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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: When Rassilon is about to use The Moment to end the war, the weapon itself stops him from using it, questions his ethics, judges him unworthy of using it and imprisions him for the next million years.]]
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* AndIMustScream: People who are forced to fight forever, or worse, consumed by the Horde of Travesties.
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** The first time, however, is when Could've Been King and his army of Meanwhiles and Neverweres come to reality. The chapter's title lampshades this, "Beginning of the End''.

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* EldritchAbomination: The Nightmare Child, Skaro Degredations, Horde of Travesties, and the Could've Been King and his forces. The [[spoiler:Eyes of Harmony]] also qualify.
** And, of course, the Moment herself. [[spoiler:It wiped every thing and all the participants of the Time War in one relative second.]] Also, just like in main universe, it has a conscience.

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* EldritchAbomination: Let's see?
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The Nightmare Child, Child: a being, spawned from the nightmares of all that exist in universe,
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Skaro Degredations, Degredations and Horde of Travesties, Travesties: Daleks and other beings (possibly even Time Lords) respectively, who have their timelines so warped, that they become completely new beings; the latter want to ''eat timelines'' of their victims.
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Could've Been King and his forces. forces: beings who are retgoned and turned into living ideas, able to change timelines and reality like a nothing, and even absorb other beings into them. Bonus for The Could've Been King , who implied to be one even before his erasure by Rassilon.
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The [[spoiler:Eyes of Harmony]] also qualify.
qualify, being sentient superweapons.
** And, of course, the Moment herself. [[spoiler:It herself, the premier sentient superweapon of Time Lords. [[spoiler: It wiped every thing and all the participants of the Time War in one relative second.second (Mind you, the war is implied to have been fought in all multiverse.]] Also, just like in main universe, it has a conscience.
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* BatmanGrabsAGun: One of the first things the War Doctor does after rejecting the name of "The Doctor" is arm the TARDIS. Unlike his weapon-abhorring other incarnations, he is almost always heavily armed.
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* AuthorTract: Not in the fic itself, but the author before the story mentions that he felt that what Steven Moffatt didn't do justice to the time war compared to what Russel T. Davis had envisioned with it being "hell" from The End of Time. Further, he says that he doesn't think the war would end [[spoiler: with Galifrey disappearing as was portrayed in the 50th anniversary, so he does away with that little inconvenience by destroying everything instead]].
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* CosmicHorrorStory

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* CosmicHorrorStoryCosmicHorrorStory: One from the perspective of one of the cosmic horrors in question, but it's quite clear anyone not a side in the Time War is completely helpless before everyone who is.
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* AMillionIsAStatistic: The Time Lords quickly gain this attitude, not caring if planets or even galaxies are destroyed unless the are of significant strategic importance.

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* AMillionIsAStatistic: The Time Lords quickly gain this attitude, not caring if planets or even galaxies are destroyed unless the they are of significant strategic importance.



* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: As the page quote says, the whole story was one until now, both in universe (only the Doctor knows the full extent of what happened, the rest is mostly myths and legends) and in real life. (first story to cover the Time War from beginning to end.)

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* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: As the page quote says, the whole story was one until now, both in universe (only the Doctor knows the full extent of what happened, the rest is mostly myths and legends) and in real life. life (first story to cover the Time War from beginning to end.)end).



* RetGone: There are weapons ''and'' creatures that can cause this. The Could Have Been King and his armies of Meanwhiles and Neverweres are and excellent example why you ''shouldn't'' do that.

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* RetGone: There are weapons ''and'' creatures that can cause this. The Could Have Been King and his armies of Meanwhiles and Neverweres are and an excellent example why you ''shouldn't'' do that.



* StuffBlowingUp: The story is ''full'' of this; ranging from grenades to galaxies.

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* StuffBlowingUp: The story is ''full'' of this; this, ranging from grenades to galaxies.



* SummonBiggerFish: How the Warrior stopped the War. He used the Moment, empathetic sentient weapon EldritchAbomination, who allowed him to do that and gave him a chance to redeem himself.

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* SummonBiggerFish: How the Warrior stopped the War. He used the Moment, empathetic sentient weapon / EldritchAbomination, who allowed him to do that and gave him a chance to redeem himself.



* WarIsHell: Very much so. Time loops, ''armies'' of Eldritch Abominations, meaningless victories, destruction of the whole ''galaxies'' if not universes,and so on.

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* WarIsHell: Very much so. Time loops, ''armies'' of Eldritch Abominations, meaningless victories, destruction of the whole ''galaxies'' if not universes,and universes, and so on.
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->''...Most of the Last Great Time War has been a mystery... Until now."''

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->''... Most of the Last Great Time War has been a mystery... Until now."''

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* AIIsACrapshoot: In a flashback chapter, Rassilon built the Moment to destroy all other potential threats. [[spoiler:He ends up imprisoned in his own private fortress in a semi-dead state, unable to return to life for one million years.]]

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* AIIsACrapshoot: A positive example. In a flashback chapter, Rassilon built the Moment to destroy all other potential threats. [[spoiler:He ends up imprisoned in his own private fortress in a semi-dead state, unable to return to life for one million years.]]



* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:[[KillTHemAll The Time War is ended]], and though the Warrior is severely traumatised, he begins being the Doctor again, and starts gradually recovering.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:[[KillTHemAll The Time War is finally ended]], and though the Warrior is severely traumatised, he begins being the Doctor again, and starts gradually recovering.]]



* FallenHero / HeWhoFightsMonsters: Rassilon and many Time Lords.

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* FallenHero / HeWhoFightsMonsters: Rassilon and many Time Lords.Lords, as they cease to care about anyone who isn't them, so desperate to win the War.



* FixFic: Follows the premise that the War Doctor [[spoiler:''really did'' destroy Gallifrey.]]

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* FixFic: Follows the premise that the War Doctor [[spoiler:''really [[spoiler: ''really did'' destroy Gallifrey.]]



* HopelessWar: Eventually becomes this.

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* HopelessWar: Eventually becomes this.this, as every event could be undone by all sides.



* RetGone: There are weapons ''and'' creatures that can cause this.

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* RetGone: There are weapons ''and'' creatures that can cause this. The Could Have Been King and his armies of Meanwhiles and Neverweres are and excellent example why you ''shouldn't'' do that.



** Before that, War Doctor cyberconverted prisoner Time Lords. He's not very happy about that.



* SummonBiggerFish: See CrowningMomentOfAwesome in YMMV.

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* SummonBiggerFish: See CrowningMomentOfAwesome in YMMV.How the Warrior stopped the War. He used the Moment, empathetic sentient weapon EldritchAbomination, who allowed him to do that and gave him a chance to redeem himself.



* TimeCrash: Excessive temporal warfare causes this on a local scale in many times and places. [[spoiler:The Time Lords plan to cause a full scale one to win the War.]]

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* TimeCrash: Excessive temporal warfare causes this on a local scale in many times and places. [[spoiler:The [[spoiler: The Time Lords plan to cause a full scale one to win the War.]]



* WarIsHell: Very much so.

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* WarIsHell: Very much so. Time loops, ''armies'' of Eldritch Abominations, meaningless victories, destruction of the whole ''galaxies'' if not universes,and so on.
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*YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: The Moment's message to the War Doctor.

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* HeroicVow: That the War Doctor will end the Time War no matter what it takes.

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* HeroicVow: That The Promise of the Doctor, that he would be "the man who makes people better." The War Doctor will promises to end the Time War no matter what it takes.



* TheOathBreaker: The War Doctor sees himself as this, as do his later incarnations for a time.

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* TheOathBreaker: The War Doctor sees himself as this, as do his later incarnations for a time. "He's the one who broke the promise!"


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* WhamEpisode: "The Final Sanction," one of the last chapters of Part III. [[spoiler:The Time Lords realize that the War is unwinnable, and decide to end all reality except themselves. The War Doctor realizes that the Time Lords are beyond saving, and decides to end the War forever by destroying all participants.]]
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* TheOathBreaker: The War Doctor sees himself as this, as do his later incarnations for a time.
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* HeroicVow: That the War Doctor will end the Time War no matter what it takes.
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"The War could only end if there was no one left alive who could fight it." The War Doctor goes from trying to save the Time Lords from themselves to deciding to KillThemAll.]]
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* ForegoneConclusion: Written specifically to fix The Day of the Doctor, so the War Doctor inevitably destroys Gallifrey and all the combatants of the Time War.
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* EvilVersusEvil: The Dalek/Time Lord conflict devolves into this.
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* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: As the page quote says, the whole story was one until now, both in universe (only the Doctor knows the full extent of what happened, the rest is mostly myths and legends) and in real life. (first story to cover the Time War from beginning to end.

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* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: As the page quote says, the whole story was one until now, both in universe (only the Doctor knows the full extent of what happened, the rest is mostly myths and legends) and in real life. (first story to cover the Time War from beginning to end.)

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->''"Most of the Last Great Time War has been a mystery... Until now."''

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->''"Most ->''"This is the story of the the greatest of all wars ever fought. It raged for an eternity across all of time and space. This was the war that made the higher species weep with sorrow and terror, the war that made the mighty Eternals flee for their lives, the war that brought creation itself to its knees and threatened to consume everything.''
->''...Most
of the Last Great Time War has been a mystery... Until now."''
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In Part II, the War Doctor fights for the Time Lords, trying to defeat the Daleks and secretly looking for a way to depose the morally bankrupt President Rassilon and save the Time Lords from themselves. The War continues to grow throughout the multiverse and the paradoxes begin to spawn terrifying cosmic horrors.

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In Part II, the War Doctor fights for the Time Lords, trying to defeat the Daleks and secretly looking for a way to depose the morally bankrupt President Rassilon and save the Time Lords from themselves. The War continues to grow throughout the multiverse and the paradoxes [[TemporalParadox paradoxes]] begin to spawn [[EldritchAbomination terrifying cosmic horrors.
horrors.]]
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* AFateWorseThanDeath: There are myriad ways for this to happen in the Time War including RetGone, having one's timeline warped and becoming part of a [[EldritchAbomination Travesty]], and becoming [[ForeverWar trapped in time loops, fighting and dying forever]] [[HopelessWar with no hope of escape.]]
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: In Part II, the outermost Time Lord colony has seemingly become a peaceful utopia. [[spoiler: In reality, it's an illusion created by the Horde of Travesties to lure in victims so they can devour their timelines.]]
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* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler: The Doctor in the Epilogue.]]
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* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: In this case is a Class Z Apocalypse.
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* MoralEventHorizon: InUniverse: The War Doctor decides that the Time Lords have crossed it when they celebrate the impending Final Sanction.
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*** The 42nd Cyber Legion.

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*** ** The 42nd Cyber Legion.
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* TitleDrop: Almost at the end of Part III, the War Doctor decides that the War will be called "the Last Great Time War," because it must not ever be repeated.
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Told in three parts on Wattpad, this is the story of the Time War, the GreatOffscreenWar from Series/DoctorWho. It starts with the Eighth Doctor after the end of the Big Finish Audio plays, and goes from there. It succeeded in being the first fanfic to cover the entire time war from beginning to end.

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Told in three parts on Wattpad, this is the story of the Time War, the GreatOffscreenWar from Series/DoctorWho. It starts with the Eighth Doctor after the end of the Big Finish Audio plays, and goes from there.ends just before the New Series. It succeeded in being the first fanfic to cover the entire time war from beginning to end.
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* ApocalypseWow: Happens multiple times in various places, but most notably at the end when [[spoiler:the War Doctor uses the Moment to obliterate all combatants and civilizations fighting in the Time War.]]
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* DeadlyDecadentCourt: The Time Lord High Council before long.

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