Chapter NINE: A Planet to Save

In the War Room, the War Council – which consisted of the General, Androgar and two other Time Lords – stood around a table showing some holograms. When the General walked in, Androgar was studying the latest hologram: a message from the Doctor.

"Another one," Androgar said.
"Are you sure the message is from him?" The General asked, as he headed over to the table.

"Oh, yes."

"Why would he do that?" The General stared at the latest message. One that read Gallifrey Stands. "What's the mad fool talking about now?"

Interrupting his thoughts, a screen turned on behind him. "Hello. Hello, Gallifrey High Command," the Eleventh Doctor said. "This is the Doctor speaking."

The War Council turned around, and faced it, as another blue screen appeared. "Hello," the Tenth Doctor greeted. "Also the Doctor. Can you hear me?"

"Also the Doctor," the War Doctor said, as his screen turned on. "Standing ready."

"Dear God..." the General muttered. "Three of them. All my worst nightmares at once."

"General, we have a plan," the Tenth Doctor said.

"We should point out at this moment it is a fairly terrible plan," the Eleventh Doctor added.

"...And almost certainly won't work."

"I was happy with fairly terrible."

"Sorry … Just thinking out loud."

"We are flying our three TARDISes into your lower atmosphere."

"We're positioned at equidistant intervals around the globe," the Tenth Doctor added, then muttered to himself, "Equidistant – so grown up."

"Just about ready to do it," the War Doctor said.

"Ready to do what?" The General asked the three Doctor's.

"We're gonna freeze Gallifrey," the Eleventh Doctor answered.

The General tilted his head in confusion. "I'm sorry? What?"

"Using our TARDISes, we're gonna freeze Gallifrey," explained the Tenth Doctor, "in a single moment in time."

"You know, like those Stasis Cubes?" Asked the War Doctor. "Single moment in time, held in a parallel pocket universe."

"Except we're going to do it to a whole planet," the Eleventh Doctor said.

"And all the people on it." the Tenth Doctor added.

"What?" Questioned the General. "Even if that were possible – which it isn't – why would you do such a thing?"

"Because the alternative is burning," answered the Eleventh Doctor.

"And I've seen that," continued the Tenth Doctor.

"And I never want to see it again."

"We'd be lost in another universe, frozen in a single moment," the General said. "We'd have nothing."

"You would have hope," the Eleventh Doctor countered. "And right now, that is exactly what you don't have."

"It's delusional. Why, the calculations alone will take hundreds of years."

"Oh, hundreds and hundreds."

"But don't worry," the Tenth Doctor added. "I started a very long time ago."

Then, more police boxes started to fly into Gallifrey's orbit. But these weren't normal police boxes. These were TARDISes.

"Warning the War Council of Gallifrey. This is the Doctor," the First Doctor said, the first to arrive in orbit.

"You might say I've been doing this all my lives," the Eleventh Doctor said.

"Good luck," the Second Doctor said, soon arriving.

"Stand by," the Third Doctor replied.

"Ready."

"Commencing calculations," the First Doctor said.

"Soon be there," the Fifth Doctor said.

"Across the boundaries that divide one universe from another," the Seventh Doctor said.

"We'll lock onto it's coordinates," the Sixth Doctor said.

"And for my next trick..." the Ninth Doctor said, as he flipped a switch in his TARDIS.

"I didn't know when I was well off," the General complained, as he watched all the Doctors on the three screens. "All Twelve of them."

"No, Sir," Androgar replied, as another TARDIS went into orbit. "All thirteen."

In this latest TARDIS, the Doctor – with his grey hair and thick eyebrows – flicked a switch downwards, acquiring his position around Gallifrey.

But, as he did, the War Council room shook around them, and the Council members staggered back. "Sir," Androgar said. "The Daleks know that something is happening. They're increasing their firepower."

The General took a deep breath, "Do it, Doctor. Just do it. Do it!" He ordered.

The Eleventh Doctor nodded and fixed his bowtie, before placing his hand on a switch. "Okay. Gentlemen, we're ready." He flicked a switch. "Geronimo!"

The Tenth Doctor nodded, and flicked a switch in his TARDIS. "Allons-y!"

"Oh, for God's sake," the War Doctor muttered under his breath as he heard what his two future selves had said. Thinking of something to say, he called out, "Gallifrey stands."

All of the Doctor's TARDIS's orbited around Gallifrey for a brief second before there was a loud explosion.