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Some time later, Nora asks the Doctor to explain the situation again in simpler terms. He describes how he had to find some way to keep the World Tree's growth under control while the [[Grand Arboretum]] find a new planet for it, and as it was not safe to transport it naturally, it had to be frozen in a [[Time Bubble]] instead, from which nothing can get in or out. While time progresses naturally outside, on the inside time is rewound 24 hours every midnight, resetting everything... including Nora, whose house has been caught by the Doctor in the bubble too. The Doctor reveals that she has relived the events of 19 August 1987 no fewer than 16,920 previous times - the equivalent of just over 46 years. She gets angry at his assertion that she is better off forgetting all her previous days in the time loop, but he insists that he has finally found a solution: if his sonic screwdriver activates in sync with his future self outside of the Time Bubble, it will open just enough to allow Nora out, upon which she can be returned to 1987 in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. The Doctor smiles and tells Nora that she is going home. | Some time later, Nora asks the Doctor to explain the situation again in simpler terms. He describes how he had to find some way to keep the World Tree's growth under control while the [[Grand Arboretum]] find a new planet for it, and as it was not safe to transport it naturally, it had to be frozen in a [[Time Bubble]] instead, from which nothing can get in or out. While time progresses naturally outside, on the inside time is rewound 24 hours every midnight, resetting everything... including Nora, whose house has been caught by the Doctor in the bubble too. The Doctor reveals that she has relived the events of 19 August 1987 no fewer than 16,920 previous times - the equivalent of just over 46 years. She gets angry at his assertion that she is better off forgetting all her previous days in the time loop, but he insists that he has finally found a solution: if his sonic screwdriver activates in sync with his future self outside of the Time Bubble, it will open just enough to allow Nora out, upon which she can be returned to 1987 in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. The Doctor smiles and tells Nora that she is going home. | ||
With the evening setting, Nora and the Doctor sit in her garden, having spent most of the day talking about their lives and stories. Nora questions why the Doctor keeps coming back to her in each time loop, as he could just let her out one day and she would be none the wiser, but he admits to being fascinated by her life and now considers her an old friend. As they talk, they are interrupted by the appearance of the TARDIS outside of the Time Bubble. The Doctor's future self steps out, a "dark figure" blurred by the bubble, and the two Doctors begin to sync up their sonics to let Nora out. However, seconds before the plan concludes, Nora proclaims that she does not want to go. This split-second of hesitation on the Eleventh Doctor's part causes the sync to go wrong; his sonic screwdriver overloads and the other Doctor, realising they cannot enact the plan after this, leaves in the TARDIS once more. | With the evening setting, Nora and the Doctor sit in her garden, having spent most of the day talking about their lives and stories. Nora questions why the Doctor keeps coming back to her in each time loop, as he could just let her out one day and she would be none the wiser, but he admits to being fascinated by her life and now considers her an old friend. As they talk, they are interrupted by the appearance of the TARDIS outside of the Time Bubble. The Doctor's future self steps out, [[Fifteenth Doctor|a "dark figure"]] blurred by the bubble, and the two Doctors begin to sync up their sonics to let Nora out. However, seconds before the plan concludes, Nora proclaims that she does not want to go. This split-second of hesitation on the Eleventh Doctor's part causes the sync to go wrong; his sonic screwdriver overloads and the other Doctor, realising they cannot enact the plan after this, leaves in the TARDIS once more. | ||
Although the Doctor is somewhat annoyed that the solution to his problem has been spoilt, Nora insists that she wishes to stay - although the World Tree would still only technically be one day old when it is finally collected by the Grand Arboretum, she cannot bear the thought that its first memories would be of it being scared and alone. She adds that, as someone whose memory is failing her, she knows how vital memories are, and would be happy to keep on reliving a good day where she has been fully lucid, which is getting increasingly rare. The Doctor understands and decides to leave a recording of his hologram with her so every day plays out the same way, promising that when the Grand Arboretum finally arrive, he will be with them to see her again, even if he has changed by then. With her mind made up, even for potentially thousands of years, the Doctor promises to see Nora tomorrow, "whenever tomorrow happens to be". | Although the Doctor is somewhat annoyed that the solution to his problem has been spoilt, Nora insists that she wishes to stay - although the World Tree would still only technically be one day old when it is finally collected by the Grand Arboretum, she cannot bear the thought that its first memories would be of it being scared and alone. She adds that, as someone whose memory is failing her, she knows how vital memories are, and would be happy to keep on reliving a good day where she has been fully lucid, which is getting increasingly rare. The Doctor understands and decides to leave a recording of his hologram with her so every day plays out the same way, promising that when the Grand Arboretum finally arrive, he will be with them to see her again, even if he has changed by then. With her mind made up, even for potentially thousands of years, the Doctor promises to see Nora tomorrow, "whenever tomorrow happens to be". | ||
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