Author's note updated 7/13/14

-After a week of angrily punching my old computer because it would overheat and delete the content I wrote for about four hours, I decided to transfer my work on a laptop. Also, since the new Doctor Who trailer came out today, and those of you who saw that there was once a chapter 4, I made a heavy re-edit on this chapter to show the Doctor's personality following his introduction here. Not sure if I captured the whole dark and fierce type, I leave that to you readers. Enjoy! And leave a favorite/review, it's what keeps the story going.

Jake was having a bit of difficulty fixing a cravat underneath the black waistcoat after he took a bath. He also found it hard to believe that he time traveled to late 19th century London. Whatever that Humpty Dumpty gave him was slightly shrunk, so he gave up and let the shirt and blue tie loose with the brown trench coat. The black jeans were thankfully loose so he still kept his boots. He stepped downstairs and fixed his untidy spiked hair and glasses in the hallway mirror.

"What a dashing build!" The reptile woman popped out of nowhere. "You will fit in nicely." She fixes the tie and shirt. "Forgive me for the interrogation earlier, we had to make sure you posed no threat."

Jake looked solemn. "Yeah, an American from 2014 that winds up in 1897 with no idea what just happened."

"Well at least, since we are being hospitable, let us go into the sitting area, I'll introduce you to everyone else while we attend to another guest."

Vastra reminded Jake of Aunt Grace back in his time. Must be worried sick. They entered the room and found everyone sitting around, conversing before they looked up. "Everyone," Vastra announced, "I am happy to announce that our newest guest this evening, this is Jake Summers. Jake, this is my wife Jenny, Strax my butler, and another guest, who is also a friend of the Doctor and from your time, Miss Clara Oswald." She points out to each individual. Jake shook hands with Jenny ("You're married? That's cool!" Jake spoke in awe), received a growl from Strax, and when his eyes met on Clara, he kissed her hand, which found her very surprised. "Sorry about the interrogation." He whispered as he sat next to her, who still was red-cheeked. "It took a while for me to settle in with time travel. But I'm happy to say that I am thankful for your hospitality." He firmly told everyone. "Who's Grandpa in the bed?" He looked over to the man sleeping behind them. He had curled grey hair, and looked slightly tired from the bit of wrinkles.

"We will start with him later. If it is too much to ask, Jake, would you like to tell something about yourself?" Vastra asked. Strax looked up and slowly made his way to a stool. "Any last words?" He sneered before receiving a blow behind the head from Vastra.

Jake thanked Jenny who gave him a cup of tea. "Well, I don't know where to begin. I've recently graduated from university, in World History. I plan on becoming a teacher. I went to visit my Aunt Grace before all this happened, she runs a house for international students staying in England. Is this dragonfruit?" Jake sniffed. Jenny nodded. "I found it quite interestin' that someone like you would like to become an educator. Why a history teacher?"

"The Doctor."

Everyone looked thunderstruck, Clara spluttering in her teacup. "Because of him?" Jenny asked, looking alarmed. "Is this inspiration?" Vastra added in. "You're a teacher?!" Clara asked.

Jake nodded. "In a way, yes, that is why I chose to become one. I hack technology back where I come from, and I found a lot of interesting files that world governments tried to hide. It was only on one man. Him." He pointed next to the sleeping man whose hand was held by Clara. Again, everyone was stunned. "Bu-but how did you... Remarkable deductive skills!... Alien himself!... That is amazing!" Everyone muttered. "You knew the Doctor was him?" Vastra asked.

"Two things Vastra, I knew you were going to go into a heavy speech about him later once I was done talking about me, and second, Clara held his hand the entire time when we walked in and you introduced me." Jake snorted. "I don't know what he is, and judging by most of you, Jenny and Miss Clara here are the only humans about, myself included."

"My dear Jake, we're, universally speaking, alien." Vastra said, trying to maintain order. "I am a Silurian, and before the time of man we ruled, in a civilization much like yours. Strax here on the other hand is a Sontaran, a clone purely dedicated to war much like his clone species. I sense something unique in you Jake, though I can't quite seem to get my grip on what."

Clara suddenly shifted one leg over the other in her dress and stared at Jake. "Mysterious is one of them." She blinked, and Jake smiled at her when he turned around, studying her. "Well aren't you vague? More like an enigma." He patted her hand and left it placed on top hers. "I'm not that easy to be courted, Casey." She sniggered, leaving her tea next to the Doctor's table. "Don't ever, say that again in public." He laughed. "So where is the Doctor from anyway? Lots of documents label him as 'time traveler' and the sketches of him show him having a different face."

Vastra sat at her fullest. "The Doctor is a Time Lord, Jake. He comes from the planet Gallifrey, the oldest civilization in the universe." She waved her hand and as the room went dark, a holographic projection revealed an orange planet. "He calls himself the Doctor for unspecified reasons, but it is how every being in the galaxy knows of him. The title meant a lot to both his friends and foes, and over the course of time beginning saved the universe countless of times. Of course, with victory comes loss." The holographs show a number of faces, mostly humans. "These individuals were before Miss Clara, companions of the Doctor who assisted him and have also been recorded in history for aiding him to helping save the universe. Most of who and what you see are former, most dead, some choosing to leave when the time came." The projections then moved on to faces of men. "Sometimes with loss, a new Doctor has to step in. I can assure you Jake, the men and the one next to Clara are the same. You, just happened to arrive at a very early time. Time Lords have the ability to, in case of a dire situation if they are injured, heal themselves, but the price is discarding their current form to a more younger state, this is called regeneration. This is entirely a physical change, but in some situations, can lead to a more mental change. Think of it as someone from a coma waking up with memories of centuries long ago."

"So you're telling me, the Doctor has just recently regenerated." Jake said, looking over by the fire. "Well is a perk of being a Time Lord immortality?" He asked. Vastra straightens herself. "Eventually we all have to die. The Doctor before his current form as you see him was on his last life of his cycle. Time Lords live up to thirteen regenerations, twelve lives. The Doctor though as Miss Clara told me before you arrived, has been granted a new cycle."

"Shouldn't he be like, awake?" Jake seemed confused. "The Doctor is resting from post-regeneration. He has a new set of Time Lord DNA that has to settle him in first." Strax stepped forward and was checking his pulse until-

WHAM! A enclosed hand shot straight out of bed and knocked Strax out of his senses. Everyone quickly got up and Jake pulled Clara back. The Doctor pulled himself out of bed, and shooed the assistance from Vastra and Jenny. He sat up and rubbed his eyes before he looked up. "That tea, was a punch to my jimmies." He yawned in a gruff, Scottish voice. "Though I detect it must be from dragonfruit, which was better the last time I woke up from regeneration coma. Oh, hello!" He seemed to forgot greetings. Clara immediately broke off from Jake and slowly went up to the Doctor. "Doctor?" She asked. "Well Clara, if you plan on standing there earlier with Marius," He nodded to Jake, "I'd pretend to ignore you. Just kiddin' sweetheart, come here." He squeezed her in a joyful hug. "It is you!" Clara said happily and teary-eyed. "Well what d'you expect? I told you earlier, I didn't swap bodies with anyone. Still me." He wriggled his hand and snickered. "Vastra, Jenny! Come here darlings." He group hugged the other two. "Well well well, aren't you so full of energy right now Doctor? " Vastra smiled slyly to the Doctor. "I can tell you, I haven't felt this better since I saw Adipose invading the moon of Kastarkus Prime and turning it into their own home planet. That can be turned into a sit-com." He winked. "Now, first thing's first. Where's Strax?"

"Right here s-sir." Strax mumbled as he got up. "Oh Strax, my favorite Potatohead out of my others!" The Doctor helped the Sontaran up. "Tell me, did you blow up the moon yet?"

"I am reverse-engineering carrots to provide the last component of my planet bomb, sir." Strax rubbed his head. "Atta boy." He turned around and faced Clara who behind her, stood Jake. The Doctor immediately walked over to him and Jake stood toe to toe with the man he had desperately been waiting to see. "And who in the Raxacoricofallapatorian, are you?" The Doctor growled at Jake.

"Isn't that the question anyone else has been dying to ask you, Doctor? Everyone in the universe? Doctor who?" Jake didn't look amused. "Jake Summers, American trapped in time, 2014, following paranormal activity since the Sycorax showed up."

"The Doctor, Time Lord, always on the run, impressive." They shook hands. "I like him." He pointed to a grinning Clara. "He's got fire. An American from your time trapped in Victorian London? This is like walking up to a Catkind and asking him for directions to the nearest anomaly and getting him pissed." Clara seemed joyful at his opinion to Jake, but it faltered when the Doctor showed some rude behavior afterwards with his "joke."

"Now hold on for a mo'! Vastra, where is my beloved TARDIS?" The Doctor looked around the room. "Upstairs. The door on the left. I am presuming it is time for you to depart." She replied, looking a bit sad. "Well no, I need to change out of this nightgown first. And second, I have to repay my debt to you. What's been going on in London?" He looked over to the mirror. "Oh, someone give me an Adipose. I look ridiculous. Hair gray, the WRINKLES, though I appreciate the eyes." The Doctor inspected himself. "I'll get used to it. Be right back! Jake, come with me, I want to show you something. Clara, you as well."

Vastra looked seemed surprised. "Well for a start, we can note the Doctor is very lively." She said as she saw the three go off.

I remember watching movies that had gangs. I should have gangs. Someone hand me an damn Adipose, thought the Doctor as he went upstairs. The nimble legs he now had were very light, so the Doctor stepped between four steps on the stairs and hopped at the top. He arrived at the door and opened it to find the familiar neon blue lights appearing from the sights. Jake and Clara appeared behind him. "So this is your... time machine?" He asked as they both slowly stepped into the room. The blue police phone box stood next to the window ready and waiting to take off. "Now hold on a minute. How do you know some much about me?" The Doctor glared. "I hate it when someone's one step ahead of me."

"I'm not clever." Jake softly confessed. "I sorta guessed when Vastra said you were a Time Lord or whatever you are." He snickered. "But I do know you from some hacked files people gave me. The more, delusional people."

The Doctor looked around the box. "And what's that?" He asked, trying to find the key.

"That you've been saving the Earth a lot, as well as the universe." Jake shurgged. "Well partially true." The Doctor popped open the doors of his beloved time machine stepped in, Clara and Jake in tow. The control room was entirely dark, except for the time rotor glowing a brilliant-

"Orange?" The Doctor muttered. "Why is the console now glowing orange?" Clara asked next to Jake. "The TARDIS is afraid. She can recognize our DNA signatures, but since I'm in a new cycle she's on watch dog alert. See to it as more of an intruder. But with a little of this," The Doctor rubbed his hand at the console, and the TARDIS lit up to life. It was now low lit, but the array of lights around the console room gave it a majestic feel. They were everywhere, from the Gallifreyan symbols above the time rotor, to the smaller ones floating around the room flashing sections in a straight line.

The Doctor turned around to see a happy Clara and Jake clinging to a rail. "This... Is your time machine?!" He asked in amazement. "Well, spaceship added after that. Clara, take care of Jake here while I go off and find some new clothes." The Doctor said, in surprise as he trundled downstairs into the lower level of the control room and tossed out some clothes. A wonder it is to have a huge wardrobe in a tiny cabinet. Most companions were often scared when they step into the room that was "bigger on the inside" now that Jake said looking about the room, on the other hand he seemed to be a happy camper. He stepped out from the bottom level a couple minutes later, dressed in a white shirt and black pants before pulling a coat over. Back to basics.

-If you enjoy music from a series while reading fanfictions, Amy in the TARDIS plays from 1:10 if you search it up on YouTube-

"Jake, what Vastra said is true." The Doctor turned to the new guest. "Clara and I save the universe a lot, as well as others who have traveled before with me in the past. I'm seen as a hero to many people I've explored and helped, and the response that sends foes to hide behind their mothers. 'The good man,' is one of the titles I hear the most. Though, not all good men are good. The choices I had made were paid in sacrifices in return. Some dear to me. I live over two thousand years old. I've made many mistakes, and it's about time I did something about that."

They all sat on the stairs leading up to the upper balcony. "Clara, tell me. Am I a good man?" The Doctor asked, gazing to the hexagonal roundels.

She seemed surprised while fiddling with her fingernails. "I... don't know."

"You at least look like a good man. 'For the greater good' was what my family always said when they came to a conflict with just two choices." Jake sniggered and they laughed. "You know what, Jake? We could use a man like you." He looked up and about the room. "We need a gang." He got up and helped Clara. "Why, the TARDIS seems boring with just her and I around?" She said jokingly.

"Oi!" The Doctor said, arms folded. "Not really. I could use some new faces though. Jake, would you like to come with Clara and I?" He asked. Jake didn't quite get the question. "Where? I thought we were helping Vastra with the-"

"No no, I mean with us. Travel across the universe and time, well, in line to any thing that will ever happen that is." The Doctor waved his hand around the now lively ship inside a police box. "Well, I could use some time off. I got bored after graduating from college... So, yes!" Jake said happily. The Doctor gave high-five and Clara hugged him. "Alright then! The Doctor is in! Oh wait, we need to attend to Vastra first. I have to repay a debt to her for keeping watch over me. Let's go, shall we gang?" He smiled to his now two companions. Clara looked at Jake and he looked back, grinning. Then it flashed right before the Doctor.

Instead of Clara and Jake that stood before him in the control room, a couple that the Doctor remembered eons ago were holding hands. A woman seven years younger than Clara smiled to a very young man that just hit his twenties. She had a beehive hairstyle, and looked extremely dirty as well as the man standing next to her.

Susan? David? The Doctor stepped back before he blinked. He rubbed his forehead and found that it was just Clara and Jake standing again.

"Doctor?" Clara asked coming by him.

"Nothing... It's nothing. Come on, let's go!" The Doctor fixed himself.

Note, I need to pay a visit to Susan again.

They left the TARDIS, and the Doctor quietly locked the doors before they entered the sitting room.

"So Vastra, this debt. What is it?" He asked. The sitting room had its furniture reset.

"A case that has dead ends everywhere. Nice outfit, by the way." Vastra smiled as the three sat down in front of her on the sofa. "Rumor has it that Jack the Ripper has returned following a new spree of murders two days ago before you showed up in my home. The bodies I found in autopsy however, were not his doing. Jenny however, noted when she walks home from buying groceries that men in top hats and scarves concealing their faces stalk the rooftops all over London. I find it preposterous, since I personally killed and devoured him." She said in a puzzled voice to a shocked Clara and Jake. "Oh dear me. Forgive what I said just now. Sometimes I get very quirky when there is... flesh about." She stood up and looked out of the window. "Another murder." She murmured, fitting on the veil. "Strax, Jenny, with me!"

Everyone ran outside. A crowd gathered around the plaza. The girl's body was slitted. "Oh my." The Doctor stepped forward and pulled out a wand-like device. "Well, pockets are bigger on the inside now?" He wondered and scanned the body with his sonic screwdriver and the edge of the circle surrounding it. "The killer... ran up." The Doctor consulted from the green orb inside the four claws. He looked up to see a man that matched perfectly what Vastra described earlier crawling up the bakery nearby. "You! Stop!" He pointed and aimed at the man, who fell back and landed on the pavement. He found that there is no body inside the clothes but glass. "Wait a moment..." The Doctor pulled out the hat, scarf and goggles. The glass case was shaped like a human's, though there was no organs inside clearly. There were just gears.

Just. Gears.

"Parts," The head spoke in a recorded voice. "Parts..." It said slowly before the gears powering it stopped.

The killers are Clockwork Droids.

So there you have it! Sorry I kept you waiting.

*For the Doctor's personality, I was thinking of a Doctor that was yes, fierce and dark, like how Moffat plans on revealing in Series 8. It's a great concept really, and I sorta added to the mix that the whole fierce and dark personality should be a demeanor that had inside an unsure, still young inside shell. He's now in a new cycle, the previous one is now moved on and like Jake, doesn't know what to do. So the Doctor will now step up his game and rectify it.

I'm aiming for the story to be FINISHED HOPEFULLY, by Friday the 18th. I'll see you the next time you hear the TARDIS materializes. I hoped you enjoyed this chapter, and don't forget to leave a favorite/follow/review for the story! It helps keep the neutron flow going.

-ClockworkKnight (: