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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
=== Part one === | === Part one === | ||
In the [[Tower of Silent Memory]] upon the desert of [[High Remorse]] on [[Gallifrey]], the [[Time Lord]] [[Bellator]] ascends, followed by | In the [[Tower of Silent Memory]] upon the desert of [[High Remorse]] on [[Gallifrey]], the [[Time Lord]] [[Bellator]] ascends, followed by the [[Twelfth General]], to prepare for a ritual that will lead him to his final [[regeneration]]. Telling the Time Lords to hurry up because "I've heard this malarkey eleven times already", Bellator begins to regenerate, but something goes badly wrong. Part-way through the process, he ends up twisted and elongated, and collapses to the floor, dead, before dissolving in an orange puddle on the ground. A [[Time Lord soldier (The Clockwise War)|Time Lord soldier]] arrives to inform the General that all six regenerations that have taken place in the last hour have failed and led to the deaths of the people involved. | ||
In [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], the [[Twelfth Doctor]] is in a great rush, even missing [[Alan Turing]] and [[Ranesh (The Phantom Piper)|Ranesh]]'s wedding, but for a reason that he will not tell [[Bill Potts|Bill]]. Before he can elaborate, the TARDIS hits a massive energy field, an 'entropy bubble', encompassing a huge variety of destroyed spacecraft floating in zero gravity, as the TARDIS is drained of its power. Realising they can breathe in the field, the Doctor and Bill leave to try and prevent the TARDIS being "sucked dry," before someone shoots the TARDIS. It is revealed to be [[Gol Clutha]] and her band of mercenaries, and they drag the Doctor and Bill to the dead remains of a colony ship, the ''Rangiroa''. Gol seems surprised that the Doctor does not know who she is working for this time and believes the state of the ship is his fault, but he has no idea what she means. Gol shows the Doctor the other inhabitants of ''Rangiroa'' - lots of people who used to be celebrities and geniuses on their own worlds, now stranded and homeless on the ship. Wanting revenge, Gol prepares to shoot the Doctor but is distracted by something. | In [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], the [[Twelfth Doctor]] is in a great rush, even missing [[Alan Turing]] and [[Ranesh (The Phantom Piper)|Ranesh]]'s wedding, but for a reason that he will not tell [[Bill Potts|Bill]]. Before he can elaborate, the TARDIS hits a massive energy field, an 'entropy bubble', encompassing a huge variety of destroyed spacecraft floating in zero gravity, as the TARDIS is drained of its power. Realising they can breathe in the field, the Doctor and Bill leave to try and prevent the TARDIS being "sucked dry," before someone shoots the TARDIS. It is revealed to be [[Gol Clutha]] and her band of mercenaries, and they drag the Doctor and Bill to the dead remains of a colony ship, the ''Rangiroa''. Gol seems surprised that the Doctor does not know who she is working for this time and believes the state of the ship is his fault, but he has no idea what she means. Gol shows the Doctor the other inhabitants of ''Rangiroa'' - lots of people who used to be celebrities and geniuses on their own worlds, now stranded and homeless on the ship. Wanting revenge, Gol prepares to shoot the Doctor but is distracted by something. | ||
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=== Part three === | === Part three === | ||
In the Indian Territory of [[United States of America|America]], [[1882]], [[Totika]] gets a surprise visit from a familiar face - Marshal [[Bass Reeves]]. Being two years after [[The Parliament of Fear (comic story)|their incident]] with the [[Stikini]], she wonders why he came to visit, and he responds that he knows the feeling of being an outsider like her, and while he does not agree with what she did, he understands her anger and believes she deserves a second chance. However, they are interrupted by the sound of a [[TARDIS]] landing nearby. It is not the Doctor that emerges, though, but | In the Indian Territory of [[United States of America|America]], [[1882]], [[Totika]] gets a surprise visit from a familiar face - Marshal [[Bass Reeves]]. Being two years after [[The Parliament of Fear (comic story)|their incident]] with the [[Stikini]], she wonders why he came to visit, and he responds that he knows the feeling of being an outsider like her, and while he does not agree with what she did, he understands her anger and believes she deserves a second chance. However, they are interrupted by the sound of a [[TARDIS]] landing nearby. It is not the Doctor that emerges, though, but the General, wishing to recruit Reeves for some reason. | ||
Having escaped the entropy bubble, the Doctor and Bill head to [[Cornucopia]] as the Doctor rushes ahead to meet with someone. Before he can do so, however, Bill grabs his wrist and shouts at him for not being open with her about his plans or who Fey really is, and the two walk off together. They enter a fancy office and the Doctor is immediately shouted at by a certain Miss Ghost for breaking in and taking his companion with him. As she reveals her true form as [[Annabel Lake]], the Doctor explains he needs to access a very old file from her archives. | Having escaped the entropy bubble, the Doctor and Bill head to [[Cornucopia]] as the Doctor rushes ahead to meet with someone. Before he can do so, however, Bill grabs his wrist and shouts at him for not being open with her about his plans or who Fey really is, and the two walk off together. They enter a fancy office and the Doctor is immediately shouted at by a certain Miss Ghost for breaking in and taking his companion with him. As she reveals her true form as [[Annabel Lake]], the Doctor explains he needs to access a very old file from her archives. | ||
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=== Part six === | === Part six === | ||
In London, [[2018]], | In London, [[2018]], the General leads Totika and Reeves through the bustling city streets, and despite none of them being pleased with what they see, the General explains that the Doctor asked to bring them there - Reeves to protect Totika, and the General to help save Gallifrey. | ||
Meanwhile, in Greenwich, the Doctor, Bill, and Annabel hide outside Alexander Truscott's stately home, with a plan to find Hugo Wilding, who has been missing for two days. As the Doctor fails at his attempts to find Shayde, Annabel dons her armour and sneaks in, invisible. Despite finding Wilding, dishevelled and bound to a chair, she is immediately attacked from behind. With Annabel's ten-minute warning elapsed, the Doctor and Bill attempt to go after her, but are intercepted by the Clockwise Men. Inside the house, Truscott introduces himself to the Doctor and finally explains everything, at the Doctor's request. | Meanwhile, in Greenwich, the Doctor, Bill, and Annabel hide outside Alexander Truscott's stately home, with a plan to find Hugo Wilding, who has been missing for two days. As the Doctor fails at his attempts to find Shayde, Annabel dons her armour and sneaks in, invisible. Despite finding Wilding, dishevelled and bound to a chair, she is immediately attacked from behind. With Annabel's ten-minute warning elapsed, the Doctor and Bill attempt to go after her, but are intercepted by the Clockwise Men. Inside the house, Truscott introduces himself to the Doctor and finally explains everything, at the Doctor's request. | ||
Back in his college days at the Briarstoke Academy, one day a portal appeared out of nowhere in Truscott's room, and Fey fell out of it. She was delirious but was slowly nursed back to health. As Truscott learned about the Time Lords and what they could do, he strongly disapproved, and found an opportunity to twist her mind as she healed. Eventually, he discovered how to harness Fey's shadow energies, and used them to transform the other members of the Clockwise Club into the Clockwise Men. Now, with the entire map of space-time in his hands, Truscott announces his plans to wipe out the Time Lords and start a new British Empire in space. Threatening the Doctor with a gun, he is interrupted by | Back in his college days at the Briarstoke Academy, one day a portal appeared out of nowhere in Truscott's room, and Fey fell out of it. She was delirious but was slowly nursed back to health. As Truscott learned about the Time Lords and what they could do, he strongly disapproved, and found an opportunity to twist her mind as she healed. Eventually, he discovered how to harness Fey's shadow energies, and used them to transform the other members of the Clockwise Club into the Clockwise Men. Now, with the entire map of space-time in his hands, Truscott announces his plans to wipe out the Time Lords and start a new British Empire in space. Threatening the Doctor with a gun, he is interrupted by the General and Reeves, storming the building and providing an escape. As the group flees, Truscott tells the Clockwise Men to not attack them but to find Fey instead. | ||
Outside, the Doctor's group reunite with Totika, to the Doctor's pleasure, but are interrupted by Bill noticing that the spherical lens of a nearby CCTV camera is hovering. It begins flying away, joined by countless more, as the Doctor finally realises they are all parts of Shayde. Truscott separated him from Fey, split him into millions of pieces, and hid in plain sight in London for decades. All the black orbs begin to join together, forming a massive sphere around Fey. | Outside, the Doctor's group reunite with Totika, to the Doctor's pleasure, but are interrupted by Bill noticing that the spherical lens of a nearby CCTV camera is hovering. It begins flying away, joined by countless more, as the Doctor finally realises they are all parts of Shayde. Truscott separated him from Fey, split him into millions of pieces, and hid in plain sight in London for decades. All the black orbs begin to join together, forming a massive sphere around Fey. | ||
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On Greenwich Common, a large crowd and news reporters begin to gather around the still-growing black sphere. The Doctor theorises that it is reforming Shayde's consciousness to make him a weapon of the Absence, like Fey, so they should "get inside his head". | On Greenwich Common, a large crowd and news reporters begin to gather around the still-growing black sphere. The Doctor theorises that it is reforming Shayde's consciousness to make him a weapon of the Absence, like Fey, so they should "get inside his head". | ||
With the Doctor's group easily entering the sphere, they discover they are in the Dreamspace, as the Doctor realises that Shayde is being used as a means for a horde of monsters including the Clockwise Men, all of the Time Lords' repressed nightmares, to pass from there to the real world and begin the attack on Gallifrey. To counter them, | With the Doctor's group easily entering the sphere, they discover they are in the Dreamspace, as the Doctor realises that Shayde is being used as a means for a horde of monsters including the Clockwise Men, all of the Time Lords' repressed nightmares, to pass from there to the real world and begin the attack on Gallifrey. To counter them, the Genreal calls in her Obsidian Fleet to attack against the Doctor's wishes, and dozens of TARDISes containing Gallifreyan soldiers appear and launch their assault. Meanwhile, the Doctor and his group attempt to make their way back up to the Loshann Temple, narrowly avoiding being attacked, only to be met by Fey at the entrance. However, Annabel decides to take revenge on Fey to buy the Doctor some time. | ||
Wanting to reveal the truth to Fey, the Doctor approaches her, only to get shot in the leg. Finally, Bill shouts for Fey to stop. She realises that the answer to the question of "What gives you the right?" is the effect of days like this, because the Doctor always tries to do what is right, no matter what happens. The Doctor also realises that Fey was the one who sent the Stikini to target Totika because both her and Fey lost a child they cared for. Finally talking with Fey, the Doctor makes her realise that she is the one behind all the fighting, and she never saved the Loshann child. The Absence was never real. With her spell broken, Fey collapses to the ground, sobbing, and the sphere of the Dreamspace shatters, dropping the Doctor's group back in the real world. | Wanting to reveal the truth to Fey, the Doctor approaches her, only to get shot in the leg. Finally, Bill shouts for Fey to stop. She realises that the answer to the question of "What gives you the right?" is the effect of days like this, because the Doctor always tries to do what is right, no matter what happens. The Doctor also realises that Fey was the one who sent the Stikini to target Totika because both her and Fey lost a child they cared for. Finally talking with Fey, the Doctor makes her realise that she is the one behind all the fighting, and she never saved the Loshann child. The Absence was never real. With her spell broken, Fey collapses to the ground, sobbing, and the sphere of the Dreamspace shatters, dropping the Doctor's group back in the real world. | ||
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* The [[Sisterhood of Karn]] fought in the Time War and use the Hythala Invocation. | * The [[Sisterhood of Karn]] fought in the Time War and use the Hythala Invocation. | ||
* The [[War Doctor]] nicknames Fey "[[Mata Hari]]". | * The [[War Doctor]] nicknames Fey "[[Mata Hari]]". | ||
* Fey and the Doctor command the [[Ninth Prydonian Guard]], while [[ | * Fey and the Doctor command the [[Ninth Prydonian Guard]], while the [[Twelfth General]] later commands the [[Obsidian Fleet]]. | ||
* The Doctor builds a "[[Quantum-Intrinsic Field Projector]]" to reflect the Morlontoa's attacks. | * The Doctor builds a "[[Quantum-Intrinsic Field Projector]]" to reflect the Morlontoa's attacks. | ||
* The [[Morlontoa]] releases [[unreality spore]]s, madness hail, and an unreality wave. | * The [[Morlontoa]] releases [[unreality spore]]s, madness hail, and an unreality wave. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This was the final ''Doctor Who Magazine'' comic story to feature the [[Twelfth Doctor]]. The last words spoken by the Twelfth Doctor in his comic book tenure are; ''"I never say goodbye... not to the people I want to see again."'' | * This was the final ''Doctor Who Magazine'' comic story to feature the [[Twelfth Doctor]]. The last words spoken by the Twelfth Doctor in his comic book tenure are; ''"I never say goodbye... not to the people I want to see again."'' | ||
* The name of the [[Time Lord]] General who debuted in ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'' is revealed to be | * The birth name of the [[Time Lord]] [[the General|General]] who debuted in ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'' is revealed to be Kenossium. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* [[ | * The [[Twelfth General]] reiterates that she survived the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') | ||
* [[Bellator]] mentions that he has regenerated eleven times and is due to perform it for the twelfth and final time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'') | * [[Bellator]] mentions that he has regenerated eleven times and is due to perform it for the twelfth and final time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'') | ||
* This story starts immediately following the end of [[The Phantom Piper (comic story)|the previous one]], where the Doctor misses [[Alan Turing]] and [[Ranesh (The Phantom Piper)|Ranesh]]'s wedding. | * This story starts immediately following the end of [[The Phantom Piper (comic story)|the previous one]], where the Doctor misses [[Alan Turing]] and [[Ranesh (The Phantom Piper)|Ranesh]]'s wedding. | ||
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* The Doctor's ability to read entire books within seconds is shown again. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'', ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'') | * The Doctor's ability to read entire books within seconds is shown again. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'', ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'') | ||
* Fey reiterates the question of "What gives you the right?" that she etched into the TARDIS. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Phantom Piper (comic story)|The Phantom Piper]]'') | * Fey reiterates the question of "What gives you the right?" that she etched into the TARDIS. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Phantom Piper (comic story)|The Phantom Piper]]'') | ||
* | * The General mentions how frequently the Doctor visits [[London]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'', et al.) | ||
* The Doctor explains how Fey is able to track [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (comic story)|Tooth and Claw]]'') | * The Doctor explains how Fey is able to track [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (comic story)|Tooth and Claw]]'') | ||
* The Doctor mentions the [[Time Lord]]s' affinity with "big collars and organ music and lots of little circles", ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', et al.) as well as their ability to sense each other's presence. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') | * The Doctor mentions the [[Time Lord]]s' affinity with "big collars and organ music and lots of little circles", ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', et al.) as well as their ability to sense each other's presence. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') | ||
