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  1. Public Bookmark 9

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    The Doctor burned The Master's body in The Year That Never Was.
    He's dead.
    So, why has he turned up on his TARDIS doorstep, dying?

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    “Such fun, wasn’t it?” The Master inhaled deeply and gives a sardonic smile. “Not so much for you, doctor grumpy. Look at you now, even. Grumpy.”
    “You died.”
    “Did I? Oh, yes.” The Master frowns as his frazzled mind tries to piece his life together. “I came back.”
    “I can see that.”
    “Tell me, what happened to Gallifrey? Is it gone again? Burning?”
    “What do you mean, again?

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    28 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 30

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    Survival is its own war.

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    18 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 3

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    (TAKES FOREVER TO UPDATE)
    The day was December 25th, 2009.

    The Doctor, ever skeptical of theories like the “butterfly effect,” often dismissed the idea that the smallest action could reshape the cosmos. To him, the universe was far too resilient, too interconnected, for such things to matter. Or perhaps he simply hated the term.

    The Master’s relentless advance toward Rassilon, fury and defiance blazing in his eyes, his hands crackling with power, driving the once-mighty Lord President back into the Time Lock. The portal closing, Gallifrey vanishing, and the world righting itself once more. It was canon. It was the way it had always happened—and the way it always would.

    Until it wasn’t.

    One step. That was all it took. The Master’s stride faltered, a fraction of a fraction too short.

    A universe where the Master lingered a moment too long.

    A universe where the Doctor was forced to stay even longer.

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    The Master and the Doctor experience a failing universe and are forced to sort out their differences if they want everything to go back to normal. (It's very complicated)

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    05 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 49

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    There's a familiar knocking on the TARDIS door.

    The Doctor answers it.

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    02 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 43

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    Unconnected short stories, about the quiet moments.

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    02 Jun 2026