Leela is assigned to the War Room by Lord Rassilon himself. There, she finds an earlier incarnation of Ollistra, restored from the Matrix to oversee operations. She has a mission for Leela, and will go to any lengths to ensure compliance.
Cardinal Rasmus arrives in the War Room and vies for control with Ollistra. But first, they have a mystery to solve: a sole survivor from a Dalek attack has returned home - but is he a hero, or a threat?
Rasmus, Leela and Veklin are despatched into dangerous territory: a place where time itself is in tatters. One TARDIS and its crew has already been lost - will the Norvis system claim another?
Phaidon was one of the first worlds destroyed in the Time War - but now it is back. Daleks and Time Lords race to the planet's new location: something has arrived which could turn the course of the war. And for Leela, an even greater shock awaits.