The Machinist (Earth-418)

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> *"I don't have the right to judge anyone. I'm the man who committed complete genocide. Twice. Some day I might just come to terms with that."*
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**The Machinist** is one of the Last Time Lords in all of existence and was notable for formerly working along side Rebirth. Being a Time Lord, he is very well acquainted with TARDISes and how to operate them, having stolen one (after inventing it) from his home planet of Gallifrey.

The Machinist notably also had a genetic disease known as Genetic Regenerative Loop Disorder which once at the end of his regeneration cycle (in his final body) caused The Machinist to revert back to his first body and start his regenerative cycle over again. This left the Time Lord in an infinity loop of his regenerations, never truly dying; merely looping through his bodies constantly. The exact number of times his regenerative cycle has looped is unknown, but The Machinist has notably said that he was on his current face for "the millionth time".

## Biography

### Early Life

#### Childhood

The Machinist was born on the 4th July (Human date. Year Unknown) to two renegade Time Lords. The Machinist was quickly taken away from his parents who were swiftly executed for an unknown crime by the High Council of Time Lords during which the Machinist was only at the age of 1. The High Council placed The Machinist in a Time Lord home where he grew up in an orphanage on his home planet of Gallifrey. The Machinist was quite a small child, being short and skinny - but extremely clever. The Machinist was very technology based, tinkering with bits of machinery and technology nearly every waking moment - giving him the Nickname of “The Machinist”, a name that would stick with him for the rest of his life. He notably destroyed nearly the whole Orphanage building his first Sonic Screwdriver out of the parts he could find. He was 5 at the time. The Children at the Orphanage would often bully The Machinist, due to him being very small. This would later influence his lack of trust towards anyone.

The High Council eventually heard of this and after looking into The Machinist and his intelligence, they hand picked him to be brought into the Academy at age 8.

The Time Lords were fond of The Machinist’s high IQ and saw promise in the child. They therefore decided to take the child to the Untempered Schism, a natural opening in the space/time continuum, a gap in the fabric of reality from which can be seen the whole of the Vortex. The Machinist looked into the Schism, just an 8 year old child. Some would run, some would go mad - The Machinist would be inspired. He saw everything through the vortex. He saw what he could make and what was to be made. He instantly began to brew ideas and plans for what he could make, what had been made and everything in between.

The Machinist went through the Time Lord Academy, getting through amazingly in all he did academically. Although The Machinist had the capacity to be popular in the Academy due to his extreme knowledge, he never spoke to anyone except one individual - a young Time Lord, their name being |̶̤͑D̶̐̉A̷̽̿T̸̄̓Â̷̚ ̶̅͒͆C̸̺̲̃͑̕͜͠͝O̴̽̚Ȑ̸̓R̷̈U̶͐͐͝P̶͐͐̕T̵͗̅E̶̓̽D̵̢̢̳́͘|̸̅͒̚̕.

The Machinist was not fond of |̶̤͑D̶̐̉A̷̽̿T̸̄̓Â̷̚ ̶̅͒͆C̸̺̲̃͑̕͜͠͝O̴̽̚Ȑ̸̓R̷̈U̶͐͐͝P̶͐͐̕T̵͗̅E̶̓̽D̵̢̢̳́͘| at first, thinking he was just like the other children, however after a few weeks the two Time Lords began to get along well, knowing a good amount about each other and understanding how each other would think. The Machinist and his friend would create many devices, including Sonic Screwdrivers, Sonic Blasters, and they even made a prototype Vortex Manipulator, however the device was confiscated before they could finish it.
Other than |̶̤͑D̶̐̉A̷̽̿T̸̄̓Â̷̚ ̶̅͒͆C̸̺̲̃͑̕͜͠͝O̴̽̚Ȑ̸̓R̷̈U̶͐͐͝P̶͐͐̕T̵͗̅E̶̓̽D̵̢̢̳́͘ The Machinist had no one to talk to. Many of the other children at the Academy would make fun of the Machinist for his loneliness, although it was entirely The Machinist’s intention to be lonely. This made him seem more alien to the rest of the Time Lords at the Academy, as he would never make communication with them unless he had to.

#### Past Revealed

The Machinist eventually left the Academy, getting record breaking results in the process. The Machinist then went on to work in TARDIS’s. He was fascinated by them, wanting to understand the Machines as much as he possibly could. The Machinist had heard so much about them, but didn’t ever think he would get the chance to work on them.

The Machinist was tutored and mentored by an older Time Lord known as Drayliawinghulajast or “Dray”. The Older man tutored The Machinist in the ways of the TARDIS, giving him the chance to even design some. They worked on TARDISes for years and years. They would fix hundreds of thousands of TARDISes, giving The Machinist an unbeaten knowledge of how to fly the ships, beating most Time Lords in his knowledge of the infamous Space and Time Machines.

Dray and The Machinist became close, having a father-son relationship. Dray would often tell Tales of Gallifrey, ancient tales Some of which he had been present at. Dray was one of the oldest Time Lords to be around, having been on his final regeneration alone for over 1000 years. Dray had served the Time Lords for some time and The Machinist would find his stories and knowledge fascinating.

At one point, Dray began to tell The Machinist of tales of Two Renegade Time Lords, Two ‘Terrorists’. Dray would speak of them in such high regard however, as if they were friends - which confused The Machinist. Dray would then go onto detail how good he thought the two renegades were, revealing their names as Strydak and Keldra. Dray then went onto say that they weren’t terrorists in his mind, thinking they were more rebels trying to overpower the corrupt High Council of Time Lords - and that they in fact were his parents. The Machinist struggled to accept the fact that they were indeed good people as from the age of 1 the other Time Lords had been using their slight telepathic powers to tamper with The Machinist’s mind - convincing him to hate his parents. However The Machinist trusted Dray - Trusted him with his life, so he decided to believe it. To believe his friend - The grasp the Time Lords had over The Machinist was broken. He was free.

Dray would keep telling The Machinist of the Time Lord’s true corruption. The Machinist would listen to Dray, understanding the true evil of the Time Lords. So The Machinist wanted to follow in his parent’s footsteps, to fight back against the Time Lords, but Dray told him - No. He told him to not fight against him because he would lose, he would cause the deaths of innocent Time Lords, Time Ladies, Children and so many more. He told The Machinist that all of the death wouldn’t be worth it for a selfish goal of getting revenge on them for corrupting him. Dray instead would tell him one word. Just one. “Explore.”

### The Escape from Gallifrey

The Machinist listened to his mentor, the father he never got a chance to have. The Machinist planned everything. He snuck out in the middle of a cold Gallifreyan night and used the TARDIS repair records to find a suitable TARDIS. The Machinist found something terrible. An abandoned TARDIS, completely ruined. He brought it back to the TARDIS repair centre and hid it away. Over the years The Machinist would repair the TARDIS, giving it abilities better than other TARDISes he had repaired in the past. After a few years, The TARDIS was ready...

The Machinist had a fully upgraded TARDIS by his design before him. He took a Gallifreyan Day to visit his friend, D̶̐̉A̷̽̿T̸̄̓Â̷̚ ̶̅͒C̸̃͠O̴̽̚Ȑ̸̓R̷̈U̶͐͝P̶͐̕T̵͗̅E̶̓̽D̵́͘. He reunited with his old friend, who was now a General in the Gallifreyan Army. They spoke about how their lives had played out - and where they were going in life. The Machinist then left his friend, a friend he wouldn’t see again for a long time - both the men knew this but none of them said a word of it. The Machinist then went to his old friend Dray. They had a quick farewell, simply saying Goodbye to one another and wishing each other well. Gallifrey was behind The Machinist now, ahead of him was everywhere.

#### A Journey through Time and Space

The Machinist walked into the Space-Time Ship, looking around at the beautiful interior. The Machinist walked up to the console, flipping switches and pressing buttons, turning knobs and pulling levers. The TARDIS began to take flight. The Machinist activated the randomiser and set off for his journey.

The Machinist went everywhere and anywhere he could, learning about all different species, races, technology, civilisation - everything he could find to learn about, he did. The Machinist would consume all the knowledge he could, not for selfish needs, not so he could rule or over power, just to know it. Just to have the joy of learning. It was not the knowledge he wanted, it was the experience of learning it.

However, The Machinist would find threats in Time and Space. Cybermen, Daleks, Judoon, Sontarans, Autons, Axons, Weeping Angels and so much more. He would encounter evil and suffering - and he would not allow it. The Machinist thought every race and every person should have a chance at learning from mistakes and moving on. Learning what they could about the Universe. That’s why The Machinist never killed threats without giving them a  chance. One Chance. A chance to learn and move on. Some would take the offer. Some wouldn’t. Those were the ones The Machinist had to put a stop to.

### The Last Great Time War

The Machinist would be on the Planet of Debion when he found out about the war. A planet with a peaceful race. The Machinist had been on the Planet for about a year by then, learning what he could about their fascinating species and their culture… Until it stood before him. The Last Great Time War. The War to end all wars. A war that spread across Time and Space. A war that was chasing him, and it had finally caught up to him. The Time Lords had come for him. They purged nearly the entire planet to find The Machinist. They needed him. His knowledge of technology and the Universe. The Time Lords were in their high and mighty Ships, hovering above a small hut, with a TARDIS standing strong outside it. The Machinist ran out to see all of the horror before him. All of the fire and the destruction and the death and there above it all stood strong a Commander in the Time Lord army. D̶̐̉A̷̽̿T̸̄̓Â̷̚ ̶̅͒C̸̃͠O̴̽̚Ȑ̸̓R̷̈U̶͐͝P̶͐̕T̵͗̅E̶̓̽D̵́͘ stood before him. The Time Lords had turned his old friend into a warrior. A fighter. A commander. And now a monster. His old friend approached The Machinist, a gun in his hand and spoke simply and bluntly.

“I know you disagree with all of this. But this is a glimpse into what will happen to the Universe if you do not help us. You know I wouldn’t come if you weren’t needed to stop this.”

The Machinist stared at his old friend, the man now corrupt. However The Machinist could see that he was telling the truth. He knew that if he didn’t do his part in the war, there would be nothing left. The Machinist nodded to his friend as he approached the Star Ship the Time Lord Soldiers had come from. The Machinist had been stopped in his tracks, by a new man. By a fighter. By Fury Itself.

The Machinist would begin to fight in the Time War while also creating weapons for the Time Lords. Weapons that could kill anything in their path. Weapons that could destroy planets, galaxies. The Machinist was not the same man as he was before. This new man was different. He had to be so he could fight the war. He was cruel, ruthless and some would call him evil. The War changed him. It changed everybody. The Machinist fought through the war not stopping to take a rest, he just followed orders because he knew if he didn’t the war would spread through the Universe - destroying everything and no matter how hard The Machinist fought to end the war it just kept going and spreading.

One of the first things The Machinist did during the Time War was see Dray. The Machinist notably helped Dray design many elements of the Type 89 TARDIS, basing most of it from his own TARDIS he had modified himself so many years ago making his TARDIS one of the first Type 89’s in existence. This was one of the few things The Machinist was proud of during the Time War. However Dray was old. Very old, even for a Time Lord. He was becoming frail and weak. The Machinist swore to protect Dray. The only fatherly figure he had. But not all promises can be kept.

During the Battle of Arcadia a Large Dalek fleet attacked the Citadel, destroying all 400 of The Sky Trenches around the Citadel and breaking through. Located there was the TARDIS Workshop. The moment The Machinist knew the Daleks had broken through he ran to his TARDIS, jumping in and flying directly through the Daleks, smashing many of them to pieces. He reached the Workshop to find his dear friend on the floor - dead. The Machinist knew there and then he needed nothing to do with the war anymore. It had killed Dray, the only figure to look up to he had the only friend. He had. The Machinist wouldn’t let the Time War affect him anymore. The Machinist took Dray’s body far out into the deserts of Gallifrey on foot. The Time Lord then gathered large logs of wood from a nearby cabin and burned his old friend’s body. He didn’t want anyone to find his body and know he was a part of the Time War. He didn’t deserve to have such a tainted reputation.

During the last days of the Time War The Machinist had decided to leave the war. For good. The High Council refused to let him but The Machinist had done enough. He refused to take any further part. The High Council sent D̶̐̉A̷̽̿T̸̄̓Â̷̚ ̶̅͒C̸̃͠O̴̽̚Ȑ̸̓R̷̈U̶͐͝P̶͐̕T̵͗̅E̶̓̽D̵́͘ after The Machinist to either stop him from leaving of kill him. The two old friends had one last final talk, his friend explaining what he had to do and he wasn’t afraid to kill The Machinist. But the same could be said for The Machinist. As the Time Lord commander pulled out his blaster, The Machinist had already slipped out a Laser Screwdriver he had made for the war and blaster his old friend through the chest, killing him. The Machinist decided to commit one final act. Using his TARDIS along with an advanced Neural Block and technology stolen from the High Council, he wiped the memory of all the species from the Time War of his friend. He knew what that Time Lord Commander had done and he didn’t want anyone to remember his old friend in pairs with such cruel acts. After that final act, The Machinist left the war and never looked back.

#### Moving on

The Machinist was plagued with guilt for many years after the Time War, believing he was nothing but cruel and corrupt from after the war. The Machinist stopped travelling for many years, merely floating through space for decades. The Machinist began to isolate himself from all over life but that all changed when a large ship smashed into The Machinist’s TARDIS, launching the small vessel flying through space next to the passenger ship. Instinct kicked in as The Machinist slid over to the TARDIS console to find out what it was. After doing a scan of the ship, finding that one injured survivor was the last person on the entire star ship. The Machinist knew he couldn’t let that life go to waste. So he flipped a few switches and turned a few knobs and the TARDIS materialised on the crashing ship.

The Machinist stepped out and rushed towards the front of the ship. He burst through the door using his Laser Screwdriver to find a Young Woman in expensive looking clothing piloting the crashing ship as best as she could. The Machinist stepped forward helping the woman trying to fix the ship but to no use. The Machinist grabbed her by the hand as they both ran into The TARDIS and took flight, leaving the ship to crash into the uninhabited planet below.

The Machinist took the Woman into the TARDIS as they’d begin to talk about what had just happened, The Machinist asking about why she was on the ship and why she was piloting it. This Woman went on to explain that she was searching for planets and new species to learn about, something which resonated with The Machinist. After a long while of getting this woman back home, The Machinist offered to take her around the Universe as they could both learn about it together. The Woman accepted, starting their journey together throughout space and time.

### Partners

The Machinist and the woman, now revealing her name to be “Lana Thaurra” to The Machinist, began to form a close bond as they travelled across the Universe. They shared an enthusiasm for learning as well as teaching others their knowledge. Lana and The Machinist travelled for years going to many different places and facing many different foes. They travelled to Medieval England, New Earth, Raxacoricofallapatorius, Arkannis Major, Tradus-5F9Z, Dido and so many more. They faced foes such as the Cybermen, Sontarans, Vashta Nerada, Weeping Angels, Ice Warriors, The Silence, the Silurians and so many more.

Lana gave The Machinist more of a soft and caring side for others, allowing him to move on from the Time War and focus on the present. The Machinist in Lana’s presence became very warm, king and caring towards many, if not most beings. The Machinist would become less of a fighter and more of a helper and a teacher to all the beings he came across, wanting nothing but to help them alongside his new partner, Lana.

They had been travelling for over 5 years and the pair’s bond became closer and closer eventually leading to The Machinist taking Lana to Durilium to see the singing towers, where they got married and spent the night of 24 years together.

#### There's no such thing as "Happily ever after."

After 10 more years of traveling the couple visited the planet Salarius after being called via a major distress call. As they arrived they realised the planet was poisonous, causing anyone who came in contact with the air to gain a deadly virus known as the Acnossious Virus. The Planet had gained this fatal airborne virus after a run in with another race known as the Zaknotions, who at the time were located on the planet Kandorazious. The Zaknotions believed in nothing but the fact of the Salarions to be evil, causing them to spread the virus around the planet.

The Machinist and Lana would work on a cure for months for the peaceful race, at the same time planning a peace treaty between the two races They had even created a large dome like shelter to keep the peaceful Salarions in, keeping them away from the virus. All seemed to be going perfectly until large battleships came over from the planet Kandorazious. The Zaknotions had grown tired of how slow the virus was taking to kill the race, so they engaged combat. Their first attack was ruthless. The Machinist and Lana both knew that they had to stop the attack.

The Pair ran out of the dome in their protective hazmat suits and into the TARDIS, both then exclaiming to the other that they have to leave and keep safe - neither of them listening to one another. After minutes of trying to convince each other to leave and keep safe, the TARDIS was hit by a missile and threw both of them out of the doors of the ship and onto the planet surface. The Machinist quickly got up, not being damaged at all as he ran over to Lana to find that her visor had cracked and that the air was seeping inside, giving her the Acnossious Virus.

The Machinist panicked as he brought his dying wife to the TARDIS and attempted to heal her with first, his regeneration energy and then, the cure they were developing - nothing was working. The Virus was eating away at Lana faster than anything could cure her. She was truly dying.

The Machinist kept trying, everything he could think of he did but nothing was working. The Machinist held her in his arms on the floor of the TARDIS as she attempted to speak, but nothing came out. Her eyelids lowered as her heart beat came to a halt. The Machinist held the body in his arms. The Machinist didn’t speak. He was more devastated than he had ever been in his entire life. The Machinist carried the body and laid it on a chair in the TARDIS. The Machinist’s eyes filled with pure rage. He knew who had done this, who had caused this virus and he completely lost control. The Fury of a Time Lord.

#### The Fury of a Time Lord

The Machinist’s TARDIS flew towards the planet of Kandorazious, leaving the people of Salarius to die in the flames. The Machinist had no care for them anymore, his priority had changed. Murdering the Zaknotions. The Machinist boarded their ship as he pulled out his Laser Screwdriver, a device he hadn’t used since the Time War. The Machinist murdered everyone aboard the ship. Single handedly killing the hundreds of people on there. The Machinist then reached the core of the ship. The Time Lord without hesitation then overpowered the core and pointed the ship in the direction of Kandorazious. The ship was launched into the planet as the core exploded. Causing an explosion bigger than the planet itself. It destroyed the entire planet, taking a few moons with it. The Machinist had committed complete genoside. The Machinist later found out that leaving the people of Salarius, he left them all to die as well. The Machinist saw that as his act. The Machinist had committed genoside twice. The Zaknotions and the Salarions were dead.

The Machinist was never the same after that event. He burned the body of his wife in her home world of Cricethea. The Machinist never looked back after that day. He dare not look back on anything from after that day out of shame, regret, sorrow and pure sadness.

### New Friends

The Machinist never moved on mentally, but he kept travelling. He never saved another world again. He visited places but no longer felt joy in learning and educating himself, he never felt joy in spreading his knowledge, so he stopped. He merely saw planets, galaxies, Universes just because he needed something to do for the rest of his life. The Machinist had made the decision to never regenerate. He didn’t feel he deserved to, not after killing in the Time War, and then destroying two entire civilisations in complete fury. The Machinist was in a permanent state of regret. But that wasn’t going to be for long…

The Machinist decided to travel to Earth. He seemed to prefer it there to most other planets. However on this specific trip he came across a small group known as Rebirth. He noticed them after seeing a spark in Artron Energy. It was another Time Lord. After finding this other Time Lord he heard what their story was, finding out about the group known as Rebirth. After much talking with the rest of the team, mainly the leader known as Reddington, and a lot of action, he somehow found himself in the position of joining the group. Why had he done this? What was the point? He told others that it was merely due to his boredom, but he knew deep down that wasn’t the case. He knew that it was for another reason - but what?...

The Machinist would join Rebirth on many missions, fighting off much evil throughout not only the Planet, not only the Galaxy, but on other Universes. The Machinist oddly found himself becoming more and more good. This wasn’t possible was it? The Machinist was confused with himself every waking hour, which for most Time Lords is every hour. The Time Lord also began to grow tired. He was nearing 425 and he could feel his body growing old, weak and frail. He knew it wouldn’t be long before his death.

#### Going back Home

A notable moment in The Machinist’s first life was when he visited Gallifrey - not on purpose of course, he didn’t know it still existed. He met up with the Time Lord he had met on Earth years prior and the Time Lord he had been working with for a long time: The Protector. They travelled through Gallifrey and to the citadel of the Time Lords, now abandoned as they discovered a fault in The Time Lord Matrix - it was glitching, revealing figures, spectres from both of the Time Lord’s pasts.

The Machinist came across a Spectre of one particular Woman - Lana. Her consciousness was in The Matrix and had lured The Time Lords, along with the other spectres to fix it. The Time Lords swiftly did this, also gaining treasures from Rassilon’s Vault. However, while in The Matrix, the Machinist was told a message by his late wife. A message that would haunt him. The Message being this: “Your death is near - and I shall be present when it takes place - and you will move on.”

The Message followed The Machinist for a long time, until one day he got a distress call. A call from Sontar.

### Death in Battle

The Machinist alongside The Protector were caught in a battle between the Sontarans and the Rutans. A battle in a war that had gone on for years, decades, centurie. The Machinist was growing old, not able to fight as he once could. This would be his downfall. When escaping the battle, the Machinist noticed a pale figure. A spectre. This was Lana. The Machinist knew what was coming. Being distracted, The Machinist got caught in a large explosion, causing him to be terribly injured.

The Machinist stumbled into his TARDIS as he took off from the battle alongside the Time Lady with him (The Protector). The Machinist knew regeneration was coming but held it back. He didn’t want to live on. He didn’t want to have suffering anymore - but the Universe had other ideas.

The Spectre entered the TARDIS, appearing out of thin air. Lana was in front of The Machinist once again. The Machinist spoke. Spoke about his regret, his past. How he didn’t deserve to go on. Lana disagreed. She showed him all that he would go on to do and it was all good. All of it. Lana then left The Machinist with 3 last words. “I forgive you”. As she faded, The Machinist’s regret, fury and pain all left his mind, leaving him happy, something which he had not been in decades. The Machinist then regenerated - his second form was here. And The Machinist lived on.

#### A New Body

This new Machinist now was a lot more chipper. He was more happy, full of enthusiasm. Not being dragged down and ridden with a deep sense of guilt, he was full of happiness. However, he had a darker side, one that would never leave him. Everything he had done in the past still happened and he still felt sorrow and regret for those things - but he was finally able to see that he could make things right, make everything right. He could do his best to make up for his wrong doings in the Universe - and he was happy with that. The Machinist had moved on.

### A Second Chance

#### A Bumpy Start

After The Machinist's regeneration, he began to experience serve Post Regenerative Trauma, becoming practically mad and insane. After running around the console room, pressing buttons and pulling levers at random, The Machinist caused the already practically destroyed TARDIS in London, 1942 - The Blitz.

The Machinist ended up running around the area, after causing apart of a building to be destroyed in his crash as The Protector attempted to calm him down, but to no use. The Machinist was eventually put in a calmer state after being put into a forced sleep for a brief period. In 1942, the Time Lord duo fought off the Weeping Angles by blasting them into the Time Vortex with a half destroyed Vortex Manipulator and the broken TARDIS which had brought the duo there. The Machinist also did all this while he was recovering from his regeneration and by the end of this event the Time Lord in question was fully recovered and carried on his life as what he joyously referred to as: "The Machinist MARK 2".

After this troublesome adventure, the fresh new Machinist wandered back to his TARDIS, the Space-Time ship having just regenerated itself. The Time Lord walked up to the TARDIS, placing his hand on it with a smile on his face, remarking one phrase: "Come on, let's see what you've got this time!". The Time Lord ran in as he saw his new ship. Beautiful. As he placed his hands on the console, the ship made a nice and welcoming hum as the lights all turned on, the console beeping and flashing. Walking around the console he pulled down the Space-Time Throttle as the TARDIS took off into the Time Vortex at top speeds! His new adventure through Space and Time had begun!

### The Solitary Cyberman

After some travelling and many battles with Rebirth along with other battles he went though on his own or with others, The Machinist's TARDIS ended up taking quite the beating, every now and then having bits and pieces fall off. This required The Machinist to have to visit over systems with junk planets on them in search for replacement parts.

On one of these trips the The Machinist visited the Izski System, going to the planet Skiapoki, the only reason for this being the fact that it was the closest system to the Time Lord. After landing, The Machinist was searching through junk before coming across a Cyberman's arm. Scanning the piece with his Sonic Screwdriver, he knew there were was more there. Suddenly, a noise came from a scrap pile. It was a Cyberman head.

The Machinist approached the Cyberman head as it began to speak, pleading for help from the Time Lord to hep him. After realising this Cyberman didn't have an emotional inhibiter, The Machinist began to ask for Cynro's story. After hearing the Cyberman's backstory, an origin which would be hard to understand for any human, The Machinist helped Cynro by reconstructing him as best as he could, using parts ranging from Cybermen scraps to Sontaran armouring and from Beskar Iron plating to Orichalc.

The Machinist and the Cyberman then began to travel as The Machinist promised him to find a way back to his home reality but as soon as it came apparent that the chances of this were becoming slimmer and slimmer, The Machinist and Cynro decided that it was near impossible to get the Cyberman back to his own Universe and be able to find The Doctor in which Cynro travelled with, so Cyrno decided to stick with The Machinist through his adventures with and without Rebirth.

### Sacrifice

#### It's been a Long time.

The Machinist had been in his second incarnation for many years. Decades. Centuries. He was around 620 now. It had been about a decades since he'd lost Cynro, double that time since he had seen Gock. He'd been travelling alone for a while. True he'd seen Rebirth a few times, but he was fundamentally on his own. Not that that was a problem for the Time Lord. Although he could always sense something. In time. His end. It was no prophecy or anything of the sort but... He could feel it.

#### Incident at SkyLab

Having travelled around the universe so much, the Machinist eventually found himself at an off world human laboratory base known as "SkyLab-1334" in the year 12,808. The reason he was there was only by pure chance, as he'd set the TARDIS's flight pattern to random. However the Time Lord was ecstatic to be there. The Machinist loved science, so going to an outer space lab was like a dream come true. Not that he'd not been to one before, he just liked being optimistic about potentially finding something new!

But what the Time Lord saw within was... horrifying. It wasn't any regular lab. It was a testing centre. Testing on human slaves. Radiation tests, exposing poor, innocent people to torture in the name of 'science'. He walked around the rooms to see glass cases with dead and dying people within them. Pale, their skin flaking, their hair falling out in clumps. It was one of the worst things he'd ever seen in his life. Hundreds of people sitting at death's door, having their long and painful death be dragged out. The Grim Reaper was pulling them across the broken glass which was these experiments. Awful...

The Machinist knew he had to do something. Knew he had to save these people. But he needed to know who was doing it first. Find out the source of the problem. That was when he met Dr Allen Connolly. A cruel and wicked man. After being confronted by the Time Lord, the evil doctor claimed these tests were for "the future of the human race", something the Machinist disagreed greatly with.

The Machinist while talking to Dr Connolly managed to figure out the type of radiation they were using. It was what was known as 'Ivory-9' radiation, something that wouldn't be discovered until the 11,000's. It was a special type of radiation used by certain groups for torture. It slowly killed it's victims over a matter of time (depending on the dosage), but only when exposed to it. The patients in the containers in SkyLab-1334 were being exposed to 16 units all day, everyday and they had been ever since Dr Connolly took over the operation from the previous lead scientist.

##### Two Souls for Hundreds of Others

The Machinist later found out that Dr Connolly wasn't in actuality a human, but a Silurian using a Shimmer cloaking device. They had snuck on the flight to the space station from Earth in an attempt to had revenge on the human race for taking the planet from the Silurians many millennia prior. After a long time of confrontation between the Silurian and the Time Lord, a brawl ensued, having been started by the Silurian pulling a gun out on the Time Lord.

During the fight, The Machinist lead the Silurian over to the master control room. The both had been damaged a lot during the fight, both having been cut and bruised a lot. Due to the Time Lord's many years of experience, he was able to use his Sonic Screwdriver mid-fight on the master controls. As he did that, the entire room was locked down.

The Machinist hoped this would warn the Silurian scientist, but it didn't. If anything it filled him with rage. It was at that point The Machinist, after kicking the Silurian off and getting a minute to look at the master controls, realised what he had to do. If he used his Sonic Screwdriver to keep the rad-vents open, he could take all of the radiation out of the test chambers in quick succession. The only problem was that if he released the Ivory-9 into the atmosphere of space, it would develop into Ivory-12, a much deadlier form of radiation that can spread across the atoms of space and kill anything that comes into contact in seconds. The only place the radiation could be contained was in the room they were in.

With that, The Machinist swiftly used his Sonic Screwdriver and the master-controls to go through with the plan. If he left it too late, the patients could die. They had been exposed to it for far too long. The damaged and injured Machinist looked back to the Silurian, him equally broken, as he uttered two words: "I'm sorry."

The Machinist then slammed a large button down as the radiation bolted from the other cells and into the control room. Hundreds, no thousands of units of Ivory-9 being put into both the Time Lord and the Silurian. The Machinist, being a Time Lord, was able to absorb most of the radiation in an attempt to save Dr Connolly's life, but to no use. Within minutes the Silurian was dead...

###### Dying

As the radiation all entered The Machinist's body, the Time Lord laid in pain on the floor for a few minutes. It was excruciating, even if it didn't last long. Afterwards the Time Lord stood up, looking down at the dead Silurian, heart-broken. He knew he didn't have a choice. It was minutes until the patients would've died. Even then his hearts felt heavy in his chest. The Time Lord placed his head in his hands before moving them away to feel the damage all of her body to have been healed... "It's starting..."

The Machinist was able to contact Earth from the controls. Due to Earth's advanced technology by this year, assistance for the rest of the patients. However when they got there, The Machinist was gone. Not even a trace of the Time Lord was left there. The moment he called them, he got into his TARDIS and left.

### Here we go again...

#### Another Chapter

Now standing in his TARDIS, the Time Lord reflected on his life. That current incarnation. He thought of what he needed next. For his next face. He knew it might not work but- hopefully it would. He needed to feel different. Death was sometimes necessary, even if you don't like it. Know to act when needed and not to feel guilt afterwards. He needed to be able to push on easier. Who knows if what he wished for was good, or even if it came true. No one would know until the end...

The Time Lord's hands then began to glow a bright yellow/orange. He smiled slightly as he looked down at them, even if he was in a slight pain. "About time I suppose.". The Machinist's face then began to glow as he thought about everything more. His incarnation. All he'd met, all he'd done. Everyone he'd saved and everyone he'd failed to keep safe. He gave one last smile, a tear rolling down his cheek as he uttered his last words: "A good life, A good time."

The Time Lord then let out a burst of regeneration energy. Within seconds he'd shot out a massive burst and reverted back to nothing before falling to the ground. But this wasn't the Machinist we knew... no this was someone else. Someone new...

### Third times a Charm

#### Adjustment Period

Following his regeneration, the third incarnation of The Machinist found himself in his TARDIS without any memory of who he was or where he was. This was as a result of Post-regenerative trauma, a common side effect which is followed by a Time Lord's regeneration. The Machinist quickly began to take note of his surroundings, desperately trying to find out where he was causing him to begin to venture around the TARDIS. It was around this time The Machinist picked out his new clothes and got the first look at his new face, claiming that he "wasn't sure about the nose".

The Machinist later, still not having fully worked out who he was or gotten over his regeneration trauma, decided to attempt to pilot the TARDIS. This act resulted in the TARDIS being smashed through the Space-Time Vortex and causing an emergency landing on none other than Torchwood HQ where he'd bump into a few old friends.

##### Reunited

Landing in Torchwood and walking out to look around the area, The Machinist was confronted by his two friends Captain Jack Harkness and Gock. After a small conversation with the two, The Machinist seemingly very confused about what was going on, he managed to give himself a large electric shock when tinkering with Torchwood equipment, causing him to be knocked out for a brief while.

The Machinist from here was taken to a sleeping chamber where he rested for little more than 3 hours before awakening. After this, The Machinist now seemingly having recovered from his Regeneration Trauma, he was given a tour of the new Torchwood facility by Jack and Gock. It was here where The Machinist was shown a creature discovered by Torchwood from a crashed ship in Alaska. Something that should be far away from Earth. Something that shouldn't be alive. A Kaled Mutant.

###### Kaled

Coming across this Dalek, or Kaled Mutant as it was out of its shell, The Machinist began to be put through many emotions as he talked to the both the evil creature as well as Jack. The Machinist was shown to be a lot more darker in nature than his previous incarnation, his first instinct wanting to kill the defenceless creature. However, this is something Jack disagreed with, wanting The Machinist to either leave the creature in the custody of Torchwood or take the creature elsewhere.

The Machinist, realising his quick instincts were irrational thanks to Jack, decided to take the Kaled Mutant to the Stormcage Containment Facility, a prison famous for holding the likes of Dr River Song and Krasko. Using a pair of Vortex Manipulators along side Sontaran and Cyberman technology, The Machinist along with fellow Torchwood Scientists were able to create a teleport beacon powerful enough to get The Machinist and Jack inside Stormcage with the Kaled mutant, have it imprisoned and get home. This was all due to the fact that the TARDIS would have been "too dangerous to let a Kaled Mutant inside" according to The Machinist.

Using the new teleportation device and power from the TARDIS, The Machinist and Captain Jack were transported to Stormcage Containment Facility where they were able to get through the security thanks to The Machinist's quick thinking, referring to Jack as "Admiral Harkness", due to knowing by the time Jack was an Admiral in Torchwood, he'd be allowed in Stormcage freely. This was able to get the Kaled mutant imprisoned in the highest security area of Stormcage. The Kaled attempted to confront The Machinist by talking bad about him as well as mentioning the dreaded Time War, however this plan was averted when The Machinist heard the voice of another prison calling out to them...

#### The Anarchist

The Machinist, being drawn to the voice and it's interest in the Dalek, followed the voice to a cell where he'd meet another Time Lord. The first Time Lord he will have met since The Protector. Although not having a name, having not remembered it, The Machinist referred to this man as 'The Anarchist'. This name was given to the Time Lord after The Machinist's conversation showed the Time Lord's addiction to anarchy and destruction, the two Time Lords clearly having differing views on the Universe.

This confrontation was cut short by The Anarchist as he used his ability of hypnosis to hypnotise Captain Jack to attempt to kill The Machinist, a plan that was foiled by The Machinist after it was revealed he had removed Jack's sonic blaster's power core minutes before, not wanting Jack to be irrational and kill anyone who didn't deserve such a fate, something some Torchwood agents were known for doing. The Machinist later commented that he was happy that Jack never even drew his blaster during their entire adventure.

The Anarchist had another plan however. This is when the mad Time Lord revealed he had hypnotised not only Jack, but also some of the guards to cause a riot in which The Machinist and Jack would nearly be killed as The Anarchist escaped. The Machinist, just before the chaos began, was able to use his Vortex Manipulator to quickly transport himself as well as Jack back to Torchwood.

#### A Splash of Paint

The Machinist, now back at Torchwood HQ along side Captain Jack and now Gock, who'd stayed behind during their adventure, was about to leave the facility in his TARDIS before he noticed something about the ship. The exterior of The Machinist's TARDIS seemed different. It was still a vintage red petrol pump but it was very different. Not a bad different, no. If anything it was an improvement. It was cleaner and somewhat bigger as well. It was all clean and polished as well. She had done some redecorating. The Machinist soon stepped inside to see his new TARDIS.

Walking inside, The Machinist was immediately filled with joy at the new TARDIS interior, quickly looking around at it's wooden walls and how is contrasted with the classic designed, white and polished console. The Machinist soon got to work in the TARDIS he'd built, running around controlling it as he was shot off to his next adventure, wherever that may be, in his brand new body.

## Personality

### First Incarnation

The Machinist in his first body came across as a very calculating and intelligent man, belittling others and being very gloomy in general. He was quite cold, never being able to see any joy in most things, commonly using the phrase *"I've seen better"*, having it become a catchphrase of sorts.

Despite his older look, The Machinist in this form was quite deadly. Having fought in the Time War, he is very capable of fighting and this incarnation had no shame in killing anyone if need be on his initial tenure in this body. However after his regenerative cycle began to loop, he soon became against direct murder.

Moreover, this incarnation, on having been revisited, began to pick up a slightly more whimsical and fun nature - though he never took this too far, keeping his grumpy persona.

### Second Incarnation

The Machinist's Second body was a lot more jolly. He had turned somewhat childish and very excitable. However, this incarnation was able to turn on a dime if the situation needed it, being capable of dark acts, having committed some in this form. Although he seems to act like an idiot at times, never mistake this for him being stupid. The Machinist is smart and will go to great lengths to fight for what he believes in. Whatever it takes.

The Machinist in his second body was also a good fighter, more so that his last form due to his younger body allowing him to be a lot more agile, however he dislikes violence unless is is absolutely necessary believing that "Punches may include fists but words are daggers". Unfortunately, due to his line of work, The Machinist does have to be in combat quite commonly, however always tries to talk first, unless he is attacked first.

### Third Incarnation

This new incarnation of The Machinist was very much a mixed bag. Although he was able to be quite chipper and enjoyable to be around, when it came to his work he was very stern and serious, never allowing anything to get in the way with what he thought was right. This did improve his work ethic but also made him somewhat dark and callous in certain situations. However in the end, this Machinist always did try to look out for the most people possible, making sure the majority of people are well and safe.

The Machinist in this form wasn't against violence by any means, but did avoid it merely due to not wanting to waste time on it. However when it came down to fighting, this Machinist was very skilled. He also didn't enjoy killing, but if it was for what he deemed 'the greater good', he would go through with such a vile act. Luckily, that was never a common situation he was in.

### Fourth Incarnation

The fourth incarnation of The Machinist - also known as The Thinker - was all about intelligence. His intelligence and showing a deep darkness within. But deep down, further then the darkness... was a good man. A hero waiting to come out. But he never let that happen. This man helped people. But he wasn't a hero, not until much later. He wasn't typically kind. He did things out of what seemed to be strategy. But in fact he cared, a lot. He just felt he couldn't show it. He had to try and be strong.

### Fifth Incarnation

This incarnation of The Machinist was very different to all those before. He was a good man in his own right, but he was also quite funny. However if the job called for it, he could also be the darkest and scariest man you could ever meet. He flip-flopped between the two. Being an agent of the law and S.H.I.E.LD. for a time meant that he was able to take dark acts and keep dark secrets - but that didn't mean he couldn't be funny. A fun man to be around. A good man to be around. A kind man.

### Sixth Incarnation

After all of the fighting in his prior incarnations, the sixth Machinist chose a life of solitude and peace. He rested on the sixth incarnation. He needed it. He didn't fight. He didn't battle. He helped. He ran from the fight. He was - in his own eyes - the best man he'd been yet. But that wasn't true. His arrogance against the battle he lived in caused death. Punishment. This refusal to fight eventually went onto influence his seventh incarnation. Moreover this incarnation was compared to the idea of pure peace and kindness. He was someone who just wanted to help and not hurt anyone. Though his life was dangerous, this gentleman wasn't.

### Seventh Incarnation

Due to the influence his last incarnation had on the world with his peace leading to a lot of death, the seventh incarnation of The Machinist took a different approach in being a fighter. He was a warrior. He trained with the Jedi and the League of Shadows to become the best warrior he could. This personality meant this man was more of an angry man. A rage on the surface. Deep down of course he tried to help people; be a good person. But he knew he had to fight for 'the greater good', kill even - a similar personality to his third incarnation. However this incarnation didn't seem to be so kind or fun on the surface. He simply was a warrior through and through. A wise man would pray not to be on the wrong side of this incarnation's blade - for you would most certainly die.

## Physical Appearance

### First Incarnation

The Machinist's first incarnation was 6 ft with a silver-grey hair colour in shorter hair. He had brown eyes and often wore very dark clothing, normally keeping in his black Time Lord garments, which had light Gallifreyan armour underneath. However he did not always look like this, in his youth he was very young, often wearing brighter colours and in the Time War, The Machinist opted for very short hair, along with custom made Gallifreyan armour.

### Second Incarnation

However, in The Machinist's second body, he was only 5 ft 11 with brown hair and green eyes. The Machinist now being a lot more happy, this incarnation wore a light grey thin suit with a coloured T-shirt underneath. He mainly opted for Tie-dye shirts, although sometimes he wore plain shirts of green, blue, yellow, or any other bright colours. The Machinist also owns a pair of glasses with broken lenses which he puts on when investigating or just looking around an area in detail. These glasses don't help him in any way as they are just for show being refereed to as "Smarty Specs" or "Look-Smarter Specs" in a joking attempt to make himself look smarter than he already is. In Addition, The Machinist has a few other accessories, mainly including different types of hats.

### Third Incarnation

In The Machinist's third body, he was 6 ft with very curly short/medium sized black hair (sometimes looking Dark Brown) paired along side Golden Brown eyes. This version of The Machinist was a little more dark than his previous self, now choosing to wear a large black/grey trench coat along with either a black suit with a white shirt and a wrapped up scarf or a Navy blue jumper beneath. He topped these off with black boots, however he sometimes opted to wear brown boots. In terms of accessories, this incarnation didn't have many, but did have a few including a small portable magnifying glass.

## Powers and Abilities

### Abilities

* **Regeneration:** The Machinist, being a Time Lord, has the power to regenerate when he is close to death. Regeneration is a way of cheating death for Time Lords, healing them completely, however this process changes every cell in their body, meaning that they have an entirely new face and personality, the choice being out of the hands of the Time Lord/Lady - a completely random process. This Process also can leave a short term side effect known as Post Regenerative trauma. This causes the newly regenerated Time Lord/Lady to be very wacky and foolish, along with causing them to act on random impulses. This process can last for a long or short time.
	+ **Genetic Regenerative Loop Disorder****:** This disorder/disease The Machinist has has caused his regenerative cycle to loop over and over again, once dying in his final incarnation he will regenerate back into his first and go through the cycle again - being in a constant loop.
* **Time Lord Telepathy:** The psychic ability to sense and manipulate thought, which often manifested as mind-to-mind communication, most Time Lords have or can learn this ability.
* **Respiratory bypass system:** A respiratory bypass system was a part of Gallifreyan physiology which allowed Time Lords to go without breathing for longer periods of time than most humans could.

## Weaknesses

* **PTSD:** The Machinist has major PTSD after what he has gone through such as The Time War, the loss of his wife Lana Thuarra and committing double genocide. This causes The Machinist to never accept his past, constantly wanting to make up for his mistakes. When these past events are brought up to The Machinist it can send him into a spiral or emotions, usually resulting in a fiery rage.
* **Violence:** Although the current Machinist doesn't use violence commonly, when he does he is known to be able to cause a lot of damage, sometimes going too far if his emotions guide him towards such an act.

## Equipment

* **Sonic Screwdriver:** The Machinist has a Sonic Screwdriver, a device usually referred to as a Sonic Probe, it allows the user to do almost anything from opening doors to hacking the most advanced code you can imagine. This however was eventually retired and replaced by The Machinist's Laser Screwdriver.
* **Laser Screwdriver:** Being hand made by The Machinist during the Time War, The Machinist uses this weapon to injure his enemies, however in his current incarnation he will refuse to use it at its full power, as to not to kill anyone.
* **Sonic Sunglasses**: The Machinist in his later life, once returning to his first incarnation for what, to him, felt like "the millionth time", adopted Sonic Sunglasses to use throughout his further life.
* **Psychic Paper:** Psychic paper is a blank, white visitor's card that has special psychic properties. When shown to a person, it can usually induce them to see whatever the user expects, wishes, or needs them to see printed on it.
* **Vortex Manipulator:** Made during The Machinists visit to Gallifrey in Rassilon's Vault from Time Lord Technology, the Vortex Manipulator can travel through space and time, however it can be quite inaccurate with its abilities, and also has the minor chance of burning out dead after use. Additionally, the device takes about an hour to recharge after every use unless it is boosted by a device such as a TARDIS or a Sonic Screwdriver.
* **Lightsaber Blaster:** Having stolen this device from an unknown location, The Machinist can use this to slice down his enemies with its bright purple blade.
* **TARDIS:** The Machinist has a custom made and modified Type 89 TARDIS, made just before The Machinist fled Gallifrey for the first time. This Machine has the ability to Travel anywhere through Time and Space, along with being able to emit a large light shield, produced by the Sonic Cone attached to it. This specific TARDIS is currently in the form of a 1980's cherry red Gas Pump.
	+ **TARDIS (Brig)****:** The TARDIS - standing for Thalassic Advance Royally Designed In Style - was a Brig The Machinist used during his Ninth Incarnation when trapped in the 17th Century.
* **Sonic Cone:** A sonic cone was a device used for defending an area. Anything that breached a designated perimeter around the cone was atomised.
* **Sonic Blaster:** Also known as a squareness gun, this device was type of weapon available in the 51st century. They were produced at the Villengard factory. This device can remove square shaped holes in objects as well as replacing them. It can also blast Sonic Blasts at people, killing them.
* **Portable Magnifying Glass**: Gathered from the TARDIS wardrobe after his 3rd regeneration, The Machinist uses this to merely get a closer look at certain details when needed, just as a magnifying glass is usually used.

## Relationships

### Family

* The Machinist's Father †
* The Machinist's Mother †
* Lana Thuarra † - The Machinist's Wife

### Allies

* The Protector - Close/Best Friend and one of the few remaining Time Lords
* Drayliawinghulajast (Dray) † - Former Mentor and Father figure
* Captain Jack Harkness - Good friend
* Gock - Former Companion and Good friend
* Cynro - Good friend and Former Companion
* Raymond Reddington - Leader of Rebirth
* The Doctor - Distant Friend and one of the few remaining Time Lords

### Enemies

* The Organization - Evil, world dominating Organization
* Daleks - Age long enemies
* Sontarans - The cause of his first regeneration
* Cybermen - Age long enemies
* Judoon - Want to kill/arrest The Machinist for Genocide
* Zaknotions - Caused his Wife's death
* Salarions - He left them to die on their planet
* The Lady - Insane renegade Time Lord
* The Master/Missy - Insane renegade Time Lord, caused a regeneration

### Frenemies

* The Time Lord High Council
* S.H.I.E.L.D

## Trivia

* The Machinist is one of the Last of a race known as the Time Lords.
* The Machinist has had many favourite foods to eat such as his first incarnation favouring Chicken Shish Kebabs and his third loving Waffle, Scrambled Egg and Ham sandwiches.
* The Machinist's favourite drink has stayed constant throughout his life, that being Chocolate Milk.
* The Machinist has had many nicknames in the past from his fellow Time Lord, The Protector. In order of his regenerative cycle, they were "Gramps", "Mr Sunshine", "Toupee", "Boy Band", "Mr Monochrome", "Knight in Shining Armor", "Mr Business", "Bureaucrat", "Ms. Attitude", "Mr. Generic", "Drama King", and "Flashback".
* The Machinist for a short while after his first regeneration travelled along side a Duck named Harold.
* The Machinist and his wife spent a night on Darillium seeing the Singing Towers.
* The Machinist founded the Solar System of Sonus.
* The Machinist vowed to never marry again after the death of his wife, a vow he'd break in the future.
* The Machinist created the first every prototype Type 85 TARDIS, this being his current TARDIS he made on Gallifrey.
* The Machinist has mastered operating nearly ever vehicle in the universe, being one of the best TARDIS pilots in existence, only being rivalled by The Doctor.
* According to Pope Paul III was once known to state that The Machinist was in need of confession more than any man on the planet, but once the offer was made The Machinist insisted against it due to the fact it would "take up too much time".