The Innocent ( audio story ) Publisher ' s summary . As the Dalek s mass their time fleet for a final assault on Gallifrey , something ancient is waiting for them at Omega One . And a sacrifice must be made . Arch - manipulator and Time Lord strategist , Cardinal Ollistra receives shock news of the Doctor ' s death . Meanwhile , on the planet Keska , a parochial war has returned to plague a peaceful civilisation after decades of tranquillity . But how can such a war have any connection with the great Time War which , at any one moment in the whole of eternity , could threaten to tear the universe apart ? If only the Doctor were still alive . Plot . The Daleks are massing for what they plan to be the final assault on Gallifrey . Massed in nearby space , they have brought their largest force yet : an entire fleet of time ships , accompanied by stealth ships . However , the Time Lords — under the command at the moment of the manipulative Cardinal Ollistra — are ready for them . Secretly , they have established an installation in space , and armed it with a devastating piece of equipment , ironically stolen from the Daleks themselves : a Time Destructor . Thanks to the First Doctor ’ s history with the Daleks on Kembel , its effects are known : it will age the Daleks and their equipment to the point of death and destruction by advancing local time . Unfortunately , it ’ s a suicide mission ; the two Time Lords on the installation , Arverton and Bennus , must activate it manually , but that means it will kill them as well . Ollistra , then , is shocked when the victory is announced … by Arverton and Bennus , in person . According to the soldiers , they were interrupted just before activation by an incoming TARDIS . The man who was once known as the Doctor — but has now foresworn that name — met them , and volunteered to take their place . Sending them away in their own TARDIS , he stayed to activate the destructor himself … and died in the process . Ollistra castigates them for this occurrence , telling them the Doctor is worth a hundred of them . The War Doctor , though , is not dead . Caught in the destructor ’ s field , he managed to enter his TARDIS and escape ; his previous experience on Kembel had shown him that a Time Lord can survive it for a time , though they are harmed in the process . He awakens on a strange , sunny world , and finds himself in the care of a young woman named Rejoice , on the planet Keska . He immediately passes out , and sleeps for about fifty days , before awakening again . Rejoice is alarmed by his lengthy sleep , but it appears to be an induced coma , which will help him recover from the effect of the time destructor . Rejoice tells him that she knows nothing of the Time War , as it hasn ’ t touched Keska . However , Keska has its own war , against a race called the Taalyens . He tries to return to the TARDIS , but passes out again , and again sleeps for fifty days . While unconscious , he dreams of his recent encounters in the war . When he awakens , the building is under attack , being bombarded by the Taalyens . Rejoice escorts him into the basement ; he is still unclear on the nature of the war , and mentions the Daleks , but she has never heard of them . She explains more ; Rejoice ’ s people and the Taalyens both originate on a world called Traan , but Rejoice ’ s people fled oppression and came to Keska . Now the Taalyens have tracked them here , adopting rocket technology left behind on Traan to create ships and weapons . To Rejoice ’ s amazement , the TARDIS is unharmed ; she had believed it destroyed . The Doctor intends to leave and return to his own war , leaving the Keskans and the Taalyens to sort out their own problems . However , he overhears a communication between Rejoice and her father , which indicates that the Keskans are woefully unprepared to fight the Taalyens ; they have been a peaceful people until now . Afterward , the Doctor chooses to stay and help . He takes Rejoice via TARDIS to the governmental citadel , where the Keskan Collective — the governing body , of which Rejoice ’ s father is the chairman — are meeting . They are debating non - violent options , which include surrender and the concealing of a core group of survivors , until the Doctor interrupts . The Doctor describes the likely battle plan of the Taalyens , and concludes that it will end in genocide . Rejoice suggests that he is only doing this to persuade them to join his larger war ; he doesn ’ t deny that possibility , but also says that he is offering because they didn ’ t try to force him to help . He then reveals that he can use the communication satellites in orbit to save them . Thran , Rejoice ’ s father , says that any decision taken must be made by the collective ; the Doctor chastises him for waiting . He then enters the satellite control centre , and begins to work — but then passes out again . This time , he is out for a hundred days or more . [ Editorial note : It is unclear at this point whether the Doctor sleeps for 100 + days at this time , or whether Rejoice , in describing it to him , is referring to the collective number of days he has slept since arriving . It seems unlikely that the invasion would not progress any further while he sleeps another 100 days . ] He reprograms the satellites to create a defensive shield around the planet , but he refuses to press the button to activate it ; he insists that it must be the Keskans ’ decision . Then he passes out again , and has another flashback to the time destructor station . He is only out for a few seconds this time , but Thran has still not pressed the button ; his indecision and usual reliance on the collective have stayed his hand , and he refuses to do it . Impulsively , Rejoice presses the button , activating the shield . Thran thanks the Doctor , and offers to repay him . He offers to celebrate and make the Doctor the guest of honour . The Doctor declines , and tells him not to celebrate ; the Doctor also refuses to give his name , which he has never given them until now . He then goes to rest . Elsewhere , a high - ranked Time Lord named Seratrix contacts Ollistra from his TARDIS , stating he is returning to Gallifrey . She bids him a safe journey . As soon as the communication ends , he and his aide are interrupted by a Dalek ship in the vortex — not a time ship , but a real - space ship which has only momentarily jumped into the vortex . In that moment , it attacks , and knocks Seratrix ’ s TARDIS out of the vortex to coordinates unknown . The Doctor remains on Keska for 134 more days , during which Rejoice visits him several times ( seventeen , in fact ) . His recovery is proceeding well , though he thinks he is not strong enough yet to leave . Rejoice takes pity on him for the war and for his nightmares , but he becomes angry about it . A Time Lady appears on Keska , having located the Doctor . She is Veklin , a servant of Cardinal Ollistra , and she has come to bring the Doctor back ; he responds badly , especially when she calls him the Doctor . He rejects her orders to return , and goes out in a boat with Rejoice to get away from Veklin . Rejoice asks him about his refusal to be called the Doctor , and why he won ’ t return . He dodges the first question , and then says that he wants to help only on his own terms — he doesn ’ t take orders . He mentions his past mission to prevent the rise of the Daleks , and admits that it may have led to the Time War . In return , Rejoice recounts some history of the Taalyen war , but admits that she had not been born yet , and doesn ’ t know much . He blames himself , and calls himself a monster , to Rejoice ’ s horror . “ War is very simple , and all you have to do to wage it is become a monster . That ’ s what I am . ” He loses his temper and knocks Rejoice from the boat , but instantly regrets it , though she handles it well . The Time Lords intervene , trying to extract the Doctor back to Gallifrey . Rejoice insists on going with him against his orders , insisting that he needs someone to help him . He and Rejoice make it into the TARDIS , but it is not enough ; Ollistra authorises use of extra power from the Eye of Harmony , and the TARDIS is pulled back to Gallifrey . The Doctor speculates that this indicates some desperation on the part of Ollistra , as diverting power from the Eye would weaken Gallifrey ’ s defences . Rejoice is discarded by Ollistra , and safely returned to Keska ; the Doctor assures her she will be safe , and apologises to her . As she vanishes , she assures him he is not a monster . Ollistra remarks on Rejoice ’ s faith in him , and welcomes him home . “ Home , ” he says with disgust . “ You ’ re welcome to it . ”