This document presents excerpts from "Doctor Who: Cat's Cradle: Times Crucible" by Marc Platt, chronicling the adventures of the Doctor and his companion, Ace, within a fractured version of his time machine, the TARDIS. The narrative follows their efforts to understand and repair the ship, which has transformed into a constantly shifting, anachronistic City, simultaneously existing in different temporal phases. They encounter a group of Gallifreyan Chronauts—Pekkary, Amnoni, Reogus, Chesperl, and the young Pilot Shonnzi—who are also trapped and suffering from memory loss and the tyrannical control of the "Process," a monstrous entity that feeds on their mental energy. The story also introduces Vael, a manipulative figure, and hints at Rassilon's rise to power on a barren Gallifrey following the Pythia's demise. Ultimately, the Doctor must decipher the TARDIS's altered state, battle the Process, and restore his ship and the Chronauts' true memories, all while Ace navigates the perilous, time-scrambled environment and confronts her own past and identity.

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