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In the TARDIS, the Master, using his Time Lord knowledge, informed Cole of the full consequences of his meddling, namely that he had created an entirely new species which was not supposed to exist in the first place. He told Cole that the fact that the species was warlike and obsessed with seeking out revenge on some other species they did not even know the true identity of would motivate them to journey into space, conquering numerous planets and annihilating many innocent lifeforms, and in the process they would do untold damage to the already weakened [[Web of Time]]. Horrified by what he had done and the implications of what the Master had told him, Cole desperately asked the Master to help him undo his mistake, telling him that he was willing to do anything he was asked of in exchange. The Master took it in stride, cryptically telling Cole not to worry, as he assured him that he would take care of it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sky Man (audio story)|The Sky Man]]'') | In the TARDIS, the Master, using his Time Lord knowledge, informed Cole of the full consequences of his meddling, namely that he had created an entirely new species which was not supposed to exist in the first place. He told Cole that the fact that the species was warlike and obsessed with seeking out revenge on some other species they did not even know the true identity of would motivate them to journey into space, conquering numerous planets and annihilating many innocent lifeforms, and in the process they would do untold damage to the already weakened [[Web of Time]]. Horrified by what he had done and the implications of what the Master had told him, Cole desperately asked the Master to help him undo his mistake, telling him that he was willing to do anything he was asked of in exchange. The Master took it in stride, cryptically telling Cole not to worry, as he assured him that he would take care of it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sky Man (audio story)|The Sky Man]]'') | ||
The Master took Cole to [[No. 24 Marigold Lane]], [[Stamford Bridge]] in the [[1970s]] where a [[Time Lord]] agent was keeping the [[Heavenly Paradigm]] under lock and key. When the Master and Cole found the address, they discovered a seemingly normal suburban house, but found that the neighbourhood around it were guarded by the local residents, who were all unknowingly being mind-controlled by the Time Lords into attacking any one who got | The Master took Cole to [[No. 24 Marigold Lane]], [[Stamford Bridge]] in the [[1970s]] where a [[Time Lord]] agent was keeping the [[Heavenly Paradigm]] under lock and key. When the Master and Cole found the address, they discovered a seemingly normal suburban house, but found that the neighbourhood around it were guarded by the local residents, who were all unknowingly being mind-controlled by the Time Lords into attacking any one who got too close to the house. The two of them managed to seek refuge inside the house, but they were soon confronted by a Time Lord agent, who was guarding the facility. Said agent, posing as a harmless old lady who lived in the house, offered Cole and the Master tea laced with a sedative; Cole fell for the bait and fell asleep after drinking the drugged tea, but the Master, having figured what the agent was trying to do, didn't. Before he knocked the Time Lord agent out, the Master revealed that he needed Cole unconscious for the final part of his plan, so the tea had proved rather convenient. As Cole was unconscious, the Master strapped him to the Paradigm. | ||
When Cole came to and asked why he was chained up, the Master revealed that the Paradigm was powered by temporal energy. By plucking Cole out from time and taking him with him in his TARDIS, the Master had averted Cole's original fate which was to die in the Dalek attack on Arcking, which had created a paradox. Cole's subsequent actions on the farming planet had saved the local population, at the cost of turning them into a new, aggressive race, when they were all originally meant to die from the fallout; which created not only a paradox, but a paradox powered by another paradox. The Master had in fact groomed Cole into becoming a nexus for a potent amount of temporal energy, which would be enough to power the Paradigm. The Master then prepared to sacrifice Cole to the Paradigm as his usefulness had come to an end, offering him some cold comfort by telling him that - with his erasure from existence - the race he had inadvertently created would also cease to exist and so would their campaign of genocidal warfare. When Cole, as his last act, protested against this callous treatment, the Master coldly reminded him that he previously had agree to make "any" sacrifice in exchange for his help. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Heavenly Paradigm (audio story)|The Heavenly Paradigm]]'') | When Cole came to and asked why he was chained up, the Master revealed that the Paradigm was powered by temporal energy. By plucking Cole out from time and taking him with him in his TARDIS, the Master had averted Cole's original fate which was to die in the Dalek attack on Arcking, which had created a paradox. Cole's subsequent actions on the farming planet had saved the local population, at the cost of turning them into a new, aggressive race, when they were all originally meant to die from the fallout; which created not only a paradox, but a paradox powered by another paradox. The Master had in fact groomed Cole into becoming a nexus for a potent amount of temporal energy, which would be enough to power the Paradigm. The Master then prepared to sacrifice Cole to the Paradigm as his usefulness had come to an end, offering him some cold comfort by telling him that - with his erasure from existence - the race he had inadvertently created would also cease to exist and so would their campaign of genocidal warfare. When Cole, as his last act, protested against this callous treatment, the Master coldly reminded him that he previously had agree to make "any" sacrifice in exchange for his help. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Heavenly Paradigm (audio story)|The Heavenly Paradigm]]'') |
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