Missy - TARDIS Power Source

Entering the coordinates for Tavos, she pulled at the dematerialisation lever, and … nothing happened.

Missy stared at the controls in confusion. Where was the thunder of the TARDIS engines? Why weren’t they moving?

She entered the sequence again, pumping the lever in frustration, but still the TARDIS didn’t respond. She checked the fault locators. Everything was functioning as it should be: the helmic regulator, temporal accelerators; and the Eye of Harmony …

The breath caught in her throat.

The Eye of Harmony, the energy source of this and every TARDIS, raged constantly with the power of a trapped sun. Now it was cold and lifeless, shut down remotely.

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‘I assume this is your handiwork?’ she commented, indicating the incapacitated console.

‘The High Council has frozen your connection to the Eye of Harmony.’

‘The High Council? Are they still around? I thought Rassilon ruled the roost these days.’ The General’s expression tightened at her mention of the Lord President. ‘How is the old goat? Still choking on the White Point Stars I shoved down his throat? I hope his regeneration was nice and painful.’

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The Missy Chronicles: Lords and Masters