This One's Temporal Experiment #1

[dee_lorean81]

Part II of Backie Birthdays -- you've got to celebrate the car at the center of it all, don't you? Especially when it's sentient and has the ability to take on human form. The decorations for Dee's party are similar to Doc's, but with toy DeLoreans of all stripes taking the place of the gears and extra balloons in shiny silver. The music's similar too, except with a focus on chase sequences and the main theme. At any rate, Dee would certainly be happy to see her friends -- and you wouldn't want to disappoint a face like that, would you?

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[clockwork_doc]

There's a general silence in response to the update about Ashildr, finally broken by Dee: "Eeep."

"Yes, that does sum up some of the problems with immortality -- especially when you're the only one around that you know of," Doc agrees, rubbing his daughter's back. "The diary business is a good idea, though. Heh -- perhaps you could even use it as a framework for the stories!"

"Sheesh, imagine just calling yourself 'Me' because everyone who knew your original name. . ." Marty glances at Doc and leans up against him.

Doc pats him on the shoulder. "I'm fine. And in my case, it wasn't because everyone I'd known had died, it was because some bastard kidnapped me and then refused to use my actual name."

"I think 'aloof' might do for the word you wanted, though there might be a better one," Vic says. "Either way, good thing she started caring again. . .and I hope you run into the guy she made immortal, that's one hell of a plot thread to leave hanging."

[alienlisa]

AL pats Doc's hand. "Sorry...I forgot about that." Trying to lighten the mood, she smirks. "See? Too long a life, not enough brainpower to retain it." She chuckles. "Maybe that's my excuse for forgetting stuff and not simply being bonked on the head."

She lights up at Doc's idea, though. "Ooh, that's not a bad idea...she's put the stories she's written in chronological-to-me order on my side of the website anyway...why not? Though yeah they'd still be written in third person because rewriting all that in the first would be hell, but maybe we could establish me as a storyteller as well as a former doctor." Her wings twitch as she ponders this. And now I kind of want to work on my website...thanks, Doc. Note to self: redo AL's section first.

AL nods. "And that's just the 'in-a-nutshell' version of what happened. It was nice to see her realize that she did still care, though." She then grins. "Continuity? In my show? What is this madness you speak of?" The grin gets wider.

[clockwork_doc]

Doc nods at her, appreciative of the pat. "I'm fine, really. It's been quite a while since that, and it doesn't come up much around people anymore. Nobody can blame you for forgetting, due to long life or bonk on the head or anything else." Though he can't help glancing in Forgotten Vows's direction. . .

"I'm all right too," Forgotten promptly assures him. "At least her 'Me' was a self-chosen name. . .I assume, anyway."

"Glad to be inspiring, I suppose," Doc chuckles. "And that would probably work. Might as well have fun with it all, right?" (His mun would object to anything involving website design being 'fun,' but then she's kind of soured on Weebly's methods.)

Dee giggles. "Well, a time-travel show is probably the best kind of show for breaking it! Do they ever do like BTTF II did and go inside old episodes?"

[alienlisa]

AL winces at bringing up all this bad stuff. "Yeah, it was. Since the last time we saw her was in a selfie from the 21st century she may've changed her name to something more modern than 'Ashildr' but we don't know yet. Granted I've heard weirder names so maybe she'd keep it?" She shrugs. "Like I said, more'n likely we'll find out."

And then she thinks about Dee's question. "Um...not exactly. There was a 'what if' episode...What if the Doctor died because he didn't have Donna with him during the Racnoss - giant spider - attack on Christmas 2006? They portrayed a few scenarios from previous episodes without him around and everything was of course Really Bad." She taps a finger to her chin, thinking. "It was done in a novel the alter ego skimmed through once a long time ago - the story is that Eight loses his memory and has to visit his previous incarnations in order to get it back. She never finished reading it. And the alter ego herself was once trying to write a fic like that but it never got finished. So not to the BTTF II effect, no. At least not yet."

[dee_lorean81]

"'Ashley' or 'Ash' would work if she wanted something more modern yet still true to her roots," Vic suggests. "But yeah, we'll find out if and when she shows up again."

Dee pouts a little. "Boo. You'd think they'd be all over that. . . Suppose it makes our canon pretty special though," she adds, grinning up at Doc.

"I suppose it does," Doc says, ruffling her hair. "And to think the Bobs originally wanted to set Part II in the 1960s. . ."