maskormenace | video; chalk off spot 3 on Doctor Bingo

[ The comm is obviously the Doctor's. And the background is obviously the Doctor's room in Heropa 11 (if you know what the Doctor's room looks like, that is). But there's some sort of hodge-podge device made up entirely of junk and taking up the majority of the bed. There's a fez sitting on a bedpost because the Doctor has money and Heropa has stores so the Doctor can buy hats. And the person who's grinning at the camera like a maniac is definitely not the Doctor. If it wasn't the lack of eyebrows, it's the bowtie and the fact that this Doctor looks like he'd be grumpy granddad Doctor's kid.

There's also a possum that's hanging out on his shoulders. Yeah, space granddad's affected like HELL due to the current plot. ]

Hellooooooo Heropa! Doctor here, or at least a Doctor, or at least a Doctor that you might not know, though that's the thing, isn't it! I don't know if you know me or not, isn't this fun? [ This Doctor does not shut up. ] But I do know that thanks to a few conversations with a few friends and a little bit of poking around here and there that some things aren't just adding up.

Now, someone mentioned magic. I don't know anything about magic, magic's not my wheelhouse, bother someone else if you want magic, but what I do know about are timelines. People who know people who've got weird memory issues, speak up! Who's affected, who's missing bits and pieces, who's backstories weirdly don't line up with your backstories, this might be a timey wimey problem and I'm the king of timey wimey.

[ There's a pause, while the possum yawns. ] Oh yes! This is Murray, by the way, he's informed me that he's quite happy with his living circumstances though he'd enjoy it if he had a few eggs. I think I'm taking Murray with me if the TARDIS ever were to show up here—he'll be new Handles.

[ another pause before ] Oh and also, I do hope that I wasn't the one who came up with the sonic sunglasses. There's nothing wrong with the screwdriver, screwdrivers are classic, screwdrivers are cool. Tell the other-Doctor if he shows up again that I'm rather put out by the changes! Right, Doctor out!

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[ The Doctor just grins at Van. Someone who knows him! Wonderful! He gives the camera a little wave because hello there person he apparently knows! ]

Well that's good! Always better when it's just one person who's weird instead of twenty of them.

That's one way of looking at it, I guess.

[Though he'd rather no one were affected like this.]

I was wondering, what exactly do those sonic things do?

What, the sonic sunglasses and or sonic screwdriver? Well that depends! What do you want it to do?

I don't want them to do anything, I just want to know what they're capable of doing.

A little bit of everything except wood.

[ that's not an answer ]

What is that supposed to mean?

It means they work on a little bit of everything except wood, obviously.

...okay, so what is it they actually do, then? When they're used on things they actually work on.

Take scans, open locks, work with electronics, remote detonation, this and that!

Detonation?!

Just of things that are supposed to detonate! Not trees or things for example.

That's still incredibly versatile.

[But if he's honest, the actions of the Doctor that night were those of a man who was probably scanning his guymelef. Van will have to ask him about it another time. No, he will ask him, even if it means cornering the old man to get his answers.]

How is it something so small can do all those things?

Advanced technology, [ the Doctor responds, with a grin. ] I'm not from Earth, after all, it only makes sense that I'd have not-Earth technology.