End of the universe The end of the universe was an event that took place far off into the future in which the universe , or N - Space , collapsed in on itself due to being a closed system and entropy constantly building up . It was also known as " Event Two " , ( PROSE : " The Infinity Doctors " ) the " Big Crunch " ( PROSE : " " , " Millennial Rites " , " Sometime Never . . . " ) and the " Blue Shift " . ( PROSE : " " , " Do You Love Anyone Enough ? " ) Projected dates . Long before 1981 , the universe had already passed the point of total collapse . Having discovered this , the Logopolitan s created Charged Vacuum Emboitment s which opened N - Space into other universes , notably E - Space , allowing entropy out of N - Space and into other universes . Though Logopolis was destroyed in 1981 , a single CVE was rebooted and continued to feed entropy from N - Space into E - Space . ( TV : " Logopolis " ) The end of the universe was projected to occur in varied times , including the years 60 , 000 , 000 , 000 AD ( AUDIO : " Zagreus " ) , 100 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 AD ( TV : " Utopia " ) and , in an alternate universe , 100 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 , 000 ( One hundred nonillion , 10 ) AD . ( PROSE : " The Infinity Doctors " ) The Mandelbrot Set informed the Grey Man and Bernice Summerfield that , due to the actions of Gabriel and Tanith in 1994 , the universe would now end " several metacenturies " earlier than projected . ( PROSE : " Falls the Shadow " ) Attempts to end the universe . In 1981 , nearly ended the universe when he disrupted the Logopolitan s ' Block Transfer Computation s which closed the CVEs they created . As a result , an entropy wave formed which caused heat death as it spread through the universe . The Fourth Doctor prevented the total destruction of N - Space by reopening the last remaining CVE which dissipated this accumulated entropy by feeding it into E - Space . ( TV : " Logopolis " ) Dimensional transference was a theoretical phenomenon caused by a black light explosion that would threaten the stability of the entire universe . Intrigued by the uniqueness of this , Drathro allowed his black light converter to fail before he was stopped by the Sixth Doctor . ( TV : " The Mysterious Planet " ) Donna Noble prevented the Dalek s from destroying the universe , indeed every universe , using their reality bomb ( TV : " Journey ' s End " ) The Tenth Doctor later stopped the Time Lord s from transcending into creatures of pure consciousness , as a means of escaping the end of the universe they tried to cause . ( TV : " The End of Time " ) Actual ends . The Kovarian Chapter of the Silence ( TV : " The Time of the Doctor " ) caused the universe to undergo total event collapse when they destroyed the Doctor ' s TARDIS , causing every star to explode at every moment in history . ( TV : " The Pandorica Opens " ) The Eleventh Doctor was able to " reboot " the universe using a restoration field . ( TV : " The Big Bang " ) Species at the end . The Panjistri created the God Machine in an attempt to prevent the end of the universe . ( PROSE : " " ) The Divergence almost emerged into the universe at the end of time , but were defeated by Walton Winkle and the animatronic residents of Winkle ' s Wonderland , which had been built over the ruins of Rassilon ' s Foundry . ( AUDIO : " Zagreus " ) The Ministers of Grace lived at the end of time . ( PROSE : " The Duke of Dominoes " ) Most of the people of the universe were relocated to the Needle . The Emperor was ruler of the universe , but was assassinated . His daughter was taken to the 20th century and named Miranda Dawkins . ( PROSE : " Father Time " ) She later returned to her own time and became Empress . ( COMIC : " Miranda " ) The planet Endpoint , inhabited by a human - descended species called Endpointer s and ruled by Silver , a human from the year 3006 , was visited by the Eighth Doctor . ( PROSE : " Hope " ) The inhabitants of Ember attempted to survive the end by using the Somnus Foundation on 21st century Earth to transform humanity into a gestalt entity . They were defeated by the Fifth Doctor and Turlough . ( AUDIO : " Singularity " ) The Toclafane , with the aid of , attempted to survive as well by travelling to 21st century Earth and murdering their ancestors . They were defeated by the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones . ( TV : " The Sound of Drums " / " Last of the Time Lords " ) The Council of Eight existed in the Vortex Palace at the end of time . ( PROSE : " Sometime Never . . . " ) According to legend , the Sycorax would be one of the last three races left when the universe died . ( COMIC : " Agent Provocateur " ) Bug - like creatures nicknamed bookworm s fed on the debris at the Big Bang and the collapse of the universe . ( COMIC : " Hunger from the Ends of Time " ) The Time Lord s existed at " the end of the universe , give or take a star system " , having moved Gallifrey there for protection when they emerged from the pocket universe the Doctor had placed it in . Further on , at five minutes before " Hell " , Me was found by the Twelfth Doctor , waiting in the Cloisters in the bowels of the Capitol for the end of the universe . In her own words , she had been watching the stars die to pass the time until the end . However , she eventually left with Clara Oswald to drop the Doctor off in Nevada , and then to take Clara back to Gallifrey " the long way round . " ( TV : " Hell Bent " ) Visiting the end . Numerous advanced civilisations used the end of the universe as a dumping ground for dangerous items . The Third Doctor took Sergeant Kandula ' s body and the Tipping Device to the end of the universe and left them there . ( PROSE : " Midnight in the Café of the Black Madonna " ) The Fourth Doctor and Romana II watched the universe end from some unknown vantage point . As the dimensions collapsed , the Doctor gave Romana the last Rolo in the universe . ( PROSE : " Do You Love Anyone Enough ? " ) River Song said that she and the Doctor had been to " end of the universe " together . ( TV : " Forest of the Dead " ) During the Last Great Time War , to prevent the Time Lords from deploying the Tear of Isha into the Tantalus Eye , which would wipe out twelve planet s in the Tantalus Spiral , the War Doctor hijacked Commander Partheus ' TARDIS and travelled to the end of the universe . Cinder deployed the Tear into one of the last star s in existence , a red giant , and it collapsed , causing no harm to anyone . ( PROSE : " Engines of War " ) Orson Pink was sent to the end of the universe after taking part in a 22nd century time travel experiment that sent him too far . The Twelfth Doctor found him trapped on the last planet in existence . ( TV : " Listen " ) To purge his TARDIS of the Plant , the Twelfth Doctor brought it to a point in time after all stars had ceased to exist . The lack of solar radiation led to the Plant ' s death . ( COMIC : " Petals " ) When the Doctor emerged from his confession dial on Gallifrey , ( TV : " Heaven Sent " ) he was at " the end of the universe , give or take a star system " , Gallifrey having been moved there for its own protection . He later visited Me in the same location , five minutes to the end of the universe . She had been able to reside there through use of a reality bubble in a ruined section of the Cloisters from Gallifrey , where she watched the stars go out and found it to be both sad and beautiful . The Doctor and Ashildr left the bubble and returned to Gallifrey before the bubble gave out and the final remnants of the universe collapsed . ( TV : " Hell Bent " ) Other information . The Black Guardian was most powerful at the end of the universe , where his counterpart , the White Guardian , could not interfere . ( PROSE : " The Well - Mannered War " ) River Song noted a theory for the SporeShip s ' origin , that they slipped back in time from the end of the universe as an example of a time paradox . ( AUDIO : " Signs " )