Part 4
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Last time on ETWWTH...
"All right, activating, transporting, & rematerializing," the Doctor said, then his clone materialized on the pad.
"You realize you could've just materialized the TARDIS down there, right?" the other Doctor said, walking towards them, hands in his pockets.
"Right, right," The Doctor said, rubbing his hand on his face, with the realization.
"Hello, you two, I'm the Doctor," he said, shaking their hands.
Doctor Who theme plays...
In the TARDIS:
"Oh stop it. Even though you technically are a clone of my former self, you aren't the Doctor anymore. I am."
"What's that for? Up until 5 years ago, I have all the knowledge you have. Plus I have a great girl. What have you got?" he said, a little angry.
"I have more memories and, well, two more friends than you, & a wife," he said, trying to sound smug.
"Really? Got yourself married, have you? Who's the girl, mate?" he said, with his hands in his pockets.
"River Song."
"What? How's that?"
"Remember how she said she knew us in the future?"
"Yeah."
"Well, I'm that future Doctor."
"Well, good for you. How'd it happen?"
"Well..."
"Um, Doctors, I hate to interrupt the catch up, but we've got the Cybermen & Daleks fusing universes out there," Austin chimed in.
"He's right," the clone Doctor said.
"Right, better give you the short version. Better sync our minds."
"Oh, this'll be fun. Haven't done this in years."
"Yes, well, contact," said the Doctor.
"Contact," the other Doctor said, then they closed their eyes & linked minds, like the Doctors did in 'The 3 Doctors.'
"Oh, nice story. Sad ending though."
"Yeah, I know."
"Ok, now that I've been caught up to speed, let's get to work, shall we?" the clone Doc said. They walked, headed towards the main console room. They finally entered, the clone Doc with his hands in his pockets. "Oh, you've redecorated? I don't like it."
"Apparently none of my past selves do. Oh yeah. I wanted to ask, how's your TARDIS piece growing?" Austin asked.
"Oh, it's almost done. Probably should take several more years to mature, at the rate it's going."
"Great."
"Yes, yes. That's all fine & dandy, but now on to the more pressing matters at hand," Austin said, interrupting them.
"Right, but first..." the Doctor said, as he had the TARDIS make something. "Here," he said, handing it to the clone Doc.
"Oh, my sonic screwdriver! Thanks. I reckon you have a newer one to go with the new looks."
"In fact, I do," he said, pulling his sonic out of his pocket, giving the other Doctor a glimpse at it.
He took it in his hands.
"Whoa. Nice. A bit more advanced than mine, but why ditch a classic?" he said, handing it back.
"Yes, well," he said, while putting it away. "On to the matter at hand," he turns on the view screen. "Now, the Cybermen & Daleks are all teamed up & attacking Earth, that much we know, but how are they fusing parallel Earths together & why? Oh, that's unexpected."
"What?" Austin asked as the other Doc hitched closer to the original.
"It seems the Earths are not just being fused, but the histories of the worlds are too."
"Well then how come we aren't changing too?" Ally asked.
"Simple," the Docs said together.
"Go ahead. Explain," the original Doc said to the other.
"All right. Now, obviously whatever device the Daleks & Cybermen have is obviously doing that too. The TARDIS obviously protects us since we're up here with the shields on, while they're... down... there..." he trailed off in thought.
"What's wrong?" the other Doc asked.
"Rose, Jackie, Pete, & everyone else. They might be at risk to change too."
"Don't worry about Rose. She, her mom, & most of the others probably won't change," the other one said.
"How do you know?"
"As I can see, this machine is choosing the people who stay down there from which one of them is more important than the other. Obviously there's only 2-3 versions of everyone, so the versions of them from our universe are going to survive, but the versions of us that are from Austin & Ally's universe are actors who played us on TV."
"What?"
"I'll explain later. So, there might be 2 versions of some people down there."
"Oh, that sounds better," the clone said, sarcastically.
"Hey, when we defeat them, we'll find a way to reverse it all."
"Right, sorry Doctor. How do we proceed?"
"Well, Doctor, we find which ship has the device on it," he said while flipping switches & typing stuff. "Should be the one that's either heavily protected, or putting out the most power, or both. There," he said, finding it.
"What do we do now?" Austin asked.
"This," he said, turning on the engines.
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