Chapter 4- Two mad men and a blue box

The younger Doctor stood outside the other man's TARDIS, mystified. The man was obviously a Time Lord while the blonde woman was a human. They were obviously extremely close which itself as nearly all Time Lords thought themselves above lower species. And in fact, from experience he knew he was the only Time Lord to take a human as a companion. It was not unusual for a Time Lord to take companions if they went travelling but never humans. Humans did not just travel through space when they could barely visit their own moon, it just was not done. They were just seen to be too stupid and not evolved enough to travel so far in many Gallifreyan's opinions.

Suddenly it struck him. The crazy-haired man was obviously himself. This realization almost made him smack himself in the face. It was now so obvious! Blue box as a TARDIS, a human female companion who he was close to, a questionable sense of fashion... Yet one thing still confused him, why did Rose say that Gallifrey was in a Time Lock? She had said that he, himself, had told her that Gallifrey was in a Time Lock. Whatever it was, it was an unspeakable horror due to his face when Rose told him that their planet was in a Time Lock.

The older-younger Doctor held onto Rose's hand and both stepped into the blue box.

"Okay," Rose said "Right. I can understand somehow landing here, well actually I can't but it makes a bit more sense than this. Who is that man outside and why is he calling himself the Doctor?"

"Rose," He said "You know that I can regenerate, that man outside is a past version of me. The version before I met you, actually. He was the me who destroyed Gallifrey. I like being him, so innocent but a little bit amnesic. I just don't like what happened to him. Well, me."

"Right," The Doctor said "I'm going to go outside, try to comprehend what's going on and leave you and the other Doctor to have a talk, probably a narcissistic one and hope that the TARDIS doesn't explode with clever in there."

Rose once again walked out of the blue doors but only this time, the epitome of a gentleman was waiting. Looking at him, Rose was reminded of Edwardian poets and a main character in an old vampire film she had watched many years ago. It was a pretty good film, a classic film that she could watch over and over without getting tired of.

"Hey." Rose said, sounding tired

"Hello again."

"I'm going to go explore and you can go and chat with John or whatever."

"Nice idea," The younger Doctor replied "Except for the first bit. I wouldn't suggest wandering off."

"Why not?"

"Gallifrey is in the middle of a war, security's been tightened up all over. If one of the guards spot you and see you're not Gallifreyan you'll be locked up. I don't know what'll happen to you but I can't imagine it being too pleasant."

"No need to tell me twice." Rose joked

The Edwardian/ scary vampire Doctor laughed and then walked into the TARDIS. He walked in and saw the same Time Lord leaning on the console, looking back at him. He shut the door behind him without even turning around.

"Who are you?" The man asked

"I thought I would have worked that out by now." The Doctor replied.

"I have," The longer-haired Doctor said "The question was rhetorical, I already know. You're me."

"Yes." The Doctor's voice was dead, almost void of emotion.

"The first rule of time travel! This is a paradox!"

"Don't worry," The elder Doctor said "You'll forget about this."

"No I won't. I've recovered from amnesia in this form."

"Trust me, I'm the Doctor."

They both laughed for a second.

"Which version are you then?" The younger Doctor asked.

"Version number ten now."

"Really?" He asked "Nice to know we get out of this war alive. You seem to be a pleasant man but what is the next version of me like?"

"Well," He answered "A bit battle-scarred, sarcastic, witty, occasionally too harsh but in the end our hearts were in the right place."

"That is good to hear."

"Well," said the Doctor "I, I mean we, wasn't that easy to get on with. I was still mourning everyone and everything I lost. Then Rose came along, made me realize what I'm living for. I'm lucky to have her and you'll be lucky too."

And then by pure coincidence, Rose decided to walk in through the blue doors.

"Speak of the Devil!" The elder Doctor joked

"Oi!" Rose tried to keep a straight face but failed spectacularly "Haven't you two got a TARDIS to fix?"

Authors note: Hello, sorry it took so long to put this on! I know it may no longer be canon that the eighth Doctor was the Doctor who destroyed Gallifrey, but I couldn't stand not having the eighth Doctor not being the Time War Doctor. About the vampire film bit at the beginning, I was thinking about 'Interview with the Vampire' because the first time I saw the eighth Doctor I just yelled "Lestat!" . Anyway I have now started listening to the EDA's and I would highly suggest listening to them! Hello, Bcldiva95, I hope you're satisfied with the Doctor reunion, he was always going to discover who he was because as you said, he is the Doctor. As always, reviews are worshipped.