Darkpaths: The Story So Far...

For anyone who needs a refresher before we race into the second half of series 3, here it is!

The Doctor (Richard O'Brien)

The previous Doctor (Eddie Izzard) regenerated into this incarnation and suffered a great trauma. All the regenerating cells in his body were destroyed and as soon as he was born, this Doctor was already dying. For a time he fought against death, looking for new ways to survive, but after bidding his previous companions, Caroline and Danny goodbye, and meeting new friend Alice Stokes, he has decided to accept his fate and enjoy what remains of his life.

He can't go back to Gallifrey...but a mysterious apparition of a woman appeared to him twice, the second time telling him that if he wants to live he must find Mount Cassius where he will find somebody who needs his help...


Alice Stokes (Louise Brealey)

Alice was a schoolteacher from the small village of Little Pebbleford. She was eager and intrigued about life travelling with the Doctor, but she and the Doctor soon discovered a secret hidden inside her.

Six months prior to meeting the Doctor she was set up to be in a car crash. She was taken out of time where General Helix - leader of the now defunct Eyeglass - implanted an operative, Tylaya's, consciousness in her head. The General did this to divert Alice's path and plant her a midst the Doctor...




Tylaya and Quinn Maxus (Louise Brealey and Idris Elba)

When Alice slept, Tylaya would awaken and relay information back to Eyeglass.

However, Tylaya's original body, held in stasis, had died and Maxus - her fiance - took a risk and activated a device which burnt out Alice's mind, allowing Tylaya to remain forever in Alice's body.

Stricken with grief, the Doctor took Maxus and Tylaya with him in the TARDIS, keeping them beside him in case he ever found a way to bring Alice back.




The Master (Henry Ian Cusick)

The Master lives. Born into a new type of Time Lord body - a proto-form, used during the Time War as canon fodder. He lost his memory for some time and travelled with the Doctor, before finally realising who he was. He rescued the Doctor and then stole a TARDIS escape pod.

He has since located his TARDIS and now has the Doctor's old friend, Mark Dennington (whom the Doctor believes to be dead) in tow.

The Master has travelled to Mount Cassius where he has met with the Doctor's sister-in-law, Celestia. But why does he want to help the Doctor so much? He claims it is so he can personally kill the Doctor, but is there another reason...?

The Family of the Doctor (Carice van Houten, Terry O'Quinn and Harry Lloyd)


Little is known about the Doctor's family, their history has always been shrouded in
mystery.

At the end of "Number 17" we are introduced to Celestia, the wife of one of the Doctor's brothers - Reikon, who lives in a palace on Mount Cassius on the 3rd moon of Barrisk. They had a son as well, but Reikon and his son died before the Doctor originally left Gallifrey many, many years ago, and the Master believes that what killed Reikon can help the Doctor.



Gallifrey

Gallifrey's fate at the moment has not been revealed in Darkpaths. In the TV series, by the end of the 11th Doctor's reign, it was revealed that it was not destroyed in the Time War, but exists in a pocket universe.

The Time War has often been referenced in Darkpaths, but it's current state has not been revealed...yet.