Note from William "Blissey" Raymer: Important research for this chapter comes from the BBC Books/Random House Group, Ltd. publication Doctor Who: The TARDIS Handbook by Steve Tribe. A link to the TARDIS Data Core page on this book can be found in my profile on this site.

The formula for determining one's Time Lord name comes from the BBC Children's Books/Penguin Group publication Doctor Who: How to Be a Time Lord (text written by Craig Donaghy). Likewise, a link to that publication's page on the TARDIS Data Core wiki can be found in my profile.

30 Worlds: Royal Megaforce, Episode XXVI: "Echoes, Awakenings and Fates"

EPILOGUE ALPHA

William and Rose gasped as they saw row after row of gray metal cabinets after stepping out of the TARDIS. "What are these things?" William asked The Doctor. "These, William, are what TARDISes originally look like, before their chameleon circuits go to work," The Doctor responded. "Choose one, but choose wisely."

William knew that each TARDIS belonged to a specific Type, with multiple Marks within each Type. A strange presence began to enter William's mind. "William, what's wrong?" Rose asked. "I don't know, Aunt Rose, but something is drawing me to that particular TARDIS," William said, gesturing to one at the end of the row they were examining.

"Doctor, over here!" Rose called out. The Doctor looked over to see William step into the TARDIS. Inside was a plain white chamber resembling the control room that The Doctor used in her very first incarnation. "Old home week," The Doctor remarked.

William made his way to the telepathic controls and placed a hand on them. "Who are you?" the voice called in his head. "King William of Cinnabar," William responded in kind. "I sense Time Lord DNA in your being," the TARDIS said in William's mind. "I am the great-grandson of The Doctor, Lady President of the High Council of Gallifrey," William responded.

"State your Time Lord name and Chapter affiliation," the TARDIS said. William remembered what The Doctor had told him about how Time Lord names are determined. Using the name of his identity in the World of Girl Meets World as a base, William said, "Grand Shield, Prydonian Chapter."

The Doctor then turned to Rose and explained, "Using the first letter of King William's given name and the surname he used in the World of Girl Meets World, he came up with that name. Using that formula, your Time Lady name would be 'Lord Infinite.'"

"'Lord Infinite,'" Rose echoed. "I kinda like the sound of that." As the conversation between The Doctor and Rose continued, the TARDIS continued to speak in William's mind. "Grand Shield of the Prydonian Chapter, recite the Time Lord Pledge," it said.

"I understand the importance of my sacred position; I will not meddle with time; I will respect the traditions of Gallifrey," William said in his mind. Satisifed, the TARDIS spoke one more time. "Grand Shield, you have completed the registration process. I am now at your service," it said. "I am TARDIS Type 50, Mark 20. You may begin to structure me to your will."

William smiled as a thought came to his mind. The TARDIS control room became bathed in white light, which faded to reveal his own interpretation of the Twelfth Doctor's TARDIS control room, with a computer visual interface similar to the displays on the Enterprise. A display screen in front of William's panel revealed that William's new TARDIS looked like an exact copy of the late Gavan's Glory to the outside universe.

"Well done, Grand Shield," Rose said. "Thank you, Aunt Lord," William said with a wink and a smile. "All right then, let's get this show on the road. Rose, take the helm. Doctor, get back to your TARDIS."

Rose nodded, then assumed her assigned station as The Doctor exited William's TARDIS. "Programming course for rendezvous with the Enterprise in the World of Sofia the First," William said. "Rose, as soon as the course appears on your panel, activate the engines."

Rose smiled as the promised course appeared on her screen. "Activating engines," she said. The familiar wheezing and whirring of a TARDIS' engines began as William's brand-new TARDIS disappeared from sight. On William's display, he noticed that The Doctor's TARDIS was flying alongside his own.

"You picked one heck of a TARDIS, William," The Doctor said on William's display. "My TARDIS is holding steady position alongside yours in the Time Vortex."

William smiled at The Doctor. "I've been practicing on the holodeck, Doctor," he said as the two TARDISes sailed on.

::TBC::