The Last Great Time War...

The Doctor stood over the console,
with an uneasy shudder,
as he beheld the Great Time War
on the view screen…
His TARDIS was rigged,
primed with a weapon that he desperately
hoped he would never have to use.
But the Daleks had taken the cruciform,
making the emperor more powerful
than anyone could have foreseen.1

The Timelords were making their last stand.
The Daleks outflanked them
in both numbers and strategy.
It was futile, they were facing defeat,
and soon Gallifrey would fall.
This realisation alone filled him with a sorrow
and dread that chilled him to his soul.
His race faced extinction, soon to be a mere
footnote in the pages of eternity.
The stuff of myths and legends…2

He reminisced of his own actions,
over several incarnations
that had led him to this moment.
Was it he who had struck the first blow?
So long ago, meddling in their development
at the very dawn of their creation.
Or three lifetimes later when he tricked Davros
into destroying Skaro with the Hand of Omega.
Yes, he had certainly antagonised the Daleks
far more than any other Timelord.3

Even in the legends of Skaro he was feared.
They had called him the oncoming storm,
which had amused him greatly.
But now, several lifetimes later,
battle weary and numb to the countless lives
that this endless war had claimed,
he just wanted an end to it, he wanted peace…
After many Temporal skirmishes,
Davros had died at the Gates of Elysium,
flying into the jaws of the nightmare child.4

It was hoped that the death of their creator
may have weakened their resolve for war.
But no, they had become far more aggressive,
far more determined and far more ruthless.
Many worlds fell from the stars,
burning as the laws of causality went into flux.
His reverie was suddenly broken
as another temporal shock resounded
around the console room rocking his TARDIS
to the very core of its foundations.5

‘Don’t worry old girl, we’ll get through this’
He patted the console affectionately.
Then frowning, with grim determination,
he threw the dematerialisation switch
and detonated the weapon.
The effect was devastating, the universe
screamed its rage and pain as Daleks
and Timelords alike perished in temporal flame,
time-locking the ‘Last Great Time War’
as a small blue Police Box drifted out of its influence.6

But alas, the Doctor was not unscathed by events,
fore he too had burned, forcing a miraculous change,
as he regenerated on the console room floor,
literally becoming a new man.
He just lay there as tears welled up in his eyes
and numbness crept throughout his being.
He truly was the destroyer of worlds…7