An End Once And For All: Part Two (TV story)

***An End Once And For All: Part Two*** was the eighth and final episode of Series 28 of *Doctor Who*. Despite Series 28's serialised nature, it was considered the second part of a two-part finale, preceded by *An End Once And For All: Part One.*

This episode marked the final appearance of Laura Aikman as Penelope and Colin Ryan as Drelick as regular cast members.

It was also the final chronological appearance of Lennie James as the Twentieth Doctor and introduced Diane Morgan as the Twenty-First Doctor in its closing moments.

## Synopsis

One last push. One last fight. With the Algak invasion resolved with their fleets uniting with the Doctor to break the shackles from their puppet masters; there still stands Imperius, infuriated at the setback in his plans to wipe Earth from the timeline. The Convocation set their sights on the fleet, ready to wipe the Doctor from the timeline, but not before Drelick uses his miraculous talents to narrowly transport the trio over to the Battle TARDIS, to make an end to this, once and for all.

Imperius is nothing but cunning however, overpowering the Past Cadet and Girl out of Time, but after a vicious tango with the elder Time Lord, the Doctor was able to defeat Imperius, striking the killing blow. Not given any other choice, he offers to save his life, but Imperius refuses… freeing the Convocation of their duty, and in his dying breath, he bids the Doctor these final words.

“*Remember us, remember the Gallifreyans that once lived.*”

Now with the Battle TARDIS under his control, Drelick and Penelope rush to the Doctor’s aid who in his struggle, was mortally wounded - assuring them that he is fine, he is suddenly proven wrong, as a flash of golden regeneration energy flickers from his hands, before he was able to wrestle it under control. It all seemed fine until the appearance of the glowing entity, who walked over to the Battle TARDIS controls and transported both his companions back over to the fleet. Not wanting to go and seeing his friends disappear, the Doctor demands the return of Drelick and Penelope, but is denied.

He must walk this path alone and is taken to where his own TARDIS lies. Just before they arrive, the entity wanders over to the Doctor, offering its hand and with much hesitation, he takes it and in a flash, the entity is absorbed into the Doctor as he hears the last voice he will ever hear.

A feminine voice speaks to him as his fate is now sealed. “*This story has ended, but the tale never ends.*”

## Cast

* The Doctor - Lennie James
* Penelope - Laura Aikman
* Drelick - Colin Ryan
* Imperius - Matt Stokoe

And introducing Diane Morgan as the Doctor

## Crew

* Writer - Lewis Bentley
* Director - Jonathan Frakes

## Story Notes

* Though brief, this was the debut appearance of Diane Morgan as the Twenty-First Doctor. Her scene was written by the incoming showrunners Max Amato and Natalie Robyn.
* This story was also notable for being one of only a few stories in the fan series to have its episodes named *Part One* and *Part Two*, instead of having individual titles.
* The original plan for the Twentieth Doctor's final episodes was a two-part story called *Extinction of the Daleks*. It would've involved the Daleks attacking the Earth Alliance, igniting a year long war during which, the Doctor was called for help. He would've then been given a ship called the *Verdun* to command as he had lost possession of the TARDIS and eventually wipe out every Dalek using an ancient Kaled weapon found by the Ice Warriors.
	+ It never came to light following Series 28's further development, but aspects of it remained in the series, such as the Doctor having been separated from the TARDIS and being given command of a ship by the Alliance to fight a war.
	+ The plot point of an ancient weapon being used to end a conflict was ultimately used in *The Opal: Part Two*.

 **Series 28** | Regular Episodes | *The Trial* / *The Eye of the Storm* / *Nova* / *The Improper Sontarans* / *The Fracturing Algak* / *The Puppet Masters* / *An End Once And For All: Part One* / ***An End Once And For All: Part Two***