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The TARDIS passed by a mended crack in the universe.
‘What? What! What?!’
The TARDIS started to whine as it spiralled out of control. Despite the shaking and sparking of circuitry the man in black who just appeared inside stayed in perfect balance, his face hidden by a wide brimmed hat.
‘Who the bloody hell are you?’
The lights dimmed as The TARDIS fell into hibernation.
The Doctor strode over and thrust his sonic screwdriver in the intruder's face, ‘Who are you and what did you do to my ship?’
The man raised his head and locked eyes with the Doctor, ‘Are you threatening me with a sonic screwdriver?’
‘Yes.’
They held each other’s gaze.
‘I’m sorry.’
‘What? You’re sorry? I didn’t expect you to say that.’ The Doctor ran his fingers through his hair, ‘No, wait. Yes. What did you do?’
‘Does this ship have telepathic abilities?’
The Doctor cocked his head to the side, ‘How did you know?’
‘I thought someone was invading my mind.’
The Doctor pursed his brow, ‘So what, you fought back?’
‘Yes.’
‘Against my ship?’
‘Yes.’
‘Well undo what ever it was that you did! NOW!’
D closed his eyes. Not even a second passed before the lights of the TARDIS came back on and the ship purred with life.
‘The TARDIS was just trying to help you. It gets in your head to help translate different languages. Harmless. Necessary.’
‘For what?’
‘Time travel of course.’
A bit of emotion started to stir on the man’s face, ‘Who are you?’
‘I’m the Doctor, and you?’
‘D.’
‘Really? Just, D?’
‘Just the Doctor?’
‘Point. Well, where are you from D?’
‘Earth.’
The Doctor beamed, ‘Earh? I love Earth. What century?’
‘Year Sixteen-thousand and ninety AD.’
‘Should we take a look then?’
The TARDIS whirred to life and appeared on Earth in the time D specified, give or take a few years.
D glanced at the monitors before walking out the blue doors. Open plains greeted him. D breathed through his nose before turning on his heel and walking right back inside.
The Doctor pouted, ‘Aren’t you at least going to say, it’s bigger on the inside?’
D mumbled under his breath.
‘Excuse me? Did you just call me bastard?’
‘Not you,’ D shook his head in disbelief, ‘He actually managed to send me to another universe.’
‘Who did?’
D didn’t answer. He paced around the TARDIS controls, ‘Can you take me back?’
‘To your universe?’
‘Yes.’
‘No, afraid not.’
‘Why?’
‘Okay! Slightly less with the murderous intent, thank you. I don’t know which parallel universe you’ve come from. If I try to hop from each one just to check, I would create cracks in the universe, which would shatter time itself.’
‘How do you know that?’
‘Because I’m a time lord.’
The Doctor’s attention was drawn to D’s waist, he could’ve sworn he heard something like muffled laughter.
‘Did you just say something?’
‘Are there any other time lords who can help me?’
‘No. I’m the last.’
D didn’t ask any questions. He didn’t say anything at all.
‘I’m sorry that I can’t help you. But I could take you anywhere else you like. In this entire universe.’
‘Anywhere?’
‘Yup.’
‘Surprise me.’