FD 4

The fourth issue of Four Doctors was originally released 2 September 2015.

Summary
The Doctors come face to face with the shocking identity of their deadly foes!

Plot
The Twelfth Doctor is horrified at seeing what he will become. The alternate Twelfth Doctor explains that after Clara's betrayal, he wandered the universe alone for centuries, eventually finding his way to the Voord city, and finding companionship and healing by joining the Voord group mind. He demonstrates the effectiveness of being part of a group mind, by ordering some Voord in a small ship, to take the TARDIS away, while he is still talking to the group.

The six are restrained and then led into the city. The alternate Twelfth Doctor states that he's not going to lock the group up and give them time to escape. After all, he knows how the minds of the three Doctors work. The Tenth Doctor starts taunting the alternate Doctor, but the alternate Doctor simply picks him up by his hair, telling him it doesn't matter, as they have already essentially lost, a word choice that the Eleventh Doctor notices.

The alternate Doctor tells them that their destiny has been fixed for centuries, since the time the Voord were still on Marinus. Like the other species of the universe, the Voord also heard the message from the Time Lords that was sent through a crack between realities. The Voord realised that this means that the Time Lords might return. The Voord were afraid that if that were to happen, the Time Lords could revert the universe to how it was before the Time War, causing the Voord to lose the new power they have.

The Voord decided to construct a city, a city that contained all of their species. They surrounded the city with a forcefield that could last forever. They then took the weapon from the crashed Dalek saucer, and converted it into an engine that allowed them to take themselves out of reality and into their own pocket dimension, so that they would never be found by the Time Lords, should they return. Removing themselves from the universe also had the effect of erasing all memory of their species from the universe.

After the alternate Twelfth Doctor and Clara parted ways, the alternate Doctor continued his search for Gallifrey, with no success. In the end, he succumbed to his despair and left the universe, ending up in the Voord's pocket dimension. He spent years among them, before eventually being offered leadership of the group mind. Upon doing so, gaps in his memories started filling in. He remembered the continuity bomb, and that history used to be different. He remembered that he was never supposed to find happiness with the Voord. He then gradually realised that he was to be the one responsible for the change in his history. In order for him to end up where he was now, he had to make it happen.

The Voord had the ability to reach back into the main universe, anywhere in time or space. The alternate Doctor used that ability to create the museum on the jungle planet. The images that Clara had seen were all from the alternate Doctor's memories, including the image that led to all of it happening: the image of the three Doctors on Marinus.

While the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors comment on how "timey wimey" the situation is, the normal Twelfth Doctor asks his alternate future self if he remembers his plan getting stopped by the normal Twelfth Doctor, who believes he is going to do so. The alternate Doctor admits that there are still gaps in his memory. He doesn't remember events as they play out after he put on the helmet in front of the group. He points out that only after he found the Voord was when his memories started coming back, and believes it was a deliberate action done by himself and that it's part of his plan.

The Tenth Doctor tells the Eleventh Doctor to keep the alternate Doctor talking having noticed that the alternate Doctor has touched the three of them, without the Blinovitch Limitation Effect occurring. The Eleventh Doctor asks the alternate Doctor why he only went after the three of them, thinking it might have been because of the image. The alternate Doctor disagrees, thinking that his memory of the image would become whatever he decided upon.

He remembered how he once searched for Gallifrey, but since the Voord don't want that, he has to ensure they stay lost. He targeted the three Doctors because they are the ones who might look for Gallifrey and find it, leading to time getting changed. The Tenth Doctor asks why the alternate Doctor didn't target the Ninth Doctor, as he is also from after the Time War. The alternate Doctor states that there was a problem involving the Ninth Doctor, and he can't let anything get in the way of his chosen destiny.

Once setting up his timeline is done, the alternate Twelfth Doctor plans on bringing the universe under the control of the Voord. They will invade every strategic point in the universe, at every perfect moment. The Voord plan on becoming the new Time Lords, only they will take care of their domain, since everyone in the universe will be the same species.

The normal Twelfth Doctor tells his alternate self to shut up. He berates his alternate self for getting a glimpse of his worst possible future and deciding to become that future. He proclaims that he will never do so. The alternate Doctor disagrees, because he will wipe the memories of the past Doctors and companions and then place them back in their timelines, unable to do anything to change the outcome. As for the Twelfth Doctor and Clara, they will be placed back on Marinus, after the bomb went off. They will retain their memories of the events, up to when the bomb went off. They'll assume that the bomb was faulty and that the other Doctors went back to their own times.

However, the alternate Twelfth Doctor will plant mental commands into his former self's mind, making sure that he won't forgive Clara when she betrays him. He does apologise to his former self for all the suffering that he will go through. He tells them they will be taken to a device called The Conscience, where their memories will be altered. Clara tries apologising to the Twelfth Doctor, blaming herself for everything that's happened and going to happen. The Doctor rebukes this, telling her not to take the blame for something that is his own fault.

The Tenth Doctor points out that in order for the plan to succeed, he needs to stay alive. He jumps off the walkway, hurdling towards his death, to the horror of the alternate Doctor and Gabby. The alternate Doctor orders one of the other Voord to save the Tenth Doctor, who wasn't really trying to kill himself, but was only acting as a distraction. While the Voord are distracted, the Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors attack their guards. Their resistance is quickly cut short, as the Voord capture the two Doctors and Clara, causing the Eleventh Doctor to drop his sonic screwdriver and his comics. Gabby dives for the screwdriver but only manages to grab the comics, before escaping with Alice. The two manage to hide from the Voord and decide to go locate the TARDIS, thinking they can use it to help them rescue the others.

Meanwhile, the three Doctors and Clara have been attached to the Conscience. The Twelfth Doctor asks why they aren't waiting until Gabby and Alice are recaptured. The alternate Doctor tells them that the two don't matter, because of the point in time that the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors will be returned to. The loss of Gabby and Alice won't change their timelines, and their memories of the two can be erased. As such, the two companions will be executed upon being captured. The alternate Doctor activates the device, altering the memories of the four. He gloats over his victory, but notes that the two remaining companions must be eliminated, so that any other possible outcomes die with them.

Gabby and Alice locate the TARDIS, and notice it's unguarded. The two can tell it's likely a trap. Since they have no way to sneak to the TARDIS, Alice decides to make a run for it. Before she can reach the TARDIS, she is shot and killed by a Voord guard. Gabby runs away, being chased by other guards. She manages to hide from them and takes stock of what she has, the only thing being the Eleventh Doctor's comics. She opens the packaging on the comics, but is horrified when she looks at them. Her scream alerts the Voord guards, who come running. The lead guard notes that the scream came from Gabby, who is gone now, meaning it's all over. One of other guards asks what they are looking at. The lead guard says that they're looking at her gravestone.

Characters

 * Twelfth Doctor
 * Eleventh Doctor
 * Tenth Doctor
 * Alternate Twelfth Doctor
 * Clara Oswald
 * Alice Obiefune
 * Gabby Gonzalez
 * Voord

Continuity

 * The Voord received the message from the Time Lords, through the crack between realities. (TV: The Time of the Doctor)