Prophecies of Paradox - Prologue: Shadows of the Future, Echoes of the Past
Series: Prophecies of Paradox
Author: stormandwolf
Characters: The TARDIS, Ten, Eleven, Thirteen, The Valeyard. Mentions of Rose Tyler, Ten2, Jenny, Donna Noble and River Song.
Pairings: Mentions of Nine/Rose, Ten/Rose, Ten2/Rose, Thirteen/River Song.
Beta: magali29 (many thanks for retroactively proof-reading this prologue and all its edits)
Rating: Teen (subject to ( Read more... )
The Valeyard kills the green-eyed, ginger-haired Thirteen Doctor, yes. And The Valeyard does look like Ten, there is a reason for that - several reasons, I'd say. During his final moments, the Doctor realizes exactly what went wrong in his timeline, and sees what The Valeyard did, all those he killed, all the events he changed to ensure his own rebirth. The way I see it, even though The Valeyard was dealt with during the Doctor's Sixth incarnation if I recall correctly, he would have had a back up plan, just in case, being from the future and knowing the Doctor's timeline because he -is- part of The Doctor, his worst part. Rose, Ten2 and Jenny are some of his victims. River Song is another story entirely, although, still a victim in the end.
Watching Tennant's run as The Doctor, I always thought that, if The Valeyard is supposed to come to life at some point during the 12th and 13th incarnations, a lot of the seeds for that dark version would from come from the events that happened during the 10th incarnation (and whatever else happens to 11th and 12th as well to finally trigger it). After Doomsday, everything that happened to Ten was like a downward spiral, with brief moments that gave him an illusory respite. Ten just kept losing and losing, and when he thought he finally found what he wanted the most, he had to willingly let it go again. The universe (and the writers) didn't give him a break, even less at his end, with Waters of Mars and End of Time. He saved the world again and again, but he kept paying too high a price. So, for me, that is the timeline altered by The Valeyard to make sure he gets created.
Now, let's see how all this mess gets sorted out. ;)
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