Graham and Dan are walking to meet up with the companions and see Yaz standing there, they run to her.
"Got your invitation?"
"What invitation?"
"Hello." Dan throws his arms around her.
"Watcha feeling like Yaz?"
"Good." She says while trying to breathe.
"Yaz."
"Graham," after Dan lets her go Yaz walks into his waiting hug, "thank you."
"Anytime kid." The three of them walk into the room Ace sees them first and smiles brightly at them.
"What is this exactly?"
"It's a meeting of those of us who have known the Doctor."
"Ok.''
"Come on, I know of three others who have been looking forward to seeing you." Graham directs her over to Ace, Kate and Tegan. Ace gives her a big hug.
"Ace, I can't breathe."
"Sorry." Ace unwraps her arms and stands next to Graham and they fold each other's hands together. As everyone takes their seats, Kate puts a laptop on an empty chair.
"There were a few of us that couldn't make it today, so they are joining via Zoom." Kate takes her seat Ace gives an encouraging smile to Graham.
'Apparently I've got to be the first one to talk, so.. Right. I have this problem. See I met this person, and I got whooshed away. Across all space and time. I mean, I had the most amazing adventures really. I mean, you wait till you hear 'cause I'm going to tell you them all. And er. But I came back, and I actually can't tell anyone. Because they'd have me put away.
And that's started me thinking though. I can't be the only one. I can't and look… I'm not. But I reckon there are more people out there, too. So maybe this is where we share stories.. about the Doc."
After Kate tells everyone about the chance of asking everyone to work for UNIT, Ian is shocked to find out that the Doctor has been a woman, and both he and Mel are shocked that there has been a number of them running about through the years.
"You ok?" Tegan leans over as she puts her hand on Yaz's arm.
"Good."
Ace leans over putting her hand on Yaz's knee, "better question, is she ok?"
"Of course she's ok, she's the Doctor." The three of them smile.
"I had to save the Doctor from a Time Lord Council that had been tampered with from the Valeyard, this was one time that the Master didn't want to kill him, he wanted to help him." Mel explained.
"Wait, you said the Master didn't want to kill the Doctor for once," a surprised Jo asks.
"That was not the only time, when the Master was a woman, aka Missy, we thought the Doctor had rehabilitated the Time Lord."
"When was this?"
"Their 12th acknowledged face, tall Scottish with serious eyebrows." Ace's head pops up with the Scottish Doctor.
"The Professor was also Scottish."
"You want to get a kick out of something Ace?"
"I do."
"He was an actual Professor for a little bit of that regeneration."
"Wicked."
"Sadly his companion at the time got converted to a Cyberman, like the corpse of my father. Though neither of them wanted to kill anyone."
"What?!" Those who met the Brigadier shout including those on the laptop.
"Before Missy was imprisoned and changed into a semi decent Time Lord she tried to make all those who had been buried into a Cyberman. My Dad was one of them, he saved me from plummeting to my death after being pushed out of an airplane."
"When I met your Dad during my travels with the Doctor he knocked out the Professor and went to shoot the Destroyer. I may have been rude to him when he did that. We butted heads as we both wanted to protect the Time Lord.''
"He talked about all of the companions he met, he applauded the fact you were sensible to wear shoes that were safe to run in and didn't scream once."
"Oi," says Tegan.
"He still cared for you and Nyssa, Tegan."
"I know."
"How about we get back to talking about the Doctor."
"Sure Ian. Tell us how you met them.''
Ian starts to tear up thinking about his Barbra, "this was before I married Barbra, both she and I had Susan, the Doctor's Granddaughter was in the classes that we taught. She was saying things that we didn't understand. We followed her to an abandoned garage, and walked into the TARDIS. The Doctor ended up kidnapping us. A few years later we get back to England and end up back at Coal School."
"Wait, Coal School. The Doctor and I fought Daleks there in 1963, two different factions."
"Wait, the two of you went there. We never heard of Daleks there." Ian is shocked by what Ace just said.
"Not long after I started in the TARDIS, it did seem he knew the area enough, he also knew the priest."
"We were a few years short of meeting him again."
"With a young teenager."
"How did he look?"
"Wore a question mark jumper a little bit taller than I am, and as you heard just a few minutes ago Scottish. He loved magic tricks and playing the spoons. I remember during my first encounter with Cyberman, while he was figuring things out we went inside Buckingham Palace and he put a fez on my head."
"One day the Doc got a delivery in the TARDIS of a fez."
"So it's you we can thank for the Time Lords incapability of not picking up a fez whenever they walk past one," Kate adds jokingly.
"I,"
"You know the last time I saw them, I was told by them that before they regenerated they checked up on all of us. You, Ace, may have been the last one he checked up on."
"How come they didn't say anything," a slightly upset Tegan whispers.
Martha from the laptop starts to speak, "he wouldn't want any of us hurt. Mickey and I saw him and knew what was happening."
"Did anyone else see him?"
"My Dad and I did. The Doctor had to try and not be seen by Donna, my daughter couldn't see him. He went back in time and borrowed money from my husband to buy a lottery ticket, so in a way her father helped her win 15k quid." Slyvia Noble also adds in talking from the laptop.
"Wow."
"Donna was his best friend."
Mel thinks about what to add, "they always cared for us, there may have been a few they didn't like, but not many."
"Don't forget all the families they helped create." Tegan says thinking about Nyssa and their kids. "There is even a new one forming with a couple that can start planning their wedding now that Yaz is back."
Everyone looks at the engaged couple, "I guess we can." Ace and Graham say in unison.
"Thank you two for waiting until I returned."
"We are a family Yaz, I told you we would wait for you to return, and I was serious."
"I also want you there Yaz."
"Thank you Ace, that means a lot to me, especially with how I reacted the first two times we met."
"I understand the way you reacted to me. You didn't know my relationship with the Doctor was strictly platonic and we had a major falling out. While talking to the holographic version, they were ok with what I said, and were still proud of me. That all children had to leave home eventually and there was a joy of watching them fly."
"When was this?"
"Right before you showed up, Graham."
"I am glad that I helped you blow up those Daleks."
"You know you can help me with the timer, but somehow I still can't get it perfect."
"Wicked."
"Seriously, after making them for over 40 years, how can I still mess up on the timers?"
"Now you have someone who will help you."
"Can I say something Ace?"
"Of course you can Yaz."
"One of the reasons I was walking on eggshells around you is that I found it weird that a friend of the Doctor would make explosives and the same friend also ran a charity, though I think Graham was already smitten with you before the timestorm happened to you."
"I was already smitten with him." Ace looks at Graham who is trying not to blush, Ace leans to his chair and grabs his chin and gives him a chaste kiss."
"Should we mention how much Ryan was smitten with Chantelle?"
"I am not surprised he was. A young man smitten with my model friend."
"How is she by the way?"
"She is great, thinking of picking up a job with a Charitable Earth."
"Mhmm," Kate clears her throat, "I think it's time to end the meeting so you three can go and talk about all of that."
"Me too," Ace gets up so does Graham and Yaz, they quickly help clean up and head out.
