A million thoughts are running through Vinnies mind. "What!? HAVE I BEEN DRUGGED OR SOMETHING!? WHATS HAPPENING!?" At this point the man says, "Your probably thinking you've been drugged or something else ridiculous but you have not. This is real I assure you" Vinnie looks at the man on the screen puzzled. His head pounding and heart thumping, Vinnie cant`t help but feel this is all a dream. "This is a video recording so I have not got a lot of time."Let me explain what happened."
"About 150 Earth years ago our home planet Gallifrey was attacked by a race called the Daleks, And even though your memories have disappeared I`m sure you will still cringe when you hear the word exterminate. We have been battling for so long. So many people have died. Men, Women and Children. Thats why to stop the war, We must obliterate the Daleks. But the only way to do that right now will put our entire race at risk of extinction. I`ve searched for years for another way, but this is it. The Daleks have committed mass genocide and must be stopped at any cost. But, the Daleks are a crafty race, and they will no doubt find a way to survive, so that's why I have been chosen to survive, and use the r"- BANG! A loud noise causes the man in the video to stop talking. He looks back, and suddenly...
EXTERMINATE!
EXTERMINATE!
EXTERMINATE!
The man looks back at the screen. " I`ve run out of time. To your left there should be a pocket watch placed on the console. Pick it up and look into it. All your questions will be answered I promise. It may be a little damaged so not everything will come at once but trust me when I say it will come!"
"Good Luck. I hope it works."
The Video cuts off.
Vinnie doesn't know what to say. Is it all really true? Could he really be a... Timelord? Vinnie remembers what the man said, and turns to his left and see`s the pocket watch on the console. It is metallic, with strange patterns carved into it. As he picks it up, he begins to hear voices, "Open me, find the truth." Startled, he puts the pocket watch down and runs out of the phone booth. "I can not take all this. I need to go. Now."
Vinnie starts running home, confused. Is it all really true? He arrives home to find an empty house. His mum had gone to work so he had the house to himself. At this point Vinnie decides to do the only logical thing : Google what he found. He types in all sorts of weird searches, but nothing can answer his questions. Suddenly Vinnie can hear keys rattling in the door. " I`m home!" yells his mum. "Everything ok Vinnie? You look like you`ve seen a ghost!"
"Yeah, I guess you could say that"
"What honey?"
"Nothing."
Vinnie ponders whether he should tell his mum everything! Maybe she is a timelord to! Maybe she can explain everything! Is he adopted? If he is a timelord, how come there are baby pictures of him? How was he given birth to? But instead he simply asks...
"Mum, do you think that aliens exist?"
His mum turns to him, looks him up and down and says "No, God only created us as far as I am concerned."
"Ok, how about this, if you have been entrusted with something, something important, do you think its your obligation to do it?"
At which point his mum turns and shouts "OF COURSE!" "IF YOU HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED ITS YOUR DUTY TO FULFILL IT! NO MATTER HOW DIFFICULT!"
His mothers words hit had, and Vinnie starts to question everything.
"But... what if your scared? What if you fail?"
His mother grabs him by his shoulders and lovingly says...
"You`ll die knowing at least you gave it your best."
That was all he needed. He hugs his mum and makes his way over to the house again.
Its dark, but eventually he finds the house, locates the gate and enters the phone booth. He finds the pocket watch on the floor and picks it up. "Open me to find your true self. Do IT. DO IT!" The voices get louder and more intense the longer he holds it, but reinvigorated by his mothers honest words, he proceeds to open the pocket watch. He opens it. Stares at it for a while, but nothing happens. "What is this? Some kind of joke? Wha-" Suddenly Vinnie sees a gold mist come out of the watch. It begins to enter his body through his eyes. Suddenly, a rush of memories start pouring back into his subconscious.
First He see`s a young black man with short Afro hair running around Gallifrey, pulling pranks and causing mischief.
Next he see`s an older man, with a wrinkly face in an blue suit on earth, roughly in the 1950`s driving a vintage car with a baby blue hood and white top.
He then see`s a a man just as old as the other man, this time with white hair and a white suit, teaching a class of young people on what looks like a spaceship.
He then sees a much younger man, with dreadlocks, wearing armor and fighting those things from his dreams... those Daleks.
And finally he see`s the young black man from the screen, fighting in a warship and ruthlessly killing those metal bins called Daleks.
So much more memories come pouring through one after one. So many things become clear. "These men are not ordinary men. They are former regeneration's of myself! I am more than human. I am a Timelord!" Vinnie then starts getting memories from the night he witnessed on the video. He remembers recording it for his future self, so that he could understand the situation. "How did I survive... I remember I didn't leave Gallifrey, I was there when the planet perished! How did I survive!? Wait... The other Timelords... forced me to use the Re- AHHHHH!"
Just as he tries to remember his head starts to hurt. He falls to his knees, but the pocket watch is still going. "I have enough for now. I need to stop!" He closes the pocket watch. He slowly begins to get up. The memories are now starting to settle." He starts to walk around. He flicks a few switches and suddenly the phone booth starts making the noise that drew him to it. "wooooosh...woooooosh...wooooooosh."
"I`m sorry I`ve been away for so long. But man! I am going to enjoy having a Tardis Again! So much to do and to see."
"Now, obviously I survived the destruction on Gallifrey, but I clearly remember not leaving the planet at the time of the end. How is it I survived? I`m going to try the pocket watch one more time." Vinnie opens the pocket watch again.
He stares at it for 20 minutes and nothing happens. " I see, you`ve already given me back all the memories you can. Then why can`t I remember how I survived? And whats this machine that my dreams told me about? Why did I mention it as well in the recording I made for myself? So many questions! There is a lot of tings I do not know the answer to yet. But I do know this."
"I am The Editor. I am the sole surviving Timelord. I am 700 years old and currently in my 6th regeneration. There is more to this universe than this earth. So many planets to re - discover! Foods to eat! Species to see! I`m so EXCITED!"
"But wait, I have to check something. I need to test a theory, this will hopefully give some clarity into how I survived. My first trip inside the Tardis in who knows how many years! Lets go old girl."
The Editor puts in the coordinates, All of a sudden the inside of the Tardis starts to glow. "WOOOOOOSH...WOOOOOOOSH...WOOOOOOSH..." The Tardis sounds get louder and louder as the Tardis enters the time vortex.
Eventually the Tardis lands. Its clear he is in a different country. He steps out and he see`s a building, on top of it it says "sjukhus."
He walks into the building, goes to the third floor and see`s a man holding a teddy bear walking towards a room. He follows.
The man enters the room and inside is a woman lying down on a bed, holding a baby.
"I`m sorry I took so long. This was very hard to find!"
"Of course it would be. Have you forgotten where we are?"
"True. So have we agreed on a name?"
"I think we have."
"Good."
"Welcome to the world... Vinnie."