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The [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] are disturbed by strange phenomena. Reality becomes temporarily distorted round them, and they receive illusions; [[Lynx (Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible)|a silver cat]] appears and gets them to follow it back to [[the TARDIS]]. Once there, they discover they can't enter; the door is always on the next panel around, no matter which way they go. With difficulty, they manage to misdirect it and get inside. Once inside, the Doctor leaves Ace in the console room and goes deeper into the ship, seeking the source of the trouble. [[Process|Something]] has gotten inside, or is about to, and is corrupting the TARDIS, causing it to begin to fall apart. Ace receives a silver scroll from the console, just before the doors explode inward. As the TARDIS dissolves around her, she sees the crew of an incoming ship crashing into the TARDIS. | The [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] are disturbed by strange phenomena. Reality becomes temporarily distorted round them, and they receive illusions; [[Lynx (Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible)|a silver cat]] appears and gets them to follow it back to [[the TARDIS]]. Once there, they discover they can't enter; the door is always on the next panel around, no matter which way they go. With difficulty, they manage to misdirect it and get inside. Once inside, the Doctor leaves Ace in the console room and goes deeper into the ship, seeking the source of the trouble. [[Process|Something]] has gotten inside, or is about to, and is corrupting the TARDIS, causing it to begin to fall apart. Ace receives a silver scroll from the console, just before the doors explode inward. As the TARDIS dissolves around her, she sees the crew of an incoming ship crashing into the TARDIS. | ||
In [[Gallifrey]]'s ancient past, the world was ruled by seeresses called the [[Pythia]], before [[Rassilon]] came and took power and initiated the age of reason. All [[Gallifreyan]]s | In [[Gallifrey]]'s ancient past, the world was ruled by seeresses called the [[Pythia]], before [[Rassilon]] came and took power and initiated the age of reason. All [[Gallifreyan]]s are possessed of strong telepathic powers, so that no one is ever alone in his or her own mind, with the exception of the Individuals—rare men and women who can wall off their own thoughts. At the end of that dark era, the early experiments in time travel are taking place. The first time ship, the [[Time Scaphe]], is on an early voyage, carrying a crew that consists of a child Pilot named [[Shonnzi]], and five Chronauts: [[Reogus]], [[Vael]], [[Chesperl]], [[Amnoni]], and the Captain, [[Pekkary]]. Unknown to the others, Vael is an Individual whose ability to block his thoughts has mysteriously weakened; secretly, he was planted on the crew by [[508th Pythia|the reigning Pythia]]. Following a legend in a book of future history, she intends to make him [[509th Pythia|her successor]], the first male Pythia, though not even he knows this; and thus she wants him on the crew to ensure that future. Meanwhile, Rassilon plots the Pythia's downfall. Things are upended, however, when the Time Scaphe fails to return—for in the vortex, it has crashed into the Doctor's TARDIS, forcing him to break the laws of time in spectacular fashion. | ||
Ace awakens in [[SARDIT|a strange world]], a bizarrely empty city. Over time, she meets the Chronauts, who are also here; but things have changed for them. They are now the Phazels, slaves to the city's ruler, the Process. Vael serves the Process voluntarily, acting as a slave driver to the Phazels; and Shonnzi has disappeared. Ace learns that the city is divided into three Phases, each representing a different time, but all three existing side-by-side, with each slowly becoming the next. On this planet time is scattered, and one can walk from the future to the past and vice versa. In the beginning, the Process—a monstrous, mollusk-like creature—made itself and the world, and seeks to control the future; but the future was stolen by the Doctor. And now, the Process has killed the Doctor. | Ace awakens in [[SARDIT|a strange world]], a bizarrely empty city. Over time, she meets the Chronauts, who are also here; but things have changed for them. They are now the Phazels, slaves to the city's ruler, the Process. Vael serves the Process voluntarily, acting as a slave driver to the Phazels; and Shonnzi has disappeared. Ace learns that the city is divided into three Phases, each representing a different time, but all three existing side-by-side, with each slowly becoming the next. On this planet time is scattered, and one can walk from the future to the past and vice versa. In the beginning, the Process—a monstrous, mollusk-like creature—made itself and the world, and seeks to control the future; but the future was stolen by the Doctor. And now, the Process has killed the Doctor. | ||
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== Cover Gallery == | == Cover Gallery == | ||
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