"I'm a head, I have rights!" yelled a voice, seeming to come from a box. The hooded figure put sown the box, opened the door, and began to walk away.
"It's you, isn't it? I can sense it" the blue head in the box said, shocked. "But – how could you possibly have escaped?!"
The figure dropped his robe, while a huge golden wolf appeared, silently and without knowing, and turned to the head of Dorium.
"The teselecta" the Doctor said. "A Doctor in a Doctor suit. Time said I had to be at that beach so I dressed for the occasion. Barely got singed in that boat." He straightened his bow tie. The golden wolf padded up behind him and shimmered into the form of a woman. She walked up to the Doctor and took his hand. The Doctor jumped in surprise and squealed like Mickey when he found the closet full of rats at the Krillotanes' school.
The woman, whose body seemed to radiate golden light, wisps of golden . . . something coming off her, bent over laughing.
"Your face" she choked out between laughs. "And that scream! Just like Mickey when he found the closet of rats!"
The Doctor pouted in response, still holding on to her hand. Then he realized who he was looking at.
"Rose!" He exclaimed in shocked happiness. "What…? How…How are you still here?!"
"I am the Bad Wolf" she said, the glow growing stronger. "I create myself, remember?" Taking in his 'thinking' look – and totally ignoring Dorium's stuttering – she stayed silent for a moment. Then, taking pity on him began to explain.
"I'm here and I'm in the parallel world." Rose explained. "Neither one is a copy or an avatar or a clone or…whatever. They are both fully me; I am both fully them. Although, the parallel world me will age and die with John, your metacrisis. I won't."
The Doctor started. He hadn't understood most of the explanation. What really caught his attention was the fact she said 'I won't.' His mouth fell open as he realized the implications.
"Are you saying you'll be like Captain Jack or…"
She shook her head. "I'll be like you except I won't change when I regenerate."
He stood, statue still, floored, completely shocked.
"I promised you forever" she whispered, looking into his eyes.
His rational mind snapped. Before he knew it, she was in his arms, arms wrapped around his neck, locked in a passionate kiss. Nothing else mattered in that moment. His pink and yellow (not so much anymore) human was in his arms and with him forever. They broke apart and hung on to each other and walked toward the TARDIS.
Dorium could be heard, yelling in the background. The oldest question in the universe; the question that should never be answered.
"Doctor who? Doctor who? DOCTOR WHO? DOCTOR WHO? DOC-TOR WHO?!