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| | |range = The Missy Chronicles | ||
|main character= [[ | |number in range = 2 | ||
|featuring= | |main character = [[Missy]] | ||
|featuring = [[Yayani]], [[Eleventh General]] | |||
|enemy = [[Kalub]] | |||
|enemy= [[Kalub | |setting = [[Jesalor]]; [[Kyme Institute]], [[28th century]] | ||
|setting= [[Jesalor]]; [[Kyme Institute]], [[28th century]] | |publisher = BBC Books | ||
|writer= | |writer = Cavan Scott | ||
| | |anthology = The Missy Chronicles | ||
|prev= Dismemberment (short story) | |release date = 22 February 2018 | ||
|next=Teddy Sparkles Must Die! (short story) | |prev = Dismemberment (short story) | ||
|next = Teddy Sparkles Must Die! (short story) | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Lords and Masters''''' was the second short story published in ''[[ | '''''Lords and Masters''''' was the second short story published in ''[[The Missy Chronicles]]''. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
With [[The Master's TARDIS|her TARDIS]] hijacked, | With [[The Master's TARDIS|her TARDIS]] hijacked, [[Missy]] is forced to take on a dangerous mission for the [[High Council]]. But she's nobody's puppet... | ||
== Plot == | |||
Having had a near miss with the Zygon Queen [[Brillana]] and a pack of [[Skarasen]]s, [[Missy]] arrives back in [[The Master's TARDIS|her TARDIS]], intending to try and steal the [[Sun-Stealer]] of [[Tavos]]. As she sets course for the [[Tavosian System]], Missy realises that her TARDIS' connection to the Eye of Harmony has been severed. | |||
Suddenly, a young woman, named [[Yayani]], appears, holding a [[staser]] to her head. She opens a holo-link to the [[Eleventh General]], who informs Missy that he has a mission for her. He sends her, along with Yayani to the [[Kyme Institute]], where dangerous time experiments threaten the fabric of space and time. Missy reluctantly agrees to go along, seeing it as her only way to regain control of the TARDIS. | |||
Arriving at the Kyme Institute, the duo of Missy and Yayani stumble upon a terminal, protected by a biometric key, a handprint. Stating that simply using her [[sonic umbrella]] would be, "too easy", Missy instead sets off the alarms, much to Yayani's dismay. A group of guards, led by Chief Mitchell, arrives and orders the two to stand down. Yayani gives up her staser, but when Mitchell moves forward to arrest the two, Missy activates the blast doors, severing Mitchell's arm, and affording the two access to the terminal. The two discover the location of the time experiments and travel there with [[Missy's vortex manipulator]]. | |||
When the two arrive, they startle a man in the lab, Doctor [[Kalub]], but Missy quickly paralyses him. Exploring the lab, the two soon discover a creature, kept confined in a bubble of time energy, constantly shifting between life and death. Missy enquires about the circumstances behind Yayani's arrest and learns that she tried to kill [[Rassilon]], but failed, and was drafted to become his personal assassin. She soon realizes that Yayani is the last surviving member of the [[House of Stillhaven]]. | |||
Satisfied, Missy sets about trying to free the creature and discovers that the creature is pregnant. Yayani is horrified that Doctor Kalub would harm a pregnant creature and turns on him. Missy goads Yayani into killing him, offering her control of her umbrella's muscle-retention field, which Yayani uses to break every bone in Kalub's body, killing him. Missy then pulls out her [[Tissue Compression Eliminator|TCE]], seemingly intending to put the creature out of its misery, at Yayani's urging. | |||
Back on [[Gallifrey]], the General hears the sound that marks the return of Yayani. But he soon finds a doll-sized Yayani, killed by Missy's TCE, and a note that simply states, "Not your puppet." Meanwhile, in her TARDIS, Missy, having jettisoned the Eye of Harmony, replacing it with Kalub's creature, flies off into the open universe, no longer bound to Gallifrey or their whims. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* | * [[Missy]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Eleventh General]] | ||
* [[Yayani]] | * [[Yayani]] | ||
* [[Mitchell (Lords and Masters)|Mitchell]] | |||
* Doctor [[Kalub]] | * Doctor [[Kalub]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* | * The Master once had a [[Skarasen]] pet called [[Flipper]]. | ||
* Missy tries to steal the [[Sizradian Hypersphere]] from the [[Zygon Queen]]. | * Missy tries to steal the [[Sizradian Hypersphere]] from the [[Zygon Queen]]. | ||
* The [[Tharil]]s were sterilised in the first year of the [[Last Great Time War]], then later the [[Porfue]] and the [[Krajonnu]]. | * The [[Tharil]]s were sterilised in the first year of the [[Last Great Time War]], then later the [[Porfue]] and the [[Krajonnu]]. [[Rassilon]] had this done to ensure there were few time-travelling races. | ||
* Looking for sources of ultimate power, Missy has notes on the [[Cardium|Cardium Heart]], the [[Slarvian]] [[Astral-Core]], and the [[Sun-Stealer]] of [[Tavos]]. She has no qualms about wiping out the [[Tavosian Union]]. | |||
* Looking for sources of ultimate power, Missy has notes on the [[Cardium|Cardium Heart]], the [[Slarvian]] [[Astral-Core]], and the [[Sun-Stealer]] of [[Tavos]]. | |||
* Missy jettisons the [[Eye of Harmony]] from her TARDIS. | * Missy jettisons the [[Eye of Harmony]] from her TARDIS. | ||
* The Master blew up the [[War Room]] after escaping [[Gomer's Asylum]]. | * The Master blew up the [[War Room]] after escaping [[Gomer's Asylum]]. | ||
* The General once found the Master in the [[Siege of the Chronotide]], screaming for mercy as the [[Multiform]] closed in. | * The General once found the Master in the [[Siege of the Chronotide]], screaming for mercy as the [[Multiform]] closed in. | ||
* Missy has | * Missy has [[Missy's vortex manipulator|a vortex manipulator]] and a [[sonic umbrella]], and uses her [[TCE]]. | ||
* Missy asks if Yayani was held on either [[ | * Missy asks if Yayani was held on either [[Shada]] or [[Capetrious]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Patriarch of the [[House of Stillhaven]] opposed [[Rassilon]]'s [[Ultimate Sanction]]. He stood next to [[the Woman]] when Rassilon instigated his plan. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') | * The [[Patriarch of Stillhaven|Patriarch]] of the [[House of Stillhaven]] opposed [[Rassilon]]'s [[Ultimate Sanction]]. He stood next to [[The Woman (The End of Time)|the Woman]] when Rassilon instigated his plan. Missy knows the woman's name. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') | ||
* Time Lord prisoners have a [[convict tattoo]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'') to which Missy refers as a "biodata tag". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | |||
* [[The Master's TARDIS (Death in Heaven)|Missy's current TARDIS]] is a [[Type 45]], like [[the Master's first TARDIS|the Master's original one]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path (novel)|The Dark Path]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The One (comic story)|The One]]'') | |||
* Missy recalls how {{Simm}} stuffed Rassilon's throat full of [[White-Point Star]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') The pain was so great that the [[Sisterhood of Karn]] had to step in with a potion to ease the [[regeneration]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'', ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:02, 4 July 2024
Lords and Masters was the second short story published in The Missy Chronicles.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
With her TARDIS hijacked, Missy is forced to take on a dangerous mission for the High Council. But she's nobody's puppet...
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Having had a near miss with the Zygon Queen Brillana and a pack of Skarasens, Missy arrives back in her TARDIS, intending to try and steal the Sun-Stealer of Tavos. As she sets course for the Tavosian System, Missy realises that her TARDIS' connection to the Eye of Harmony has been severed.
Suddenly, a young woman, named Yayani, appears, holding a staser to her head. She opens a holo-link to the Eleventh General, who informs Missy that he has a mission for her. He sends her, along with Yayani to the Kyme Institute, where dangerous time experiments threaten the fabric of space and time. Missy reluctantly agrees to go along, seeing it as her only way to regain control of the TARDIS.
Arriving at the Kyme Institute, the duo of Missy and Yayani stumble upon a terminal, protected by a biometric key, a handprint. Stating that simply using her sonic umbrella would be, "too easy", Missy instead sets off the alarms, much to Yayani's dismay. A group of guards, led by Chief Mitchell, arrives and orders the two to stand down. Yayani gives up her staser, but when Mitchell moves forward to arrest the two, Missy activates the blast doors, severing Mitchell's arm, and affording the two access to the terminal. The two discover the location of the time experiments and travel there with Missy's vortex manipulator.
When the two arrive, they startle a man in the lab, Doctor Kalub, but Missy quickly paralyses him. Exploring the lab, the two soon discover a creature, kept confined in a bubble of time energy, constantly shifting between life and death. Missy enquires about the circumstances behind Yayani's arrest and learns that she tried to kill Rassilon, but failed, and was drafted to become his personal assassin. She soon realizes that Yayani is the last surviving member of the House of Stillhaven.
Satisfied, Missy sets about trying to free the creature and discovers that the creature is pregnant. Yayani is horrified that Doctor Kalub would harm a pregnant creature and turns on him. Missy goads Yayani into killing him, offering her control of her umbrella's muscle-retention field, which Yayani uses to break every bone in Kalub's body, killing him. Missy then pulls out her TCE, seemingly intending to put the creature out of its misery, at Yayani's urging.
Back on Gallifrey, the General hears the sound that marks the return of Yayani. But he soon finds a doll-sized Yayani, killed by Missy's TCE, and a note that simply states, "Not your puppet." Meanwhile, in her TARDIS, Missy, having jettisoned the Eye of Harmony, replacing it with Kalub's creature, flies off into the open universe, no longer bound to Gallifrey or their whims.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Missy
- Eleventh General
- Yayani
- Mitchell
- Doctor Kalub
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Master once had a Skarasen pet called Flipper.
- Missy tries to steal the Sizradian Hypersphere from the Zygon Queen.
- The Tharils were sterilised in the first year of the Last Great Time War, then later the Porfue and the Krajonnu. Rassilon had this done to ensure there were few time-travelling races.
- Looking for sources of ultimate power, Missy has notes on the Cardium Heart, the Slarvian Astral-Core, and the Sun-Stealer of Tavos. She has no qualms about wiping out the Tavosian Union.
- Missy jettisons the Eye of Harmony from her TARDIS.
- The Master blew up the War Room after escaping Gomer's Asylum.
- The General once found the Master in the Siege of the Chronotide, screaming for mercy as the Multiform closed in.
- Missy has a vortex manipulator and a sonic umbrella, and uses her TCE.
- Missy asks if Yayani was held on either Shada or Capetrious.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Patriarch of the House of Stillhaven opposed Rassilon's Ultimate Sanction. He stood next to the Woman when Rassilon instigated his plan. Missy knows the woman's name. (TV: The End of Time)
- Time Lord prisoners have a convict tattoo (PROSE: Christmas on a Rational Planet) to which Missy refers as a "biodata tag". (PROSE: The Book of the War)
- Missy's current TARDIS is a Type 45, like the Master's original one. (PROSE: The Dark Path, COMIC: The One)
- Missy recalls how the Saxon Master stuffed Rassilon's throat full of White-Point Stars. (TV: The End of Time) The pain was so great that the Sisterhood of Karn had to step in with a potion to ease the regeneration. (TV: The Night of the Doctor, Hell Bent)
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