"You know what I don't understand?" the Doctor said as he was dragged out onto the fields of Trenzalore which were quite literally a whole grassland around the entire planet. It seemed like an extremely boring planet, very unsuitable for somewhere that could hold the event that decided the fate of the Universe, "The Silence have been trying to prevent me from answering the Question."

"No that was a bunch of disloyal members of the order," the Master said from behind him, "Members who were too cowardly to take the risk necessary for rebuilding the Universe. It's a shame that so many of them defected; the true religious order of the Silence is so much smaller than it used to be. When you erased the Silence's telepathic powers, members had only just started defecting from the order."

"I thought that was before the order existed in their timeline," the Doctor admitted.

"You were wrong," the Master said, "The order existed before I even took the Silence to Earth; obviously I know that's your favourite planet so it was the best place for them to keep an eye on you. Anyway as time went on, members started to lose faith and decided getting rid of you was a better option. Only one fifth of the entire order remained loyal to me, and then most of the Silent's stationed on Earth were exterminated and you erased yourself from the Universe, which made it almost impossible to keep track of you. Therefore I started using Clara."

"The Silence got so obsessed with killing me they used my loved ones against me," the Doctor said.

"Indeed," said the Master and shrugged, "Pathetic, cowardly life forms; at least I'm not obsessed with killing you. I wouldn't have any worthy opponent if I killed you and where's the fun in that? Fortunately a few members of the order remained loyal to their Master." He gestured at the Silent's that were around him, four of them including the one that was pulling the Doctor, but more were appearing from the land around the ship. One of them was pushing Clara who struggled to keep her balance with her hands bound behind her back. Then the Silent shoved her hard and she fell painfully to the ground with a muffled cry.

"If I do this will you let her go?" the Doctor said looking at his companion in concern.

"Maybe," said the Master, "Although chances are she won't survive the end of the Universe; I'll be wiping out all of her lives in one go. Then again she will come back to life when the Universe is restored but I'm sure you'd prefer it if she didn't die at all especially since you've seen her die twice already."

"Put her in the Pandorica," the Doctor said, "You can use her to restore the Universe and then take credit for it; just don't kill her Master. I'm begging you."

"Ah yes speaking of the Pandorica," the Master said and snapped his fingers. Four Silent's came down the ramp of the Master's large ship, carrying the massive box that had served as the Doctor's prison nearly three and a quarter centuries earlier. Two more appeared carrying the TARDIS. Clara struggled to her knees and watched as the Silent's put the two boxes side by side.

"Why did you make your TARDIS so big?" the Doctor asked gesturing to the Master's spaceship.

"Stole a Dalek ship from the Time War and modified it once I returned to the Universe," the Master explained, "Essentially it's a cross between a Dalek ship and a TARDIS." He looked at Clara who shuddered at the word 'Dalek', "Ah, I think my presence is starting to reactivate her memories. They are still dormant in her mind Doctor and I can force her to remember everything she's been through during all of her lives."

"It would drive her mad," the Doctor said, "Or just outright kill her; Human minds are not designed to hold that much history no matter how strong they are."

"I know," the Master said, "Your companion is strong Doctor, admirably so for a Human. She held onto her sanity longer than I expected during the Time War but eventually it was too much for her and she lost her mind. That's why I ran; I was worried her first incarnation would commit suicide and the link would be lost so I had to get out just in case. Fortunately she retained enough sanity to resist the temptation to kill herself until the Final Day."

"How has she helped you keep an eye on me?" the Doctor asked, stalling for time.

"Telepathic connection," the Master said, "I've had sex with her many times Doctor and that gave her mild telepathic abilities, just enough for me to read her thoughts, although she can't sense me when I'm in her head. A few science experiments helped her telepathy too of course, but she still can't communicate back to me, even if she did know I was in her mind. Obviously no pregnancy from the sex either but I've never been interested in having kids anyway."

"You raped her and used her as a science project you mean?" the Doctor snarled.

"No," the Master said, "Not at first. Admittedly she was less willing after the Time War began but until then she was relatively happy to allow me to ravish her." Clara screamed something through her gag that sounded like "fuck off!" The Master chuckled and then turned serious, "We've wasted enough time. Open the Time Lock Doctor." The Doctor hesitated. The Master stepped towards Clara and put a hand on her forehead. Suddenly the girl collapsed and groaned through her gag. There was no physical injury, but the Master had just activated all the dormant memories of the Time War, the Dalek Asylum, the Great Intelligence and all the other things she had seen and done throughout her different lives. So many images rushing into Clara's head was too much for a Human mind to hold; she could feel her head growing hotter and felt as though it was about to explode.

"Stop it!" the Doctor yelled.

"You can't fail to answer the Question now Doctor!" the Master crowed, "Not unless you want sweet little Clara's mind to burn! It's only a matter of time before the memories become too much for her!"

"Alright!" the Doctor cried, "I'll say it! Just stop torturing her; you've hurt her enough already!" The Master tapped Clara's head again, telepathically putting all the memories back to sleep. Clara collapsed in the grass, unconscious. The Doctor spoke but instead of saying his true name he announced, "Children of Time, come to me!" There were flashes of light as people teleported onto the planet. The TARDIS had insisted that the Doctor would need backup for this rescue mission. Captain Jack Harkness appeared standing beside River Song, with Madam Vastra, Jenny Flint and Strax the Sontaran joining them. Also among them were Martha Jones and her husband Mickey Smith, in addition to the old soldier Wilfred Mott. Canton Everett Delaware also appeared looking older but not old enough to have experienced the Doctor's fake funeral yet which was reassuring. The Master sighed in annoyance, seeming unconcerned about their sudden appearance.

"You are so predictable Doctor," he said, sounding almost disappointed, "Kill them!" The Silent's around him sent forks of electricity flying towards the Doctor's friends.

Jack fell first but none of the others reacted to his death, all of them being aware of his immortality, having been told by Martha before they teleported there. Vastra sliced her way through two Silent's with her swords and hurried towards Clara, stabbing another Silent foolish enough to get in her way. Then the Master pulled out a device and shot a laser at the Silurian. Vastra was caught completely off guard and had no time to defend herself or dodge before the deadly beam hit her. She collapsed and the Master laughed as he held up his Laser Screwdriver.

"No!" screamed Jenny and charged at the evil Time Lord. A Silent stepped forwards but she stabbed it straight through the chest and shoved its body aside before it even had time to die. However the Master had enough time to aim his Laser Screwdriver once more and Jenny collapsed to the ground beside her lover. The Master looked down at their bodies and then dismissed them and watched the fight, twirling his Laser Screwdriver casually between his fingers.

The Silent's were winning. This was their home planet and so no matter how many the Doctor's allies killed more of them kept on coming. Captain Jack was back on his feet, his immortality allowing him to recover, but old Wilfred Mott had been turned into a pile of ash. The Doctor himself was waving his Sonic Screwdriver, disrupting the Silent's electricity, which they seemed to be drawing from the planet itself; obviously the Fields of Trenzalore had an electrical current running through the planet. River was being particularly ferocious due to her long lasting hatred of the Silence while Martha and Mickey fought side by side like a married couple should. Strax was shooting the Silent's mercilessly, a bloodthirsty grin on his face. The Master was too busy watching the fight to notice that Clara had regained consciousness and moved stealthily towards him.

The evil Time Lord glanced aside but Clara was fast even with her hands bound behind her back. She kicked the Laser Screwdriver out of the Master's hand with astonishing precision. While the Master stumbled back, alarmed by her unexpected attack, the Doctor turned.

"Clara!" he called and darted forwards. A Silent tried to electrocute him but he activated his Sonic Screwdriver and the electricity was absorbed back into the Silent's body as he reversed it causing the Silent to stumble back in pain as it was electrocuted by its own attack. The Doctor dived and seized the Laser Screwdriver as he skidded on his belly across the prickly grass but one of the other Silent's sent a bolt of electricity into it. The Screwdriver overloaded and the Doctor hastily threw it away before it exploded. He had a feeling that the Master wasn't going to be happy when he saw his Laser Screwdriver had been destroyed.

"You were foolish to fight me girl!" the Master snarled striking Clara across her face with the back of his right hand and knocking her sideways. Unable to break her fall, Clara landed painfully on her left shoulder but her gag had been knocked loose by the blow. She shook her head and it fell off her mouth and hung around her neck as she glared at the Master.

"You did this to me," she panted, "You turned me into your toy! You scattered me through the Universe and made me spy on the Doctor without me even knowing it!"

"I also allowed you to live more lives than any Human should live," the Master snarled, "You should be thanking me!"

"For all I know I could have done terrible things in my past lives," Clara retorted, "I have no reason to feel grateful to scum like you!"

"Well I suppose you are of no further use to me," the Master said and gestured to one of the Silent's, "Kill her!" The Silent started absorbing electricity. Clara glared at the Master defiantly waiting for the killing blow.

"No!" the Doctor used his Sonic Screwdriver to reverse the electricity into the Silent's body. It boomed with pain and stumbled away before Canton shot it through the skull. By now the Doctor, Canton, Jack and River were the only members of the rescue team who were still alive and Jack had already died once during the battle.

"I've had enough of this!" snarled the Master and lunged at the Doctor, causing the other Time Lord to fall to the ground. The two centuries old Time Lords started rolling around in the grass like a pair of violent, overgrown schoolboys. Clara looked over her shoulder at her handcuffs wondering how to free herself then saw a Silent building up electricity to shoot at River.

"River get down!" she screamed, pleased that her mouth was no longer gagged. River reacted with lightning speed and ducked before turning and shooting the Silent in the chest.

"Pretty girl, turn sideways and show me the cuffs chain!" Jack ordered and Clara obeyed, not having time to feel flattered as she turned to the side and pulling one arm away from her body while pressing the other to her back, exposing the two links long chain between her cuffs. With the precision of one who had spent centuries practicing with a gun, Jack shot the handcuffs and the bullet shattered the chain that connected the cuffs, simultaneously breaking the chain that connected the cuffs to Clara's waist. Jack then bellowed with pain as he was electrocuted from behind and collapsed, dying for the second time (although a side effect of his immortality prevented the Silence from turning him to ash; apparently the Bad Wolf had not wanted him to waste time putting himself back together like he had when there was a bomb in his stomach). Clara darted swiftly to Strax's corpse and grabbed his gun before shooting the Silent through the head.

"I'm sorry for what Rassilon turned you into," the Doctor cried as he struggled to hold off the Master's almost animal like savagery, "But the drumming has stopped! You don't have to do all this evil stuff anymore!"

"The drumming made me who I am Doctor," snarled the Master, "It's too late for me to turn soft now!" The Doctor threw his arch enemy off and struggled to his feet. The circled each other like a pair of ancient, savage wolves.

"Doctor we could really use one of your brilliant ideas right now!" bellowed Jack, back on his feet and firing wildly at the remaining Silent's alongside the two women and Canton.

"You're out of ideas aren't you?" the Master said, "Teleportation may work to get you onto the planet but the electrical current under the surface disrupts your teleports; even a Vortex Manipulator would have trouble working here and risk tearing apart the person using it. Fortunately my ship can use this place to recharge and the Silent's, can draw the electricity out of it if it gets too powerful." He smirked at the Doctor who glared back at him, into eyes filled with a manic delight, despite the fact that the drumming in his head had finally stopped, "Soon your beloved Clara and River will join the rest of those corpses and ashes. And handsome gay man Canton won't even get a chance to make out with Jack before he perishes. As for Jack himself I will ensure that he is wiped from the Universe when I restore it; his immortality cannot save him if he never even existed."

"Call off the Silent's," the Doctor said, "Call them off and I'll say the name. I won't try to avoid it again Master; just stop them and I'll say it. If they die, you'll never get me to say my name."

"Very well," the Master said, "Enough!" The Silent's stopped their ferocious assault leaving the girl split through time, the Doctor's part Time Lady wife, the gay ex FBI agent and the man who could never die, standing on the Fields of Trenzalore exhausted but alive. The Doctor sighed with relief.

"River," he said and his wife turned to him, "Come here." She stepped towards him. "I've got something to tell you; something you will need to know during your future." He thought back to the Library, when River had whispered his real name into his ear. Now was the time for him to finally reveal it to her. No matter how quietly he whispered it, the Universe would hear and the Time Lock would open but he leaned close anyway and whispered his true name into his wife's ear.

Hope you guys were satisfied with the battle, and although most of them were only cameo appearances, I hope you like the fact that I've included some of the Doctor's older friends and companions. I considered adding the Brigadier as a link to the Classic Series, but I thought that would make the scene where the Doctor learns of the Brigadier's death in The Wedding of River Song lose its impact. Plus, with River, Amy and Clara being the obvious exceptions, the Doctor rarely, if ever, goes to visit companions after he's learned that they've died; whether that's him being "the man who keeps running, never looking back because he dare not out of shame" or simply one of the laws of Time I'm not sure.

Review please, just a single one is enough to sustain me, although obviously I would prefer more than one.