The door of the phone booth opened and a man stuck his head out. He looked around and spotted Daniel. The man smiled widely and stepped out of the box. He walked over to Daniel and clapped him on the back. "Daniel Jackson!" he said, "How long has it been?" he greeted his old friend.

"Life times," Daniel creplied, "three to be precise," he smiled as well.

"Really? I could have sworn it was only one life time," Daniel's friend countered. "You haven't changed, except for your hair, since last time I saw you," he noticed how a girl poked her head out of the phone booth and waved her over. "Daniel, this is Kara, my companion," he introduced her.

"Nice to meet you Kara," Daniel said. "I am Doctor Daniel Jackson, and this man here is Colonel Jack O'Neill of the US Air Force," he turned to Jack. "Jack, this is my friend, the Doctor,"

"Nice to meet you, Colonel," the Doctor smiled at Jack and waved. Jack inclined his head stiffly at the Doctor. The Doctor turned his attention back to Daniel and began catching up with his friend.

"So, how do you two know each other?" Jack asked, butting into the conversation.

"We knew each other as children," the Doctor said, "We were part of the Terrible Trio," he grinned at Daniel, "Speaking of which, have you seen Sahramakalithakanatha lately?" he asked.

"Yeah, Sam's here too," Daniel said, his face darkening slightly.

"Danaritakalithanel! You beast!" the Doctor jokingly said, disregarding Daniel's flinch at hearing his full name, "Why didn't you tell me she was here?"

"It wouldn't have mattered," Daniel said darkly, "She didn't even remember me when we saw each other again," his eyes filled up with tears, but none of them spilled over, "I couldn't, she's not who you remember, she's changed," Daniel said, his voice choked with sorrow.

"So," Jack said to Kara as Daniel and the Doctor continued their conversation, "How'd you meet him?"

"The Doctor?" Kara asked lightly, "oh, I saved his life. How'd you meet Daniel?"

"Through work. After a while, we got in big trouble, and he saved my life. He wanted to be let behind, so he stayed where we had gone. We had to go back and get him after a year. Now, I've known him for several years, and the things I've had to do for him..." Jack's voice trailed off. Realizing something, he called out to Daniel. "Spacemonkey! I'm sure you want to catch up, but, does Hammond know about your friend here?"

Daniel smiled at Jack. "The Doctor has security clearance, Jack, he's with UNIT, and, yes, Jack, I did tell General Hammond,"

"Oh," Jack said, "So," he started up again, "Where's your friend from?"

"Gallifry," Daniel said, "Like Sam and I"

"Whoah, whoah," Jack started, "What? Where?"

"The three of us were banished from Gallifry for one of our foolish escapades," the Doctor said. "I was given a TARDIS (that means Time and Relative Dimensions In Space in case you're wondering) and given the ability to caper around the universe, under the condition that I could not truly enjoy my life, but rather, have to fix everything that goes wrong. Daniel got a TARDIS as well, but was given the job of assuring that Sam didn't cause trouble. Sam was killed ten times and then had her memories removed, she was left as a very young child. Daniel was to assure that Sam was raised as a human and that she made contributions, rather than being a trouble maker again"

"Sam was a trouble maker?" Jack mused.

"Yeah," Daniel said, "We all were. The Doctor and I were lucky, but Sam..." Daniel's voice trailed off and he looked at the Doctor questioningly.