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10th Doctor sometime after Martha

Also, NCIS's time line is skewed a bit (date doesn't fit in with the other time line. Ducky's mom is still alive)

Mass Spectrometers and Sonic Screw Drivers

Part Two

Remember Me?

The Doctor and Abby entered the elevator. She didn't really know what to think about the strange man. He was eccentric, but he had honest eyes. He seemed a little ADHD, but she could understand that.

"SO! How do you like working here? I bet you have a nice lab here, don't you? Love your hair, by the way. Don't meet many people with pigtails! They work for you. " The man barely breathed between sentences. Abby laughed a little.

"Thanks! I love it here, and yes I do have a nice lab. It's my home away from home. I practically live there. I'm glad you like my pig tails, I love them too!"

The doctor was grinning at her again and she returned the smile.

"How long have you known Ducky? Were did you too meet?"

"Oh, I've known him for ages. We met in a pub outside Edinburgh. I needed directions and he helped me. We talked for a while and struck up a friendship. I saw him once or twice between then and now, but I haven't seen him in years. Oh, and Abby, he may not recognize me straight away. Like I said, it's been a while."

The elevator dinged as it reached the basement. Abby looked back up at the man as they walked out.

"One more thing, why did you have so much stuff in your pockets?"

The Doctor chuckled, "Well, you never know when you'll need it!"

"A banana?"

"OF COURSE a banana! You should always have a banana! Bananas are brilliant! Never trust a planet that does not have bananas, Abby! I've gotten out of all sorts of trouble with a banana! I saved a whole tribe of pygmies in New Zeeland using a banana once! Never underestimate a banana." He said the last sentence so seriously that it was all Abby could do to keep from laughing at the Doctor.

They reached the morgue and entered. Ducky was talking to Palmer about some sort of botanist when he saw Abby.

"Abby, my dear! Sorry to call you back when you were on your way home, but I found the missing bullet in the deceased's lungs. Apparently, our killer is truly a marksman! He shot two bullets in to the same hole! You know it reminds me of the old story of Robin Hood when he enters the archery contest. It is said that he split the first arrow he shot at the target in two with the second arrow, on the bulls eye to boot!"

"Actually, he was off just a hair," the Doctor said as he moved to see Ducky better," but everyone was so amazed they let that part go. He kept saying it was the wind, but I told him there wasn't even a gentle breeze then, but of course he didn't listen….," everyone was staring at the Doctor.

"Doesn't really matter though. Anyways! Hello Dr. Mallard! How've you been?"

Ducky stared at the man. A part of him could swear that he knew him, but the other part of his being told himself he had never seen this man in his life.

"Oh, hello. I'm very well, thank you, Mr…..?"

"Doctor"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I've seemed to have forgotten your name, Doctor…..?

"Nah, its just Doctor, just the Doctor."

Dr. Mallard studied the Doctor as he came closer. This man said he was the Doctor, but Dr. Mallard remembered the Doctor, and this man looked nothing like him. But wait, thought Ducky, there, just there, in the man's eyes. That sparkle, that look of adventure! Oh! Thought Ducky, could it be true?

"Abby, where did you find this man?"

"Out in the parking complex. I only just met him a little under 30 minutes ago."

Dr. Mallard motioned for Abby to following him a few yards away from the Doctor.

"Abby, now this is important, very important. When you met him, did you notice anything new in the area? Where there any new structures? Did you hear, or even see, anything out of the ordinary?"

"Ooo! He came out of a shed boxy thing!"

"What colour was it? Abby, what colour was it?" Ducky asked as he grabbed Abby's arms just below her shoulders.

"Blue, kind of a dark blue."

"HAHAHA! Was there any writing on it? Did it say 'Police public call box'?"

"Yeah, Ducky, it said that. How did you know?"

"HAHAHAHAHA!" Ducky hugged Abby and went over to the Doctor.

"The Doctor I knew had a blue phone box. You are the same man aren't you? It would seem impossible, but you were an impossible man!"

The Doctor grinned and nodded, happy that his friend remembered him and trusted him, even with a new face. "I'm glad you remember me, Ducky."

Ducky glanced over at Abby and Palmer. They were both looking at him with questioning eyes. "Abby, we just had a new body brought in and his clothes need to be processed. Palmer, could you accompany Abby to her lab with the evidence?"

"But Ducky!" Abby said pleading. She was interested in just who this man was.

"I would like to catch up," Dr. Mallard said as he smiled at the Doctor, "with an old friend."

"Come on Abby." Palmer took the box of clothes in his arms and Abby took the bullet. They walked over to the door and opened the door.

"Ugh!" Tony DiNozzo fell to the floor. Zivah and McGee crouched behind him.

"Great, I crushed my Dixie cup!" Tony said as he picked himself up.

Palmer shut the door and Abby stared Tony down.

"Tony! Its not nice to eavesdrop!"

"Who's your friend Abby?" McGee asked as followed Abby and Palmer to the elevator. Zivah followed at their heels.

"I don't actually know"

Zivah stopped and turned towards Tony. "Are you coming?"

"Nope, I got my cup straightened back out. I believe that it is our duty as agents to investigate anything that could affect the security of NCIS!"

"So, what you actually mean is you're going to keep trying to listen in on what Ducky and his friend are talking about then after it's not interesting anymore you're going to go back to your desk and play computer games, yes?"

Tony narrowed his eyes back at Zivah and put the cup back up to his ear and against the door. Zivah shook her head and entered the elevator.


The questions stared as soon as the elevator doors closed. Who is he? Where did he come from? Do you know him? Have you ever seen him before? Why did you never mention you had a boyfriend? How does he know Ducky? How did he get past security so late at night? Palmer, Zivah, and McGee were bombarding her with questions, and she didn't know the answer to all most all of them.

"First of all, McGee, he's not my boyfriend. It's not any of your business who I'm dating anyways. Secondly I have no idea who he is, where he came from, or how he knows Ducky. My head is spinning right now and it's cramped in here!" Abby refused to talk about any of it until she reached her lab.


The Doctor and Ducky were alone in the morgue and Ducky had some questions he wanted answered.

"Your face, it's different. When I knew you, you were blonde. I knew you 40 years ago, but I suppose the life of a time traveler is a bit different than the ordinary man. However, that still does not explain the matter of your face!"

"Yeah, well, do you remember what I said about how I wasn't human?"

"Yes, you said you where a …"

"Time Lord! Yes, a Time Lord! The whole change of face is just a Time Lord thing. It's called regeneration."

"Oh! I see, a bit like reincarnation. Some sort of defensive reaction of your biology?"

"Exactly! I always liked you Dr. Mallard, you're brilliant!"

"So, you where hurt and you transformed into the man I see now?"

"Well, something like that. There where several regenerations in between, but that's the basic idea."


"This is supposed to work, ehh.." Tony was trying to listen in on Dr. Mallard's conversation, but is cup trick wasn't working too well. "Maybe if I just crack the door a little bit…"

"DINOZZO! Mind telling me what you're doing on the ground?"

"BOSS!" Tony scrambled to his feet and dropped the cup. "I, uh, I was just testing to see how thick this door is." Gibbs stared at him. "Yeah, I wouldn't believe me either…"

Gibbs opened the door and Tony followed him inside. Gibbs saw the strange man and Ducky talking and laughing.

"Oh! Jethro, I would like you to meet a friend of mine. This is the Doctor. Doctor, this is Leroy Jethro Gibbs." The two men shook hands and Gibbs looked at the Doctor, trying to read his face. The man seemed enthusiastic and hyper.

"Ducky, I need to talk to you about a case."

"Oh, yes, of course!" Ducky turned to the Doctor. "Doctor, would you like to join me and mother for dinner tonight? She just loves company, and I would be honored to have you as my guest while you are in town."
"Oh, I would enjoy that. I see that you two have work to do, so I'll see you again later." The Doctor looked towards Gibbs. "Would it be alright if I saw Abby again before I leave? We where having a conversation earlier and I'd like to pick it back up."

Gibbs looked at the Doctor, then over to Tony. "Do you know where her lab is?"

The Doctor stuck his hands in his pockets. "Nope, not a clue!"

"DiNozzo! Show the Doctor to Abby's lab."

"Hey, Doctor, I'm Agent DiNozzo." Tony said as he led the Doctor out of the morgue.

"Hello! Off to Abby's lab then?" Tony nodded as they entered the elevator. The Doctor smiled and said, "Allons-y!" as the doors closed.


Note about the bananas, if you've ever paid a lot of attention to the Doctor, you would know that he has a thing about bananas. In fact, he invented the banana daiquiri several centuries early in the Girl in the Fireplace episode (season 2 of the new series)