One strike of Glamdring and a Dalek fell down to the ground. The wizard's staff conjured lightning, that evaporated the others.

"Mithrandir!" cried Thranduil, "At long last, you have come to our aid."

"Gandalf! Back again, I see!" stated Gimli, not surprised.

"I am not Mithrandir, nor am I Gandalf. They are merely names, alibis, I have used. I would rather use my original name now, for I am Olorin, the Dreamer, the wisest of the Maia, and a servant of Manwe. I returned to Valinor and retook my station as Olorin after the events of the War of the Ring. I am no longer Gandalf. I am beyond Gandalf. And now I have come to aid you as the host of Valinor has come to Middle Earth once more."

I was shocked. The host of Valinor returns. The Aratar. The Vala. I was so shocked I didn't see the small, squidlike creature. It leapt for Thranduil and before anyone could react, it had suffocated him.

"Watch out!" I cried, nocking an arrow. But it didn't matter. Olorin had already killed the fiend.

"... The actual Dalek," said the Doctor. "The Daleks you have faced are merely residing within armored casings, but these are the real things. The controllers. The organic life. That doesn't matter now."

That is when something no one expected happened. A second TARDIS appeared - and emerging from it was someone who looked younger than the Doctor.

"I am the Doctor, and I need to speak to the Doctor."

"What is it, future version of myself? And how are we not creating a paradox?"

"This action may weaken the barrier between this world and the Void, but I will be quick. This is very important. The Dalek Emperor has the Cruciform. This device - a prototype of a reality bomb I have recently destroyed - is capable of generating Z-Neutrino energy in such a capability to destroy energy and matter, even though such an act should be impossible. It can physically edit anything out of existence. The Emperor planned to unveil it as a surprise at the final invasion of Gallifrey - where I could not intervene due to the Time Lock - but the Emperor is using it here instead due to all of this intervention. I warn you - beware the Cruciform. It's power goes beyond anything you have ever seen before. With enough energy - which he would need an intense gravitational alignment of planets to use - the Cruciform could destroy all things. Good luck."

The mysterious figure returned to his TARDIS and vanished.

"And now I see why the Master ran. He knew the capabilities of the Cruciform. The Daleks literally can edit us out of existence. Not even a Time Lord could survive or regenerate from that fate. We don't have much time left," said the Doctor.

Meanwhile, within the Void, an ancient barrier cracked. The paradox. One crack. The voice of a being ancient and powerful spoke then in its indecipherable voice.

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