"We have...had...have the First Law of Time," states Five, "which specifically prohibits a Time Lord from meeting their former selves."
"Yeah, we all see how well that worked out," quips AL and you'd practically have to mop the sarcasm off the floor.
The Doctors glare at her, but really only for the sake of glaring because she's kind of right. Five clears his throat. "Living with Lisa notwithstanding, I've personally met my other selves...er - "
"Five times," states AL. She ticks off on her fingers, "In order: Three met One and Two, Five met One through Three and would've met Four as well if he hadn't been caught in a time eddy, Six met Two, Ten met Five and Eleven will meet Ten and whomever John Hurt is playing in the anniversary special." She pauses a minute. "And if we're to count the one audio that the alter ego has, Five, Six and Seven also met. So that'd be six times. But it's usually either happened by accident or it was the Time Lords' fault."
"It's really only to happen in the gravest of emergencies," adds Eight.
AL nods. "Exactly. The first time it was the Time Lords because they couldn't handle the threat. The second time was one specific Time Lord that wanted the Doctor to do his dirty work for him. The third time..." She makes a face, thinking of Six's encounter with Two. "Hm...I guess you could call it a lucky accident because if Six hadn't wound up in the same place as Two, he might not be around as we know him anymore. It's a long story that involves kidnapping and genetic altering..." She clears her throat. "The fourth was an accident."
Ten blushes. "I was repairing the TARDIS and forgot to put the shields back up, so his TARDIS - " He points at Five. " - and my TARDIS kind of..." He makes a motion with his hands to indicate a crash. "No harm done in the end, though."
"As for Eleven meeting Ten and...whomever..." says AL, "ask me after the 23rd because whatever synopses are out are very vague. And the audio encounter happened because a species of 'time-eaters', they feed on distortions in the timeline, basically wanted the Doctor dead because of all the good he's done in the universe and this legendary Time Beast called the Temperon brought the three incarnations together in order to save...well, everything."
That dealt with the Doctor crossing his own timeline.
"The companions almost never crossed their own timeline," continues AL. "Rose did that one time and she nearly got everyone killed because she went back in time to the day her dad died so he wouldn't be alone when he did, but she chickened out the first time and asked to try again. Being there twice weakened the timeline further. She wound up preventing his death and time basically got really mad at her and all hell broke loose until her dad realized that he wasn't supposed to be alive and sacrificed himself to save everyone."
"Now," AL concludes, "one could say that I cross my timeline all the time with all the traveling I do, however, I do my best not to interfere with my already established events. I may have lived through, say, 1993 at least twice or three times. But I was with Doc and Marty in Hill Valley in one instance, with Tommy in Angel Grove in another and with Jesse in Malibu in yet another. All of those cities may be in California, but separated by x-amount of miles. I don't really think of what I have done when that happens...I'm more interested in what I'm going to be doing." She shrugs. "Being in love helps me forget I've already been in that time." She smiles at Tommy and Jesse, who smile back.
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8/11/13 14:00 (UTC)"We have...had...have the First Law of Time," states Five, "which specifically prohibits a Time Lord from meeting their former selves."
"Yeah, we all see how well that worked out," quips AL and you'd practically have to mop the sarcasm off the floor.
The Doctors glare at her, but really only for the sake of glaring because she's kind of right. Five clears his throat. "Living with Lisa notwithstanding, I've personally met my other selves...er - "
"Five times," states AL. She ticks off on her fingers, "In order: Three met One and Two, Five met One through Three and would've met Four as well if he hadn't been caught in a time eddy, Six met Two, Ten met Five and Eleven will meet Ten and whomever John Hurt is playing in the anniversary special." She pauses a minute. "And if we're to count the one audio that the alter ego has, Five, Six and Seven also met. So that'd be six times. But it's usually either happened by accident or it was the Time Lords' fault."
"It's really only to happen in the gravest of emergencies," adds Eight.
AL nods. "Exactly. The first time it was the Time Lords because they couldn't handle the threat. The second time was one specific Time Lord that wanted the Doctor to do his dirty work for him. The third time..." She makes a face, thinking of Six's encounter with Two. "Hm...I guess you could call it a lucky accident because if Six hadn't wound up in the same place as Two, he might not be around as we know him anymore. It's a long story that involves kidnapping and genetic altering..." She clears her throat. "The fourth was an accident."
Ten blushes. "I was repairing the TARDIS and forgot to put the shields back up, so his TARDIS - " He points at Five. " - and my TARDIS kind of..." He makes a motion with his hands to indicate a crash. "No harm done in the end, though."
"As for Eleven meeting Ten and...whomever..." says AL, "ask me after the 23rd because whatever synopses are out are very vague. And the audio encounter happened because a species of 'time-eaters', they feed on distortions in the timeline, basically wanted the Doctor dead because of all the good he's done in the universe and this legendary Time Beast called the Temperon brought the three incarnations together in order to save...well, everything."
That dealt with the Doctor crossing his own timeline.
"The companions almost never crossed their own timeline," continues AL. "Rose did that one time and she nearly got everyone killed because she went back in time to the day her dad died so he wouldn't be alone when he did, but she chickened out the first time and asked to try again. Being there twice weakened the timeline further. She wound up preventing his death and time basically got really mad at her and all hell broke loose until her dad realized that he wasn't supposed to be alive and sacrificed himself to save everyone."
"Now," AL concludes, "one could say that I cross my timeline all the time with all the traveling I do, however, I do my best not to interfere with my already established events. I may have lived through, say, 1993 at least twice or three times. But I was with Doc and Marty in Hill Valley in one instance, with Tommy in Angel Grove in another and with Jesse in Malibu in yet another. All of those cities may be in California, but separated by x-amount of miles. I don't really think of what I have done when that happens...I'm more interested in what I'm going to be doing." She shrugs. "Being in love helps me forget I've already been in that time." She smiles at Tommy and Jesse, who smile back.