Disclaimer: I don't own anyone, the BBC does. But it's an awful lot of fun to play in their sandbox. =D
Author's Note: This story borrows a concept from 'The Last Dodo' by Jacqueline Rayner.
Prologue: Forever in a Moment
Silence.
Trapped forever in frozen solitude.
Screaming, screaming, without a sound, nevermore to quoth the raven.
No time/all time/golden seconds/months/years/decades/a century? An eon?
Staring eyes, cold eyes, uncaring eyes and deaf minds. Retreat.
Solace sought in memories. Lifetimes lived again. Sanity? Madness?
Madness. Madman. Punishment for defiance, frozen solitude, untouchable masses.
Letmeoutletmeoutletmeout!
I'msorrysorrysorryIwon'tdoitagainpleaseletmeoutI'msorry!
memories relived again
how much longer?
when does the universe end?
help
me
"Would you look at that, Janey?"
"What?"
"The exhibit, you daft woman! The exhibit!"
"Oh, that. It's lovely, Michael. All red grass and silver trees, and I love those robes, burgundy and gold. Don't think I'd want to wear that headdressy thing though - it's awful."
"Not what I meant, love. It's supposed to be a visual example of what Time Lords and their planet were like."
"I know that, dear, says so on the sign. What got you so excited?"
"Look at her though! If she was real, she could be any woman on the street. Amazing, how such an ancient and extinct race could look so much like humans, isn't it?"
"Oh, yes, quite."
"Something wrong, Janey?"
"No, not really. It's just the way I moved my head...for a moment I thought she was alive and just...frozen."
"She's just a fancy mannequin, lovey. Come on, there's lots more of the lost history of the universe to see."
"Of course dear."
The couple turned away, leaving the robed woman standing on the red grass framed by silver trees, with a holographic sign floating at her feet and an obelisk to one side.
Time Lords
Once held dominion over time from their home planet of Gallifrey.
Now extinct, lost in what has been reported in history and legend as the Last Great Time War. For what facts are definitively known of this extinct species, listen to channel 1007 on your rented headset, or visit The BookeShoppe for data both factual and mythical.