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1. Shatter, or Else Cry Hallelujah, on the White Cliffs of Dover by redwinterbloom (poetforthefallen)

   Fandoms: Doctor Who (2005)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   16 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Tenth Doctor/Jack Harkness
   • Tenth Doctor/The Master (Simm)
   • Jack Harkness
   • Tenth Doctor
   • The Master (Simm)
   • The Doctor's TARDIS
   • Eighth Man Bound
   • The Year That Never Was
   • Angst
   • Major Character Undeath
   • it's jack pov you know the drill
   • Existential Crisis
   • Timey-Wimey
   • Torture
   • Gunshot Wounds
   • Gore
   • the horror of regeneration. we should have a tag for that
   • Regeneration Horror
   • Immortality

   Summary

   “‘Eighth Man Bound,’ we called it,” the Master says, “because even our best and most dangerous prodigies couldn’t get far enough to see their eighth face. Terribly dangerous—one mistake and you could slip and burn through your whole set of regenerations in one blinding moment.

   “Of course, we didn’t care. This was back when the Doctor was interesting.” The last word is a cruel snap, almost a yell.

   Jack flinches. The Doctor doesn’t.

   During the Year That Never Was, an account of a game of not played.

   or: Why is the Doctor so afraid of Jack?

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   English

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