Year of Hell thought...

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I've just worked it out. The reason there (apparently) weren't any escape attempts from the gang on the Valiant for a whole year until the very day before the Master's launch day is that they weren't trying to escape. The Doctor had told Martha to 'use the countdown' - because she needed time to spread the word, and one specific moment for everyone to think of the Doctor - and until then, or nearly then, there was absolutely no point in trying to bring down the Master.

Probably this was blindingly obvious to everyone else and I'm just being really slow.

Mind you, they could have thrown in a few 'fake' attempted escapes, to keep the Master occupied.

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I figure the fact that the Joneses were how the plan got communicated to Jack says something about how much contact he had with the Doctor, too.

Mmm. Good point. Though again, the fact that that was how it was at the end of the year says nothing about how it was at the start.

Gah. It's so frustrating!

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Nope, we have no way of knowing anything about the whole year and everything that happened during it - and we probably won't, ever. Which, while frustrating, is kind of good. I mean, hey, at least the fic won't get 'jossed'.