Sophie VII

*"I look into the mirror and I see this face staring back at me and I ask... 'who* are *you? You don't know who you are or how you got here!'"*
―Sophie Zero, *Before It's All Over*

**Sophie VII** was the seventh and final of Sophie Ramorr's clones.

## Biography

Since Sophie Zero enrolled in the Forever Reincarnation Project, her subsequent clones had the option to continue her legacy by passing on their biology and experiences into the next generation. After nearly 500 years of cloning clones, Sophie VI died, leaving the adolescent Sophie VII to take her place.

The recursive copying of memories from one mind to another seven times had taken its toll on Sophie. She had changed significantly since her first incarnation, and could barely remember anything from her original life at all. This was becoming commonplace in Forever Reincarnation subjects, with advanced generation clones developing signs of severe mental illness and memory loss. However, the final straw came when the news of Valcaya's imminent demise via supernova was all but confirmed. Sophie became severely depressed, her perfectly stress-free Valcayan life seemed pointless in the face of such catastrophe.

After doing idle research on the Forever Reincarnation techniques, she pondered her lack of recollection from her time as Sophie Zero. She pondered ways of retrieving memories from that time, before remembering that she had heard unofficial news that a small group of scientists were developing rudimentary time travel technology.

The desperate Sophie forged a semi-coherent plan to steal a prototype time machine, and miraculously, she managed it. Even more miraculously, the machine worked and she found herself about 500 years in the past, during her initial childhood.

Vague recollections coming back to her, she tracked down the 12-year-old Sophie Zero, and convinced her to come on a trip back to the future
with her. She agreed, and the duo returned to Sophie VII's time.

Sophie VII took her original self on a tour of the main city, Thiza, on present-day pre-apocalyptic Valcaya. As the dying sun set, she admitted her plan; she wanted to overwrite her own memories with those of Sophie Zero, in order to live the final days of her life as herself, not plagued by the mental issues of being copied seven times over, and without the residual gnawing of seven generations of life distracting her. "Emotional Euthanasia", she called it. To her surprise, Sophie Zero agreed, and not long later they made their way to the Forever Reincarnation building, hovering above the city.

Sophie Zero was strapped into the "donor" side of one of the memory transfer machines. Just before Sophie VII could prime the machine, the Seventeenth Doctor walked into the room, having entered the building looking for clues as to Sophie Zero's whereabouts.

The Doctor had spent his time in future Thiza learning about the fate which faced the Valcayans, and as a result he not only agreed that Sophie VII should be allowed to continue her plan (given Sophie Zero consented), but would also help execute it. The machines were designed to overwrite the contents of the clone's mind while writing the donor's memories, however the Doctor modified one so that Sophie VII would end up with her life's experience and personality intact, plus her childhood memories and innocence.

Sophie Zero did not take the process well, falling unconscious during the transfer. The Doctor took the exhausted girl home in the TARDIS, informing Sophie VII that the experience will have damaged some of her short term memory, and she would likely forget about her time in the future. He also stopped on the way to return the time machine to the lab it was stolen from, minutes before its disappearance would be discovered.

A few weeks later, Valcaya was obliterated as its sun exploded. (TV: *Before It's All Over*)

## Personality

Sophie VII was a very withdrawn individual. She was very depressed, and even prior to learning of Valcaya's fate she showed little interest or pleasure in general. However, she was somewhat helped by her experiences with Sophie Zero. The young girl brought Sophie VII out of her shell somewhat, as she greatly enjoyed showing her past self what Thiza would evolve into by her time. She almost saw life in a new light, until her memories were altered and her preteen counterpart was returned to the past. (TV: *Before It's All Over*)