"Doctor?" said Madam Vastra, surprised at seeing her friend return after stepping out of his own timeline like that. He smiled, still holding Clara in her arms.

"She'll be fine," he said. "She saved me so many times. Only fair that I save her."

"What did you find in there?" asked Jenny.

"Myself," said the Doctor.

"Well I for one am looking forward to leaving Trenzalore," said Strax stiffly. "I think I've rather had enough."

"Of course," said the Doctor. "Back to the TARDIS then." As his Victorian friends left he turned, looking at his time stream one more time.

Deep down in there, he knew the Great Intelligence rested. No doubt trying to break free, find some ways of controlling his life. But until that moment it was trapped. The monster was defeated. And after all, isn't that what being the Doctor was all about?

THE END