Intro Fic: "Not Rose, But Fell"

NO LONGER PERSONAL CANON (RETCONNED OUT) 1 NOV 2008

Once upon a time, there was a man called the Doctor. He'd lived for centuries; he'd seen war and death and the faces of friends lost to time and accident and choice. Through it all, he'd survived, selfish and center, the bright star at the heart of his own universe.

The death of Gallifrey, double genocide at his hands, left him shaken. But not, another great selfish adventurer might say, stirred. He kept on running, in his blue box, and he kept on seeing and summoning wonders.

( Except for one. )