The doctor has lived his life happily on Gallifrey until his 11th face. He and his wife Marina live a comfortable life on their home planet with their twin daughters and newborn son Slate. Every 100 years a mandatory name reading is given by the oracle. A timelord's name is a prophesy and they change throughout a Gallifreyan's life. The Doctor and his wife go to get their names told to them 25 years after their marriage. Marina's is simple and to the point, but what the oracle told her husband shook him for weeks. He won't tell her what it was and what it meant. Meanwhile the boarders of Gallifrey are compromised and a whisper of unamed adversary is rolling towards the high counsel. The time War of old is upon Gallifrey, and The Doctor is faced with the fact that he has to stop it at the expense of everyone he loves.