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After the destruction of [[Gallifrey]], the Council of Eight created their fortress in the heart of the [[Time Vortex]] so that they could become the new Lords of Time. As the Council gained power by successfully prophesying future events, they were naturally inclined to remove all free will in the universe and create one where all actions could be accurately predicted by the Council, therefore making them invincible. To this end, they convinced [[Sabbath]] that parallel timelines were causing damage to the "prime" reality and that by destroying them he would be able to steer humanity to the path of the masters of the Universe. | After the destruction of [[Gallifrey]], the Council of Eight created their fortress in the heart of the [[Time Vortex]] so that they could become the new Lords of Time. As the Council gained power by successfully prophesying future events, they were naturally inclined to remove all free will in the universe and create one where all actions could be accurately predicted by the Council, therefore making them invincible. To this end, they convinced [[Sabbath]] that parallel timelines were causing damage to the "prime" reality and that by destroying them he would be able to steer humanity to the path of the masters of the Universe. | ||
The Council's methods involved the despatching their engineered Time Agents to events where they would sometimes induce and create a literal form of the [[butterfly effect]] to affect local time like they did when one agent released a butterfly in Earth's atmosphere which sank the [[Spanish Armada]] were more direct than the Time Lords, and their [[Non-interference policy|policy of Non-interference]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sometime Never... (novel)|Sometime Never...]]'') | The Council's methods involved the despatching of their engineered Time Agents to events where they would sometimes induce and create a literal form of the [[butterfly effect]] to affect local time like they did when one agent released a butterfly in Earth's atmosphere which sank the [[Spanish Armada]]. They were more direct than the Time Lords, and their [[Non-interference policy|policy of Non-interference]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sometime Never... (novel)|Sometime Never...]]'') | ||
The Council tried to expel many entities from the Vortex, such as the [[Time Wraith]]s ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Slow Empire (novel)|The Slow Empire]]'') and the [[Clock People]]. The Council went to war with the Clock People for control of the time vortex. They manipulated the [[Eighth Doctor]] into destroying their opponents, leaving them in complete control of the vortex. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Anachrophobia (novel)|Anachrophobia]]'') | The Council tried to expel many entities from the Vortex, such as the [[Time Wraith]]s ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Slow Empire (novel)|The Slow Empire]]'') and the [[Clock People]]. The Council went to war with the Clock People for control of the time vortex. They manipulated the [[Eighth Doctor]] into destroying their opponents, leaving them in complete control of the vortex. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Anachrophobia (novel)|Anachrophobia]]'') | ||
They considered the Doctor to be an unpredictable factor, as he was a 'Rogue Element' who defied cause and effect and could thus disrupt their predictions, prompting the Council to seek his destruction. To weaken him, they began taking some of his old companions out of history and locking them into Schrodinger Cells in their Time Station- such as [[Jo Grant]]- or outright killing them, manipulating history so that timelines where [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] died on [[Heritage]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Heritage (novel)|Heritage]]'') or [[Harry Sullivan]] was killed after he turned into a [[werewolf]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wolfsbane (novel)|Wolfsbane]]'') | They considered the Doctor to be an unpredictable factor, as he was a 'Rogue Element' who defied cause and effect and could thus disrupt their predictions, prompting the Council to seek his destruction. To weaken him, they began taking some of his old companions out of history and locking them into Schrodinger Cells in their Time Station- such as [[Jo Grant]]- or outright killing them, manipulating history so that timelines where [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] died on [[Heritage]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Heritage (novel)|Heritage]]'') or [[Harry Sullivan]] was killed after he turned into a [[werewolf]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wolfsbane (novel)|Wolfsbane]]'') or [[Sarah Jane Smith]] died while investigating a story in [[Hong Kong]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bullet Time (novel)|Bullet Time]]'') became more likely. | ||
Leading the Doctor to a trap in the Time Station, the Council learned that Octan, the leader of the Council, had begun preparing a massive ontological paradox, intending for [[Sabbath]] to kill him so the rest could ascend to omnipotence; the prediction of Octan's death would serve as the power supply for the weapon that would destroy Earth's sun before life could evolve, the prediction that human history would end giving the Council the power to rise up and become the new Lords of Time. However, the Doctor discovered their plans and tricked Octan into revealing his plans and their manipulation of Sabbath, confirming who Octan had predicted that Sabbath would shoot. With Sabbath now aware of the extent to which he had been manipulated, reasoning that him killing the Doctor would still be a victory, shot himself rather than fulfil the destiny laid by the Council, thwarting their plans, but not before [[Miranda Dawkins]], the Doctor's adopted daughter, had died in the Station. | Leading the Doctor to a trap in the Time Station, the Council learned that Octan, the leader of the Council, had begun preparing a massive ontological paradox, intending for [[Sabbath]] to kill him so the rest could ascend to omnipotence; the prediction of Octan's death would serve as the power supply for the weapon that would destroy Earth's sun before life could evolve, the prediction that human history would end giving the Council the power to rise up and become the new Lords of Time. However, the Doctor discovered their plans and tricked Octan into revealing his plans and their manipulation of Sabbath, confirming who Octan had predicted that Sabbath would shoot. With Sabbath now aware of the extent to which he had been manipulated, reasoning that him killing the Doctor would still be a victory, shot himself rather than fulfil the destiny laid by the Council, thwarting their plans, but not before [[Miranda Dawkins]], the Doctor's adopted daughter, had died in the Station. | ||
