The Doctor ( Alien Bodies ) The final incarnation of the Doctor died during the War ; his corpse became the Relic . ( PROSE : " Alien Bodies " ) Biography . Last adventures . Throughout the Doctor ' s adventures , he accumulated much knowledge and experience that was codified in his biodata , including the biodata codes of assorted Time Lord president s . The Doctor ' s final incarnation claimed to the Celestis that he knew the codes used to build Mictlan and could destroy it at wish , though Trask believed he was bluffing . ( PROSE : " Alien Bodies " ) Two days before the first battle of the War , one of the more interventionist and optimistic members of the Great Houses visited Dronid , claiming he had an old connection to one of the enemy ' s agents there . However , his diplomatic attempt apparently failed , and he was thought to have died as the battle started . ( PROSE : " The Book of the War " ) However , Qixotl was involved in the true story of the Doctor ' s death , which was much more complicated . Even after the fighting on Dronid had already begun , a dying soldier was visited by the Doctor on Simia KK98 ; at that time , the Doctor said that he was just observing the conflict , that he wasn ' t working for the High Council , and that he was only one of the enemy " depend [ ing on ] where you stand . " ( PROSE : " Alien Bodies " ) When asked who the enemy was , Abschrift replied , " Who indeed . " ( PROSE : " Warlords of Utopia " ) Right before the Cataclysm , the TARDIS materialised in the Grand Hall of Mictlan . The last incarnation of the Doctor told the Celestis that he wouldn ' t let them involve themselves in the affairs on Dronid , and they agreed to remain neutral if he gave them his corpse . He accepted these terms , but only if they freed some of their servants and satisfied one other stipulation . After being captured into Marie ' s interior dimensions , the Eighth Doctor had a premonition of his future self ' s confrontation with the Celestis . During the premonition , he said that he had been a slave ; the Eighth Doctor wasn ' t sure why he said this . ( PROSE : " Alien Bodies " ) After death . After eventually dying , the Doctor ' s corpse became known as " the Relic " and was planted in a bunker under the ruins of the city centre of Smithmanstown on Dronid . Since much of the information in the Doctor ' s biodata had been lost during the War , his body was very valuable to many War time powers , including the Time Lord s , their enemy , Faction Paradox , the Celestis , UNISYC , and the Dalek s , although the Kroton s took the Daleks ' place in the final auction when they intercepted the Daleks ' invitation . Since most psychic s retained some power even after death , proportional to their powers while alive , the Relic generated a psychic " call " particularly attuned to nearby human s . The Relic was eventually found in Smithmanstown by the Corporation . Sharp - toothed Celestis agents worked with Little Brother Kolman to steal it for Faction Paradox , but Cousin Sanjira didn ' t recognise its importance and instructed Little Sister Justine to dematerialise it . From there , it crashed onto Earth and was put in the Toy Store , which was pillaged when the Dalek s invaded . By 2169 , the Black Man had it in his store in London , though he sold it to Qixotl shortly before Homunculette came looking for it . Qixotl set up an auction for the Relic on Earth in the late 21st century , creating the Unthinkable City to hold it . He invited only a select group of people interested in the Doctor ' s body for an actual purpose , rather than risking inviting those who just wanted to mutilate it for revenge against him . The auction did not go to plan , due to such factors as the Kroton s taking the place of the Daleks and the inherent danger of the various powers bidding for the Relic . The Eighth Doctor arrived after hearing news of the auction and soon determined what the Relic actually was , even if he avoided learning any specific details about where or how he would die in the future . During the subsequent crisis , at one point the Doctor managed to link with the Relic ' s psychic energy to expel a Faction Paradox agent that had possessed one of the human delegates . The Doctor tricked the Celestis into thinking that they had " marked " him as their agent in this body , rather than immediately prior to his death , making the Relic into a temporal paradox ; in reality , they had marked Mr Shift , which had been trapped in the Doctor ' s subconscious at the time he confronted them . The Doctor was free to leave with the Relic , which he took to the planet Quiescia and destroyed with a thermosystron bomb . ( PROSE : " Alien Bodies " ) Description . After his death , the Doctor was stored in a metal box with the Greek letters " Theta " and " Sigma " on it . ( PROSE : " Alien Bodies " )