Eleventh : That can't be. I can't be trapped in the Time Vortex, it's imp…
Tardis : It is possible, Doctor.
Okey, I didn't thought about do it slowly. The Doctor turned back and looked for the one who just talked to him. He turned arund my console, twice, and then around the footbridge. No one.
Eleventh : I'm turning crazy. There's no one here, how can I have heard…
Tardis : You're not Doctor, don't worry !
Eleventh : What ? Who are you ? Where are you ?
Tardis : It's me Doctor ! Tardis ! Your Tardis ! Okey, I know, I speak ! It's pretty weird !
Eleventh : You ? Noooooooo ? No, no no no no ?!
Tardis : Yes !
Eleventh : Ha ha ha ! No way !
Okey. I've never seen him that joyful since the Daleks' attack, when he found Rose back again. This time, he started running, bounding, he looked like a kid for Christmas. But most of all, he laught.
Eleventh : You ! You must be kidding me !
Tardis : I'm not !
Eleventh : But you can't speak ! I know that, I've already tried, it didn't work ! And I've been looking for something, nothing like this seemed to exist. But just, how can you speak now ?
Tardis : Actually, I'm not really sure. I think it's because of the Vortex.
Eleventh : So you confirm that we are inside the Vortex ? Great !
Tardis : Yes, we are !
Eleventh : But there's something I don't understand.
I rushed to the screen to check the flight datas.
Eleventh : We're still on flight.
Tardis : I think we've never been.
Eleventh : What do you mean ?
Tardis : I mean that we've been here from the beginning, just at the precise moment you've decided to go to Boromeo. And no, we're not going to Boromeo !
Eleventh : Why not ? It's a nice planet !
Tardis : It was not. I hated that clown.
Eleventh : Haaaa yes, the clown !
Tardis : Could we get back to the Vortex please ? Boromeo isn't really a priority right now.
Eleventh : Yes ! Yes, of course. It's just…
He sat in his chair, and put his foots on my command console, all smiling.
Eleventh : Fine. Basically, it's just fine to talk with you, at last.
Tardis : Oooooooow, yes ! I hated to see you speaking alone ! Would you just mind to take off your feet from my command console, if you please !
Eleventh : Okey, next time I'm sweet to you, remind me to shut my mouth.
Tardis : Oooooh don't get upset, it's just that you have bad habits !
Eleventh : Normal, I'm travelling with this box…
Tardis : With me.
Eleventh : With you, if you prefer, for hundreds of years.
Tardis : Hundreds of years of bad habits.
Eleventh : Oooooh come on ! You grumpy old girl !
Old girl. Yes, that's the word, I already was an antique when I stole him. It's been a while now. More than he tells to his companions. 906 years old, that's what he told to Donna. Ha ! He's older than that ! I wonder if he really knows his age. Anyway, he's a Time Lord, he can be a hundred or a million years old. I'm the only one who knows, but it doesn't matter to me. He remains my Doctor.
Eleventh : So ! Tell me ! How can you speak ?
Tardis : I told you, it's because of the Vortex !
Eleventh : But how ? Because, as I've just told, I tried !
Tardis : Yes. But I think only the Time Vortex could do that ! So…
Eleventh : Only the Vortex ? Why ? How ?
Tardis : Open the door and go outside, it will be easier to explain.
He opened the door and looked outside. He was afraid of falling.
Eleventh : Well… Geronim…
Tardis : Don't worry, you can get out of the Box, you won't fall. I am generating enough gravity to make you stand up. You see, the Vortex has many common points with the Void. There is no up and no down, it isn't even a proper place. It contained no spatial or temporal dimension. There is no Time here. Because it is made of Time. Past, present and future. All of your wibbly wobbly, timey, wimey stuff is happening here, right now. Normally, people only pass through the Vortex, I think we're the very first to actually stand here. The curious thing is that the flight datas say we're still flying, I don't really get why…
Eleventh : That's beautiful.
Open-mouthed and with sparkling eyes, my dear Doctor didn't believe it. Well, I've got to say that, yes, the inside of the Vortex was pretty impressive. The whole universe looks like swirling around us, the planets, the stars, the moons, even black holes and supernovas… I've got to say that I was awesome, even for me. Usually, we travel through the Vortex, we don't stop here. It is not a place to stop. It is not a place at all.
Eleventh : So ! Explain ! I want to know ! How ? Why ?
He ran back inside inside the Box, closing the door behind him, and started to bounce around my console. He did look like a kid
Tardis : How do I speak ? Because of the flows, I think.
Eleventh : Flows ? What flows ?
Tardis : Mostly our flows. We are travelling through this Vortex for many many years now.
Eleventh : How long, by the way ? I didn't even count.
Tardis : Does it really matter ?
Eleventh : Well, hm. No, you're right ! I let you finish, I promise !
Tardis : Thank you ! So, you can't see these flows when you're looking at the Vortex but every Time travels are here, all happening at the exact same time. All the Time travels of all the Time travelers. It includes Time Lords, of course, but also Time Agents and…
Eleventh : What ? The Time Lords are here ?
Tardis : No, not really. It's more like an echo. Every travel let a trace, just like foot prints in the snow. But think about it. What do you need to travel in the Vortex ?
Eleventh : Let me guess : a Time machine, like a Tardis !
Tardis : Well yes, ten points for you, Doctor ! But, more generally, any device that permits to travel in time, like the Vortex Manipulators of the Time Agents. Any device uses some energy to travel in Time. And as the Time Vortex keeps an echo of all the Time travels…
Eleventh : You are capting and using those energies to speak ! That's brilliant ! Tons of Time energy increasing your own energy, just like… rechargeable batteries ! That's truly brilliant !
Tardis : Ha ha ! Thank you !
Eleventh : No seriously, I would kiss you if only I could !
Tardis : Oh, come on, Doc… Oh, that's an idea ! Wait for it !
Eleventh : What ?
There, he was lost is translation.
Tardis : Brunette, blond or ginger ?
Eleventh : What ?!
Tardis : Choose !
Eleventh : Okey ! Ginger ! I've always wanted to be ginger !
Tardis : Not for you ! For me !
Eleventh : You ? Your hair ? You don't have hair ! And the only color that suits you is blue, by the way.
Tardis : Blue ? Weird, but okey ! Your choice !
POOF ! Reboot and reprogramming the interface system design. Let's put a basic body type, no time for the details. Only the hair, long and blue. Tardis blue.
Eleventh : What the h…
Remember the Christmas thing ealier ? Well, the Doctor had the same face than a kid seeing his disguised grandpa for the first time, thinking it's the the actual Santa Claus. Well, the Doctor looked the same, surprised, yet happier than ever.
Tardis : Hello Doctor !
Eleventh : You have…
Tardis : Generating a virtual body from the interface system, yes ! You like it ?
Eleventh : No…
Tardis : No ?!
Eleventh : No. No no no no no no no ! No way ! This is fan-tas-tic ! Come on ! I love it ! Fantasticly brilliant ! Brilliantly fantastic !
Tardis : I know, I know ! Thank you, you're welcome ! Just, let me check something.
Slowly, I moved forward in his direction. He didn't move and let me came closer, looking right through my eyes. I lift my left han and tried to touch his cheek. Yes. Tried. My hand just passed through his face.
Eleventh : Waao, It's… weird.
Tardis : Oh, yes of course, I'm stupid. I'm just pixels, I can't touch you…
Knock knock knock.
Tardis : Knock knock knock ?
Eleventh : What ? Did something just knocked at the door ?
