Table Of ContentContents
Cover
About the Book
About the Author
Title Page
The Changing Face of Doctor Who
Dedication
8. The Night of the Doctor
11. The Flight of the Doctor
1. The War of the Doctor
10. The Love of the Doctor
12. The Leap of the Doctor
2. The Children of the Doctor
3. 400 Years of the Doctor
4. In the Absence of the Doctor
5. The Wedding of the Doctor
6. Dearest Petronella
7. The Day of the Doctor
13. The Doctor
Copyright
About the Book
When the entire universe is at stake, three different Doctors will unite to save
it.
The Tenth Doctor is hunting shape-shifting Zygons in Elizabethan England.
The Eleventh is investigating a rift in space-time in the present day. And one
other – the man they used to be but never speak of – is fighting the Daleks in
the darkest days of the Time War. Driven by demons and despair, this battle-
scarred Doctor is set to take a devastating decision that will threaten the
survival of the entire universe … a decision that not even a Time Lord can
take alone.
On this day, the Doctor’s different incarnations will come together to save the
Earth … to save the universe … and to save his soul.
About the Author
Steven Moffat is best known for Press Gang, Coupling, Steven Spielberg’s
movie Tintin, and for the last few years being lead writer and executive
producer on Doctor Who and for co-creating and co-writing (with Mark
Gatiss) and executive producing Sherlock. He has 5 BAFTAs, 2 Emmys and
in 2015 was awarded an OBE for services to drama.
THE CHANGING FACE OF DOCTOR WHO
The cover illustration portrays the Tenth and Eleventh , and the
DOCTORS DOCTOR
as he appeared during the Time War.
In memory of Sir John Hurt, who saved the Day
FEED CONNECTING
FEED CONNECTED
FEED STABLE
PLEASE ADJUST FOCAL LENGTH IF REQUIRED.
Oh, sorry, I’m early. You can skip this bit.
No, really, I’ll see you after the first chapter. Just turn the page.
Look, seriously, I just put my teacup on the SEND button. Please move on.
Oh dear, you’re still here. The trouble is, you see, I’m writing this live. The
longer you keep reading this bit, the longer I have to keep writing it. You’re
delaying the book for everyone.
Oh, and now you’re all giggling. I knew releasing a book on psychic paper
was a mistake. But this lot, they love a gimmick. Please just turn the page. Or,
if you’re listening to the audiobook version, fast forward. And those of you
reading on one of those computer tablet things, please understand you are the
only species in the universe who thinks they’re a good idea.
Oh for heaven’s sake. If you’re going to loiter about, I suppose I might as
well do some introductions. Apologies for any typos—as I have been trying to
explain, this section of the book is being written live, and I am connecting
with the page in front of you through a psychic time-space link, and of course
maintaining so many cognitive-paper-interfaces across the multiple time
zones required for thousands of individual readers can play havoc with your
spelling. Also I just spilled lemon sherbet on my keyboard, and the R is a bit
sticky. But we’ll soldierrrr on, eh?
Sorry, but who’s talking? Please, don’t talk while I’m wrriting, it’s
tremendously rude.
Thank you!
Oh, someone just closed the book, and put it back on the shelf. I think they
were in a bookshop. Well that’s not very encouraging, when I’m just getting
started. Never mind, we’re better off without them. Oh, they’re off to the
Crime section now. Probably more their level, quite honestly.
Okay, the rest of you, eyes on page, we’re all in this together. Please don’t
skip forwards or backwards, because I hate having to repeat myself.
Especially in advance.
Now, the Doctor Papers, which form the bulk of this book, will not be
written live. These bits are only live because I got a tiny bit sloppy about the
deadline. In fact, I regret to inform you, that I’m writing to you from ten years
in the future. Yes, I know, very poor, but there’s nothing like seeing your own
book on sale to remind you to write it.
We’re going to start with Chapter Eight. Bit unusual, I realise, but this
being the story of the end of the Time War, there really is no correct order in
which to tell it, and the events on Karn are as good a place to start as any.
Also I like the number 8. It’s bobbly, like two jellies on top of each other.
This chapter is known as The Night of the Doctor. It is a document from an
unimpeachable source, written by one of the participants in that strange
drama. The circumstances of its composition are complex and disputed, but
the identity of its author should become clear in the reading. Indeed, this is
your first challenge, students. Read with close attention. Our subject is
authorship. Question 1 is: Who is speaking? See you afterwards for a full
discussion of this, the first of the Doctor Papers. Or the eighth. Whatever.
What follows is the true story of how the Time War ended. Though not
necessarily in that order.
(By the way, these pages should be appearing as italics. If not, please just
give three light taps on any verb, and the page will reboot. And if you don’t
like any aspects of my prose style, give the book a good shake. That should
help you work off your irritation.)
