Morbius breaks his concentration and asks honestly “Really?”. The doctor can only nod and hold his glass of water tentatively he leans forward in the chair a stern look across his face “The alternative is that this is for real… and that it is time for you and I to talk as friends”. Taken aback by the doctor’s words the old time lord sank into his chair a glimmer of hope shot across his eyes and he breathed a deep sigh “Do you think so?”. The doctor bares a mournful smile he sips his water then places the empty glass on table beside him, his eyes glimmer as he speaks and he gives Morbius a melancholy glance “I don't know… That's the trouble with hope… It's hard to resist”. The doctor sighs and stands to leave, the air hangs with a strange unease as he pauses then from out of the silence Morbius speaks “I remember all the people I've killed… Every day, I think of them all…. being cruel… being bad…”. The doctor solemnly looks down at the old time lord with sways of tears now rolling down his cheeks the light revealing his eyes are red and puffy he chokes on his words as he tries to speak “I… I don’t know If I even knew their names…You… you didn't tell me about this bit”. The doctor places a hand on his shoulder and Morbius, he had known this pain far too well he spoke softly as the old time lord’s eyes drifted up to see him “I'm sorry, but this is good”. Morbius gritted his teeth and stood up from his chair a small sliver of anger burst across his face, the doctor saw an old wounded beast covered in the scars of battle bearing its fangs before him and he could do nothing but pity him as Morbius roared with passion “How?... how is this possibly good?... how is spending waking moment of eternity living with this… in anyway good… tell me doctor?”. The doctor sits back down and moves the glass aside he places his hands on the back of his head and sighs he can feel the passion stirring in him that’s kept him fighting all this time for redemption “I’ve been where you are now… I’ve watched the centuries tick by and remembered every second of the agony I’ve caused… I see every face…hear every scream… count very crying child… everyone I’ve ever hurt… and do you know what I say… when I think of all that cruelty all that evil out there… I say… no more!”. The doctors impassioned words make Morbius sit down and he notices Nardole has been listening from the doorway, he trundles up to them both and sighs look somberly at Morbius and for the first time sees him as something more than a scary monster, now he sees him as a man, clears his throat “Although I know it may indulge his ego… the Doctors is right…”. The Doctor shoots Nardole a pleased grin and the bald man simply raised a finger in warning, continuing Nardole pulled down his waist coat and steadied himself “You can’t change what you’ve done… What’s past is prologue… what you can do is change your future…”. The doctor handed Nardole his empty glass and thanked him, he picked up where Nardole left off “You know my past… you know about the Time lord Victorious and what I became… and you also know what I’ve done since then… I could have turned my back on the universe… allowed someone else to fill the hole I left… but I didn’t I said…”. Morbius intercepts the doctor, his voice is cold and he looks at both the Doctor and Nardole through jaded eyes, he finishes the Doctor’s words “no more”.  Morbius stands and leaves as both men try to continue, but admitting defeat the doctor begs for Nardole to let him go and the small bald man simply grumbles and asks himself why he even bothered trudging off in the opposite direction in search of bill and fed up with the prisoner.

It was late afternoon when Bill and Nardole came into the doctor’s office the pair seemed in high spirits, with Bill wanting to discuss their next adventure suggesting somewhere fun to take their mind off current events, even Nardole uncharacteristically suggested they take a ‘little’ excursion, which both baffled and deeply concerned the doctor. While the three of them plotted their next expedition with smiles beaming and fits of laughter at the possibilities, Morbius plodded into the doctor’s office interrupted them; he quietly admired the paintings, the collection of antique sonic screwdrivers and even contemplated the black board at the far corner of the room with it’s odd squiggles and symbol, before stopping and noticing all the eyes on him. Looking at the three of them he began enquiring what he would be doing while they were away gallivanting across time and space, which garnered a scowl from Nardole who insisted he just sit tight, maybe put his feet up which made the Doctor gravely concerned for the peculiar levels of pleasantness shown by Nardole. The house shuddered and strange ethereal noises rang out, the doctor felt a chill grow down his spine and Morbius simply smiled with a sinister glee, the doctor rushed across the room and grabbed Nardole by both his arms and frantically shouted in his face “Nardole what did you do?”. Nardole Explained that Arthur had left strict instructions should Morbius escape that he activate the distress signal, however this would normally alert the doctor, so with the doctor being the reason for Morbius’s freedom and getting nowhere really with his idea that they could ‘save’ him, he had used the Tardis console to boost the signal and amplify it when the doctor had gone for his stroll earlier, Nardole smiles unable to contain his pride over his ingenuity. The doctor scowled back and viciously replied “I’d be inclined to be impressed... if you hadn’t of put us in grave danger”. There was an uneasy silence, followed by a sudden strange metallic thud outside which made everyone stop and pay it head, an eerie calm fell over the building as the sound of footsteps echoed throughout the grounds, weapons being readied and the faint metallic tap of a staff on gravel, now the doctor knew for certain who had answered the call, Rassilon had come. His voice was a smooth as a purring lion, it’s ferocity swelled and filled every nook and cranny that dare hear it “well… It would seem… Doctor… you’ve found yourself allied with the most villainous… traitorous scum… our race has had the misfortune to produce”.  The doctor pushed bill back from the window and prying eyes, begging her to stay out of site, she notices he is trembling as he pulls her back, Morbius peered out the office window, his life as a soldier and a wanted man showed from how he postured himself, he whispered to the doctor “so the pompous ass is still in charge…”. he glanced at the doctor and their eyes met and you could sense they were forming a plan almost telepathically the both of them where crackling with energy, the doctor’s eyes blazed with an ancient fire that was once quelled but now found its self-rekindled due to sheer fear.  Nardole huddled in close with bill next to a bookcase while Bill consoled him telling him not to worry as she would protect him, the two shared a secretive look and smiled. Rassilon continued to speak, the sound of boots treading on gravel made both the time lords inside ears prick, both men had led troops into battle and knew the unmistakable sounds of formations being crafted and the tender crunch of rifles pressed against shoulders in readiness to open fire, Rassilon let the lies flow from his lips “my dear Doctor… hand over Morbius to me… I have come alone and unarmed… we can settle this… amicably”. As they peer out, they notice several armoured guards surrounding Rassilon, the doctor commented on Rassilon’s grand crimson and gold robes and mentions that the lack of high brimmed collar was somewhat disappointing, Morbius sniggered in agreement, the doctor didn’t recognise the honour guard that surrounded him their jet black armour shined as if new and they were armed to the teeth, Morbius recognised them his voice rasped and crackled with fear “The Division... Rassilon’s own personal wing of the celestial intervention agency... anything he wills… they make it happen”. The Doctor nodded and likened them to hammers seeing everyone else as nails and that this is where the problems lay because they cannot see past this perspective. Rassilon waved his gauntlet and energy crackled over it in fine white and blue arc’s, he clenched his fist sending a pulse emanating from his hand, inside and through the house Bill felt her pocket growing hotter and she had to quickly grab her phone and throw it across the floor as it erupted in sparks. The doctor remarked that this was very clever knocking out communications first and pondered what was next, suddenly the answer came several loud thuds where heard and Bill screamed as she saw plumes of fire through the window, they were emerging from the neighbouring village, she feared for her family and her friends, turning to the doctor and Morbius her eyes tearing up she screamed “do something!”. The doctor was flustered and was clearly in the process of thinking of some sort of ingenious plan he grabbed a pair of sun glassed and his sonic screw driver and held in his hand and nervously smiled, before he could act Morbius grabbed two antique sonic screwdriver and apologised to the doctor, shattering the glass with his elbow he jumped from the office window down onto the gravel below. Surrounded by the division and grinning Rassilon he stood tall and faced them, Rassilon growled baring his teething in a triumphant smile however Morbius spoke to him directly saying only two words “No More”. He flicked open the Sonics and jammed them together the devices emitted a large blast of feedback that sent waves of energy from the diodes outwards around Morbius, this sent all the soldiers flying back and made Rassilon fall down onto one knee clearly in some mild pain. As the doctor and his companions watched on from above Morbius struggle keep the devices together and eventually the screwdrivers themselves couldn’t withstand such abuse and they eventually popped and sending sparks flying and burning Morbius’s hands in the process. Panting and in some mild pain himself he prowled towards the still incapacitated Rassilon feeling fire and fury stirring in his heart and clenching his fists, grabbing the scarlet and gold robes in his hand and pulling his hated enemy to meet his face however looking at the sadistic Rassilon beaming up at him he couldn’t act and looking up to the broken window to see Bill looking at him he called up to her “I can’t fix things… but I can make something better”. Looking at the smug Rassilon he released his grasp letting him slump down and proclaimed again this time more softly “no more”. Turning to smile up at the doctor, he ran, he ran hard towards the woods to keep them safe.

Dirty flew through the air as Morbius began making his way through the tree line, he didn’t have any idea where he was headed just away from the Doctor and his companions, all he could think was to keep them safe. He headed due north of Andromeda house, the division soldiers opened fire, ducking and weaving to stop his pursuers from having a clean shot, some of them very nearly did, glancing so close they ripped and burnt his clothing, his hearts beat faster with every step he took, the green energy bolts sailed overhead sending splinters flying all around, some barely missed him as he weaved a path to escape. The sweat dripped from his brow as he barrelled down the hillside, he saw the village coming into sight now and felt a sense of relief as grass gave way to concrete and tarmac, he looked for a hiding place and quickly slunk behind a wall as the shots soon went silent and the footsteps grew closer. Not much of the town was left standing and there were no signs of life, he couldn’t see the bodies but he could only think of that it was more names he had to chisel onto his soul. The sun was setting in the distance and the sky’s pale white blue was perverted by pinks, oranges and crimsons of the dying light, the light cast long shadows across the remains of the town, Morbius found himself cornered in a farm on the outskirts of the town he had snuck his way thus unseen and made his way into a nearby barn. He jumped when he was greeted by a smiling Bill, he chastised her and told her he had only ran to protect her and the Doctor, the latter accompanied by Nardole came barrelling in from a rear door saying they had been followed by soldiers, which made them all scared they were trapped now, they began to ponder there plans for escape. The sounds of blasters powering up rang from outside like a horde of angry wasps, Rassilon stood before his honour guard with his gauntlet raised prepared to fire on who ever walked out from that door. The cold wood creaked as the four of them cowered inside the barn, Morbius was covered in dirt and tired he moved to the door ushering Nardole and Bill away, the doctor grabbed his arm trying to stop him marching out the doors, Morbius sighs and looked at the doctor with weary eyes “Let me have this… let my final act be to die as a hero… not a monster… let me die well”. The doctor shook his head and looked at the scared Bill and Nardole cowering near the back of the barn, he smiled and felt fire growing in him “Dying well… there’s no such thing… The point is not to die at all... “. the doctor steadied himself on his back using his elbows prop him up his words become heated “so this is you... is it... escaping all you’ve done.... you think your being kind… but you’re not your just being cowardly”. Morbius laughed looking at the doctor with a strange hope kindling in his eyes “my soul is lost doctor… I can’t come back like you did… you and I both know as long as I’m alive he will never stop… let me do this now… let me have this one moment… no one else dies because of me”. The doctor struggles to come to terms with the decision but never the less gives Morbius a nod of acceptance, he then removes the pair of thick rimmed sun glasses from his coat pocket a bar on the side was close to filling, the pair of time lords smirked at each other, the doctor calmly insists he just needs time and Morbius walks up to the doctor and punches him in the stomach sending him reeling back in pain, Nardole and Bill rush to his aid and he smiles at them looking down at the doctor he smiles and simply says “no more”. Stepping outside the barn to a hail barrage of blaster fire that singes the wood behind, the doctor and his companions wince as the realisation of the events on the other side of the door wash over them, all the while Rassilon’s maniacal laugh can be heard above the carnage, with him personally delivering a death blow with his gauntlet to halt the regeneration process.

Inside the barn the doctor’s sunglasses climatic bleep, the doctor sighed and stood up performing a rather elegant spin on one foot that made his coat tails twirl in his wake, there was a clear fury burning deep in his eyes, he tidied himself up brushing off strands of loose hay and turned to Nardole and Bill issuing a warning “whatever happens next… both of you… stay behind”. he kicked the barn door open emerging out onto the grizzly scene, walking up to the body of Morbius he paused for a moment then beckoned to Nardole, who came forth and laid his coat over the body as a marker of respect, all the while the doctor stood defiantly in front of the Division soldiers and stared deep into Rassilon’s eyes. Bill then tentatively emerged from behind Nardole, the doctor issued a final warning “you’ve got what you came for… now get off this planet… it is protected”. The guards didn’t react instead choosing to prime there rifles to fire again, the doctor simply sighed and applied the glasses he looked over the brims giving Rassilon another harsh stare, used his fore finger he pushed them further up his nose for a more comfortable fit, he knew what was going to come next even if they didn’t, as the soldiers raised their guns and Rassilon bared his teeth, Bill shouted out from behind him “DOCTOR!”. The Doctor raised his hand to stop her coming any closer and he spread his arms out to welcome the impending barrage, the order was given to show no mercy to the doctor or his associates and all the division soldiers pulled the triggers and nothing happened, the soldiers pulled the triggers for their rifles again and again and still nothing happened, some stood silent befuddled while others dropped them and reached for side arms and again nothing happened when they tried to fire, they hadn’t realised they wouldn’t fire they had been deactivated, the doctor looked at Rassilon and smiled at the lord president who bared his teeth, raised his gauntlet and growled out “Today Is a good day… I will be rid of two nuisances”.  Rassilon’s gauntlet merely fizzled, then let out a sudden explosion crippled the time lord, knocking him to the ground, as they doctor strode forth looking over the wounded Rassilon with little care, the aged time lord grimacing in pain as his hand crackled with energy, the doctor assured Rassilon he wouldn’t be needing his gauntlet any longer, with pain in his voice Rassilon first he asked how the doctor had dared cripple him before finally relenting and enquiring how he had managed to deactivate his gauntlet and his soldiers weapons, the doctor tapped his black rimmed sunglasses “Sonic shades… the latest tech… I’ve been rather bored guarding that vault… I dabbled a bit… had to keep myself busy”. Nardole insisted he had helped, the doctor merely raised a finger to his lips and shushed him before turning back to Rassilon and insisted that “the adults are talking”. Rassilon burst into fits of laughter and tried once again to slyly activate his gauntlet against the doctor, this sent more energy racing up his arm causing him to scream out in pain, the doctor in return merely tutted and pressed the side of his glasses which made a noise similar to his sonic screwdriver and the doctor laughed glaring over the rim of the glasses his cold eyes fixing on the soldiers he met there panicked faces with a smile and tells them “I warned you once… I am unarmed… I’m backed into a corner… and It’s taken me seconds to turn your weapons against you… imagine what I come up with in the time I’ve been talking”. The Staunch soldiers shared a look amongst themselves, the doctor smiled again this time deeper and pulled down the sonic shades to look at them all as he added “Basically… Run”. each of the soldiers instantly dropped what every they were holding and began running back to the Tardis they arrived on which caused the doctor to clap and hoot as they ran away.

Rassilon’s anger only grew and he reached for his staff to stead himself allowing the gauntlet to slip from his fingers revealing the charred skin underneath, the doctor winched and feigned concern for Rassilon’s wounds. Rassilon purred, suggesting to the doctor that they call a truce and end things here like he had suggested and leave peacefully however the doctor shook his head and informed him “that was a nicety for your Division friends… you on the other hand… tried to kill my friends… blew up innocent people…”. The wounded Rassilon merely laughed and asked the doctor what was his intentions, surmising that doctor intended to murder him, again, reminding how even though he succeeded in the past and brought about the idyllic ‘New Galifrey’ the time lords would always need him someone willing to make the sacrifices for the greater good, someone who was willing to wade into the filth and mud for his people, although he even wondered what the universe would think of its precious doctor if it learnt about his dark secrets, calling him the Time Lord Victorious with a sinister smirk. The doctor popped his tongue into his cheek and appeared to be considering what the lord president said, which made Bill and Nardole glance across at him with worry, the doctor just smirked and said “well… what’s interesting for me is… I’ve been looking at your browser history…  that old crusty gauntlet has logged every command you’ve made…”. Rassilon looked at the doctor bewildered, the doctors smirk became a devilish smile as he watched Rassilon, the doctor purred with glee with every word he said “If we look back far enough…”. The doctor tapped his glasses and made a hologram appear in front of him the text appearing in galifreyan glyphs then slowly mutating into English, he gestured and twisted with his hands and adjusted the dates “for instance… if we look at let’s say the bombs that Morbius’s radicals set off… we find… that they were in fact…”. A teary Nardole, gulps as he walks next to the doctor “it was all you… he was innocent…”. The doctor gave Nardole a look that let him know that he was revelling in the knowledge of being right, he did love being right and he wore smugness well, Rassilon simply laughed “so what?”. The doctor’s face cracked and he approached the lord president with a look that could freeze the heart of a weaker man, he hated Rassilon and his downfall would be a personal privilege and a pleasure to enact, the two time lords where almost face to face when the doctor spoke “So what… your actions costs the lives of countless innocent people… you caused a misguided man to fall down a dark path of your creating”. Rassilon laughed and his gauntlet crackled again, he confirmed the doctors suspicions he even admitted he stopped at nothing to get to where he was, he had murdered his best friend Omega and not able to bring himself to harm Tectuen he strangled her sleeping child, Bill and Nardole grimaced at his words but he was unperturbed divulging he would do it all again if it meant he would continue to lead one of the greatest civilisations in the history of the cosmos. Belittling the doctor for being so sycophantic in his behaviour towards humanity and other races beneath his own, he asked how anyone wouldn’t dare stand in judgement of what he did for power, to be beloved as a hero and as a saviour, the doctor interrupted his rant “savoir… you no… you took advantage of other people… you weaved your own legend and eliminated anyone who stood in your way…”. The doctor’s grimace turned to a smile and he tapped his glasses again and a hazy picture of Arthur appeared where the gauntlets information once was, he was practically shaking and filled with rage as Rassilon watched on confused by the events the doctor looked at Arthur “did you get all that”. Arthur, who was currently in a secure location in space, confirmed that he had and showed the doctor a wave length on the screen confirming that Rassilon’s confession had been broadcast far and wide, even back home to Galifrey the doctor added “now the universe knows who you really are…”. The look of aguish flooded Rassilon’s face as his creation crumbled before him, he cackled and raised his hand up trying as hard as his will would allow him to burn away the doctor, the energy built up stronger and stronger until the feedback simply began to disintegrate Rassilon’s body, the doctor swung round and covered Bill’s view as Rassilon’s body disappeared atom by atom. The Doctor and his companions left the farm, to help search for survivors in the remains of the village, in the distance UNIT helicopters could be heard approaching, the doctor smiled as he saw Kate Stewart, the daughter of his old friend the brigadier. She stepped out of range rover and looked across the carnage and glared at the doctor simply commenting “well this is a fine mess isn’t it”. The doctor apologised profusely for the actions of Rassilon, he tentatively lowered someone he was helping down into a stretcher, stating they were taken by surprise and that he couldn’t stop it. Kate didn’t like the doctor’s answer but appreciated he had put an end to things before they had escalated further, He asked after the brigadier and Kate explained he had passed away a few months previous having asked his nurse to always keep a spare glass out in case the doctor decided to show up for a drink, the teary eyed doctor thanked Kate.

After UNIT had left the village was quiet and slowly but surely the agents of Torchwood returned to reclaim Andromeda house, Bill, Nardole and the doctor felt pushed out as things went back to normal, the three of them where plagued with a deep sadness. Nardole and Arthur discussed a great length the life of Morbius and pondered how life would be if he had turned out different had darker forces not intervened, Bill and the doctor talked at great lengths about galifrey and the doctors past, with Bill suggesting the doctor was so devout in his belief to save Morbius because he knew he was able to be saved because someone believed in him and showed him love and compassion at his most vulnerable, Bill says she wants to leave the doctor and he smiles gently at her and insists on one last adventure.

The doctor and Bill exit the Tardis in a snow filled park, the doctor insists he has forgotten something and leaves Bill alone on a bench, she sits watching the snow and enjoying the silence, hiding behind the Tardis door the doctor watches as a figure slowly approaches. Marissa his old companion, she had barely aged a day since he last saw her, a newspaper under her arm she asks Bill if she can sit on the bench next to her with Bill being oblivious to anything around her. Looking across at the paper Bills notices the headline of the paper ‘Village Save By Mystery Man’, she chuckles and Marissa looks across at her and hands her the paper, she smiles and says “reminds me of a man I used to know… always rushing off to save someone”. The pair share a laugh and Bill notices Marissa properly for the first time being amazed by how beautiful she, she instantly feels a sense of shyness come over her and the pair are just staring into each other’s eyes when the silence is broken by the Tardis reappearing, the two of them look across and see the doctor emerging and smile at them both, the both call out to him “doctor?”. They then turn to face each other in confusion at how the other one could possibly know the doctor, then as the sounds of the Tardis taking flight fill the quite park with ethereal sounds the pair just smile at each other with Bill asking Marissa “would you like to go for a coffee”. Marissa smiles and nods.  

The doctor strides out of the Tardis and sits himself down in a fine leather arm chair and reached across to take a glass of scotch, he is finely dressed as if almost to impress, he looks across at the chair across from him and smiles whispering the words “hello old friend”. The doctor the salutes the old man in the chair across from him who merely chuckled at him.

The Valeyard Returns

Having Finally decided to answering the summons, leaving bill with his former companion marissa to care for Andromeda house and nardole reluctantly agreeing to this, because the vault is ‘technically’ guarded.

The Trail Of A Time Lord

The Eleventh Doctor

The Doctor Stood before the remnants of the time lord council, the air was cool and ash fell like snow on the breeze, the huddle amassed in the ruins of the ruined citadel, he smirked “you summoned me?”. The doctor had hoped the

time lords where now humbled, giving there dwindling numbers, the architects and builders silently working away in the background, they observed secretly. A shrill voice called from the crowd “several times…doctor”. The voices owner an elderly cardinal stood his tattered robes of office still hanging on to his thin frame for dear life, he explained who he was prattling at great length reciting rank and title like a battered record. Questions were asked about his encounter with the a master and the fate of the traitorous renegade, the doctor spouting his tale with dramatic hand gestures a plenty and emphasising the peril, like a grandfather reading a bedtime story. Eventually following much finger wagging they came clean, admitting out of fear and without any other option they had summoned the doctor, a great secret had been unleashed upon the universe. Ashamed the time lords fought amongst themselves as to who would have to admit their deeds, a young female time lady stood up and spoke softly, as if prey charming a predator out of being lunch “When you locked yourself in…the zero room following your assassination…we tried to help you”. She admitted the time lord scientists had meddled with the doctor’s body and attempted to extract the malice trapped within him in hopes of bringing him some semblance of peace, the doctor interrupted his gravely northern voice filled the room “you mean euphonise me if I was beyond help?”. The elderly cardinal sombrely nodded, his shrill monotone voice erupted forth as he tried to sound commanding “In the end… we had to use magic from the sisterhood of Kahn… the process was difficult… we had to take precautions”.

The doctor found his arms crossing almost on instinct, he felt fire build in his belly as the crumbling cardinal spoke “The result was the creation of a separate being…we called him ‘the Valeyard’”. The doctor’s arms fell by his side in disbelief he paused for a beat turning on his heel and then as he lifted his finger to speak, the female time lady interceded “a dark abomination…An amalgamated of your darker tendencies”. These words fell like hard rain on the doctor’s conscience wounds healed began to open anew, a being created from the doctor’s former self would surely be a creature of the purest evil and malevolence, another time lady stood she was middle aged with greying brown hair adding “He also possesses your intellect… doctor”. Another nail in the coffin, more confessions came, they had locked him away amongst the cloister wraiths in the death zone and rumours began to spread. The master was the first to discover the secret visiting the prison but dared not enter, the doctor pondered “so why am I here… why the sudden change of conscience”. Pacing the room watching the grimacing faces it hit him, pausing and drawing in a cold breath of air he placed his hands on his hips “he’s escaped…hasn’t he". The young time lady nodded “the wraiths whispered to the valeyard… feeding him stories of beings greater than creation itself”. The doctor felt his face twist as his mind instantly knew who she meant, his lips followed forming the words “The guardians”. The doctor mocked the frail group stating clearly their current state of decay was proof that they should never medal in affairs again “yet here we are again… and now you’ve brought me here to save you… because your crippled”. The cardinal raised a bone like finger and his voice carried across the room he cursed the doctor “You will watch your tone Doctor… we will not settle for your arrogance here”. without hesitation the doctor raised a finger in rebuttal to berate the frail time lord “then help yourselves… I’ll get back in my Tardis and go”. He pondered for a moment pacing the room his school clinking rhythmically as he pace, elderly cardinals face was sour from his stripping down finally the angered doctor breathed a sigh and spoke “look at you all… clinging to titles and stewing in decadence and pomposity… you haven’t a clue…HAVE YOU!”. His last outburst echoed and carried above his head to those silently watching, who now payed great attention than before, he watched as the flickers of realisation encroached on the stone faced time lords some semblance of conscience awakened in them all in that moment. The doctor let out an almighty sigh wiping his hands across his face in one slow motion, he paused while doing so speaking and dropping his hands to beside him resolute in only one course of action “I will go… I will go find the white guardian… and put an end to this”. A glisten of rage filled his pale eyes and gritting his teeth as he stared at the amassed council “The we are… DONE!”. Then the doctor made a rather dramatic exit leaving the room in a hubbub of voices and the deafening commotion that could still be heard as he made his way to the Tardis door.

The White Guardian

Stepping on board he took a moment and pressed his head to the wooden door and sighed enjoying the soft hum of the interior of the Tardis, from behind him came a warm and welcoming voice that should have startled him “I say… that was a brilliant show my”. Turning to address the speaker, he was met by someone he recognised instantly, himself or someone he once was, his fourth self now aged greatly his brown curly locks gave way to a greyer mop of similar curls albeit less messy, no billowing scarf either instead a red neckerchief accompanying a navy blazer with a green floral printed waistcoat and slightly ruffled white shirt. a set of comfortable brogues that look as if they had hardly been ran in, he had remembered his fourth self and all that running, then he smiled thinking of poor Sarah and harry always chasing after him. The doctor greeted himself cautiously smiling wondering what was happening man smirked and from his blazer pocket he pulled a green and black tartan tin, he tentatively popped the lid free and fiddle with the paper inside, he exclaimed with glee extending the tin across towards the doctor “would you like a jelly baby?”. pushing the tin firmly towards the doctor who took two red one and smiled, the old man chuckled fixing the lid as he slipped and orange jelly baby in his mouth “I suppose you’re wondering why I’m here… old boy”. The old man took a seat near the console, the doctor couldn’t remember the armchair being there before but it seemed like it had always been. The doctor crouched near his guest “the thought had crossed my mind to ask”. The old man chuckled and sighed he thumbed the arm of the chair and spoke softly the doctor felt instantly calm seeing his former face and tried no to smile like a giddy idiot “you told them you’d find me… so I thought I’d save you the effort of looking”. The doctor felt himself pause as he watched the old man stand, again a cane lay on the chairs arm it hadn’t been there previously but it seemed to just be there, the old man walked up the stair tentatively all while the doctor rose and watched him “The…white guardian”. The doctor found himself fall back the chair the white guardian had left it was immeasurably comfortable he found himself slouching in to his arms hanging over the edge, meanwhile the white guardian flicked through a book he had pulled from a shelf and snickered, the doctor began “how…”. The white guardian interceded, he put the book he was reading back neatly “I’m everywhere and every when… old boy”. Grandly he swayed down the stairs beaming a reassuring smile that warmed the doctors heart, the doctor stood and as if it had never existed the chair was gone once more the white guardian explained his soft voice hugged the ear “I’m sending you with my blessing… to stop the Valeyard… but you’ll need help”. With a gentle tap of his cane the Tardis burst into life the doctor watched on as his Tardis came to life the switches flicked and the lights blinked without input. They were off. But where?

Gift From The Future

The Twelth Doctor in war torn france a few months post regeneration

The Tardis came to an

The Twelth Doctor Looks Out across the battle fields

unsettled halt, the white guardian gestured eagerly to the door, the doctor paused “what’s outside these doors”. The white guardian tapped his nose and smiled as he said simply “who…knows”. Smiling at the familiar words the doctor tentatively peered outside, he looked out across a battlefield, mortar shells ripped through the land and the buildings rattled and shook as each shot found its mark. The city was old and crumpling, once beautiful but now ravaged by war, turning to ask the guardian a question the doctor found himself alone. Smiling deeply, he buried his hands in his pockets, he found his mood soon changed as he walked out into the ruins of what appeared to be a church used as a field hospital. He recognised the uniforms as allied soldiers during the second world war, suddenly a bayonet was pushed in his face, a muddy face private shook as he fixed the rifle at the doctor’s head “who are you”. Thumbing in his pocket, the doctor produced a small leather wallet that he opened with his fingers revealing a blank piece of paper, the private appeared to read it intently before dropping his rifle and standing to attention “Sir… weren’t expecting top brass”. The doctor read the psychic paper which, for all intents purposes appeared blank, he sniggered folding back into his pocket “yes brigadier smith… john smith that’s me”. The doctor could see his friend the brigadier now, his moustache twitching in anger at the doctor using his moniker and rank in such a manor. The privately hurried him a long passed the rows of wounded, eagerly trying to press pass the moans and groans of the unfortunate souls “I suppose you’re here about the creature”. The doctor stopped in his tracks, the soldier had led him to a town square where there were several men were stationed strategically, that words hung in the doctor’s mind ‘creature’. There was a sudden explosion in the distance and the private raised a spyglass to see across the square “it’s that blasted women again… she keeps getting caught between us and the jerry… and now she thinks this creature is something from space… a women doctor… if you can believe such things”.  The doctor was sure he said more but didn’t hear him, who was this women, was she, no it wasn’t possible another explosion rang out as several voices a screamed out. Then he saw her.

A woman with Aubrey hair jolting from door way to post, avoiding sniper fire, all while another private trundled behind her, his rifle slung across his shoulder barely matching her pace. From above them a large spider like creature emerged from crater hole that had once been a first floor apartment, its skin cracked and pulsed red and furious the soldier flung his rifle up and prepared to fire but the women stopped him lower the riffle with her palm and giving him a disapproving look she pulled from her waistcoat something blue and shining she fiddled with it and finally held it aloft. To the doctor’s amazement it was a sonic screw driver like his own the women activated it and it let out a faint hum causing the creature to squirm and pulsate, she turned meeting the doctors gaze and ran towards him, he stuttered trying find the words however she simply ran past him and opened the Tardis door and beckoned the soldier inside with her. The creature had realised that

The tardis landed on mars, the mucky soil crumpled under their feet, both doctors exchanged a smile, it had been a while since either had both set . The Eleventh Doctor Wore an orange raggedy suit he had laying around while his twelfth counterpart wore a new matte black and blue model she allowed her companion to wear a similar one, she insisted she only had the two and apologised half-heartedly. The ice lords of mars

The Thirteenth Doctor greats her elventh and twelfth selves

The thirteenth doctor argues with her past selves aboard the tardis

Inside The Eleventh Doctors Tardis

The Elevnths Tardis Desk was similar to that of the first with a more futuristic aesthetic

The Valeyard the doctors dark mirror

The empress of mars surrounded by ice warriors 

The twelfth doctor flung the leash forward and the creature tumbled forward “empress…I would kindly ask you to keep a better watch over your pets”. The Martian empress merely chortled and stroked the purring beast,

Time Heist

The Eleventh Doctor tries to convince The Twelfth Doctor to come with him for a day sightseeing via the TARDIS, He calls her jokingly ‘Madame serious’ to which she merely grumbles and scowls, he suggests the sights of Satanic Nebula and the Lagoon of Lost Stars, the pairs continued bickering is interrupted by the TARDIS phone ringing. The twelfth tells him he has someone else to play with now marching back to her Tardis, but the Eleventh Doctor is suspicious as only a few people in the universe have the number to his TARDIS and he is still wondering what the white guardian has in store for them. The Doctor goes to answer the phone, but is stopped by Nardole, who warns him not to. Nardole tells him that "a thing" will happen when he does, which usually involves him dragging everyone along for some kind of adventure, enquiring why they can’t all just stay and have a nice cup of tea instead, with Nardole suggesting he opens a packet of ‘fancy’ biscuits for them all. The Doctor is dismissive, telling him that nothing happens when a person answers the phone.

Suddenly, the two doctors and Nardole find themselves in a strange chamber suffering from memory loss along with two others, an augmented human, Psi, and a mutant human, Saibra. Both have also suffered memory loss, with the likely culprit, a group of oozing memory worms, wiggling around on the table. As they wake up, audio recordings start playing where each member of the group confirms that they have consented to the memory wipe willingly. A briefcase on the table opens to reveal plans by "the Architect", who instructs them to rob the Bank of Karabraxos, the most impregnable bank in the universe with numerous levels of security. There's no chance of backing out either, as they're already in the bank and guards are trying to break into the room as the message plays. When Psi initially refuses to follow the Doctors, he is reminded that he consented to the memory wipe therefore his reward must be something he considered more important than the risk he's taking. Reluctantly agreeing, Psi downloads the instructions into his head as the group flees, the pursuit is slowed when the guards handle the memory worms, obviously unaware of their abilities.

The group work their way back into the main floor of the bank, Nardole begins to chastis both Doctors commenting that he told the Eleventh doctor this would happen. Saibra, whose mutation allows her to shapeshift into any living thing she touches uses the identity of a bank customer whose DNA had been included in the case to get them in. As they walk, the Twelfth Doctor wonders why they haven't been left the Tardis, as breaking into any vault would be quick and simple with it, which leads to her and the Eleventh doctor hypothesising. Nardole points out, that come to think of it they don't actually know where the TARDIS is right now, which causes both doctors to pauses there discussing and exchange worrying glances. The group then witness another customer, accused by the bank head of security, Ms Delphox, of intending to steal from the bank, having his brain scanned and then turned to "soup" by the Teller, an alien with powerful psychic abilities that's said to be the last of its kind. The Doctors explains that this psychic "sniffer dog" hunts guilt, with the twelfth doctor elaborating that theirs was clearly being drowned out by the customer's.

Getting into a deposit room, Saibra uses the breath security lock to bring up a case for them before returning to her normal form. The Eleventh Doctor opens it to find a bomb, and asks Psi for the schematics of the bank so they can get into the maintenance area from through floor. Though everyone else is hesitant to go through with using it, the Doctors decide unanimously to chance it, the bomb goes off, with little sound, revealing a round scorched hole where part of the floor was. The Twelfth Doctor explains that it is a phase-shift bomb and that it has taken part of the floor out of phase with the rest of them, the Eleventh Doctor suggests they hurry before someone notices. When they get below, the doctor uses his sonic to reverse the feature to block the security guards that have caught up to them.

The Doctors, Nardole, Psi, and Saibra continue to follow the Architect's plan, finding more cases with useful items left by their mysterious boss as they get closer to the main vaults. At one point, they collect six devices whose purpose the Doctors claims they does not know, but Saibra points out that they are lying having had so many faces, she knows how to read people better than most. The Twelfth Doctor is forced to admit the devices are an "exit strategy", with the eleventh begrudgingly revealing he didn’t want to upset them with that knowledge.

The Eleventh Doctor tries to convince The Twelfth Doctor to come with him for a day sightseeing via the TARDIS, He calls her jokingly ‘Madame serious’ to which she merely grumbles and scowls, he suggests the sights of Satanic Nebula and the Lagoon of Lost Stars, the pairs continued bickering is interrupted by the TARDIS phone ringing. The twelfth tells him he has someone else to play with now marching back to her Tardis, but the Eleventh Doctor is suspicious as only a few people in the universe have the number to his TARDIS and he is still wondering what the white guardian has in store for them. The Doctor goes to answer the phone, but is stopped by Nardole, who warns him not to. Nardole tells him that "a thing" will happen when he does, which usually involves him dragging everyone along for some kind of adventure, enquiring why they can’t all just stay and have a nice cup of tea instead, with Nardole suggesting he opens a packet of ‘fancy’ biscuits for them all. The Doctor is dismissive, telling him that nothing happens when a person answers the phone. 

Part of the plan requires them to pass through the cage where the Teller is kept in near-hibernation, but it picks up on Clara's brainwaves. The Doctors helps Nardole break out of the Teller's scan and has the group flee the room, Saibra is unfortunately caught in the scan. The Eleventh Doctor gives her one of the devices, telling her it is an atomic shredder and insists it’s a more humane way to die than the Teller's brain scan, she activates the device and disappears.

As the four continue to the vault, they find that Ms Delphox has released the Teller to chase them down, Psi stays behind to help cover their tracks and open the vault; he, too, opts to use one of the disintegrators when he is caught by the Teller. The Doctors and Nardole eventually reach the main vaults, however, Psi's hacking has failed to open the last lock. Just as the trio prepare to be arrested, a solar storm begins to strike the surface of the planet The Twelfth Doctor realises this wasn't just a bank heist, but a time heist the Architect is from the future and planned to bring them to the vault at this moment when the storm's activity would cause the main vault to automatically open, The Eleventh Doctor smirks at her and asks her if she having fun, to which she just smiles at him. The storm's presence also explains why they weren't allowed to use the TARDIS, as the interference would prevent it from locking on, they locate two safe boxes indicated by a note from the Architect, one containing a neophyte circuit that can restore Psi's deleted memories, the other a gene suppressant to stabilise Saibra's uncontrollable shape changing. The Doctors and Nardole realise these were Psi and Saibra's 'fees' for the heist, and wonder what they were offered. However, as they look for the final safe box location in the Private Vault, they are caught by the Teller and taken to Ms Delphox's office, Ms Delphox leaves to put the Teller back into hibernation to protect him from the worsening solar storm, ordering her guards to kill the intruders. The Doctors and Nardole are surprised when the guards turn out to be Saibra and Psi, the disintegrators were really teleporters linked to a ship in orbit, The Eleventh Doctor gives them the items from the vault as their payment but realises they still need to find the Private Vault, Psi leads them into the depths of the bank as the storm intensifies on the surface.

At the Private Vault, they find that it is the quarters of Ms. Karabraxos, surrounded by treasures from around the galaxy, The Doctors realises Ms Delphox is just a clone of Karabraxos, and she has no problem sending her clone to be incinerated for failure; "frankly, you're a career break for the right psychiatrist" the Twelfth Doctor muses. Witnessing such self-loathing, inspiration strikes the Eleventh Doctor, and he writes the number to the TARDIS telephone, and that he is a time traveller, on a piece of paper and gives it to Karabraxos, who is hastily packing her treasures before the storm wipes out the bank. She departs from the vault, but the Doctor reminds her to give him a call one day if she has any regrets. Shortly after she leaves, the Teller arrives, and the Doctor convinces him to scan his mind to find the memories that were blocked, his Twelfth incarnation panicking that this action might be reckless the doctor smirks and ask ‘Madame serious’ to hold on

In a flashback, an elderly and dying Ms Karabraxos, now no longer the richest person in the universe, calls the Doctor on the TARDIS in Andromeda house, and tells him of her regret. The Doctor is then shown preparing all the elements of the time heist with his twelfth incarnation, revealing that he himself was the Architect. Because much of the bank's security was based on sensing a criminal's guilt, wiping the recent memories of the heist participants would reduce their chances of being caught. The ultimate goal of the plan was to bring the Teller, who was telepathically linked to Karabraxos, to the Private Vault after she left, so as to allow him to unlock a combination safe. Inside, they find another alien of the same species as the Teller, chained within the safe. The twelfth Doctor points out that they have seven teleport devices, allowing them all to escape the bank before it is wiped out. The Doctors takes the creatures to an isolated planet to live out their lives free of telepathic "noise" and then returns Saibra and Psi to their respective times and places after all having lunch. Finally, the Doctor returns them to Andromeda House moments after they have left, Nardole Grumbles and leaves to stick the kettle on. The eleventh doctor turns to the twelfth and declares with a smug grin, "Ha! Robbing a bank! Robbing a whole bank... how about that for a day out”

Dragonfyre

Iceworld, a trading colony on the dark side of the planet Svartos, controlled by the callous and vindictive ruler, Kane. He buys supporters as well slaves and miners and forces them to wear his brand, the mark of owner ship painfully iced into their flesh, Kane is a proamon, meaning his body is so cold that one touch from him can kill humans instantly. This means he requires a vast cryogenic eco system for his body to function, over the years he has collected and stored an army of mercenaries and other creatures, who due to losing their memories have become an unquestioning army. The TARDIS materialises in a refrigeration sales section, the twelfth and Eleventh doctor emerge with the twelfth doctor sporting a new look; long gone where her war time attire she now sported a blue waist coat, a pair of brown breeches and hunting boots adorned with leather gaiters, the ensemble was completed by an emerald green dress coat which was just past her knees. She smiled as she stepped onto the promenade, her hair was now tied up in a messy ponytail, it was always clear that she favoured practicality rather than style, she began to explain to her previous incarnation that they were here to meet a roguish acquaintance of hers, Sabalom Glitz, she then corrects herself and saying ‘acquaintance of ours’ with a smile.  

Meeting with Glitz in a canteen, he warmly greets the twelfth doctor, giving her a huge hug his large arms consuming her, He explains over drinks he owes Kane a serious amount of money, and if he doesn't return his debt soon he'll lose his ship. Glitz has come to look for a legendary treasure guarded by a dragon in the icy caverns beyond Iceworld, he has a map he won in a game of cards, with Twelfth doctor wondering if he won fairly. Unbeknownst to both doctors and Glitz, Kane orchestrated the win so the map would fall into Glitz’s hands because he wishes to use Glitz in his own search for the treasure. The map has been fitted with a tracking device in its seal, Kane is holding Glitz's ship, the Nosferatu, as an incentive for him to pay off his debt, he gives orders for the ship to be destroyed regardless. Completely in the dark regarding Kane’s schemes, Glitz sets off with the twelfth Doctors in tow, Glitz won't allow the eleventh doctor on the expedition, calling him the ‘old man’ jokingly, so much to his chagrin he stays and chats with a waitress from the canteen. The waitress, Erin, is over worked and the doctor insists on her taking a break and allowing him to take control of things for, eventually he becomes irritated at a customer's complaints and pours a milkshake on his head, prompting manager to fire both Erin and the doctor. The doctor and Erin return to Ace's to a park on the promenade where Erin reveals she is homeless and the doctor is stunned to hear she is a human from late twentieth century Earth who only arrived on Iceworld when a time-storm opened in her bedroom and deposited her on this planet.

Another homeless women rushes to find Erin, begging her help remove an ice block causing an ice jam, the doctor and Erin make some adjustments to the heating vents and giving Erin his sonic shades to use, the pair melt the ice causing people to cheer and thank them. Alerted to the dramatic change in temperature, Officer Belazs promptly arrives to deal with the matter and finding The doctor and Erin present, he arrests them both for damaging station property. They are taken to be interrogated by Kane himself who questions the doctor regarding his unusual biology, having witness her use of the sonic shades and believing the technology to belong to her, Erin is offered a place at Kane's side, much to the doctors surprise she seems to consider the offer. Kane leaves his prisoners to consider his offer, the doctor pleads with Erin to ignore the offer, having ignore most of the doctors impassioned speech to her Erin uses some concealed nitro-9 and the sonic shades to create an explosion as a distraction, with her apologising to the doctor about not listening to him and asking him to repeat himself, this causes him to erupt into fits of laughter, the pair make their escape with the doctor asking Erin if she wants to join him on the Tardis, Erin smiles and says to the doctor she will consider the offer, as they run down the corridors, they encounter they are stopped by a frightening creature, the dragon. The dragon attacks them shooting laser beams at Doctor and Erin, they realise that the "dragon" is nothing of the mythological variety and flee.

Meanwhile the twelfth Doctor has become separated from Glitz, she climbs over a parapet trying to make her way across. He loses her grip, and hangs from the railing, holding on for dear life as she slowly slips, her hands barely holding on. Glitz arrives and helps the Doctor to the bottom of the chasm, Glitz wants to head back for his ship and entrusts the map to the Doctor, all of which Kane overhears.

Meanwhile some of Kane's staff plot against him, once they have taken his coin they are branded as his for life, the young Officer Belazs was naïve in her belief that Kane would not use her like the rest however as time as gone on she has learnt how foolish she was. Like many she is keen to escape and secretly arranged for the Nosferatu not to be destroyed, hoping to use the craft to escape, when this attempt fails, she tries to persuade fellow Officer Kracauer to help her overthrow Kane. Their attempts to slowly raise the temperature in his chambers and kill him fails, an enraged Kane kills them both with his Icey touch, before going on to kill the ice sculptor who has finished a statue of a woman called Xana, Kane declaring that only he is allowed to bear witness to her magnificence.

Down in the ice caverns, the Doctor and Glitz find the treasure less dragon, it is a biped that can fire lasers from its eyes as means of defending itself, the eleventh doctor and Erin have ventured into the caverns now too. The two groups meet and introductions are made with a very confused Erin not sure regarding how the doctor can be both a man and a woman, the conversation is interrupted by Kane’s cryogenically altered soldiers sent to kill them to their surprise they are rescued and defended by the dragon, following the soldier’s destruction the dragon takes them to a room hidden in the ice. It seems to be some sort of control area; doctors find a pre-recorded hologram message which explains Kane is one half of the infamous Kane-Xana criminal gang from the planet Proamon. When the shadow proclamation forces caught up with them, Xana killed herself to avoid arrest, while the devastated Kane was captured and exiled to the cold, dark side of Svartos. Both doctors look over the computer systems it seems Iceworld is in fact a huge spacecraft and the treasure is a crystal concealed inside the head of the "dragon". In truth it is the key Kane needs to activate the ship and end his exile, the dragon is both Kane's jailer and his only chance of freedom, Kane hears all through the device on the map and declares his victory to be imminent. He begins sending his security forces to the ice caverns to bring him the dragon's head, offering vast rewards for bravery, he orders his forces to cause chaos in the Iceworld shops, driving the customers towards the docked Nosferatu. When the Nosferatu takes off, Kane has rigged it with explosives and blows it up before it can leave the atmosphere. The only survivors left are a young girl, Stellar, and her mother, who have become separated in the chaos. Shortly after making their way down into the ice tunnels, there is brief struggle betweens Kane’s soldiers and the ‘dragon’, after some time two of Kane's troopers manage to kill the "dragon" and remove its head, but not following the Doctor’s warnings the two are killed themselves by an energy discharge from the crystal.

The Doctors have realised that Kane must have been a prisoner on Svartos for millennia, the twelfth doctor safely retrieves the crystal from the "dragon", commenting on how sad its fate was she delicately removes one of its scales and places it in her pocket. Kane uses a comms system to make a deal with Doctor, he has captured Erin during the skirmish with the dragon, but is willing to trade her for the crystal or as he calls it “The Dragonfyre.”. The Doctors and Glitz decide they have no option and head to Kane's private chambers for the exchange, arriving under armed guard the doctors find Kane has already murdered Erin which enrages both doctors and this coupled with destruction of his beloved Nosferatu enrages Glitz who manages to take three soldiers before being knocked unconscious. Kane rises to the Doctor's taunts against it and powers up Iceworld as a spacecraft, the doctor’s issue a final warning to Kane that he will regret this however he continues to ignore their warnings. The ship rises from the surface of Svartos, However, Kane tries to set course for Proamon to exact his terrible revenge, he then realises when the navigation system fails, he has been a prisoner so long now the planet no longer exists. Lost in despair, he orders the doctors to leave and proceeds to embrace the ice sculptor of Xana as he remotely opens a screen in the ship letting in light rays, which melt his body to goo and destroy his remaining soldier’s.

Glitz thanks the doctor and claims Iceworld as his own spacecraft, christening it the Nosferatu II, the doctors bid him farewell with the eleventh doctor wish to return her body home, Glitz smiles and calls the eleventh doctor an honourable man as the pair departs.

Stellar comes across the TARDIS and approaches it, just before her mother finds her and gives her a telling-off for wandering away, telling Stellar to follow her. Stellar pauses for a moment and watches as the TARDIS dematerialises, the sight of which makes her giggle.

On the Tardis the twelfth doctor removes the dragons scale which transforms into a piece of the key to time, she sneaks it back into her pocket and returns to the Tardis contr

Trenzalore Or Bust

The Mysterious Stranger Greets The Doctor

The key to time began to have strange effects on the doctors tardis and the collective doctors mixing time lines began to effect the fabric of reality itself, the doctors fought to regain control of the consoles however found themselves hurtling through time and space to an unknown destination.

Standing on the edge of cliff was a man the doctor seemed to recognise but not understand, this man felt familiar but he seemed

Revealing himself as the doctor, the twelfth incarnation to be precise. The doctor looked at his future self confused. the two female doctors are the incarnations that where snuffed out in the zero room, his fifteenth and sixteenth incarnations the white guardian had breathed life into them and allowed them to believe themselves something more than some discarded

The universe would never suffer from having two more Doctors running around it, however he was the doctors ultimate future, that was if he survived what was to come.

The True Twelfth Doctor watches over his over his past self

not taking his eyes off the horizon, he coldly added this was a test set for him and only him, he represented the doctors future and revealing that he would not remember these events or there meeting so divulged the secrets of his future. had gone on to fight in the war that came, flashing his pale ice blue eyes the twelfth doctor seemed to be able to stare into someones soul with merely a gaze and his thick northern accent added a gravitas to his commanding tone. he spoke of the last great time war between the time lords and the daleks and how the universe blazed and worlds burnt and he himself had been the one to take the moment from the omega arsenal and destroy his own people, now he was the last of the them, the last of the time lords and he was perpetually going on embittered by this, his survival an eternal punishment however he allowed this to fuel him and he promised himself no one would have to feel the pain and make the decision he did, he wouldn't be a warrior or hero no he was a doctor because that is what the universe needed, that is what this is a test to define, if the man before him is truly the doctor.

He explained key to time didn't trust the Eleventh doctor after their antics as the victorious and that i didn't take kindly to someone who was meant to be dead ripping there way from one universe to another in a stolen Tardis. As the Eleventh doctor enters the Tardis and approaches the console the two female Doctors become unfrozen and continue their previous argument the Eleventh doctor now aware of their true nature simply lays the completed key down on the console for them to see, he smirks at them both and announces “to villengrad” he grabs hold of a lever and shares a look with the other doctors who smile back him and he exclaims "Allons-y!"

The Twelfth Doctor receives a message aboard his Tardis

Fall Of The Black Guardian

Villengard, The Planet at the centre of the universe

The centre of the universe, Villengard, a crumbling world splitting at its seams trapped in perpetual state of decay it’s great monolith tower watching over the dark crimson sky, the shattered fragments of its moon hung in orbit from the destroyed celestial body.

From the darkness of the ruined city emerged a man shrouded in baggy robes using a staff to aid him, Ko Sharmus, commonly known as The Wanderer self-appointed guardian of the secrets of Villengard, his old bones effected by the planets sway his body would sway into dust but he would be restored by the next morning. Confronted by the The Valeyard he stood his ground, measuring up the strange creature before him, he knew this being would kill him in a matter of moments but he wanted to at least lay eyes on his murder properly. The Valeyard simply stared back coldly, at the old man and then proceeded to gesture as if asking to take Ko Sharmus’s staff from him, he admired the engraving along it, before violently striking the old man down with it, he dropped several hard blows onto the helpless body below. He strode on with confidence showing little concern to the extreme act of violence he had committed, man had barely screamed so it had taken the fun away from the act it’s self but never the less it scratched an itch, as he found his way into the tunnels he heard footsteps follow his own and he turned, lightning sharp his hands out ready to fight tooth and claw, there stood Ko Sharmus no mark of the attack to be seen he smiled addressing The Valeyard “expecting someone else?”.

The Valeyard strode into the monolithic cathedral and approached a twisted altar, the frail old man trudged behind him, this was an ancient hidden place, the very fabric of the stones he walked on surged with primordial power. There was a crackle in the dark and two statues crept behind the Valeyard, weeping angel’s creatures hyper locked only able to move

called forth the black Guardian

guardian and began to extract his essence and syphoned it into himself he would be become more than a simple time lord he would become a god of reality and he would have no need to regenerate having gained immortality existing in all instances at once

The Twelfth Doctor faces the Valeyard Alone

The Wolf Within

The parliament of Daleks called the thirteenth doctor forth she greeted them as if addressing honoured friends which confused the other doctors, they also took some offence to being addressed as this Doctors companions. The thirteenth doctor gave a knowing smile to them, it was done for their safety most probably but it still felt uneasy on their minds, although the doctor saw his companions as his greatest assets he knew his enemy’s saw them as bargaining tools and even expendable ways to hurt him. Having more than one version of any timelord in the same place was problematic, having three versions of the doctor together was new levels of catastrophic, the thirteenth spoke “prime minister… I have come to you asking for help”. The Daleks collectively cackled a deep booming synthetic laugh

1. The first segment is disguised as The Doctor’s own Fob watch.
2. The second is the planet Calufrax, shrunk to miniature and held captive by the parliament of the Daleks.
3. The third is the ‘Next’ Doctors ‘Sonic ‘Screwdriver.
4. The fourth is part of the crashed ship on the planet Mendis Minor.
5. The fifth has been consumed by the squid Empress of Mars’s pet, causing it to turn into a monster.
6. The final segment is a female humanoid – The Bad Wolf.   

Confronting The End

The true Twelfth Doctor shook the fear in him grew as he watched the Valeyard approach him every fibre of his being screamed to him to run but he stood resolute, a thin smile appeared on his face and he watched as the monster created from his darker impulses just stared at him blankly.

The three doctors placed the completed key of time on the alter Resetting reality itself

The Parting Of Ways

the white guardian welcomed the doctors sat in his grand arm chair the dark room seemed to be light by an extremely bright desk lamp, the rest of the room was bleak and it’s walls dripped and oozed. An ancient building left alone to decay, the guardian picks up a tea cup from a saucer, the cup was of course an elaborately design depicting the doctor’s trials and tribulations in fine china, crossing his legs the guardian spoke ever so softly “you did it… well done chaps… good show”. hi

The Last Great Time War

The Daleks are ravaging Arcadia, a family of Time Lords run in fear, there is little hope of survival. As children cry and the people scream, a soldier sends a final message to the High Council of Time Lords: Arcadia has fallen. He continues to fight on he looks around and sees the Doctor's TARDIS, then the voice of the Twelfth Doctor, in gravely northern tone asks the soldier for his gun. The Doctor carves a message for both warring civilisations to see into a nearby wall: NO MORE. As Daleks prepare to exterminate the Time Lords, the Doctor's sudden presence draws their attention away from the innocent people and leads them to the wall with the message. Suddenly, the Doctor's TARDIS dramatically crashes through the wall, demolishing several Daleks in its wake. The Doctor's escape from Arcadia is witnessed by one surviving Dalek of the attack, though it is bisected. It questions the meaning of "NO MORE", bellowing "Explain! Explain!" The nearby Time Lord soldier shoots the Dalek with his gun, and the slain Dalek erupts in flames.

The High Commanders gather in the War Room, planning their next moves, with the General dismissing the High Council's upcoming plans as "they have already failed". They receive the Doctor's message, and the General is not pleased to learn of his presence, calling him little more than a madman. A Time Lady rushes in to inform the War Council that there has been a breach in the Omega Arsenal in the Time Vaults. The most feared and forbidden weapon in the universe is missing: The Moment. The Doctor has stolen it and intends to use it to end the Time War once and for all. The Time Lords have already used all of the previously forbidden weapons but dared not unleash this weapon in particular. It was said that the Moment was so advanced as to have developed a conscience, and could stand in judgement of the user. The General muses that only the Doctor would be mad enough to use such a weapon.

Footsteps can be seen lead away from the battle-scuffed frame of the TARDIS, The Doctor has uncharacteristically abandoned her. The sound of his voice issuing an ominous final warning is heard; "Time Lords of Gallifrey, Daleks of Skaro, I serve notice on you all. Too long I have stayed my hand. No more. Today you leave me no choice. Today, this war will end. No more. No more..." The Doctor's marches through the desolate desert his face looks tired and he carries a burlap sack over his shoulder. He eventually enters a nearby barn, where he uncovers a complicated mechanical box, covered in gears and various Galifreyan symbols. The device ticks loudly as its clockwork-like parts rattle and clank. As the Doctor studies it carefully, he cannot find a discernible trigger mechanism. While he puzzles over how to activate it — grumbling "Why is there never a big red button?"

The Last Of The Timelords

Gridlocked

The Twelfth Doctors New Sonic

American newscaster Sally Calypso gives the daily travel news to all the cars. Ma and Pa are seated in one of the camper-vans. They call the police for help as they are apparently attacked by something from outside. They are placed on hold by the police computer system and scream as their car is torn apart.

The Twelfth Doctor offers one trip to Donna anywhere she wants, into the future, to visit another world anywhere or time she likes. She asks if he can take her to his home planet, and speculates as to its beauty, He describes Gallifrey's Citadel, mountains, orange sky and other features as if they still existed, but claims he does not want to go home. Instead, he takes her to the year five billion and fifty-three, into a dark alleyway where it is raining, and introduces her to New New York, a city of New Earth.

Meanwhile, the Face of Boe sits in a room attended by Novice Hame. He begs for her to find the Doctor before it is too late she comforts him before arming herself with a laser rifle and leaving.

As the Doctor and Donna walk through the run-down streets of the Undercity, three pharmacists open their market stands and try to sell them patches that dispense "moods". The Doctor is intrigued when a young woman buys a Forget patch after losing her parents to "the Motorway", leaving Donna disgusted by the similarities to drug dealing.

Suddenly, a young couple armed with guns grab Donna and haul her away, subduing her with a patch inducing Sleep. The Doctor chases them but they escape in their hovercar. The Doctor returns to ask the pharmacists for directions to the Motorway; they show him, but warn him that he may never see his friend again. He mockingly thanks them for there rousing encouragement he offers them some advice in return, he tells them to find alternative employment as he promises to shut down their enterprises by that very evening.

Donna wakes up inside the car and grabs one of the couple's guns, only to learn it is in fact a fake, Her kidnappers introduce themselves as Milo and Cheen. Cheen says she is pregnant and Milo explains that they only took Donna so they could get on the Fast Lane, which requires three adult passengers. They say they can drop her off when they reach their destination adding that will be in about six years. The Doctor arrives at the start of Motorway, where he discovers thousands of hover vans in an underground traffic jam. He starts to cough and choke from the intense fumes. A passing cat person invites him into his car, introducing himself as Thomas Kincade Branniganand his human wife as Valerie as well as there Their kittens. Thomas informs the doctor they are two months old, born in the car and have never seen sunlight or trod on ground, The Brannigans themselves have been driving for twelve years, and have travelled only five miles. As Milo, Cheen and Donna head for the Fast Lane, the Doctor calls the police but is put on hold. Brannigan speaks to some old friends, the Cassini "sisters", who identify the one car from Pharmacytown that has gone to the Fast Lane. The Doctor learns that the Cassinis were amongst the first to join the Motorway and some people haven't left their cars in upwards of twenty years.

Milo, Cheen and Donna are dropping down to the Fast Lane when they hear strange roaring noises. Cheen tells Donna of stories about lost cars disappearing at the bottom of the Motorway but Milo insists they only hear the ventilation shafts, despite the filthy air outside.

The Doctor asks if Brannigan and Valerie can drive him down to the Fast Lane (seeing as there are three adult passengers in the car) but they refuse, fearing for the safety of their kittens. The Doctor asks whether they or the Cassinis have ever seen any authorities. The Cassinis reluctantly admit they have not seen any police or ambulances in 23 years of driving. The Doctor believes that the people have been trapped in the Undercity and abandoned, before Sally Calypso announces the Motorway's "daily contemplation", as the drivers sing the "Old Rugged Cross" hymn in unison, signifying their sense of hope and togetherness. Deciding to make his own way toward Martha, he opens the shaft on the floor of the car and drops down to the car below. He then moves through several cars, opening the roofs with his sonic screwdriver and continuing through the floor to the car below, posing as a Motorway Footpatrolman to the bemused occupants. In this fashion, he meets several characters including hippies and a nudist couple. Milo and Cheen's car finally enters the Fast Lane, but the exits are all closed. A nearby cat driver tells them to escape to the slow lanes above as the roaring outside grows louder, but Milo does not believe in the danger until he hears the other driver's screams. Meanwhile, Brannigan's car is sliced into by what they assume to be pirates, only for Novice Hame to poke her head inside instead. Holding them at gunpoint, she demands to know where the Doctor is.

The Doctor reaches the last level, just above the Fast Lane, in the car of a Bertie Wooster style business man, opening the bottom of his car the Doctor clears the fog so that he can see what's below and discovers much to his horror that the bottom of the Motorway is filled with Macra. He explains to the business man that the Macra feed upon toxic gas. Once in history they built an empire using human slaves to mine gas to feed them, but have since devolved into hungry non-sentient beasts.

As Milo and Cheen's car races along the Fast Lane, the Macras' huge claws attempt to crush it. Reasoning that the light and motion of the vehicle attract the Macra, Donna begs Milo to turn off the power. Although disgruntled he aggress and it miraculously works, with the car is plunged into silence however this means they are left with only eight minutes of air.

Novice Hame makes it to the bottom of the motorway to the car that the Doctor is in. She tells him how she has repented her sins under "his" guidance and without warning teleports the Doctor against his will to the Overcity. The Doctor angry at being dragged away from potential finding his friend he turns furiously to Novice Hame and demands to see the Senate over the countless innocent people trapped in the Motorway below, but Hame tells him that they are inside the Senate. Willing the goddess Santori to bless them, she turns on the lights to reveal the grand Senate chamber, several tiered seats filled with skeletons of various races. Novice Hame reveals, that The Senate, the city and everyone else died twenty-four years ago, When the Doctor asks how, Hame removes a mood patch from one of the dead: a new mood drug, Bliss, everyone became addicted to it, unable to stop taking it. This caused a virus to mutate inside it and became airborne, killing the entire world in seven minutes flat and dying itself when there was no-one left to feed on. However, there was just enough time to seal the walkways and the flyovers to the lower levels, denying the virus access to them. The citizens in the Undercity have not been betrayed and abandoned - they have been saved.

The Doctor questions how Hame could have survived, and she tells him that "he" protected her and has waited for all this time. Hearing a familiar telepathic voice, the Doctor runs to meet the Face of Boe. Hame explains that she was made his nurse as penance for her sins and that the Face shrouded her from the virus with his smoke, but the city's power grid died with no-one maintaining it. The Undercity would have fallen into the sea, but the Face of Boe wired himself into the mainframe, giving his vital life force simply to keep the basic functions going. The Doctor questions why they did not contact any of the surrounding worlds for help, but Hame reveals that the last act of the Senate was to declare New Earth unsafe and activate an automatic quarantine which lasts for one hundred years. The Face of Boe implores the Doctor to save the trapped people.

On the Motorway, Milo's car is running out of air and, despite Milo and Cheen's doubts, Donna expresses her faith in the Doctor and says he will think of something. Inspired, Milo starts the car's power up again, giving them air but exposing them to the Macra's grasp. As the car races along, they are briefly caught by one of the claws but are knocked free by another Macra. In the Overcity, The Doctor asks Hame to help him restore power, but there is not enough. The Face of Boe, in one last act of self-sacrifice, gives even more of his "life force" to power the equipment. The Doctor pulls a lever, opening the seal at the top of the Motorway.

In Brannigan's car, they hear a loud booming noise and Valerie hides the kittens whilst Brannigan looks out of the hole Novice Hame left in the roof. High above, the roof of the Motorway begins to split open in sections, allowing the sunlight to flood in and warm the Undercity for the first time in two decades. Taking the place of Sally Calypso, who was just a hologram anyway, the Doctor broadcasts to the ecstatic motorists, instructing them to drive upwards and out. Led by a whooping Brannigan, the thousands of trapped cars accelerate upwards and into the light. This clears the way for Milo's car to escape from the Macra. Meanwhile, Hame cries out as the Face of Boe's glass begins to shatter.

Donna arrives at the Senate building where she sees the skeletons and meets the dying Face of Boe, who is sprawled out on the floor. The Doctor urges him to live since, as Boe says, the two of them are each the last of their kind; but the Face responds, "Everything has its time. You know that, old friend, better than most." As promised, he whispers his great secret to the Doctor before passing away. An expression of shock and disbelief crosses the Doctor's face as Hame weeps she hands him something wrapped in cloth, the Doctor seems terrified by its sheer presence and walks towards it unsure of it before gently taking it from Hame.

Donna and the Doctor eventually arrive back at the alleyways of the Undercity, where the pharmacists have all closed and left, the Doctor looks round with sense of accomplishment. Donna asks what the Face of Boe meant and what did novice Hame hand hint that made him so scared.The Doctor shakes his head; he does not want to talk about Boe's words or what he was given, but Donna as stubborn as ever disk a chair and takes a seat, refusing to move until the Doctor tells her the truth. The Doctor admits he is the last of his kind, explains about the Last Great Time War and the Daleks he takes a seat and with tear almost in his eyes he then goes on to describe the beauty of Galifrey. Far above the slums, the Overcity thrives with the newly freed motorists, who begin to sing again. The sun sets orange over New New York, which lives once more.

The Shakespeare Code

In 16th century London, a nymph, Lilith, is serenaded from her balcony by a lute-playing swain, Wiggins. Seeing how much he desires her, Lilith allows him entrance to her home. However, upon entering, he is shocked to find it full of horrifying witching artefacts — not what he would expect a beautiful girl to have in her home. Lilith kisses Wiggins, but on pulling away, he finds her transformed into a wrinkled hag. She decides to introduce her suitor to her two "mothers", Mother Doomfinger and Mother Bloodtide. Much to Wiggins' horror, the two mothers cackle and pounce on him, devouring him. Lilith cackles and states that at the hour of spoken words, they will be freed and the Earth will perish.

Meanwhile, the TARDIS lands in the same time period sometime later. Donna Noble steps outside and is amazed by the fact they've gone back in time. She questions when they are, but the Doctor quickly pulls her back, keeping her from being struck by the contents of a chamber pot. The Doctor tells her it's "before the invention of the toilet", apologising. However, Donna takes the event in stride as she has seen worse things, going on to explain in elaborate detail to him about her uncles friends bowel complaint. She then pauses and questions whether it is safe to walk around in the past, asking about time travel paradoxes even haphazardly touching upon the grandfather paradox and the so-called "butterfly effect". The Doctor tells her not to fret and points out that she should just walk around like "she owns the place", just as he does. They walk around the town and the Doctor says ElizabethanEngland is far more like the 21st century than She might think. He points out there are things similar to the future: recycling, water cooler moments and people thinking the Earth will burn in flames - aka global warming. The Doctor deduces both their location and the year: near the Globe Theatre in 1599. Among the facts that the Doctor lists are that it's not really a globe, but a tetra-decagon; it's also brand new and recently opened for the plays written by the great writer himself. He offers to take Donna to the theatre, she jokingly declines saying she can’t stand the theatre, The Doctor tells her that when she gets home, she can tell everyone she's seen Shakespeare, Donna smiles and agrees. However, She gleefully and sarcastically retorts that she would get sectioned like her auntie kathy, then proceeds to tell the Doctor all about her.

At the Globe, Love's Labour's Lost is on. Donna tells the Doctor how much she loved the play jokingly adding it was almost worth putting up with the horrible smell of the crowd, before pointing out that the male actors are dressed as women. The Doctor jokes, "London never changes". Wanting to see the author himself, Donna starts what the Doctor thinks might be the first crowd chant for Shakespeare. The author himself comes on stage with the crowd cheering; he's quite a bit different from his portraits: he's not bald or wearing a collar. The Doctor goes on about how much he admires Shakespeare, but turns out to be wrong about the consistency of the Bard's genius when he asks the audience to shut their "big fat mouths". Donna smirks and tells the disappointed Doctor he shouldn't meet his heroes. Shakespeare then announces there will soon be a sequel, Love's Labour's Won; it will answer the questions Lost left behind. Watching from above is Lilith, dressed as royalty. When Will is about to announce when the play will be performed, she takes control of his mind with a puppet and he declares that it will be tomorrow night. The Doctor is left bewildered by Will's sudden behaviour. As they leave the theatre, Donna curiously asks why she has never heard of Love's Labour's Won, when she’s heard of pretty much all of his other plays. The Doctor knows of the lost play as it appears in the listing of Shakespeare's works, but the play itself is non-existent. Donna asks if he has an advanced gadget for recording things; they could record the play and sell it back in the 21st century, make a fortune. The Doctor tells her no; she begrudgingly agrees that would be taking advantage of time travel the wrong way. He decides to find out more about why the play never published.

At The Elephant, Will and his actors are given beer by Dolly Bailey, the landlady. Also in the room is Lilith, disguised as a maid. The actors ask Will why he announced the play for tomorrow instead of next week as they planned. He promises that he will have the last scene finished by the morning. The Doctor enters and Shakespeare tells him to leave, thinking him a fan who wants an autograph or a portrait done with him. He is in no mood for the Doctor to ask him where he gets his ideas, but upon seeing Donna, he stops dead and then suddenly changes his tune, welcoming the two travellers to his table. Recognising the signs, the actors excuse themselves; to them, it looks like Shakespeare has found a new muse. Shakespeare is confused by Donna’s "fitted" clothing and the Doctor explains she's from "Freedonia". Upon trying to pass himself off as "Sir Doctor of TARDIS" via the psychic paper, the Doctor is shocked to find that Shakespeare sees it as blank. Donna is confused by this as she sees the Doctor's title on the paper. Shakespeare remains adamant about what he sees and the Doctor explains the psychic paper, noting that Shakespeare's immunity to the paper proves that he is an "absolute genius". Shakespeare takes interest in the word "psychic" and wonders who the Doctor is. However, his attention shifts to Donna, whom he tries wooing, describing her as "a queen of Celts” or a "Raven Hair Temptress", which she finds slightly offensive.

At that moment, Lynley, Master of the Revels, barges in, demanding to see Shakespeare's script before he allows the play to proceed. Shakespeare tells him that the play will be given to him tomorrow morning; however, Lynley arrogantly declares that the Master of Revels does not work to an author's schedule. He again demands the play, but Shakespeare insists it's not ready yet. Insulted, Lynley declares that this slight means he will ensure the play will never be performed, even if it's the last thing he does; he will return to his office for a banning order. Donna assumes that this explains why Love's Labour's Won was never shown and is quite disappointed by the lack of mystery. Lilith, having overheard Lynley, contacts her mothers to warn them; they insist that the play must be performed the next night. She tells them to calm down and chant with her, adding hair she secretly took from Lynley to a doll; it is now a voodoo doll, which Lilith plunges into a bucket of water. The Doctor, Donna and Shakespeare hear a commotion in the street and run out, where Lynley is seen vomiting water as he drowns on dry land. Lilith stabs the doll in the chest, and Lynley collapses, dead.

Donna and the Doctor try helping him, with the Doctor noting that it's like something struck Lynley's heart. Donna attempts CPR but is shocked to find Lynley's lungs full of water. The Doctor calmly announces to the crowd that Lynley has died a natural death, of a sudden imbalance of the humours. He asks for a constable to take Lynley's corpse; Lilith offers to fetch one, walking off with a hidden grin on her face. Confused, Donna asks the Doctor why he told the crowd a lie. The Doctor whispers that they've still got "one foot in the Dark Ages", and any seemingly unnatural answer would lead them to think that it was witchcraft. When Martha asks what actually killed Lynley, the Doctor responds, "witchcraft", confusing her further.

Inside the inn, they wonder about Lynley's murder, but Shakespeare is equally confused by Donna’s training as a doctor, wondering what kind of land Freedonia is. Donna defends herself by saying that in Freedonia, women can have any profession they can also take a first aid course a few nights a week. The Bard then asks the Doctor how he can have eyes so old for someone young; the Doctor replies he does "a lot of reading". Shakespeare sees it as a trite reply, something he'd do himself; both would rather not go into detail if they can help it. Dolly informs the Doctor and Donna that she's prepared a room for them. Shakespeare explains he still has to finish writing the end of the play and bids the Doctor goodnight, saying he will solve why the constant performance from him tomorrow. The Doctor then gives Shakespeare his "All the world's a stage" line before retiring for the night. Donna is less than impressed with the room, complaining she doesn't even have a toothbrush commenting she will not be leaving a good review. The Doctor gives her one from one of his pockets, explaining it contains Venusian spearmint. An excited Donna says these oddities remind her of Harry Potter; with a smile, the Doctor tells her "Wait to till you read book seven. Oh, I cried." She then asks if magic really exists, to which he states it doesn't — this looks like magic but isn't. Donna Stated that this is good because she's only just started believing in time travel. Meanwhile, Lilith entrances Shakespeare in his room with a potion and, using a marionette, compels him to write a strange concluding paragraph to Love's Labour's Won. She is discovered by Dolly, who had just finished her work to help "relax" Will. Lilith shows her true face, scaring Dolly with a snarl. Upon hearing another scream ring through the inn, the Doctor and a sleepy Donna run in to find Dolly's body as Shakespeare wakes; the Doctor notes that Dolly's heart gave out from a powerful fright. Through the window, Donna is startled to see Lilith flying away on a broomstick. When asked by the Doctor what she saw, She shakes and answers, "A witch".

In the morning the Doctor, Donna and Shakespeare are none the wiser about what has happened. Correctly guessing that Shakespeare is central to the witch's plot, Donna accidentally mentions to Shakespeare he will write about witches. Shakespeare then remembers Peter Streete spoke of witches; he was the architect for the Globe Theatre. This leads the Doctor to investigate the Globe next. There, he wonders why the theatre is tetradecagal, knowing he's heard of something before that involves the number 14, but can't seem to remember it. The Doctor asks Shakespeare why the Globe was designed like this and he explains the architect thought it allowed the sound to carry well. When questioned as to the whereabouts of Peter Streete, Shakespeare says that he was admitted to Bedlam, which the Doctor decides is their next stop. Shakespeare follows after him after giving his actors the final draft of his play. He tells them the Queen may come, before muttering "As if. She never does."

The actors rehearse, with the lead actor reading what he thinks is gibberish; he guesses Will was dozing off as he wrote it. This alerts the witches, who say it's too soon for their spell. However, Lilith assures them it's just a preview of what's to come that night. They all cackle in glee as a spirit appears to the actors before they can finish reading the spell. It fades away into cinders without a word, making the duo swear to keep it a secret for fear of getting committed to Bedlam.

Once at Bedlam, Donna and the Doctor are disgusted to learn that the patients are whipped to entertain the gentry but Shakespeare defends its purpose, saying that fear of the place helped "set him right". The Doctor notes that Shakespeare fell into depression after his son's death, and the Bard admits he began to question the futility of existence, quoting "To be or not to be", from his future play when explaining what he felt then. The Doctor advises him to write it down, but Shakespeare wonders if the line is a "bit pretentious". The three of them are led into Streete's cell, where the Doctor finds he is suffering from catatonia. This visit causes Lilith to sense something is amiss; she and her mothers look into their cauldron and find the Doctor at the mad house with Shakespeare. Lilith notes the Doctor was at the inn with Shakespeare and smells of something new. Fearing that they would be revealed if the Doctor can get Peter to talk, Lilith has Doomfinger transport herself. In the cell, the Doctor uses his telepathy to help Peter think that all the horrible things that happened to him were nothing more than an illusion, calming the man and making him aware of their presence. On the Doctor's order, Streete reveals that witches spoke to him and made him design the Globe to their design, not his own; once he had served his usefulness, they snapped his wits to keep him quiet about their plans. Once he reveals to the Doctor that the witches were based in All Hallows Street, however, Mother Doomfinger suddenly appears in the cell and kills Peter with a touch to the heart. A Terrified Donna yells to be let out of the cell but is told by the Doctor that it's pointless, as the entire building is yelling that.

Doomfinger looks around to stop the heart of her next victim, asking who would like to go first. The Doctor steps forward to confront her; Doomfinger explains no-one on Earth has knowledge of them, but the Doctor, who has been listening carefully, begins narrowing down the facts: humanoid females that channel energy into power through words. The Doctor figures out that the 14 walls of the Globe are based on the 14 stars of the Rexelconfiguration. He then names Doomfinger a Carrionite, which causes her to disappear. The Doctor explains the Carrionites produce their "magic" through an ancient science based on the power of words.

In the witches' home, a wheezing Doomfinger rejoins Bloodtide and Lilith; she tells them that the Doctor knows of their nature, panicking she reveals he spoke their true name. Lilith promises to kill the Doctor as the bells ring outside. She instructs her mothers to go the Globe and wait for her; Lilith will be waiting for the Doctor to find their home so she can kill him and put an end to his threat to their plans.

Back at The Elephant Inn, the Doctor explains that the Carrionites vanished at the dawn of the universe; thus it was left to debate whether they were actually real. "I'm going for real," Shakespheare quips. However, it seems some of the Carrionites are back. How they managed to get back is quickly figured out by Donna and the Doctor; when Shakespeare was grieving for his son, he wrote something in a play that allowed them access to Earth. The Carrionites now plan on using Will's brilliant words inside the Globe as an energy converter to bring the rest of their species back; "Love's Labour's Won is a weapon!" The Doctor sends Shakespeare to stop the show whilst he and Donna go to All Hallows Street to thwart the witches. Per his orders, Shakespeare bursts on to the Globe's stage and tells the crowd that they will be getting a refund, but the play must not be performed. His actors think Will's being a critic about his own work. However, Bloodtide and Doomfinger are there waiting, using their voodoo doll to knock Will out by tapping its head. The actors, assuming Will is drunk, carry him backstage and apologise to the crowd, resuming the play. Amused, Bloodtide tells her sister that no-one that can stop them now; humanity will doom itself.

The Doctor and Donna reach All Hallows Street, with Donna questioning how this could cause a problem, as she's living proof that the world didn't end this year. Annoyed, the Doctor tells her that it's like Back to the Future, where if the past is significantly changed, the entire present day will be rewritten into something entirely different; now fearful, she wonders if she's going to start fading away, which the Doctor confirms if they don't stop the witches. The Doctor wonders which house they need to go to before a nearby door creaks open; "Make that witch house." They confront Lilith, who is expecting them inside, She confirms the Doctor's suspicions: the three Carrionites hope to gain entry for the rest of their species, eliminate the humans, begin a new empire on Earth and spread out from there. Donna , re-enacting the Doctor's actions at Bedlam, tries to neutralise her by speaking the name Carrionite, but Lilith mocks her, since naming only works once. To prove her point she names Donna Noble, rendering her unconscious but unable to harm her more, as she adds that she she must be out of her own time. Lilith tries to do the same to the Doctor, but fails, as her psychic power is unable to uncover his real name. She senses Something in his mind that could hurt him and tries to weaken him by naming it utter the words "Confession Dial", but he assures her that that she chose the poorly because that keeps him fighting and demands to know how the Carrionites came to be on Earth. Lilith explains the Eternals found the correct word to banish the Carrionites into darkness, but the three were able to escape using the power of Shakespeare's grief over his son, as she calls it the grief of a genius and intend to free the others. She approaches seductively, which the Doctor says definitely won't work on him, and then quickly cuts a lock of his hair. Taking flight through the window, Lilith attaches the hair to a doll, which the Doctor says is basically a DNA replication module and stabs it in the heart, making the Doctor collapse. Believing him to be dead, Lilith flies to the Globe, leaving him and Donna behind. Donna soon awakens, thinking the Doctor is dead as well, but finds he's still alive due to his procession of a secondary heart. With her help, the Doctor manages to re-start his other heart and they proceed to the Globe together to stop the Carrionites.

However, at the Globe, the actors have reached the end of the play. Doomfinger and Bloodtide are joined by Lilith, who tells them of her supposed success. The lead actor recites the final incantation, and a vortex appears in the middle of the Globe. Much to the horror of the audience, Carrionites emerge and swarm the skies outside; laughing wickedly at their terror, Lilith locks the audience in. The Doctor and Donna arrive to find Shakespeare regaining consciousness and rubbing his head in pain. After making a joke about his eventual balding, the Doctor goes on stage to try undoing the damage but finds only Shakespeare can. Joining the Doctor, Shakespeare is told to improvise a verse to get rid of the Carrionites, as he is the most brilliant wordsmith. The Carrionites in the theatre wither in fear of his words, but William gets stuck on the last one, unable to think of a rhyme. Donna panics and blurts out "Expelliarmus" and the Carrionites together with all the extant copies of Love's Labour's Won are sucked back through the portal. Donna, Shakespeare and the actors are left to take their bows before the applause of the audience, who think it was all special effects. The Doctor recovers Lilith's orb and finds the three "witches" trapped, screaming in their own crystal ball.

In the morning, Shakespeare flirts once more with Donna as the Doctor returns from the prop room carrying a skull, which he states reminds him of a Sycorax; Shakespeare states he'll take that word from him as well. "I must be on 10% now," the Doctor thinks. The Doctor gives Will a neck brace for his pain, advising him to keep it as it looks good on him. Looking at the crystal ball, he says he has a nice dark attic in the TARDIS for the Carrionites to scream in for all eternity, and that he needs to get Donna back to Freedonia. However, Will reveals to the Doctor that he actually means they will be leaving this era, and shares his deduction that the Doctor is not of the Earth and that Donna is from the future.

Shakespeare claims that he and the Doctor aren't so different; both are men of great intellect. He ponders rewriting the play but is told not to as it would risk releasing the Carrionites, as they could manipulate him into rewriting the spell. Accepting this, Will announces that he will now focus on writing about sons and fathers in honour of his son, Hamnet. Donna is surprised by this, asking Will about the name; obviously, Will is going to base Hamlet on his son. For his "Raven Haired Lady", he produces the sonnet, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" in her honour, but is interrupted when two of his actors burst in. To Will's shock, they tell him the Queen has heard of last night's production and wishes to see the play for herself.

Queen Elizabeth enters, much to the Doctor's amusement. However, it seems they have met before in her past; he is deemed her "sworn enemy". The Queen declares, "Off with his head!" This shocks the Doctor as he has yet to meet her, but comments that he is looking forward to finding out what he will do to offend her. He is then Encouraged to run by Donna to keep himself alive. Together they run through the streets back to the TARDIS as the guards run after them and slam the door just as an arrow embeds itself in the TARDIS' exterior before dematerialisation.

The Unicorn And The Wasp

The TARDIS materialises outside a country estate, hidden by trees; the Twelfth Doctor and Donna Noble step out. The Doctor smells the air, which has the scent of mint and lemonade and tells Donna that they have landed in the 1920s. Donna wonders if the Doctor really could tell the year by smell; he tells her it's true. However, she then points out that the vintage car coming up the driveway may have given it away. They both hide.

The car's driver, Professor Peach, parks outside the house. He is promptly greeted by his old friend, the butler Greeves, just as the local reverend, Arnold Golightly, arrives on his bicycle. As the servants take their luggage, they exchange a few words. Peach decides to go to the library to do some research on his own. Golightly tells Professor Peach that they're at a party, he should try to relax; constantly working will be the death of him.

Watching from the side of the house, Donna tells the Doctor to forget about planet Zog, a party in the 1920s is much more fun. The Doctor tells her that the trouble is that they haven't been invited; however, then pulls out the psychic paper, saying "oh, right. Yes, we are!". Donna heads back into the TARDIS to find a dress from the 1920s to wear for the party.

In the library, Professor Peach looks at one document and realises that he was right about something kept secret all these years. Suddenly, a shadowy person comes in, and Peach quickly hides his papers, telling the person that he was just doing some mundane research. He then asks the mysterious person what he is doing with a lead pipe. The mysterious person's eyesight becomes purple as Peach mumbles, "That's impossible!". The mysterious person revealed to be a giant wasp, suddenly swings the piece of pipe at Peach's head as the Professor screams...

Back outside, the Doctor is impatiently waiting outside the TARDIS for Donna to finish changing into proper attire, reminding her that they'll be late for cocktails. Donna comes out in a period dress and with her hair done up and asks, "What do you think? Flapper or slapper?" The Doctor smiles and responds, "Flapper. You look lovely." They head for the front lawn. They are greeted by Lady Clemency Eddison, who wonders who they are. The Doctor uses the psychic paper to fake an invite and comes up with a story about meeting her at an ambassador's reception. Lady Eddison excuses herself as she is being cautious because the Unicorn is about. The Doctor, at first, mistakes this for an actual unicorn before Lady Eddison clears up the confusion by explaining that "the Unicorn" is a notorious jewel thief who is on the loose and has just struck again, having just stolen some pearls.

Next, they meet Lady Eddison's wheelchair-using husband, Colonel Hugh Curbishley, and their son Roger, who starts to hit on Donna with the Doctor sarcastically worry of this is going to become a recurring thing. the Colonel has been in his wheelchair since 1918 due to a terrible illness. Donna is confused why Lady Eddison has a different surname and the Doctor explains that the Eddison title descends through Lady Eddison, not the Colonel; one day Roger will be a lord. Roger secretly flirts with Davenport, the male servant; Donna and the Doctor easily pick up on the homosexual relationship between them and whisper sly quips to each other. Donna says, "All the decent men are on the other bus," to which the Doctor adds, "Or Time Lords." Next to arrive is Reverend Golightly, whom Lady Eddison congratulates on the apprehension of two boys who tried robbing his church last Thursday night. Following him is the socialite Robina Redmond. Last to come is British mystery writer, Agatha Christie. The Doctor is ecstatic about meeting her, as she is another of his favourite authors. He admits that he was only surprised once by her books, but "It was a good once!". Still a young writer at this point, she has recently published her sixth novel. The Doctor and Donna are both impressed when she calmly notices that they're not married, as Donna has no wedding ring. Agatha is, however, unwilling to talk about her husband, who will not be joining them. Seeing that they are a person short, Lady Eddison tells Miss Chandrakala to go into the house and find Professor Peach. Golightly mentions that Peach said he was going to the library; when Miss Chandrakala investigates the library, her face changes to a look of horror...

The Doctor acquires a newspaper from Hugh's chair and reads it. He immediately realises that something is wrong when he shows Donna the date, 8 December 1926, the day Agatha Christie disappeared. He calmly explains that Agatha has just discovered that her husband is having an affair. Being British, these people would normally just carry on with typical stiff upper lips, but this time, that won't happen. Tomorrow morning, unfortunately, her car will be found abandoned by the side of a lake; ten days later, Agatha will turn up in a hotel in Harrogate with no memory of what happened. adding that She never spoke about what happened to the day she died, a surprised Donna then asks the Doctor, "Then it's about to happen..."; he finishes his voice filled with obvious sadness "...right here, right now." Their train of thought is interrupted when Miss Chandrakala comes running back, yelling frantically that the Professor has been murdered in the library!

The Doctor and Donna race to the library to find the Professor's body, shortly followed by Agatha. The Doctor examines the body and determines that blunt force trauma was the likely cause of death, and notes that the watch broke as the victim fell which pinpoints the exact time of death to 4:15 PM. Agatha discreetly takes a piece of paper from the fireplace, but the Doctor notices her reflection in the bookcase. Donna softly asks the Doctor if he noticed the professor's murder is like the board game "Cluedo". The others arrive on the scene and decide to call the police. However, the Doctor uses his psychic paper to identify himself as Chief Inspector Smith of Scotland Yard, aka "the Doctor" and Donna as "the plucky young girl who helps me out". Donna takes issue with this description, but the Doctor quietly explains that there are no policewomen in 1926. While Agatha keeps the others in the sitting room until he's ready to question them, Donna asks the Doctor why they aren't calling the real police. He explains that he has found "morphic residue" which isn a by-product of shape-shifting on the floor. This means that one of the others is an alien that’s taken human form. Donna then says the situation is weird; Agatha Christie wasn't literally surrounded by murder. She compares it to Charles Dickens being surrounded by ghosts at Christmas. The Doctor pauses smirking and says that he would actually love to experienced that, as Donna then asks if they could "drive cross country and find Enid Blyton having tea with Noddy", before asking if Noddy is real. The Doctor confirms he isn't, then rushes off.

While the Doctor tastes the residue to determine what left it, they walk past the sitting room. Donna then asks if it's like Murder on the Orient Express, where everyone did it. Agatha overhears this and finds the idea brilliant. Donna tries to tell her it's one of her best books, but the Doctor quietly hints to her that it hasn't actually been written yet, so Donna takes advantage of this to get it copyrighted in her name. The Doctor explains he and Agatha will question the suspects, handing Donna a magnifying glass to search the rooms upstairs for clues and, he whispers, more residue. The Doctor expresses joy at being able to solve a murder mystery with Agatha. She reluctantly agrees to work with him, unhappy at the Doctor's casual attitude toward the murder.

During the interviews, the guests recount their stories of what they were doing at 4:15 PM. Each is revealed to be hiding something, except for Reverend Golightly, who claims to have been unpacking in his room. Lady Eddison claims to have been taking tea, however, she was truly surreptitiously consuming liquor. Robina Redmond claims to have been using the toilet, whilst really she was in the bathroom loading a tiny pistol. Roger Curbishley claims to have been walking alone, when he was actually having a tryst with his lover Davenport, one of the servants. Colonel Hugh claims he was reading military memoirs in the study to cover that he was actually viewing pornography and fantasising about can-can dancers - which causes him to slip into a second flashback. The Doctor manages to snap him out of it, much to Hugh's embarrassment. Agatha points out that they have nothing to go on, mentioning they need to use "ze little grey cells". This prompts the Doctor to talk about his fondness for the character of Poirot, which then causes him to remember being in Belgium once to rescue Charlemagne from an insane computer. Agatha snaps him out of this flashback and he apologises. She then points out Charlemagne lived centuries ago. The Doctor tells her that he has a very good memory, before being told he missed an important clue. The Doctor then sarcastically asks if it's the bit of paper she nicked from the fireplace, explaining that he saw her. Agatha is surprised by the Doctor having noticed this, calling him a "crafty man", much to his amusement. Agatha produces the paper she removed earlier with the letters "a-i-d-e-n", preceded by one illegible letter. It obviously spells "maiden", although neither she nor the Doctor is able to divine its significance. They hope Donna will be able to bring them more clues.

Meanwhile, Donna has come upon a locked door during her part of the investigation. She encounters Greeves, who informs her that Lady Eddison has kept the room shut for the last 40 years, after spending six months in it recovering from malaria following her return from India. With Donna pulling rank on him as an investigator from Scotland Yard, Greeves has no choice but to open the door for her. She then dismisses him. Inside the room, it is bare except for a solitary child's teddy, making Donna wonder even more why it has been sealed. She then hears a buzzing from the window, commenting that the 1920s, unlike her own time, still had bees. When she pulls back the curtain, instead of a trapped and harmless bee there is a ridiculously giant wasp outside the window. The wasp breaks in and tries attacking her, as Donna backs up to the window, she instinctively begins yelling for the Doctor, who would know what to do against this thing. Using the magnifying glass, Donna burns the wasp with the sun's rays, allowing her to run outside just as the wasp impales its stinger in the door. The Doctor and Agatha arrive, asking what she was yelling for. Donna tells the Doctor that she encountered a giant wasp, piquing the Doctor's curiosity. Agatha dismisses the idea, thinking she was scared away by a normal, tiny insect. Donna defends herself with her usual gusto: "When I say 'giant', I don't mean 'big'; I mean flippin' enormous!", pointing to the giant stinger still embedded in the door. The Doctor opens the door to find that the wasp has "buzzed off". Agatha tries to touch the stinger, but the Doctor tells her not to do so. He takes out a vial and pencil to collect a sample. He tells them that there are plenty of alien insects, but none should be in this galactic vector. Agatha understands some of the Doctor's words, but now thinks he's insane. Donna asks the Doctor if the wasp was harmless without its stinger is gone. The Doctor tells her that because of its size, the wasp will be able to grow a new one. Agatha then tells him that there is no such thing as giant wasps. The Doctor tells her that she is right, but points out the question is why it's here.

In the kitchen, Davenport is speculating about the murder with another of the servants while cooking dinner, wondering who would want to kill Professor Peach. The other servant, Mrs Hart, speculates that it's what happens when a party is thrown by the rich and famous. Miss Chandrakala, who is there, dismisses the idea, telling them to get back to work. However, she then has an epiphany, realising exactly what Professor Peach had discovered in the library when he was murdered. Miss Chandrakala tells them that she must speak to Lady Eddison and rushes outside to find her. However, a figure watches from above and knocks over a stone gargoyle from the ledge. It lands on Miss Chandrakala with a loud thud. Hearing the thud and Miss Chandrakala's cry, the Doctor, Agatha, and Donna rush outside to find her slipping away. As she dies, Miss Chandrkala leaves them with a cryptic message: "The poor little child..." Seeing the wasp hovering above the building, the Doctor, Donna and Agatha give chase. Donna notes how the roles are reversed this time as they're chasing the monster now. Agatha is still in denial about the wasp being real, thinking it's some kind of illusion done with mirrors. They find it coming in through a skylight. The Doctor tries reasoning with it before they barely dodge an attack. Donna gets the wasp's attention and holds up the magnifying glass to threaten it with another shot of focused sunlight. It flies into the next hall as the Doctor yells for them to hurry, and not let it return to human form. Entering the hallway, the Doctor shouts, "There's nowhere to run. Show yourself!" All of the doors open and every suspect appears, looking confused, leading the Doctor to protest "That's just cheating!".

Everyone gathers in the sitting room, where they pressure Agatha to solve the murders. However, she tells them that she is only a writer; the Doctor is their best chance at solving the case now. She retreats to the garden. Donna follows her to try to restore her confidence. Agatha sadly admits having found her husband with another woman. Donna compares that with her own trouble with men. She also suggests that someday Agatha's books may be turned into talking films, before realising her gaffe. Agatha, however, thinks that her books may fade out of interest over time, and she will be forgotten. She then notices a box nearby that has crushed some flowers. Donna points out that nobody else would have noticed that. They take the box to the Doctor, who is in the sitting room, The contents are full of a thief's tools, and they suspect that the Unicorn is one of the guests. Greeves arrives and gives them their drinks. Donna asks the Doctor what he found out about the venom from the stinger. Taking out the vial, the Doctor explains that the venom comes from a Vespiform, a race of aliens who have hives in the Silfrax Galaxy. However, the question remains as to why it's on Earth and acting like a character out of one of Agatha's books. Donna then asks Agatha what Miss Marple would do, pointing out the character's M.O. before again realising that she has given yet another idea to Agatha. Donna decides to have Agatha copyright Miss Marple to both of them. The Doctor then calls to Donna with a blank face, saying something is inhibiting his enzymes. He suddenly begins convulsing in pain; someone has poisoned his drink. Agatha smells the drink, deducing from the telltale scent of bitter almonds that the poison is cyanide. The Doctor rushes to the kitchen, frantically asking for ginger beer, Upon finding a bottle, he drinks some and then pours the rest on himself. Agatha tells him that as an expert in poisons, she knows that there is no cure for cyanide and that it is fatal. The Doctor points out that he being a Time Lord, can stimulate the inhibited enzymes into reversal, thus curing himself. He next asks for protein and is given walnuts. Then he mimes a need for salt; when Donna tries to give him a bag of salt, he says pure saltis "too salty", so Agatha gives him a bottle of anchovies. Finally, he says he needs a big shock. Promptly, Donna kisses him. The Doctor exhales the poison in a cloud of smoke, saying he should detoxify more often. Agatha is flabbergasted, exclaiming, "Doctor, you are impossible! Who are you?"

Thunder and lightning have arrived by nightfall, as they are all seated in the dining room, the Doctor points out that they are still having dinner even though two people have died. Lady Eddison asks what he would want them to do; being British, they carry on. The Doctor then tells the guests that one of them has failed to poison him. Anyone of them could have put cyanide in his drink. He then mentions it gave him an idea. When Golightly asks what it is, the Doctor responds, "Well, poison.", causing the guests to immediately cease eating. He tells everyone the souphas been laced with pepper. Colonel Hugh finds the extra spice delightful, but the Doctor explains that the active ingredient in pepper is piperine, traditionally used as an insecticide.

At that moment, there is a flash of lightning and a thunderclap. A sudden gust of wind blows open the windows, and the candles go out. The Doctor asks the startled group to listen, and sure enough, the wasp's buzzing becomes audible again. Lady Eddison exclaims, "No...it can't be!" Agatha meanwhile stands up and calls, "Show yourself, demon!" It does, above a painting, and the guests flee the dining room with Greeves pulling Donna to safety. The Doctor, Greeves, Donna and Agatha end up in the same room, just outside the dining room. The Doctor takes a sword from a nearby coat of arms and draws it. Donna half-jokes with Greeves beside her, "Well, we know the butler didn't do it." The Doctor asks in response, "Then who did?". The Doctor rushes back in with the sword in hand and the others in tow, the lights come back on. The wasp is nowhere to be found. Lady Eddison, who was in her seat the whole time, then notices that her necklace, "the Firestone", is stolen. Davenport then sadly says Roger's name. Robina looks over to Roger and reflexively screams in horror, but Lady Eddison's wails quickly drown her out. The Vespiform has stabbed Roger in the back, and he has slumped forward into the soup. Lady Eddison goes over to her son, crying over his death.

Later, in the sitting room, the lightning and thunder continue outside. Agatha is trying her best to cope with what's happened, with the Doctor at her side. Donna enters, feeling sorry for Davenport; he can't mourn Roger, because of the social mores of the 1920s. Agatha then asks Donna if she inquired about the Firestone. According to Donna, it's a priceless jewel that Lady Eddison brought back from India 40 years ago. The Doctor then begins wondering why the Vespiform hasn't used its abilities to kill them all already; instead, it's been playing this game. Agatha tells the Doctor to stop as she knows the murderer is as human as them. The Doctor then realises that Agatha is right. He tells her that he's been so caught up in figuring out this giant wasp, that he's forgotten that she's the expert. Agatha again refuses to believe her work is any good, dismissing herself as "just a purveyor of nonsense". The Doctor tells her that the reason her books are so good is because she knows the human mind well. If anyone can solve the case, it is Agatha. With her confidence restored, Agatha, the Doctor and Donna call the remaining four suspects together in the sitting room. The Doctor introduces Agatha, inviting her to begin. He takes a seat beside Donna. Between the two of them, the Doctor with his head rested on his hand and Donna munching a tray of grapes like one might eat popcorn, they both look ready for something big to unfold.

Agatha starts with Robina and quickly exposes her as an impostor due to her terminology, saying "toilet" instead of the upper-class "loo". They found the thief tool box below her bathroom window. Agatha concludes Robina must have thrown them out when she heard Donna was searching the rooms. "Robina" is the Unicorn! Losing her fake posh accent for an East-End one, the Unicorn reveals she stole and still has the Firestone, handing it over to the Doctor. She tells them that although she may be a thief, she's no killer. Agatha then turns her attention to the Colonel. He confesses that he does not actually need his wheelchair. He faked a disability in order to keep Lady Eddison at his side, fearing she would fall in love with another man, to which she is quite touched. When asked how Agatha figured out the truth, she tells him that she didn't. Much to his embarrassment, she was simply going to say he was innocent.

Agatha picks up the Firestone and says that it has quite the history explaining it is far more than the Unicorn's prize. She turns to Lady Eddison, who quickly pleads her innocence. Agatha asks Lady Eddison to tell them the story of bringing the jewel back from India, then suffering from malaria and keeping herself confined in her room for six months. Then, ignoring her pleas to stop, Agatha concludes that Lady Eddison actually came back from India pregnant. She concealed it with the aid of Miss Chandrakala, her Indian maid and confidante who would eventually become her housekeeper. Colonel Curbishley asks his wife if it's true; she confesses it is, explaining she had no choice but to hide her pregnancy because of the scandal and shame it would bring to the family name. After all, "I'm British...I carry on."; Lady Eddison then drinks some liquor to calm her nerves. The Doctor then takes control from Agatha momentarily, as they are now in his territory; he states that it was no ordinary pregnancy Lady Eddison experienced. The one thing about the dining room murder that has left him puzzled is her exclaiming "It can't be" at the sound of the Vespiform's buzzing; Lady Eddison tells the Doctor that he would never believe her if she told him. However, Agatha encourages Lady Eddison by explaining that the Doctor has opened her own mind into believing in the many possibilities the universe can hold.

Lady Eddison explains. In 1885, she was alone one night in Delhi, when she saw a purple shooting star land nearby. The next day, she met a young man named Christopher, with whom she quickly fell in love and had an affair. Christopher revealed that he was a Vespiform who took human form to study Earth, but Lady Eddison loved him so much, she didn't care. Soon after, during the great monsoon when the Jamuna River broke its banks, he drowned. However, he left her both the Firestone and pregnant. Out of shame of the scandal that her out-of-wedlock baby would bring, Lady Eddison sadly gave up the child for adoption.

Donna then realises that "maiden" on the paper meant "maiden name", which Agatha verifies as the reason Professor Peach was killed. He had found out who the child was and who his parents were, by discovering the birth certificate. Agatha then tells Lady Eddison that Miss Chandrakala had correctly feared that Professor Peach had found out the truth. She was coming to warn her. Just as Lady Eddison is about to break down, Agatha says that she is innocent of murder. She turns it back over to the Doctor.

He pops up as Agatha sits back down and starts, "Thank you! At this point, when we consider the lies and the secrets that are key to these events..." Firstly, the Doctor points at a confused Donna. However, he simply says that she was right — the vital clue was that everything in this story has been acted out like a murder mystery. He next points at Agatha. Donna wonders if Agatha was involved, as Agatha is taken aback. The Doctor dismisses the idea quickly, saying that she simply wrote those brilliant, clever books. The Doctor then points at Lady Eddison, who is such an admirer of Agatha's works, and asks what she was doing the previous Thursday night. It turns out that Lady Eddison was reading her favourite Agatha Christie book, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. She asks how it is relevant. The Doctor then points out that the church robbery which Golightly foiled also happened on Thursday night. He goes on to point out how unlikely it would have been for Golightly to defeat two strong, younger men. It has also been forty years since Lady Eddison gave birth and it just so happens that Golightly is 40 years old. Lady Eddison is stunned as the Doctor proclaims, "Your child has come home." He recalls Golightly's earlier statement that he was taught by the Christian Fathers, meaning that he was raised in an orphanage. The Doctor postulates that the night of the robbery, Golightly became deeply angry for the first time in his life. The genetic lock keeping him in human form was broken, and his alien biology was awakened. He transformed, frightening the thieves into submission.

The Doctor then takes the Firestone and holds it up, revealing that it is actually a Vespiform telepathic recorder. It is part of Golightly's brain and his very essence. When Golightly transformed for the first time, the Firestone also activated and beamed his full identity directly into his mind. Because Lady Eddison was both wearing the Firestone and reading a book by Agatha at the time, his template for how the world should work was distorted - to him, it was an Agatha Christie murder mystery.

After all the false starts, Donna wonders if Golightly is definitely the murderer; the Doctor confirms it. Slightly miffed, Golightly says the evening has been entertaining and asks Lady Eddison if she believes what she's heard - but buzzes on saying her name. He does it again when the Doctor asks him to repeat what he just said, before warning the Doctor not to make him angry. Golightly sneers at the others, saying that humans worship tribal "sky gods" while he is so much more. After the upload of information from the Firestone, he wanted to take what was his, inheriting the Eddison title. Blinded by rage, Golightly focuses on Agatha Christie, asking why he shouldn't just kill everyone, as a pink light surrounds him. Completely losing his temper, Golightly transforms into his wasp form. A frantic Lady Eddison reaches out as if to hug him, but is held back by the others as they retreat into a corner. At this Agatha snatches the Firestone, screaming, "No! No more murder! If my imagination made you kill, then my imagination will find a way to stop you, foul creature!"

As she runs out of the room with Lady Eddison still screaming hysterically, Golightly pursues her and the Firestone, with the Doctor and Donna following them. Agatha takes a car and drives away, yelling for Golightly to chase her, which he does. The Doctor and Donna follow the two of them in the late Professor Peach's car. The Doctor ominously warns that "time is in flux" explaining history may change, and it may be that tonight could be the night that Agatha Christie loses her life!

Agatha leads the creature to the Silent Pool lake. Stopping, she gets out and calls Golightly to her. As they arrive and hurry to her side, Donna realises that Agatha is controlling Golightly. The Doctor notes that Agatha is linked to his mind because his mind is based on her thought processes; Agatha replies that if she dies, then it might die with her. The Doctor tries to persuade Golightly that he was not meant to be a killer, and has the wrong template in his mind. Donna seizes the opportunity to snatch the Firestone from Agatha's grasp and hurl it into the water. Golightly shoots over their heads, splashes into the lake and is drowned, as his father had been in the Indian monsoons forty years before. A purplish light emanates from the spot where the Firestone and Golightly sank.

Agatha gives a poetic speech as the purple light fades in the water — "Death comes as the end and justice is served." The Doctor decides to call this adventure "Murder at the Vicar's Rage"; at a look from Donna, he admits that the title needs some work. Agatha tells the Doctor there is just one more mystery left: who is he? However, she then cries out in pain and collapses. As the Doctor catches her, he realises that the two are still linked. If the Vespiform dies, so does Agatha...

However, Golightly cuts the link right before he dies. Agatha is bathed in the purple light for a few moments before she merely exhales deeply and faints. The Doctor remarks that it let her go... In the end, it chose to save her life. Donna then wonders what will happen now as the Doctor finally figures out how Agatha lost her memory. It was caused by the psychic trauma of the link between her and Golightly being severed so violently. Donna is sad that this means she'll forget meeting them. The Doctor says that they've solved their mystery and can now let — or help — history take its course. Keeping with the established timeline, the Doctor leaves Agatha's car by the lakeside, takes Agatha in the TARDIS and drops her off at the Harrogate Hotel ten days later. As they watch a confused Agatha wander over to the hotel, Donna wonders about Lady Eddison, the Colonel and the servants, asking if they would tell anyone about what happened. The Doctor reminds her that they are far too "British" to tell such a shameful story and that the Unicorn would have escaped back to London. Donna then wonders what will become of Agatha; the Doctor explains that she will get married again, see the world and keep writing. Donna sadly tells the Doctor that Agatha never thought her work was any good as they board the TARDIS.

In the TARDIS, the Doctor tells Donna that he thinks Agatha never quite forgot what happened as he pulls open a hatch below the TARDIS floor. He pulls out a chest, where he stores souvenirs under the letter "C". Amongst the various knick-knacks he tosses out of it (including the globe imprisoning the Carrionites and the chest emblem from a Cyberman), the Doctor produces Death in the Clouds, an Agatha Christie novel which features a gigantic wasp on the cover. Donna is shocked. The Doctor points out that as she had such a great mind that some of the details bled through, stuff someone with a fantastical  imagination as hers could use, such as the character of Miss Marple and the basic plot for Murder on the Orient Express. However, the Doctor then has Donna look at the copyright page in front, which shows that the book is a reprint from the year five billion. Agatha Christie is quite literally the most popular writer of all time. Donna then reminds the Doctor that Agatha never thought her work was good, but the Doctor responds, "Well, no one knows how they're going to be remembered. All we can do is hope for the best. Maybe that's what kept her writing. Same thing keeps me travelling. Onwards?" He asks Donna with a smile. "Onwards," she says, returning the smile. He pulls a lever on the console and they set off.

Midnight

The The Doctor and Donna spend some leisure time on the crystalline planet Midnight, whose crust is composed of diamonds. Though stunning and visually unique, the planet is also dangerous. The sun it orbits emits phenomenally lethal X-tonic radiation and there is no atmosphere; exposure to the surface for even a split second would result in the unfortunate person being instantly vaporised. Donna receives a call from the Doctor, who is eager for her to go on a trip to see the Sapphire Waterfall with him. The idea of spending eight hours on a bus (four hours there and four hours back) does not appeal to Donna at all as she insists that she'd prefer relaxing at the spa and sunbathing. However, the Doctor warns her to be careful because of the X-tonic radiation. Paying him no mind, since the glass she's under is fifteen feet thick, Donna agrees to try out the anti-gravity restaurant, with bibs, once he gets back. Despite her warning him to be careful, the Doctor jinxes himself: "Taking a bus full of strangers across a diamond planet called 'Midnight', what could possibly go wrong?"

He boards a shuttle bus ride to the Sapphire Waterfall. Other passengers include the Cane family; Val, Biff, and their bored teenage son Jethro,  Professor Hobbes, who is investigating the waterfall; his assistant Dee Dee Blasco; and recently-divorced businesswoman Sky Silvestry. Before they take off, the driver informs them they are taking a different route to the Waterfall Palace because of a diamond fall on the regular path. For the long journey to their destination, the hostess activates the pre-rendered entertainment for passengers, consisting of several annoying television programs. Most of the passengers seem to find the entertainment irritating rather than pleasing. The Doctor discreetly disables them with his sonic sunglasses; with most of them being thankful for the small mercy that they've been granted. This forces the passengers to talk and get to know each other better.The Doctor has an amusing conversation with Biff and Val. Later, during the passengers' meal time, the Doctor talks with Sky about travelling, remarking that he "had a friend who went to a different universe". After the meal, the Doctor talks with Dee Dee about the lost moon of Poosh over coffee in the back; Dee Dee wrote about it and was selected by Hobbes as his assistant. However, Dee Dee admits Hobbes uses her as an errand girl, rather than a proper assistant. Smiling, the Doctor asks whether or not the lost moon was found. Laughing, Dee Dee tells him no; the Doctor suggests that finding the moon might be her great discovery someday. They toast glasses over the prospect.

Later, Professor Hobbes, who has been studying Midnight, presents a slide-show about it; he considers himself an expert. He informs them that, because the X-tonic radiation would vaporise any known form of life in seconds, the planet has been totally undisturbed for millennia; even the Leisure Palace was prefabricated and dropped in from orbit. Jethro points out, to the disapproval of his parents, no one can really know anything about the planet, or whether or not life resides there. Hobbes agrees with him; no one has ever really set foot on Midnight, and no one has any real idea what is on or underneath the surface. Anything could be out there. Suddenly the shuttle stops and everyone guesses that they must have arrived at their destination. However, Professor Hobbes tells them that he's been on the trip twelve times; they never stop and it's too early for them to have arrived. Curious, the Doctor uses his psychic paper to pose as someone from the Leisure Palace insurance company. He talks to driver Joe and mechanic Claude, learning that there is nothing wrong with Crusader 50's systems; however, they are stopped. He convinces them to open the shutter to look outside; the landscape is beautiful. Mountains and cliffs and ridges, composed entirely of diamonds and sparkling in the white-blue X-tonic sun. Joe informs the Doctor that the path they're on is new and never been traversed; they're the first ever to roam this part of Midnight. Suddenly, the mechanic points out at the landscape, having apparently seen movement. He dismisses it, but the Doctor seizes on it eagerly. Before Claude can elaborate, the X-tonic starts to overwhelm the cockpit's finitoglass windscreen and Joe closes the shutter. Right before it closes, Claude sees the movement again; a shadow running towards the bus. Joe tells the Doctor that a rescue vehicle is on the way, and to keep quiet about things. The Doctor returns to the cabin, where the Hostess pushes past him to talk to the duo. Mrs Silvestry asks him what's going on, prompting everyone to talk over themselves to ask him questions. This leads them to start wondering about the amount of oxygen they have. However, the Doctor calls for silence and prompts Dee Dee, an expert on vehicles as her father is a mechanic, to explain; the air is recycled, so they can breathe for years inside the bus without any worry.

A few moments later, something begins knocking on the hull. Again, everyone panics, but the Doctor temporarily pacifies them as he listens to the knocks with a stethoscope he pulls from inside his coat. The knocking moves around the bus towards both doors, even testing one to see if it can open it. Biff knocks thrice on the door to prove the ship is sturdy; the knocks repeat his pattern. Everyone freaks out as the Doctor knocks four times on the hull to confirm if there is something outside. The knocking moves around the shuttle, making its way towards Sky, who has become hysterical, remembering a past threat her partner made to her during the divorce. The knocking stops as a dent appears in the door Sky is next to. The lights fail and the shuttle is violently rocked. The hostess distributes torches and everyone looks around to see if any are injured. Jethro notices the seats near Sky have been ripped off the floor and she is cowering in the corner. The hostess fails to contact the crew in the cabin, realises the main generator is down and opens the door to the driver cabin. Only X-tonic light can be seen, forcing her to quickly close the door. The Doctor opens up a systems panel with his sonic screwdriver to examine it for any faults, but behind the face plate are several cut wires; the driver's cabin has been ripped away, vaporising driver Joe and mechanic Claude.

Jethro calls everyone's attention back to the cowering Sky, who hasn't moved a muscle; the Doctor kneels next to her and tries conversing with her. Sky initially remains motionless but is coaxed into turning around by the Doctor. Attempts to get her to speak cause her to start repeating what everyone else says. Deciding to test how well Sky can copy them, the Doctor says the square root of pi, becoming amazed she repeats every number without fail even when they were talking over each other. The Doctor speculates about what is happening and what will happen to Sky, believing the entity that was knocking on the hull has taken over her consciousness. The backup generator comes on and the Professor tries to have everyone calm down and be rational. However, Jethro and the Doctor notice that Sky is speaking simultaneously with Hobbes, and everyone else for that matter. The Doctor decides to test Sky by saying random terms, nonsense words and reciting the alphabet and abruptly stopping, with Sky perfectly copying him in perfect sync.

The passengers contemplate throwing Sky outside, horrifying the Doctor, who thinks that the entity might be trying to learn from them. He tries to calm everyone down, however, his attempt to take charge backfires as the passengers become suspicious of him, especially when he proves unwilling to reveal his real name or origin and admits to feeling a thrill from the situation. The passengers contemplate throwing him out too if he gets in the way of them trying to save themselves. However, as the Doctor protests that they will need him to survive if the entity turns out to be malevolent, Sky stops repeating everyone and focuses solely on the Doctor. To try reasoning with the consciousness in Sky, the Doctor attempts to offer it help with finding a voice of its own without stealing his. However, when the Doctor asks the entity if it can agree with him, he has spoken after Sky. The Doctor is now repeating Sky's words, motionless and clearly strained as if fighting something. Most reason that it's the Doctor that is possessed now, as Sky can move again. However, the hostess and Dee Dee think this is just the next step: stealing the voice of another as the Doctor had predicted. The other passengers refuse to listen, with Hobbes furiously telling Dee Dee that he considers her to be "average at best", and decide to throw the Doctor out the nearest door, all the while being goaded on by Sky, who is strangely happy despite the madness going on. The Doctor shows minimal signs of resistance to being pulled towards a door by Biff and a reluctant Hobbes as Sky describes how the entity is insidious and gets inside the humans' heads.

However, the hostess realises that Sky is not talking in her own voice; she uses two phrases the Doctor had used earlier, Molto bene and Allons-y. The entity in Sky has stolen the Doctor's voice. "Sky" notices the hostess is not fooled by her performance and is fearful. To save the Doctor, the hostess sacrifices herself grabbing hold of "Sky" and opening the door. They are both sucked out of the bus and into the X-tonic sunlight. After the door closes and the entity is gone, the Doctor slowly recovers from his paralysis; Val tries defending herself by saying she knew it was Sky, The Doctors simply glares at her. The passengers wait for the rescue vehicle in a haunted silence. When the rescue bus finally comes for them, the Doctor pauses and asks whether anyone knew the hostess' name. To their great shame and remorse, the passengers realise that they never asked the name of the woman who just saved them all.

Back at the spa, the Doctor mournfully reunites with Donna. The two later discuss what happened, with the Doctor still clueless over the origin of the creature, if it survived or how many more there may be. Either way, he intends to inform the Leisure Palace Company and have them leave Midnight behind, silently orbiting the X-tonic star once again. Donna can't fathom what the Doctor would be like without a voice. The Doctor tells her, "Molto bene", with a smile. Donna copies him. Disturbed, the Doctor tells Donna not to do that, then looks away, clearly still haunted.

Galifrey Falls No More

Poppy And The Pilot

An empty university professor's office; nobody is in. The sound of mechanical whirring is heard for a while before the door opens and Nardole leads Poppy in; he gestures for her to take a seat at the professor's desk, with his arm whirring. A bolt falls off his arm, but he discretely kicks it away before poppy can notice. Smiling, Nardole leaves without a word, leaving Poppy to wait for the professor to arrive. Left to her thoughts, Poppy looks around with room with nothing but the sound ticking clocks to keep her company. She notices the TARDIS in a corner, with an "Out of Order" sign hanging on it. Poppys attention is next drawn to the professor's desk, where there's a mug filled with the Doctor's old sonic screwdrivers. She reaches out to examine one but is startled when the silence is broken by the sound of an electric guitar playing the opening bars to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. She coughs loudly to make her presence known, and the Doctor sticks his head around the door. He tells her to wait a moment. After that, Poppy listens to him clumsily put away the guitar and turn off his amp. The Doctor enters the room and takes his seat; he asks Poppy for her name. He’s been wondering why she's been attending his lectures as he knows she is not a student at the university. She admits that she actually works in the university canteen and attempts to deny sneaking into the Doctor's lectures, he counters that he has seen her and asks again why she keeps turning up, smiling at her warmly. After fumbling over a story about a girl she fancied in the canteen, Poppy confesses that she loves his lectures and always wanted to attend the university. She then challenges him, asking why the man has taken an interest in her as "plenty of people come to his lectures that aren't supposed to". He explains that he has noticed her because she smiles when she doesn't understand something, whilst the majority frown. Poppy admits she’s asked around about the Doctor, saying that it's rumoured he's lectured for over 70 years. The Doctor thinks she's simply asking about his age, but Poppy says that she wants to know what subject he's supposed to be lecturing on. It seems he has permission to talk about whatever he wishes; on one occasion, he was supposed to give a lecture on quantum physics but talked about poetry. He tells her that they're basically the same thing because of all the rhymes. The Doctor offers to be Poppy's personal tutor, and sort out her enrolment with the university, on the condition that she comes to his office at 6pm every weekday, even if someone is dying and that if she gets anything less than a First on every assignment, the tutoring will cease. As she leaves, she asks what she should call him, as everyone calls him the Doctor. He tells her it's what he's called. Poppy is sure this cannot be his real name, asking "Doctor what?" The Doctor just smiles.

Poppy goes through her daily routine: serving chips, attending the Doctor's lectures and tutoring sessions, and returning home to her foster mother, Moira. Poppy explains that the Doctor is kind of her foster tutor, as Moira goes over Poppy's assignments, where she has scored at least 87% in each subject the Doctor has taught her, even very obscure topics. Moira is worried that the Doctor might be some kind of pervert, warning Poppy to be careful of men. Annoyed, Poppy mutters under her breath she's not interested in men.

The Doctor gives a lecture on the concept of the passage of time; in truth, time doesn't pass, because life is a great magician that only allows people to live one day at a time. As people remember living yesterday, they hope they'll live another day tomorrow. He further explains that each day is like a photo, a frozen moment, which, like a movie, when played in quick succession, comes alive. The Doctor tells his audience to imagine all time happening at once. Every moment from birth to death, all the triumph and heartbreak of their lives comprising an entire city; it's the best place a person can ever hope to be. Writing on the chalkboard, the Doctor calls this Time and Relative Dimension in Space, going on to say "it means life". That night, when out at the student bar with her friends, Poppy's eye's meet those of another girl across the room. As she heads to the bar, Poppy bumps into her and notices that the girl has a gold pattern like a star in her eye.

The next morning, Poppy sees the Doctor and Nardole suspiciously hurrying through the university quad and decides to follow them out of curiosity. The pair descend into a hidden vault under the university, and Bill is surprised to find that the security door opens for her. She overhears snatches of their conversation but accidentally kicks over some clutter on the floor and fearing detection, hurriedly makes her way out again. Outside, she notices Heather, whom she recognises as the girl from the bar, sitting on a bench looking distraught. Bill asks if she is okay and enquires about the star in her eye, but Heather brushes this off as a "defect in the iris." Sensing that Heather is troubled, Poppy asks if she is "freaking out about something." Heather hesitates, before asking Poppy to come with her and see something; Poppy accepts and they set off across campus. On the way, Heather says that she hates the university but doesn't know why, remarking "Everywhere I go, I just want to leave." The pair arrive at a concrete service yard behind one of the university buildings, entering through a gap in the security fence. Heather points out a mysterious puddle on the concrete that ought not to be there, as it hasn't rained in a week. When Poppy finds this unremarkable, Heather asks her to look at her reflection in the puddle and tell her what's wrong with it. Poppy notices that her face does appear wrong in the puddle's reflection, but can't figure out how. Whilst Poppy ponders the unsettling reflection, Heather is overcome by her desire to leave and walks off, though not without regret. Poppy is left crestfallen and leaves too. When the yard is empty again, a voice issuing from the dark liquid announces that the "pilot is located".

At Christmas time, Poppy celebrates with the Doctor, giving him a rug as a present; though the Doctor admits that he hasn't gotten her anything. They discuss travelling, poppy saying that she can sense that the Doctor travels around, even though he denies it. She says "With some people you can smell the wind in their clothes." This is what she presumes her birth mother would have said, revealing that she died when Poppy was young. Poppy tells the Doctor that she apparently looks like her mother but doesn't know this as there are no photographs of her. She wonders whether photos really help after loved ones are gone, causing the Doctor to look wistfully at the photographs of Marissa and Bill’s wedding and his granddaughter Susan on his desk. At home, Poppy's foster mother Moira shows her a newly discovered box containing photos of her birth mother. Poppy weeps upon discovering that she looks just like her mother. She is shocked when she notices the reflection in a mirror in one of the photos, in which the Doctor can be seen holding the camera.

Months later, Poppy walks past the service yard again and is delighted to find Heather, who is once more staring into the puddle. Poppy calls out and Heather smiles, though her demeanour is noticeably different from the last time they met; there is a knowing look in her eyes. She asks if Poppy ever worked out what was wrong with her reflection in the puddle. When Poppy answers that she did not, Heather invites Poppy to come round and offers to show her. Remembering her hasty departure when they last met, Poppy asks Heather to promise not to go without her. Heather promises, but when Poppy has run around the building and through the gap in the fence, her friend is nowhere to be seen. Assuming Heather to have walked out on her again, Poppy is slightly offended, and leaves; not seeing Heather's screaming face beneath the surface of the puddle. As she is pulled down into the liquid, a voice announces "Pilot confirmed. Pilot engaged."

Worried about Heather and her fascination with the strange puddle, Poppy consults the Doctor. She tells him about Heather's eye and the inexplicable reflection in the puddle. On hearing this, the Doctor runs out of his office to investigate with poppy following close behind. She begins rambling on about Heather, wondering if something has taken over her mind like in the science fiction shows she's seen on Netflix, when Poppy presents an idea, which is that an alien lizard is in Heather's head, a confused Doctor states "you see a girl with a star in her eye and your first thought is that she has a lizard in her brain?" The Doctor eventually figures out that the reflection looks wrong because it is not a reflection at all. He explains that when looking at your reflection you never see your face the right way round; it looks wrong in the puddle because it looks right. Poppy then notices that the badge on her jacket is on the wrong side in the puddle. The Doctor explains that it was easier for Heather to spot because the star in her eye makes her face asymmetrical. Poppy questions how it behaves like a reflection, leading the Doctor to conclude "It's not reflecting you, it's mimicking you. There's something in the water pretending to be you." He scoops up a sample in a test tube and examines the pattern of scorch marks on the concrete nearby. Sensing danger, the Doctor sends Poppy home to keep her safe; he tells her it's just a freak optical trick to shut her up. As she heads off, the voice from the puddle declares "Passenger selected. Pursuit engaged" and the puddle begins to move.

Back at her flat, Poppy hears the shower and guesses Moira is in, However, she then gets a call from Moira, who she knows is seeing her ex-boyfriend Neville again because the mobile number belongs to him. Poppy asks if Moira allowed anyone to stay at the flat, to which Moira denies; when she asks why she simply passes it off as a random concern and hangs up. She quickly grabs an umbrella as a blunt weapon and enters the bathroom to find no-one is in there. She looks down in the drain to find Heather's starry eye star. Realising it's not a freak optical trick like the Doctor dismissed it as, Poppy runs out of the flat to see if he's still at the university. Outside St Luke's University, Poppy is confronted by Heather. When she tries to speak to her, she only mimics Poppy’s words. As Poppy steps closer, she sees that liquid is constantly pouring over Heather's body, dripping off her hair and hands; her face is pale and expressionless. Poppy is horrified, exclaiming "You're dead?" Heather suddenly glides towards her, but Poppy quickly manages to dash passed her and escapes

she rushes into the Doctor's office, where he is examining a sample of the puddle. Though in a panic she  bars the door, the puddle gushes under it and reforms itself into Heather; she tells the Doctor he was wrong about what the puddle was.

The Doctor convinces Poppy to enter his blue box, He only pause to take the ‘out of service’ sign off as they do. The Terrified Poppy protests that the box can't save them since the doors are wooden and they had windows, the doctor smiles and disappears behind her into the darkness behind them, a few seconds pass of silence and confused she turns round to see where the doctor has gone, only to turn around as the console lights up and the Doctor reveals the TARDIS. Now Fully Restored to its previous appearance post time war, Poppy pauses and asks if it's a knock-through, which the Doctor confirms is somewhat partially correct. Amazed by the sight of the console room, She compares it to a "really posh kitchen", before wondering why the doors to the TARDIS aren't as fancy; she wonders if he ran out of money building it. Annoyed, the Doctor begins pondering what to do; on the monitor, it appears that Heather hasn't moved. Poppy asks him if there's a toilet in the TARDIS, as she needs to go after having that fright. He gives her somewhat elaborate directions directions on where it is. On the way down, she Bumps into Nardole, covered in grime and brandishing a tool box, he asks if the Doctor wants Poppu removed. The Doctor tells him she needs the toilet; Nardole pauses and gives a smile before telling Poppy to wait a bit.

Suddenly the TARDIS shakes. Nardole asks what's happening, to which the Doctor explains is an attack. On the monitor, Heather is shown attacking the TARDIS to get in. The Doctor proceeds to take them down to the vault, where Poppy realises that the police box in the corner of the Doctor's office is his spaceship, which is bigger on the inside. The Doctor and Poppy infer that the puddle creature is not here for whatever is inside the vault and is instead there to chase them. Even as they reach this conclusion, however, liquid trickles down the steps and Heather reappears. She issues a piercing scream as the Doctor, Poppy and Nardole escape in the TARDIS

The Doctor decides to give Heather a challenge, taking the TARDIS away from the university. He exits the TARDIS into daylight, confusing Poppy; they are now at a dock. She asks if they've gone to the future, prompting the Doctor to tell her that they haven't; they've just moved to the other side of the world, where it's daytime. The Doctor moves out of Poppy’s sight to reveal the Sydney opera house; they're in Australia. She begins panicking and runs into a restroom in a nearby establishment.

The Doctor follows after her, asking if She is fine, She asks the Doctor if he's from space; he tells her that he's not: "Nobody's from space. I'm from a planet like everybody else." When asked if he's from Earth, the Doctor tells her "not particularly". Having Calmed down some, She then states that TARDIS doesn't make sense then, as it only works in English; if he's an alien, why would he name his spaceship in English instead of his native language? The Doctor replies that most people don't bring this up. Heather soon catches them up, forming out of droplets on a mirror, so the trio escape in the TARDIS.

Inside the TARDIS, the Doctor noted it took Heather mere minutes to catch up to them; this time, he's going to give her a real challenge. With Nardole wondering where they're going, to which the Doctor explains: the other side of the universe, 23 million years in the future. Poppu is amazed to be on an alien planet, which has a yellow sky; she wonders what it's made of. The Doctor jokes "lemon drops". She then asks the Doctor if he thinks the possessed Heather is evil; he explains that evil is based on perspective. Some things in the universe are not trying to cause harm, but are just hungry; "hunger looks like evil from the wrong end of the cutlery." He then jokingly asks if her thinks her food loves her back. Nardole asks the Doctor why he thinks the creature is hostile, to which the Doctor explains is because most things in the universe that they're encountered have turned out to be so.

The Doctor hypothesises that the puddle is a type of sentient oil or perhaps a small part of a shape-shifting "liquid spaceship" which had lain dormant until it saw something it needed. On the Doctor's prompting Poppy remembers Heather's desire to leave, explaining why the puddle chose her; it needed a pilot, someone who wanted to fly away. When Nardole asks why the creature wants Poppy, the Doctor begins to suspect that it may be the result of the mutual crush she and Heather had on one another, asking: "What, in the end, are any of us looking for? We're looking for someone who's looking for us." As the Doctor says this, Poppy looks into a pool of liquid she has found. Heather begins to rise to the surface, smiling at her, she seemingly smiles back. But then her smile fades and Heather grabs her trying to pull her down. The Doctor and Nardole free Poppy and they retreat to the TARDIS, as liquid gushes out of the pool and begins to reform.

The Doctor's last test of Heather's abilities is basic sterilisation. They are going to run her through "the deadliest fire in the universe"; Nardole likes the wording. However, the Doctor adds that there's only one way to run Heather through it, and that's to run through themselves first. Nardole notices the one flaw in that plan. However, he then notices when the TARDIS is going on the monitor; he begs the Doctor to not take them there. The Doctor hands him the Fourth Doctor's sonic screwdriver, telling him to run interference. The TARDIS lands and Poppy is curious as to why they've landed; the Doctor explains that they've arrived in a battle in the middle of a war. He's got "old friends" here. They exit the TARDIS in one direction, while Nardole goes in the other.

As they walk through the wreckage of the area, Poppy wonders if this is the future again. The Doctor tells her that this is the past (on a different planet). She wonders if they're safe, to which the Doctor says is up to Nardole; not really, Nardole tends to blunder a bit. Moments later, Movellans rush in and are blasted by Dalek fire. The Doctor and Poppy notice Heather has appeared and he leads Poppy into another corridor. They are met by a lone Dalek; the Doctor tells her that it's the deadliest fire in the universe. It demands to know who they are. The Doctor holds out his sonic screwdriver and demands it be scanned. Identified as the enemy, the Doctor smiles and quickly pulls Poppy away as the Dalek fires. The blast instead hits Heather, who appeared behind them; however, it passes through her. The Dalek fires in vain, as Heather repeats its "exterminate" cries in a seemingly annoyed tone.

Elsewhere, Nardole is sealing off the area but is caught by a Dalek and fired upon. Nardole manages to escape, yelling for the Doctor. The Doctor and Poppy attempt to get back to the TARDIS, but are halted by a shot fired by a Dalek. It says "exterminate" in a garbled voice; the Doctor knows something is off as he has tonnes of experience with Daleks. He gets close and notices something off with its eyestalk. He tells Poppy to look at it as well. Heather's eye is in it; it's not a real Dalek, just her. Nardole arrives, saying he just sealed the Daleks out of the area; he then notices the fake Dalek, freezing in fear until the Doctor tells him its Heather. The Dalek leaks fluid and dissolves into a puddle. The puddle then reforms as Heather.

The Doctor infers that the creature doesn't mean to harm Poppy, as it didn't use the Dalek's weaponry. He challenges Heather, demanding she leave Poppy and fly away; asking "why won't you just go?" At this, Poppy suddenly remembers that the last thing Heather said was a promise not to leave without her. "Never underestimate a crush" the Doctor notes, as they realise that Heather is inviting Poppy to fly with her. The Doctor tells her to release Heather, she sadly absolves her of the promise, telling her "I really liked you." However, Heather reaches out her hand poppy who takes it, in spite of the Doctor's protests. As their hands clasp a sphere of water surrounds them Poppy sees a stunning vision of planets and stars interspersed with Heather's memories of their mutual attraction.

The Doctor tells her to resist, still fearing the possibility that it is a trick. Poppy sadly says goodbye to Heather, to which Heather sadly responds "Goodbye, Poppy": the first thing she has said since her transformation that is not mimicry, indicating that Heather remains herself and is not possessed. Heather departs leaving Poppy shaken and upset. The Doctor brusquely returns to his ship while Nardole comments on the former's seemingly ignorant behaviour. Poppy comments that the tears she sheds don't feel like her own.

Back in the university office, Poppy seems to regret her decision not to leave with Heather, asking the Doctor if they will see her again and looking hopefully at the TARDIS. The Doctor says that she must forget about seeing Heather or travelling in the TARDIS and tries to wipe her memories of doing so, explaining that he must remain in disguise, unknown to everyone. She angrily retorts, asking how he would feel if someone tried to wipe his memories. The Doctor pauses and tells her to leave immediately without another question before he changes his mind. He looks at the picture of Sarah jane smith, telling it to shut up, then the same for Susan's picture. Even the TARDIS briefly hums causing the Doctor to confess he "can't keep doing this".

Outside, Poppy runs down the steps, checks that she can remember Heather, and smiles. She finds the Doctor leaning on his TARDIS on the university courtyard. He tells her that it's a big universe, but maybe one day they will find Heather. When She asks what caused him to change his mind, the Doctor responds "Time and Relative Dimension in Space. It means what the hell." Poppy excitedly runs into the TARDIS, followed by the Doctor, who shuts the door behind them.

Meanwhile Nardole opens the vault that once contained Morbius and walks towards an empty pedestal he takes out a circular object and places it neatly down before leaving.

The Unquite Dead

In the funeral parlour of Sneed and Company in the Victorian era, Mr Redpath grieves over the open casket holding his dead grandmother, Mrs Peace. Closing his eyes in sorrow, he does not see a blue, glowing vapour wash over the corpse and enter it. Mrs Peace's eyes suddenly snap open and she grabs Redpath by the throat, strangling him to death. Gabriel Sneed, the undertaker, rushes in and tries to close the lid on the reanimated corpse but she knocks him unconscious to the floor, then gets up and wanders onto the street, wailing.

Sometime later, Gwyneth, Sneed's young servant girl, returns from looking after the carriage horses in the stables to find Sneed recovering from the cadaver's attack. This is not the first time there have been zombie incidents in the funeral home, and Gwyneth tells Sneed they need to get help. Sneed protests that it is not his fault and that they have to get Mrs Peace back before she does any damage. In the hearse, Sneed orders Gwyneth to use her clairvoyant abilities to seek out the dead woman, and Gwyneth focuses on the old woman's last desire: to see Charles Dickens, who is giving a reading in a music hall in town at Taliesin Lodge. Dickens himself is in a melancholic mood as he waits for his stage call. He feels old, is estranged from his family and his imagination is growing thin. He feels he has seen all there is to see.

In the TARDIS, the Doctor and Poppy are having a rough ride, As the ship shakes and they hold onto the console, Poppy Enquiries if the Doctor actually knows how to fly the Tardis. Nardole Scoffs sitting in an arm chair and reading a book unfazed by the chaos around him, the Doctor scowls up at him and ask if he would like to take over if he is such an expert, which Nardole politely declines and burying his face into his book. the Doctor says he is aiming the TARDIS for Naples in 1860. When they land, Poppy is about to rush out when the Doctor tells her that she would start a riot in her 21st century clothing, again Nardole scoff’s from his perch with the pair now both scowling at him. He timidly directs poppy to Tardis Wardrobe asking her not to make a mess, insisting he has only just finishing alphabetising the shoes. Poppy returns in more suitable attire: an off-the-shoulder gown. The Doctor admires her how well she “scrubs up”. He smiles and says she looks beautiful “considering" that she's human, They step into the snow-covered streets, Nardole joins them and toddles off as the pair admire there surroundings, he buys a newspaper from a young boy and sniggers informing the Doctor that his aim was a bit off, revealing the date on the paper, it's Christmas Eve 1869, The Doctor smirks remarking that no one is perfect Nardole steps back inside, however pokes his head out to add they aren't in Naples they're in Cardiff, Poppy sniggers at the embarrassed Doctor

In the music hall, Dickens gives a reading of A Christmas Carol. Just as he reaches the point where Marley's face appears in Scrooge's door knocker, he stops short. In the audience, the corpse of  Mrs Pearce stares up at him and starts to glow a ghostly blue. Vapour pours out of her mouth, and an ethereal gas with a vaguely humanoid shape sweeps around the hall, emitting ghastly screams and sending the audience into a panic. The screams attract Poppy and the Doctor, Nardole sighs and simply utters that here we go again. he is almost run over by Sneed and Gwyneth who are also heading towards the commotion.

Back in the theatre the vapour has completely left the dead woman's body and is sucked into a gas lamp, as the lifeless body collapses. Dickens accuses the suddenly arriving Doctor of being responsible for the illusion, all while Sneed and Gwyneth carry the limp body out. Poppy goes in pursuit, and Sneed knocks her out with a rag soaked in chloroform, bundling her into the hearse besides the dead woman.

The Doctor running after them, commandeers Dickens's coach, The great writer's protests vanish when the Doctor discovers who he is and begins gushing over his genius. With his ego stroked the Doctor tells him about Poppy being kidnapped, Dickens is over come with  sense of urgency and his chivalry heys the better of him and he happily joins the chase.

A terrified Poppy awakes in the locked viewing gallery of the funeral parlour, just as the gas begins to take over Redpath's body. As the Doctor and Dickens arrive at the parlour and force their way in demanding the release of Poppy immediately. Mr Redpath and his grandmother climb out of their coffins to menace Poppy. The house's gas lights flicker, this unnatural event leads The Doctor to deduce that there is something living in the pipes. He hears Poppy’s cries and using brute strength breaks the door down, pulling her away from the reanimated corpses. He asks them who they are, the corpses cry out that they are dying because the Cardiff Rift is failing and these forms cannot be sustained. The screaming blue vapours stream out of the dead, and the bodies collapse once more.

After recovering from the incident, Gwyneth pours the Doctor's tea just the way he likes it,  that is, with two sugarsall without asking him what his preference is. Poppy berates Sneed for drugging her, kidnapping her and locking her in a room full of zombies, the Doctor sniggers and asks if they could take Nardole off his hands. The furious Poppy stops her tirade and give the Doctor an angry stare, The stricken Sneed stammers trying to explain that the house has a reputation as haunted, which is why he bought it at such a low cost. The Doctor tells them that the house was built on top of the Rift, a crack in space-time that unfortunately for them is growing, These entities are from far across the universe. Dickens is sceptical, refusing to believe there are ghosts in the gas pipes. The Doctor informs them that dead bodies release gas when they decompose, making ideal vehicles for these gaseous aliens. Dickens tells the Doctor, shakily, that if what he has seen is true, then perhaps his entire life, spent fighting against injustice and for social causes in what he thought was the real world, has been for nothing. The Doctor tries to reassure him that the real world is still the same; there's just more than Dickens thought.

Poppy talks to Gwyneth, finding out she was taken in by Sneed when she was twelve after her parents died. The two girls initially get along well, Gwyneth sees the future in Poppy’s mind but is shocked when she sees the things Poppy has experienced with the Doctor. She apologises, admitting her clairvoyance and saying her abilities have been growing stronger recently. The Doctor has been listening and surmises that Gwyneth's abilities are due to her growing up in this house over the Rift. She is the key, He suggests they hold a séance.

After collecting a rather disgruntled Nardole from the Tardis, Gwyneth uses her ability to summons the aliens, who speak through her. They identify themselves as the Gelth, a species whose bodies were destroyed during the great freeze at the end of the universe, which left them facing extinction in a gaseous state. The few Gelth remaining need to come through the Rift and take over dead bodies to survive. Poppy is repulsed by the idea, but the Doctor insists they help. Gwyneth will stand at the spot of the Rift down in the morgue and allow the Gelth to use her as a bridge. Poppy continues to protest, she states She knows the Gelth do not succeed, because the future does not have walking dead, but Nardole interrupts her and tells her that time is constantly in flux, The future can be rewritten. The Doctor adds that Nothing is safe. In any case, Gwyneth wants to help her "angels". The Doctor warns the Gelth that this is only a temporary solution once they possess the bodies, he will personally take them to another place where they can build permanent ones.

However, when Gwyneth stands at the Rift and the Gelth begin to come through her, the numbers are "a few billion" which is much more than they originally implied. They show their true colours. Only dead corpses are not enough for them, They will kill to supply themselves with more hosts and occupy the planet. Gwyneth stands motionless at the position of the Rift as the Gelth stream in. Sneed demands Gwyneth to stop, only to have his neck snapped by a reanimated corpse and be taken over. Dickens, overwhelmed, flees as the Doctor, Poppy And Nardole are backed into a corner. Nardole begins crying saying that he only wanted to go on holiday, causing the Doctor to give him a grump look. The Doctor apologises to Poppy that she is going to die over a century before she was born, but she assures him that it’s ok and that she wanted to come. The Doctor and Poppy hold hands as they prepare to go out fighting together, Nardole takes the Doctor hand and says that this feels nice. Poppy shares a chuckle with Doctor.

Outside, Dickens sees a pursuing Gelth get sucked into a gas lamp on the street with a scream. Suddenly, he has an idea. He rushes back into the house, turning off the flames and turning up the gas. He goes into the morgue, doing the same, explaining to the Doctor what he is doing: these creatures are gaseous, so the moment the house is filled with gas, the Gelth will be sucked out of the corpses like poison from a wound. This is precisely what happens; the Gelth pour out of the collapsing corpses, screaming and swirling around in the confines of the morgue. The Doctor tells Gwyneth to send them back, but she says she is only strong enough to hold them here. She takes out a box of matches from her apron, but Poppy won't let her carry through.

The Doctor tells Dickens to get Poppy and Nardole out before the two succumb to the gas fumes. He tries to convince Gwyneth to leave the Gelth to him. As he touches her neck, however, he discovers the truth and leaves. Gwyneth lights a match, and the house and the Gelth are consumed in an explosion.

Poppy finds the Doctor skunk to the floor with stern look on his face, filled with sadness he tell her that when he checked Gwyneth's pulse, he realised she was dead, Nardole says that she probably had been from the moment she stood in the Rift. Poppy does not understand, because Gwyneth spoke to them and saved them. In response, Dickens quotes Shakespeare: "There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy" (Hamlet: Act I, scene v). Poppy looks sadly at the ruins of the funeral home and mournfully states, "She saved the world... a servant girl. No one will ever know."

Dickens thanks the Doctor as they stand in front of the TARDIS. Dickens has overcome his depression, and has regained his thirst for knowledge and adventure. The things he has seen tonight have given him hope there is more to learn. He plans to patch things up with his family and finish The Mystery of Edwin Drood, identifying the murderer as a blue elemental to warn humanity of the Gelth. He asks the Doctor if his books will last. The Doctor assures a smiling Dickens his work will last... forever. Inside the TARDIS, Nardole chastises the Doctor saying that they are not taking Charles Dickens aboard if he believes they are he can think again, Poppy laughs and asks if Dickens writing about what they just experienced will change history. The Doctor sombrely tells her that Dickens will never get to write his story; he dies the following year, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood will never be finished. Right now, though, they have made him more alive than he has been in a long time. The Doctor decides to give Dickens one final surprise, much to Nardole’s chagrin

Dickens watches in wonderment as the TARDIS fades away before his eyes. He laughs out loud and walks through the streets of Cardiff, wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, and exclaiming, "God bless us, everyone!"

Vincent And The Doctor

The Doctor and Poppy, unbeknownst to a napping Nardole. visit the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, winter 2010. They walk into the exhibit filled with the works Vincent van Gogh, who is Poppy’s  favourite painter. She thanks the Doctor for bringing her to see the paintings, which he accepts awkwardly. Seeing the Doctor is fidgety, Poppy stops and asks him ‘what his deal is’ why he is being so nice to her, taking her to several places she wanted to visit and other peaceful locations, such as Arcadia and the Trojan Gardens. She jokes that she's suspicious, to which he defensively snaps that he is always nice to her and that there is nothing to be suspicious about. She tells the Doctor that she was just joking, but wonders why he's not. Before she can question the Doctor further, a child says, "It's the doctor," prompting them both to look behind them to see a child looking at the painting of Vincent's doctor. The child reads his guide pamphlet to a friend, explaining Vincent painted it shortly after his mental health had started getting worse.

Smiling, Poppy resumes looking in her guidebook, spotting The Church at Auvers on the wall in front of them. They both admire the work, however the Doctor notices that something is wrong with the painting. In the windows of the church, there is an ominous face sneering. The Doctor grimly states that the face does not look friendly. He immediately stops the curator, Dr Henry Black, in the middle of an explanation, using the psychic paper to pose as an inspector. The Doctor asks to know when The Church at Auvers was painted, asking Dr Black to be specific as possible. Dr Black tells him that it was painted between the first and the third of June 1890, one year before Van Gogh committed suicide. Complimenting Dr Black's bow tie, the Doctor grabs Poppy’s  hand and drags her away. When protests and tells him she wants to see the rest of the paintings, the Doctor tells her that it's a matter of life and death — they need to speak to Vincent Van Gogh!

The TARDIS materialises in Auvers-sur-Oise and the Duo, begin their search for van Gogh. Finding a caféfeatured in one of his paintings, the Doctor questions two waitresses cleaning the tables outside. They say van Gogh is a mad drunk who never pays his bills, and, when the Doctor says he's a good painter, they laugh heartily. The café owner rushes out, followed by a red-headed man trying to bargain with him. The owner exasperatedly informs him the painting is no good for a trade, given that it will frighten the other patrons; the man must either pay or leave. The customer is none other than van Gogh himself. The Doctor quickly steps in and offers to pay for Vincent; either for the drink or the painting, which would allow Vincent to pay for a drink. Vincent becomes defensive, insisting he can pay for his own drinks, and warns the Doctor that to buy one of his paintings would be to bring ridicule upon himself from the townspeople. He makes to resume haggling with the café owner, but before he can, Poppy quickly  interjects and offers to buy a bottle of wine which she will share with whomever she chooses, to which Vincent agrees. The café owner doesn't have a problem with this, so long as the drinks are paid for.

Inside the café, the Doctor introduces himself properly. Vincent misunderstands the title and believes him a doctor sent by his brother; the Doctor explains that he's not a medical doctor. Trying to make casual conversation, the Doctor learns from Vincent that he has arrived right before he is to paint the church. Poppy sees a painting that Vincent has with him and quickly corrects herself when she praises it as one of her favourite paintings. Vincent then wonders if Poppy is from Holland like himself, due to her accent; Poppy honestly says no, but the Doctor "corrects" her and says "yes". Vincent and Poppy begin chatting but stop at a scream from outside. in the street, they find a young girl has been brutally killed, Her mother pushes her way forward. Upon spotting Vincent, who everyone considers a madman, she takes her grief out on him, blaming him for her daughter's death. The crowd throws stones at him, and the Doctor, Poppy and van Gogh leave hastily. The Doctor learns this is the second recent murder. Vincent asks the Doctor and Poppy where they are staying, which the Doctor takes as an invitation to stay at Vincent's studio. At the studio, Vincent apologises for the mess his collective works make and leads them inside. The Doctor's questions about the church begin to make Vincent suspicious, but this is soon forgotten when Poppy and the Doctor to tell him that his paintings are precious. Explaining how he paints, Vincent tells them that he believes that there is so much more than what the normal eye can see. Having travelled throughout all of timeand space, the Doctor says that he doesn't need to be told. After a bit too much coffee, Vincent begins rambling on about how he hears the colours; the Doctor tries hearing for the voices of the colours as well. Vincent then explains that every time he leaves his home, he can hear the world yelling at him to capture the mysteries on canvas. The Doctor calmly tells Vincent that he has had enough coffee and offers to make some calming chamomile tea. However, he then notices that Poppy is not in the room any more. A scream is heard coming from outside.

Vincent and the Doctor find Poppy on the ground. She says that something attacked her while she was looking at the paintings. Vincent begins screaming in horror and backs away from them. The Doctor thinks that he is having some kind of fit as Vincent charges past them with a pitchfork. Vincent tells them to run as he swings the pitchfork around. The Doctor encourages Poppy to take cover while he calms Vincent. However, Vincent yells for the Doctor to duck as he is swept off his feet by something large and invisible. Realising Vincent is not having a fit, but can actually see the beast, the Doctor grabs a stick to help fight it. As he cannot see it, he uselessly swings the stick around to help cover more ground. Vincent wards the creature off and tells the Doctor, who is left still aimlessly swinging the stick around, that the beast has left. The Doctor asks Vincent what the creature looked like; Vincent says that he'll show them...

Leading them back inside, Vincent picks up a canvas and proceeds to white out picture of the flowers upon it, much to Poppy and the Doctor's horror and proceeds to draw the creature on it. The Doctor is instantly shocked by what it looks like and decides that something in the TARDIS can help identify what it is. He instructs Poppy to look after Vincent and make him as comfortable as possible. He tells them he'll be back before they can ask where he's gotten to; he then immediately returns to scare them silly, telling them not to ask too fast. Unknown to the Doctor, the invisible creature has not gone too far from the studio, and begins stalking him. By the time the Doctor gets back into town and to the TARDIS, the creature attempts to attack. However, the Doctor enters the TARDIS right before it can get to him.

Inside the TARDIS, the Doctor frantically rummages through a drawer full of junk, apologising to the object he is looking for as he thought it was an embarrassing gift from a dull two-headed godmother with bad breath. Pulling out a portable device, the Doctor hooks it to the printer on the console. He smiles at the mirror-like attachment on the device, and it shows his first two incarnations and his personal information. Seeing that it works, the Doctor shows the device Vincent's painting, which it misinterprets as a parrot and polar bear, unable to clearly make out what it is. Annoyed, the Doctor tosses the painting aside; he grumbles that Vincent will have to try painting something better. It's dawn by the time the Doctor exits the TARDIS. Strapping the device to himself, he does not notice the creature reflected by the device. Having got a clear image of the creature however the device beeps, giving the Doctor the information about it; he mistakenly believes that it just needed some time to get it right. Reading the information, the Doctor feels sorry for the "poor, brutal thing," wishing to see it again soon. Upon seeing the beast's reflection, he calmly says "but not that soon", before running off to escape it. To obstruct the creature's path, the Doctor drops debris behind him to slow the creature as he hides behind a corner. Using the mirror on the device, the Doctor finds that it has left in a different direction. He turns around, only to be scared by Poppy; he demands to know why she left Vincent unguarded. She explains that though she loves his artwork, she finds it hard to like Vincent's snoring.

Back at the studio, the Doctor wakes Vincent, who steps into the courtyard to see Poppy surrounded by sunflowers; she tells Vincent it's her way of thanking him for saving her yesterday. She suggests he paint them, but Vincent explains they are not his favourite; Amy is confused by this, as Vincent will one day paint a picture of them. Vincent explains he finds them complex, half-living and half-dying, but it would be a challenge, to which the Doctor responds that he believes that he'll rise to the occasion. Giving Vincent a print-out of the creature, the Doctor explains that it's called a Krafayis. They travel through space in packs, a brutal race of scavengers. This one has apparently been abandoned. It will kill without mercy until it is killed which given the time period he postulates is unlikely, given its invisibility. Nonetheless, he assures Vincent they can stop the killings if he will paint the church. Vincent agrees and the Doctor informs him that, afterwards, he and Poppy will leave. Once Vincent has departed, the Doctor expresses concern at putting him in such a dangerous situation; if he is killed, half of the paintings on display in the Musée d'Orsay will vanish. After a while, the Doctor and Poppy have gotten tired of waiting for Vincent getting ready. Wondering what is keeping him, the Doctor finds him lying in bed, sobbing. He is devastated the Doctor and Poppy are prepared to leave him, like everyone else. The Doctor tries to console and encourage Vincent, whose mood becomes more violent. He orders the Doctor to leave; shocked, he complies. Outside Vicent's room, the Doctor runs into Poppy, who wonders what they're doing. The Doctor explains that they're leaving; Vincent has a fragile psyche and will kill himself in just a few short months; trying to force Vincent might accelerate his suicide and cause the disappearance of his final works. They will have to try finding the Krafayis without Vincent's help, hoping it will still arrive at the church without the presence of the painter. However, right before they can leave, Vincent arrives, calmed and ready.

On the way to the church, Poppy tries to talk to Vincent about his depression. Vincent explains that his moods sometimes bother him for months at a time, but they got lucky today; he adds if she can "soldier on," then he can too. This confuses her, which prompts Vincent to reveal he can hear her sadness and believes that she has lost someone, The pair share a conversation about Poppy’s mother, with Vincent listening intently. The Doctor listens in, surprised. They stop in the road as a funeral procession, for the girl who was killed the previous night, passes; everyone glares at Vincent. Poppy questions the Doctor, wondering what his plan is this time. However, the Doctor tells her he's got something like a plan, "only more greatness"; he's armed with overconfidence, a sonic screwdriver, his Sonic Shades and the device in his briefcase.

At the church, Vincent begins to paint. The Doctor spends the time talking to Vincent about his past meetings with Michelangelo, who took the job of painting the Sistine Chapel despite being afraid of heights, and Pablo Picasso, who he tried getting to paint normal faces. As it becomes night, the Doctor becomes frustrated as the Krafayis is not punctual, confessing to Poppy that something doesn't feel right. Just then, Vincent sees the beast in the window. The Doctor goes inside, ordering his companions not to follow, Vincent questions Poppy as to if she will follow the Doctor; she responds, "of course," prompting Vincent to tell her he loves her. Inside, the Doctor "fights" the creature, but when his device is destroyed, he prepares to retreat.

Outside, Poppy and Vincent hear the chaos, Poppy quickly runs inside, calling for the Doctor. Who is attempting to exit the church but bumps into Poppy, Despite being annoyed that she disobeyed him again, he forces her to hide in the confessional with him. They whisper to each other as the Krafayis attacks them. The Doctor remarks the Krafayis has incredible hearing. As it tears the confessionals apart, Vincent appears, brandishing a chair to distract the beast, allowing the Doctor and Poppy to escape. The Doctor tries stunning the beast with the sonic screwdriver, but since he can't see it, he can't tell if he has the right setting; Vincent says the attempt to stun the beast pleased it instead. As a result, the Doctor gives up on the idea and they take refuge in another chamber, with Vincent blocking the door with his chair. Thinking quickly about why the Krafayis was left behind the paces the room and rambles to himself. Vincent tells them to wait there as he has an idea, promptly leaving out another exit.

In Vincent's absence, the Doctor attempts to reason with the creature believing that thanks to the TARDIS translation circuit it may be able to communicate, telling it he too is alone; he offers to help the creature. The Krafayis stops its attempts to break down the door and everything goes silent, and, for a moment, the Doctor thinks he managed to it to listen to reason. However, this notion is dispelled immediately when the chamber windows blow out. The Doctor and Poppy take cover behind a tomb as they hear the beast enter the room.

Vincent returns with his easel, holding it like a weapon. He says the creature is making its way around the edges of the room. Poppy's comment of "I can't see a thing" helps the Doctor put all the pieces together and he calls himself an idiot for not noticing this sooner. Slapping himself, the Doctor explains why the Krafayis is feeling its way around the room, how it has such perfect hearing, why it hasn't simply killed them and why it was left behind by its pack; it is blind. Vincent points out that the perfect hearing "would explain why it has now turned around and is now running right at us!". As it attacks, Vincent stabs the Krafayis with the legs of the easel. It collapses, badly wounded and dying. It begins crying as it is afraid, the Doctor tentatively consoles it as it dies. Vincent mourns that he didn't mean to kill it, only wound it, and that he understands its lonely existence. The Krafayis was lashing out in fear, just like the people who hate Vincent for being a madman.

The exhausted Poppy, Vincent, and the Doctor lie in the grass outside the church; Vincent says they are lucky to still be alive to see the wonders of the world. Vincent encourages them to see the world as he does, saying the blackness of the sky is actually multiple shades of blue. Smiling, the Doctor admits that he has seen many amazing things in his life, but nothing quite as wonderful as what Vincent sees. Vincent tells his friends he will miss them when they're gone.

The next morning, Vincent attempts to give his self-portrait as a parting gift, but the Doctor, knowing what it will be worth one day, refuses it. The painter takes this in stride; he's used to having his works of art refused. Vincent admits that, despite his experiences over the last couple of days, he won't do well on his own. As the Doctor and Poppy depart, he gets an idea, asking her if she has the same one; she doesn't as she's admits she’s thinking about grabbing breakfast at the café. The Doctor calls to Vincent, who looks out his window, half-dressed, and tells him to tidy up as there is something he wants to show him. They take him back to the TARDIS, which is now covered in circus posters; the Doctor slices through them with the TARDIS key and opens the doors of his time machine. The Doctor reminds Vincent about how they talked about the wonders of the universe before showing him inside. Seeing the inside, Vincent examines the outside and returns to the Doctor and Amy. He enters, amused, asking how he's "crazy" while they've managed to remain sane. The Doctor explains some of the buttons on the console, secretly steering the TARDIS. Vincent is amazed by all the Doctor has told him and asks that they come back to the café and explain more about the wonders of the universe. However, the Doctor tells him that there is something they wish to show him first.

Stepping outside, they reveal to Vincent that they're now at the Musée d'Orsay in 2010; the time vortex energy has also reduced the posters covering the TARDIS to cinders. The Doctor and an excited Poppy lead Vincent into the museum, leaving his hat back in the TARDIS to avoid arousing suspicion of his identity. Led through the building, Vincent looks in awe at the exhibits, then is even more surprised when he is led into the section dedicated completely to his paintings. While Vincent stares at people enjoying his work, the Doctor finds Dr Black again, and asks if he can summarise where Vincent stands in history. Dr Black is taken aback, as it's a "big question".

Vincent is close enough to hear his response, and hears Dr Black praises van Gogh for turning his pain into incredible beauty, calling him not only the world's greatest artist but also one of the greatest men of all time. Vincent is reduced to tears by these words and the Doctor starts to apologise, thinking this was too much for him. However, Vincent explains he's crying out of joy; now he knows that people will love his paintings. He hugs Dr Black and thanks him for his kind words before leaving with his friends. Dr Black is confused and suspects the truth before thinking better of it.

Vincent is returned to 1890, where he comments on what has happened and thanks the Doctor for truly helping him where other doctors have not; the Doctor is equally joyous, bidding his new friend farewell. Vincent then tells Poppy that should she grow bored of the Doctor, she should return and they will have a big family. Poppy tells Vincent that she's "not the marrying type". Leaving for home, Vincent hears the TARDIS leave and turns back to see it gone. He then leaves, happy, and sure he will use his experience to change himself into a new man.

The Doctor and Poppy  return to the Musée d'Orsay. Poppy bounds out happy and certain their time with Vincent changed him. Having seen people's lives turn out better from meeting them, she believes that they have prevented Vincent from committing suicide, and that he would have spent a longer life painting. Ecstatic at the prospect of seeing new paintings, she skips back into the exhibit. However, to her shock, there are no new works. To her furthering sadness, she overhears Dr Black still announce to tourists that van Gogh still went through with committing suicide at the age of thirty-seven.

Poppy slumps down into a seat, she is heartbroken that they didn't make a difference in Vincent's life at all, but the Doctor arrives and sits besides her and rejects this. He says that good things can't remove the pain of bad things, but bad things can't spoil the good things either, and insists they certainly added a large amount of good to Vincent's life. The Doctor shows Poppy that the face of the Krafayis is no longer visible in the window of the church. Another change becomes evident as they prepare to leave. Poppy sees Van Gogh's painting of sunflowers, now dedicated to her. She jokes that if she had a child with Vincent, they would have had really red hair. The Doctor jokes back, saying it would be the "Ultimate Ginger". Poppy cries as they both laugh cuddling into his arm.

Heaven Sent

As gears turn inside the walls of a castle, a mysterious figure, with blood on his hands, makes his way into a room with a teleporter. He flips a switch and collapses to the ground, his body fading away into dust, as the teleporter activates, materialising the Doctor inside its chamber. The Doctor steps out of the teleporter, looking around the room. He bends down to grasp some of the sand on the ground, the memory of Poppy's death still fresh in his mind. He then threatens the ones responsible for bringing him there, promising to never stop until he finds them. The Doctor steps out of the teleporter room and into a circular corridor, filled with windows and a monitor. Looking out one of the windows, he sees that he's inside the central tower of a castle. He speaks out to whoever captured him, again, mentioning that the technology in the teleporter means he can only have been moved a maximum of one light year from where he was before, and he knows that he hasn't travelled in time, so all he has to do is wait until nightfall, and then he'll be able to use the stars to figure out where he is.

Walking down the corridor, he finds a spade, covered in dirt, leaning against one of the walls. He starts shouting again, trying to get the kidnappers to come out and face him. At that moment, the monitor in the corridor activates, showing the Doctor himself on the screen. Seeing that the image is being projected from something outside one of the windows, the Doctor runs over to the window and looks outside. He sees a hooded figure in another window, looking right at him. It is from this figure that the footage on the monitor is coming from. The Doctor backs away from the window in fright, watching as the figure turns and moves away. Looking at the monitor, the Doctor watches as the image moves down a corridor. The Doctor finds that particular corridor, and sure enough, the figure is coming towards him, The Doctor turns on his heels and runs down another corridor finding a door but finds to his dismay it is locked. He turns back in time to see the looming figure enter the hallway and slowly he realises he's seen this creature before, He turns back to the door and uses an old trick he knew when he was younger, to form a psychic link with the door, he prays it will work focusing his mind on the task at hand, finally there is a clunk and the door unlocks. Smiling at the figure he opens the door and prepares to make his exit, only to greet a solid brick wall where a corridor should be. He turns back to see the figure coming closer and ever closer to him. Unfortunately, he can't see a way out of this situation, as the figure reaches for him, the Doctor admits that he is scared of dying, and the figure freezes. The Doctor wonders if this is because of something he said. He notices that now even the flies that were buzzing around the figure have also frozen in place. A faint noise causes him to step over to the window, he watches in amazement as the sections of the castle begin to revolve, rearranging themselves. Hearing a clicking and whirring from the door way he turns back to the door to see the wall slide open and without hesitation runs through the new opening, finding himself in a bedroom.

The Doctor grabs one of the flowers from a nearby vase but freezes when he notices a portrait of Poppy sitting on top of the fireplace. He smiles sadly at the picture, before grabbing a miniature magnifying glass from within his jacket, so he can take a closer look, not noticing the nearby monitor. The monitor is showing that the figure is on the move again, and is entering the bedroom. Studying it intently the Doctor deduces that the painting is very, very old, before noticing a fly on it, He quickly turns and sees the figure approaching. He talks about a time when he was a child. He had seen a dead, old woman, who was covered in veils. It was a hot day, so flies were buzzing around her corpse. The sight of this gave the Doctor nightmares for years. He recognises the figure as that very nightmare. As he tries to question the Veil, he pulls out petals of the flower, letting them drop to the ground all the while narrowly avoiding letting the Veil touch him, the Doctor further deduces that the castle is some type of torture chamber, to get information out of him; whoever did this picked the thing he feared most out of his mind and gave him a tailor-made hell. The Doctor informs his would be captors that he refuses to play along and runs over to grab a stool, throwing it through a window quipping "I told you I was scared of dying, and I wasn't lying. Advantage me!" He then jumps through the window himself, falling down towards the misty depths below.

The Doctor walks into the TARDIS, apologising for being late, He says it's because of jumping through the window and asks if he should reveal how he got out of that situation alive. He turns to look at Poppy, who is standing near a chalkboard, with her back to him. On the TARDIS monitors, the Doctor can see the fall, revealing that he isn't really in the TARDIS with Her at all. He is actually still falling but has sped up his thinking process to slow down his perception of time. The TARDIS that he is standing in is a "storeroom" within his own mind, which he has created to give himself more time to think. The Doctor reveals he had smelled the salty air earlier, which meant the castle was standing in the sea, but jumping from a great height into the water doesn't guarantee that he will survive, so he needed to know the exact distance between the window and the water, which he explains is why he threw the stool through the window. He listened for the splash of the stool reaching the water, which took seven seconds. Other things he had done in the room, including dropping the magnifying glass and the flower petals, were to determine other factors that he used to determine if he could survive the fall. "Rule one about being interrogated: you are the only irreplaceable person in the room. If they threaten you with death, show 'em who's boss. Die faster." The Doctor successfully dives into the water, but falls unconscious, represented in the mind TARDIS by everything turning off. The lights start turning back on and the mental manifestation of the Doctor wakes up to the sound of Poppy writing on the chalkboard. He looks at the chalkboard to see what is written: Question 1 - "What is this place?" The Doctor asks why he can't just sleep. On another chalkboard, Question 2: "What did you say that made the creature stop?" The Doctor asks if he has to know everything. On a third chalkboard, Question 3: "How are you going to WIN?"

At that moment, the Doctor fully regains consciousness in the water. As he floats in the water, the Doctor makes a horrifying discovery; on the seabed are numerous skulls. He quickly swims back to the surface, ending up at the base of the central tower, walking inside and into a room with a lit fireplace. He warms his hands with the fire and discovers an identical set of his clothes next to the fireplace. The Doctor takes the duplicate clothes and trades them with his own, making sure to place his clothes exactly as the other set were placed, before leaving the room. Making his way further up the tower he finds a small room, with arrows pointing to a missing section of the stone floor. He looks up at the nearby monitor, noting that the Veil keeps coming for him. He asks why it does that. In the mental TARDIS, Poppy writes on a chalkboard again: "Wrong question!" Upon asking her what the right question is, he gets a written response: "Not why. What?"

The Doctor walks over to the monitor, pondering on the fact the Veil is tracking him. He realises that the Veil is trying to terrify him, as the monitors are set to show him where it is at all times. The castle and the Veil are a killer puzzle box designed to scare him to death. Smirking, the Doctor comments that it must be Christmas - this is exactly something that would be on his list. Heading down another corridor that leads him to an outside garden, He notices a rectangular mound of dirt in the centre of the garden, and a spade nearby, which means something is buried beneath the mound that he is supposed to dig up. Grabbing the spade, he contemplates whether to start digging, as it could be a trap or more hopefully a clue left by a previous prisoner. After all, the presence of the skulls proves that there were others here before the Doctor. Noting how slow the Veil is moving, the Doctor deduces he has an hour before it arrives, so he starts digging.

Sometime later, the Doctor is still digging, having not found whatever is buried, when he notices flies buzzing near him. Running to the nearby monitor he sees that the Veil is strangely standing in one place, staring at a smooth surface. The Doctor opens the door to leave the garden, only to discover the Veil standing on the other side. The Veil quickly tries to enter the garden it’s rotting and festering hands out raised to grab the Doctor, but he manages to force the door shut and props the spade against the door in a way to keep it shut. The Veil none the less continues to try to force the door open a few more times, before retreating back into the winding corridors of the tower. The Doctor looks at the monitor and notes that the Veil has walked into the room with the missing section of the floor. Wondering where it's going, the Doctor looks around. The door is the only way in or out of the garden. "Well, since you're going.” he mumbles and grabs the spade, resuming his dig.

Hours later, when night has fallen, the Doctor stops digging and looks up at the stars. He frowns in confusion, noting something wrong with them, before resuming his digging. His spade hits something. Digging with his hands, the Doctor uncovers the missing section of the floor from the other room. On it, words are written: I AM IN 12. At that moment, the Veil emerges from the ground nearby, having dug its way from the room to the garden. The Doctor walks into his mental TARDIS again, thinking about how he is going to get out of this situation. He tells Poppy to ask him a question and she writes something on the chalkboard: "Tell no lies." She then rewrites question two again. The Doctor did note that it was when he admitted to being scared to die, that the Veil stopped. But, it's not just the truth that the Doctor's captors are trying to get out of him. They want his confessions, the secrets he never tells anyone. The problem is that there are truths the Doctor can never tell, not for anything. But now he is scared and alone.

Back in the real world, the Doctor confesses that he didn't leave Galifrey all those years ago because he was bored, but because he was scared. The Veil backs off and the castle begins to shift again. The Doctor quickly climbs out of the hole and escapes from the garden, he then makes another more startling discovery. The castle is standing in the sea, alone, with no other land anywhere nearby. As time goes on, the Doctor uses his hand to tap out the seconds it takes for the Veil to walk from one side of the castle to the other, where he is, in order to work out how much extra time he can get before the Veil shows up again. He can get 82 minutes to himself if he leaves the Veil in one extreme end of the castle and then he runs to the other extreme. Having some soup at one point, the Doctor wonders if the teleport sent him to Hell; he shrugs off the idea "That's okay. Hell's just Heaven for bad people." During this time, he is trying to locate Room 12, having noticed that the rooms are numbered, but due to the castle rearranging itself, the rooms do not appear in the correct order. He has also noticed that most rooms after he has left them for a while, reset to the condition they were in before he arrived. The Doctor returns to the teleporter room and looks at the nearby console, noticing that two cords of the console are rather grimly attached to a nearby skull. Detaching the skull, the Doctor sees that its owner had written one word in the sand before he died: 'BIRD'. He wonders what it could mean, even asking if there are birds here, as he watches the word disappear from the ground. A wall nearby slides open, leading to a previously undiscovered staircase. The Doctor uses the staircase, emerging at the roof of the tower. Setting the skull on a ledge, the Doctor looks around, knowing he is missing something. Earlier, he had located Room 12, but found a wall behind the door, meaning he has to give another confession to access the room. The Doctor knows that the room is a trap of some kind. This whole thing is someone's game that the Doctor can't stop playing, a game that everyone who came before him has lost.

Looking up at the stars again, the Doctor asks what is wrong with them. They are all in the wrong place for this particular time zone. If he didn't know better, he would say that he has somehow travelled 7,000 years into the future, but he knows for a fact that he hasn't time travelled. As he ponders this, the Veil arrives, but before it can grab the Doctor, he mentions the Hybrid. Turning to face the Veil, the Doctor talks about the Hybrid. Long before the Time War, the Time Lords knew the War was coming. There were many prophecies and stories concerning it. One of the prophecies mentioned a creature called the Hybrid, who was half Dalek and half Time Lord, the ultimate warrior. The Doctor confesses that he knows that the Hybrid is real, that he knows where it is, and what it is. He confesses that he is afraid of it. The Veil backs off and the castle shifts again. When it does so, the skull falls from the ledge and into the water, joining all the other skulls already on the bottom of the sea.

The Doctor quickly runs back to Room 12, to find that the wall has slid away, revealing a long hallway. Walking down it, the Doctor finds a room, with a semi-transparent wall, with the word "Home" written on it. The Doctor realises that this is the final obstacle. He believes that the TARDIS is on the other side of this wall, one confession away from him. Using the sonic sunglasses, the Doctor determines that the wall is made out of Azbantium, a mineral four hundred times tougher than diamond. He also determines the wall is twenty feet thick. He then thinks back to the word "BIRD", and that's when his memory snaps back into place.

The Doctor walks into the mental TARDIS, ranting over what he has remembered and what he must do. He tells Poppy that he can't keep doing this. Poppy writes question three again. The Doctor asks if he can just lose. It would be easy. All he would have to do would be to confess the secret details of the Hybrid. Asking Poppy again, why he can't lose, he sees that she has written something new: "No!". The Doctor tells her that he remembers everything and that she doesn't understand. He can remember it all, every time, and she'll still be gone. The Doctor collapses onto a stair, finally letting out his grief over Poppy’s death. Suddenly, Poppy is facing him and talking to him. She tells him that he is not the only person who has ever lost someone. It's the story of everybody. She tells him to get over it, to beat it, to break free. She tells him it's time to move on. She tells him to get up and win.

In the real world, the Doctor stands back up, seeing that the Veil has reached the hallway and is walking towards him. He apologises to it, saying he has no confessions left for it, but he will tell it the truth. Turning back to the Azbantium wall, the Doctor starts punching it, while revealing that the Hybrid is a very dangerous secret that needs to be kept. So, instead of confessing the secret, he will instead get out of here and find the ones responsible for putting him in here. As he continues to punch the wall, he decides to tell the Veil a story from the Brothers Grimm. He continues to do so until the Veil finally reaches him and grabs him, severely burning him. As the Doctor collapses to the ground, the Veil steps back and vanishes.

Inside the mental TARDIS, the Doctor says that Time Lords take forever to die, even when they are too injured to regenerate; their bodies will try using all its regeneration energy to save them. As he says that, in the real world, he starts moving again, crawling out of the room. As the Doctor makes his way back to the teleporter room, he reveals everything he remembered. The castle was created specifically for him. There were no prisoners before him. The stars weren't in the wrong places and the Doctor didn't time travel. He's just been here a very, very long time. The Doctor reaches the teleporter room and stumbles over to the control panel. Since most of the rooms reset to their original condition, it's logical to assume that the teleporter room has also done so. As such, inside the teleporter's hard drive is a copy of the Doctor, as he was when he originally arrived... 7,000 years ago. All he has to do is add energy to the teleporter to activate it, and the only energy source he has is himself. Hooking up the two cords to his head, the Doctor pulls the switch. Collapsing to the ground, the Doctor only has enough time to write the word "BIRD" in the sand. Before he dies, he asks "How long can I keep doing this, Poppy? Burning the old me... to make a new one?". After that, the mental TARDIS lights shut off and his real body fades into oblivion, leaving nothing but his skull.

At that moment, the teleporter activates, materialising the new Doctor in the chamber, exactly as he was when he first arrived, including the state of his memories, continuing the cycle he has been in for the last 7,000 years, down to what he says in the same tone as he warns whoever brought him there that they will pay for Poppys's death. The Doctor continues to repeat everything over and over again, each time getting further into the Azbantium wall; he gets a bit more of his story out as the centuries pass. Each time, he is encouraged to continue trying to escape without revealing what he knew about the Hybrid; he continues to accept that he needs to keep fighting on to honour Poppy’s memory. Each time, he knows he has to keep fighting to find out who put him through this hell.

Over 4 billion years later, the Doctor is punching the Azbantium wall, Just as the Veil is about to touch him, the Doctor's last punch cracks the wall and reveals light. The last of the wall crumbles away, showing a white glow. Realizing the Veil hasn't killed him, the Doctor turns to see it fall apart, revealing it to be made of gears. Telling the mechanical creature his story is "a hell of a bird", the Doctor steps through the opening.

The Doctor exits onto a desert world, looking behind him to see the tunnel of Azbantium. In a flash, the opening closes and the item generating it drops to the ground. Picking it up, the Doctor discovers he had been trapped inside his confession dial the entire time. The castle and sea are then covered by a mass of gears and the cover of the dial comes back over it. Just then, a boy runs up to him. The Doctor tells him to go to the city and tell someone important. "Tell them I'm back. Tell them I know what they did, and I'm on my way. And if they ask you who I am, tell them I came the long way around." The boy runs off towards the nearby city, revealing that the Doctor is now on Galifrey.

The Doctor looks at the dial again and speaks to it. "You can probably still hear me. So, just between ourselves, you've got the prophecy wrong. The Hybrid is not half Dalek. Nothing is half Dalek. The Daleks would never allow that. The Hybrid, destined to conquer Gallifrey and stand in its ruins”. he pauses a stares at the citadel in the distance before tossing the dial “the hybrid is me."

The Twelfth Doctors Tardis Interior during the time war

The Twelfth doctors battle scarred Tardis

Hell Bent

In his past, the Doctor walks through the desert-like plains of Gallifrey, after having just sent the boy with a message; he arrives at the old barn where he slept in as a child and worked out how to save his home. He climbs up into its loft, seeming nostalgic as he overlooks his old bed. A woman he recognises enters the barn; with the Doctor's face blocked by a beam, she cannot tell who it is, so she asks him to leave. Walking closer, she meets his gaze, immediately realising his identity; she warns the Doctor that "they" will kill him.

In the chamber of the High Council, the Cloister Bells are ringing without end, warning of great danger. Rassilon wonders if that means the Doctor has returned; the General confirms it, radioing a guard named Gastron. Gastron has arrived via lift to the Cloisters, being advised not to approach them; he reports that Cloister Wraiths are more active. Rassilon wonders why the Doctor hasn't arrived yet. Ohila enters the chamber with two guards, annoying Rassilon that the Sisterhood of Karn would arrive uninvited; she tells him that at the end of time, one should expect the presence of immortals. Having heard that the Doctor has returned home, she came to see the resulting "fireworks".

In the meantime, the Doctor is enjoying a bowl of soup, with a small crowd of Galifreyans watching him in awe; he gives a friendly smile and moves his spoon to the bowl. However, he notices ripples in the soup and the sound of an incoming craft. Gastron arrives in a military craft, asking that everyone back away; they don't comply, even when he warns it's for their safety. Gastron orders the Doctor to drop his weapons and come with them peacefully. The Doctor silently walks up to the craft. Gastron explains he will take the Doctor to the chamber of the High Council. However, the Doctor instead drags his heel through the sand, drawing a line (it's a warning to not come closer than that). He then slowly returns to his soup, unconcerned.

Watching via a monitor in the Council room, Rassilon wonders what the Doctor is up to; Ohila retorts that he's finishing his soup, taken aback by the Doctor's brazen bravado, Rassilon wonders who the Doctor thinks he is; the General states the Doctor is the man who won the Time War. The General decides they should try talking to the Doctor: words are his weapons, but wondering when did they stop being theirs, Rassilon half-heartedly agrees with the general. The Doctor rests on his old bed in the barn, and a woman comes in to inform him someone important has arrived. It's the General and a squad of soldiers; the Doctor takes one look at them and simply ignores them and goes back inside. Soon after, the Doctor hears someone else has come; he opens the door to see the High Council, who bow in respect to him. However, he simply smirks and shuts the door again. Watching, Rassilon is infuriated by the Doctor ignoring his attempts to open a dialogue, and wonders what he's waiting for. Ohila then goes on to explain the Doctor doesn't blame the Time Lords for the horrors of the Last Great Time War, just Rassilon.

A third time, the woman enters the barn, seemingly scared speechless she shakes barely able to speak but the doctor silently comforts her and he exits to find Rassilon, escorted by the General's team. Rassilon greets the Doctor, offering a handshake, The Doctor walks up, giving Rassilon a grim once-over and simply drops his confession dial in the line he drew. The Doctor coldly states "Get off my planet", clearly sickened not only by the horrors Rassilon created in the Time War, but for the centuries he kept him trapped in the confession dial. Rassilon tries defending his actions, but the Doctor only repeats himself. Seeing he cannot win, Rassilon now furious orders his execution; however, the guards are hesitant. The General protests, as the Doctor is a war hero. Uncaring, Rassilon threatens them into obeying his orders by raising his gauntlet; he turns his back to the Doctor, ordering shots to be fired, the squad open fire.

Rassilon laughs smugly; however, his smile vanishes when he turns back around. The Doctor is perfectly fine; all the soldiers missed him, and left a burned outline of him on the barn instead. Angered, Rassilon demands an answer from his men, but they remain silent. He grabs Gastron's shoulder, ordering him to tell him why they're all scared of an unarmed man. Gastron explains that in the Time War, the first thing that was noticed about the "Doctor of War" was that he was unarmed, and that "For many, it was also the last." Gastron throws his weapon to the ground and joins the Doctor, explaining that he served at Skull Moon with him and they share a knowing nod. The rest of the firing squad follow suit all them disarming as they join the doctor on his side of the line.

Angered, Rassilon raises his gauntlet; he asks how many regenerations the doctor has left gloating that he's "got all night" to kill the Doctor's remaining incarnations. Unexpectedly the sky is filled with more ships from the Capitol arrive, much to Rassilon's joy as it means he doesn't have to dirty his own hands to kill the Doctor and the traitors. However, the General states that he did not call them. Putting on his Sonic sunglasses, the Doctor states he called them; all of Time Lord society has now turned against their founder. In disbelief, Rassilon begins listing all the titles he's gained through helping advance the Time Lords; he aims his gauntlet at the Doctor to kill him in petty revenge. However, the General forces his hand down, telling him "Lord President, with all respect, get off his planet." The General then throws his side arm down and joins the Doctor's side of the line, leaving a broken Rassilon to weep crumpling into a heap on the sand.

Later, a shuttle is seen leaving the top of the Capitol. On a balcony, the General then explains to the Doctor that Galifrey came back into the universe at the extreme end of the time continuum, give or take a star system; thus anyone banished from the planet has little choice in where to go. This was done for the safety of the Time Lords, as the fact that the Doctor never confirmed that it was safe for them to return meant that Galifrey could not be returned to the moment it disappeared. The General asks the new Lord President if he's gone too far, but the Doctor grimly warns that he's barely started insisting the High Council is next to go on a shuttle. In the High Council chamber, the Doctor tosses his confession dial on the table, disgusted with what he had to go through. He tells Ohila and the General, the only other people with authority left on Galifrey that a confession dial is meant to purify a dying Time Lord's soul so they can be uploaded to Matrix without regrets; instead, they re-purposed it to serve as a personalised torture chamber. Ohila explains that Rassilon grew concerned about the prophecy of the Hybrid and felt that the Doctor would not willing give up the information. The Doctor sarcastically asks if they want him to protect them; he tells them he will, but he needs more information. The General explains some Matrix prophecies foresaw the birth of a hybrid from two warrior races that will stand in the ruins of Galifrey as it breaks millions of hearts to mend its own; however, the Doctor detects that the General is lying. The General explains it was not some, but ALL Matrix prophecies warned them of this coming threat. The Doctor mockingly asks "what colour is it?", pointing out "the problem with prophecies; they never tell you anything important." Ohila tells him he shouldn't be playing the part of the fool. The Doctor says he needs help; he turns down the General and Ohila, saying people with bad hats cramp his style. He needs to talk to an old friend.

The universe is dying, this reality is burning itself up and at its epicentre is me, a man who was supposed to die, who ripped his way back into this reality tooth and claw. i’m an anomaly and my time has come, once i reach my final incarnation that’s it, the regeneration will act as a bell till to the universe that it’s closing time and all of reality will start packing up

there’s no way to save it

The End Of Time

The Twelfth Doctor sits in his Tardis his clothes are damaged and his hair seems messier than usual, he sighs and grimly begins to narrate, "It is said that in the final days of planet Earth, everyone had bad dreams... Everyone forgot these terrible dreams, except one man”.

On Earth, Wilfred Mott, is walking through the city to do his Christmas shopping, having a vision of the Master laughing maniacally, Wilf decides to see if religion will purge these visions from his mind. Inside a church, he notices a stained-glass panel with the image of the TARDIS. A mysterious woman tells him the church was a monastery in the 1300s. It was attacked by a demon, which was exorcised by a "sainted physician". When the woman suggests that the physician is returning then the end will begin, Wilf says it would make his Christmas if he did and turns to finds the women has vanished. He has another vision of the Master laughing, startling him, Wilf hopes more than ever that the Doctor will return.

Meanwhile, in the year 4226, the TARDIS arrives on the Ood Sphere. The Twelfth Doctor emerges, wearing a straw hat and ring of flowers around his neck; he removes the hat and examines it before placing it back on his head, noticing that it's now snowing on the Ood Sphere, something he didn't know as possible . He is greeted by Ood Sigma, whom he tries unsuccessfully to make laugh by locking his TARDIS like an Earth car, The Doctor mentions several feats he's done since the message Sigma sent him, including naming a galaxy Alison, seeing the Phosphorous Carousel of the Great Magellan Gestalt, and marrying Queen Elizabeth I. Unfazed by the Doctor's goofiness, Sigma leads him away, with the Doctor curious about how long it has been since he liberated the Ood. They arrive at a large city the Ood have built in place of the previous Ood Operations; the Doctor looks out across the landscape and wonders how long it took the Ood to build their city, Sigma explains that it took merely a hundred years. The Doctor's smile drops and he becomes serious, stating that this is excessively fast for them, something must be happening in the past to create a temporal distortion, which is prompting the Ood to evolve at a much faster pace. Not just the city, but citing Sigma's ability to reach into the past to contact him via the psychic paper is something that should be centuries away in the Ood's evolution. Sigma takes the Doctor to the Ood Elders, who tell him to join hands with them. They show him a vision of the Master in his fifteenth incarnation sinisterly laughing, which deeply scares the Doctor. Sigma explains that the Ood have been dreaming about him a lot, and are curious about who the man is. The Doctor explains that the man is a fellow Time Lord; he is also known by another name, the timeless child able perpetually regenerate unless his body was destroyed, this process corrupted his mind made him evil and since he has always dabbled on the borders of insanity. The Doctor reassures them that they needn't fear of him, however, as he is dead, the Doctor explains the story of how the master assumed the alias Harold Saxon and became the prime minister of earth. The Master's wife, Lucy, shot him and to put an end to his madness and suffering the Doctor burnt his corpse to ensure he could not be revived or have his biology potentially exploited. However, the Ood tell him that he missed something and show him an older woman taking the Master's ring from his funeral pyre and that this allowed part of him to survive. Enraged The Doctor is more than willing to leave to stop this but is told that it is too late as the events are already happening in the past and chastise him stating that he should not have delayed in answering their summons. The Ood show him visions of a frightened Wilfred and a well dressed man surrounded by scientists proclaiming him a "King in his Counting House". The Doctor asks about Donna however the Ood cannot see her. The Elders warn him that the Master is only the herald of a greater danger returning from the darkness, as their eyes glow red in unison: "the end of time itself". Realising what this means, the Doctor immediately runs out. Returning to the TARDIS, the Doctor panics to unlock it and rushes inside, He begins working feverishly at the controls, hoping to get back to London before the Master is revived. However, it seems the TARDIS is not willing to cooperate well with him, as it constantly gives off sparks from the strain of the hurried trip into the past.

In 2009, Lucy Saxon has been locked in Broadfell Prison ever since she murdered her husband. One of her warders is Miss Trefusis, the woman who retrieved the Master's ring. On Christmas Eve 2020, the prison governor brings Lucy to a chamber; revealing that most of the staff are fanatical disciples of the Master who have worked since his death to bring about his resurrection. They pour potions into a bowl, along with the Master's ring; the only thing they need is some of his DNA. They take it from Lucy's lips. The ceremony begins as the cultists give their life energy to revive him; Lucy tries stopping them by revealing the Master is not Harold Saxon and is evil, but they know this already and are resolute in their devotion. The Master appears in a swirl of life energy. He greets Lucy, stating that he has missed the drumming in his head. Only now, it is louder than ever before. Lucy pleads with him to stop draining the cultists' lives as he has taken enough to sustain himself, but he tells her they will only be the first. Lucy tells him that she has also been working with Torchwood and preparing for his return as well and that she has had her family create an Elixir of Death to undo his revival. The Master pleads with her to stop and warns her he cannot be undone, after receiving the potion from her warden ally, she hurls it at the Master, creating a violent explosion that kills everyone and destroys Broadfell Prison.

The Doctor arrives the next day, exiting the Tardis he looks over the rubble of the destroyed prison and seeing that he was too late, he disgruntledly leaves.

The Resurrected Master

Elsewhere, Joshua Naismith and his daughter Abigail review footage of the prison fire, seeing a shadow emerge from the flames and run into the night. Smiling, Abigail realises that Mr Saxon has returned and that he would be a great Christmas present. Joshua tells her that he will deliver the gift, cancelling Christmas for his staff; he orders that the revived mad man be brought to him.

Joshua Naismith and Abigail Naismith

Elsewhere, Wilf pretends to leave for Christmas drinks with friends, Instead, when he meets up with them, he gives them information packets on the Doctor; they are to be on the lookout for him or the TARDIS. When questioned as to why they need to find this man, Wilf reminds them that they have all been having bad dreams about something horrible that they cannot remember. That is why they need to find the Doctor. He is the only one who can answer this mystery.

In a junkyard, two homeless men get sandwiches from a meals on wheels van and leave, A hooded man arrives, being asked for his order. He pulls off his hood, revealing himself to be the resurrected the Master, looking dishevelled and acting manic; he states he wants everything because he's so hungry. He surprises the homeless men moments later, quickly devouring his hamburger, smacking his lips as he manically consumes it licking his fingers and sucking them clean of the grease. When they point out, he looks like Harold Saxon, the Master chuckles and starts rambling talking to people who aren’t there, his past incarnations seemingly berating him silently, he mutters to the homeless men that he looks the same despite being a master of disguise. His skin turns transparent briefly with each burst of emotion, terrifying the men into running back to the van for help; however, they find only skeletons left in the van, the bones sucked clean of any remnants of meat. The Master appears behind them his nostrils flaring and licking his lips he declares that its dinnertime and proceeds to pounce after them.

The Doctor arrives in the junkyard, shortly afterwards. The Master hears the sound of the arriving Tardis and decides to taunt his old friend by beating a trashcan to a four-stroke beat. He then leads the Doctor on a chase through the junkyard, showing amazing speed and agility, However, the Doctor quickly realises the Master's burning up his own life energy at an exponential rate. It seems the Elixir of death and the revival ritual are causing an internal clash; this has given the Master greater psychical abilities that are slowly but surely killing him again, his body needing to consume vast amounts of fuel to level out the energy drain. Before the Doctor can take off after the Master again, he is stopped dead in his tracks by Wilf and his information network who have dubbed themselves the "Silver Cloak". Minnie Hooper asks if they got the right person with Wilf confirming it, the Doctor berates Wilf for telling people about him, becoming flustered at losing the Master. However, Wilf whispers to him and explains that he kept the specifics about the Time Lord as secret, only telling them that he could find out about the strange dreams, much to the Doctor's annoyance, the group wants to take pictures with him, he fakes a smile while Wilf delightfully chuckles to himself.

After retreating to a café with Wilf, the Doctor wonders why it is he keeps bumping into the old man; declaring this is the third time they have met by chance, Wilf chuckles and insists it must be luck on his part smiling at the Time lord in front of him. The Doctor tells Wilf the prophecy of his death choosing to leave out the impending apocalypse, Wilf stares at the Doctor confused, as he thought the Doctor told him he could regenerate if he was about to die. The Doctor mournfully replies that he can potentially die before regenerating... and even if he does regenerate, the man he is now will be gone forever with a completely different person left sauntering away in his place. The Doctor is shocked to sees Donna standing outside, she argues with a parking officer over her ticketed car, and he comes to realise why Wilf insisted on this particular café. Wilf smiles pointing at her "She's not changed," the Doctor laughs. Wilf says she's engaged to Shaun Temple; although he is nice enough, the two are barely making ends meet and can only afford a tiny flat. The Doctor wonders if her married name will be "Noble-Temple" as it sounds like a tourist attraction; however, Wilf states it will be "Temple-Noble". Wilf tells the Doctor that even though Donna is happy with Shaun, there is times when he sees flashes of sadness like there's somewhere else she wants to be but doesn't know where. He pleads with the Doctor to at least go up to her and say hello to her, but the Doctor sadly reminds him that if Donna remembers him for even a second, she will die. Wilf then asks whom the Doctor is travelling with now, but the Doctor replies he has no one and thought it would be better that way... but with no one around him, he has begun to remember all the bad choices he has made. The Doctor then starts crying, burdened by the guilt of his actions, which also devastates Wilf. He asks if Donna could make him smile again, but by now, she is gone.

Back onboard the Tardis Twelfth Doctor seems to regain consciousness gasping for air as he bolts awake, apologising to an empty console room, he pauses and asks the empty room "where was i?". A wave of relief crosses his face as he remembers, he continues his narration of events and speaks of the passage of Christmas Eve into Christmas Day and that the players are moving into their final positions, with each human dreaming sweetly of the arrival of the final day, while darker and ancient forces begin there machinations towards conquest unperturbed.

In the scrapyard, the Master finishes another meal he wipes the smeared food into his mouth devouring ever last morsel with relish, he pauses looking up into the dark he notices the Doctor has found him again. Rubbing his hands together, he begins to generate some kind of bioelectricity, which he uses to fire some shots near the Doctor as he approaches. Ultimately, he uses both hands to send a focused blast at the Doctor, managing to make him collapse to the ground. The Doctor regains his feet and horrifyingly realises that the Master's body has been "torn wide open", allowing him to send his life energy as blasts but has also drastically reduced his life force. The Master weakened by his assault on the Doctor remembers their childhood, where they would play on pastures of red grass, stretching across the slopes of Mount Perdition. He seems to calm and gently ask the Doctor to listen to the drumming in his head; the Master touches their heads together tentatively. The Doctor pulls away horrified; he has heard the drums too and now knows it is not just a symptom of Masters Insanity, This drives the Master ecstatic to learn that the drumming is real, launching himself into the sky. However, before another chase can ensue, Naismith's men unexpectedly arrive and capture the ‘madman’, the soldiers leave the confused Doctor with one of them viciously knocking him out with the butt of a rifle

Back at Wilfred's house, Donna's fiancé, Shaun, arrives. For Christmas, Donna gives Wilf a book called Fighting the Future by Joshua Naismith, when a confused Wilf questions Donna giving it to him, she has a moment where her mind goes far away as she states that she saw it and sensed that Wilf should have it. As Wilf tries to watch the Queen's Christmas speech, a mysterious woman appears to him only in place of the broadcast, ordering him to take arms; she also advises him not to tell the Doctor of what has happened, so that his life can be saved. Wilf takes his old service revolver from under his bed as the Doctor contacts him by throwing a stone at his window. Outside, the Doctor tells Wilf he is his only possible connection to what is happening and asks if Wilf noticed anything odd. Wilf tries to tell the Doctor about the woman, but changes his mind and mentions Donna's strange moment with the book. The Doctor recognises the picture of Joshua Naismith from the Ood's vision and speculates the convergence touched upon Donna's subconscious Time Lord Mind, which acted to help. As they talk, Sylvia comes outside and is angered to see the Doctor. The Doctor quickly retreats to the TARDIS followed by Wilf who would rather go with the Doctor than face his daughter. Though the Doctor refuses at first, he changes his mind upon seeing how angry Sylvia is. As the TARDIS departs, Sylvia screams after it, drawing the confusion of Donna to her mother's strange behaviour. In the TARDIS, Wilf asks the Doctor why he can't go back to yesterday and catch the Master. The Doctor says he cannot go back in his own timeline as that can lead to the end of not only the world, but the universe as well. The Doctor then wonders what Wilf thinks of his TARDIS, to which he gets "I thought it would be cleaner”, due to how messy the control room is, the doctor erupts in laughter.

At the mansion, the Master is wheeled to Naismith and Abigail on a trolley, securely strapped to it in a straitjacket, which causes him to chuckle with glee. He notices the "Immortality Gate" in the far edge of the large room, he explains disbelief of its presence and calls Naismith naughty for possessing it, the gate can heal injuries and, Naismith hopes, offer life everlasting. Naismith acquired the Gate after the fall of Torchwood having stolen it from the crumbling Andromeda House. The gate came with two nuclear-powered control booths, which are set-up in a way that if a worker wishes to leave he must be replaced in the other booth ensuring that someone is working the controls at all times. Abigail learned of the Disciples of Saxon, and of Mr Saxons alien origins; it is their hopes that the Master will be able to repair the Gate properly. With it working properly, Naismith can give his daughter the ultimate gift immortality.

The Unshimmered Vinvocci

Sometime during these events the Doctor and Wilf arrive at the Naismith estate and the doctor hide the TARDIS one second out of sync, so the Master cannot get to it. The Doctor explains to Wilf his last encounter with the Masters taught the Doctor to never leave the means of altering time available to a mad man with an ego bigger than the size of a planet. In the basement, they discover two of Naismith's staff, Addams and Rossiter, are undercover Vinvocci, disguised with shimmers as humans, the pair deny this profusely but the Doctor gleefully announces he can see through the shimmers and deactivates them with his sonic screwdriver exclaiming the words ‘shimmer’ as he does so. This reveals their true appearance as spiky green humanoids who deeply resents being compared to cacti, The Vinvocci explain the Immortality Gate is a medical device that heals lifeforms across entire planets, using a genetic template. In a grim moment of realisation the Doctor figures out the Master's plan, the horrified Doctor rushes up to the room with the Gate, barging in panting. He tells Naismith not to let the Master anywhere near the Gate, which he has been diligently repairing. Naismith assures the Doctor that the Master is secured, being proven wrong moments later as the Master blasts his straitjacket off and with a devilish smirk blurring across his face jumps into the Gate. As he does this, every single human on Earth collectively sees the Master in his or her minds, Wilf arrives stating he is seeing the Master the Doctor gets the current worker out of the nuclear booth and then has Wilf replace him. Frantically the Doctor uses his Sonic to modify the booth to, hopefully, protect Wilf from whatever is happening. The Doctor asks the Master if he is planning to transmit mind-control or hypnotic instructions, but the Master announces coldly he has far grander plans than that, he has modified the Gate to transmit his own genetic template across the entire planet. The gate is activated, and a wave spreads across the Earth. Everyone's heads shake back and forth rapidly; shortly after this starts, their bodies start fading in and out of a different form. Donna phones Wilf, herself immune due to past travels with the Doctor she tells him the same has happened to her mother and fiancé, Seeing such a sight makes Donna start to remember her travels with the Doctor in flashes, and this causes her terrible pain as her brain cannot handle remembering. Wilf, frightened for Donna's life, warns the Doctor his granddaughter is starting to remember her adventures. Enraged, Wilf demands to know what the mad man has done; The Master smugly asks if he was talking to him, while everyone in the room echoes the question, revealing that the Master has turned everyone on Earth into his clones. A clone who used to be news reporter Trinity Wells clearly makes his point for him on a nearby television monitor: "Breaking news: I'm everyone.”

The Master claims Earth as his own

As the Master's duplicates gleefully unveil themselves, the Doctor is horrified to find himself surrounded by perfect copies of the Master, including the people on TV. On top of that, he has become President Biden; He quickly abuses the President's power by blanking out a financial crisis solution just to spite the world, while a crowd of his own duplicates claps, roots, and hollers for the original Master's triumph. As the Master steps out of the gateway, he tells the Doctor that the human race was always the Doctor's favourite, but it now exists no more, having been replaced with "the Master Race". Every single Master on the planet laughs together with united narcissistic glee and celebration. While the original viciously laughs in the Doctor's face, as a world full of Masters Taunts and mocks him, the Doctor's face twists with extreme fury.

The Narrating Twelfth Doctor announces the Master and his removal of humanity is only a small part of an approaching conflict, steadily sitting himself down into his chair on the gantry adjacent to the Tardis console, his left hand ripples with an orange light. He blacks out. Suddenly, a gravelly voice intercedes the narration and belittles humankind; this is another narrator, the Lord President of the High Council of Time Lords, Rassilon himself, addressing the Gallifrey Panopticon, packed with Time Lords. He announces, "This is the day the Time Lords return. For Gallifrey! For victory! For the end of time itself!". The Twelfth Doctor jolts awake in the Tardis shaking off the orange glow from his hands and states "now this is where things get interesting".

On a devastated Galifrey, on the last day of the Time War, the Time Lord Council reports that the Doctor still possesses "the Moment". They have foreseen that he will use it to end the war by destroying the Daleks and Galifrey alike. A Time Lady suggests that this might be for the best, at the heart of the Time War, billions are dying, being resurrected and dying repeatedly. The never-ending carnage is a travesty of life. The Lord President is angered by her remarks and ruthlessly uses his gauntlet to vaporise her, exploding with anger, he decrees he will not allow himself or his race to die, with "a billion years of history riding on our backs". Finding that the Doctor and the Master both somehow survive the Time War and end up on Earth, the Lord President decides that the salvation of Galifrey lies with the two renegades. They retroactively implant a link to the Master during his early childhood: the four-beat drum rhythm that has tormented him all his life.

On Earth, the Master has the Doctor and Wilf tied up. The Doctor tries warning him about the prophecy, but the Master insists he was what the prophecy was talking about. He interrogates the Doctor as to the whereabouts of his TARDIS, as he wants the technology to pinpoint where the drumming in his head is coming from; insisting with 6,727,949,338 clones, it will be relatively easy now. The Doctor tries reasoning with the Master, asking him to travel with him to see the universe; he insists to him "that's ownership enough". Wilf's mobile phone begins to ring, The Master is confused, as no one but the Master Race exists on Earth; and there is no way he would be calling Wilf. He finds the phone, receiving a call from Donna. The Master hears Donna, who is confused about everyone else changing; she ran into the alley, to get away from Sean and Sylvia. Suspicious, the Master demands to know why Donna did not change. Wilfred reluctantly admits that during her travels with the doctor she suffered a metacrisis that made her part Time Lord. The Master sneers, "He does love playing with Earth girls!” he then orders his copies to take her down. He tells "grandad" to say goodbye to the freak, Wilf yells to Donna to run for her life. As Donna is cornered by the Master Race, who state they share his hunger and reveal they plan to eat her. She starts to remember her adventures with the Doctor and is scared and confused, wondering why she can see a giant wasp. Instead of burning up, she emits an energy pulse that knocks everyone unconscious, including herself. Hearing nothing and seeing the Doctor smile, the Master removes his mouth gag. The Doctor calmly points out that when he erased Donna's memories of her time with him he also left her, his best friend, with a defence mechanism to protect her from aliens and her Time Lord knowledge. The Master hurls a desks across the room and angrily demands to know where the TARDIS is, threatening to kill Wilfred. The Doctor asks why the Master is so desperate to rule the universe when they could just travel together and see it, admitting that he knows the Master is a genius and would be honoured for the chance to travel with him. The Master asks if the drums in his head would stop, and tells Wilf how the noise started when he looked into the Untampered Schism as a child.

On Galifrey, the Lord President is informed of this too. Although the Time Lords had also wrongly assumed the drums were a symptom of the Master's insanity, the President sees it as something more grimly smiling; "a rhythm of four... a heartbeat of a Time Lord". The Master reveals that despite the gate, his body is still dying and then realises that as he has been duplicated, so has the drumbeat in almost every single person on Earth. Intending to triangulate the signal and work out where it is coming from, he demands the TARDIS again. The Doctor retorts, "You know the most amazing thing about you is that after all this time, you're still bone-dead stupid." Somehow, the Master has failed to notice that the guard next to him is one inch too tall. The "guard" hits him in the head with the rifle, knocking him down, the guard is Rossiter. Addams rushes in and urges her partner to get the two men out of the mansion. Rossiter, unable to free the Doctor from the chair he is strapped to, wheels the chair bumpily down several flights of stairs to the basement, prompting the Doctor to note this as the "worst... rescue... ever!". From the basement, the four teleport to the orbiting Vinvocci ship, narrowly escaping the Master and his guards. Wilfred is amazed at being in space; while the Doctor is more concerned with the Master. As soon as he gets out of his restraints, he destroys the teleporter, preventing the Master Race from following them. He asks for directions to the bridge; Addams initially refuses, citing that they are 100,000 miles above the Earth, but reconsiders when the Doctor points out the 'slight' problem of the Master having every single missile on the planet ready to fire. When they arrive, the Vinvocci prepare to leave, so the Doctor destroys the ship's systems, leaving them hanging dead in orbit. As the Doctor begins to mend the systems, Wilfred sees the mysterious woman again, who instructs him to give the Doctor his gun. The combined Master’s pause and listen to the drumming in their heads, trying to pinpoint the source, suddenly the veil lifts and they can sense its origins coming "from the sky". This causes them to collectively all look up.

Meanwhile, the Time Lord council have just finished putting the drumbeat in the Master's head as a child, giving them his location now. However, as they are still trapped in the time lock, they need something to make physical contact. The Lord President removes a diamond from his staff and throws it through the link to Earth where it falls to the ground in a blaze, landing in London. The Master soldiers pick it up, telling the original what they have found is not just any diamond... it's a White-Point Star. This makes the original Master cracks up hysterically and dance with glee. On the ship, the Doctor is still repairing the systems, Wilf talks to him about many things, tries to have the Doctor take the gun to save himself by killing the Master; they believe the four knocks is the rhythm in the Master's head. The Doctor refuses and Wilf begins to cry over his fruitless efforts, prompting the Doctor to hug him. A broadcast from the Master reaches the ship; he informs the Doctor about the diamond and reveals it as a White-Point star. It can only mean one thing, the Time Lords are returning. Wilfred considers this good but the Doctor's reaction says quite differently... he rapidly grabs the gun and rushes for the control room. Wilf follows him he is befuddled and confused as he thought the Time Lords were wise and peaceful. The Doctor tells him that is how he chooses to remember them; in reality, the horrors of the Time War had changed them, irrevocably corrupting them and making them far more dangerous than any of his enemies. The Doctor has repaired the ship, but Addams will not have them going to Earth. The Doctor tells her "there's an old Earth saying. A word of great power and wisdom; and consolation to soul in times of need." When asked what it is, the Doctor yells "Allons-y!" and speeds the ship towards Earth. The Master decides to kill the Doctor, as "soon he will have Time Lords to spare", sending missiles at the ship, Rossiter and Wilf take charge of the asteroid lasers and blast away the missiles the Master launches at them. Addams plots a course for Naismith's mansion and the Doctor jumps from the ship, crashing several stories through the skylight and into the Immortality Gate room, while he recovers from the fall, he finds himself too late. The Master has brought the Time Lords back. Not only is the Master in the room, but so is the Time Lord Council. The President, Rassilon, greets "Lord Doctor" and "Lord Master", and then defames the latter by noting the 'paradox' that they have been saved by Galifrey’s most infamous child. The Master, fast to retort, quickly belittles the Lord President's authority and reveals that he did not call the Time Lords to Earth to save them. He intends to implant himself in them and assert control of the entire race, gloating at how much better the Lord President will look as him. However, the Lord President is not amused at the Master's assertion over his power and demonstrates how fast he can unravel his scheme. He raises his gauntlet and it radiates a blue light, The Master Race begins to revert to their unaltered human identities, causing the Master great panic as he loses his trump card. The Lord President tells the humans present in the Naismith Mansion to kneel. Left powerless, the Master tries to bargain with the Time Lords by reminding them that he was their salvation. However, the whole planet shakes intensely. The President announces that "the approach begins". The Master is left confused by his cryptic words; the Doctor angrily tells him that not only the whole species of Time Lords are coming back, but so is the planet.

Galifrey begins to materialise near Earth, fulfilling the prophecy that "it is returning". Standing about three times the size of Earth, it shadows over Earth with an air of doom.Panic erupts in the streets of London as the giant red world of Galifrey manifests above the atmosphere, with the Earth itself trembling under the sheer presence of the giant planet. Shaun Temple goes searching for his fiancée Donna, while Sylvia Noble looks up at the ominous sky and prays for the Doctor to save them. Wilf, having left the Vinvocci shuttle, makes his way through the crumbling Naismith Mansion to find the Doctor. Refusing to stay on Earth as Galifrey threatens to knock it out of orbit, Addams immediately readies the shuttle for take-off. Rossiter is concerned about the Doctor's fate, but Addams shrugs and reminds him that he already said he was dying. All the residents of Naismith Mansion, including Joshua and his daughter, flee from the residence. Joshua spots Galifrey’s descent and is affixed with terror. Wilf returns to help the Doctor, freeing a trapped man in the control booth and inadvertently trapping himself in the process, The Master thinks that the Time Lords' restoration to the universe is fantastic.but the Doctor tells him that the broken time-lock means that all of the other horrors born in the last days of the Time War, which he had sealed away in the Time Lock as well, would also be released. The Daleks would not be the only additional escapees; they would be joined by the Skaro Degradations, the Horde of Travesties, the Nightmare Child, and the could have Been King with his Army of Meanwhiles and Neverweres. The war had turned to Hell, which is exactly what the Master has unleashed above Earth. The Master delights at the thought of such chaos, but the Doctor tells him that not even the Time Lords can survive such an onslaught. The Lord President then reveals that he had planned to deal with these horrors by initiating the Ultimate Sanction; a plan for the Time Lords to survive the collapse of all creation and all time, as the paradox of Galifrey’s return to the universe rips the Time Vortex apart. By ascending their conscious minds beyond the need for bodies, whilst creation itself ceases to be, The Master asks to join them, but the President refuses, contemptuously dismissing the Master as "diseased... albeit a disease of the Time Lords' own making," and moves to kill him. The Doctor aims Wilf's gun at the President, who cautions the Doctor to "choose his enemy well, as they are many but the Master is one". Even the Master goads him on, urging him to kill the President and claim Galifrey for himself. At this, the Doctor spins and aims the gun at the Master, who realises that the link that brought the Time Lords to Earth, is inside his head, and if he dies, the link is broken and the Time Lock is reformed. He points out that killing the President would have the same effect. The Doctor aims the gun at the Lord President again, who coldly remarks that the final act of the Doctor's life is murder: which one will he choose? Finally, in this dark hour of the Doctor's life, one of the "disgraced" Time Lords covering her eyes behind the Lord President reveals herself to the Doctor; she is the mysterious woman that Wilfred had seen on a number of occasions. As she casts her gaze to a spot behind the Doctor, he not only seems to recognise her but also now knows what to do: he whirls around and aims toward the Master once again, a lone tear rolling down his cheek; it burns the cuts and scrapes across his face. As the Master’s, face falls, the Doctor orders him to get out of the way. Suddenly understanding, the Master smiles darkly and jumps away from the White-Point Star just as the Doctor shoots it, and its destruction severs the link and reinforces the Time Lock, pulling the Time Lords back into the Time War and to their inevitable doom. The Doctor sends them "back into Hell", and Addresses the Lord President By his name, Rassilon. As Galifrey vanishes back into the Time Lock, Rassilon refuses to die alone and prepares to kill the Doctor, The Doctor is calm and is ready for the prophecy to be fulfilled... but the Master orders the Doctor out of the way and attacks Rassilon with his life force energy powers. Shouting angrily that Rassilon was responsible for everything that had happened to him. As the Master counts the drums one last time, his blasts occupy Rassilon long enough for a bright flash of light to send all of them — the Time Lords, Rassilon, Gallifrey, and the Master, back into the last day of the Last Great Time War. In the streets, Sylvia and the other humans watch as the giant red planet gently fades away and allows the sun to shine once more. The Doctor struggles to his feet, weary, but happy, almost in disbelief that he has survived the prophecy. The Doctor's face turns from relief to horror as he hears the four hesitant knocks portending his death. The knocks persist, condemning him further. As he slowly turns, he sees where they are coming from — Wilfred is still trapped in the nuclear booth and wants to be let out. The Doctor, leery to approach the booth, looks at him with dread. As he suspects, Wilfred's life is in dire straits. Upon inspection of the booth, the Doctor tells Wilf that the Master left the nuclear bolt running, the machine has gone past critical and is about to overload, which will release a lethal dose of radiation into the booth and doing anything to it, even using the sonic screwdriver, will set it off. The only way to get Wilf out alive is for the Doctor to walk into the open side of the booth and push a button to release the one-way lock, but this means the Doctor will be trapped inside in place of Wilf to endure the radiation blast. At 500,000 rads, it would inflict catastrophic damage to his body. Wilf smiles and tells the Doctor to just leave him, since he has lived a full life, it does not seem worth it for his friend to give up his own just for Wilf's sake. The Doctor pretends to callously accept Wilf's offer but knows he cannot allow the sacrifice, his spirit finally shattered the Doctor cuts loose with a rant of anger, grief, and frustration and he rages and chokes back tears about how despite everything he has done he's still going to die. Just because Wilf had to climb into the booth and he is just an old man, "not remotely important". He could just be left and the Doctor could live so much longer and "do so much more". Then he snaps out of this self-absorption and realises what he has just said, he knows he cannot leave Wilf to die and concludes that a Time Lord sometimes lives too long. Ignoring Wilf's pleas, the Doctor enters the opposite booth and frees him, releasing the radiation into his booth. The Doctor writhes in intense pain until he finally collapses and the booth itself goes dead from the loss of power. After a few seconds, the Doctor gets up, having absorbed all the radiation from the nuclear bolt. At first, it looks like the Doctor has survived; however, when Wilf comments that the Doctor acquired some battle scars in the course of stopping the Time Lords returning, the Doctor passes his hands over his face, healing the wounds he had sustained earlier from crashing through the skylight. In response to Wilf's surprise, the Doctor examines his hands and with a hint of melancholy announces, "It's started"; his body is preparing to regenerate. The weary Doctor takes Wilf home and tells him, "I'll see you again, one more time." When Wilfred asks where he is going, the Doctor simply states, "You’ll see."

Some months later The Doctor appears after Donna's wedding and meets Wilfred and Sylvia away from the festivities, Wilfred tells him Joshua and Abigail Naismith were both arrested, and asks the Doctor who the mysterious woman was, he just smiles at them. The Doctor does not answer, but then gives Wilfred and Sylvia a wedding gift for Donna; a winning lottery ticket, purchased with a pound given to him by Sylvia's late husband, solving all her financial problems. The Doctor then leaves with a final look at Wilfred, the man whose life he saved at the expense of his own, As he leaves Wilfred cries, realising he will never see the Doctor again.

The Doctor sits aboard the Tarids he tells the empty room "and thats my story... My Final story". He staggers away as the pain of the radiation poisoning is finally setting in, outside the Tardis crashes into a side street and the Doctor emerges, collapsing a few feet away from the TARDIS, He looks up to see a being made of pure white energy making it's way slowly towards him, as he cries out it stops and stands solemnly watching over him writhing in pain. As the Doctor struggles to his feet, he makes his way to a bench a watches as women makes her way across the street infront of him, he recognises her as poppy's mother, he smiles and feels someone sit beside him, it is Nardole drinking from a flask of tea. The Doctor laughs and tells Nardole he is dying and asks "why can you never leave me in peace?". Nardole finishes his tea and smiles at his friend he insists “this is one ending, but the story never ends."

The Twelfth Doctor Nods and Nadole helps him make it to the TARDIS, As the Doctor turns to see if he will join him Nardole flips open a vortex manipulator on his wrist and winking at the doctor seemingly fizzles away, causing the doctor to chuckle as he steps inside the Tardis. The Doctor Sombrely enters the TARDIS. After tossing his coat over a railing, he breaths for a beat and rubs his face sighing with exhaustion it is within this momenthe notices his right hand is glowing with a golden aura, surging with ripples of regenerative energy. Struggling to make his way to the controls he sets the TARDIS in flight as he circles the console, fighting with every fiber of his strenght to remain on his feet. Tearfully, he stands taking one last look around and utters: "I don't want to go..."

The Tardis Explodes

As the words leave him, golden energy radiates from both his hands and face as he breathes heavily. Taking a final deep breath, the Doctor stretches his arms out as golden energy bursts from his hands and head and his body erupts as the regeneration takes hold. The monumental power produced by the regenerative energy shatters the TARDIS windows and sets the console room ablaze, destroying columns, blowing out the lights, and raining debris down from above. The Doctor's face is gradually consumed by the blinding aura of regeneration energy. His face seemingly twisted in pain the Doctor closes his eyes as his facial features fade and morph into those of a young man with a quiff of brown hair and a thick brown beard, opening his eyes he screams in pain. As the strain of the regeneration slowly wears off, the newly regenerated stumbles back with a look of surprise. Amidst the destruction around him he quickly examines himself to making sure all his body parts are still in the same place, with his long hair causing him to think he had become a girl for a moment. With a quick feel of his Adam's apple and his beard he confirms that he hasn't, he then notices, he has dark hair proclaiming “finally no more grumpy grandads”.

Remembering there was something important that he is forgetting, He tries recalling what it was until another explosion forces him to his knees. Realising that what he was trying to remember was that the TARDIS is now crashing, the Doctor oddly seems happy as he jumps over to the monitor, it shows the ship spinning wildly towards and unknown planet Delighting in the chaos, the Doctor clings to the console and gleefully shouts in excitement.

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An Unknown Planet, Several Ood, Hath and Humans gather for a feast, The three sides sharing food peacefully and festivities fill the air. several small children play in the fields, provoking the live stock and chasing another, they suddenly stop and watch as snow begins to fall, winter is long off and they feel the winds bite at there skin. The children feel an ancient fear spread in there hearts, suddenly in the distance the distinctive sound of the TARDIS' engines fills the valley. Rushing the adults and children congregate to watch as they see the TARDIS blink into existence above them, ricochet off a few buildings and trees, then come to a crashing halt.

The freshly regenerated Doctor stumbles out of the police box doors, in what seems like a sudden whirlwind of energy he greets the species by name, admires there headresses and says there food smells delicious all before collapsing. The Curious aliens gather round the unconscious man and slowly and tentatively pick him up and carry him into a hut, where they remove his charred clothes and dress him in an outfit that closely matches a set of futuristic pyjamas and leave him pieces of fruit beside his bed with some water incase he awakes. A mother ushers out the curious children asking them in there own diallect to leave the stranger to rest, a wisp of vortex energy emerges from the Doctor's mouth, it floats up into the atmosphere and out into space, carried along it travels as blown by wind to a nearby star, the sliver of energy hit's the star and creates a wound on it's surface which slowly turns from a brilliantly brutal orange to a cool pale blue and begins to spread, In the distance a island-like spaceship sinisterly approaches the planet.

That evening, the planets three races gather to perform a strange almost religious ceremony, the hath preistess notices several trees have sprung up rapidly near the alter where they need to pray. As the hath approach they notice the leaves few almost metallic and withdraw, suddenly they comes to life, whirling around with razor-sharp branches trying to slice anyone in there vaccinations to ribbons. Several people are cut down and the three survivors retreat to the Doctors hut with the tres in pursuit. As they comprehend there impending deaths, one of the three finds the Doctor’s sonic screwdriver on the and in desperation places it in his still-comatose Doctor's hand and in his own language begs him to help them. Reacting instinctively, the Doctor rises as the tree bursts through the door and instantly disintegrates the tree with the screwdriver.

He then strides outside the hut to see who was remotely controlling the trees, From the tree line a creature stares at the Doctor, but quickly transmat’s away when the Doctor points the sonic screwdriver at them. The Doctor calls them "pilot fish" and collapses in pain, saying that they woke him up too soon: he is still regenerating. The energy leaking from him has attracted the "pilot fish"'s attention. However, he soon spasms in pain, saying he is having a neural implosion because they woke him too soon. He tries saying what he needs, but the aliens struggle to understand him, he finally seems to understands that with the Tardis damaged the translation circuits aren’t operational. He grips the elder, looking up at the falling snow he tries to warn her that something bigger is coming, he then loses consciousness again as a large shadow is cast over the settlement.

High Above the craft had now entered the atmosphere and is hovering above the settlement it begins to broadcast a message to the planet below. Identifying themselves as the Sycorax, and they are claiming the planet as their own, demanding surrender or "they" will all die, they describe all other species as “cattle".  The Elders decline to surrender, warning the Sycorax that the planet is armed and that they will fight for there world which causes the Sycorax to simply chuckle amongst themselves.

As dawn rises, the Sycorax enact their first move, With a wave of the leader's hand, blue energy sweeps over a third of the world's population, mesmerising them. The mind-controlled aliens and humans, climb to the highest spots they can find, nearby cliffs and ledges and stand at the edge, poised to jump. The Villagers panic frantically searching for there children and elders, before finally seeing them lined up on the cliff side.

Transmitting the remaining elders and warriors aboard the ship, The Sycorax leader removes his helmet, revealing a skinless face surrounded by a mantle of bone. His hand hovering over a large glowing button, he demands immediate surrender, or he will order the controlled Aliens to jump. A human Elder tries to reason with the Sycorax but they merely laugh at him and he is then reduced to a pile of bones by the leader's energy whip, as is a hath warrior when he protests. Half of the world will be sold into slavery or a third will die; it is there choice.

As some children move the unconscious Doctor into the Tardis’s damaged console room, As there mother finds them she knocks the TARDIS scanner which momentarily becomes operational and tunes into what is happening. The Human mother panics and frantically pushed buttons eventually turning off the device, the time machine's advanced technology is detected by the Sycorax.

Outside, several Ood watch helplessly as the TARDIS is transmatted up. Not realising that they are aboard the Sycorax ship, the children step out of the TARDIS and scream when they see the assembled Sycorax. The Human Mother is sipping a cup of tea but hearing the scream rushes out after the children, dropping the pot of tea, which spills and starts dripping through the grilles at the base of the console next to the Doctor's unconscious form. The Doctor breathes in the fumes created as the tea sparks against various components.

The distraught elders command the Sycorax to leave, but is answered with laughter. The Sycorax leader taunts there attempts to pass off second-hand knowledge as authority... but as he gloats, the alien languages start turning into English. The aliens are startled to be able to understand one another, little do they know that TARDIS translation is working again, and the Doctor must be conscious for it to be active, that can mean only one thing: the Doctor is awake. On cue, the Doctor emerges from the TARDIS, smiling as strides out toward the assembled aliens he says, "Did you miss me?". The aliens are shocked to be able to the stabbed man from the stars, he easily deactivated the Sycorax leader's energy whip and breaking his staff, the Doctor bluntly tells the alien to wait while he gets more important things out of the way, namely, getting acquainted with his friends. The Doctor thanks the children for caring for him and tells them

they haven’t been so brave, telling there mother that she should be proud to have raised them, he then shakes the elders hand and tells them he insists on dealing with invasion for them. As the Sycorax leader demands to know who he is, the Doctor blithely strides across the ship's floor, nattering on cheerfully and still working out what his personality is like in this new incarnation. He walks up to the glowing button, discovers that it is powered by A-positive blood, and quickly deduces that the Sycorax are using blood control, they're controlling all creatures with A-positive blood on the planet below. The Doctor tells the leader that in his unstable state, when he sees a large glowing button he just cannot help himself and to everyone's shock, he pushes it.

However, instead of sending the possessed crowds to their deaths, it simply releases them from the Sycorax control. The Doctor explains that blood control is like hypnosis: "you can hypnotise someone to cluck like a chicken or sing like Elvis, but you can't hypnotise them to death. Survival instinct's too strong." The Sycorax were bluffing, and the Doctor called them on it. The leader says that they can still conquer the planet with an armada, but the Doctor demands that the planet be left alone (quoting part of "The Circle of Life" from The Lion King in the process), challenging the leader to single combat for the planet.

The Doctor goads the leader into it the fight by insulting him in his native Sycoraxic. The swordfight goes from inside the ship to its exterior. In the midst of it, the leader cuts the Doctor's hand off, and it falls below with his sword. The leader assumes the Doctor will yield as he's been "disarmed". While his friends are horrified, the Doctor is calm; he notes that he is still within the first fifteen hours of changing into his new incarnation. Grinning, he explains that there's leftover energy after the change to rectify any anomalies or missing bits; he gently blows some regenerative energy onto the bleeding stump and his hand regrows.

Grabbing a new sword, the Doctor warns the leader "This new hand, it's a fightin' hand!" and reengages the leader in battle. The Doctor ultimately pins the leader, telling him to leave the planet and never return, in return for the Doctor sparing his life. As the Doctor walks back, celebrating his victory with the settlers, the leader tries a final attack whilst the Doctor's back is turned. The Doctor calmly bounces a stone he finds in coat pocket off a control button, opening a section of the ship's wing beneath the leader, sending the alien plunging to his death. With a now-grim expression, the Doctor states that he is a man who doesn't give second chances. The Doctor stands before the remaining Sycorax forces and sends the other Sycorax on their way with a reminder that the planet is defended, they beg him feebly for mercy and inform him that they are running from the end of the universe. He scoffs and tells them if they hadn’t come as invaders and came on peace he would of considered helping them, he coldly tells them to find somewhere far, far away to wait out the cold and die in silence.

They are transmatted back to surface and reuniting all the surviving settlers, The Doctor however glares upwards, his face filled with a mixture of fear and fury, he looks as the Sycorax ship leaves but as fresh snow falls on his face. The Doctor turns to The Ood elder who looks solemnly at him in return. He bitterly says he should have warned the Sycorax to run, as the real monsters, are coming. He Looks at the Elder who is now crying seeing the world is covered in thick layers of snow, The Doctor apologies and tells the Elder to make the most of there time together before leaving his head hung low.

Aboard the Tardis, The Doctor sifts through the wreckage and makes his through to the TARDIS wardrobe, finally settling on navy pinstripe trousers, Black Shirt, with a navy green waist coat and a military style coat.

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Outside, the snow is falling thicker and faster now and most of the settlement is covered now with barley any signs of life, a cloister bell dings faintly somewhere in the Tardis, The Doctor smiles and pats the side of Tardis telling it “i know old girl… i know”. The Doctor manages to spark some life in the Tardis, At least enough for one trip, he fixes a steely gaze on the monitor and enters the coordinates for the last place he wants to return to but he knows he has to, Galifrey.

The Devastated Remains Of London

The Doctors Tardis Absorbing The Frozen Supernova Into The Eye Of Harmony To Restart Reality

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Earth’s Sun Burns Cold At The End Of Reality

The Last Doctor Prepares To Make One Final Trip In The Tardis

The Last Doctor Trapped On A Frozen Galifrey

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The Frozen Tardis

The Last Doctor Finds A Piece Of The Shattered Tardis

Some Of The Last Humans Left Alive

The Last Days Of Galifrey

The TARDIS arrives with a jolt at farthest flung corner of Galifrey, the doctor looks out in horror as the world he once knew. Now filled with snow and coated in thick ice, the TARDIS console sends out sparks and the cloister bell tolls loudly deep within the heart of the Tardis as the old machine refuses to go any further. The doctor furiously berates the Tardis, asking it why it’s chosen now to stop and with a defiant slam of the door he makes his exit. Locking the door behind him he silently and solemnly places a hand on the old wooden door and closes his eyes and for a brief second seems to share a moment psychically with the Tardis. He makes his way to the citadel, pausing for the briefest of moments to look back at the old blue box planted silently in the snow. The Doctor’s journey is harsh and dangerous, after a few days of travelling, he see’s something emerge from the pure white deserted wasteland. The great citadel glimmers still in the faint sunlight, he is astonished that the freeze has taken hold so rapidly since the short time since his regeneration.

In the desolate area around the citadel, a child picks away at the scraps of a ship buried amongst the snow. Something scurries amongst the snow covered landscape, unbeknownst to the child who continues to sort amongst the scrap, hearing metal clanking behind her the child turns around and is confronted by the grimace of a weeping angel.

Within his decrepit laboratory, Cardinal Yana watched from afar, watching beyond the cracked dome from his perch. His tattered robes swallow his skeletal frame, he watches the child from his telescope but is unable to witness the carnage and looks away with a scowl. He sighs calling back into the empty room that there is movement on the surface, His assistant, Chantho, warms herself by a fire pit she cautiously asks if she should alert the guards, Yana sighs glancing down the scope once more he tells her coldly not to bother, adding sorrowfully that they can't spare them. He comments that the time vortex has deposited far too many horrors along the planet’s surface. His voice breaks as his mind wanders adding he often wonders if it’s a blessing to be taken quickly rather than suffer what is to come. Chantho wipes away a tear, the grim silence the pair share is only disturbed by the whispering winds, filling the ruins of the once mighty citadel. Chantho suddenly bursts into life as the consoles in the room flicker and click she smile as if every fibre of her body has suddenly awoken, she gains Yana’s attention helping the withered cardinal from his chair and to the console showing him the readout from the surface scanner, it has detected the doctors TARDIS. Holding back a withered smile, he remarks, "It would seems hope is rekindled..."

The doctor sees the vast citadel coming ever closer and notes the wasteland around it is now filled with various space ships and shuttles, none of which are galifeyan in origin. He can feel nothing other than contempt for the remnants of his own species, he assumes that his people have shot down these ships to conserve whatever scraps they have left rather than help anyone other than themselves. He is all too aware of something scuttling underneath the snow drifts and quickens his pace, noting that it also does quickens it’s prowling of him. Soon he finds himself running through the snow drifts as various appendages bursts from the snow as he approaches the gates, with the weeping angels and other abominations closing the distance. The Doctor thunders on the doors shouting for someone to let him in, the guards yells back from behind the large metal doors denying him entry, with his hearts beating in his throat his eyes burn through the strain of not blinking all while things take form in the distance, the sound of snarling and the gnashing of hungry teeth as the horrors beyond the wall decide who has the privilege to feast on the Doctor. Listening to the orchestra of calamity in the distance, time itself seems to freeze, The Doctor thinks within that moment what a cruel fate to have to know your death is before you and to watch it take shape before you. He issue a final thunderous banging on the doors once more calling out to absent ears, begging to be let in. As though accepting his fate the doctor allows his burning eyes to blink and in that micro second he feels his feet leave the floor, hands surrounding him and drag him down in bitterly sweet moment, but a dull metallic thud stirs him back to reality. Daring to open his eyes he sees he had been dragged inside, the guards are fighting to now close the door while one captain sits by the door bleeding from a stump where an arm should be. Rushing to his rescuers aid he calms the captain by her by telling her not to worry ‘I’m a doctor’. A withering chuckle fills his ears causing the hairs on his neck to stand on end as he looks up a grand staircase to a withered cardinal clutching a walking cane.

Night begins to fall on Galifrey and amongst frozen darkness surrounding the citadel something watches and bides it’s time.

Cardinal Yana join’s the Doctor in the hospital as he oversees the Captains treatment, he learns that the Doctor, is travelling alone and is currently at his final regeneration. The Doctor accompanies the frail old cardinal to his laboratory on the upper levels, admiring all the wiring and antique conduits splayed out within. He pauses and asks the guards who accompanying them to help him retrieve the TARDIS, they refuse suggesting to the Doctor that the expedition would risk far too many lives. The Doctor chuckles as he looks on the cowering guards remarking that “if only Rassilon could see them now”. Time lords scared of the dark, the mighty civilisation scared of the beasts beating down the door. The elderly Yana dismisses the angered guards to prevent any further confrontations, musing to the doctor that they are all that’s left of a large garrison. The two time lords discuss the state of the universe and with Yana revealing despite his appearance he is much younger than the doctor but has seen so much, he grew up on stories of the Doctor, stories of his boundless compassion and love for life, while he was no stranger to the secrets within the matrix of the Doctors fury an cowardice. The Doctor stops and out rightly admits he has been running since he saw the first star burn cold and has known that the last days of the universe are coming likening it to sand trickling through an hour glass. Yana smiles at this analogy and gestures at the barren wasteland outside asking what it feels like to know they are witnessing the last grains circling the precipice, the doctor simply shudders staring out at the snow fall. The Doctor scratches his head and ponders for a moment before asking Yana why none of the Time lords have simply hoped into a Tardis and left.

Chantho arrives catching the tail end of the conversation, she mockingly laughs, adding that is impossible because everywhere is leaving existence across and space so there is simply nowhere left to go, hence why his Tardis is malfunctioning. She begins to use various devices on the ancient time lord slumped in his chair, stating that the Doctor should be thankful that it brought him home for the end. Yana interrupts her weakly adding that the doctor isn’t home, this is just a pit stop chuckling to himself. Dragging a bemused Doctor away, she asks the doctor to stay a while as she believes Yana may die soon and he has waited so long to meet the Doctor. She explains more about Yana, he was a brilliant scientist he was alerted early of the great freeze and reports of worlds growing silent and cold she pauses and adds that he wanted to give them a fighting chance. Showing him around the machinery, she explains a young Yana loaded himself into this machine and began the regeneration process and amplified the Artron Energy. The Doctors face turns cold and he intercedes looking between Chantho and Yana. He looks at Chantho with anger but it quickly abates as he looks out at the cold world outside. He strides over to Yana, calling him very clever but ultimately very stupid. He had used the machines to light up the night’s sky with a signal to everyone and everything who fed on energy and invited it for dinner. The doctor pauses “the creatures outside… the weeping angels, skilderax, arthapages…”. His words are cut short by the withered cardinal who adds the names of several other species, some names are ancient and even stab icicles of fear through the doctor’s hearts. As the list grows and grows the doctor interjects asking the only sane question he can muster ‘why?’ Yana smiles like a benevolent grandfather admiring his grandson playing, he simply asks the Doctor in return ‘why not’. Chantho Tells the Weary cardinal to rest, she tucks him in and speaks softly to the doctor, stating ‘the universe is dying and all those scavengers would be picking ever helpless soul out there if someone didn’t intervene’. With tears blistering down his cheeks the Doctor has realised what vast amounts of power would be needed to keep drawing the scavengers in. Chantho gives an uneasy smile, adding that practically all his regenerations where spent on that one act and although under normal circumstances upon his death he would simply regenerate it is now her belief that his body would not survive the process and simply turn to dust. The doctor stands astonished by the cardinals actions and feels a question forming in his throat a morbid one, but in need of clarification, it leaves his lips like a knife cutting the thin air “what number?”. Yana holds up three withered fingers giving a wiry smile, the doctor grips his hands tight in a mixture of anger and sadness.

Below a black swirling mass floods the door way and breaches the giant metal a guard is impaled on crystal tentacle and it slowly syphoning the life force of its victim into itself filling the cloud with golden energy.

The Doctors grieving is interrupted as the cloister bell within the citadel sounds, the might bell tolling deeply and echoing in every quarter, The Doctor runs to the stairs and hears the sound of blasters being discharged aswell as the screams of the gaurds below. Chantho smiles telling the Doctor to run handing him a Vox communicator and placing another small device in his free hand, there is a sudden swirl of green light and the Doctor finds himself out in the snow. Yana’s voice comes faintly through the Vox telling him that they would buy the doctor some time to get to his Tardis, in the laboratory they two time lords prepare to activate the machine one final time to destroy the citadel and the invading creatures. The Doctor falls to his knees and begs the cardinal to reconsider and tells him to let them both work together with Yana simply laughing, his voice crackling through the Vox, he tells the Doctor to go home. Yana makes his way slowly towards the machine but a crystal tentacle impales his left shoulder blade and begins to glow as it sucks his energy away, he falls to the ground unable to get to chair to activate the machine. The one armed Captain runs in behind the Creature and unleashes a volley of blaster fire that causes it scream out as it burns up and crackles into nothingness. Chantho tends to the injured Cardinal but knows he is too weak to power the machine she kisses his head and assumes his position strapping herself into the machine. Tears roll down her cheeks as she sends a finally message to the Doctor, begging him to save them all. The Doctor listens helplessly to the sounds from Vox device in his hand, The Doctor insists he will not forget them that in their final moments the time lords chose to be kind. Yana smiles, watching as Chantho begins to regenerate her body consumed by the machine the dying time instructs the doctor to run calling him a fool for making grand speeches at a time like this.

The Doctor watches as the nights sky is filled with a golden glow light as the Great citadel shines brightly with the energy, the many towers and spires of the grand structure crumble and buckle as rays of energy burst free from every crevice. The Doctor sets off running back to his Tardis he can see the old blue box sat silently still, his hearts pound in his chest, then as an icy wind travels up his spine he turns to see the once brilliant light from the citadel growing dimmer and his hearts fill despair as he watches the night turn back to black and the snow drift wipes away all remnants of the once might race of time lords. The Tardis sensing the doctors distress is now more complaint then before and the doctors runs inside and barely has to flick levers and switches before the Tardis instinctively takes off, outside things in the dark claw and bite at the Tardis doors as it takes off. The Doctor wonders how much time Yana had truly bought the universe, flips a switches and heads to earth.

Satellite 5

The Last Doctor travels back in time to the year 200,000 hoping to

Satellite 5

find some remnants of life, The Tardis lands aboard Satellite 5, a space station in Earth’s orbit during the what should be the Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire. Earth in this time period is at its height, it should be covered with megacities, five moons and a population of bustling population of 96 billion, being the centre of a galactic domain that stretches across a million planets and species — or, at least, it is supposed to be.

The Doctor makes his way around the station, the Doctor telling himself that during this period human culture should be at its peak, with fine manners and cuisine. When the station comes to life there’s a few junk food vendors and people pushing each other around with no sign of any species other than human leaving the Doctor is puzzled, as this does not quite fit with what he knows of this period's history, he decides to investigate.

The Doctor meets Cathica and Suki, who are journalists aboard Satellite 5, The Doctor uses his psychic paper on them and poses as management to question them about the station. Cathica sees this as an opportunity to get promoted to management's "Floor 500", which is rumoured to have walls of gold. She answers the Doctor's questions, showing him that Satellite 5 is a news station, broadcasting 600 channels across the Empire, well what’s left of it explaining that planets at the furthest reaching are going

dark. They are being observed suspiciously on security monitors by the Editor, a pale man standing in a dark, icy room. He orders a security check to be done on there visitor.

The Doctor is taken into a room where other reporters sit arranged in a circle around a chair. Cathica sits in the central chair, engages the safety protocols and snaps her fingers, opening a port in the centre of her forehead through which her brain is visible. On her cue, the others press their hands to the panels in front of them and an energy beam spikes down from a hub above, streaming information directly into her brain. The Doctor looks on and realises that Cathica is acting as a processor for the computer systems that broadcast all the news from Satellite 5, though she will not retain all that information once the link is severed. He also deduces that must mean that each reporter has a chip in his or her head as well, which receives the packaged information from Cathica and then transmits it to their separate channels. The Doctor is horrified saying that it is the wrong technology; there is trouble afoot.

The Editor's security check on the Doctor turns up nothing, but he is unconvinced. A second sweep reveals someone in the newsroom is having unauthorised access to the systems and isolates the intruder as Suki. Her records have an encrypted, secondary biography attached to them. The Editor tuts and waggles his finger in disapproval then terminates the transmission abruptly and reports obsequiously to something that growls unintelligibly from the ceiling of the control room. The Editor chuckles and sends a message to the newsroom, saying congratulations because Suki has been promoted to Floor 500. A shocker and giddy Suki says her goodbyes to Cathica and gets on the lift. Cathica does not expect to see her again explaining to the bewildered Doctor that Once you go to Floor 500, you never come back.

Arriving on Floor 500 Suki finds that it appears deserted and everything is covered in a thick frost and snow. Wandering around, she is shocked to find a newsroom populated by shrivelled corpses. Following a pale blue light streaming in from an open door, she finds the control room and is greeted by the Editor. He displays her records on a holographic screen, and immediately concludes that her life story as given in her job application is in fact a lie, she is actually the last survivor of an anarchist underground group called the Freedom Fifteen. Suki points a gun at the Editor, demanding to know who controls Satellite 5 and what is happening to rest of the universe, and asks him to explain why worlds are going silent. The Freedom Foundation has been monitoring the broadcasts and has discovered that the facts are being manipulated and that the system is corrupt. He introduces her to the Editor-in-Chief, up above. The unseen creature is impervious to Suki's gunfire, and she screams as it descends towards her.

Meanwhile, the Doctor is asking Cathica more questions. She finally realises that the Doctor is not really management and asks him not to get her involved, but the Doctor points out that she's a journalist. There have been various vague conflicts and silence falling from all over the Empire that has somehow resulted in a complete lack of alien immigration aboard, and she has not questioned enough to notice. The Doctor says the Empire is stunted in both its attitudes and its technology. They should be more advanced and enlightened by now, suggesting that something is holding it back and has been for the last ninety-one years hypothesising that is when Satellite 5 began broadcasting.

While the Doctor accesses the station mainframe, the Editor orders a further check the Doctor, becoming flustered that he has yet to turn up anything. According to Satellite 5's records, this man doesn’t exist, The Doctor desperately tries to convince Cathica that there is something suspicious going on in the station, but Cathica still wants nothing to do with this or him. The Doctor hacks into the computer and discovers that something is venting a lot of hot air from the upper levels. The Editor becoming ever more curious secretly allows the Doctor to get the password key for the lift from the systems which allows the Doctor travel up to Floor 500.

There, he finds the Editor waiting for them and Suki's dead body has been slaved to the computer systems. The Editor's men grab hold of the Doctor restraining him, the Editor smirks at his prisoner and explains that the glorious Empire, was the last shining beacon in a universe growing cold. He explains that what the Doctor sees doesn’t really belong to the humans any more, it is just where humans are allowed to live, For the past ninety years, humankind has been controlled and guided by his superior, the monstrous creature known as the Mighty Jagrafess of the Holy Hadrojassic Maxarodenfoe (or, as he calls it, "Max") and funded by a consortium of banks. By manipulating the news and creating a climate of fear, they have controlled the economy and kept the borders closed; the human race lives in blissful ignorance he laughs as he states it doesn’t even know that it has been enslaved. Those who suspect the truth are detected because of the chips in their heads, and the Editor gets rid of them.

Meanwhile, Cathica has changed her mind and uses the passkey to go to Floor 500, where, unseen, she watches the Editor question the Doctor. The Doctor notices Cathica watching and audibly observes that the Jagrafess's metabolism generates a lot of heat, which is why it needs to be vented from the upper floors. The station functions as its life support system, the Doctor deduces this why the Jagrafess fled from the outer reaches of the cosmos.

Suddenly, the Editor gains the knowledge of who the Doctor is: the last of the Time Lords/The Doctor tries to deny it, but the Editor shows him the satellite's archives, he remarks that the Doctor has had some fantastic plastic surgery over his life however calls his attempts futile, explaining his newly acquired knowledge of the TARDIS. The Doctor declares that he would die before giving the Editor access to his ship, but the Editor tells him that he can die all he likes; he doesn't need him when he already has a TARDIS key, which he slips out of his pocket explaining his ability to pickpocket as a young street urchin in a former life. The Editor states that, with the TARDIS, they could rewrite history or even prevent mankind from ever developing, he even hypothesis they could save the universe from the oncoming freeze, adding if they are offered a decent price.

Having heard all this, Cathica goes to Floor 500's newsroom and links herself up so she can override the safety protocols and sever the server connection. She then reverses the environmental systems, heating the floor up. The Editor panics and tries to terminate Cathica's link but she fights back. The entire station shudders and people start to run around in a panic. The Doctor manages to  get free of his bonds, using the sonic screwdriver. As the Jagrafess convulses as it begins to overheat, the Editor jokes watching the Doctor flee with his guards, Informing the Jagrafess he is resigning from his post and attempts to leave, but Suki's corpse that has collapsed from a nearby terminal somehow grabs hold of his foot, stopping him. The Editor screams out as he watches the Jagrafess expands above him and explode, consuming them both. The Doctor finds Cathica in the newsroom, He snaps his fingers and closes her connection port, smiling proudly at her, she used what she knew and what the Doctor told her to defeat the Jagrafess, he hopes now that the Empire's development can now get back on track and that when he returns to the future he hopes he has managed to avert the coming apocalypse.

The Doctor wishes Cathica well and sprints to his Tardis Making a return journey. He beams with pride and let’s put a sigh of relief swinging the doors open, to his horror the earth remains frozen and the debris of satellite five drift off in the distant a faded and rusted husk now drifting free of the earths orbit and venturing out into the black void of space. Then he sees it, in the distance the earths sun burns a pale blue and the cold can be felt emanating from right through to his bones. The Last Doctor grits his teeth and slams the doors shut, in his fury he hammers away at the console and pulls down a lever and the Tardis Dematerialises. He has only one option left now, straightening his  jacket and pocketing his sonic screwdriver he makes his way out of the Tardis and onto the world he once knew, Earth.

Earths Final Stand

Simon One Of The Last Remaining Humans

Arriving at earth he ran to the Tardis doors hoping to see a world still teaming with life, alas his dreams where shattered as he stared down at the frozen world below, in the distant he noticed the earths sun burned a furious blue. his mind raced how was this even possible the star was burning cold so cold that it was freezing all worlds in it's wak

Cressida One Of The Last Surviving Humans

The Frozen Planet Earth Where The The Last Doctor Makes His Final Stand

Begin Again

Galifrey plunged into an eternal winter as the universe ends

The Doctor realises he has only one option left, to give the freeze what it wanted, him served up on a silver platter. All is lives he has spent running but no more this is where he made his last stand high above the planet earth he would face the inevitable. He would allow the frozen supernova that was coming to end the universe to be enveloped by the Tardis's eye of harmony the two opposing force would counteract one another and create a massive wave of energy that would reset everything. The only consequence of this would mean that he would be at the heart of such a large scale reset of this reality would defiantly result in his demise, there would be no coming back from this one, no more regenerates. looking down at the frozen planet earth below him, he simply smiled and activating the Tardis's controls he thought of his companions Ian, barbara, jamie of everyone who had helped him in the past and now he would bring them back, he paused thinking of sarah jane smith and beamed with pride having had the privilge to know them. maybe there would be a doctor in this new reality, maybe not, he just wished if there was they would do better and be better then he was, the time was now and he strode towards the tardis door and threw them open and smirked as he saw the wave of pale blue energy fly his way.

Appearance

• The First Doctor affected a slightly eccentric Edwardian era/Edwardian dress sense, wearing a black shawl collar double breasted Town Coat, a yellow tweed waistcoat over a white shirt with a black ribbon tie, grey tartan trousers, and shiny elasticated boots when he left Earth with Susan, Ian and Barbara.

• The Second Doctor dressed similarly to his previous incarnation, though in far more clustered fashion; His trousers were clownishly large and his bow tie was often crooked and used to secure his shirt collar. He wore a battered old frock coat many sizes too large, which added to his clownish demeanour.

• The Third Doctor clothes consisted of a white frilled shirt, a midnight blue velvet suit, black trousers with suspenders, black dress shoes, a black cravat and a black inverness cape with red innings Later in his life he took to wearing a variety of smoking jackets and blazers

• The Fourth Doctor was an unkempt, bohemian-looking figure, with his most distinctive item of clothing being a very long, rainbow scarf, His dark curly hair was often partially hidden by a floppy brown fedora. Aside from his scarf, the Doctor's first outfit consisted of a rust-orange corduroy blazer with elbow patches, baggy grey tweed trousers, a dark brown cardigan with diamond shapes adorning the front, a white dress shirt, an emerald green skinny tie, and ankle-high leather shoes.

• The Fifth Doctor's first outfit featured a long beige-coloured frock coat with red piping along the collar, lapels, sleeves, pockets and tails. Underneath this he wore a white, long-sleeved cricket jumper with a red and black V-Neck pattern, and, under that, a white dress shirt with a red interior and embroidered red question marks on the collar. His trousers were a unique pattern of brown and beige stripes. He also wore white plimsolls. He would top the look with a roll-up Panama hat that had a red band with a black and white pattern. He wore a stick of artificial celery on his left lapel for his allergy to gases in the praxis range of the spectrum. If any were near, the celery would turn purple and he would eat it. Ironically, the Doctor himself hated celery.

• The Sixth Doctor/ First Victorious effected by the death of His Former companion this version of the doctor/victorious was much darker being then before. He appeared now as a fair-haired great handsome bull of a man much taller then his previous incarnation and with a more solid build, taking to now wear a more simple black three piece suit with a blue lining with dark navy blue tie.

• The Seventh Doctor/Second Victorious The Seventh Doctor was a short man, who appeared to be in his mid-forties, While he had a full set of brown hair after his regeneration, his greying hair grey out into tufts on the sides of his head, while it thinned a bit at the top of his scalp, by the end of this incarnation, He took to wearing a light brown tweed jacket, with a red paisley waistcoat, a white shirt, green plaid trousers and a black and brown zigzag patterned tie.

• The Eighth Doctor/Third Victorious looked like a Handsome man in his mid-thirties. his long face was angular, with a jutting chin and aristocratic nose, but it was softened by a mass of dark brown hair that swept back down all the way from his high forehead to his broad shoulders, his eyes were ice blue, the left eye being slightly darker than the right. he wore flowing official galifreyian robes of state and some times a white shirt with a emerald green kameez waist coat with brown corduroy trouser and brown dress shoes.

• The Ninth Doctor/Fourth Victorious The longest living incarnation of the Victorious he had pronounced wrinkles on where carved into his craggy, careworn face, resembling a man in his seventies, upon his chin he sported a full grey Van Dyke beard with His hair coloured a deep silver, which he slicked up in peaks at the top of his head, he took up a more war like persona and took to wearing crimson time lord armour with a weathered over coat over the top

• The Tenth Doctor/Fifth Victorious Only Briefly seen during his battle with the assembled doctors, Standing over six feet tall, this incarnation appeared more psychically imposing then the previous incarnations, the fifth victorious looked like a rough man in his early forties, with deep brown eyes and a shaved head, he sported a five o'clock shadow. The only outfit this incarnation is known to have worn is the same as his previous except with more wear and tear then before and with some weathering due to battle.

• The Eleventh Doctor/Sixth Victorious Similar To His Previous Incarnation This Incarnation was Only Briefly seen during his battle with the assembled doctors a middle aged man with greying gingery hair and beard and striking green and blue eyes

• The Twelfth Doctor/Seventh Victorious The most youthful looking incarnation To Date, He had softer features than his previous incarnation, with green eyes, a big nose and a large chin, This Incarnation had dark brown hair, which was long and combed back. He wears similarly wears his previous incarnations outfit except this version heavily blood stained and tattered then the last with the armour all but gone and the under clothes torn and his bodily heavily scarred.

• The Thirteenth Doctor/Eighth Victorious was a tall, thin-faced man with a tousled mop of silver-grey hair and intense eyes framed by unruly, expressive eyebrows, and sharp silvery blue eyes, He was of a light build, looking deceptively frail. At the beginning of his life he wore donated clothes from Clara's family, a knitted cardigan and jeans and plimsole shoes. after his encounter with the alternative master and doctor he combined the two's wardrobes to create a unique look, wearing a white t-shirt with a black sports jacket over the top, black dress trousers with van's grey sneakers and the alternative masters red and black inlayed frock tail coat. Upon His return to galifrey He took to wearing similar crimson armour to his ninth/fourth incarnation, initially he shaved the sides of his hair done to a buzz cut eventually allowing his hair to grow out eventually wearing a pure white version upon becoming lord president which he wore throughout his time in office until his death

• The Fourteenth Doctor/Ninth Victorious The Thirteenth Doctor resembled a woman in her mid-thirties, possessing Long blonde hair with dark roots, hazel-coloured eyes, Due to her own self harm and refusal to eat this incarnation became pale and gaunt looking. she wore her official robes of office which where colour the traditional crimson and gold.

• The Fifteenth Doctor/ Tenth Victorious, this Incarnation is Never seen only heard, was known to be possibly female. Altered Time Line: Assumed Identity - The Twentieth Doctor (Twelfth) Regenerating in france during the height of the second world war twe incabration of the doctor had very little in the way choice of fashion she adopted a simpler beige coloured skirt and jacket with a plain white shirt and waist at first. shortly following her enconter with the valeyard and her previous incarnation she used the vistued the tardis’s wardrobe and replaced the skirt for a pair of dark brown breaches with a pair of hunting boots adorned with leather gaiters, she adorned her waist coat with a fob chain and would often simply wear her waist coat and roll her shirt sleeves up During her travels with her previous and future incarnation she found an emerald green dress coat and claimed it as her own, wearing it with the collar turned up like many her forebears had

• The Sixteenth Doctor/Eleventh/Final Victorious, Like the previous Incarnation this regeneration is Never seen only heard, was known to be possibly female. Altered time line: Assumed Identity - The Twenty First Doctor (Thirteenth, Possibly Final Incarnation) This incarnation of the Doctor possessed more style and outland flare compared to her past few incarnations, she wore a royal blue tweed frock coat with seven silver buttons on the left side and one on the right. She wore a kente shirt with frilled stand collar and cuffs under a navy blue moleskin double-breasted tweed waistcoat with sixteen bronze buttons. She also wore black combat trousers tucked into black Doc Martin shoes. She also wore yellow sunglasses with gold branches and two gold hoops with complicated design

• The Seventeenth (ninth) Doctor This incarnation had Piercing blue eyes, brown mid length wind swept hair and a full brown beard that would at first be somewhat straggly how ever he eventually would neaten it.He chose to wear a simple blue shirt with a light tweed waist coat, dark grey trousers with brown leather shoes and a dark navy pea coat over the top with the collar turned up.

• The Eighteenth Doctor (tenth) wore similar clothing to his previous incarnation although not long after his regeneration opted to dispose of the waist coat and later to wear a dark blue or simplistic black knee length dress coat, that he often wore buttoned up. he was fond of wearing a black or purple scarf that would hang loosely around his neck, his hair was more cropped down and slicked back with his beard becoming neatly groomed and less wild then his previous incarnation.
• The Nineteenth Doctor (Eleventh) Was a much more styled aware, he slicked his hair and finely kept beard he still retained favouring to wear a knee length dress coat however instead of keeping the rough course weather beaten coat of his predecessor he wore a softer suade/wool coat, which would differ from dark/navy blue to plain black. he would still wear muted colours however practicality gave way to some flare of style. in this incarnation he often wear a plain black t-shirt or army jumper under his coat sometimes including a hoodie underneath aswell on various occasions. later changing to wearing dark blue or purple shirts with red question mark cuff links during formal outing or when trying to impress, he disposed entirely of any form of scarf that he used to favour in his previous incarnation and took to wearing simplistic black ankle boots or dress shoes.
• The Twentieth Doctor (Twelfth) this incarnation had the appearance of a man in his forties, with piercing pale blue eyes, strong cheekbones and greying dark brown hair with a beard that was almost all grey baring the odd sparing fleck of brown. He sported his hair mainly in a stylised quiff and clearly took care in his appearance however in moments of jeopardy he would lose all sense of vanity and dive head long into any situation. He wore a light or dark grey dress coat over the top of a plain shirt or sometimes a more casual long sleeved t shirt or hoodie with a pair of black dress trousers and dark brown boots.
• The Thirteenth And Final Doctor Younger than the majority of his previous incarnations the last Doctor was a handsome man with a tall, slim frame, thick brown hair, pale skin scattered with freckles, and large dark brown eyes. His hair was styled in a messy and he sported a full beard. he would alternate between a baby knee length coat and hip length black pea coat that had a deep red lining. he would sometimes differ between styles of forma, wearing a waist coat and shirt with a neck scarf and the casual sometimes wearing black or navy T-shirt’s.

Trivia

• Time Lord Victorious was a term used by The Tenth Doctor to describe himself in The Waters of Mars.
• Being from a parallel world different to The 'prime' doctor there are some differences between universes E.G: Gallifrey is Spelt Galifrey in this universe