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With Jack (The Face of Boe)
“I must. But know this Time Lord, you are not alone.”
Gasping for air, he sat up. Where was he? Wait, sat up? He hadn’t had a full body for billions of years. Wow. He felt so much younger than he had mere seconds ago, so much more alive.
With Ianto Jones
“Yes, I will. I promise. I will. Ianto. Ianto? Don't go. Don't leave me, please. Please don't.”
Groaning, he sat up and looked around. Where was he? Hadn’t he just died? Whatever had happened he hoped that Jack hadn’t forgotten him.
With Gwen Cooper
What had just happened? She was walking down a street in Cardiff and now she was in a pitch black room. Was this another alien invasion? She hoped not. She couldn’t deal with losing more people.
With Toshiko Sato
“Talk to me now, come on. Hey, Tosh.”
That was all she heard before waking up in a dark room. But, she was supposed to be dead, wasn’t she? What had happened? Had they managed to save her? For some reason, she doubted that very much.
With Owen Harper
“Owen.”
His name was the last thing he had heard before he died. Wait, he had died. Had they reanimated him or something? Nah, that couldn’t be it. Fuck, his head hurt. Why was he surrounded by darkness? Was this what death was like?
With Martha Smith-Jones
Was this a dream? It had to be. She was just lying in bed with her husband, Mickey. Now where was she?
‘It could be an alien invasion.’ She thought to herself, ‘Maybe I can see the Doctor again!’
With Mickey Smith-Jones
Where was he now? He could sworn he was lying in bed with his wife, Martha, just a minute ago. Maybe this was another alien invasion. He hoped not, it was his day off. Then again, he never did have the best of luck with these things.
With Jenny (the Doctor’s Daughter)
Jenny was in her ship and flying to a world called Earth because her sources said that her father, the Doctor, was extremely fond of Earth. Then, without warning, a bright light encompassed her. And then, there was darkness.
With Donna Temple-Noble
She was walking to go and pick her children up from school when suddenly a flash of light appeared. Where was she? Had she been hit by a car? No. It couldn’t be. She hadn’t felt anything hit her. Without warning, Donna felt a searing pain in her forehead. It felt like her brain was exploding. When the pain died down, she remembered....
With Wilfred (Wilf) Mott
He was browsing through the papers at his newsstand when a light appeared and sucked him into a pitch black room. Was this something to do with aliens? He hoped so, maybe he could see the Doctor again. But more importantly, where was he and was Donna okay?
With Rose Tyler-Noble
She and her husband, Benjamin Tyler-Noble (the meta crisis Doctor) had been walking down their street when suddenly a bright white light had engulfed them.
“Ow...” She muttered, clutching her head, “Ben? Ben? Are you there?” There was no reply. Where could he have gotten to? Where was she anyway?
With Benjamin Tyler-Noble (the meta crisis Doctor)
He and his wife, Rose, were walking down the street to their house when a bright light captured them in it’s grasp. Suddenly, he blacked out.
Groaning, he opened his eyes, only to find that it was pitch black and even being half Time Lord with his enhanced eyesight, he couldn’t make out enough to figure out where he was.
With Sarah Jane Smith
Sarah Jane was driving back to her house after a long day at work when suddenly a bright light appeared in front of her car, almost like a portal to another dimension. And then everything went dark. She was still awake but nothing was visible, at least from her perspective.
With Rory Williams
“There’s a gravestone here for someone with the same name as me.”
“What?”
He woke up in a pitch black room. He couldn’t see, hear, smell or feel anything. Where were Amy, the Doctor and River? What had happened to him? Was he dead. He didn’t think so.
With Amelia Pond
“Raggedy Man, goodbye!”
Amy sat up. Where was she? Well, wherever the hell it was it was really, really dark. Where was Rory? She had only left the Doctor and Mels so that she could be with him. If he had left thinking she would stay with the Doctor then she was going to kill him.
With Brian Williams
Why was his son’s house empty? Where were they? Were they on a trip with the Doctor? Then, out of nowhere, a bright light appeared, enveloping him. And then, there was darkness.
With Professor River Song
“Spoilers. Goodbye, sweetie.”
That was the last thing she said before waking up in complete darkness. Maybe something had happened to the Library’s database while she was gone. River doubted that that was what happened very much. If it wasn’t that then what was it?
With Madame Vastra, Jenny and Strax
Vastra, Jenny and Strax were taking a carriage back to their house at 13 Paternoster Row when out of nowhere a white light sucked them, almost like a portal, into a dark, empty room. What could have happened? Where were they?
With Clara (Oswin) Oswald
She and Ashildr were traveling in their Tardis and had been for a good 1100 years when a bright light appeared and sucked her into a dark room. Was this another attempt at her life? There had been lots of those. Only one of them was successful. Basically, she was dead. Sort of.
With the ninth Doctor
“Rose, before I go, I just want to tell you, you were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And do you know what? So was I.”
Wasn’t he about to regenerate? What had happened? Where was Rose? And why was it so dark? Wait, this wasn’t the Tardis.
‘Was this what happened to my past regenerations?” He thought to himself.
With the tenth Doctor
“I don’t want to go.”
Wait, shouldn’t he have regenerated? He should of regenerated. What on Gallifrey had happened? It was entirely possible that this was where past regenerations went; the darkest depths of his mind, not losing consciousness but laying dormant in the back of the mind. For some reason, he doubted that this was what had actually happened.
With the Eleventh Doctor
“I will always remember when the Doctor was me.”
He should have regenerated. Had something gone wrong? It must’ve. But for now, he’d need to figure out exactly where he was. Could this be the back of his mind, where all the memories of his past selves went? He didn’t think so.
With the Twelfth Doctor
“You wait a moment, Doctor. Let's get it right. I've got a few things to say to you. Basic stuff first. Never be cruel, never be cowardly, and never, ever eat pears! Remember, hate is always foolish. and love is always wise. Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind. Oh, and you mustn't tell anyone your name. No one would understand it, anyway. Except, ah! (collapses) Except children. Children can hear it sometimes. If their hearts are in the right place, and the stars are too, children can hear your name. Argh! But nobody else. Nobody else, ever. Laugh hard, run fast, be kind. Doctor, I let you go.”
He could have sworn that he regenerated, but maybe something went wrong, this idea sounded almost impossible, even in his head. Almost anything could sound possible inside of ones mind. But not this. There was no way this could be possible, and yet, here he was.
And with that, the lights flickered on.
“Where am I?!?” Came a muffled shout from underneath a pile of four people (the Doctors).
There were a lot of grunts and groans as people picked themselves up off of the floor.
“Ianto! Gwen! Tosh! Owen! Doctor! Doctor! Martha! Rose! Sarah Jane!” Jack exclaimed, listing the people he knew.
“Jack!” Ianto cried when he saw his lover, “Tosh! Owen! But you two were supposed to be dead! And so was I!”
“Amy! Rory! River! Clara!” The eleventh Doctor hollered as he hugged each one, eyes tearing up.
“Raggedy Man!” Amy yelled as she hugged him back, turning to her husband, she said, “Did you really think I was going to let you go, stupid face? It’s together or not at all!”
She then kissed her husband.
“Oh great, crying and kissing,” Eleven remarked, sounding exasperated, “Ow! River!” He cried as River slapped him for his cheeky remark. “Oi! Stop laughing!” He snapped as Clara continued to giggle at her friends’ antics.
“Dad!” Cried Rory, rushing towards his father and giving him a hug.
“I saw you yesterday! Wait, how long has it been for you?” Brian asked suspiciously.
Looking sheepish, Rory said, “A few weeks.”
“Sarah Jane! Blimey! It’s been a while since I last saw you!”
“Doctor!” Sarah Jane said, hugging Eleven.
“Oi! Spaceman! You wiped my memories!” Donna shouted as Ten dodged her hand, the one that she was about to slap him with.
“Donna? Martha? Rose? Jack? Mickey? Sarah? What are you doing here?” Questioned the tenth Doctor.
“I think a more important question would be what are we all doing here and why hasn’t it created a paradox?” Came a gruff, Scottish voice.
“Doctor!” Yelled Clara, River and the Paternoster gang (sans Strax).
“That shouldn’t be possible! Time Lords are only allowed thirteen regenerations!” Exclaimed Ten.
“Yeah. I’m not sure how that happened either.” Said Eleven.
“So, River, where are you?” Asked Twelve, curious to know if their timelines were in sync yet.
“Well, I’ve done Trenzalore.” She replied.
“Great, our timelines are now aligned. Wait, if you’ve been to Trenzalore then shouldn’t you be a data ghost? You’re corporeal.”
“Huh.” River paused, thinking about it, “I’m not sure.”
“Dad!” Jenny squealed as she ran over to Ten and hugged him.
“Jenny!” He cried, hugging he back.
“You have a daughter?” Rose asked Ten.
“Yep!” Jenny said, replying for him, “I’m a generated anomaly. That means I was grown from a machine.”
“Ah. Pro generator.” River hummed in understanding.
“So we, other than the Doctors, know the Doctor, or at least, a Doctor, right?” Clara inquired.
There was a chorus of ‘yups’ and ‘yeahs’. And a few ‘nopes’ coming from Owen and Tosh.
“Then how about we do some introductions?” Suggested Ben (the meta crisis)
“We’re not children.” Said Nine, snorting with contempt.
Ignoring Nine’s rude comment Jack went first, “My name is Captain Jack Harkness but I haven’t used that name for years. I’m 5,000,000,127 and I Just died for the last time, which means, Martha, I saw you about five minutes ago.”
“Oh right. I forgot who you were for a second there. You look so much younger now.” Replied Martha.
“Okay, 5,000,000,127?” Ianto asked, turning to Jack.
“It’s pretty hard being immortal and I aged as well, slowly but still.” Jack replied, “I didn’t forget you. Any of you. Also, I traveled with sassy and pinstripes.” He says pointing to Nine and Ten.
“I’ll go next. My name’s Owen Harper and I worked for Torchwood.”
“Past tense?” Questioned Rose.
“Well considering I’m supposed to be dead, yeah.”
“Oh, alright, calm down Owen, I’ll go next.” Tosh interrupted, “My name is Toshiko Sato But you can call me Tosh.”
“Jones. Ianto Jones and I worked for Torchwood.” Ianto said, introducing himself.
“Gwen Cooper and I work for Torchwood.”
“I’m Martha Smith-Jones and I travelled with pinstripes over there.” She said, pointing at Ten who was pouting at getting called pinstripes.
“I’m her husband Mickey and I travelled with sassy and pinstripes.”
“My name’s Jenny and I’m his daughter.” She said jabbing her thumb in Ten’s direction.
“Okay. My name’s Donna Temple-Noble and I’m part of a two way biological meta crisis. Oh, and I travelled with pinstripes.”
“Sorry,” Nine said, sounding confused, “Two way biological meta crisis? How on Gallifrey did that happen?”
“I lost my hand an then I got shot by a Dalek so I syphoned off all the extra regeneration energy into the hand and used the rest to heal myself but when Donna touched it it grew into a clone of me that was half human and she absorbed part of it.” Answered Ten, looking slightly uncomfortable.
“Ah, so that’s where that hand came from.” Ianto said, looking over at Jack.
“You kept a hand?” Nine and Rory asked at the same time, both sounding slightly alarmed.
“It was a Doctor detector.” Jack protested.
“Alright, moving on from that. My new name is Benjamin Tyler-Noble, I hope you don’t mind, Donna. I’m the other part of the two way biological meta crisis.” Ben said.
“My name is Rose Tyler-Noble and I traveled with pinstripes and sassy over there.” His wife said.
“My name is Wilfred Mott, but you can call me Wilf and I’m Donna’s grandfather.” Introduced Wilf.
“Sarah Jane Smith and I travelled with the third and fourth regenerations of the Doctor and I’ve met the one with pinstripes and the one with a bow tie.” Sarah Jane said.
“My name’s Rory Williams, this my wife, Amy and we traveled with bow tie over there.” He said pointing to Eleven.
“Oh yes, he mentioned you two.” Commented Sarah Jane.
“Hi I’m Brian, Rory’s dad.”
“Professor River Song and I’ve met pinstripes, traveled with bow tie and I suppose it was living, lived with the Scottish one.” River introduced.
“I’ve met you before!” Donna exclaimed, “You were in the Library!”
“The Scottish one?” Asked Twelve, sounding offended.
“Well you do have a Scottish accent.” River replied, sounding smug.
“Hello, I’m Clara Oswald and I traveled with bow tie and the Scottish one. Also, I’ve met or at least seen, every other regeneration.” Clara said, still laughing at the banter between Twelve and River.
“Have we met before?” Inquired Rory, “Because you sound familiar.”
“So do you, Nina.” Clara replied.
“Nina?” Vastra and Sarah Jane questioned at the same time.
“It was a nickname.” Clara shrugged the question off.
“You’re Oswin Oswald!” ‘Nina’ exclaimed, having figured it out, “But you got turned into a Dalek!”
“Oh yeah I’m fine now. She was just an echo of me anyway.”
“Right.” Said Rory, still not fully understanding.
“My name is Madame Vastra, this is my wife, she is also called Jenny and this is Strax.” Vastra said, pointing to Jenny and Strax as she said their names.
“Hey! We have the same name!” Jenny, the younger exclaimed.
“Maybe one of us should be Jen or something.”
“I’ll be Jen!” The younger of the two exclaimed excitedly.
“Alright. I’m the ninth regeneration of the Doctor, I’m 903 years old and I was just about to regenerate but something seems to have gone wrong.”
“Moving on I’m the tenth regeneration of the Doctor, I’m 907 and like my ninth regeneration, I was also about to regenerate.”
“907?! You’ve only had that body for four years?!” Nine yelled.
“Yeah.” Ten answered sheepishly.
“Sorry, did you say regeneration?” Owen asked, “What’s that supposed to mean?”
“Well, Time Lords have a way of cheating death where they change every cell in their body but they’re only allowed to do it thirteen times. Which means...” Ten said, hesitantly turning to face Twelve, “You shouldn’t be here.”
“Yeah, I shouldn’t but I am. I tried not to put too much thought into it.”
“Anyway,” Eleven said, interrupting them, “I’m the eleventh regeneration of the Doctor I was supposed to regenerate and I’m somewhere around 2,000 years old.”
“Well that escalated quickly...” Owen muttered under his breath.
“2,000?!” Exclaimed Amy, “Last time I saw you, you were 1,200.”
“Oh. Right. You must have just been touched by the angels then.”
“Angels? I thought you were an alien? Do aliens believe in angels like some humans do?” Owen snorted.
“Owen!” Tosh berated.
“I was talking about the Weeping Angels. They’re the deadliest creatures in the universe.” Eleven replied bitterly.
“I’m the twelfth regeneration of the Doctor and I’m over 2,000.” Twelve said, bringing and ending to the introductions. “And like the other three, I was supposed to be regenerating.”
“Wait, So if you were supposed to be regenerating then how can you remember who I am?” Clara asked Twelve with a hint of suspicion in her voice.
“Uhhhh.... I’m not sure. It might something to do with me dying ends up removing the neural block.” He replied, still a bit unsure about it all.
“Sorry, neural block?” Gwen asked, confused by their interaction. But they just ignored her question.
“Okay, so considering the sofa and the TV, I’d say that we’re here to watch something and that we won’t be let go until we do.” Concluded the ninth Doctor.
“Have we met?” Tosh asked Nine.
“Not sure. Maybe we have.” He replied.
“Okay, great time to have a chat but can we just get on with this, yeah?” Owen said, butting into their conversation.
Then the TV turned on.