Friday 56 & #BookBeginnings: Tales of Trenzalore

For Book Beginnings:

As it has been foretold, the armies of the universe gathered at Trenzalore. Only one good thing stood between the planet and destruction - The Doctor.Only one good thing stood between the Doctor and the Great Time War - his name.

- p. 7

For Friday 56:

To Pieter, it barely mattered. He'd never known anything but the snow, and despite the bitter chill, he felt cheerfully optimistic. 
- p 57 (p. 56 is blank)

Synopsis of Doctor Who: Tales of Trenzalore: The Eleventh Doctor's Stand by Justin Richards, Mark Morris, George Mann, Paul Finch: As it had been foretold, the armies of the Universe gathered at Trenzalore. Only one thing stood between the planet and destruction – the Doctor. For nine hundred years, he defended the planet, and the tiny town of Christmas, against the forces that would destroy it.

He never knew how long he could keep the peace. He never knew what creatures would emerge from the snowy night to threaten him next. He knew only that at the end he would die on Trenzalore.

Some of what happened during those terrible years is well documented. But most of it remains shrouded in mystery and darkness.

Until now.

This is a glimpse of just some of the terrors the people faced, the monstrous threats the Doctor defeated. These are the tales of the monsters who found themselves afraid - and of the one man who was not.