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In the [[Nevada]] desert, the Doctor walks into a diner, and is greeted by a waitress who looks and sounds exactly like [[Clara Oswald]]. Having no money, he tells her he can play his [[Electric guitar|guitar]]. As he starts to play her a song, she asks him if it is a sad song. He says that nothing is sad until it's over. He tells her that he thinks the song is called "[[Clara (song)|Clara]]". The waitress asks him to tell her about this "Clara"... | In the [[Nevada]] desert, the Doctor walks into a diner, and is greeted by a waitress who looks and sounds exactly like [[Clara Oswald]]. Having no money, he tells her he can play his [[Electric guitar|guitar]]. As he starts to play her a song, she asks him if it is a sad song. He says that nothing is sad until it's over. He tells her that he thinks the song is called "[[Clara (song)|Clara]]". The waitress asks him to tell her about this "Clara"... | ||
Walking through the desert-like plains of [[Gallifrey]], the Doctor arrives at [[Barn (The Day of the Doctor)|the old barn]] where he slept in as a child and [[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|worked out how to save his home]]. He climbs up into its loft, seeming nostalgic as he overlooks his old bed. A woman he recognises enters the barn; with the Doctor's face blocked by a beam, she cannot tell who it is, so she asks him to leave. Walking closer, she meets his gaze, immediately realizing his identity; she warns the Doctor that "they" will kill | Walking through the desert-like plains of [[Gallifrey]], the Doctor arrives at [[Barn (The Day of the Doctor)|the old barn]] where he slept in as a child and [[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|worked out how to save his home]]. He climbs up into its loft, seeming nostalgic as he overlooks his old bed. A woman he recognises enters the barn; with the Doctor's face blocked by a beam, she cannot tell who it is, so she asks him to leave. Walking closer, she meets his gaze, immediately realizing his identity; she warns the Doctor that "they" will kill him. | ||
In the meantime, the Doctor is trying to enjoy a bowl of soup, with a small crowd of Gallifreyans watching him in awe. Gastron arrives in a military craft, asking that the Doctor drop his weapons. Instead of going with Gastron, the Doctor walks up and drags his heel through the sand, drawing a line; he then resumes eating his meal, unconcerned. | In the chamber of the High Council, the Cloister Bells are ringing without end, warning of great danger. [[Rassilon]] wonders if that means the Doctor has returned; [[the General]] confirms it, radioing a guard named [[Gastron]]. Gastron has arrived via lift to the [[Cloisters]], being advised not to approuch them; he reports that [[Cloister Wraith|Cloister Wraiths]] are more active. Rassilon wonders why the Doctor hasn't arrived yet. [[Ohila]] with two guards, annoying Rassilon that the [[Sisterhood of Karn]] would arrive uninvited; she tells him that at the end of time, one should expect the presence of immortals. Having heard that the Doctor has returned, she came to see the resulting "fireworks". | ||
In the meantime, the Doctor is trying to enjoy a bowl of soup, with a small crowd of Gallifreyans watching him in awe. Gastron arrives in a military craft, asking that everyone back away; they don't comply, even when he warns that its for their safety. Gastron orders the Doctor drop his weapons and come peacefully. Instead of going with Gastron, the Doctor walks up and drags his heel through the sand, drawing a line; he then resumes eating his meal, unconcerned. Watching from the Council room, Rassilon wonders what the Doctor is up to; Ohila retorts that he's just finishing his soup. The General decides that they should try talking to the Doctor; words are his weapons, but when did they stop being theirs? The General and some soldiers try, failing; so does the High Council. Rassilon wonders what the Doctor is doing. Ohila the goes on to explain he Doctor doesn't blame the Time Lords for the horrors of the Time War, just Rassilon. | |||
Finally, Rassilon himself arrives with his personal guard; the Doctor only responds with a simple "Get off my planet". Rassilon does not take kindly to the Doctor's words, demanding he come with them. However, the Doctor still refuses to comply, forcing Rassilon to order his execution; he threatens them into complying by raising his Gauntlet. To Rassilon's anger and surprise, they all miss; he demands an explanation from Gastron. He states that in the Time War, the first thing that was noticed about the "Doctor of War" was that he was unarmed, and that "For many it was also the last." Gastron throws his weapon and joins the Doctor. The rest of the firing squad follow suit. | Finally, Rassilon himself arrives with his personal guard; the Doctor only responds with a simple "Get off my planet". Rassilon does not take kindly to the Doctor's words, demanding he come with them. However, the Doctor still refuses to comply, forcing Rassilon to order his execution; he threatens them into complying by raising his Gauntlet. To Rassilon's anger and surprise, they all miss; he demands an explanation from Gastron. He states that in the Time War, the first thing that was noticed about the "Doctor of War" was that he was unarmed, and that "For many it was also the last." Gastron throws his weapon and joins the Doctor. The rest of the firing squad follow suit. | ||
Raising his Gauntlet, Rassilon demands to know how many regenerations were [[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|granted to the Doctor back on Trenzalore]]; he intends to keep killing the Doctor until he runs out of regenerations. However, to Rassilon's surprise, reinforcements arrive, backing up the Doctor. The General repeats the Doctor's order to leave the planet, throws down his gun and joins the Doctor. Rassilon is then banished, | Raising his Gauntlet, Rassilon demands to know how many regenerations were [[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|granted to the Doctor back on Trenzalore]]; he intends to keep killing the Doctor until he runs out of regenerations. However, to Rassilon's surprise, reinforcements arrive, backing up the Doctor. The General repeats the Doctor's order to leave the planet, throws down his gun and joins the Doctor. Rassilon is then banished, via shuttle, not TARDIS, as it would cause trouble if Rassilon had the whim to alter events. The General then explains that Gallifrey came back into the universe several billion years later, give or take a star system or two; thus anyone banished from the planet has little choice in where to go. The General asks if he's gone too far with Rassilon's exile, the Doctor grimly warns that he's barely started; the High Council is next. | ||
Now once more the Lord President of Gallifrey, the Doctor demands to know why he was imprisoned within his own confession dial; its meant to purify a Time Lord's spirit so they can be uploaded into the Matrix without regrets, not to be used as a torture chamber. The General stars to explain, but is caught lying by the Doctor a few times; seeing he can't prevent him from knowing the whole truth, the General explains in detail. All Matrix predictions foresaw the birth of a hybrid from two warrior races that will stand in the ruins of Gallfirey as it breaks millions of hears to mend its own; the Doctor mockingly asks "what color is is it?", pointing out "the problem with prophecies; they never tell you anything important." Ohila tells him he shouldn't be playing the part of the fool. The Doctor says he needs help; he turns down the General and Ohila, saying people with bad hats cramp his style. He needs to talk to an old friend... | |||
Clara's death by the raven is shown again; however, right before it kills her, time freezes. Clara sees a light and the Doctor motioning for her to come into the light. Clara complies, finding herself in a sterile right room with technictions and the General. Clara notices that something is wrong with her hearing, as the Doctor and General argue over telling her about what happened. The Doctor finally relents, and explains that Clara is frozen between two heat-beats; the ringing in her ears was her realizing that she can't hear her heartbeat anymore. Thus she doesn't have a pulse or need to breathe (though she still does so out of habit). The General goes on to explain that her death is an established part of the timeline; they will return her once they find out what they can from her about the Hybrid. | |||
However, the Doctor takes the General's gun, threatening "on pain of death, no-one take a Selfie". Clara is shocked by his actions, wondering what happened to him since she died. The Doctor asks for a neural block that is human compatible, before asking the General what regeneration he's on. After confirming his in his eleventh incarnation, the General is wished luck and shot. The Doctor takes the device and drops the gun, running off with Clara. Clara is shocked by what the Doctor has done, but he explains death on Gallifrey is basically man flu. Gastron arrives in the extractor room, calling in the regeneration; he asks the General is he's okay, finding that he's regenerated into a female. The General is glad to be back to normal, asking Gastron "Only time I've been a man, that regeneration; dear God, how can you stand all that ego." Ohila arrives, explaining that the Doctor has run into the greatest danger on Gallifrey. | |||
The Doctor | The Doctor takes Clara to the [[Cloisters]], an area located below Gallifrey's capital; it is guarded by the [[Cloister Wraith|Wraith]]s, which only attack if they attempt to leave. Many enemies attempted to steal information from Gallifrey during the [[Cloister Wars]], and were imprisoned within the vines - Daleks, Cybermen and Weeping Angels are among these victims. There is a secret door they can use to escape, he used in during his childhood when he got lost; the wraiths use projections of enemies who attacked to attempt scaring them into retreating, to no avail. Clara asks what he's talking about, so the Doctor dumbs it down - "the [[Matrix|Time Lords have a computer full of ghosts]], [[Cloister Wraith|guarded by more ghosts.]]" They find the secret hatch and begin working on getting it open. The Doctor begins telling her about the time he spent in the confession dial; they are observed by the General and Ohila, who decide to go after them. Clara, meanwhile, is shocked that the Doctor knew the Time Lords were responsible for her death; he pretended to know about the hybrid, so he could get back to Gallifrey and use their tech to bring her back to life. | ||
The Doctor | The General and Ohila arrive via lift, demanding that the Doctor come with them; Clara silences them as she tries to get the Doctor to tell her how long he was trapped in his confession dial, getting no result. Wondering how long the Doctor has been without a moral compass - companion - Clara turns to the two and demands to know how long. Thinking a moment, Ohila says close to 4 1/2 billion years; the General explains that the Doctor could have left anytime he wanted, just needing to tell the Time Lords what he knew. Clara is shocked by this, realizing that she meant more to the Doctor than she thought possible; their friendship was something that he didn't want to lose.Turning to the Doctor, she tells him at "people like me and you, we should say things to one another" and proceeds to do so - words kept private from the audience and from the General and Ohila, to whom she refuses to divulge what she said. | ||
Clara yells at the General and Ohila with a furious tirade - "Do you know why you have to hide here at the end of time? You're monsters! You are hated. You. Are. Hated. And by no-one more than me." (Clara's rage towards them is due to [[Face the Raven (TV story)|their unjust methods for]] [[Heaven Sent (TV story)|trying to get information out of the Doctor]]; her unintentional death by their blundering has [[War Doctor|caused the Doctor to start losing himself again.]]) Smirking, she then tells them part of what she told the Doctor; he doesn't need to worry because, they will be looking at her. The Doctor has gotten through the maintainance hatch, and is heading to the repair shop to nab a TARDIS; as one appears around her, Clara waves good-bye to them. The Doctor asks Clara what she thinks of the original design for the control rooms; she's not too fond of it. Ohila demands that the Doctor face her; seeing her face on the monitor, the Doctor opens the door and sticks his head out. Ohila points out that the Doctor has gone against everything he believes in, just to give Clara false hope; he just shuts the door and takes off. The General wonders where the Doctor is going; Ohila says "away". | |||
Inside the TARDIS, the Doctor | Inside the TARDIS, the Doctor tells Clara that they'll be having lunch, then breakfast, followed by cocktails with Moses, and then he'll invent a flying submarine because the fact no-one has is annoying. Once free of Gallifrey's time zone, he expects Clara's biology to start up again; however, she's still frozen. The Doctor takes them to Gallifrey's remains at the end of the universe, hoping that Clara's biology will restart now that there's nothing that can be damaged by his actions. However, the [[Chronolock]] is still on the back of Clara's neck; he's failed to save her, again, and begins ranting to her about no longer being accountable to anyone. Hearing four knocks, the Doctor tells Clara that Me is out there; he leaves the TARDIS to find Me sitting in a chair next to a fireplace. The Doctor reminds Me that he told her the universe would be small when he's angry at her; he tells her to "go to Hell, which is about five minutes away." Me explains that she's managed to stay alive by creating a reality around the Cloisters on Gallifrey; she's the last thing in the universe, having finally earned the title Me. | ||
Me then asks about the Hybrid, which the Doctor thought was her, human with Mire medical technology inside; Me speculates it might refer to the Doctor and theorizes that the Doctor might be half-human. However, the Doctor brushes her off, asking if it matters. Following this, Me | Me then asks about the Hybrid, which the Doctor thought was her, human with Mire medical technology inside; Me speculates it might refer to the Doctor and theorizes that the Doctor might be half-human. However, the Doctor brushes her off, asking if it matters. Following this, Me reveals her true theory: she thinks it's the Doctor and Clara - true companions who will go to extremes for the sake of each other. The Doctor denies the idea, until Me asks how he met Clara. Clara watches on the TARDIS monitor, realizing that it was [[Missy]] that brought them together, just as the Doctor remembers. Being a lover of chaos, Missy chose Clara to make the Doctor more like her; she foresaw that the Doctor would become so attached, he would do anything, even risk the universe for Clara's sake. The Doctor informs Me the neuroblock will wipe Clara's memories of him, but promises to tell her before he does it. | ||
Clara watches on the monitor, coming to learn that the Doctor plans to erase all memory of himself from her, then drop her off somewhere to live her life. When the Doctor and Me enter the TARDIS, Clara argues with him, demanding to keep her memories and revealing | Clara watches on the monitor, coming to learn that the Doctor plans to erase all memory of himself from her, then drop her off somewhere to live her life. When the Doctor and Me enter the TARDIS, Clara argues with him, demanding to keep her memories and revealing she used the sonic sunglasses to "reverse the polarity" of the neuroblock device to erase the Doctor's memory if he used it on her. The Doctor is skeptical, however, they both agree to take a fifty-fifty chance to have one of their memories wiped at random. After Clara suggests they forget the whole thing and just "fly away somewhere", they both touch the device, and press the button. It turns out the Doctor is the one to lose his memories. He collapses in pain to the floor. Before losing his memories, he gives out advice, from "never be cruel or cowardly", to the more bizarre "never eat pears". He asks Clara for one last smile before he blacks out. | ||
Back in the present, the Doctor continues talking to Clara; he doesn't remember what she looked like, or the "very important" message she gave him in the cloisters, but remembers their adventures and half-heartedly says he is trying to look for her. Clara tries one last time to spark a memory by outright suggesting that she could be Clara, only to have the Doctor assert that he would "absolutely know" if he ever saw her again, causing Clara to turn away to hide her tears. Looking around the diner, he suddenly recalls having been to it with [[River Song|River]], [[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Rory Williams|Rory]] when he [[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|faked his death]] in his [[Eleventh Doctor|previous incarnation]]. He tells Clara that he is currently searching for his own TARDIS, as it has disappeared from where he left it in London. As he begins once again to play [[Clara (song)|the sad melody he'd been playing]], Clara smiles and reminds the Doctor what he told her about that memories become stories; while he can't remember what she told him in the cloisters, she suggests sometimes lost memories become songs. The Doctor compliments the sentiment and momentarily turns his back, as Clara walks into the back room, which is revealed to the console room for the TARDIS they stole from Gallifrey. The diner vanishes, leaving the Doctor astounded as he realizes he was talking to Clara; he then turns around to find his TARDIS, which still has Rigsy's graffiti memorial for her, left behind. | Back in the present, the Doctor continues talking to Clara; he doesn't remember what she looked like, or the "very important" message she gave him in the cloisters, but remembers their adventures and half-heartedly says he is trying to look for her. Clara tries one last time to spark a memory by outright suggesting that she could be Clara, only to have the Doctor assert that he would "absolutely know" if he ever saw her again, causing Clara to turn away to hide her tears. Looking around the diner, he suddenly recalls having been to it with [[River Song|River]], [[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Rory Williams|Rory]] when he [[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|faked his death]] in his [[Eleventh Doctor|previous incarnation]]. He tells Clara that he is currently searching for his own TARDIS, as it has disappeared from where he left it in London. As he begins once again to play [[Clara (song)|the sad melody he'd been playing]], Clara smiles and reminds the Doctor what he told her about that memories become stories; while he can't remember what she told him in the cloisters, she suggests sometimes lost memories become songs. The Doctor compliments the sentiment and momentarily turns his back, as Clara walks into the back room, which is revealed to the console room for the TARDIS they stole from Gallifrey. The diner vanishes, leaving the Doctor astounded as he realizes he was talking to Clara; he then turns around to find his TARDIS, which still has Rigsy's graffiti memorial for her, left behind. | ||
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In Clara's TARDIS, Me tells her the [[Chameleon circuit]] is broken, but she is unconcerned, saying that she likes it. Clara asks Me whether the Time Lords can return her to her place and time of death, knowing she will have to face the raven eventually, to which Me responds with the affirmative. Me asks Clara where will she go now, she replies "Gallifrey, the long way around": she isn't going back to face her death just yet. | In Clara's TARDIS, Me tells her the [[Chameleon circuit]] is broken, but she is unconcerned, saying that she likes it. Clara asks Me whether the Time Lords can return her to her place and time of death, knowing she will have to face the raven eventually, to which Me responds with the affirmative. Me asks Clara where will she go now, she replies "Gallifrey, the long way around": she isn't going back to face her death just yet. | ||
The Doctor boards his long-abandoned TARDIS and takes off, watching a new sonic screwdriver emerge from the console and launch into the air and catching it. He then sees Clara left a message for him on the blackboard - "Run you clever boy, and be a Doctor." As the TARDIS | The Doctor boards his long-abandoned TARDIS and takes off, watching a new sonic screwdriver emerge from the console and launch into the air and catching it. He then sees Clara left a message for him on the blackboard - "Run you clever boy, and be a Doctor." As the TARDIS dematerializes the memorial on the front door flakes off piece by piece-any trace of Clara having been with the Doctor now gone. | ||
The Doctor's TARDIS is shown traveling through space, the Doctor once again setting off on a brand new adventures - unaware that Clara and Me's TARDIS quickly passes by his, setting off their own journeys through space and time. | The Doctor's TARDIS is shown traveling through space, the Doctor once again setting off on a brand new adventures - unaware that Clara and Me's TARDIS quickly passes by his, setting off their own journeys through space and time. | ||
