Divergences.....

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 10047

Meanwhile, the Third Doctor has stumbled across Sarah Jane, and is hauling her out of the spot that she stumbled into while stumbling around in the fog. The Second Doctor is presently hitting the arm of a Cyberman who's gotten a hold on the Brigadier to get the mechanical menace to let go of the man. The Fifth Doctor is in his TARDIS, along with Tegan and Turlough at his side. The Doctor is in a bad way, evident by the fact that he'd nearly (literally) faded out of existence a few times just a few moments ago. Turlough looks at the controls. "We've landed." He says calmly. Turlough operates a switch and switches on the scanner, which shows a mist-swept, rocky area, with a tower in the background. Cybermen are about. As also are a Yeti or two and a few others that the Doctor has run across over the centuries. In the Tower of Rassilon, a mysterious Time Lord who is dead....but lingers on, stirs uneasily in unease as something is......well.....the best way to describe it is giving off bad vibes. Things seem to be following a mysterious pattern.....but seem at the same time to be dancing to a different tune than what the dead Time Lord feels......should be happening. "The....Pattern has changed!" the ghostly Time Lord whispers finally.

He can only await, a growing sense of unease in his still heart.

Meanwhile, one of the two parts of the apparent "Pattern" that isn't following....

The Doctor who is an Eternal Champion, call him Dr. Who for convenience, is shaking his head to drive off the last of the dizziness of....whatever it was that just swallowed up his TARDIS. Between Inquiries rather bizarre behavior, the shock that she apparently learned how to operate the door mechanism of his TARDIS, and everything else it's rather forgivable for him to be slow to responding to the rather oddly dressed man standing in the doorway.....

The Fourth Doctor, having recovered somewhat from the unexpected trip, had seen what he had thought was his TARDIS and had gone in-after helping Romana up from the ground where she'd come to rest after being deposited here- and had noticed several thing not quiet.....right when he'd entered the TARDIS.

First, though similar in layout to his TARDIS, this other thing was more along the lines of his old nemisis, the Master's TARDIS.....back when he'd stolen that one vital control component to the evil Time Lord. Second, he has no memory of ever meeting his prior regeneration in this place (wherever this place is). Finally, a few of his apparent younger version's companions seem.......odd. He has no memory of EVER picking up refugees from the Land of Fiction......especially elves!

"Who are you?" Dr. Who asks finally, getting to his feet. "What are you doing on my TARDIS?"

"I am the Doctor and this is my companion, Romana," the Fourth Doctor says, puzzled, "What.....you should remember our prior meetings at least, Doctor."

"Oh boy," Ragan mutters as she gets up and looks over at the worried looking Betty, "I think something funny just happened....and it was bad."

"Doctor....I think someone attempted to use the Time Scoop on us...." Romana says quietly, looking over at a game grid with several figures on it.

There is a babble of questions until Inquirer, Ragan, and Betty wave the crowd to silence.

  1. "I believe I have an explanation that will fit most of your questions .....but first I think that Inquirer should start," Betty says. "I think she saw the same episode: The Five Doctors, right?"

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