The Veil (short story)

 was the third The Blogs of Doom short story, published in January of 2018 in Doctor Who Magazine 521. Like other features in the series, it narrated events in the life of a minor Doctor Who TV character before and after their involvement in the Doctor's life, turning everything the readers thought they knew about them on its head.

In this case, the subject of writer Jonathan Morris's attention was the silent, stalking Veil from Heaven Sent, revealed (in first-person perspective as a series of log entries) as a generally benevolent entity obeying its orders, but wishing the Doctor no harm, and who actually tries to help him as the loops go on and it realises it is as much a prisoner of the confession dial as the Doctor.

Summary
When the Veil is ordered by its powerful masters to take the shape of the Doctor's greatest fear and get the secret of the Hybrid out of him, it expects the job won't take long, and hopes it can do it without getting on the Doctor's bad side. As the Doctor arranges an endlessly-repeating loop of death and resurrection with the confession dial, the Veil begins to reconsider its priorities.

Plot
To be added.

Characters

 * The Veil
 * Twelfth Doctor
 * Pigeon

Continuity

 * The Veil gives its own perspective on the Twelfth Doctor's imprisonment. (TV: Heaven Sent)
 * The Doctor is trapped in the Confession dial for around 4.5 billion years. (TV: Hell Bent)