Outside the TARDIS, Wednesday afternoon

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

The Doctor's lawn chair was out again, and he was sitting reading a copy of 'Martin Chuzzlewit'. Another chair was set up next to him, in case anyone decided to drop by.

As it was, he was simply enjoying his reading.

[ooc: Mainly here for Isabel, but slowplay interaction with other is perfectly fine, thanks.]

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After cheerleading practice

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

After cheerleading, Isabel headed into town. A blue police box shouldn't be that hard to find.

And it wasn't.

"Excuse me," she said as she approached. "Are you the Doctor?"

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The Doctor looked up from his book. "That I am," he said. "What can I do for you?"

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"Hi! I'm Isabel Evans," she replied. "I'm in your workshop. But I have a small problem."

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"What sort of problem?" he asked, closing his book. He gestured to the open chair. "Feel free to take a seat, if you like."

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"Thank you," Isabel said, perching on the edge of the chair. "Hopefully a small one. I need to go home to Roswell this Thursday. I won't be home till the following Saturday. I'll have to miss the first two classes."

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"Horrible way to start the class," the Doctor said. "But we can work something out fairly easy. Get a friend in the class to take extra careful notes, for one." He tapped his chin. "And if you could provide me with a short hundred word essay on your greatest fear, and come prepared in the third week with some event from Earth history, those would be the assignments you'll be missing."

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"That I can do," she nodded. "A bunch of friends are in the class as well. One of them will take notes for me. The essay and the event sound easy enough to do."

Isabel sighed, "I know I'm probably the umpteenth person to ask the question, but are you any relation to the last Doctor that lived here in a blue police box?"

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"He's me. Either an alternate me from the future, or my actual future self. We didn't really figure that one out," the Doctor said. "So I'm essentially the same person, just more charming and less old."

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Considering that Isabel was a recreated version of a alien princess, that explanation really didn't phase her. "I never actually met him in person, so I really can't compare. I'll have to take your word for it." She turned over his explanation in her mind, "That means you wouldn't know Jack Harkness would you? Because you haven't met him yet because that you is your future," Isabel said, frowning in concentration. "Sorry, time travel still confuses me."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker was just scoping out the town with her camera, trying to get ideas for her photographic prompts, when she saw the TARDIS.

Blue. Definitely blue. And hello, there was That Guy. Who was or wasn't the Doctor. Or something.

She took a photo of him in front of the TARDIS, then carefully walked over. "Hello." Do you know me? she wondered.

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"Hello," the Doctor said, looking up from his book. "Need directions to llama school or something?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Or something. I'm taking pictures for my photography class, I hope you don't mind." He didn't seem to recognize, and this definitely wasn't the same guy, so... "The last guy who owned a box like that was an alien named the Doctor. Or Ten. Do you know him?"

Then Parker got a brilliant idea. "Oooooo."

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The Doctor shuddered. "He actually let people reduce him to a mere number?"

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Raising an eyebrow, Parker said, "I thought it was a nickname? I never got any details on it, though. So, you know him? I talked to Sam Carter, and she said you went by the Doctor too."

"Listen. I have an idea for a photo, but I'd need your help." Parker looked very, very hopefully at him. "This is a time machine, isn't it?"

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"I am him," the Doctor said. "Only from earlier in his life, possibly from an alternate universe." He stood up and patted the TARDIS. "Yes, the old girl is a time machine. Why do you ask?"

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Parker gave him her very best smile. "I'm supposed to get a photo of things that related to blue, leaves, and earth." She gestured to the TARDIS. "And I thought, if I could catch the TARDIS half-way here, and half-way not, it would make a terrific photo." She paused. "If that's even possible?"

She grinned at the TARDIS, then dimmed ita little. "Sooo.... did anyone tell you what Jack and I did in there?" Please say not.

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The Doctor was tempted to answer 'Has anyone ever told you what Jack, myself, and Rose did in there?'

But that would've been improper.

"Not specifically, no," the Doctor said. "Anything I should be aware of?"

[mildly-super.livejournal.com]

Clark was taking his daily constitutional when he noticed something that seemed out of place. A blue police box. Huh.

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

The Doctor continued to read his book. If the fellow had anything to say, the Doctor figured he would say it.

[mildly-super.livejournal.com]

"is that a police box?" Clark asked. My but he was quick wasn't he.

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"Yes," the Doctor said. "Don't see them around very often in the states, do you?"

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"No we don't." Clark said. "And I'm reasonably sure I haven't seen it around here before."

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

"Well, you see something new every day," the Doctor said. "Today, that new thing is a police box."

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Clark smirked. "So it would seem. I'm Clark by the way, Clark Kent."

if the doc has any mojo for telling species apart, he might notice that Clark's not human, hell, he could even recognize him as kryptonian.

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

"The Doctor," he replied, with a happy nod.