DoctorNoGo/Chapter 5

Salvation in Hell

/Chapter 4

/Chapter 6

I still do not own Doctor Who. Doctor who is the work of the BBC.

Opening Title Sequence

"Well, that's one part of the mystery solved," said the Doctor. "We now know where your anomaly brain comes from."

"We also know how the universe is about to be destroyed," added Yumi.

"But there's still one thing I don't understand," said the Doctor. "Why did the wound in time start with the game of Go?"

"THIS - CON-VER-SA-TION - IS - IR-RE-LE-VANT!" screamed a Dalek.

"You're right," said the Doctor. "It's completely irrelevant."

Yumi was confused for a second, but she then realized what the Doctor was up to. Go was significantly relevant, but if they told that to the Daleks then they would start to get interested, and that would be a bad idea.

"Right, on to business," said the Doctor. "It's pretty obvious what you Daleks are planning. The TARDIS and I are linked. You want me to break the link and reform one between the TARDIS and the Daleks. Then you can scan the entire time line and snuff out all non-Dalek life in its most primitive stage of evolution, right as it emerges."

"COR-RECT!" screamed all the Daleks together.

"And why would the Doctor agree to all this?" asked Yumi.

"BE-CAUSE - IF - HE - DOES - NOT - THEN - YOU - WILL - BE - Ex-TER-MI-NA-TED!" screamed one of the Daleks.

"But that implies that if he does obey, then you'll spare me," said Yumi.

"COR-RECT!"

"Why should we believe you?" asked Yumi.

"DA-LEKS - ARE - NOT - O-BLIGED - TO - AN-SWER - HU-MAN - QUES-TIONS!"

"I'll take that to mean that we shouldn't belive you," said Yumi. "Doctor, I'm going to die one way or the other, which throws me completely out of the equation. The only thing left you can do is save the universe."

"DA-LEKS - HAVE - FOR-MU-LA-TED - MUL-TI-PLE - STRA-TE-GIES - TO - TAKE - OUR - RIGHT-FUL - PLACE - AS - THE - SU-PREME - BE-INGS - OF - THE - U-NI-VERSE! SO - FAR - THEY - HAVE - ALL - FAILED, BUT - WE - HAVE - NE-VER BEEN - DE-FEA-TED! WE - AL-WAYS - MAIN-TAINED - E-NOUGH - IN-SU-RANCE - TO - MOVE - ON - TO - THE - NEXT - PLAN! CRE-DI-BI-LI-TY - IS - ONE - SUCH - IN-SU-RANCE!"

"Nice try," said Yumi, "but there's a major flaw in your excuse: If the Doctor helps you succeed, then you'll no longer have any use for insurance."

"Good point," said the Doctor. "I think it's time I made a proposal. I can give the Daleks the salvation that they-ve been searching for all this time, but in exchange, I'll make it impossible for them to kill Yumi."

"HOW?" screamed the Daleks in unison.

"You were going to kill her no matter what!" said the Doctor. "Come on, admit it!"

"Ex-PLAIN - YOUR - PRO-PO-SAL!" screamed one of the Daleks.

"Think of the TARDIS's causal nexus in three phases: A, B and C," said the Doctor. "Phase A: The TARDIS, right here, right now. Phase B: I've just configured the TARDIS so that it's ready for takeoff, piloted by Daleks. Phase C: You destroy the universe and spend the rest of your lives in Dalek salvation.

"My plan is to quantum-lock the rest of Yumi's lifespan in phase C with the TARDIS in phase B. In other words, if you kill her in phase C, all the work you did to get there gets undone, because it never happened, because the TARDIS ceased to exist in phase B."

"BUT - SHE - WILL - DIE - E-VEN-TU-AL-LY, NO - MAT-TER - WHAT! SHE - IS - MOR-TAL!"

"I know," said the Doctor. "The quantum link will exist between the TARDIS and Yumi's life force itself. As her life force drains, she'll let go of the link, little by little. But if you end her life even one second too early while the link is stll there, the phase B TARDIS will be destroyed. Are we clear?"

The Daleks pondered over this idea for a few seconds. "PRO-PO-SAL - AC-CEP-TED!"

"Doctor, don't do this!" said Yumi. "Just let me die if it will save the universe!"

"I can't do that," said the Doctor.

"Yes you can!" said Yumi. "You did everything you could to save Shusaku's life, even though he was supposed to die. You even tried to destroy the TARDIS to save the universe. You've taken so many drastic measures to defy the future. Why give up now?"

"Because I made a promise to both of your parents, on your father's deathbed," answered the Doctor. "And I am bound by that promise."

"Well I'm not," said Yumi stubbornly. "I appreciate how important you think I am, but I can make my own decisions."

"Yumi, don't you dare kill yourself!" said the Doctor. "I'm counting on you to be strong and get through this. You'll need to summon more strength than your mother could. Understand?"

"Not entirely," said Yumi.

"You will, eventually," said the Doctor.

"PRO-CEED - WITH - THE - O-PER-A-TION!"

Doctor Who Soundtrack: Evolution of the Daleks

"The quantum lock is now in place," announced the Doctor. "I am now ready to transfer administrative pilot control."

Yumi, the Doctor and the Daleks were gathered together inside the TARDIS. Yumi was heavily guarded by Daleks, in case she or the Doctor tried to pull a fast one.

"It's all yours," said the Doctor.

"PRE-PARE - DI-AG-NOS-TIC - SCAN - FOR - TRAPS!"

"SCAN - COM-PLETE! NO - TRAPS - DE-TEC-TED! THE - DOC-TOR - HAS - CO-OP-ER-A-TED - PER-FEC-TLY, BUT - HE - IS - NO - LON-GER - OF - USE! Ex-TER-MI-NATE!"

The Doctor stood passively as a Dalek shot him with a laser beam. He then collapsed to the ground, dead.

"DOCTOR!" screamed Yumi.

"TAKE - THE - Bo-DY - TO - BE - IN-CIN-ER-A-TED! DO - NOT - WASTE - TIME!"

"Waste time?" said Yumi. "What could that possibly mean? He's dead!"

"THE - DOC-TOR - IS - A - TIME - LORD! IF - HIS - Bo-DY - IS - LEFT - A-LONE - HE - WILL - RE-GEN-ER-ATE!"

"Regenerate?"

"HE - WILL - COME - BACK - TO - LIFE!"

"I know what it means!" said Yumi.

The Daleks who had taken the Doctor's body returned to the TARDIS door. "IN-CIN-ER-A-TION - COM-PLETE!"

All but one of the Daleks vacated the TARDIS. The remaining Dalek manned the TARDIS controls.

"NOW - FLAG-GING - EARTH - TIME - FOL-LOW-ING - DE-PAR-TURE - OF - YA-MA-DA - YU-MI - AND - THE - DOC-TOR! SCAN - EARTH - HIS-TO-RY BE-FORE - THAT - TIME - FOR - ALL - A-LI-EN - CON-TACT - BE-FORE - THAT - TIME! FOR - EACH - PLA-NET - IN-VOLVED, FLAG - TIME - ON - THAT - PLA-NET - FOL-LOW-ING CON-TACT! IF - A - PLA-NET - IS - FLAGGED MUL-TI-PLE - TIMES, LA-TER - FLAGS - TAKE - PRI-OR-I-TY! RE-PEAT - PRO-CESS - RE-CUR-SIVE-LY - ON - EACH - PLA-NET!"

"Doesn't that process take exponential time?" asked Yumi.

"TIME - IS - NOT - AN - IS-SUE - IN - THE - TAR-DIS! RE-PEAT - PRO-CESS - ON - DA-LEK - HOME-WORLD - SCA-RO!"

A flat screen on the TARDIS control panel flashed with the word "ERROR" in big red letters.

"Hah!" said Yumi. "The Doctor said that he fought you in the time war. If his planet is sealed in a time lock, I'll bet yours is as well."

"DA-LEK - ME-MO-RY - RE-CALLS - HIS-TO-RY - OF - SCA-RO! PRO-CESS - FIRST - STEP - OF - RE-CUR-SIVE - FUNC-TION - MAN-U-AL-LY!"

Suddenly, another TARDIS flew past this one, nearly colliding.

The Dalek turned to face Yumi and pointed his gun at her. "Ex-PLAIN!"

"That was the Doctor and me from the past," said Yumi.

"WE - TOLD - THE - DOC-TOR - NOT - TO - IN-TER-FERE!"

"He's not interfering!" said Yumi. "That was us before we met you and made the deal."

The Dalek turned back to the controls of the TARDIS. "NOW - FOR - THE - EA-SY - PART! FLAG - ALL - RE-MAIN-ING - PLA-NETS - AT - TIME - OF - CRE-A-TION! Ex-TER-MI-NATE - ALL - PLA-NETS - AT - DE-SIG-NA-TED - TIMES!"

The TARDIS materialized back on the Daleks' flying saucer, which was the only object left in the otherwise empty universe. Yumi looked out the window in despair as she saw the hell that the rest of her life would be.

"DA-LEKS - REIGN - SU-PREME! DA-LEKS - ARE - VIC-TOR-I-OUS! ALL - HAIL - THE - DA-LEKS!"

The Doctor was trying to tell me something, thought Yumi. I have to be strong. But what am I supposed to do?

"DA-LEKS - REIGN - SU-PREME! DA-LEKS - ARE - VIC-TOR-I-OUS! ALL - HAIL - THE - DA-LEKS!"

This is probably one of the shortest chapters in this fanfic so far. I just wanted to make sure that it ended in a cliffhanger.

To Be Continued...

/Chapter 4

/Chapter 6

/Chapter 5 Discussion