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|first = The Ancestor Cell (novel) | |first = The Ancestor Cell (novel) | ||
|part of = [[ | |part of = [[War in Heaven]] | ||
|location = [[Gallifrey]] | |location = [[Gallifrey]] | ||
|side1 = The [[Time Lord]]s | |side1 = The [[Time Lord]]s | ||
|side2 = [[The Enemy]] | |side2 = [[The Enemy]] | ||
|leader1 = [[Romana III]] | |leader1 = [[Romana III (The Shadows of Avalon)|Romana III]] | ||
|result = {{il|The start of [[ | |strength2 = [[Ashla shock-troop]]s | ||
}} | |result = {{il|The start of the [[War in Heaven]]|Aversion of the Event by [[the War King]]|The start of the War in [[the Cataclysm]]}} | ||
'''The Event''' was the [[War prediction|prophesied]] beginning of [[ | }}{{you may|the Cataclysm}} | ||
'''The Event''' was the [[War prediction|prophesied]] beginning of the [[War in Heaven]] in the devastation of [[Gallifrey]] by a surprise attack from [[the Enemy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'') However, due to [[the War King]]'s preparations, the Homeworld was not in fact devastated, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') and the War instead began on [[Dronid]] in [[the Cataclysm]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'', ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | |||
== Prediction == | == Prediction == | ||
Channeling the powers of | Channeling the powers of [[the Edifice (The Ancestor Cell)|the Edifice]], [[Compassion]] once showed the [[Eighth Doctor]] a vision of the Event. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'') | ||
{{Quote|Frightful images of an Enemy first strike on Gallifrey, boiling away the three oceans and levelling the great mountain ranges in the northern hemisphere until the planet burned and roiled and became a cinder.|The [[Eighth Doctor]]'s vision of the first attack on Gallifrey.|The Ancestor Cell (novel)}} | {{Quote|Frightful images of an Enemy first strike on Gallifrey, boiling away the three oceans and levelling the great mountain ranges in the northern hemisphere until the planet burned and roiled and became a cinder.|The [[Eighth Doctor]]'s vision of the first attack on Gallifrey.|The Ancestor Cell (novel)}} | ||
The [[Rivera Manuscript]] detailed | The [[Rivera Manuscript]] detailed [[Rivera Manuscript renegade|a renegade]]'s [[praxis]]-induced vision of the Enemy's first attack on the Homeworld. The enemy first attacked the Homeworld's [[noosphere]], [[telepathy|telepathically]] corrupting many members of the Houses and overwhelming them with seizures and madness. The [[chapterhouse]]s of the Homeworld were then destroyed by black fireballs that materialised out of the sky, described as "supercharged chunks of the [[causal nexus]] itself." At this time, a number of stolen [[TARDIS|timeships]] returned to the Homeworld, detonating on [[materialisation]]. Enemy soldiers resembling [[Ashla shock-troop]]s materialised out of gouges in the sky, besieging the groups of survivors in their [[loomshed]]s for days before plunging into the machinery of the [[breeding-engine]]s, detonating and leaving the looms intact but mutated. Finally, the Enemy neutralised the Homeworld's [[Eye of Harmony|power source]] and the entire Homeworld vanished into cataclysm. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
In the Doctor's vision, the surviving Time Lords decided to break their [[non-interference policy]] and retaliate by going back in time and razing the Enemy [[battle-world]]s before the attack on Gallifrey occurred, preventing the Event. The Enemy erased this counterattack from history by detonating a [[star-killer]] in the systems where the Gallifreyans had obtained the materials used to construct their fleet at a point before the materials had been mined. These strikes and counterstrikes continued and quickly spread into a full blown War. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'') | In the Doctor's vision, the surviving Time Lords decided to break their [[non-interference policy]] and retaliate by going back in time and razing the Enemy [[battle-world]]s before the attack on Gallifrey occurred, preventing the Event. The Enemy erased this counterattack from history by detonating a [[star-killer]] in the systems where the Gallifreyans had obtained the materials used to construct their fleet at a point before the materials had been mined. These strikes and counterstrikes continued and quickly spread into a full blown War. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'') | ||
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== Legacy == | == Legacy == | ||
Far into the War, at a time when the Time Lords were losing, details of the Event and several other aspects of the start of the War were kept from the Gallifreyan public. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'') | Far into the War, at a time when the Time Lords were losing, details of the Event and several other aspects of the start of the War were kept from the Gallifreyan public. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'') | ||
On account of the mutation of the looms and the use of black fire, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') this devastation of Gallifrey may have been the origin of the [[Kingdom of Beasts]], an [[alter-time]] realm containing the devastated ruins of the [[Citadel]] following the [[War in Heaven]]. The Kingdom was watched over by its corrupted [[Eye of Harmony]], the [[Great Black Eye]], and populated by the [[Mal'akh]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'') whom many speculated were mutated versions of the Great Houses. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'', ''[[Cobweb and Ivory (short story)|Cobweb and Ivory]]'') | |||
== Prevention == | == Prevention == | ||
Several decades before the War, [[the War King]] came to his people after | Several decades before the War, [[the War King]] came to his people after an experience with the enemy and began preparing them for the conflict. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') When the War began it was not in a surprise attack on Gallifrey, but in [[the Cataclysm|a battle]] on [[Dronid]] which the [[Great Houses]] were prepared for. There was an Enemy attack on Gallifrey in the early days of the War, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'', ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') but it was nothing like the attack described in the Rivera Manuscript. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
At a time far in the future of the War, [[Mathara]]'s [[Faction Paradox]] warfleet decided to travel back in history to [[Romana III's Gallifrey]] shortly before the first Enemy attack. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') The Faction planned to take over Gallifrey, prepare for the Event, and launch their own War against the Enemy. The [[Eighth Doctor]] decided to use the powers of [[the Edifice (The Ancestor Cell)|the Edifice]] to obliterate Gallifrey before the Enemy could, destroying the Faction and killing almost all of the Time Lords. [[Compassion]], believing ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'') incorrectly ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Crimes Against History (short story)|Crimes Against History]]'') that [[the Enemy]] was the [[ancestor cell]]s, believed that the destruction of the Time Lords at this time also prevented the enemy from maturing into a threat to the universe; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'') however, she would go on to fight [[the enemy]] many times later in her life. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'', ''[[God Encompasses (short story)|God Encompasses]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[In the Year of the Cat (audio story)|In the Year of the Cat]]'', et al.) | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:52, 4 March 2023
- You may be looking for the Cataclysm.
The Event was the prophesied beginning of the War in Heaven in the devastation of Gallifrey by a surprise attack from the Enemy. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell) However, due to the War King's preparations, the Homeworld was not in fact devastated, (PROSE: The Book of the War) and the War instead began on Dronid in the Cataclysm. (PROSE: Alien Bodies, The Book of the War)
Prediction[[edit] | [edit source]]
Channeling the powers of the Edifice, Compassion once showed the Eighth Doctor a vision of the Event. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell)
Frightful images of an Enemy first strike on Gallifrey, boiling away the three oceans and levelling the great mountain ranges in the northern hemisphere until the planet burned and roiled and became a cinder.
The Rivera Manuscript detailed a renegade's praxis-induced vision of the Enemy's first attack on the Homeworld. The enemy first attacked the Homeworld's noosphere, telepathically corrupting many members of the Houses and overwhelming them with seizures and madness. The chapterhouses of the Homeworld were then destroyed by black fireballs that materialised out of the sky, described as "supercharged chunks of the causal nexus itself." At this time, a number of stolen timeships returned to the Homeworld, detonating on materialisation. Enemy soldiers resembling Ashla shock-troops materialised out of gouges in the sky, besieging the groups of survivors in their loomsheds for days before plunging into the machinery of the breeding-engines, detonating and leaving the looms intact but mutated. Finally, the Enemy neutralised the Homeworld's power source and the entire Homeworld vanished into cataclysm. (PROSE: The Book of the War)
In the Doctor's vision, the surviving Time Lords decided to break their non-interference policy and retaliate by going back in time and razing the Enemy battle-worlds before the attack on Gallifrey occurred, preventing the Event. The Enemy erased this counterattack from history by detonating a star-killer in the systems where the Gallifreyans had obtained the materials used to construct their fleet at a point before the materials had been mined. These strikes and counterstrikes continued and quickly spread into a full blown War. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell)
Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]
Far into the War, at a time when the Time Lords were losing, details of the Event and several other aspects of the start of the War were kept from the Gallifreyan public. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell)
On account of the mutation of the looms and the use of black fire, (PROSE: The Book of the War) this devastation of Gallifrey may have been the origin of the Kingdom of Beasts, an alter-time realm containing the devastated ruins of the Citadel following the War in Heaven. The Kingdom was watched over by its corrupted Eye of Harmony, the Great Black Eye, and populated by the Mal'akh, (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street) whom many speculated were mutated versions of the Great Houses. (PROSE: The Book of the War, Cobweb and Ivory)
Prevention[[edit] | [edit source]]
Several decades before the War, the War King came to his people after an experience with the enemy and began preparing them for the conflict. (PROSE: The Book of the War) When the War began it was not in a surprise attack on Gallifrey, but in a battle on Dronid which the Great Houses were prepared for. There was an Enemy attack on Gallifrey in the early days of the War, (PROSE: Alien Bodies, The Book of the War) but it was nothing like the attack described in the Rivera Manuscript. (PROSE: The Book of the War)
At a time far in the future of the War, Mathara's Faction Paradox warfleet decided to travel back in history to Romana III's Gallifrey shortly before the first Enemy attack. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles) The Faction planned to take over Gallifrey, prepare for the Event, and launch their own War against the Enemy. The Eighth Doctor decided to use the powers of the Edifice to obliterate Gallifrey before the Enemy could, destroying the Faction and killing almost all of the Time Lords. Compassion, believing (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell) incorrectly (PROSE: Crimes Against History) that the Enemy was the ancestor cells, believed that the destruction of the Time Lords at this time also prevented the enemy from maturing into a threat to the universe; (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell) however, she would go on to fight the enemy many times later in her life. (PROSE: The Book of the War, God Encompasses, AUDIO: In the Year of the Cat, et al.)
