You're Both Good Men
Chapter Two: To The Future
"It's bigger on the inside."
"It's …"
"I know, it's Dimensionally Transcendental, which means the larger interior can fit inside the smaller exterior. It also has a chameleon circuit, enables the machine to blend in with its surroundings. It takes a lot to impress me, Doctor but this definitely comes close."
"It comes close? I show you an amazing time machine like this and it only 'comes close' to impressing you? Honestly, I knew I should have chosen a regular human."
"If you really want to impress me, Doctor, then show me the future."
"Hold on then."
"To what exactly?"
"Anything."
The Doctor flicked switches and turned dials and with a whoosh, the time machine disappeared into the vortex.
"So what do you call this machine then?"
"It's the TARDIS, Time And Relative Dimension In Space."
"So it can take us to the future?"
"And the past, and different planets. Anywhere, anytime, anyplace."
"Well, now you have my attention, Doctor."
"Good. Oh, we've landed."
"When?"
"Three years into your future. You want to see?"
"Is John there?"
"Take a look."
That was the first story my father told me of the Doctor but it was certainly not the last, for the Doctor kept popping into our lives for a very long time.