The Doctor and Elrondir round it out....

It basically follows what is contained in the following.

See, depending on the popularity of the current powers that be determines how popular the Twins are to the average citizen of a nation. The coming of the Twins of Doom denotes that there will be disaster coming to the head of a nation. Disaster as in sudden death or some such. It's a prophecy thing, and as such the details of HOW and exactly WHAT will happen to WHO are vague....to say the least. However, ask a Terran if they believe in the Twins of Doom....they'll say yes and even show you pictures of what they look like and how they will arrive. Amazingly enough, this is the ONE thing that almost all religions on Terra Prime agree upon!

This is due in large to a young man who had been the protagonist in a "sector" of the multiverse called by the name of "Addventure" by some. In one of the "story threads" of a universe, Scott Chen gained the powers of a something called an "Author," a being something in the realm of Q from Star Trek as far as power goes. Somewhat unstable from the whole deal, as the demonic entity who called himself the Brazen Man (read episodes 7608 through 7645 using the first options to get an overview of how he is now) knew he would be. Scott entrapped several "Authors" who were people who thought that "Addventure" as only a game online ("their" Addventure was, but the "Author" Scott Chen found them and thought that these "Authors"....mere humans.....were the Authors who had tortured him without respite throughout his life).

.......

Who's to blame for all of it? I leave it to the philosophers!

Anyway, after this and other minor episodes of sabotage, the Brazen Man finally met his end when he met up with the rather angered Department Heads (metaphysical personifications charged with promoting things like: Good, Evil, Order, and Chaos in THIS sector of the multiverse).

Scott, meanwhile, had thrown Betty Ragan into a universe called "Game 2." He then went hither and yon to spread dark rumors about the Twins of Doom. The dark things that would happen IF the Twins showed up on a certain "world" varied....but the event would lead to no good. Scott even reached Terra during the time of Atlantis and spread the rumor of the Twins appearance would bring about the downfall of the nation's leader, this was left vague as to which leader.....which nation....and just HOW this "downfall" would happen , centuries before event. Scott even provided pictures of what the twins looked like, and what they would arrive in! Strangely enough, this setup that Scott had set up mutated little over the thousands of years until the arrival of the Doctor's TARDIS....

Scott was able to turn a Betty into a duplicate of the stunning redhead woman known as Melissa. Thus the Twins of Doom were born. Scott was able to throw them into a world where he had poisoned the people against them. Bored, he decided to have them, instead of being lynched by the medieval peasants, to be picked up by the Doctor from Dr. Who. Scott had set in motion for the Master to blow up the VLH of Stacy's Earth, sterilizing the planet for some clients of the Master. The Doctor caught wind of this, and believes that the Twins hold the key for halting the machinations of the Master. But they had fallen into a trap. So, after the Master gained the upper hand, he had the Doctor try to fly the TARDIS (the police box one....not the Master's TARDIS) to the Moon to watch the Earth die. Scott uses his Author powers to sweep the TARDIS to a distant parallel of Earth, a world called Terra Prime. A place of magic, knights, and dragons. Also, a place where things have gotten.....weird (more on that later....) Scott was able to throw them there, but finds his way blocked. The skeins of reality have been braced up to incredible levels, and not even an Author can pass without attracting the attention of the wrath of the Rules (Agents of Order). They pounce on this Scott Chen, and send him back....naked and powerless, to "Room 1." They don't want a repeat of what happened to a fellow Rule who died when the universe he was charged with died (long story....read episodes 2958 through 8057 for a clearer....but not yet complete....picture). Brazen Man got around before dying.... Okay, now here's the fun part. Disaster had befallen Terra. The nation of Ethiopia had hit hard by it, and a rogue dragonness called Malachi had been able to use her powers to aid were she could...and organize resources where needed. The government had been thrown into a shamble, so she had pulled things through for those who were left. So grateful were the Ethiopians, that they stunned her by begging her to become their Regent Queen. Malachi soon saw that if she didn't accept, her efforts would be for naught, and the nation would collapse into anarchy, destruction, and more death. She became Regent, and went a step further to enhance her ability to aid her beloved, adopted homeland. She bonded her life force to the land. This gives her incredible power, but also made her vulnerable in a special way. If Ethiopia ceases to be a nation-if it "dies"-then she will die....for real. If she dies, then Ethiopia will cease to be a nation. She will last as long as the nation lasts.

"See the problem with the Twins here?" Elrondir sighs, "The Ethiopians know of their beloved dragon queens bond, and fear for their leader's life. But now I think Doctor Who would like to finish."

"Never thought that episode with WOTHAN calling me that would ammount to anything," Dr. Who mutters to himself before speaking to the others.

"So after a rather bad misunderstanding we had the good fortune of meeting one Diane Walker," Dr. Who finally puts in, "We would have eventually had straightened it all out, but there was this one crisis with the leader of the Griffin Nation. Their leader somehow had possessed by an evil spirit, if you can believe it, and they were at a loss on how to get this Zular chap out of Trilling Blackfeather without harming him.

"Walker hit upon the idea of using me in the process of ridding Zular from Trilling," the Time Lord says, remembering, "Turns out she was an avid fan of that Tele show called.....Doctor Who....."

He sighs and turns and smiles a small smile at the Susan.....his granddaughter.

"Susan....I've seen and heard enough from what Walker, Betty, and Ragan have said about that show to believe that my and the other Doctors' live are actually mirrored to a large extent by that show," Dr. Who says softly, "Remember that one time you and I laughed at that one professor who hypothesized if one would travel far enough into other timelines.....'parallel universes' that one could find almost anything? Even a world or three where his life would be popular tale?

"Maybe even now somewhere somebody is reading a story of what's hearing right now....." the Brigadier mutters, a bit spooked but trying to hide it.

Susan and the others except Rassilon (and the Champions) look a bit spook, themselves. It soon passes as Dr. Who finishes his tale.

"I got a cram course in magic," he says, "I was able to save the gryphon's sanity and force out the evil spirit and now have a ebony gryphon who sacrifices a stag on a holy month in honor to my services. I have been tapped on the shoulder by two of the most powerful and....frankly....friendliest personfications of a universal characteristics you could ever meet....."

The last is delivered in a mixture of amusement and bemusement.

"I can now take my TARDIS.....what used to be what I thought was the Master's TARDIS but was in actuality only an analogous version of mine......after my old Type 40 was destroyed...." he continues.

"What?!" gasps several of the Doctors.

The idea of losing their own TARDISes was....unthinkable.

The second Doctor is even moved so far as....

"I'm.....sorry," he says sincerely, looking up at the sad, wistful look Dr. Who has.

"Thank you," the Time Lord says back, having the grace to not make a sniping remark to ruin the effort.

"Right now I'm in a small quest to save three universes from destruction that various Masters unleashed with his meddling with their Earth's VLAs," he finishes up with a half ironic/sardonic smile. "I am under the tutelage of an actual, living dragon who sings his spells and can turn into a human being. I and my friends can't die, because the Rules and Agents have taken me for their Champions......forever. I can't die, but if I am pricked I feel pain and bleed. I didn't seek it, but....."

Dr. Who sighs.

"I have already been able to save two before I was diverted here," he finishes. "I shall go to Logopolis, been overdue to pay an old friend a visit and beg a favor, and use their radio telescope to broadcast a special signal that the Rules want of me to help repair their Dark Tower.....the linchpin of all creation if I understand it correctly. Then we shall head back towards Betty's universe to pay one last visit to it, repair the damage done, and leave."

The fifth Doctor has an....odd look at the mention of Logopolis, but somebody speaks before I can even begin to phrase what he'd like to say.....

"Ah, but the worst fear is that you'll grow bored over time and never actually get to at least see your first love," Rassilon finally says in a low, understanding voice.

1. "Even though you are starting to get involved with the mechanical maiden, Inquirer, you'd like to meet Susan's grandmother at least.....one last time..."