What is the thing that you regret most NOT saying?
All's well that ends well, wasn't that how the saying went? The Valeyard defeated, the Matrix Key returned to the Keeper, the Panopticon saved and the High Counsel with it (although there was bound to be a shakeup after the Master's revelations). As a result, the Trial was over and his freedom (long with his TARDIS) restored.
Most important of all, he now knew the truth about Peri's fate.
Standing alone in the Courtroom, the Doctor looked at the empty monitor. In his mind's eye he could still see her death, played so vividly for judge and jury by the infallible Matrix.
The tampered with Matrix.
The Trial had literally pulled him out of Time on his way to rescue her from the laboratory, and her fate had weighed heavily on his conscience.
He knew now that the images had been false renderings, planted by the Valeyard. Peri was alive! Alive and well and living happily with her new beau.
Relieved and overjoyed, still there was an air of sadness about him. He didn't regret that Peri had found a better companion than himself. Only that he'd never had the chance to say goodbye.
Most important of all, he now knew the truth about Peri's fate.
Standing alone in the Courtroom, the Doctor looked at the empty monitor. In his mind's eye he could still see her death, played so vividly for judge and jury by the infallible Matrix.
The tampered with Matrix.
The Trial had literally pulled him out of Time on his way to rescue her from the laboratory, and her fate had weighed heavily on his conscience.
He knew now that the images had been false renderings, planted by the Valeyard. Peri was alive! Alive and well and living happily with her new beau.
Relieved and overjoyed, still there was an air of sadness about him. He didn't regret that Peri had found a better companion than himself. Only that he'd never had the chance to say goodbye.