Here via calufrax. This is a really interesting idea. I was wondering where it was going, but I loved the Matrix reveal. And that it couldn't make the Doctor happy.
Very good. Kept me on my toes the whole way through; was it an alternate universe? A fob-watch? The end was wonderful, and very chilling.
Made a lot of sense - love how the expectations of the story shifted as I read it.
Oh, wow, what a great story! And how sad that the Doctor can never be happy. Although I think they may have had more luck with a universe-saving dream than with domesticity. But you did a great job playing with "fobwatch" expectations.