Many years ago, there was a war. A great war that transcended the boundaries of a single Spacetime reality. The consequences of this war were many and far ranging. This war took place between the Time Lords and the Daleks. The Daleks wished to become the master race of the universe by eliminating all other races from existence. The Time Lords opposed them in the name of universal peace. While the war raged in the world above a small group of Time Lords was preparing to test a theory in an effort to prevent the end of their kind. This theory stated that someone who entered into the Untempered Schism would become an omnipotent being capable of moving about in time and space without the aid of a TARDIS! (Piano goes bump bump baaa) This group hoped that once they had achieved their goal that they would be able to return to Gallifrey and end this terrible conflict once and for all. Although they are very confident they are also running out of time, because as any good whovian knows the Doctor sealed off Gallifrey from the rest of the universe toward the end of The Great Time War using a Time-lock which made all on the planet unable to affect the timeline.