The 14th Doctor Adventures: Beyond the Vale

by TheEndlessDoctor

The Beyond Adventures was a Series... dreamed up as an experimental alternate 14th Doctor season that would have taken place in the early months of 2023, as a full season-length of episodes to explore David Tennant as the 14th Doctor. The series would lead up to an alternate 60th anniversary special called "The Six Doctors", which would unite the 2nd, 6th, 8th, 14th, 15th, and the

11. Episode 10: Dominion of the Daleks

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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"Trix, standing nearby, watched the Doctor. "Your expression's a bit more... brooding than usual."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"Trix's eyes narrowed. "Evolved how?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Doctor explained quickly, "The Daleks have harnessed my regeneration energy. They're more dangerous than ever."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The screen showed the Supreme Dalek, its casing adorned with elaborate, regal markings and a clear mimicry of the 12supth/sup Doctor's current form. The Doctor's expression hardened. "And it seems the Supreme Dalek has taken a rather personal approach in its design."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"Trix, sensing the gravity of the situation, stepped closer to the Doctor. "What do we do?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Doctor's resolve was clear. "We find out what they're planning. We put a stop to it. The Daleks with the power of regeneration are a threat to all life in the universe."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The TARDIS doors opened, revealing the nightmarish landscape of Skaro. The Doctor and Trix stepped out, their arrival unbeknownst to them, part of a greater scheme set in motion by the Dalek's insidious machinations./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"They both took in the sight of the Dalek's fearsome capital, a city teeming with the mechanical bustle of the galaxy's most feared creatures./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The harsh landscape of Skaro unfolded before the Doctor and Trix as they stepped out of the TARDIS. The air was thick with the scent of ozone and the acrid tang of metal. They stood atop a vantage point, overlooking the Dalek metropolis that sprawled beneath a sky awash with the reds and oranges of perpetual twilight./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;""The Daleks," Trix muttered, her voice low. "I had hoped I'd never have to see them again."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Doctor's face was grim. "Yes, the Daleks. It seems we've arrived at a critical moment. This," he gestured to the sprawling domed citadel, "is what the Daleks believe to be their crowning achievement. Dominion over the universe feels within reach for them."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The sound of Dalek patrols echoed through the air, the unmistakable battle cry of /spanem style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;""Exterminate!" /span/emspan style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"reverberating off the metal structures. The Doctor and Trix ducked out of sight as a squadron glided past, their sensors sweeping the area. The unmistakable sound of Dalek hover units filled the air. A patrol was approaching, their sensors sweeping methodically as they advanced toward the Doctor and Trix./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;""Quickly, back inside!" the Doctor urged, ushering Trix toward the TARDIS. But as they turned to retreat, a force field sprang up around them, a shimmering cage of energy that barred their path./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Dalek patrol, a trio of the feared Dalek Lords, surrounded the force field. Their casings were intricate, adorned with symbols of their newfound temporal hierarchy, and they observed the Doctor and Trix with a chilling sense of purpose./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The lead Dalek, its casing more elaborate and its voice more commanding, addressed them. /spanem style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;""The Doctor and the human known as Trix MacMillan. You will follow us. Resistance is futile."/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;" /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Doctor, maintaining his composure, replied, "And if we refuse?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Dalek Lord's response was immediate and devoid of emotion. /spanem style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;""Then you will be exterminated."/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The force field lowered, and two Dalek enforcers glided forward, their weapons primed. Reluctantly, the Doctor and Trix complied./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"As they were escorted through the city, the Doctor and Trix passed beneath towering structures and over bridges spanning rivers of molten rock. The air was filled with the sounds of Dalek activity, the grinding of machinery, and the constant, underlying thrum of power./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"They arrived at a grand edifice, its scale and grandeur unlike anything else on Skaro. It was clear this was the seat of power for the Dalek Lords, the center from which they commanded their empire./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"Inside, they were brought to a grand audience chamber, where the Supreme Dalek awaited, its casing a dark reflection of the 12supth/sup Doctor's own form. It was a grotesque homage, a mockery of everything the Doctor stood for./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;""You are in the presence of the Supreme Dalek Lord,"/span/emspan style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" announced one of the Dalek Lords. /spanem style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;""You will address him as the Doctor Dalek. Kneel before the ruler of the Dalek Dominion."/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;" /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Doctor met the Supreme Dalek's gaze, his own defiance clear. "I kneel before no one, especially not a Dalek."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"In the opulent audience chamber of the Supreme Dalek, its walls echoing the dread power of the Dalek race, the Doctor and Trix stood defiantly. The Supreme Dalek, its casing an abhorrent mirror of the 12supth/sup Doctor's visage, regarded them with a cold malevolence./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;""Doctor Time Lord, your presence is not by chance,"/span/emspan style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" the Supreme Dalek began, its voice resonating throughout the chamber/spanem style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;". "Your energy, the energy of the Timeless Child, it is now known and understood on Skaro."/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"Trix glanced at the Doctor, her expression a mixture of concern and confusion. The Doctor, however, maintained his composure, though his eyes betrayed a flicker of unease./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;""You have stolen something that was never meant for you," the Doctor said firmly. "Regeneration energy, the essence of my people—you've perverted it for your own ends."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Supreme Dalek's response was chillingly serene. /spanem style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;""The energy was willing given. With the energy of regeneration, we will be unstoppable."/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;" /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"Around them, the Dalek Lords stood motionless, a silent testament to the empire's might and ambition. The air was thick with the threat of violence, the Dalek enforcers' weapons trained on the Doctor and Trix./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Doctor took a step closer, his tone laced with warning. "There will always be those who stand against you, Daleks. Always those who fight for life and freedom. As long as I'm here, you'll never win."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"For a moment, the Supreme Dalek remained silent, as if calculating its response. Then, it issued a command to the Dalek Lords. /spanem style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;""Take them to the Genesis Chamber. They will witness the true power of Dalek regeneration."/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;" /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Doctor and Trix were escorted from the chamber, the threat of the Supreme Dalek's words hanging over them like a guillotine's blade./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The citadel around them was a symphony of dread; monolithic structures loomed over them, casting long, oppressive shadows across the metallic ground. The air was filled with the scent of burning metal, and the sky rumbled with the constant threat of storms, painting a tableau of a world where hope seemed to have been systematically extinguished./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"They walked past vast, open factories where legions of Daleks were forged from molten metal, their casings glowing red-hot as they emerged from the assembly line. The Doctor noted the chilling efficiency, each Dalek born into a life of conquest and destruction without a second wasted./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"Trix's gaze fell upon the laboring figures in the distance, enslaved species from conquered worlds, their forms hunched and broken under the yoke of Dalek oppression. Their eyes met Trix's, and in them, she saw a plea for salvation, a silent cry for the freedom they had long been denied./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The procession continued, past pits where the remnants of failed Dalek experiments were discarded, their twisted and malformed casings a testament to the Daleks' relentless pursuit of perfection. The Doctor's face hardened at the sight, a stark reminder of the Daleks' callous disregard for life./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"As they approached the Genesis Chamber, the scale of the structure became apparent. It was a colossal arena, its architecture a brutalist testament to Dalek power. Its dark metal walls rose high, encircling a central floor that was clearly designed to display the might of the Daleks to all who were forced to witness it./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The entrance to the chamber was flanked by towering statues of Daleks, each one more fearsome than the last, their eyestalks fixated on the path that the Doctor and Trix now walked. The ground vibrated with the energy emanating from within, a sinister hum that resonated in their very bones./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"As they entered the coliseum, the sheer magnitude of the chamber struck them. It was an amphitheater of terror, filled with rows upon rows of Dalek Lords, their armor gleaming in the artificial light that flooded the arena. At the center of the chamber stood the Genesis device, a towering construct of Dalek engineering, pulsating with the stolen regeneration energy./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"Above them, a viewing platform held the Supreme Dalek, its twisted, Doctor-like form overlooking the chamber with an air of malevolent satisfaction. It was here, in this chamber of horrors, that the Daleks sought to initiate their final victory, to become masters not just of Skaro, but of the universe./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Doctor and Trix were led to the center of the chamber, the eyes of the assembled Daleks upon them. The Doctor's mind raced for a strategy, a way to turn the tide against the overwhelming odds they now faced./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The oppressive hum of the Genesis Chamber resonated through the colossal coliseum as the Doctor and Trix stood at its heart. Above them, the Supreme Dalek observed with a gaze as cold and unforgiving as the steel that made up its empire. The Dalek Lords formed a menacing circle around the central platform where the Doctor and Trix were positioned, like sentinels awaiting the command to strike./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;""This,"/span/emspan style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" the Supreme Dalek's voice boomed across the chamber, /spanem style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;""is the future of the Dalek race. Behold the culmination of Dalek ingenuity, the power of regeneration harnessed for the Dalek ascendancy!"/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Genesis device at the center began to pulsate more rapidly, its core glowing with an ominous light. Streams of energy arced across the chamber, striking the walls and causing the metal to groan and echo with the promise of unspeakable power./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"A collective, metallic chant began to rise from the Dalek Lords, their voices unified in a terrifying chorus. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;""Begin the Partho-Genesis!"/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;" /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;""Begin the Partho-Genesis!"/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Doctor stepped forward, his voice carrying across the chamber. "You don't have to do this! This power, it's not meant for conquest. It's a gift of renewal, of change!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Supreme Dalek's laughter was chilling, devoid of any humor. /spanem style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;""Change is the very essence of the Daleks. We evolve to survive, to conquer. Regeneration will be our ultimate evolution. We will become the true Lords of Time."/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"With a swift command from the Supreme Dalek, the Genesis device activated. A brilliant column of light shot up from its core, piercing the roof of the chamber and illuminating the dark Skaro sky./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Doctor and Trix could only watch as the Daleks began to change before their eyes. With horror, the Doctor realized he and Trix were not brought to this chamber as victims … but as witnesses to the events unfolding… a sick game of the Supreme Dalek to make him watch. The energy from the device enveloped them, causing their casings to shimmer and warp, their forms becoming fluid and undefined./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"As the Daleks continued to chant, the Doctor aimed his sonic screwdriver at the Genesis device, hoping to disrupt the energy flow. But a force field repelled his efforts, the Daleks having anticipated his interference./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"With a resounding boom, the transformation process began. The Dalek Lords, one by one, were engulfed in the radiant energy of regeneration, their forms twisting and contorting as they experienced the power that the Doctor had feared they would one day wield./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Doctor and Trix, amidst the tumult of the Genesis Chamber, witnessed a spectacle that defied all known laws of Time Lord physiology./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;""Please… don't be… please…" the Doctor pleaded./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Dalek Lords, now basking in the stolen glow of regeneration energy, began their metamorphosis, but not into forms that simply renewed. Instead, the regenerative process split each Dalek into two distinct entities./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The chamber was filled with an intense light as each Dalek Lord's casing cracked and burst, revealing two separate Daleks where once there had been one. The cacophony of the transformation echoed off the walls, a symphony of creation and division that heralded a new dawn for the Dalek race./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;""This is bi-generation," the Doctor said, his voice a mixture of awe and horror. "A theoretical concept, considered a myth among Time Lords."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"Trix watched, transfixed, as the newly formed Dalek pairs floated down from their birthing crucibles. Each pair shared a look, a moment of understanding, before turning their eyestalks to the Doctor and Trix./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;""They remember," Trix whispered./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;""Yes," the Doctor confirmed, his mind racing for a solution. "Each set shares the same memories, the same experiences. They are both the original and yet entirely new individuals. It's an unprecedented replication strategy, perfect for an army bent on universal conquest."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Supreme Dalek, still on the viewing platform, reveled in the success of the experiment. /spanem style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;""Observe, Doctor! The Daleks have transcended the limitations of single regeneration. We can now expand our forces in ways you cannot possibly imagine. We are eternal."/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Doctor, undeterred, kept his sonic screwdriver aimed at the Genesis device, searching for a frequency that might disrupt the force field. "Eternal or not, every empire has its fall."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The newly birthed Dalek Lords began to chant in unison, their voices reverberating through the chamber. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;""We are the Daleks!"/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;" /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;""We are many!"/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;" /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;""We are eternal!"/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;" /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;""We are…. TIMELESS!"/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"With a determined look, the Doctor adjusted the settings on his sonic screwdriver, his finger hovering over the activation button./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;""We may be outnumbered, but we're not outwitted," the Doctor declared. "Trix, get ready to run."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"As the chamber vibrated with the chants of the newly birthed Dalek Lords, the Doctor's thumb pressed down on the sonic screwdriver, sending a pulse of sonic energy into the Genesis device. The force field shimmered, faltered, and then dissipated under the relentless sonic assault./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;""Now, Trix!" the Doctor shouted over the din of Dalek proclamations./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"Trix needed no further prompting. She sprinted across the chamber's floor, the Doctor at her heels, darting between the Daleks, which were momentarily confused by the disruption./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Dalek Lords, recovering from their initial surprise, turned in unison toward the escaping pair. /spanem style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;""Halt! You will not escape! You will be exterminated!" /span/emspan style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"their voices boomed as one./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Doctor and Trix weaved through the forest of metal pillars and machines, heading towards the relative safety of the chamber's entrance. The Doctor knew they needed to reach the TARDIS, their only sanctuary on this hostile world./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"As they ran, the Doctor explained his plan to Trix, his voice steady despite the chaos. "Bi-generation was a theory so radical, it was never tested by the Time Lords. If two beings are created from one, it's possible that they share not only memories but also a link, a bond that we can exploit."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"Trix glanced back at the pursuing Daleks, her mind working through the Doctor's words. "So if we disrupt one, we might disrupt them all?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;""Precisely," the Doctor confirmed. "If we can introduce a paradox, something that the shared memories can't reconcile, it could cause a cascade failure."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"They reached the entrance, the TARDIS in sight, but found their path blocked by a phalanx of Dalek Lords, their weapons primed and ready. The Doctor and Trix skidded to a stop, the Doctor brandishing his sonic screwdriver like a sword./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Supreme Dalek, from its elevated platform, remained silent in the Genesis Chamber, processing the conundrum. The Dalek Lords, however, began to show signs of distress, their movements erratic, their chants faltering./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"It was then that the Doctor activated the sonic screwdriver once more, sending a dissonant frequency that clashed with the Daleks' shared consciousness. The Dalek Lords shuddered, their casings sparking as the paradox took hold./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"Trix seized the moment of confusion, grabbing the Doctor's arm. "Now, Doctor!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"They dashed past the incapacitated Dalek Lords, reaching the TARDIS. The Doctor quickly keyed in the unlock sequence, and the doors swung open to admit them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"As they entered, the Doctor didn't head for the console immediately; instead, he went to a specific panel, flipping it open to reveal an intricate circuitry beneath./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;""We're not just running," he said, his hands flying over the wires and components. "We're going to give the Daleks a taste of their own medicine."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The TARDIS engines groaned, not in the usual prelude to dematerialization, but in a building crescendo of power./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Doctor's adjustments reached their peak, and he slammed his hand down on a big red button. "I've always wanted to see what that button actually does."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The TARDIS, pulsing with a rare intensity, became the epicenter of a temporal shockwave that rippled outward./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanThe Doctor and Trix held onto anything they could as the ship shuddered around them. The Doctor's eyes fixed on the monitor, which displayed the effects of the temporal wave as it cascaded over the Dalek Lords./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The wave wasn't destructive in the traditional sense; it didn't tear the Daleks apart nor did it alter the structure of the chamber. Instead, it created a dissonance in the Daleks' shared consciousness—a feedback loop of memories and experiences that conflicted with their individuality./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The wave itself was subtle, invisible to the eye, but its effects were immediately apparent. It didn't ravage the physical forms of the Daleks or warp the metallic structure of their surroundings. Instead, it infiltrated the minds of the Dalek Lords, sowing seeds of chaos in their collective consciousness./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"As the wave passed through them, each Dalek Lord found itself bombarded with a flood of conflicting memories and experiences. These were not just their own memories since the bi-generation but echoes of contradictory events spanning the Daleks' long and violent history./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"One Dalek Lord, for instance, found itself reliving the memories of the Dalek invasion of Earth in the 22nd century, while simultaneously experiencing the failed conquest of Earth in the 20th century. Another was caught between the memories of collaborating with Davros, their creator, and instances of turning against him in a bid for independence./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"Another pair of Dalek Lords grappled with the paradox of the Time War—memories of the war ending with the supposed destruction of Gallifrey clashed with the planet's survival. These conflicting recollections created a cognitive dissonance that rendered the Daleks momentarily incapacitated, their usual single-minded purpose fractured by the multitude of contradictory timelines they had experienced./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"Some Dalek Lords became immobilized, trapped in an endless loop of their genesis and destruction. Others experienced the schism between their original purpose as Kaled mutants and their evolution into the merciless machines of the present, causing a crisis of identity./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Supreme Dalek, from its vantage point, attempted to reassert control over its legion. /spanem style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;""Order must be restored! Ignore the anomalies!" /span/emspan style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"it commanded. But its orders fell on deaf receptors, as its underlings were caught in the throes of their own existential upheavals./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"Outside, the Dalek Lords were caught in the throes of existential chaos. Some of them halted mid-movement, their eyestalks twitching erratically, while others spun in circles, their weapons firing wild bursts of energy that scorched the walls and ceiling./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Supreme Dalek, its form a distorted echo of the Doctor, tried to reassert control. /spanem style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;""Stabilize! Stabilize!"/span/emspan style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" it commanded./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"Trix turned to the Doctor, shouting over the din. "Is it working?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Doctor nodded, grimly satisfied with the initial result. "It's working, but it's not a permanent solution. It's given us a momentary advantage, and that's all we need."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"He dashed to the TARDIS console, initiating the sequence that would dematerialize the ship. "We have to get out of here before they recover. Our next move needs to be strategic and decisive."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The TARDIS groaned as it began to fade from Skaro, leaving the Daleks to contend with the paradox that ravaged their ranks. As the ship slipped out of phase with the surrounding reality, the Doctor and Trix could see the Dalek Lords regrouping, trying to overcome the mental onslaught they had just endured./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"With a flash of light and a resounding temporal boom, the TARDIS left Skaro behind. Inside the safety of the ship, the Doctor immediately set to work at the console, his mind already racing ahead./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;""We've got to warn the universe," the Doctor said, his voice urgent. "The Daleks may be in disarray now, but they'll recover. Next time, they'll be more cautious, and we might not have a second chance."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"Trix, her thoughts mirroring the Doctor's, looked resolute. "Then let's not waste the opportunity we've created."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The Doctor's hands flew over the controls. "We alert the Shadow Proclamation —anyone who will listen really. The Daleks have played with fire, and now everyone needs to be on guard."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"strongspan style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"[End Credits]/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The desolate landscape of Skaro, with its harsh, red skies and jagged horizons, served as a backdrop to a solitary figure standing at a vantage point overlooking the citadel./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The man in the tan jacket, clutching his deerskin suitcase, gazed toward the Dalek metropolis, his expression unreadable. The distant sounds of turmoil from the citadel reached even here, a testament to the scale of the disturbance caused within the Dalek ranks./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"As he watched, a sense of contemplation seemed to envelop him. His eyes, keen and calculating, observed the chaos, not with surprise, but with a sense of expectation, as if events were unfolding according to some unseen plan./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"Slowly, the man opened his suitcase, revealing an array of strange and intricate devices, their purpose known only to him. Among these items, a small, orb-like object pulsed with a soft, inner light. He picked it up, turning it over in his hands thoughtfully./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"Then, unexpectedly, the man spoke, his voice a low murmur carried away by the Skaronian winds. His movements were deliberate, painting a portrait of a character whose intentions were as intricate as the contents of his deerskin suitcase. He closed the suitcase with a definitive snap and turned away from the city, his figure a silhouette against the stark landscape of Skaro. As he walked, the ground beneath his feet seemed to shift and shimmer./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The barren ground, littered with the remnants of a war-torn planet, stretched endlessly into the horizon. His figure, though solitary, exuded a sense of command over the desolate vista, as if he were a master surveying his domain./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"The clouds, heavy and ominous, swirled with a mixture of natural and unnatural forces, painted in hues of deep red and maroon, reflecting the planet's perpetual state of conflict and turmoil. Lightning forked across the sky, its jagged arcs illuminating the clouds in brief, intense flashes./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: .2in; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none;"span style="font-family: 'Garamond',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"In one such flash, a momentary burst of light that turned night into day, the man in the tan jacket vanished. One moment he was there, a figure of mystery against the backdrop of a planet defined by conquest and survival, and the next, he was gone, as if swallowed by the very storm he had been observing./span/p
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