"First thing's first. Let's go over more about what Time Lords are: our abilities, how our physiology is both the same and different from humans and so on. Unlike humans, Time Lords have two hearts. We also have something that's known as a Repertory Bypass System. It allows us to hold our breath for longer periods than humans since our two hearts are pumping extra oxygen throughout our bodies."
"How long can we go without breathing for?"
"Anywhere from 15 to 20 minutes depending on the amount of stress being placed onto our bodies. After that our systems automatically switches back to normal breathing mode. Then there is a 12 hour recovery period before we can attempt such a thing again.
"And how do I switch from normal breathing to this?"
"Easy. I'll show you." He demonstrated it to me, holding his breath for two minutes, and then had me try as well. Honestly, it was much easier than I thought. I didn't even feel like I was holding my breath. Afterwards, The Doctor went on to explain all about regeneration and the ability to see all of time and space among many other fascinating things. It was exactly two hours and six minutes before he was done explaining everything and answering all of my questions. When we were through, I was dead-tired.
"That was absolutely riveting stuff" I said, while trying to suppress a yawn, "but I am absolutely exhausted. Can you show me where I'm going to be sleeping?"
"Of course! I'm sure the TARDIS is done creating your room for you."
"Two hours and six minutes of non-stop talking and you didn't manage to slip in how your TARDIS can 'create rooms'?" He looked up at me and grinned.
"Well, I can definitely see that your sense of time is working quite well. Just needs to be fine-tuned a bit."
"Fine-tuned? How so? I got it down precisely!"
"We were talking for exactly two hours six minutes and forty-two seconds. You haven't gotten your time sense down to seconds yet. Not to worry, though. I'll help you get that down-packed in less than one Earth week."
"You still haven't answered my question yet."
"Right. The TARDIS bedroom. Well, the Old Girl here is another dimension. So she's quite large. Infinite in fact! Inside of her are countless blank rooms. The second you touch the doorknob of your room, she will sense your likes, interests, etc. If there' s anything you want changed, added or taken away once you've seen it, just picture it so. Understand?" I nodded my head. "Brilliant!" he said, grabbing me by my hand. "Now enough of this inane chit-chat. Let's go see what this room of yours looks like."
From the console room we went down a hallway straight to the end, made a left, took the third right, went past a staircase, then took the second left after that and it was the fourth room on my right. I doubted that I would remember my way back to the console room come morning. Anyway, once I reached the door, I grabbed the door knob and pushed the door open and slowly opened my eyes. Astounded, I ran in, taking in the sights around me. The walls were a powder blue with thick and sparkly coral stripes running diagonally across them. There was a white night table with a hot pink lamp. The bed was a queen-sized four poster with pillows and sheets that matched the walls. The floors were made of cherry oak wood with a small fluffy coral area rug lying in the middle of the room. The ceiling was painted to look like the nighttime sky. In essence it was my dream room. Only, now, I wasn't dreaming. At least I didn't think I was.
"So I take it you like it?" My head snapped up. I had forgotten The Doctor was standing there.
"It's perfect. Thank you!" He simply smiled and nodded.
"Glad to see the Old Girl came through for you. Now, the bathroom is straight across the hall. You should find everything you need in there. I'll leave you to it then." He turned around and walked out, shutting the door behind him.
A/N: I know this chapter may have been kind of boring with all the lengthy descriptions, but I tried my best to make it interesting for you. I promise it will be a lot more exciting and 'Dr. Whoish' going forward.
