In an isolated stone cottage, a few hours from dawn, surrounded by dangerous men single mindedly pursuing a small cat called Gallifrey, five friends and a strange woman sat down to tea.

"Not to be rude or anything," Sally said, "but we didn't catch your name."

"I'm The Doctor," the woman replied.

"Doctor who?"

"Just, The Doctor."

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 "I've come for Gallifrey," the curly haired man said and promptly collapsed on the door step.

Watching from the hall, the cat gave a chirrip, turned tail and ran off to make herself scarce behind the stove.

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In the dark, a figure made its way across the damp lawn. A silhouette against the fog, stumbling over ditches and tufts of grass, as it approached the old stone cottage. The gate groaned in the chill air as it was pushed back on its hinges against the picket fence. A cold, grey fist reached out to rap on the front door.

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