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"Oh Doctor, can I please keep this coat. I love the design, I have never seen such lovely colours in one coat before." Anna said looking at the coat in all angles in the mirror.
"Of course you can keep it, I have no further use for it." The Doctor said chuckling at Anna. A polite cough then got his attention. He turned to see Elsa sat in a chair and motioning for him to sit in a chair next to her. He went over and did so.
"Now Doctor I have many questions for you, the main one is what has happened to this man?" Elsa said pointing at his sixth incarnation in the picture. The Doctor sighed.
"Your majesty, I am not of this world. Your parents knew this about me too. I am a Time Lord. I come from a planet called Gallifrey." The Doctor said looking into her eyes.
"I helped save your kingdom from an evil race known as the Cybermen. A known enemy of mine who live for nothing but death and destruction." The Doctor continued.
"You should have nothing to be ashamed of about your powers your majesty. I myself have very advanced powers in a process called 'Regeneration'." The Doctor finished waiting for Elsa's reaction.
"Regeneration?" Elsa asked raising an eyebrow at the word.
"It's a power my race possess, the ability to completely regenerate the whole body, including appearance and personality." The Doctor said picking up the picture of his past self.
"This is my sixth incarnation during my last visit here. I am currently in my eighth body." The Doctor said trying his best to explain.
"WAIT. WHAT? Your eighth body? There are eight of you?" Elsa said completely confused.
"Not exactly no. We are all the same person my dear. When the current body wears out or is fatally injured my body regenerates and renews. Believe it or not, I am over eight hundred years old." The Doctor said continuing his explanation. He noticed Anna had sat down on the side of the nearby bed eyes wide with interest.
"Let me show you something. Anna please come join us." The Doctor said reaching into his coat pocket and getting out his sonic screwdriver. He put it upright on the table and pushed a button. The top illuminated and a great light shot upwards creating a illuminating screen in front of their eyes.
"My I introduce me...Or at least my past selves." The Doctor said just as an image began to appear. An image faded into an old man with brushed back white hair. He was wearing a black waist length coat, chequered stripped trousers, a golden patterned waistcoat. A winged collared shirt with a neatly tied black neck tie.
"This is my first self. Very wise and full of wisdom." The Doctor explained as the image then changed. It revealed a smaller man with a mop of dark hair a black frock coat, grey chequered trousers, a blue shirt and an untidy attached bowtie.
"My second self. Very cunning, almost a wizard in his way." The Doctor continued explaining. The image changed again. Revealing a tall man with grey curly hair. Dashingly dressed in silken clothes, with a black long coat with a matching cape, underlined with red silk. A white frilled shirt with a smart necktie.
"My third self, very dandy like if you ask me." The Doctor said smirking at himself. The image changed again. A tall man with brown curly hair and a somewhat scruffy look about him. A brown floppy hat with a loose waistcoat, a long grey overcoat with matching grey trousers and a red necktie. The most noticeable thing was a long stripped scarf wrapped several times around his shoulders.
"My fourth self. I can't tell you how many times I tripped over that blasted scarf!" The Doctor said whilst getting a chuckle from Anna. The image changed again this time to a younger looking man. He wore a light brown overcoat with red piping around the lapels. A cream coloured v neck jumper and red and cream stripped trousers. The most noticeable thing was his shirt that had two question marks on the lapels.
"My fifth self. I was quite the gentleman back then." The Doctor said personally liking that version of himself.
"He's cute." Anna said to Elsa, she turned to him and nodded in agreement. The Doctor chuckled at the remark.
The image changed again to reveal the man they recognised from the picture. He wore the same coat that Anna had around herself. Yellow trousers with black stripes, a red and white checked waistcoat and a red necktie with white polka dots on it. Again he wore the same shirt with question marks as the previous version they saw.
"My sixth self, the version that saved your kingdom." The Doctor said proudly. The image changed one last time revealing a small man. He wore a brown coat with a small patterned scarf around his shoulders. Brown chequered trousers, a interesting jumper covered in question marks. A white shirt with a tie, and a straw hat.
"My seventh self. The most darkest of all my incarnations." The Doctor said as the image faded away disappearing back into the screwdriver.
"I am the current model." The Doctor said putting the screwdriver back into his coat pocket.
"Fascinating. But I have one question Doctor." Elsa said deep in thought.
"Go ahead." The Doctor said nodding at her.
"If you are our guardian. Where were you during the years without our parents?" Elsa asked with anger in her voice.
