Amy knocked on her brother's front door. Richard opened it. Amy was about to say something when the Doctor cut her off.
"Hello Richard, remember me?" He said, seeing the man's gobsmacked face "Oh, right, of course, why would you. I'm the Doctor, hello."
"Hi…" Richard said "Amy, who is this guy?"
"It's a long story." Amy said, not bothering with changing facts now the Doctor had opened his mouth "Long story short, you remember John? Well, that's him."
"What?" No." Richard said "Oh, wait, do you mean it's his brother? Yeah, that makes sense."
"No, I'm not his brother, I'm him." The Doctor said as he walked past Richard and stepped into the kitchen, tossing back "Hello."
"What do you mean you're him?" Richard said, turning to Amy "What the hell is going on?"
"It's a long story." Amy said.
"Yes, and one I'd be happy to tell you." The Doctor said "After an apple and banana sandwich. Oh, and a coke zero with just a sprinkle of cocoa powder in it."
Richard looked at Amy for a moment before sighing and ushering her in and closing the front door, going to get the Doctor's sandwich and drink.
James came into the kitchen and sat down opposite the Doctor. As he did, his father put the plate with the sandwich and the drink down on the table.
"Who're you?" James asked.
"Who am I? I'm the Doctor." The Doctor replied, picking up one half of his sandwich and dipping it in the chocolaty coke then taking a bite, making both Richard and Amy cringe "I was John to you. Remember, funny hair, bow tie? Not as good looking, though, eight years old, probably don't notice, not yet."
"Oh yeah, you were weird." James said, apparently having no problem with believing it was the same man "You're funny now though."
"Funny, eh?" The Doctor said, dipping his sandwich then taking a bite again "Funny's cool."
"Anyway, you said you were going to explain what you meant when you said you're John." Richard said "So go on, out with it."
"Yeah, that'll take too long to explain." The Doctor said "So, how about I just tell you something only you and I know. When we met, we had a conversation in here. You told me the Amy has a bit of a soft spot for me, that she's tended to go for clever guys a lot over the last couple of years and I tried to, while making a bit of a fool of myself, to convince you of the fact that we're just friends, still stand by that by the way. Oh, and you asked if I was gay."
"Okay, how'd you know that?" Richard said "He has to have told you."
"Dad, it's him." James said "Look at him, it's him."
"No way." Richard said "This has to be a trick."
"No, Rick, it's him." Amy said, looking at the Doctor "Though I don't get why Jimmy got it right away."
"Because it's him!" James said.
"Exactly." The Doctor said, turning to face Amy and Richard "See, it's like this. Children always find it so much easier to believe in things. When they see Time Lords, that's what I am by the way Richard, a Time Lord, after regeneration, the thing I did a little while ago, that they met before, they just know we're the same person. It's in their guts, their instincts, because of that little spark that makes it easier for them to believe. Youth, brilliant."
Richard and James looked at him, gobsmacked by the length of the speech. Amy was confused by what he'd said, but not by how much. She was used to the Doctor rattling off long speeches.
Before anyone could say anything, the Doctor jumped up and darted out of the room, sticking his head back into the room to say "Come on."
Amy, Richard and James followed him into the living room. The Doctor pulled out a pair of wire frame glasses and put them on as he looked at the TV. On the screen was a humanoid figure in some kind of red robes. It was wearing some kind of animal skull on it's head as a helmet. It was speaking in some alien language.
"I trust you remember these guys." The Doctor said, not looking away from the TV "They invaded, four years ago. Remember, giant stone spaceship over London? Loads of people climbing up onto roofs ready to jump only not to?"
"Yeah…" Richard said "We were kind of with the ones jumping."
"Oh, well, good then." The Doctor said "If it weren't for me, you'd be enslaved right now. Blood control, that's what they were using. Like hypnotism, they threatened to make you all kill yourselves but couldn't. As I explained then, you can hypnotise someone to walk like a chicken or sing like Elvis, but you can't hypnotise them to death."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Richard said "But if you know so much, what're they called?"
"Sycorax. They're called Sycoorax." The Doctor said "And you and James can't understand them but me and Amelia can. Amelia, come with me, Richard, Jimbo, wait here."
He walked out, Amy following him. Richard put his hand on her arm for a minute.
"Does your boyfriend know you're with this guy?" He asked.
"No, and you're not going to tell him." She replied "You didn't have a problem with that with the old Doctor, you won't with this one."
"Well, with that kind of blind loyalty and disregard for your relationship, you might want to question how much you actually care about your boyfriend." He said "Now, I'll see you later Amy."
"Yeah." Amy said, kissing James on the forehead before running out "See you later Jimmy."
"Bye Aunty Amy." James said, before looking at his father "Where're they going?"
"No idea." Richard replied "But I hope your aunt's going to be okay."
"Me too. And her friend." James said "I like him. He's funny."