Disclaimer - I don't own Doctor Who - if I did then there would be more Time lords, only a little bit wiser instead of stagnant.
The Master.
" I'm asking, please stop this, just think!" The Doctor shouted at the TARDIS.
" Use my name," the other Time lord ordered.
The Doctor didn't hesitate, " Master, I'm sorry."
" Tough," Suddenly the TARDIS started to dematerialise but the Doctor whipped out his sonic screwdriver and used it to freeze the TARDIS systems, locking the navigational system with his own isomorphic signature.
Before he could lock the rest of the ship, the Master's voice echoed around the control room again, " Oh no you don't, end of the universe. Have fun. Bye bye !"
The TARDIS dematerialised, leaving the Doctor, Romana, Martha and Jack stranded.
Romana couldn't believe this latest string of events, first the TARDIS had brought them here. Here ! The end of the physical universe, a place the Time lords had never visited. Oh, there was a number of theories of the conditions of this point of time and space, but actually seeing it….it made her shiver and wonder.
After running into a race called " future kind," a stupid name, since the universe was collapsing into nothing, they'd ended up in the last refuge of humanity.
Humanity, Romana had always seen humans as slightly irritating and a little primitive at times, but always found them endearing and courageous with a streak of nobility - excluding Tryst of course. Seeing them here, at the end of the universe was a humbling experience for her. Romana doubted very much whether the Time lords, had they not fought a long war with the Daleks, would've made it this far.
They'd helped a scientist, a professor called Yana. Yana had been trying to get them to Utopia, a mythical place that Romana dimly remembered reading from her days of travel, then again she'd heard of many such mythical places in her life it was hard to keep track. But he always failed and by the time the traveller had arrived, he'd been on the point of giving up.
After a confidence boost by the Doctor - including the ingenuity he'd shown in getting the rocket ready, Yana seemed younger by decades. Romana had found herself smiling at a human whose enthusiasm seemed to match the Time lord she loved more than even her father.
But then trouble.
The launch was impeded by a Fault which caused Jack to die and Romana to actually witness Jack's apparent immortality first hand. It had been sickening, but it was delightful to know he hadn't died. Jack may be shameless flirt but he was a professional and he was a good man at heart.
The Doctor and Jack had gone down to complete the task of launching the rocket into space, whilst Romana, Martha, Chantho and Yana were in the control room. During the conversation Jack and the Doctor had been discussing Jack's immortality, during the conversation Yana had drifted away in a kind of daze, listening.
After the conversation ended, the others realised the professor was troubled, during that point Yana produced a pocket watch that both Romana and Martha recognised at once.
The two remaining time travellers had rushed to find the Doctor - he might not entirely believe Martha, but with Romana adding her own observations, he would. That's why she left Yana.
As soon as the rocket left - seriously, Romana thought, gravity pulse, simple but primitive but sophisticated enough to work for the refugee's purpose, they felt it, another Time lord mind.
They had been hoping that the Time lord in question was someone who could and would be reasoned with, rational, like Drax, annoying as he was, the Time lord mechanic had been good and enjoyable company. They'd honestly hoped it was Drax.
The Meddling Monk, maybe not so good, but nothing too serious.
When they felt the mind of the Time lord, both Romana and the Doctor had felt sick to their stomachs. No, please, not him. He should be dead.
The Master.
The Master had survived the Time war, and he had access to the Doctor's TARDIS. After making sure the refugee's were fine and the launch had been a success, the Time travellers had rushed to the Master, Jack and Martha not truly understanding the urgency.
It would've been easier if the Master hadn't slammed doors in their faces. With a bit of fumbling from the Doctor and Jack, they got through….only to run into the cannibalistic future kind.
Jack, Romana and the Doctor would more or less survive the future kind, but not Martha, who had the disadvantage of only one life and mortality.
The Master slowed them down, closing the door of the laboratory and ignoring the Doctor's pleas. When they got through, thanks to Jack's smashing the controls of the door.
The Master had been backed against the TARDIS, wounded, probably by the dead Chan'tho, Romana had had one eye on the dead alien and one eye on the Master, the evil Time lord responsible for the deaths of billions of people unfortunate enough to cross his path.
The future kind attacked and Jack, Martha and Romana had managed to close the door halfway, stopping the future kind from coming in, but that didn't stop them from trying to break in.
From the windows, they could see the regeneration energy, Romana, Jack and Martha had been holding the door against the future kind whilst the Doctor tried pleading with the Master, who ignored him.
After gloating, the Master had left, leaving Romana wondering what the Doctor had used his sonic screwdriver for.
It didn't matter because the TARDIS left, taking the Master with her.
The Doctor rushed over to Jack and grabbed the arm which held the former Time agents vortex manipulator, sonic screwdriver going all over it.
" Hold still," he shouted at the squirming Time agent immortal, it was a miracle that this wasn't as delicate as defusing a nuclear bomb, but it was still a ticklish operation with Jack constantly moving.
" Look, I'm telling you, it doesn't work. Its burnt out," Jack protested, not seeing the point of this whilst Romana did. Romana and Martha were squashed between Jack and the door and the future kind.
The Doctor retorted, " That's cos you didn't have me, Martha," he managed to sneak past Romana, who'd already grasped the manipulator, and grabbing Martha's hand and slapped it on the manipulator.
" Now !" He shouted, activating the manipulator and in a flash, they left.
Now to find the Master.
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