TIME CRASH IN THE TARDIS [OPEN]

[Rose Tyler]

WHEN YOU ARE ALONE SILENCE IS ALL YOU SEE
WHEN YOU ARE ALONE, SILENCE IS ALL REVEAL

Just 3 months ago, Rose Tyler had been a simple shop girl. Getting up every morning to repeat her daily routine. Never expecting for anything strange to happen, that was until she met the Doctor. Now she was standing inside a ship capable of traveling across time and space. Now she was meeting people that were long dead by the time she had been born and people that would live years after she was long dead. It was all strange and new, but it was also exited and frankly the best time she had ever had. Rose couldn’t even see herself giving this up, returning back home to her simple life. She loved her mom and Mickey, but no one could just say no to this after a sip of it. She actually felt sorry for Adam, but his actions had placed the timeline in danger.

Soon after that Rose herself had learned the dangers of messing with time itself, she had changed her father’s fate. She had stopped him from dying, releasing creatures called reapers. Many people died that day, including the Doctor. Thankfully time was fixed and they all returned, forgetting the events. But Rose remembered and she knew that such thing could not be done again. She had angered the Doctor, she had placed life in dangers. If the Doctor would have wanted, her travels themselves could have ended. She knew she didn’t want that. It was true that they encountered dangers, creatures beyond her imagination that could cause a lot of destruction. But at the end of the day, to help those who survived. To stop aliens from destroying and hurting others, to just be with the Doctor. Was worth all the trouble.

Right now they weren’t out there saving the world, Rose was sitting in the console room, a warm cup pf tea in her hand and a plate of biscuits by her side. She wasn’t sure where the Doctor was right now, probably fixing something in the depths of the TARDIS itself. The Doctor had forgiven her, but she was sure that he was still a bit moody about her actions. It was probably better that she stayed out of his way for now, maybe give him some time. It wasn’t like it was the first time he disappeared into the TARDIS for hours and even once days. She took a small bite from her biscuit and stood up to look around the console. They were in space so there was no chance of even going out. She didn’t know how to control the TARDIS so she didn’t even dare to take it back to London and visit her mom.

She didn’t want to go and bother the Doctor neither, so she guessed that maybe going into the many corridors would lead her into some interesting place. The Doctor had mentioned a pool and a movie theatre. While she hadn’t come across them jet, this could be her lucky day. Rose disappeared into the depths of the TARDIS but after a few hours of walking she became even more bored than before. No sign of pool or theatre but she had come across a room filled with hats and another one with boxes that looked like they hadn’t been touched on years. She also saw two rooms with names in their doors, one with large red letters that spelled Tegan and another one that spelled Ace. Neither room opened when she tried to, so Rose simply ignored them and moved on. But after the 2 or 3 hours she decided that the Doctor was probably back in the console and could maybe take them somewhere more interesting.

As she entered the room there was no sign of him and Rose took a deep breath. She thought about going back to her own room, but before she could take another step, the TARDIS shook and threw her into the floor. She held into the foot of the chair for her life, the TARDIS had moments like this but she couldn’t remember one so terrifying and strong. Once the TARDIS topped shaking Rose looked around, things appeared to be intact. Her tea and biscuits had been thrown into the floor, but the drink probably was cold by now and there were more biscuits in the kitchens. Rose thought that at least the strange movement would at least bring the Doctor out, but before she could fully stand. A new set of voices caught her attention he was sure that she and the Doctor had been alone. Bit maybe during her trip around the TARDUS he had landed some place and had brought someone in.

She finally stood up, it would be strange for the Doctor to simply bring someone in but it wouldn’t be the first time. There was also the chance that this people hadn’t been welcomed in by the Doctor himself. But Rose didn’t want to think about that. “Doctor, is that you?”

WORD COUNT: 844
TAGS: Any Doctor and Companions.
NOTE: This takes place for Rose after Father's Day, that way if Donna gets accepted or Nine gets back they can join.

[rawry]

Rory found himself at the TARDIS doors. It was parked, and he was curious as to wear Amy and the Doctor had went. That time around they had not invited him to come, and he was just curious, as anyone else would be. He was her husband and all. He deserved to know where she was, even 24/7.He began to shake as he walked in, and didn’t see his Amy. ”AMY, AMY WHERE FOR OUGHT THOU AMY?” He shouted, waiting for a reply. Could the TARDIS have back rooms? Or was she traped on a stranded planet, he went with that. He chuckled slightly, and sat down, he had began to wait. He decided he would make the best of it, and hum to himself. He smirked, as he smelt tea. How odd was that? Was it just him, or did spaceships NOT have tea? He looked around, and spotted a blonde haired girl. He ran over to her. ”WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH AMY, AND THE DOCTOR?” He asked in a loud shout, looking at her. ”Are you some kind of an alien that the Doctor has brought along? If so, I’m sorry If I don’t appease you, but I’m looking for my wife, and or her “Doctor” who insists on calling me Mr.Pond, maybe you’ve heard him call me that?” He said, in sort of a blabbly tone. He was scared, as anyone would be at this moment. HE LOST HIS WIFE! He hit himself in the face, as he thought about that, and just sat down. Whoever this was, human, or alien seemed kind. He thought he didn’t have to worry, any longer, and that he would just keep his mouth shut, so it would hold out any further complications, even though deep inside his mind, he knew, something would go wrong, as it always did with the Doctor.

Whoever this girl was, if it at all was a girl, she probably knew the Doctor, so Rory decided he would make small conversation with her. It couldn’t hurt right? He knew if it did the Doctor would come and get him out of it, or so he hoped. He gulped to himself, and looked at her. His mouth slightly opened, as if he were about to say something, but he couldn’t. WHAT IF SHE WAS A MALE? He would have insulted a blonde headed male alien who looked a lot like a female, and that was one place that Rory honestly didn’t want to be. He already had to work things out with the Silurians early that year. Okay, that was Amy and the Doctor, but he helped a little? Okay, he didn’t help at all, but whatever, in his mind he did, heck in his mind he was some sort of superhero bent on saving the world. He smirked to himself at the thought of him being a superhero, then looked up. At this point, he was sure it was a female, by the way it talked, and decided he would make small conversation. ”Just a question, you honestly don’t have to answer, how long have you been traveling with the Doctor? I’m just curious, because my wife and I have been for a while, and once there was this crack, in time and space, or whatever, before our wedding, and I got erased from history, so later on, I showed up, oddly enough as a Roman Soldier, again, please don’t ask, and it was this fiasco that ended in the TARDIS exploding, and Amy, my wifes history changing.” He said. That was all a bunch of blab, but he figured it would be nice just to tell her. Again, he thought it wouldn’t hurt?

But then he realized what he had done. He had told her everything. The Doctor would probably be mad, if she wasn’t a traveler herself. Rory started pacing fast, and running around in the TARDIS, he honestly seemed rather scared. ”DOCTOR!” He shouted, for the first time. That was odd, he actually needed to talk to him. Rory could take care of things himself? Couldn’t he? He looked around, and got under a chair. He began to shake again, as he was extremely scared as to what would happen to him in the future. He held on to the top of it, and began to mumble things to himself extremely fast. He didn’t usually act like this. Normally he was brave, but yet an idiot, but this time he wasn’t. He moved his mouth for the worse, and honestly it scared him to think about what would happen. He had been pondering about that for a while now, and got down on his stumache. He just kept doing the weirdest things, if by chance the Doctor were to come back, he would surely be in trouble, and he was trying to cover it in the best way possible. He sat there, thinking about what would happen, and just kept to himself for once. HE DIDN’T EVEN MOVE HIS MOUTH. Wow, talk about scared. Rory had a feeling about what was coming up next. He felt as if it would become one of those scary horror films where the main protagonist got his head slashed off in the first five minutes. He shook his head. IT COULDN’T BE! Or could it? Oi, Rory needed to stop thinking about these things. He just sat upright, and kept quiet until someone walked in…

[THE ELEVENTH DOCTOR]

★All the Strange Strange Creatures★

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The Doctor ran around the TARDIS's console room, pushing buttons and hitting levers as he went. He spun around and smiled "Mr and Mrs Pond" he said happily to himself as he sat on the console. The TARDIS jolted and the Doctor fell flat on his back. He groaned as he got up "Amy, Rory everyone OK?" he yelled. The Doctor frowned and walked over to Amy and Rory's bedroom, he sonicked open the door and walked inside. The room was empty, meaning Amy and Rory had gone somewhere in the TARDIS, "I tell them not to run off and everytime..." he mumbled to himself as he stormed around the TARDIS searching for the couple.

The TARDIS jolted violently, the Doctor holding on to the railing "No, don't do that!" he said angrily as he stumbled over to another door. He heard Rory yell out to him as he opened the door. The Doctor saw Rory standing with a female, a blonde female, and he knew what was going on, yet he didn't know how it was happening. He walked over to the blonde female "Hello Rose, am I still old big ears? Or am I Mr. sideburns?" he smirked and looked over at Rory "It seems we're having a time crash, don't know why though" he walked over to Rose "I'm the Doctor, might not look like him, might not sound like him... Yet, but I'm still him. And Rory" he went up to Rory and frowned "Where's Amy?"

The Doctor smiled "Ha, can't wait to see big ears again!" he paced up and down the small corridor, mummering to himself about the crash. He didn't understand how this could happen, again. The Doctor smirked as another figure walked up to them....

[nine]

j a c k . o f . a l l . t r a d e s

It had been hours now, honestly it had, and by all accounts he should have been over it. Rose had made a mistake, a rather sizable mistake, admittedly, but what damage had been done was amended. And she was human. Mustn't forget that, of course. Human. Prone to mistakes. Bad judgement. Damned that they were his favorite race.

That wasn't to say The Doctor wasn't allowed to be mad at her. Bless her heart, Rose Tyler only wanted to meet her dad, but the consequences were pretty ginormous. And as The Doctor went on about this, raising his voice and scowling and swearing in about sixteen different languages, he couldn't help but feel a bit perplexed. She'd made a dumb mistake, and that warranted his anger. But then again, he chose The Doctor for a reason now, didn't he, and who was he to cause more trouble?

He had retreated into the depths of the TARDIS some time ago, still battling internally over his emotions. It didn't help that the whole of time and space was jammed up there in his head, fighting for his attention when all he wanted to do was decide whether or not to be angry at Rose anymore. An hour had passed and he was still deciding though he'd be lying if he said he wasn't bored with the whole dilemma at this point. Easily distracted and a bit jumpy, The Doctor soon ended up forgetting the whole "Bring my dad back from the dead and basically kill everyone ever" thing, and has instead turned to putzing around the TARDIS. There was that one room that needed rewiring, anyway.

He walked the corridors a bit, navigating the labyrinthine living spaceship with familiared ease, taking a turn here, jogging up a set of steps there. He could hear Rose wandering about outside in the hall, and for a moment he debated joining her and making amends. But the sound of her footsteps soon faded and The Doctor was covered in wires anyway, so with a shrug he let the opportunity pass.

He didn't know how long he'd been in there; after all, it was so easy to let one project lead to another, and before he knew it he'd gone and rewired and rearranged the furniture. He smiled brightly at room and chuckled to himself, pocketed his sonic screwdriver and had just began to make his way back to the console when the poor TARDIS gave a tremendous shake that sent him face first into the door jamb.

"Blimey..." he muttered, rubbing his cheek for a moment before suddenly rushing off towards the console, concern furrowing his brow. He kept one hand to the wall for stability's sake, should the TARDIS decide the ride wan't over yet, but ultimately he cared more for Rose's safety and the operational functionality of his old spaceship. "Rose!" He shouted as he rounded the final corner into the main area of the TARDIS, "Are you alright? Bit of a bad turn just n-- Hullo."

The Doctor stopped in his tracks, one hand still inside the pocket of his jacket as he'd been reaching for his screwdriver. That didn't quite matter as much anymore, however, as instead... Well, something was wrong.

"...Please don’t ask, and it was this fiasco that ended in the TARDIS exploding, and Amy, my wifes history changing..."

"...Ha, can't wait to see big ears again...!"

Very, very wrong.

"What are you doing in my TARDIS?" The Doctor demanded, scowling in disbelief at man babbling uncontrollably at Rose and the other one seemingly making a joke about his big... ears... "Oi, hold on now," he started, taking a few steps closer to the two, frowning. He spared a glance a Rose but was ultimately more preoccupied with the sudden inexplicable visitors. And his ears. He tugged on his left lobe and frowned deeper.

He went silent for a moment, his brain working at a thousand miles an hour, trying to come up with an explanation, but for all his massive brain power and cleverness and intelligence... It wasn't doing him a lick of good now. There wasn't any way anyone could possibly get into the TARDIS, let alone two, though as the TARDIS gave another irritated shudder, The Doctor figured there would probably be more joining them.

Was he supposed to feel threatened by them, should he be on his guard? As stood there with one hand clamped to his ear lobe awkwardly, he couldn't bring himself to feel particularly frightened, and in fact something seemed unnaturally familiar about the man with the bow tie. Nevertheless, his other hand clamped around the screwdriver in his jacket pocket and slowly, very slowly, he drew it out.

c o u n t : 907
t a g s : The whole lot of you
n o t e s : Big ears, eh? Let's look at that cave man chin of yours, how 'bout that! XD

[The Tenth Doctor]

The Doctor had just said goodbye to Martha, he watched her walk away from the Tardis though he wasn’t quiet sure on what he was going to do now but what he was certain of The Doctor would always find someway to move ahead from this it was merely closing one chapter of his life. Leaning beside his Tardis he kept looking out at the crowd of people, he always ended up in London he didn’t know why but London seemed to just call him all the way through time and space. Opening the Tardis door The Doctor took one good look out at the London crowd before closing the door behind him.

“Now where should we go?” The Doctor asked his Tardis as he looked at the controls. Thinking to himself as he chewed the end of his classes. Throwing his sonic screwdriver up in the air he caught it and threw it up once more. After doing this a few times The Doctor smiled and stood up. “I know the perfect place!” The Doctor shouted a little something to cheer himself up before taking of for another adventure a real treat. Spinning around he got to work at the controls pressing all sorts of buttons. The Doctor watched as the Tardis burst to life he smiled as he folded his arms.

As the familiar sounds ran through his ears The Doctor took another long look around the Tardis before everything went wrong. The first thing The Doctor knew that was wrong was the floor began to smoke up he coughed and stared at the smoke. “What?” The Doctor asked but he didn’t get the chance to do anything yet as the Tardis began to shake violently, even The Doctor was beginning to look worried though not that anyone could see his expression. If they could see it then that would be something else. The Doctor had only just set a course to 8026 London march even but something was going on here.

Suddenly The Doctor was thrown backwards and landed on the couch. Growling to himself The Doctor looked back at the smoking console. “What’s going on hey?” The Doctor asked his Tardis as he placed a hand on the console wondering what was going on for a third time today. The Doctor dashed out of sight for only a moment but he didn’t get far he actually heard voices. Voices inside his Tardis but that was impossible, he had just said goodbye to Martha and there couldn’t be people, there just couldn’t.

Trying to work things out, The Doctor turned and ran down the corridor towards the voices. He could just make out the words that was being said but he couldn’t understand why it was about. The Doctor bolted back into the room where all the people were and he couldn’t believe his eyes. Rose, rose was actually there inside his Tardis. Smiling like a kid at Christmas The Doctor was over the moon, well he actually flew over the moon but that was another story. “ROSE! ROSE TYLER!!” The Doctor yelled. The Doctor pushed through and accidently ran past the man wearing a bowtie.

“Where did you come from?” The Doctor asked Rose as he looked back at her. Turning towards another man that he hadn’t seen in such a long time. “And you. What a surprise but wait how’s this possible big ears?” The Doctor asked as he patted his hand on Nine’s shoulder. Now calming down just a little bit he now got the chance to look around for a moment. “Hang on who are you two? What are you doing in my Tardis?” The Doctor asked as he looked at them. “Who wears bowties anymore?” The Doctor added. The Doctor noticed that Nine was taking something out, he smiled as he knew what he was grabbing. “Hey I got one too you know.” The Doctor explained as he took out his own sonic screwdriver out showing it to Nine.

[Rose Tyler]

WHEN YOU ARE ALONE SILENCE IS ALL YOU SEE
WHEN YOU ARE ALONE, SILENCE IS ALL REVEAL

Rose was now starting around, the boy now with her in the room looked to be on his early twenties. But other than that his face was completely unfamiliar to her. As the boy walked to her, Rose took a few steps back. She didn’t know who he was, he didn’t look dangerous. But Rose by know knew better not to trust herself, she had been way of with that Dalek after all. The boy or more likely man was talking, but it was hard to make out all of words in her current state. She heard something about the Doctor and someone called Amy that was his wife. But other than the Doctor the girl’s name was completely unfamiliar to her.

“Sorry but my Doctor has never mentioned any Mr. Pond.” Rose was now glaring at this strange man, wondering why the Doctor hadn’t informed her about this people, if they were people after all. For all she knew they could be Silurians in disguise, Rose was keeping her guard up. When the man, this Mr. Pond or whatever he called himself began to talk again Rose tried to pay better attention. Rose hadn’t been around for a very long time, but she knew that at least during her time with the Doctor he hadn’t mentioned anyone else.

Rose felt stupid now, even if the Doctor hadn’t mentioned he was over 900 hundred, of course he had traveled with other people. She at least now knew who those names had belonged to. She had thought that she knew the Doctor well enough by now, but she knew so little about him. The Doctor didn’t even trust her enough with information about past friends. Rose was deep in her thoughts, when another person joined them. Probably another old friend of the Doctor, this one had Rose noticed a very strange faction sense. Rose looked at the new comer, also young looking even with his choice of clothing. When this new part member used her name, Rose took another few steps back.

She had no idea who this people were, but they knew who she was. So the Doctor hadn’t told he about them, but he had told them about her. Rose was feeling slightly angry now, how much did they even know about her. She and the Doctor needed a long talk, this was her turn to be angry at the Time Lord. She looked at the one with the floppy hair, she didn’t like him one bit. “What are you going about, you are not the Doctor. You look nothing like the Doctor, you sound nothing like this. What are you even wearing? Plus the Doctor has bigger ea.. he has less hair and is clearly taller.”

Rose knew her heart was hurting now, this was all so confusing. Maybe the fall had done more damage than she had believed. Maybe she was dreaming or unconscious from it. That made a lot more sense than what was going on around her. Another party member had joined them, thankfully this time it was the Doctor, her Doctor. But before she could say another thing, another person had joined the party. This one had better taste than the other one, but he still looked completely unfamiliar to her. This one also apparently knew who she was, another advantage that Rose was lacking right now. Rose glanced at the Doctor angrily walking up to him.

“Doctor, who are this people? Why do they know me and why…” Rose pointed at the first one to join her the one called Mr. Pond “does he says he travels with you?” Rose looked at the other two, there was something familiar about them, but she couldn’t place it. She was sure she had never met them before in her life. Plus one of them even had a sonic screwdriver, Rose had thought that only the Doctor would have something like that. This was just getting worse and Rose still didn’t had an explanation for anything, the Doctor needed to start explaining before things got more confusing if that was even possible. For all she knew more people would be joining them.

Rose moved and sat down, placing her hands over her head. She had believed herself to know the Doctor, but all this people. At least two of them knew who she was. But she had very little idea of who they were, plus how did they even got there. The Doctor had been inside the TARDIS, so there was no possible way for them to have landed. What if they weren’t even friends of the Doctor, maybe they were dangerous aliens. Maybe spies of the Daleks? But the Daleks were all gone now so that wasn’t possible, but there were still many dangerous aliens out there. “Doctor you better start explaining now or you start taking me back home.”


WORD COUNT: 820+
TAGS: Any Doctor and Companions.
NOTE: I forgot to mention that they are all in Nine's console right now. So even if the TARDISes are nested together that's the meeting place.
POSTING ORDER: Rose, Rory, 11th, 9th, 10th(if you haven't joined feel free to jump in after anyone.

[THE ELEVENTH DOCTOR]

★All the Strange Strange Creatures★

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The Doctor smiled as his ninth self tugged at his ears "Ha, those big ears!" he joked as he walked around the old console room. It was just as he remembered it, huge and grand, yet it seemed wrong, him walking around a room he saw explode. He started to wander around the room, smiling at the memories that filled the walls, thinking of all the people who he'd seen step into this room. The other Doctor seemed to just stare at him as he wandered around, the Doctor ran up to his ninth incarnation and smiled "Hello, I'm the Doctor" he said with a huge grin on his face.

The TARDIS took another great jolt and the Doctor laughed, he knew another TARDIS had crashed. Smoke filled the room, covering the console in gray, sparks flying everywhere. Another figure came out of the smoke, a tall figure. The Doctor smiled as he saw it was his tenth incarnation walking out of the smoke. His other self was smiling brightly yelling out “ROSE! ROSE TYLER!!” and walked right past the Eleventh Doctor. The tenth him seemed to rabble on like he always did “Where did you come from?” he said frowning, then looking at the ninth him “And you. What a surprise but wait how’s this possible big ears?” the Doctor laughed and then the tenth him looked at him “Who wears bowties anymore?” the Doctor frowned and fixed up his bow tie "Bow ties are cool! And your not exactly that up to date either Mr. sideburns" he exclaimed.

Everyone looked confused, including the Doctor "How can this even happen?" he thought aloud "Why did this even happen?" he went up to both the other Doctor's and put his arms around their necks "Blimey, I did get a bit shorter didn't I?" he said as he stood on his toes "Anyway, what exactly happened? In you twos point of view what physically happened?" he frowned at his tenth self and looked at his sonic screwdriver, he tugged it from his other selfs hand and licked it "OK, this can't be more than a year old meaning...... I just traveled with Martha, blimey that brings back memories, some good, some not so good, but hey what's life without the bad parts?" he placed it back in his Ten's hand and got out his own screwdriver.

Rory and Rose seemed to be completely oblivious to what was going on, their faces full of confusion. The Doctor walked over to Rory "Yes, it is all very confusing so I suggest you go find Amy, she might have walked into something very not good" he patted Rory's back and walked back to the console.

Memories seemed to flood to his head every time he looked at his former selves, he wished he could warn them about everything that was to come but he knew he couldn't. He wanted to blurt everything out that had happened to him, he wanted to tell them about the crack. The Doctor thumped his head with his hand "Think, think, think! Why would there be three? Why now? How can this even happen?"

He frowned as he realized Amy still wasn't with them "AMY!" he shouted in frustration, she could be anywhere...

[nine]

j a c k . o f . a l l . t r a d e s

The Doctor stood there, just stood. Only moments ago he'd been off brooding and tinkering, which were definitely two of his favorite things, and now...? Now, he didn't even know what on any version of Earth was going on, but suddenly there were three very strange people aboard his TARDIS, with every possibility of more joining them. Something had to be done, but for once The Doctor had no idea what to do.

The sonic screwdriver was clamped in his hand, emitting feeble little bleeping noises every so often like it was as confused as its owner. The whole move, him taking out the screwdriver like it was some sort of weapon, was supposed to be intimidating, or at least prompt the other two (the bow-tie'd one and the one with the massive side burns) into some kind of explanation, as the third bloke seemed a bit weedy and not particularly informed (possibly more confused than The Doctor himself). But in the end, for all his sly moves and calculating looks, all he managed to do was amuse Sideburns and call Bow Tie's attention to him. The two were still babbling, Sideburns looking at Rose like a man who had found his love after a very long separation and Bow Tie walking around the TARDIS as if he owned it. The Doctor crossed his arms and his frowned deepened as his widened his stance, at the moment his confusion and frustration making him irritable indeed.

He listened intently to the other two men though the bulk of what they were saying were just making fun of his spectacularly large ears. The two seemed amicable, excited even, as if they'd experienced something like this before, and being left in the dark was starting to bother "ol' Big Ears." He didn't know these men but they knew him, and the way they talked about the TARDIS was actually a bit spooky. The Doctor glanced at Rose a few feet away to see her a bit fuming, her lips turned decidedly down in a frown and a look in her eye that was positively murderous. What, it wasn't like he knew what was going on, either! She hadn't any right to be angry with him!

The Doctor clicked a button on his screwdriver and the action caught Sideburns' attention, who promptly beamed at him and took out a sonic of his own. Now that was not normal by any means, and was probably the last thing The Doctor expected the man to take out of his pocket. "Where did you get that?" He demanded, staring hard at the screwdriver in Sideburns' hand. Did he take that from me in the future? He thought quickly to himself, holding his own screwdriver in his hand tighter. He was torn now, pursuing this topic or listening to Bow Tie who was now talking a thousand miles an hour, in such a manner as seemed eerily familiar.

“How can this even happen? Why did this even happen?" The man thought aloud, and The Doctor grew more irritated when it became apparent the man didn't have the answers either. He scratched at his cheek and stepped towards Rose, knowing she was probably just as confused about this whole ordeal, but was immediately intercepted by Bow Tie who slung his arms around his and Sideburns' necks and complained about his height. The Doctor ducked out from under Bow Tie's hold and walked to Rose, taking in her upset appearance and frowned again. This whole ordeal was going to make his face into one permanent frown.

He didn't say anything to her request for an explanation or to take her home, because what could he say? He knew just as much as she did (well, actually, considerably more than she did and he was getting a stronger sneaking suspicion about this whole affair with every passing second), and wasn't willing at the moment to hazard any guesses. So he looked at her for a moment, his light eyes meeting her dark ones for the briefest of seconds before turning back to watch the antics of the other two. Bow Tie did a very curious thing (licking a screwdriver?) but seemed to garner more information as a result. Not sure now whether or not to be impressed, The Doctor still remained silent.

Given a brief moment to consider the circumstances, The Doctor's mind whirled. There was a terrible jolt, the worst he'd ever felt before, then a lot of smoke and there, underneath the console were the remains of a plateful of biscuits and a mug of tea. The controls were still intact, though a few of the readings were going haywire, spewing nonsense code that read alternately "T-ME CR-SH WARN-NG" and "H-VE A NICE D-Y." But he was distracted again by Bow Tie's request for an explanation, followed promptly by sharp shout for someone named "Amy" and the possibility of there being even more people in his TARDIS was not making for a happy Doctor.

"Think, think, think! Why would there be three? Why now? How can this even happen?" He had said, and The Doctor furrowed his brow. "Three? According to you there's another someone lurking around here somewhere and that's four. What three are you going on about?" He could guess, of course, that Bow Tie (as he refused to believe that this man was any sort of Doctor, though his mannerisms and means of introduction were upsettingly similar to his own) was referring to himself, The Doctor and Sideburns, but he'd really rather have this guess confirmed.

Alright, so Sideburns knew Rose. Bow Tie called himself The Doctor. Sideburns had a sonic screwdriver. Bow Tie looked like he knew the TARDIS.

The Doctor, as open minded and clever and willing to believe nonsense as he was, knew that this was impossible.

c o u n t : 1127
t a g s : The whole lot of you
n o t e s : Lucy, you got some 'splaining to do.