Well, THAT Was an Unexpected Development!

Her brown-haired counterpart simply stared for a moment in open-mouthed shock, then swallowed and said "Wow. I always wondered whether that could happen."

Betty-2 giggled, a note of hysteria in her voice. "He's gonna be pissed. Never be able to grow a Beard of Evil now!"

"I'm not sure which is more bizarre," replied Betty-1, "the fact that he's female, or the fact that he's -- she's -- *blonde*! I mean, that just ain't right!"

Melissa turned to the Doctor, who was looking even more taken aback than the Bettys, and said "Um, does that, like, happen a lot?"

"No," said the Doctor, as he bent down to examine the unconscious body of his fellow Time Lord. "No, it most certainly doesn't. In fact, it's exceedingly rare."

"What, he just got lucky?" asked Betty-2. She started giggling again. "Oh, man, I can't wait to see her face when she wakes up!"

But the Doctor wasn't laughing. In fact, he was frowning. "Something very strange is going on here," he said.

"Strange!" exclaimed Stacy. "Strange doesn't even begin to describe it! What the hell just happened?"

"Regeneration," muttered Betty-1. "It's a Time Lord thing."

"Oh, well, that explains everything," Stacy began sarcastically, but the Doctor cut her off.

"No there's something else going on here. Both our TARDISes disappear, then a blow to the head that should have had only very mild effects induces a regeneration... And now this regenerative anomaly. Something's definitely not right."

1. Whatever he might have said next was drowned out by the sound of a TARDIS materializing.
2. The Master began to wake up.
3. Suddenly, the Doctor grabbed his head and grimaced in pain.

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