Hello, Doctor.

(Who are you? Where are we?)

Don't worry, I'm no one important.

(If I've learnt anything, it's that no one is unimportant.)

A sweet sentiment, but I'm afraid I am, quite literally, no one. Now be quiet; I have a tale you need to hear.

(But-)

Quiet.

You are fond of the human race, are you not? Don't answer that; I know how much time you spend on Earth.

Have you heard of Atlantis? I see you have, excellent, that will make is simpler.

(Atlantis is nothing but a myth.)

Hush now, it was perfectly real.

The truth is they were terribly advanced, mainly because they held contact with several alien species. They were hundreds of years ahead of their time, with a society based on science and peace. Back then, it was a paradise.

But they meddled in matters they were not ready for.

Time travel, Doctor, it was time travel. The foolish humans attempted time travel. It went horribly wrong, latching onto all the humans on the island, leaving the visiting alien life forms to drown. Those poor, arrogant humans were thrown far back, to a different space and time.

Don't protest, there's no denying they were arrogant to attempt it.

Luckily, they were transported to a habitable planet. However, they were changed, mentally and physically, by the journey. Many did not survive, and those who did were different than before.

(Where are you going with this?)

I'm getting there, Doctor, I'm getting there.

Time anomalies opened up throughout the planet, affecting both the inhabitants and their surroundings. But, as humans do, they adapted.

They evolved, Doctor, over thousands of years. They forgot their origins, forgot they came from anywhere else other than their new home. They had built a new world, one based on science, and technology, and time travel, and peaceful non-interference.

They called it Gallifrey.

Don't look so shocked, Doctor. Why do you think you were so attracted to Earth? Why you looked so much like the humans? Why there were so many minglings of your species?

(...)

(Who are you?)

Me? Oh, I got lost along the way, lost in the dark while my people stepped onto a new planet. I watched it all, though, Doctor. I saw it happen, saw my arrogant, beautiful, marvellous homeland change and evolve on that alien world. And you, oh, you fell asleep here, where Atlantis once laid, and I couldn't resist.

So, tell me of your life, descendent of me and mine. Tell me a tale of the Time Lords.