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Cole eventually grew weary with the Master's decision to focus on the bigger picture of the Time War, and argued that he should focus more on helping some of the innocent people who were in peril from its effects. The Master told him that while he, as a Time Lord, was not allowed to directly interfere with local affairs, he would allow Cole a chance at playing the role of a saviour. He then showed Cole a chart over all nearby planets in danger from the War, and asked him to pick one to save. Cole protested that it hardly seemed like a fair choice, but the Master insisted that he could only pick one. Cole then reluctantly picked a planet, and he and the Master went to explore it. | Cole eventually grew weary with the Master's decision to focus on the bigger picture of the Time War, and argued that he should focus more on helping some of the innocent people who were in peril from its effects. The Master told him that while he, as a Time Lord, was not allowed to directly interfere with local affairs, he would allow Cole a chance at playing the role of a saviour. He then showed Cole a chart over all nearby planets in danger from the War, and asked him to pick one to save. Cole protested that it hardly seemed like a fair choice, but the Master insisted that he could only pick one. Cole then reluctantly picked a planet, and he and the Master went to explore it. | ||
Cole and the Master discovered that the planet was a somewhat primitive planet, populated by peaceful farmers. Cole noticed that there didn't seem to be any immediate threat, and the Master agreed, realising that their stay on the planet was maybe going to be a prolonged one. Reminding Cole that he could not interfere, the Master left Cole at a village, while he went to the neighbouring town, wanting to learn go grow grapes and establish his own vineyard. Cole was met with curiosity by the villages, who were somewhat apprehensive about the "man the from sky", but when Cole declared that he came in peace and had landed on their planet with the intent to save them, they reacted with amusement and they accepted him into their community and put him to work. For next weeks, Cole went around the village and used his skills an engineer to make improvements to their primitive technology, and he gradually got romantically involved with a local woman named [[Elidh]] and eventually also earned the trust of Elidh's father, [[Anvar]]. One evening though, he | Cole and the Master discovered that the planet was a somewhat primitive planet, populated by peaceful farmers. Cole noticed that there didn't seem to be any immediate threat, and the Master agreed, realising that their stay on the planet was maybe going to be a prolonged one. Reminding Cole that he could not interfere, the Master left Cole at a village, while he went to the neighbouring town, wanting to learn go grow grapes and establish his own vineyard. Cole was met with curiosity by the villages, who were somewhat apprehensive about the "man the from sky", but when Cole declared that he came in peace and had landed on their planet with the intent to save them, they reacted with amusement and they accepted him into their community and put him to work. For next weeks, Cole went around the village and used his skills an engineer to make improvements to their primitive technology, and he gradually got romantically involved with a local woman named [[Elidh]] and eventually also earned the trust of Elidh's father, [[Anvar]]. One evening though, as he and Elidh were stargazing, several objects fell down from the sky and landed around the planet. Cole realised that the threat the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]] posed to the planet's people had arrived. | ||
After that evening, strange things started happening around the planet; the farmers and their livestock started getting sick and their crops were dying. By seeking advice from the Master, Cole figured out that the objects that had landed on the planet had probably landed there by pure accident, and were now leaking [[Temporal Decay]] all over the planet, this being the cause of all living things getting increasingly weaker. Cole also discovered that he and the Master were completely unaffected by the effects of the Temporal Decay, believing that it had something to do with them being time travellers. As Cole looked for a solution to the problem, he also had to deal with the local community growing increasingly suspicious and hostile towards him as they gradually started to starve and become sick from the fallout, despite Elidh and Anvar trying to assure them that he was trustworthy. | After that evening, strange things started happening around the planet; the farmers and their livestock started getting sick and their crops were dying. By seeking advice from the Master, Cole figured out that the objects that had landed on the planet had probably landed there by pure accident, and were now leaking [[Temporal Decay]] all over the planet, this being the cause of all living things getting increasingly weaker. Cole also discovered that he and the Master were completely unaffected by the effects of the Temporal Decay, believing that it had something to do with them being time travellers. As Cole looked for a solution to the problem, he also had to deal with the local community growing increasingly suspicious and hostile towards him as they gradually started to starve and become sick from the fallout, despite Elidh and Anvar trying to assure them that he was trustworthy. | ||
Cole eventually came upon a solution to the problem as he created a radiation suit which would keep the people of the planet alive, although they would have to wear it all times. Cole tested his first prototype on Anvar, as he had been seriously weakened by the effects of the fallout, but he discovered that Anvar panicked upon being placed in the suit, and decided to install emotional dampeners in the suit to keep the user from trying to take it off. For his second test he used Elidh as a test subject, as she was the one he was most desperate to save. Elidh, however, discovered that Anvar had died from sickness as Cole had been more focused on saving her, and broke off their romance. | Cole eventually came upon a solution to the problem as he created a radiation suit which would keep the people of the planet alive, although they would have to wear it at all times. Cole tested his first prototype on Anvar, as he had been seriously weakened by the effects of the fallout, but he discovered that Anvar panicked upon being placed in the suit, and decided to install emotional dampeners in the suit to keep the user from trying to take it off. For his second test he used Elidh as a test subject, as she was the one he was most desperate to save. Elidh, however, discovered that Anvar had died from sickness as Cole had been more focused on saving her, and broke off their romance. | ||
Undeterred, Cole continued to make more suits and managed to convince get all of the villagers wear one, but discovered to his horror that the suits gradually turned them into robotic-like creatures, obsessed with seeking revenge on the aliens who had poisoned their planet. Eventually the robotic villages turned on him too, as they came to see him as an alien, chasing him across the countryside. Cole was eventually found down by one of his pursuers, but by chance it happened the robotised Elidh, who could dimly recognize him, and still remembering their past romance, she allowed him to escape. Cole rendezvoused with the Master, after which they left the planet. Horrified by what he had done, Cole desperately begged the Master to help him undo his mistake, telling him that he was willing to do anything he was asked of in exchange. The Master took it in stride, cryptically telling Cole not to worry, as he assured him that he would take care of it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sky Man (audio story)|The Sky Man]]'') | Undeterred, Cole continued to make more suits and managed to convince get all of the villagers wear one, but discovered to his horror that the suits gradually turned them into robotic-like creatures, obsessed with seeking revenge on the aliens who had poisoned their planet. Eventually the robotic villages turned on him too, as they came to see him as an alien, chasing him across the countryside. Cole was eventually found down by one of his pursuers, but by chance it happened the robotised Elidh, who could dimly recognize him, and still remembering their past romance, she allowed him to escape. Cole rendezvoused with the Master, after which they left the planet. Horrified by what he had done, Cole desperately begged the Master to help him undo his mistake, telling him that he was willing to do anything he was asked of in exchange. The Master took it in stride, cryptically telling Cole not to worry, as he assured him that he would take care of it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sky Man (audio story)|The Sky Man]]'') | ||