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The Ninth Doctor, recently regenerated just after the end of the Time War, had just recovered from unconsciousness. Upon waking, he forgets what had happened, only fragments in his mind: constant chaos and suffering; walking across an endless desert with the most dangerous weapon the Time Lords ever possessed; standing alone but surrounded by ghosts, about to activate the weapon. Having a bad feeling, he goes to Gallifrey's galactic coordinates, only to find the planet has vanished, fragments of debris belonging to Dalek battleships floating through space.
He actually did it. The war ended, the Daleks annihilated, but at the cost of his own people.
Overcome with profound guilt, despondent, the Doctor is at a loss of what to do. He still forsakes his chosen name and the promise he made with it.
His first adventure after the Time War is one that he needs more than anything. Fortunately, the TARDIS is prepared to give him just that and takes the Doctor to a dark room, where he meets a strange but somehow familiar face...