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[helpline]

[ The first thing you see....is pumpkins. So many pumpkins. This house is full of pumpkins in various stages of being carved. Those who know Hazel can easily recognize this scene of mass chaos as Residence #11. However, the chalk scribbles on the wall are decidedly not hers. To start with, some of them are in a different language that looks kind of circly.

The personless scene lasts only for a moment before the Doctor scurries into frame, looking a mixture of confused and frowny. He's looking kind of magician, wearing a black coat over a black hoodie. Finally, he's holding an owl by the scruff of it's neck (can you do that with an owl? Who knows, the Doctor's doing so). Said owl is Owlfonso, the skateboarding owl that really doesn't want to be here right now and is desperately trying to peck the Doctor's fingers. ]

I want to clarify first that for once, none of this is my fault. [ except the chalk writing, which is obviously his, but that either a: goes without commenting on or b: the Doctor's forgotten it by now. also wow, that sure is a Scottish accent ] That being said- [ WHAM the camera gets a face full of owl ]

Is this normal? I mean, normal for owls. Is this how I can tell this dimension apart from my dimension? No eyepatches, no goatees, just owls that can suddenly skateboard? [ He backs poor Owlfonso away from the camera, as the Doctor's still got an expression that's pure 'what the hell is this shit' ] Well, skateboarding owls and a postponed perestroika. Spoilers, you're twenty years out of date.

[ pause, frown. The Doctor looks over at poor Owlfonso with a sort of resigned expression. ] The alternate dimension of owls and Communism. Oh how the mighty have fallen.

Comments

[acclimatized]

... Nope, I don't think you ever brought it up. Regeneration?

[helpline]

If you ever see that Doctor again, thump him on the head for me. This place is a temporal nightmare, of course there'd be two of us eventually.

[ but yes, back to the question. ] When a Time Lord is near death, they can choose to regenerate into a new body. New outside, same inside. New appearance and personality, same memories. I'm... [ well there's a pause here because does he start counting again because he got a new set of regenerations from the Time Lords? ] I'm Doctor Cross Eyebrows, he's Doctor No Eyebrows. Both still the Doctor.

[acclimatized]

That's... amazing. I mean, it all sounds completely mad, but here we all are. Pulled into the same place and everything.

So yeah, I'll definitely give, uh, the other Doctor a thump when I see him. I knew he was forgetful but that's really something he could've given me a heads up about. Now I sound like a right prat.

[helpline]

Why are you saying that, you didn't know! If anything, Doctor No Eyebrows should be apologizing, but he's not here to begin with.

[acclimatized]

Because it's a little embarrassing to be caught out like this. I know he regenerated into you – [ the absurdity of what john just said causes him to pull a face, but he soldiers on regardless. ] -- but you're still the same bloke. You know, except you've got a different head.

[helpline]

We've got different everything! Same memories, different everything else.