It's all AU.

It was dark again outside. The Master stood at the window of an upstairs landing of the hotel and stared out over the town. Nondescript buildings of no distinctive period or style, separated by unnamed streets. He still couldn't make any sense of this place.

And he missed the Valiant. He'd been Lord and Master of Earth for three months now and he'd got used to having absolute power. Here, he was just another person, as lost as everyone else. And all right, Lucy had told him exactly what was going to happen when he got back to the Valiant and they'd worked out what he needed to do when he got there – but he had to get there first.

He fidgeted restlessly, wondering where to go to find someone who might help him find out what was going on. Or, you know, someone just to alleviate the boredom.