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'''The Moment''', also known as the '''Galaxy Eater''', was the most powerful weapon in the universe, which [[the Doctor]] aimed to use to end the [[Last Great Time War]]. It was capable of destroying both Gallifrey and the [[Dalek]]s in a single instant. In addition, the Moment could open [[time fissure]]s that would allow people and objects to pass from one time period to another. This extended to events that were [[time-lock]]ed. | '''The Moment''', also known as the '''Galaxy Eater''', was the most powerful weapon in the universe, which [[the Doctor]] aimed to use to end the [[Last Great Time War]]. It was capable of destroying both Gallifrey and the [[Dalek]]s in a single instant. In addition, the Moment could open [[time fissure]]s that would allow people and objects to pass from one time period to another. This extended to events that were [[time-lock]]ed. It was also an intelligent being with (ironically) pacifistic intentions, desiring to avoid being used to destroy, though whether this was intentional as a control on the part of its creators was unknown. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') | ||
According to [[the General]], the Moment was the final creation of the Ancients of [[Gallifrey]]. It had an operating system so sophisticated that it had become sentient and developed a conscience. When attempting to initialise it, the [[War Doctor]] expressed unfamiliarity with the Moment's controls and operating system. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') According to another account, however, the [[Eighth Doctor]] created the Moment from a modified [[Key of Rassilon]] and [[De-mat Gun]] during the Time War. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'', ''[[Don't Step on the Grass (comic story)|Don't Step on the Grass]]'') | According to [[the General]], the Moment was the final creation of the Ancients of [[Gallifrey]]. It had an operating system so sophisticated that it had become sentient and developed a conscience. When attempting to initialise it, the [[War Doctor]] expressed unfamiliarity with the Moment's controls and operating system. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') According to another account, however, the [[Eighth Doctor]] created the Moment from a modified [[Key of Rassilon]] and [[De-mat Gun]] during the Time War. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'', ''[[Don't Step on the Grass (comic story)|Don't Step on the Grass]]'') | ||
Revision as of 22:02, 28 November 2013
The Moment, also known as the Galaxy Eater, was the most powerful weapon in the universe, which the Doctor aimed to use to end the Last Great Time War. It was capable of destroying both Gallifrey and the Daleks in a single instant. In addition, the Moment could open time fissures that would allow people and objects to pass from one time period to another. This extended to events that were time-locked. It was also an intelligent being with (ironically) pacifistic intentions, desiring to avoid being used to destroy, though whether this was intentional as a control on the part of its creators was unknown. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
According to the General, the Moment was the final creation of the Ancients of Gallifrey. It had an operating system so sophisticated that it had become sentient and developed a conscience. When attempting to initialise it, the War Doctor expressed unfamiliarity with the Moment's controls and operating system. (TV: The Day of the Doctor) According to another account, however, the Eighth Doctor created the Moment from a modified Key of Rassilon and De-mat Gun during the Time War. (COMIC: The Forgotten, Don't Step on the Grass)
Until the Doctor stole it, the Moment had been locked away along with other forbidden weapons - collectively known as the Omega Arsenal - in the Time Vaults. While all the other weapons were used against the Daleks during the course of the war, the Time Lords refused to use the Moment for fear that it would pass judgment onto anyone who did so. (TV: The End of Time, TV: The Day of the Doctor)
Initially, it was believed that the Doctor had used it to end the war, time-locking it in the process. (COMIC: Don't Step on the Grass) Supposedly, when the Doctor used the Moment, he destroyed Gallifrey, the Daleks, and the Time Lords. (COMIC: Sky Jacks) As the Ninth Doctor later stated, all the combatants of the Time War had burned and were "wiped out in one second". (TV: Dalek)
However, the Doctor later learned that his memory was not entirely accurate. When the War Doctor had attempted to activate the Moment, its interface had appeared to the him in the form of a face from his future. It gave him an opportunity to change the outcome of the Time War, by involving two of his future selves, the Tenth Doctor and the Eleventh Doctor. Together, with help from their previous incarnations and the Twelfth Doctor, they were able to devise a way to freeze Gallifrey in time, while allowing the Daleks to destroy themselves in the crossfire. Thus, Gallifrey and the Daleks still vanished, and history was preserved, but the Doctor was ultimately able to prevent the genocide of his own people. The War Doctor and his future incarnations were unable to retain the correct memories until the timeline caught up with the Eleventh Doctor. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
Behind the scenes
The conscience of the Moment to which the War Doctor spoke was played by Billie Piper; the face from the Doctor's future was that of Rose Tyler as the Bad Wolf.
