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After his previous incarnation's circulatory system was fatally damaged by Dr Grace Holloway on 30 December 1999, this Doctor came into existence three hours later early on 31 December; the anaesthetic nearly destroyed the regenerative process, resulting in the unprecedented delay. Suffering amnesia due to the circumstances of his "birth", the Eighth Doctor chose his new outfit, a costume based upon the garb of Wild Bill Hickok intended for a New Year's Eve costume party, and sought out Grace, whom he believed knew who he was. At the same time, the Master gained a new body for himself by possessing a human; he sought to take the Doctor's remaining lives for himself. Bribing Chang Lee, the young man who brought the Seventh Doctor to the hospital, the Master opened the Eye of Harmony in the TARDIS to find the Doctor. With the Eye opened, the Eighth Doctor regained his memory and recruited Grace in helping him find an atomic clock which contained a beryllium chip he needed to fix the critical timing malfunction in the TARDIS console.
