Resurface (Doctor Who)

***Resurface*** is the eighth episode of the second series of *Doctor Who* produced by *The 56Studios*. It features the return of the Daleks, and the appearance of a new incarnation of the Doctor. The story concludes in *Resurrection*.

## Story

High above a planet far across the universe, a fleet of Dalek ships fell into orbit. The massive armada loomed over the surface of the planet, they cast long shadows on the world below. On the bridge of the ship, over a dozen blue armored Daleks operated control consoles. They watched scans and feeds of the planet.

Suddenly, a beeping filled the room. A door on the back side of the room slid open and a heavily armored golden Dalek with a large dome and several indicator lights rolled into the chamber. Every Dalek on the bridge turned to face it as it came to a stop on platform in the center of the room. It looked around at them.

“EMPEROR ON THE BRIDGE!” one of the Daleks declared.

“REPORT,” the Emperor Dalek boomed.

One rolled forward. “”WE HAVE ENTERED THE ORBIT OF THE PLANET. WE ARE SCANNING FOR THE DOCTOR.

“EXCELLENT. FIND THE DOCTOR. EXTERMINATE HER.”

“WE OBEY,” the Daleks replied in chorus.

“IF THE DOCTOR IS ALLOWED TO COMPLETE HER MISSION, THE DALEK EMPIRE WILL BE IN JEOPARDY.”

The door opened again and a yellow armored Dalek entered. The Emperor turned to face him. The new Dalek rolled to a stop in front of the Emperor’s platform.

“DALEK ETERNAL,” the Emperor Dalek looked down.

“EMPEROR. THE CONTINGENCY IS IN PLACE,” the Eternal Dalek reported.

“IT IS NOT NECESSARY,” the Emperor turned back to the screens. “WE ARE THE PRECIPICE OF VICTORY. THE DOCTOR WILL SOON BE NO MORE, AND THE DALEKS WILL REIGN SUPREME. DALEKS ARE SUPREME, ALL HAIL THE DALEKS!”

“ALL HAIL THE DALEKS!” rang the chorus.

“INDEED, BUT IF THE DALEK RACE IS DECIMATED, WE MUST HAVE A PATH BACK FROM EXTINCTION.”

The Emperor Dalek turned back to the Eternal. His green eye narrowed as he watched the yellow Dalek. A moment later his iris opened again and he returned once again to the monitors.

“PROCEED. TODAY, WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS!”

Below, Noah watched the fleet of Dalek saucers in the sky. He watched them with dread, knowing that the Daleks had tracked them down, faster than the Doctor had said. Pulling up his bag, he turned and ran away from his perch and down the hill. He came down into a large field and ran across it as fast as he could. The saucers loomed in the sky above him.

He ran for several minutes before he reached what appeared to be a small graveyard. Weaving through the gravestones, he came to a large mausoleum that was built into the side of a cliff overlooking the site. Rushing to the old rusted doors, he pulled them open and slipped inside.

In the small structure were two women. They had opened the tomb and were digging through the remains. When he stepped into the mausoleum, they stopped and looked at him. He was panting for breath.

“What is it, Noah?” the Doctor asked.

“They’re here!” he said between pants.

The two women looked at each other. Quickly, they began digging through the tomb again. They moved past the skeleton and other debris that had accumulated. Brushing aside a leathery piece of flesh, the Doctor smiled as she uncovered what they were looking for. Reaching down, she extracted it from the burial place and held it up. Her companions eyes widened as they saw it.

It was a small, silver, cylindrical device. It had a glass band in the center showing a small ball of flickering energy caught between two prongs. The device’s design was incredibly elegant and even beautiful.

“We found it!” Charlotte said excitedly.

“Yes,” the Doctor nodded, putting the device into her bag, “and now we have to move.”

Grabbing their things, the trio quickly moved towards the doors of the mausoleum and out into the graveyard. Coming to a stop, they looked up at the armada of Dalek saucers hanging in the sky. Grabbing their hands, the Doctor ran off through the yard and out the gates. Entering the field, they kept running.

Suddenly, bolts of energy began to rain down from the ships above. They crashed miles behind them, shaking the ground and creating balls of fire, dust, and smoke. More and more blasts came raining down, coming closer and closer.

“Come on!” the Doctor urged, running faster. “We’re almost to the TARDIS!”

Outrunning the attacks as they drew nearer, they came to a small wooded area. The large blue box sat under a tall and thick tree. Rushing to it, the Doctor opened the doors with a snap of her fingers and the three slipped inside.

Entering the large and mood-lite console room, the Doctor bolted to the controls and began taking off. The engines began wheezing and groaning as the central column rose of fell. The ship shuddered, both from their escape and the bolts of energy striking the ground. A second later the shuddering stopped, and they could see the light of the vortex flickering outside the TARDIS windows.

They leaned on various parts of the console room, catching their breath. After a few moments, the Doctor sprang into action again, unshouldering her bag and extracting the device from it. She held it between her hands, staring at the glittering ball of energy within.

Her companions stepped towards the Doctor, watching the device also. They knelt down across from her.

“What are we going to do with it?” Noah asked, entranced by the light.

“This is an Oblivion Continuum,” the Doctor explained. “The Daleks developed it during the last Time War. It is powered by by wormholes, and has the power to erase whole fleets from existence.”

“Fleets?” Charlotte looking up at the Time Lord.

“Fleets,” the Doctor smiled broadly.

“So what? We’re gonna throw this at the ships and it’ll take them out?” Noah questioned.

The Doctor cringed slightly. “Yeah. About that. We’re going to have to be on one of the Dalek ships in order to destroy the fleet.”

They gaped at her. “Are you kidding?” Charlotte gasped.

“I’m not,” she shook her head. “We have to attach this to the main power converter of the Dalek ship in order to trigger a black hole large enough to consume the entire armada.”

Her companions tensed at this. Seeing this, her face steeled. She set the Oblivion Continuum down back in the bag.

“Listen. The Emperor is here. If we take down the Emperor, we take down the whole empire. We can stop the war. This is a risk that we must take. For the sake of the universe.”

They looked at her for a moment, considering the consequences of what they plotted to do. Finally, they nodded. “I’m with you, Doctor,” Charlotte said.

Noah nodded. “So am I.”

“Are you sure?” her voice became grave. “Because this will be one of the most dangerous things we’ll ever do, if not the most dangerous. The Emperor’s ship is the most well-guarded in the empire. There’s a very good chance we won’t make it off that ship alive.”

Charlotte looked the Doctor in the eyes. “This is an opportunity to end this war. A war that’s killed our family, our friends. Millions have fallen before the Daleks. They must die, even if it’s the last thing we do.”

The Doctor returned her gaze before getting to her feet. Returning to the console, she pulled over one of the monitors. Pressing a button, the display lit up with a live view of the Dalek armada. The three of them watched the massive fleet with dread. Pulling out her glasses, the Doctor put them on and leaned close to the monitor. After a few moments, she stood back up and began dancing around the console, pressing buttons and pulling levers.

The TARDIS shuddered as they changed direction in the vortex, traveling back towards the Dalek fleet. Her companions held onto the console as they watched the Doctor work, attempting to disguise their worry.

On the Emperor’s ship, the TARDIS faded into existence. The doors opened a moment later and the Doctor and her companions stepped out. They were in a corridor, and they couldn’t see any Daleks. Quickly, they took up their bags, and moved down the hallway. The Doctor carried the Oblivion Continuum in its bag over her shoulder, and she held the sonic screwdriver at her side. The three of them all carried energy weapons.

Reaching a closed door, the Doctor used the device to override the controls, and they slipped under the door as soon as it began to rise. They kept moving.

“Where’s the power converter?” Noah asked, keeping his voice down.

“In the center of the ship, below the control room. We’ll be directly below the Dalek Emperor himself. Once we activate the Continuum, we’ll have to run like hell.”

“So like always, then?” Charlotte quipped.

“Not always,” she muttered.

They continued running down corridors. Turning a corner at an intersection, they skidded to a halt as they saw three Daleks gliding towards them. The Daleks stared at the three of them with their green eyes. Standing off, they watched each other for a long moment.

“THE DOCTOR HAS INFILTRATED THE EMPEROR’S SHIP!” the middle Dalek yelled. “EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!”

The trio glanced at each other for a moment before raising their guns and firing. The Daleks had no time to react. Bolts of green energy shot from their blasters and hit their shells. They screamed as their armor broke apart before they exploded in fiery balls of shrapnel and organic material. Smoke filled the air as the remnants burned.

With the Dalek threat neutralized, the Doctor lowered her gun.

“Come on. Let’s keep going.”

Moving past the burning casings of the Daleks, the trio continued through the ship. The Daleks had seen them, and it was only a matter of time before more came. The explosions were sure to draw their attention, meaning that were soon to be discovered.

Reaching another closed door, the Doctor began working on it. As she did, however, alarms began to blare and the lights in the corridor became red and flashing. They stopped what they were doing and turned to look. With an electronic crackle, a deep voice then rang from speakers placed in the ceiling.

“*DOCTOR,*” the Supreme Dalek boomed. “*I KNOW YOU ARE HERE. YOU WILL NOT SUCCEED IN YOUR PLOT. THE DALEKS ARE SUPREME. YOU CANNOT END THIS WAR. GIVE UP. WE WILL FIND YOU, AND YOU AND YOUR ASSOCIATES WILL BE EXTERMINATED!*”

The Doctor looked into the abyss with utter contempt before she returned to the control panel. Using the sonic screwdriver, she managed to bypass the lock and the door raised itself out of the way. Her companions turned to her, their eyes full of fear.

“It doesn’t matter. They can’t stop us now,” the Doctor flipped the sonic screwdriver in her hand. “But we have to move.”

Together, they rushed through the doorway. They turned several corners before finally they saw a large set of blast doors at the end of the corridor beyond an intersection. It was more armored than the other doors they had passed through, and had an aura of importance radiating from it.

“That’s it’s,” the Doctor said. “That’s the core processing room.”

“Let’s do this,” Charlotte smiled.

Readying their weapons and their hearts racing, they bolted for the doors. They were so close to their goal. However, just as they crossed through the intersection, they were forced to duck as bolts of radiation passed over them. Looking down both corridors, they saw several Daleks rolling towards them.

“THE DOCTOR IS LOCATED. EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!” they cried.

More beams of light were shot at them. “Come on!” the Doctor yelled as they rushed towards the door.

The Doctor ran to the console and began working on the doors with the sonic screwdriver. Her companions took cover behind support beams in the corridor and raised their guns. The Daleks came around the corners and began approaching, firing their weapons. Immediately, her companions opened fire, sending bolts of energy at their attackers. Many of them exploded in fiery blasts. The Doctor worked furiously, ducking under stray beams from the Daleks.

“THE DOCTOR IS ATTEMPTING TO BREACH THE CORE PROCESSOR!” one of the Daleks exclaimed. “SHE MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER!”

The Daleks became more fierce in their attacks. The Doctor’s companions were struggling to fend off their attackers. They were barely able to fire off any shots at them. The Doctor was almost struck several times as she tried to bypass the doors’ security.

“Doctor! I don’t know how long we can kee-,” Noah turned to her when he was suddenly hit by a blast from a Dalek weapon. He screamed in agony as his skeleton was illuminated before the light faded and he dropped to the ground, dead.

Both the Doctor and Charlotte looked on in horror.

“*Noah*!” Charlotte screamed.

At that moment, the control panel sparked followed by the doors sliding open. Picking up her bag, the Doctor rushed inside. Looking back, she saw that Charlotte was pinned down. She was hiding behind the beam, staring at Noah’s corpse lying on the ground, staring into the void.

“Charlotte!” the Doctor yelled. “Come on!”

The Daleks were advancing. Seeing that her options were shrinking, Charlotte gathered her courage, and ran for it. The Daleks continued to fire. She managed to dodge the attacks. The Doctor readied her sonic screwdriver and aimed it at the panel on the other side of the door.

Just as Charlotte was about to cross the threshold into the processor room, she was struck by a blast of light. She screamed as her body became translucent. Her body returned to normal, and she fell to the ground. Her body slid around the floor into the chamber. Activating the sonic, the Doctor closed the doors, the two slamming shut.

The Doctor quickly rushed over to Charlotte and rolled her over. She checked her pulse, but already knew that it was too late. Sighing, she closed her companion’s eyes, and got to her feet. Outside, the Daleks were trying to enter the chamber. She stared with a look of emptiness.

Taking up her bag again, she turned around to face the main power converter in the center of the room. It flickered with energy within its structure. Opening the bag, she extracted the Oblivion Continuum and began approaching the machine. Reaching it, she set to work, attaching the device to it.

As she worked, thoughts flooded her mind. She remembered the last Time War that ravaged the universe. She remembered everything that she had to do to end it, and how it cost her everything she had. Her friends, her people, herself. She wiped out the Daleks, but at the cost of her own people. And even then the Daleks had survived. They always survived.

This war had been just as devastating as the last, only now there were no Time Lords to take the blow. The universe was in jeopardy, and she was the only one who could save it. Noah and Charlotte had sacrificed themselves to stop the Daleks, and if she had to sacrifice herself again, she would do it. The Daleks must die – at any cost.

Several minutes later, she was nearly done attaching the Oblivion Continuum to the core. Outside, the Daleks were nearly through the blast doors. She could hear their screams of hatred ringing in her ears.

The blast doors suddenly exploded inwards as the Daleks broke through. She had just completed the device as the Daleks entered.

“EXTERMINATE!” they yelled.

The Doctor just turned as a beam of radiation struck her. She screamed as it coursed through her. She was still standing when another hit, and another, and another. Her body weakening, she fell to her knees, and her vision blurred. Looking towards the doorway, she saw many Daleks entering. Among them was, to her surprise, the Dalek Emperor himself. He rolled towards the Doctor and looked down on her.

“AT LONG LAST,” he boomed, his tone almost one of glee. “THE DOCTOR IS AT THE MERCY OF THE DALEKS. AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, YOU ARE AT *MY* MERCY.”

Weakly, the Doctor looked up at him, staring into his green eye. “You may have the power, but you will never win.”

“THAT IS WHERE YOU ARE INCORRECT,” the Dalek Emperor replied. “WE HAVE WON. YOU WILL DIE, AND THE TIME LORDS WILL DIE WITH YOU. THE LAST OF THE TIME LORDS WILL FINALLY PERISH ETERNALLY.”

Aiming its gunstick at her, he fired. She screamed as she was hit with the full blast of his attack. Her skeleton was illuminated, and she fell to the ground. She could barely move, much less look around, which was becoming increasingly difficult as her vision continued to blur more and more. It was hard to think, to concentrate on anything at all.

“WHEN YOUR REGENERATION BEGINS, YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED ONE LAST TIME, AND THE CYCLE WILL END. WE KNOW THIS IS YOUR TWELFTH INCARNATION, AND THE NEXT DOCTOR WILL BE THE LAST, BUT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT LIFE.”

Several of the Daleks joined the Dalek Emperor and surrounded the Doctor lying on the ground. They all aimed their weapons her. However, just as they were about to fire, she began to glow with golden energy. Her eyes opened and her vision cleared. She looked at her hands, and saw them shining with light.

The Restoration had been given to her at the end of the last time war, and it had carried her through her subsequent lives, and now it was here again, at the end of this time war.

“ALERT! ALERT!” one of the Daleks exclaimed. “THE DOCTOR IS REGENERATING!”

“EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMIN-!” the Emperor yelled when the Doctor interrupted.

“No. Now it’s my turn,” she said, before she outstretched her hands towards them. They exploded with fiery energy, consuming them. The Daleks screamed as the light cut through the shells, disintegrating their forms. The mutants were burned alive in their armor.

Getting to her feet, the Doctor stretched out her hands further. The drones quickly became dust, but the Emperor managed to hold on. He tried to fire, but his weapon had disappeared. He looked at the Doctor, and she stared right back.

“*PLEASE…*” he tried to plead.

She chuckled. “Really? Mercy?”

Closing her eyes, she remembered everyone she had loved. Everyone she had lost. She remembered Noah and Charlotte, and everyone who came before her. She remembered her who had given her the Restoration, and allowed for this moment to happen. Tilting her head back, she unleashed the full force of her regeneration. The Emperor Dalek screamed as he was obliterated. Everything exploded around her as the energy filled the room and everything went white.

Outside, the fleet hovered in orbit above the destroyed planet when the Emperor’s ship exploded. The blast expanded outwards before abruptly collapsing in on itself, quickly a circle of black surrounded by a ring of color. Within seconds, the remaining ships were drawn into the singularity, helpless to stop the force of gravity.

One by one, they disappeared as the armada was destroyed as the black hole expanded.

One of the ships in particular tried to break free of the gravity well, but it was useless. Sparks flew from the controls, floor, and ceiling. The Daleks screamed as they rolled across the ground with no way of stopping.

The commander of the ship tried to regain control. He issued orders to the remaining Daleks who were still at their posts.

“FIRE THE ENGINES. RESTORE BALANCE TO THE SHIP. EVADE. EVADE. EVADE!” the commander barked.

“THE GRAVITY WELL IS TOO STRONG. WE ARE CAUGHT. WE CANNOT ESCAPE THE SINGULARITY,” one of the Daleks replied.

“ANALYZE THE SINGULARITY. EXPLAIN WHAT IS HAPPENING!”

“OUR SYSTEMS ARE FAILING,” another reported. “WE ARE APPROACHING THE EVENT HORIZON. WE ARE BEING DRAWN INTO THE SINGULARITY.”

A moment later they hit the black hole. Explosions erupted across the ship as it was torn apart by the crushing force. Everything shook around them. The lights in the ship went out, including a display. The ship spun at an incredible velocity as it was pulled further into the abyss. The deafening squealing of the metal being compressed drowned out the Dalek commander’s cried orders.

The display returned, showing a black screen. Abruptly, the blackness gave way to a swirl of color. Purple light filled the room, the explosions and the squealing stopped, but the shaking continued as they traveled down the flickering corridor of energy.

Their systems came back to life, and began beeping as readings poured in. The commander turned towards one of the Daleks.

“WHAT IS HAPPENING? WHERE ARE WE?”

“WE HAVE ENTERED THE TIME VORTEX FROM THE SINGULARITY. WE ARE TRAVELING THROUGH SPACE AND TIME.”

“HOW DO WE ESCAPE THE VORTEX?”

The Dalek turned towards him. “WE CANNOT. WE HAVE NO CONTROL.”

“WE MUST ESCAPE! WE MUST REJOIN THE FLEET.”

Suddenly, the ship shook violently, and the glittering light of the time vortex vanished in a blinding flash. They were floating in empty space. There was nothing in sight: no stars, no planets, no ships. They were completely alone. The commander turned to the Dalek again.

“REPORT.”

“WE ARE IN THE ABYSS. THERE IS NOTHING HERE.”

“SEND A TRANSMISSION TO THE FLEET. WE MUST REJOIN THE FLEET.”

“COMMANDER,” another Dalek entered the bridge. The Dalek’s armor was red, indicating that it was a Scientist Dalek.

The commander spun to face it. “WHAT IS IT?”

“THE ETERNAL CHAMBER HAS BEEN TRANSPORTED TO THE SHIP,” the Scientist Dalek reported.

The Dalek commander’s eye narrowed. “THAT MEANS THAT THE EMPEROR’S SHIP HAS BEEN DESTROYED, AND THAT THE FLEET HAS BEEN EXTERMINATED. WE ARE THE ONLY SURVIVORS.”

“CORRECT,” the Dalek replied.

Turning around, the commander looked at the display panel into space. His eye narrowed again.

“PLOT A COURSE FOR SKARO. I WILL ASSUME COMMAND OF THE DALEK ARMADA AS THE SUPREME DALEK.”

The Daleks around the bridge watched him. He rotated to look at them.

“THE EMPEROR IS DEAD. THE FLEET IS DEAD. WE ARE THE LAST REMAINING DALEKS IN THE UNIVERSE. WE MUST RETURN TO THE RUINS OF SKARO TO MAKE REPAIRS. I POSSESS THE HIGHEST RANK, AND I MUST BECOME THE SUPREME DALEK.”

For a few moments, they were silent. Finally, the Daleks began chanting. Their indicator lights illuminated the room.

“ALL HAIL THE SUPREME DALEK. ALL HAIL THE SUPREME DALEK. ALL HAIL THE SUPREME DALEK.”

“WE WILL RETURN TO SKARO, AND THE DALEKS WILL BE SUPREME!”

Hours later, they had crossed the expanse of space and were now approaching the glowing red sphere that was the planet Skaro, planet of the Daleks.

The new Supreme Dalek had outfitted himself with new armor. His armor was now shining and black, with silver plating. He watched the planet approach, his eyestalk fixed on the small ball. Moments later, they entered the atmosphere, and began their descent before the planet below. Fire burned around the saucer. Breaking through the upper atmosphere, they descended towards the surface of the planet below.

The city of the Daleks was in the same state as they remembered it, but something was off. Nonetheless, they plotted a course to a landing dock. Landing, they managed to reactivate docking mechanism of the city, and were able to gain access to the city.

“ORGANIZE A SQUADRON. FIND WHAT WE NEED AND RETURN HERE,” the Supreme Dalek ordered the Scientist Dalek.

“I OBEY,” the red Dalek left the room.

Minutes later, the Dalek had organized a small party of four Daleks and itself. Leaving the ship, they descended the corridor that had come from the city and connected to their saucer. They followed it down to a set of blast doors. Overriding the controls, they split open into the city of the Daleks.

Darkness hung in the air as they Daleks entered the city. Parts and other wreckage littered the ground. Shells of dead Daleks stood in the corridor, dead for years, maybe even decades. Their construction was nearly identical to theirs, but there was something different. The Scientist Dalek rolled up to it and scanned it with its manipulator arm.

“THIS DALEK’S MOLECULAR STRUCTURE IS DIFFERENT,” it cried. It scanned the others. “THESE DALEKS ARE ALL DIFFERENT.”

“EXPLAIN,” one of the Daleks rolled forward.

“THESE DALEKS, THIS CITY, THIS UNIVERSE, IS NOT THE ONE WE KNEW. THIS UNIVERSE IS A PARALLEL UNIVERSE,” the Scientist Dalek replied.

“HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?”

“THE SINGULARITY TORE A HOLE IN THE FABRIC OF SPACE AND TIME AND BROUGHT US TO THIS REALITY.”

The Daleks stared at it. After a few moments, the Scientist Dalek rolled forward past them back towards the ship. “I MUST ALERT THE SUPREME DALEK.”

“…IS THERE A WAY TO RETURN TO OUR REALITY?” the Supreme Dalek asked, having heard the Scientist’s report.

“NOT WITHOUT TEARING ANOTHER HOLE IN THE FABRIC OF SPACE-TIME, WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE IN OUR CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES.”

“SO WE ARE TRAPPED HERE?”

“IT APPEARS THAT WAY.”

The Supreme Dalek turned and thought about this for a moment. The Doctor had succeeded in her task and eradicated the Daleks from their reality. They alone had survived, and were trapped in an alternate reality. Even in death, the Doctor had been victorious. But, a new reality not ravaged by war could be ripe for a conquest, and they could finally be victorious over everything.

The Supreme Dalek turned around. “WE WILL REPAIR THE CITY OF THE DALEKS. IF WE CANNOT HAVE OUR REALITY, WE WILL HAVE THIS ONE. THE DALEKS WILL BE SUPREME!”

“DALEKS WILL BE SUPREME!” rang the chorus.

“SCIENTIST,” the Supreme Dalek said. “YOU WILL RESTORE THE CITY TO ITS FORMER GLORY.”

“I OBEY.”

As the Daleks continued their work on the city, the Supreme Dalek came to a stop at the doors to the Eternal Chamber. Staring at it for a moment, he slid forward, and the doors opened with a hiss. Inside, there was a large silver sphere hovering above the ground. He observed it before a voice abruptly spoke to him from behind.

“SUPREME DALEK.”

Turning, he saw the Eternal Dalek rolling towards him from the shadows. Its yellow plating glittered in the light.

“DALEK ETERNAL,” the Supreme Dalek replied. “REPORT.”

“THE CONTINGENCY IS IN PLACE. THE CHAMBER WAS NOT DAMAGED TO THE TRANSPORT.”

“EXCELLENT. KEEP THE CHAMBER IN REPAIR,” the Supreme Dalek replied. “WE CANNOT ALLOW THE DALEKS TO GO EXTINCT.”

“AFFIRMATIVE,” the Eternal Dalek answered. “BUT WHAT ARE WE PLANNING TO DO?”

“WE ARE REGROUPING AND REPAIRING. ONCE WE HAVE ENOUGH POWER, WE WILL CONQUEROR THE UNIVERSE.”

The Eternal Dalek watched the Supreme Dalek for a moment before responding.

“I WILL ENSURE THE CONTINUANCE OF THE DALEKS.”

“EXCELLENT!” the Supreme Dalek proclaimed.

The Supreme Council Chamber of the Dalek Emperor had been in disarray for decades. The massive shell of the former Emperor stood deteriorating in the chamber, waiting for its next emperor to fill it. It was a relic of an old order, and a reminder of the past.

The Supreme Dalek stood watching the shell. A moment later, a Dalek Strategist entered the room. Its orange plating glittered in the orange lighting of the chamber. It rolled up to the Supreme Dalek, but he did not turn away from the Emperor.

“DALEK SUPREME,” the Strategist said.

“STRATEGIST,” the Supreme Dalek replied, still staring at the ruins. The Strategist turned towards it also.

“THIS SHELL IS OF THE EMPEROR OF THIS UNIVERSE. IT IS SO… IMPRACTICAL, FOR SUCH A POWERFUL POSITION.”

“THIS UNIVERSE PROVES TO BE THE MOST… UNUSUAL.”

“AGREED. WE HAVE YET TO EXPLORE THIS REALITY. WE DO NOT YET FULLY UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE THE DIVERGENCE FROM OUR OWN REALITY.”

“WE STILL NOT KNOW THE STATUS OF THIS UNIVERSE’S VERSION OF THE DOCTOR,” the Strategist turned to the Supreme Dalek. “THE DATA RECORDS IN THE CITY ARE INCOMPLETE.”

“IF THE DOCTOR HAS NOT BEEN EXTERMINATED IN THIS REALITY, WE MUST ENSURE THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR DEMISE.”

“Now that is an interesting proposition,” a voice suddenly echoed in the chamber.

Looking around, the Daleks searched for the source of the voice. With pronounced footsteps, a woman emerged from behind a pillar. She wore a long black trench coat which was buttoned up. She had her hands in her pockets as she approached the door Daleks. They readied their weapons.

“IDENTIFY YOURSELF!” the Supreme Dalek ordered.

“Now, is this any way to treat a lady?” she smiled.

The Strategist rolled towards her. “YOU WILL IDENTIFY YOURSELF, OR YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED!”

She stared into his green eye, and her smile broadly. Tilting her head up slightly, she answered. “I’m the Rani. I’m a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterberous.”

“YOU ARE A TIME LORD? THE TIME LORDS WERE EXTERMINATED IN THE TIME WAR BY THE DOCTOR!” the Supreme Dalek said.

“That’s the public opinion, yeah,” she replied. “But I survived.”

“WHY ARE YOU HERE?” the Strategist demanded.

“Oh good. I was hoping you’d get to that,” the Rani began to pace around the room. “I know who you are. I know you’ve traveled here from another universe, and I know that you’re attempting to rebuild your armies. I know that you have plans to conquer this reality when you’re powerful enough.”

“HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS?” the Supreme Dalek asked.

“It doesn’t matter how I know; only that I can help.”

“…HELP?”

“Yes,” the Rani stopped, smiling. “I would like to propose an alliance.”

“AN ALLIANCE?” the Strategist narrowed his eye.

“One that will be beneficial for all parties involved…”

The alliance the Rani proposed was between the Daleks and the Cybermen, reinforced by the Replicators. Their mission was to capture the Doctor and bring him to her. In exchange, the Daleks and the Cybermen would be able to destroy the Earth and pillage it’s resources. The Daleks would take the materials necessary to rebuilding their armies, and the Cybermen would be able to convert as much of humanity as they desired.

The Daleks located the Doctor traveling through the time vortex. Using a cruiser that had been developed during the Last Great Time War that was capable of travel through the vortex, they had forced the Doctor to crash onto Skaro. They then captured him in the abandoned city and brought him to the Rani, where the plot was revealed.

However, the Doctor managed to summon the TARDIS to himself and escape to Earth to warn of it of the coming attack. Gathering their armies, they set off to find the Doctor and decimate the Earth. The Supreme Dalek had his misgivings about their alliance with the Rani, but the benefits far outweighed the costs.

The Eternal Dalek also had his misgivings about the alliance, and petitioned for the Eternal Chamber to remain on Skaro. The Supreme Dalek refused, believing it to be safer with the ship during the assault on Earth.

Leaving his chamber, the Eternal Dalek traveled to the bridge, once again to plead for the Daleks to retreat, for the sake of their survival. As it approached, the doors slid open, and he entered the bridge.

“ETERNAL DALEK ON THE BRIDGE,” a Dalek declared.

“SUPREME DALEK,” the yellow Dalek rolled towards the Supreme Dalek.

“WHAT IS IT, ETERNAL DALEK?” the black-armored Dalek turned towards him.

“I AM CONCERNED ABOUT OUR ALLIANCE WITH THE TIME LORD,” the Eternal replied. “I WORRY THAT IT IS NOT IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO ALLY OURSELVES WITH THEIR KIND.”

“DO NOT SPEAK THIS WAY!” the Supreme rolled forward. “AS LONG AS I SEE A BENEFIT IN THIS ALLIANCE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ALIGN OURSELVES WITH THE TIME LORD.”

“I DOUBT THAT THE RANI WILL DELIVER ON HER PROMISES,” the Eternal retorted. “I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE MERELY A MEANS TO AN END. I BELIEVE THAT OUR TRUST IS HER IS MISPLACED.”

“DO NOT QUESTION MY AUTHORITY! YOUR SOLE DUTY IS TO PERSEVERANCE OF THE DALEK RACE.”

“THIS *IS* ABOUT THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE DALEK RACE.”

“LEAVE THIS CHAMBER IMMEDIATELY,” the Supreme Dalek turned away.

The Eternal Dalek watched his superior for a moment before turning and leaving the chamber. He traveled down hallways, passing other Daleks as he did so. His petition ended just as the last had. The Supreme Dalek had become disillusioned with rebuilding their armies, and was placing the Dalek race in jeopardy.

Eventually, he came to the doors of the Eternal Chamber. Opening them, he entered the chamber. The yellow Dalek stopped before the large dark gray sphere that hovered in the middle of the room. He stared at it. Turning away from it, he rolled to a control panel and began working on it.

“THE DALEKS WILL NOT BE EXTERMINATED!” he declared.

As the ship broke apart in the explosion that erupted from the power core of the ship, the Eternal Dalek struggled to get to the control panel. He was nearly thrown on his side from the turbulence, but pressed on. Finally reaching it, he used his manipulator arm to begin a sequence.

“ACTIVATE EMERGENCY TEMPORAL SHIFT!” the Eternal Dalek cried.

The walls of the room began to glow. Everything began to vibrate and blur with motion. With a loud noise, the room shook violently, before everything became still. Moving away from the control panel, the Eternal Dalek came to the doors. They didn’t open immediately.

“OPEN.”

Slowly, the doors slid open. Outside was dimly lite. A ramp had extended from the doorway. The Eternal Dalek descended it and rolled onto the concrete ground. They had arrived in what appeared to be an abandoned warehouse on an undetermined planet. He could not detect any life signs for miles around.

He knew that the remaining Daleks from their reality had been killed, and that he was now the last of the Daleks. The Supreme Dalek had ignored them, and now they were on the verge of extinction.

*But not yet.*

Turning back to the Eternal Chamber, his eye narrowed.

“EMERGE.”

With a hiss, the large ovular-shaped chamber split open vertically, revealing the silver sphere inside. A moment later, the sphere began to float outwards towards him. Descending, it hovered less than a foot from the ground before him. The Eternal Dalek rolled forward.

“OPEN,” he ordered.

With another hiss, the sphere split horizontally. The metal folded in on itself as it retracted, disappearing into the lower half of the sphere. Once it was open, the Eternal Dalek watched as four Daleks emerged from it, followed by a Dalek-shaped object. The four Daleks landed before the Eternal Dalek. Three of them had silver plating with blue highlights. The fourth had jet black armor. They all looked at him.

“ETERNAL DALEK,” the black Dalek said.

“DALEK SEC,” the Eternal Dalek replied.

“WHY HAVE WE BEEN AWAKENED?” one of the other Daleks asked.

“IT IS BECAUSE WE ARE ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION, DALEK JAST.”

“EXTINCTION?” another Dalek seeemed surprised.

“YES, DALEK THAY,” the Eternal Dalek turned to him. “THE EMPEROR HAS BEEN EXTERMINATED.”

The last Dalek rolled forward. “…THE EMPEROR… IS DEAD?”

“INDEED, DALEK CAAN. HE WAS KILLED WHEN THE DOCTOR DESTROYED THE ARMADA USING AN OBLIVION CONTINUUM. THE OBLIVION CONTINUUM LEFT ONLY ONE SHIP, BUT IT WAS DRAWN INTO THE SINGULARITY AND TAKEN TO A NEW REALITY – THIS REALITY.”

“WE ARE IN ANOTHER REALITY?” Dalek Jast rolled forward.

The Eternal Dalek’s eyestalk shok as it spoke. “YES, AND WE ARE THE LAST OF OUR KIND.”

“THEN WE MUST ACTIVATE THE PROGENITOR ARK,” Dalek Sec proclaimed.

“THAT IS THE LOGICAL COURSE OF ACTION,” the Eternal Dalek agreed.

Dalek Thay abruptly rolled forward. “THERE IS A PROBLEM.”

“EXPLAIN,” Dalek Caan said.

“THE SOIFUA CRYSTAL CORE HAS BEEN CORRUPTED. IT MUST BE REPLACED,” Dalek Thay explained. “IT IS VITAL FOR THE PROGENITOR’S SUCCESS.”

“WHERE CAN A SOIFUA CRYSTAL BE LOCATED?” the Eternal Dalek asked.

“THE PLANET OF MANA,” Dalek Jast chimed in. “IF THIS UNIVERSE IS LIKE OURS, THERE IS A MINING COLONY THERE. IF NOT, THEN IT CAN BE EXTRACTED.”

Dalek Sec turned to Dalek Thay. “GO TO MANA AND PROCURE THE MINERAL. WE WILL NOT LET THE DALEKS GO EXTINCT.”

“I OBEY.”

The sound of the Doctor playing his guitar reverberated around the console room. He paced around the console, playing random bars and strumming the strings. The engines wheezed and hummed distance as the TARDIS drifted through the time vortex.

As he played, however, a beep began to come from the console. Stopping, he set the guitar down and went to the console. Pulling one fot he monitors over, he saw an alert coming from a planet called ‘Mana.’ The same sounded familiar, but he couldn’t place it. The alert was for the energy signature of the Daleks that he had been keeping track of since the invasion of Earth in 2014.

“Impossible,” he muttered.

Whipping around the console, he began turning knobs and pulling levers. The ship shuddered as it changed direciton in the vortex. He hurtled through space and time towards the planet, watching the signal closely. Behind his eyes an intense rage and hatred burned.

They survived. No matter where they came from, the Daleks always survived.

Moments later, the TARDIS materialized on the wheezing and groaning stopped. Grabbing his jacket, he threw it over his shoulders. Tucking the sonic screwdriver into his pocket, he crossed to the TARDIS doors and stepped out.

Outside, he found a small town burning around him. Bodies littered the streets, those of men, women, and children alike. They were humanoids, so he assumed that this must be some kind of human colony. Slowly, he began walking through the wreckage in search of what had caused the destruction. He extracted the sonic screwdriver was his pocket and held it at his side.

As he walked, he heard groaning on his right. Stopping, he saw a man on the ground, moving slightly, Quickly, he ran over to him and crouched down. The man’s eyes opened wide when he saw him. He grabbed the Doctor’s arm. He coughed hard as he struggled to speak.

“What happened? What did this?” the Doctor asked.

The man coughed again. “A Dalek. A Dalek killed us.”

“Why? What does a Dalek want with this colony?”

“We mine… Soifua Crystals… the Dalek… was looking for one…” he pointed to the west, where a mountain could be seen.

The man suddenly went limp, his eyes still open. Sadly, the Doctor closed his eyes and stood up. He looked at the destruction again. A Dalek had done all of this for a crystal. Turning to the mountain, his eyes narrowed. Determined, he strode off towards it. More bodies lined is way. More victims of the Dalek. More victims of his failure to eradicate them for good.

Minutes later, he arrived at the foot of the mountain. The entrance to a mine sat at the base, leading into darkness. Taking a deep breath, he stepped into the mine. Raising the sonic screwdriver, he ignited it like a torch, shining a light into the shadows.

His footsteps echoed as he walked through it. He held the sonic screwdriver tightly in his hand. He turned down several passageways deeper into the mines. He didn’t know where the Dalek was, and he was merely guessing where it was.

After searching for several moments, he entered a chamber where the lights used for mining were illuminated. A man lay at the doorway, dead. On the opposite side of the room was the Dalek. Its armor was different than other Daleks he had seen, and it was silver and blue, which he hadn’t seen in this reality in a long time.

As he approached the Dalek, he accidentally kicked a stray rock. It clattered across the floor. The Doctor stopped and looked up at the Dalek. It turned around to face him. Eye flashing, it raised its gunstick to him. A green crystal flickered on its manipulator.

“EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!”

“Hang on!” the Doctor raised his hands. “I just want to talk!”

“IDENTIFY YOURSELF!” Dalek Thay demanded.

“I’m the Doctor.”

It’s eye glowed brighter. “THE DOCTOR? THE DOCTOR WILL BE EXTERMINATED!”

“Please! I mean you no harm!”

“THE DOCTOR EXTERMINATED MY SPECIES. JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE OF THIS REALITY DOES NOT MAKE YOU ANY DIFFERENT. WE MUST REBUILD, AND YOU ARE A THREAT TO THE RESURRECTION OF THE DALEKS!”

“’Resurrection?’ How are you going to resurrect the Daleks?”

“THE SOIFUA CRYSTAL WILL POWER THE PROGENITOR, AND THE DALEKS WILL BE RESURRECTED!”

“Soifua Crystal to power a progenitor? What kind of technology is that? How will it revive the Daleks?” the Doctor raised an eyebrow.

“I DO NOT NEED TO ANSWER TO YOU,” he rolled forward. “I AM DALEK THAY.”

The name rung like a bell in his head. The Doctor remembered Dalek Thay from this reality. He remembered how the Cult of Skaro destroyed themselves in Manhattan in the 1930s. His eyes narrowed as he looked at the Dalek.

“So. You’re the parallel version of the Cult of Skaro. Tasked by the Emperor to develop new ways of survival.”

“THE DALEKS WILL SURVIVE. THE DALEKS WILL ALWAYS SURVIVE.”

The Doctor’s eyes blazed. “No. They won’t. I can assure that.”

“NO. YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!”

Dalek Thay rolled forward to fire when suddenly he was hit by a blast of green energy. It exploded against a shield around his shell, but the force of the impact sent him rolling backwards. Both the Dalek and the Docotr looked to see where the blast had come from. Standing several feet away was a woman holding a large energy rifle. She wore a long tweed frock coat, a kente shirt with a frilled collar and cuffs, a tweed waistcoat over it, and black pants and heavy boots.

She readied to fire again when Dalek Thay flickered with energy before vanishing in a flash of light. They both watched the spot where he had been when the woman suddenly turned her rifle on the Doctor. He raised his hands again.

“Who the hell are you?” the woman demanded.

“I’m the Doctor,” he answered quickly, for the second time at gunpoint that day.

Suddenly, she lowered her weapon and looked relieved. “Oh good. Because I’m the Doctor too.”

In the warehouse, the Cult of Skaro was gathered around the Progenitor Ark. They were analyzing it when energy flickered in the air and Dalek Thay abruptly appeared. They all turned towards him, spotting the Soifua Crystal.

“YOU HAVE RETRIEVED THE CRYSTAL,” Dalek Sec rolled towards him.

“I HAVE,” Dalek Thay replied. “BUT THERE IS A SITUATION. THE DOCTOR OF THIS REALITY IS AWARE OF US, AND…” he trailed off.

“WHAT IS IT, DALEK THAY?” Dalek Caan asked.

“…THE DOCTOR OF OUR REALITY IS ALSO HERE. SHE SURVIVED THE SINGULARITY AND HAS NOW MET THE DOCTOR OF THIS REALITY.”

The Daleks all exchanged glances.

“ARE YOU SURE THAT IT WAS THE DOCTOR OF OUR UNIVERSE?” the Eternal Dalek inquired.

“I AM SURE. IT WAS HER IN A NEW INCARNATION, BASED ON THE DATA RECORDS. SHE SURVIVED HER ATTACK, AND IS HERE TO ENSURE OUR DESTRUCTION!”

“THEN WE MUST GET TO WORK,” Dalek Sec said, turning back to the Progenitor. “TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.”

Dalek Thay rolled forward with the Soifua Crystal. As he approached the Progenitor, a slot opened in the device, showing a small compartment. Holding it up, the crystal floated away from the Dalek’s manipulator arm and into the device. It flashed with light as it connected. The slot suddenly closed and the Progenitor lite up and began shaking. The five Daleks surrounded it.

“THE PROGENITOR ARK IS PRIMED!” Dalek Jast declared.

“THE RESURRECTION OF THE DALEKS IS AT HAND!” Dalek Sec proclaimed.

Across space, another ship floated through the void. On the bridge, the red and gold Supreme Dalek watched the display. Several Daleks were positioned at various stations around the chamber, piloting the ship. Suddenly, an alert came from one of the controls. The Supreme Dalek turned towards it.

“REPORT!”

“AN EMERGENCY TEMPORAL SHIFT HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THIS SECTOR,” one Dalek turned towards the Supreme Dalek.

“EXPLAIN. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?”

“UNKNOWN. THEIR ENERGY SIGNATURE IS FOREIGN TO OUR DATA.”

“That is because they are from a parallel reality,” a chilling voice came from the doorway. Turning, they saw Davros rolling into the chamber.

“HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?” the Supreme Dalek asked.

“I do not know,” Davros came to a stop. “But it would not be the first time that parallel counterparts have entered our reality.”

“SO THESE DALEKS ARE FOREIGN? ARE THEY A THREAT?”

“I do not know yet, but the energy signature indicates foreign origin. I recommend that we investigate.”

“I AGREE. WE MUST ASSESS THESE PARALLEL DALEKS AND THEIR INTENTIONS,” the Supreme Dalek turned back to the display. “IF THEY ARE HOSTILE, THEY WILL BE EXTERMINATED!”

“I do not wish to start a war-,” Davros said.

“IT DOES NOT MATTER. ALL THREATS TO DALEK KIND MUST BE ERASED. PLOT A COURSE FOR THE ENERGY SIGNATURE,” the Supreme Dalek ordered.

“WE OBEY,” rang the chorus.

As they plotted the course, Davros looked on with unease.

## Characters

* Twelfth Doctor
* The Other Doctor
* Charlotte
* Noah
* The Rani
* The Other Daleks
	+ The Dalek Emperor
	+ The Supreme Dalek
	+ The Eternal Dalek
	+ Scientist Dalek
	+ Strategist Dalek
* The Cult of Skaro
	+ Dalek Sec
	+ Dalek Thay
	+ Dalek Jast
	+ Dalek Caan
* The Daleks
	+ The Supreme Dalek
	+ Davros
* The man

## Gallery

Promotional cover for the story and its sequel.Textless version.
## Trivia

* So far, this is the first episode where Clara Oswald does not appear.
	+ This is also the first episode since her introduction where April Leigh-Morgan does not appear.
* The Other Doctor is intended to be a later incarnation of the Shalka Doctor, from *Scream of the Shalka*.
	+ She is also intended to be a later incarnation of the Eighth Doctor that appears in *Doctor Who and the Time War*, and the Ninth Doctor in that story is intended to be the Shalka Doctor, from Invader39's perspective.