Durmush

**Durmush** was a refugee of the Time War who later saught revenge on the Time Lords.

## Biography

Durmush was a child of the Time War, living on a planet that was caught between the crossfires of the Daleks and Time Lords long before he was born. At ten years old, the planet was subject to a Time Lord Scorched Earth policy due to suspected Dalek agents and laboratories hidden beneath the surface, but as a teenager, he was told by Schofield - who had hacked into a desolate Battle TARDIS crashed on the moon that housed the refugee camp they lived at afterwards - that no Daleks had ever been present on the planet after accessing the Matrix, realising that its destruction had all been for nothing.

Durmush was one of the few survivors who managed to escape in time, alongside Schofield and Pekt, both with whom he made friends with on the ride to the refugee camp. Growing up constantly hungry, wounded and scared for their lives; the three resented Time Lords for what they had done and sworn revenge. As an adult and when the Time War was over, Durmush became a farmer, living within the civilisation that arose from the refugee camp.

Some years after Schofield had bought a ship and left the planet in search of Gallifrey, Durmush later met her again - who had also rounded up Pekt - who explained that a wastelander stated that Gallifrey had returned at the end of the universe and they were willing to provide her the coordinates for no cost. Durmush became part of Schofield's crew on her ship and set off to Gallifrey's location, but they arrived to find no Gallifrey. It was reasoned that it was merely shielded and that they simply needed to break through. Sure enough, they waited until the Sixteenth Doctor's TARDIS materialised to take Iriel based off her summons home - teleporting the TARDIS in the ship just as the shielding was lifted and snuck inside.

Staying high in orbit after Schofield realised to fly straight down to Gallifrey's surface would be suicide; the Doctor and Iriel were imprisoned before the three begun their attempts to crack into the TARDIS. As Schofield attempted to extract the secret of how to open the TARDIS from the Doctor's mind; Durmush continued to work on cracking the doors open somehow without the need of a key. He later discovered Iriel, who was sneaking around and was reading Schofield's diary, dragged her to Schofield to ask how to punish her. But Schofield was now self-reflecting and questioned the Doctor more - how could she move on without justice?

The Doctor made no attempt to defend the Time Lords, but explained that attacking innocent people for the crimes committed by people long gone was not the route she wanted to take. It was then Schofield abandoned her efforts, something Pekt did not take lying down. He attacked Schofield, but she got the upper hand by tripping him. He ran off, but no one followed, not until the ship began to fall. Schofield realised that Pekt was attempting a last ditch attack and told the other three to escape with their lives, as she went to the control room. Durmush had also reflected on the Doctor's words - requesting a ride home, where he planned for some higher ambitions in life. (TV: *A Gallifrey Made for Murder*)