The Doctor walked over the Lauren's bed. He sat down and looked around the room. It seemed ordinary enough. A bookshelf, some soft toys, a CD player, some posters on the wall … but what was that a poster of? The Doctor stood up and wandered over to it. It wasn't even a poster. It was the front page of the TV guide. And on it were pictures of him in each of his bodies, One through to Ten. TIME WILL TELL, it said on the "poster". Is David Tennant the best Doctor Who ever?
She wasn't kidding, thought the Doctor, who then made his way over to the chair by Lauren's desk. On it there was a big book entitled Lauren's Diary. The Doctor hesitated, then picked up the book. He flipped through it, but found no dirty teenage girl secrets. There were just a couple of newspaper articles. The Doctor picked up the first one. Clocking On, it read. David Tennant tackles the role of TV's most enduring time traveller. On it there was a picture of him and Rose on New Earth. And the Doctor couldn't help but notice a quote in the article that had been enlarged – "It is now a love story more than it was ever allowed to be". He then picked up the next one. Let's Do The Time Lord Again, it read. The Doctor smiled as he put it down. He turned to the next page in the diary. It was full of statistics. There were 13 boxes, containing different headings. There were some notes on the top of the page.
My favourite episode(s): Rose &
The Parting of the Ways
My
least favourite episode(s): Dalek & Father's Day
The
funniest episode: Boom Town
The
biggest tear-jerker: The Parting of the Ways
The Doctor remembered that Lauren had mentioned Father's Day earlier. He guessed the different headings were episode titles. But what were the statistics? The Doctor looked in the box entitled Rose.
No. of times holding hands – 3
No. of laughs – 14
No. of tears – 0
"How obsessed do you have to be to record this stuff?" the Doctor said the himself.
"Pretty darn obsessed," answered Lauren as she walked through the door, carrying a sandwich. "And actually, I don't mind Dalek that much anymore. I cry when it says 'What use are emotions if you will not save the woman you love'."
"And the 'biggest tear-jerker'? What was that?" asked the Doctor.
"That was on the Gamestation with all the Daleks," replied Lauren. "I cry when Rose is sent home, when you kiss and when you regenerate."
"Really?' said the Doctor.
"Oh yeah," confirmed Lauren. "And that's nothing compared to Series Two. It took me an hour to stop crying after you guys were separated. Mind you, I did listen to the songs Slipped Away, Incomplete and Last Night On Earth a few times, which probably didn't help. I haven't recorded any notes for Series Two yet, coz I don't have all the DVDs. I'm getting them individually so I can get a free Dalek watch. And I'll probably have to change the hand-holding tally to a hugging tally. Seriously, you guys hugged like twice very episode!" The Doctor nodded, a little confused.
"But, wait," he said. "What about my previous incarnations? How can Series Two be my tenth?"
"Oh, the show was taken off for 16 years, then brought back," Lauren explained. "But it was running continuously for 26 years before that. That's not half-bad! I never got to see any of the old shows. I've been reading the books though, and they're pretty good." The Doctor turned to the bookcase. To the side of one shelf were nine Doctor Who books. Doctor Who and the Zarbi, Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters, Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear …the list went on. And on the next shelf was a book entitled Doctor Who: Monsters & Villains.
"My school library had also got a couple of books, and they said if they ever get rid of them they'll give them to me," said Lauren with a smile. "And for Christmas I'm getting 3 books with your ninth self, Doctor Who: Enemies & Aliens, The Doctor Who 2007 Annual, and an activity book, plus a sonic screwdriver. I wanted to get some of the audio books, but I'd already bought Worms on XBOX. Plus I want to dye my hair blonde so I can look more like Rose." Lauren then started to fiddle with something around her neck.
"What's that?" asked the Doctor.
"Oh, just the little necklace I made," said Lauren, straightening it up. "There we go." The Doctor looked at the necklace. It was a silver chain, and in the middle, hanging from it was a piece of cardboard with a Doctor Who logo on it.
"I found the logo lying around, and thought I'd make the best of it," said Lauren. "I also made matching earrings. Check these out." Lauren pulled her long brown hair back. Hanging from her ears were two silver sleepers, and a Doctor Who logo was hanging from each one.
"Cool, hey?" said Lauren. "Oh, and you've gotta see this." She then picked up a big green binder and brought it over to the Doctor.
"What's in here?" he asked.
"Basically, they're parodies of all your adventures," answered Lauren. "I found them on the internet. They were written by someone called 'ant-mac'." The Doctor went to the back of the folder.
"There are almost 100 pages here!" he exclaimed.
"Yeah, and I didn't want my dad to know, so I printed them out at school, about 12 pages a day," said Lauren, shaking her head. "Dad still doesn't know what I used that $10 printing money for." The Doctor flipped through the folder, a grin forming on his face. By the time he'd reached the end he was in stitches.
"How did they come up with that?" he asked through tears of laughter.
"Beats me," said Lauren. "Now, I've gotta go have a shower. Will you be okay?"
"Yeah, fine," said the Doctor. "I'll just have a little explore." So Lauren left the room once again, leaving the Doctor full of curiosity. This simple teenage girl's life revolved around him. He wanted to find out more. So he left Lauren's room, made his way down the corridor and entered the family room.
Ant-mac, if you're reading I
hope you don't mind me promoting your skits. If anyone wants the
website where they're located, just give me a shout. Same if you want
pictures of my jewellery.
The "Let's Do the Time Lord Again" article actually came from my grandma's TV guide. I stole it.
And little did the Doctor know, that the diary containing my dirty secrets was on top of the CD player!
Okay,
that's probably it for today. I'll be watching the Ashes all day (Go
Aussies!), then I've got my formal tonight! I'll be wearing a long
Victorian dress, coloured black and cherry maroon. I wanted to get
something similar to what Rose wore in The Unquiet Dead.