"No. No, no, no, no..." The Doctor was just muttering the word over and over, holding the Master in his arms and refusing to believe any of this was happening. It couldn't. It couldn't be that he was alone again. So close, but he should have known, the Master had always been spiteful.

For all it mattered to him at the moment, no one else could have been here. Just him and the Master's lifeless body, already starting to cool. "No!"

There had to be something! Anything! His eyes had tears in them when he looked up, casting a wild look around the room. "Jack! Jack, come here. Come here right now."