Rachel T (10:32 PM): I'M ACTUALLY ON THE COMPUTER!!!111ONE
Slashy (10:32 PM): HI!
Rachel T (10:32 PM): *FLYINGTACKLEGLOMP*
Slashy (10:32 PM): *istackleglomped* Hee. So, how've you been?
Rachel T (10:33 PM): Tired. Very tired. And my feet hurt. But good. ^^ There are really no people like show people.
Rachel T (10:33 PM): And theatre is very fun and very fulfilling.
Rachel T (10:33 PM): How about you?
Slashy (10:34 PM): quite good
Slashy (10:34 PM): Tatey-chan finished my timelines AND the Who's Where When
Rachel T (10:35 PM): So you actually know these things
Rachel T (10:35 PM): ?
Slashy (10:35 PM): xP I think maybe "know" is a relative term. But the timelines and the WWW are up on frightfullytwee, so I am capable of looking things up.
Rachel T (10:35 PM): That's awesome. ^^
Slashy (10:37 PM): have you seen pictures of new!Jenny?
Rachel T (10:37 PM): Nope
Slashy (10:38 PM): link is in Original Comments
Slashy (10:38 PM): all of which have been formatted
Rachel T (10:38 PM): Yay!
Slashy (10:38 PM): that Tatey-chan really is a miracle worker
Rachel T (10:38 PM): Yes, she is.
Slashy (10:38 PM): I'm told it took her about six hours
Rachel T (10:38 PM): Dayum.
Slashy (10:45 PM): need to figure out what everyone who's not TWS was doing in July
Slashy (10:45 PM): and August
Rachel T (10:47 PM): brb.
Rachel T (10:47 PM): Back
Slashy (10:48 PM): so, TWG and SJA during July and August of 2014
Slashy (10:48 PM): help me out?
Rachel T (10:48 PM): OK
Slashy (10:48 PM): TWG, aside from sending John'n'Elle to TWS, is doing nothing
Slashy (10:48 PM): nor is SJA
Slashy (10:49 PM): telepathic whiplash doesn't occur until September
Rachel T (10:49 PM): Right.
Slashy (10:50 PM): . . .why does telepathic whiplash wipe the Time Lords memories, but only disconnects all the other telepaths?
Rachel T (10:50 PM): Because Time Lords are special.
Slashy (10:50 PM): *tries very hard to resist joke*
Rachel T (10:52 PM): Poo on you.
Slashy (10:52 PM): so July
Slashy (10:52 PM): Astrid, Andy, and Romana have left TWG
Slashy (10:52 PM): other than that, no changes
Slashy (10:53 PM): so, what are they dealing with?
Rachel T (10:53 PM): Er...
Slashy (10:53 PM): or we could pretend it's business and usual and pick up in October?
Rachel T (10:54 PM): Could do that.
Slashy (10:54 PM): so, after the domestic Time Lords drop River off at the University, what do they do?
Rachel T (10:55 PM): Uh...they're obviously domestic...uhm....
Slashy (10:57 PM): . . .how about, after the domestic Time Lords leave TWG, what does TWG do?
Slashy (10:57 PM): other than throw a party
Rachel T (10:57 PM): lol
Rachel T (10:57 PM): Get attacked by evil alien-knights?
Slashy (10:58 PM): who are attacking because?
Rachel T (10:58 PM): They're trying to gain more land. And Earth is land.
Slashy (10:58 PM): yup, that sounds good
Slashy (10:58 PM): what about SJA during this time?
Slashy (11:00 PM): "homeotic" . . .god, I wish I could read my science textbook without getting dyslexia
Slashy (11:00 PM): *headdesk*
Rachel T (11:00 PM): *hug*I'm sorry.
Slashy (11:01 PM): okay, so back at TWS, what's going on with Jack'n'John?
Rachel T (11:02 PM): They're being gay, obvs. John is trying to make Jack try a relationship with him.
Rachel T (11:02 PM): Well.
Rachel T (11:02 PM): Relationship.
Rachel T (11:02 PM): Whatever passes for one for those two.
Slashy (11:02 PM): ah, 51st century sexual politics
Slashy (11:02 PM): what fun
Rachel T (11:02 PM): Mmm
Slashy (11:03 PM): xP Tatey-chan and I realized earlier that poor Faith, now that she's been "fixed" by Jack, is now going to have to go through puberty
Slashy (11:03 PM): with Torchwood
Rachel T (11:03 PM): ...
Rachel T (11:03 PM): Oh my god.
Rachel T (11:03 PM): Poor Faith!
Slashy (11:03 PM): you say that, but don't tell me you don't want to see it
Rachel T (11:04 PM): Yeah. I know.
Slashy (11:04 PM): so Jack'n'John are okay. What's up with Elle now? Surely I can get her reformed somehow.
Slashy (11:04 PM): or, y'know, fake reformed and escaped
Slashy (11:05 PM): that would be preferable, what with the lack of villains
Rachel T (11:05 PM): fake reformed, yeha.
Rachel T (11:05 PM): *yeah
Slashy (11:05 PM): well, she's had that device on for a while now, and unlike John hasn't been a jerk about it, so I guess Jack could assume she can be trusted?
Rachel T (11:06 PM): Yeah
Slashy (11:06 PM): and she'll stick around for a while, to, y'know, lure them into a false sense of security
Slashy (11:06 PM): and then she'll steal something and make an escape
Rachel T (11:06 PM): Right.
Slashy (11:07 PM): of course, she'll accidentally set off the alert that sends the Time Lords and early River to TWS
Slashy (11:07 PM): course, now I have to get early River on the Tardis
Slashy (11:07 PM): before I can go any further
Slashy (11:08 PM): and since a later version of River just left, the Tardis MUST go at least ONE other place first, yeah?
Rachel T (11:08 PM): Right.
Slashy (11:09 PM): so, where do they go?
Rachel T (11:14 PM): I'm
ignoring Moment so as to do my biology, but please pass this on: "The
Tardis is a time machine. You can visit New Gallifrey at ANY POINT in
the future."
Slashy (11:14 PM): . . .why didn't I think of that?
Slashy (11:17 PM): so the domestic Time Lords end up on New Gallifrey in. . .er, the 25th century?
Rachel T (11:17 PM): Sure
Slashy (11:17 PM): that gives Romana plenty of time to set up a government and a decent population
Rachel T (11:17 PM): Yup
Slashy (11:17 PM): I imagine Astrid is still around, being incorporeal blue sparklies
Slashy (11:17 PM): what about Andy?
Rachel T (11:18 PM): She took Andy home?
Slashy (11:19 PM): I guess that must be it.
Slashy (11:19 PM): When did she do that?
Rachel T (11:19 PM): Before he died?
Slashy (11:19 PM): well, obviously
Slashy (11:20 PM): cos otherwise that would be all sorts of sad
Slashy (11:20 PM): I meant specifically
Slashy (11:22 PM): is Andy/Romana a possibility I can get away with?
Rachel T (11:22 PM): Yes please
Slashy (11:23 PM): so, how old is Andy when she takes him home?
Rachel T (11:23 PM): Er...
Rachel T (11:23 PM): oldish?
Slashy (11:23 PM): what does that mean?
Slashy (11:24 PM): what year does she take him back to?
Rachel T (11:25 PM): I don't know.
Rachel T (11:25 PM): I'm sorry, I'm really just trying to figure out how to use this vanilla gift card thing.
Rachel T (11:25 PM): It's really confusing.
Slashy (11:25 PM): I. . .see
Rachel T (11:26 PM): I don't know if it's actually a credit card or a gift card. And I really don't want to get in trouble.
Rachel T (11:26 PM): Because that would be bad.
Rachel T (11:27 PM): And I was too retarded to remember I even had it last time I was at the mall.
Slashy (11:27 PM): nice
Rachel T (11:27 PM): Yeah.
Rachel T (11:27 PM): I'm trying to get the rift wars book.
Slashy (11:28 PM): *will not point out how I've already read it*
Rachel T (11:28 PM): OK, first off, shut up.
Rachel T (11:28 PM): Second, WHY are all the Torchwood books on Amazon so cheap?
Slashy (11:29 PM): have you seen the shipping charge?
Slashy (11:29 PM): that would be why
Rachel T (11:29 PM): For this, it actually came out to less than it would've been normally.
Rachel T (11:29 PM): Not by much, but it was less.
Slashy (11:29 PM): huh
Slashy (11:29 PM): which Amazon are you using?
Rachel T (11:30 PM): Our amazon.
Rachel T (11:30 PM): Just "amazon.com"
Slashy (11:30 PM): ah. when I use Amazon, I use the German one
Rachel T (11:30 PM): ...why?
Slashy (11:30 PM): their apology actually contained an APOLOGY
Rachel T (11:30 PM): Ah.
Slashy (11:30 PM): ours did NOT
Rachel T (11:30 PM): No.
Rachel T (11:30 PM): No, it really didn't.
Slashy (11:30 PM): therefore I prefer the German
Rachel T (11:30 PM): OK.
Rachel T (11:31 PM): ...Why is Gary Oldman so pretty?
Slashy (11:31 PM): because I know?
Rachel T (11:33 PM):
nostalgiachick.blip.tv/Rachel T (11:33 PM): first video here is HILARIOUS
Slashy (11:33 PM): will look when not busy
Slashy (11:35 PM): . . .Romana, having learned from the Doctor, will leave Andy a few months after he left regardless of how many years it's been for him, won't she?
Rachel T (11:35 PM): Yes
Slashy (11:36 PM): think he's old enough to retire?
Rachel T (11:38 PM): Sure.
Slashy (11:38 PM): now, how does Torchwood deal with that?
Slashy (11:38 PM): cos, retirement and Torchwood?
Slashy (11:38 PM): not really hand-in-hand concepts
Rachel T (11:39 PM): No
Slashy (11:39 PM): so, how does retirement from Torchwood work?
Slashy (11:39 PM): is it like retirement from UNIT, where they can still send you to Peru with absolutely no notice?
Rachel T (11:39 PM): er... huh...
Rachel T (11:40 PM): Yeah, pretty much.
Slashy (11:40 PM): so, where does Andy go once he arrives?
Slashy (11:40 PM): cos he HAS been gone long enough for his apartment to have been cleared out
Slashy (11:42 PM): "A nice twist might be the hero confidently dressing up as a woman to
sneak past a guard he thinks is stupid, only to have the guard slam him
in the groin with a pike and haul him off to jail, while explaining
that two people have tried that in the last day."
Rachel T (11:42 PM): lol
Rachel T (11:42 PM): That's great
Slashy (11:43 PM): so, in answer to my question
Slashy (11:43 PM): where does Andy now live?
Rachel T (11:43 PM): A different flat. A nicer one.
Slashy (11:44 PM): and he affords this how?
Rachel T (11:45 PM): He didn't clear out his bank account before he left.
Rachel T (11:46 PM): Also, the way I tried to pay for it didn't work. ><
Slashy (11:46 PM): Aw, that's sad. I'm sorry.
Rachel T (11:46 PM): *shrug* I'll get to Borders eventually
Slashy (11:48 PM): good luck
Slashy (11:48 PM): so, the domestic Time Lords arrive on New Gallifrey at some point. Why IS Astrid still hanging around?
Rachel T (11:48 PM): She likes it there?
Slashy (11:49 PM): what's she DOING, tho?
Rachel T (11:49 PM): helping out in some way?
Rachel T (11:50 PM):
cdn.11piecesofflare.com/stickers/6368/4118/690372980n_thumb.jpgRachel T (11:50 PM): that made me giggle
Slashy (11:51 PM): that's a good idea. but how do incorporeal blue sparklies help Romana?
Rachel T (11:51 PM): ...they're pretty to look at?
Slashy (11:51 PM): . . .yeah, that's productive and helpful to Romana
Slashy (11:52 PM): the leader of New Gallifrey and technically mother of all the new Time Lords and Ladies
Rachel T (11:52 PM): Astrid is her secretary?
Slashy (11:53 PM): okay
Slashy (11:53 PM): now, surely, Romana has regenerated at least once since the foundation of New Gallifrey, yes?
Slashy (11:53 PM): I mean, it's been three hundred years
Rachel T (11:54 PM): Probably.
Slashy (11:54 PM): approximately, anyway
Slashy (11:54 PM): so, she needs a new face
Slashy (11:56 PM): so, the domestic Time Lords are invited to New Gallifrey
Slashy (11:56 PM): what for?
Rachel T (11:57 PM): To either get medals or a stern talking to. Is Susan on New Gallifrey already? Maybe Romana wants to take her because the Doctor and the Master are unfit to raise a young Time Lady.
Rachel T (11:57 PM): Well, younger, anyway.
Slashy (11:57 PM): that must be it
Slashy (11:57 PM): the Doctor and the Master are VERY unfit to raise, well, anyone
Slashy (11:57 PM): ever
Slashy (11:57 PM): I wonder if Romana wants Jenny too?
Rachel T (11:58 PM): Prolly
Slashy (11:58 PM): and, er, Donna
Slashy (11:58 PM): can't forget Donna
Rachel T (11:58 PM): Yup
Slashy (11:58 PM): she's going to have more difficulty getting them than she is getting Susan
Rachel T (11:58 PM): Yeah, prolly
Slashy (11:59 PM): although, I suppose, she could get Susan, and then send SUSAN through the CDG to get Jenny and Donna. . .
Slashy (11:59 PM): that would make sense
Rachel T (11:59 PM): Yeah
Slashy (12:00 AM): . . .I WANT to make the Doctor and the Master have a Gallifreyan wedding, at Romana's insistence, but I just can't see them agreeing to that
Rachel T (12:00 AM): It would have to be something ridiculous. Maybe she, Susan, and Jenny trick them into it?
Slashy (12:01 AM): cos Donna wouldn't help?
Slashy (12:01 AM): and how do you trick someone into a wedding?
Rachel T (12:02 AM): I'm not sure.
Rachel T (12:02 AM): I'm picturing some kind of romantic comedy, though.
Rachel T (12:02 AM): And the Master as Jennifer Aniston, for some reason.
Rachel T (12:02 AM): It's really weird.
Slashy (12:02 AM): *giggle*
Slashy (12:02 AM): so, Romana takes Susan away from them
Slashy (12:03 AM): they visit early River and visit TWS because of Elle
Slashy (12:03 AM): then they go back to New Gallifrey, which now has Jenny and Donna
Slashy (12:03 AM): and are tricked into a wedding
Rachel T (12:03 AM): Right
Slashy (12:03 AM): whereupon the Doctor has a freak out and feels the need to immediately go and propose to River
Slashy (12:04 AM): I imagine the Master will not take this well
Rachel T (12:04 AM): Nope.
Slashy (12:04 AM): what do you think he'll DO?
Rachel T (12:05 AM): Possibly go evil again briefly?
Rachel T (12:05 AM): He doesn't do well when he's not the centre of the Doctor's attention
Slashy (12:05 AM): he really doesn't
Slashy (12:06 AM): so, what evil thing does he do?
Rachel T (12:06 AM): Er...he, uh...
Slashy (12:07 AM): it should be bad enough for the Doctor to leave him on New Gallifrey for a bit
Slashy (12:07 AM): so that he take River for a Picnic At Asgard
Rachel T (12:07 AM): Yeah.
Slashy (12:08 AM): and also cos that will do terrible things to the Master's psyche
Slashy (12:08 AM): not that it, y'know, needs to get worse or anything
Rachel T (12:08 AM): Yeah.
Slashy (12:08 AM): so, really need to figure out what he does
Slashy (12:08 AM): that's that bad
Slashy (12:08 AM): considering what he's ALREADY done
Rachel T (12:08 AM): Maybe he can have some counseling sessions?
Rachel T (12:09 AM): Yeah
Slashy (12:09 AM): *giggle* I'm now imagining Astrid as his therapist
Slashy (12:09 AM): just so you know
Rachel T (12:10 AM): That would be awesome.
Slashy (12:11 AM): so, again, what does he DO?
Slashy (12:11 AM): "Decide whether it’s a thin, concentrated line or a wide blast. The thin
line may prove easier to dodge; on the other hand, it’s likely to be
hotter that way, and a hero it does strike will probably burst into
flames and be very hard to put out."
Rachel T (12:11 AM): lol
Slashy (12:12 AM): so, what can the Master do that would be WORSE than TTYNW, tEoT, and everything he's done in the crossoververse so far?
Rachel T (12:12 AM): ...
Rachel T (12:12 AM): my first thought shouldn't have been rape.
Rachel T (12:12 AM): MY FIRST THOUGHT SHOULD. NOT. HAVE. BEEN. RAPE.
Slashy (12:13 AM): yeah, well, that's kinda where my brain was too
Slashy (12:14 AM): there is, however, the idea of plausibility
Rachel T (12:14 AM): Yeah.
Slashy (12:14 AM): so, seriously
Slashy (12:14 AM): something evil
Slashy (12:14 AM): that isn't rape
Slashy (12:14 AM): but is worse than all the other things he's done
Slashy (12:17 AM): . . .why is this so difficult?
Rachel T (12:18 AM): Because it's hard to figure out something he's done worse than go to the end of the universe, pick up all the humans and turn them into the Time Lord equivalent of boogy-men and then use them to decimate the planet, all the while using the Tardis as a horrible abomination of a paradox machine?
Slashy (12:21 AM): yeah, that's pretty hard to top
Rachel T (12:21 AM): mm
Slashy (12:22 AM): I suppose he couldn't, I don't know, give Jack his memories of that time they totally used him to save the Master's life and then dumped him on the street. That would be bad. Not EVIL evil, but I can't imagine anyone would be happy about it.
Slashy (12:26 AM): ?
Slashy (12:26 AM): disappeared?
Rachel T (12:26 AM): nope
Rachel T (12:26 AM): sorry
Rachel T (12:26 AM): And you totally should do that
Slashy (12:27 AM): so, before the Doctor drags the Master to New Gallifrey and leaves him there, how does Jack react?
Rachel T (12:27 AM): "rhythm and blues recording star Johnny Ace died during a show, but did so off stage. During a five minute break, the singer was amusing himself with a game of Russian Roulette. He lost."
Rachel T (12:28 AM): Jack is like "wuh, whuh, whuh... *wibble*"
Rachel T (12:28 AM): And cuddles John?
Rachel T (12:28 AM):
Slashy (12:28 AM): . . .why do I get the feeling John is going to try to shoot the Time Lords?
Rachel T (12:28 AM): Because John is v posessive. Because John is the human version of the Master, etc, etc
Slashy (12:29 AM): ah, parallelism
Slashy (12:29 AM): Rusty so abused you, didn't he?
Slashy (12:29 AM): *cuddle parallelism*
Rachel T (12:30 AM): He really did. Poor parallelism. *pets parallelism*
Rachel T (12:30 AM): This rumor has lived on for several decades, in the form of chain mail and then chain e-mails saying:
"The President of Procter & Gamble appeared on the Phil Donahue
Show on March 1, 1994. He announced that due to the openness of our
society, he was coming out of the closet about his association with the
church of Satan... When asked by Donahue if stating this on t.v. would
hurt his business, he replied, 'THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH CHRISTIANS IN THE
UNITED STATES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.'"
It goes on to claim that "a large portion" of Procter & Gamble's
profits were going to support the Church of Satan (which must have
raised some questions with shareholders) though it also spread the
crazy around to other companies:
"LIZ CLAIRBORNE ALSO PROF
Rachel T (12:30 AM): Satan has a church now.
Slashy (12:30 AM): so clearly both Time Lords escape without regenerating
Slashy (12:31 AM): . . .well. Of course he does.
Rachel T (12:31 AM): Mmm. I love cracked.
Slashy (12:31 AM): HOW do both Time Lords escape without regenerating?
Rachel T (12:32 AM): cloneNick and cloneStephen?
Slashy (12:32 AM): . . .cos all of TWS is just standing around watching this?
Slashy (12:32 AM): because?
Slashy (12:32 AM): don't they have JOBS?
Rachel T (12:32 AM): ...uh...
Rachel T (12:33 AM): John gets distracted? Because Jack doesn't want the Doctor dead, he does or says something to get John's attention.
Slashy (12:33 AM): right, okay
Slashy (12:34 AM): and then the Time Lords leave, obviously, and I imagine the Doctor doesn't come back for a while
Rachel T (12:34 AM): yeah.
Slashy (12:34 AM): although, he might go to TWG or SJA at some point
Slashy (12:35 AM): so, after dropping the Master off on New Gallifrey, the Doctor takes River for the Picnic At Asgard
Slashy (12:35 AM): then what?
Rachel T (12:35 AM): The Master is all pouty for a while.
Slashy (12:36 AM): on New Gallifrey, where Romana has to put up with him
Slashy (12:36 AM): until the Doctor finally comes back for him
Slashy (12:36 AM): how much do you wanna bet the Doctor comes back for him because ROMANA asks him to?
Rachel T (12:37 AM): as the doctor is the LEAST responsible person in the universe, I'd say that's likely
Slashy (12:38 AM): it's interesting how Romana hasn't grounded him yet
Slashy (12:38 AM): considering how irresponsible he is and all
Rachel T (12:39 AM): "the lead guitarist of the Glasgow band Stone the Crows died after being electrocuted on stage at Swansea's Top Rank Ballroom."
Rachel T (12:40 AM): I'd make a 'rank' joke, but seriously? People really needed another reason to hate Wales.
Slashy (12:41 AM): ah, the number of times I've heard the tail end of a bestiality joke and went "welshman where?"
Rachel T (12:41 AM): lol
Slashy (12:41 AM): okay, so before Romana makes him come back for the Master, but after the Picnic At Asgard
Slashy (12:41 AM): surely the Doctor does SOMETHING?
Rachel T (12:42 AM): sure
Slashy (12:42 AM): okay, so, immediately following Picnic At Asgard. . .does he take River home right away?
Rachel T (12:42 AM): Nah.
Rachel T (12:43 AM): My first thought was that they ought to visit the Ood, but bad things happen when they visit the ood
Slashy (12:43 AM): the Ood are now a time sensitive race
Slashy (12:43 AM): that makes them even MORE terrifying than they were before
Rachel T (12:43 AM): mm
Slashy (12:44 AM): . . .I wonder if there are still slave Ood somewhere
Slashy (12:44 AM): ones that didn't get sent back, because some human are just jerks
Rachel T (12:45 AM): maybe there are
Slashy (12:45 AM): now, the telepathic dampener thing that was on the Ood brain, it would have to be around the individual Ood in order for this to be possible
Slashy (12:46 AM): so some human out there has telepathic dampener technology
Slashy (12:46 AM): and slave Ood
Slashy (12:46 AM): this is not a good combination
Rachel T (12:46 AM): mmm
Slashy (12:46 AM): I wonder what they're using the slave Ood for?
Slashy (12:47 AM): must be something that was shady to begin with, or else they'd have gotten caught
Rachel T (12:47 AM): My first thought was "what do you normally use a slave for?" after which, I went straight to people raping the Ood.
Rachel T (12:47 AM): I. Hate. My. Brain.
Slashy (12:47 AM): thanks
Slashy (12:47 AM): needed that
Rachel T (12:47 AM): welcome.
Slashy (12:49 AM): so, some black market thing, where they're using slave Ood as, what, messengers?
Rachel T (12:49 AM): That could work
Slashy (12:49 AM): or smuggling drugs in their translators, I guess
Slashy (12:49 AM): various shady black market things
Slashy (12:50 AM): and Twelve and River stumble upon this
Slashy (12:50 AM): because they have terrible luck
Rachel T (12:50 AM): yup
Slashy (12:50 AM): how many slave Ood do you think there are?
Rachel T (12:51 AM): i dunno
Rachel T (12:51 AM): maybe 20
Slashy (12:51 AM): some of them are going to die
Slashy (12:51 AM): the ones who don't, the Doctor and River will bring to the Ood planet
Slashy (12:52 AM): is it weird that I want one of the newly freed Ood to stay on the Tardis as Twelves companion?
Rachel T (12:52 AM): no
Slashy (12:53 AM): okay, so, Ood companion needs a name
Slashy (12:54 AM): do you suppose it has one?
Rachel T (12:55 AM): do the ood have names?
Slashy (12:55 AM): er. . .well, Ood Sigma did, and the Ood who died in the snow.
Slashy (12:55 AM): of course, those names were given to them by the evil humans
Rachel T (12:57 AM): mm
Slashy (12:58 AM): so I guess the Ood companion gets to pick it's own name
Slashy (12:58 AM): which means I still need a name to refer to it as
Rachel T (12:58 AM): mm
Slashy (12:58 AM): wanna offer something a little more constructive than "mm"?
Rachel T (1:00 AM): George.
Slashy (1:01 AM): okay
Slashy (1:01 AM): and when the Doctor finally returns to New Gallifrey for the Master, what is his reaction to George?
Rachel T (1:01 AM): wtf?
Slashy (1:02 AM): *giggle*
Slashy (1:02 AM): okay, so after acquiring George. . .River goes home yet?
Slashy (1:02 AM): or Twelve, River, and George go someplace?
Rachel T (1:03 AM): river goes home, I think. Unless you want to keep her around and you have an idea for her
Slashy (1:03 AM): nope, no reason to keep her around
Slashy (1:03 AM): so, where do Twelve and George go before they head back to New Gallifrey?
Slashy (1:04 AM): "Who would all the eldest sons marry, after all, if families produced only eldest sons?"
Rachel T (1:04 AM): ...lol
Slashy (1:04 AM): *has a few ideas, none of them acceptable in medieval societies*
Slashy (1:05 AM): Twelve and George MUST go someplace. . .
Slashy (1:05 AM): do you suppose they go to TWG or SJA?
Slashy (1:05 AM): to be honest, I want to see Gwen's face when she meets an Ood
Rachel T (1:06 AM): twg. twelve needs gwens advice on how to deal with jack cos shes been doing so longer
Rachel T (1:06 AM): and jack is still sadface and the doctor totally knows it
Slashy (1:06 AM): like Gwen isn't going to be morally indignant on Jack's behalf
Slashy (1:06 AM): Doc sure called that one wrong
Slashy (1:07 AM): he is to be slapped, yes?
Rachel T (1:07 AM): oh, big time
Slashy (1:08 AM): so, what advice does Gwen give him?
Rachel T (1:09 AM): "Say your sorry and that you love him, and never ever do that again because it's a real dick move."
Rachel T (1:09 AM): Or something along those lines.
Slashy (1:10 AM): god, I could insert some Very Consent Issue Twelve/Jack there, couldn't I?
Rachel T (1:10 AM): yeah.
Slashy (1:10 AM): right
Slashy (1:11 AM): and the Romana calls and is all "Seriously, I can't deal with him. Get him off my planet. NOW."
Rachel T (1:12 AM): yup
Slashy (1:12 AM): so Twelve and George go and get the Master
Slashy (1:12 AM): what then?
Rachel T (1:12 AM): drugs should be involved.
Slashy (1:13 AM): . . .okay. Elaborate.
Rachel T (1:14 AM): they go to a planet with a nitrous oxide atmosphere. since they don't need to breathe, it's no big deal, but they're in the habit of doing so, so first breath...
Slashy (1:15 AM): "since they don't need to breathe" is such an amusing sentence
Rachel T (1:16 AM): ^^
Slashy (1:16 AM): and I am so tempted to change the atmosphere of that planet to something more along the lines of "truth serum". . .
Slashy (1:16 AM): because I can't imagine that would go well
Rachel T (1:17 AM): no
Rachel T (1:17 AM): do it
Slashy (1:17 AM): okay
Slashy (1:17 AM): how would that GO for them?
Rachel T (1:18 AM): badly. the master would be very embarrassed later, if he remembered.
Slashy (1:19 AM): well, of course he would
Slashy (1:19 AM): would I wipe their memories of this?
Rachel T (1:19 AM): i suppose not
Slashy (1:20 AM): George is going to realize what a pile of crazy he's in and run back to the Ood planet, right?
Rachel T (1:20 AM): possibly
Slashy (1:21 AM): okay, so, George leaves them
Slashy (1:21 AM): the Tardis is going to be a very awkward place for a while
Rachel T (1:21 AM): yup
Slashy (1:21 AM): but how much do you wanna bet she landed them there on purpose?
Rachel T (1:22 AM): totally did
Slashy (1:22 AM): (I maybe have a slight thing for yenta!Tardis)
Slashy (1:22 AM): so, on the Now Very Awkward Domestic Tardis. . .
Slashy (1:22 AM): what next?
Slashy (1:23 AM): other than teh awkward and teh pr0n, obviously
Rachel T (1:23 AM): save a planet
Slashy (1:23 AM): okay
Slashy (1:23 AM): what planet, and what's it in danger from?
Rachel T (1:25 AM): overrun by evil sentient plants. any random planet
Slashy (1:26 AM): and how do we get rid of evil sentient planets? Also, if it's overrun, are there any natives left?
Rachel T (1:26 AM): some
Slashy (1:27 AM): okay
Slashy (1:27 AM): and we get rid of evil sentient plants by. . .?
Rachel T (1:28 AM): talking to them. the master wants to use herbicide, but, well. It's the doctor.
Slashy (1:28 AM): of course
Slashy (1:28 AM): and evil sentient plants just decide to live in harmony with the surviving natives
Rachel T (1:28 AM): “Sure, lady, I can build your husband a think tank. An abstract concept
like that’s going to cost you, though. Cannons and armor I can get my
hands on, but human brains… I can’t exactly walk into a schoolboy store
and start lopping off heads, you know what I mean? Tell you what, lady,
I’ll blow my magic whistle five times in the elf tree tonight and if
you’re still a fuckin’ nutbar tomorrow, come on in and we’ll work out a
price.”
Rachel T (1:29 AM): er...
Slashy (1:29 AM): evil sentient plants need a species name
Slashy (1:29 AM): so I can stop fucking typing "evil sentient plants" over and over again
Slashy (1:32 AM): . . .disappeared again
Rachel T (1:32 AM): sorry
Rachel T (1:32 AM): got distracted by shiny snopes
Slashy (1:32 AM): I see
Rachel T (1:33 AM): Also, I'm gonna get off soon. I have to be at theatre at 9 tomorrow, and I want to get at least some sleep.
Slashy (1:34 AM): ooh, sleepy. what is this mythical thing of which you speak
Slashy (1:34 AM): so, evil sentient plants decided to live in harmony with not-evil natives
Rachel T (1:34 AM): it's this thing where the body reenergizes itself so you don't die or hallucinate.
Slashy (1:34 AM): and then the Doctor and the Master leave this planet
Slashy (1:34 AM): is still awkward on domestic Tardis?
Rachel T (1:35 AM): yes.
Slashy (1:35 AM): gonna have to remedy that at some point
Slashy (1:35 AM): eventually
Slashy (1:35 AM): where do the awkward domestics head to next?
Rachel T (1:37 AM): oceanliner on a planet that is mostly ocean? With a terrorist plot to sink it?
Slashy (1:38 AM): of course there is a terrorist plot to sink it
Rachel T (1:38 AM): it's the doctor.
Slashy (1:38 AM): because they couldn't POSSIBLY to somewhere nice and NOT nearly be killed
Rachel T (1:38 AM): not my rule.
Slashy (1:38 AM): *giggle*
Slashy (1:39 AM): okay, but instead of an oceanliner, it should be one of those Lilypad environmentalist things
Rachel T (1:39 AM): ok
Slashy (1:40 AM):
vincent.callebaut.org/page1-img-lilypad.htmlSlashy (1:40 AM): this thing
Rachel T (1:41 AM): OK, that thing is fuckin awesome.
Slashy (1:41 AM): is what I said when I found the link
Slashy (1:41 AM): other projects are equally cool
Rachel T (1:42 AM):
www.snopes.com/politics/religion/practice.aspRachel T (1:43 AM): can you just read that quick and tell me if it makes any sense to you at all, person who's actually read the bible?
Slashy (1:46 AM): nope, not really very sense making
Slashy (1:46 AM): people are like that
Rachel T (1:46 AM): I didn't think so.
Slashy (1:47 AM): so, they stop the Lilypad from sinking, obviously. Is still awkward?
Rachel T (1:47 AM): In fact, last I checked, the New Testament says nothing about teh geigh.
Rachel T (1:47 AM): Uh, no. They work out their issues.
Slashy (1:47 AM): there are a couple of passages that could be poorly interpreted
Slashy (1:48 AM): like a bit where Jesus speaks against using male prostitutes
Slashy (1:48 AM): which is about USING PROSTITUTES, not BEING GAY
Rachel T (1:48 AM): which, y'know, prostitutes are bad.
Rachel T (1:48 AM): exactly.
Slashy (1:48 AM): in much the same way that Lot In Sodom is about NOT RAPING PEOPLE, not NOT BEING GAY
Slashy (1:48 AM): people just don't know how to READ
Slashy (1:49 AM): so now that they've worked out their issues. . .
Slashy (1:49 AM): what now?
Rachel T (1:50 AM):
www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/aidsmuppet.aspRachel T (1:50 AM): er...
Slashy (1:52 AM): do they go back to Earth?
Rachel T (1:52 AM): sure
Slashy (1:52 AM): so, which Torchwood do they end up at?
Rachel T (1:53 AM): TWS
Slashy (1:53 AM): oh, this is going to go well
Slashy (1:53 AM): what are they at TWS for?
Rachel T (1:54 AM): A distress beacon is coming from one of the artefacts.
Slashy (1:55 AM): of course
Slashy (1:55 AM): and TWS can't deal with this on their own because?
Rachel T (1:55 AM): They don't recognise it as such.
Slashy (1:56 AM): right
Slashy (1:56 AM): and what is it going to do if left untended to?
Rachel T (1:56 AM): self destruct.
Slashy (1:57 AM): ouch
Slashy (1:57 AM): that would not go well
Slashy (1:57 AM): so they show up and save the day
Slashy (1:57 AM): what does TWS think about all this?
Slashy (1:57 AM): in particular Jack'n'John
Rachel T (1:58 AM): Jack is still sadpanda, and John is still murderous.
Slashy (2:00 AM): oh, this is not going to go well
Slashy (2:00 AM): what stops John from killing them on sight?
Rachel T (2:00 AM): He's not there immediately, cloneNick and cloneStephen are?
Slashy (2:00 AM): that's probably for the best, yeah
Slashy (2:01 AM): . . .you were the last person to post on the WWYR. (Which should NOT be where I'm going to find ideas. NOT.)
Rachel T (2:01 AM): I haven't been there in months. How deserted are those boards?
Slashy (2:02 AM): oh, the CoE and series 4 spoiler threads are doing just fine
Slashy (2:03 AM): so where is John, if he's not there immediately?
Rachel T (2:03 AM): He and Jack are out doing...something. Sex, collecting space junk, whatever. Maybe both.
Slashy (2:04 AM): sex with space junk
Rachel T (2:04 AM): *shrug*
Rachel T (2:04 AM): It's Jack and John.
Slashy (2:04 AM): so when do they show up? before or after the domestics turn off the self-destruct?
Rachel T (2:05 AM): after. the doctor was so hoping to get out of there before they showed up.
Slashy (2:06 AM): like that was ever gonna happen
Slashy (2:06 AM): "bad guys who revel in being bad, who think longingly about destroying all the good in the world, who should be able to look at the long track
record of good winning and hesitate. . ."
Rachel T (2:06 AM): lol
Slashy (2:06 AM): so when Jack and John DO show up, what do they DO?
Rachel T (2:07 AM): John has no ammo left in his gun and Jack is very sad and Disappointed.
Slashy (2:08 AM): where did John's ammo go?
Slashy (2:08 AM): (this is clearly the part I should be focusing on. . .)
Slashy (2:08 AM): "Somehow, actions that the good takes are fine, even if those actions include torture or the killing of children. Whereas if the evil guy tortures one person, that's the end. There's no turning back, and there's no excusing it. I want to drop-kick this philosophy from the highest tower I can find. What in the name of Conan is it doing here?"
Rachel T (2:09 AM): shooting things, of course. Possibly the space junk. It may have been very evil.
Slashy (2:09 AM): ah, I see
Slashy (2:10 AM): and how do the domestics get out of this pile of awkward?
Slashy (2:10 AM): and yes, I'm going to keep referring to them as the domestics, as if they were a sit-com family, yes I am
Rachel T (2:11 AM): The Doctor actually gives Jack something that's almost a genuine, heartfelt apology that has something similar to the words "I'm sorry I've been treating you like an expendable piece of shit for the last couple years" in it.
Slashy (2:11 AM): "last couple years" is a bit of an understatement there
Slashy (2:13 AM): Jack'n'John and the domestics really need to work out their issues at some point
Slashy (2:13 AM): although I'm sure the clones, Faith, and Elle are amused as hell
Rachel T (2:14 AM): It would probably be better for their collective mental health in the long run.
Slashy (2:14 AM): and how do they do that, do you suppose?
Rachel T (2:14 AM): ...
Rachel T (2:15 AM): I'm not sure if they can.
Rachel T (2:15 AM): They go to Astrid, the therapist?
Slashy (2:15 AM): *giggle* And they would think of this because?
Slashy (2:15 AM): remember who we're talking about here
Slashy (2:15 AM): they need to have the sense smacked into them
Rachel T (2:16 AM): One of the girls makes them.
Slashy (2:16 AM): preferably Gwen
Rachel T (2:16 AM): Or all of the girls conspire.
Slashy (2:16 AM): but any of the girls will do, really
Slashy (2:16 AM): Martha is definitely involved
Rachel T (2:16 AM): Yes.
Slashy (2:16 AM): now all we have to do is get one of the girls to NOTICE that the domestics are here
Rachel T (2:17 AM): One of the clones or Faith tells Gwen?
Slashy (2:17 AM): I'm imagining Faith calling her up
Slashy (2:18 AM): now, who is it in TWG who has the VM?
Rachel T (2:18 AM): No idea
Rachel T (2:18 AM): ...I'm pretty sure I meant to go to bed twenty minutes ago...
Slashy (2:18 AM): tracking all the VM's down if v. difficult
Slashy (2:18 AM): does that mean you're leaving me?
Rachel T (2:19 AM): No
Slashy (2:19 AM): QLSam has a VM
Slashy (2:19 AM): but I don't think they want to send him to deal with the domestics
Rachel T (2:20 AM): No.
Rachel T (2:20 AM): Doesn't Jack had a VM, still?
Slashy (2:20 AM): yes
Slashy (2:20 AM): and Martha
Slashy (2:20 AM): and Handy
Slashy (2:20 AM): Lydia
Slashy (2:20 AM): Jamie
Slashy (2:20 AM): Sinclair
Rachel T (2:20 AM): And that's all of them.
Slashy (2:20 AM): yes
Slashy (2:20 AM): pretty sure
Rachel T (2:20 AM): That's seven.
Rachel T (2:21 AM): one of them got blown up.
Rachel T (2:21 AM): Tate says, anyway.
Slashy (2:21 AM): Jane's. got blown up in the Family of Blood ship
Rachel T (2:21 AM): Yeah.
Slashy (2:21 AM): so the miracle worker is right
Slashy (2:21 AM): so, who does Gwen send to TWS to deal with the domestics
Rachel T (2:21 AM): what a shock.
Rachel T (2:22 AM): herself?
Rachel T (2:22 AM): maybe she asks Martha to go with her?
Slashy (2:22 AM): . . .she would call Martha, since Martha has a VM, and have her pick her up
Slashy (2:22 AM): this being before the domestics finish disabling the self-destruct
Slashy (2:23 AM): obviously Faith calling at any other time would be too late
Rachel T (2:23 AM): obviously
Slashy (2:23 AM): and Gwen smacks them all right?
Slashy (2:23 AM): right?
Slashy (2:23 AM): and then tells them they need to get some form of psychiatric help
Rachel T (2:23 AM): All of them involved.
Rachel T (2:23 AM): yes.
Slashy (2:23 AM): and then when they refuse. . .
Rachel T (2:24 AM): headsmacks, all around
Slashy (2:24 AM): and then she marches them into the Tardis, intending to make them go to New Gallifrey
Slashy (2:24 AM): let Romana deal with them
Slashy (2:24 AM): of course, the Tardis has other ideas
Slashy (2:25 AM): so, where does the Tardis take them?
Rachel T (2:25 AM): Uhm...
Rachel T (2:25 AM): ever read 1984?
Rachel T (2:26 AM): epic adventures on a planet like that, only with aliens.
Rachel T (2:26 AM): Who practice a strict "no visitors" policy. And impound the Tardis.
Slashy (2:26 AM): that book scared me silly when I was 12
Rachel T (2:27 AM): It's a terrifying book. It really is.
Slashy (2:27 AM): mm. so, how do the domestics, Jack'n'John, and Gwen'n'Martha get off the 1984 planet?
Slashy (2:27 AM): and can we give this planet a name, for referencing purposes?
Rachel T (2:28 AM): they overthrow the government, of course.
Rachel T (2:28 AM): Isten.
Slashy (2:28 AM): okay, and they overthrow the government of Isten how?
Slashy (2:29 AM): because surely they're imprisoned?
Slashy (2:29 AM): seperately?
Rachel T (2:29 AM): they escape.
Slashy (2:29 AM): I'm just having fun imagining who escapes first
Slashy (2:29 AM): and if they try to leave some of the others there
Slashy (2:29 AM): and who calls them on it
Slashy (2:29 AM): "In Shakespeare's time, for example, sexual power mainly depended on
social class; rich men sometimes had sex with male servants as well as
their wives, simply because the servants couldn't say no. That could be
used to profit-"
Rachel T (2:30 AM): ...
Rachel T (2:30 AM): WOW
Slashy (2:30 AM): end of that quote was "in a fantasy, along with so many others that would break the tired pattern of inflexible sexuality."
Rachel T (2:31 AM): nice
Slashy (2:31 AM): but the way my page formatted it, it cut there
Slashy (2:31 AM): so, who DOES escape first?
Rachel T (2:32 AM): hmm...The Doctor or the Master, probably, then Jack.
Rachel T (2:32 AM): Or maybe John.
Slashy (2:32 AM): are the women imprisoned in a different place?
Rachel T (2:33 AM): different building, yeah.
Slashy (2:33 AM): now, the Doctor, if he escaped first, would never try to leave Jack'n'John behind
Slashy (2:33 AM): the Master would
Rachel T (2:33 AM): right
Slashy (2:34 AM): likewise, John would so want to leave the domestics behind
Slashy (2:34 AM): but Jack wouldn't let him
Slashy (2:34 AM): there are no girls around to yell at them for being Ridiculously Petty
Slashy (2:35 AM): so the guys all get out and have to go find the girls
Slashy (2:35 AM): and overthrow the government
Slashy (2:35 AM): there are so many of them, splitting up seems wise
Slashy (2:35 AM): except that it Will Not Help
Rachel T (2:35 AM): right.
Slashy (2:35 AM): of course, that means they now need to establish who is in charge
Rachel T (2:35 AM): ...I'm picturing Gwen with John and the Master, who, by the time they're done, all want to kill each other.
Rachel T (2:36 AM): The Doctor, obviously, but Gwen for the girls before the two groups meet up.
Slashy (2:37 AM): so how do we establish that the Doctor is in charge?
Slashy (2:37 AM): because, let's be honest, NONE of the other guys are really all that willing to accept his authority on a GOOD day
Slashy (2:37 AM): which this is clearly NOT
Rachel T (2:38 AM): Well, Jack. He usually is. And is John still Stolkholmy at this point, or is he just listening now?
Rachel T (2:38 AM): or neither?
Slashy (2:39 AM): well, he and Jack have a telepathic link now
Rachel T (2:39 AM): "In the past, Jack used to put off the annual performance reviews as
long as he could—sometimes so long that he ended up getting away with
two lots at one go. Considering recent events, however—not just Ianto
and Suzie, but also some hints that Owen and Tosh have been doing
things they shouldn’t with bits of alien tech—he decides that spending
a solid week observing and reviewing his staff, culminating in a long,
private chat with each of them, is not so much a waste of time as
something he urgently should be doing."
Rachel T (2:39 AM): I love you, Alex.
Slashy (2:39 AM): also, at this point, Jack being willing to follow the Doctor's authority? not as much a given as it usually is, considering
Rachel T (2:39 AM): it might just be habit.
Slashy (2:40 AM): okay, that's possible
Rachel T (2:40 AM): like browsing amazon even after that fiasco.
Rachel T (2:40 AM): "Owen is next. He usually gets the last spot, as Jack believes firmly in
keeping the hardest jobs for last, just in case the world ends before
he has to do them."
Slashy (2:40 AM): that fiasco didn't lie to you, multiple times, get you killed, multiple times, and wipe your memory of it, multiple times
Slashy (2:40 AM): just saying
Rachel T (2:40 AM): true.
Slashy (2:41 AM): so, how do we establish that the Doctor is in charge?
Rachel T (2:41 AM): uh...
Slashy (2:42 AM): it's not really gonna happen, is it?
Rachel T (2:42 AM): they're just gonna listen to him.
Rachel T (2:42 AM): He's the Doctor. Even people who don't like him listen to him.
Rachel T (2:43 AM): They bitch, but they usually listen.
Slashy (2:43 AM): except in Midnight
Rachel T (2:43 AM): Yeah.
Slashy (2:43 AM): which was one of those few episodes of things that actually made me hate all of humanity
Slashy (2:44 AM): so, they go get the girls out, and Gwen takes charge
Slashy (2:44 AM): which is good, because it's so much less confusing
Rachel T (2:44 AM): "He’s not doing anything else, is he? His feet are right where he left
them, under the chair, so he hasn’t been accidentally playing footsie
under the table again."
Rachel T (2:44 AM): Yeah.
Slashy (2:45 AM): the Master and John are NEVER going to get along, are they?
Slashy (2:45 AM): no matter what I do
Rachel T (2:45 AM): No.
Rachel T (2:45 AM): No, definitely not.
Rachel T (2:45 AM): Because they're pretty much the same.
Rachel T (2:45 AM): Cos Rusty abuses parallelism.
Slashy (2:45 AM): I can fix every other relationship up to it's least awkward state
Slashy (2:45 AM): eventually
Slashy (2:45 AM): with work
Rachel T (2:46 AM): They are going to hate each other forever.
Slashy (2:46 AM): and I hold that if the Master and John had met under circumstances that weren't, um, what they WERE, they could have been terrifying allies
Rachel T (2:46 AM): yeah
Slashy (2:46 AM): instead, it started with "what's the one thing I can do to piss you off the most? okay then, let's do that!"
Slashy (2:47 AM): and steadily got worse
Rachel T (2:47 AM): Seriously--they split up, Gwen needs to be in charge of the two of them.
Slashy (2:47 AM): poor Gwen
Slashy (2:47 AM): I say that is Martha doesn't deserve some sympathy too
Slashy (2:48 AM): . . .grammar went where?
Rachel T (2:48 AM): I don't know.
Rachel T (2:48 AM): Because she's stuck with His Captainness and His Doctorness, eys?
Rachel T (2:48 AM): *yes
Slashy (2:48 AM): see, Gwen, she's going to want to kill them both, and they're going to want to kill each other, and it's gonna be very angry and terrifying
Slashy (2:48 AM): but Martha is stuck with the Awkward
Rachel T (2:49 AM): yeah.
Rachel T (2:49 AM): It's so much worse.
Slashy (2:49 AM): yeah, it really is
Slashy (2:49 AM): and she's going to hear so many things she never wanted to know
Rachel T (2:49 AM): oh yeah.
Slashy (2:49 AM): poor Martha
Slashy (2:49 AM): okay, so, they've split up
Slashy (2:49 AM): which group goes what?
Rachel T (2:50 AM): The Doctor, Martha, and Jack go to hijack the mass media of the planet. (I'm being nice and not pointing out the typo)
Slashy (2:51 AM): . . .considering that one of them has to bring down the government and the other has to go get the Tardis, we've split them up in the least helpful way ever
Slashy (2:51 AM): . . .thank you
Slashy (2:51 AM): my grammar has GONE for some reason
Rachel T (2:51 AM): Gwen, the Master, and John go to find the tardis.
Slashy (2:51 AM): do you trust the Master with the Tardis? Really?
Rachel T (2:51 AM): In the morning, Ianto wakes up in his boxer shorts and vest, with no
idea how he got that way, except for a horrible feeling that Jack and
Owen were involved.
Rachel T (2:52 AM): Gwen and John are there. I'm pretty sure they can hold him down if they have to.
Slashy (2:52 AM): and then who's gonna pilot the damn thing?
Rachel T (2:52 AM): The Master. Gwen lets John be all threatening and stuff.
Slashy (2:53 AM): oh the ways in which this could go horribly wrong
Rachel T (2:53 AM): mm
Slashy (2:53 AM): okay, so they get the Tardis, and bring it to the other group
Slashy (2:54 AM): have Jack and the Doctor worked through their issues?
Rachel T (2:54 AM): to the extent they can.
Rachel T (2:54 AM): And poor Martha was mediator for it.
Rachel T (2:54 AM): ...I'm picturing Jerry Springer, DW-style.
Rachel T (2:54 AM): and It's CREEPY, especially because Martha is Jerry.
Slashy (2:54 AM): *giggle*
Slashy (2:55 AM): y'know what I am now picturing?
Rachel T (2:55 AM): They’re gold-colored and have the initials “CJH” on them. Ianto has
long had a whimsical suspicion that “Captain” is not, in fact, Jack’s
rank, but his first name. Or maybe both, like Major Major.
Rachel T (2:55 AM): hmm?
Slashy (2:56 AM): the domestics and Jack'n'John on Jeremy Kyle
Slashy (2:56 AM): it's terrifying
Rachel T (2:56 AM): I'm so wishing that there were actual doors in my house.
Slashy (2:56 AM): and v. amusing
Rachel T (2:56 AM): Because it's really hard not to laugh loudly at that.
Slashy (2:57 AM): sorry
Slashy (2:57 AM): however, I bet he'd have it sorted in a hour
Rachel T (2:57 AM): I bet.
Slashy (2:57 AM): although. . .it might take the whole hour just to explain what the problem is
Rachel T (2:58 AM): After they explained the problem.
Rachel T (2:58 AM): Which might take days.
Slashy (2:58 AM): so, the government is toppled, they escape the planet
Slashy (2:58 AM): are they still aiming for New Gallifrey?
Rachel T (2:59 AM): Yes, but now less for therapy and more because the non-domestics want to see New Gallifrey
Slashy (3:00 AM): like they don't still technically need therapy
Slashy (3:00 AM): do they actually make it to New Gallifrey this time?
Rachel T (3:00 AM): sure
Slashy (3:00 AM): okay, and Romana says?
Slashy (3:00 AM): because she's observant and all
Rachel T (3:02 AM): "Did you actually have a real conversation? With a person? That's so...weird. Are you really the Doctor?"
Rachel T (3:02 AM): or whatever it is she calls him.
Slashy (3:02 AM): um, I think at one point she called him Theta
Slashy (3:02 AM): Susan calls him Grandfather
Slashy (3:02 AM): and Ace called him Professor
Rachel T (3:03 AM): OK.
Slashy (3:03 AM): she does kick them off the planet right?
Slashy (3:04 AM): because she does NOT want to deal with them?
Rachel T (3:04 AM): Pretty much.
Slashy (3:04 AM): and they head back to Earth
Slashy (3:05 AM): do they actually make it to Earth? in the place and time they are aiming for?
Rachel T (3:05 AM): Not when or where they're aiming for.
Slashy (3:05 AM): so, when and where do they end up?
Slashy (3:06 AM): also, poor girls
Rachel T (3:06 AM): No kidding.
Slashy (3:06 AM): trapped with the most dysfunctional couples EVER
Slashy (3:07 AM): with their husbands waiting for them at home
Slashy (3:07 AM): do you suppose they could just go "y'know what, we don't care anymore" and VM their way home?
Rachel T (3:07 AM): Somewhere in Russia. Mid 23rd century. Big, alien, pig-dogs.
Rachel T (3:07 AM): They could.
Slashy (3:08 AM): ooh, the 23rd century
Slashy (3:08 AM): what are pig-dogs doing on Earth?
Rachel T (3:09 AM): ship transporting them for food/entertainment/whatever crashes. Crew flees. pig-dogs roam free in siberia. UNIT has either been disbanded or hasn't noticed yet.
Slashy (3:10 AM): that last one is so much more likely
Slashy (3:10 AM): so the domestics and Jack'n'John have to round up the pig-dogs
Slashy (3:10 AM): and find the crew
Slashy (3:10 AM): and the girls have skipped back to where they're meant to be
Slashy (3:11 AM): and informed TWS that Jack'n'John will be back. . .eventually
Rachel T (3:11 AM): Which means the Master and John are trying to subtly kill each other.
Slashy (3:11 AM): . . ."Oops, I didn't mean to leave the pig-dog pen unlocked."
Slashy (3:11 AM): okay, so, more subtle than that
Slashy (3:11 AM): because I do understand the concept
Rachel T (3:11 AM): "Watch out for that overhang--oops."
Slashy (3:12 AM): I wonder what the sane. . .-er halfs of these couples think of this
Rachel T (3:12 AM): Jack will, at some point, suggest they have hate!sex.
Slashy (3:13 AM): . . .will they listen?
Slashy (3:13 AM): and what does the Doctor think of this suggestion?
Rachel T (3:13 AM): *facepalm* says the Doctor. John likes the idea. the Master, probably not so much.
Rachel T (3:13 AM): Maybe if it would make the doctor jealous.
Slashy (3:13 AM): it so would
Slashy (3:14 AM): because the Doctor, despite the bigamy he is currently practicing, is the jealous type
Rachel T (3:14 AM): He is.
Slashy (3:15 AM): . . .I keep having to REMIND myself of the bigamy
Slashy (3:15 AM): it's not something I should be forgetting, really
Rachel T (3:15 AM): xD
Slashy (3:15 AM): so, do they have hate!sex?
Rachel T (3:15 AM): Yes.
Slashy (3:15 AM): and the fallout from this?
Rachel T (3:16 AM): They still hate each other.
Slashy (3:16 AM): and their SOs?
Rachel T (3:16 AM): Have come to no form of understanding.
Rachel T (3:16 AM): And the Doctor is furious and trying to ignore all three of them.
Slashy (3:16 AM): I want to describe him as tetchy
Slashy (3:16 AM): that's not usually a Doctor-y word
Slashy (3:17 AM): and how are they taking the Doctor ignoring them?
Slashy (3:17 AM): also, how long have they been sitting around with the pig-dogs?
Rachel T (3:18 AM): The Master and Jack are pouty.
Rachel T (3:18 AM): John is pouty because Jack's pouty.
Rachel T (3:18 AM): Everyone's just being kind of pouty.
Slashy (3:18 AM): so. . .we're right back where we started, really.
Rachel T (3:18 AM): They've been trying to collect the pig-dogs while this is going on.
Rachel T (3:18 AM): ...maybe the hate!sex, etc should come before the 1984 planet.
Slashy (3:19 AM): . . .what about Martha and Gwen?
Rachel T (3:20 AM): The Doctor takes Jack and John back the the 21st century after they hitch a ride. At this point, Faith has called Gwen, who's waiting with martha in the TWS base. They shove Jack and John back inside and tell the Doctor in no uncertain terms that they all Need Help and should go home to get some. And they will come along to insure it happens.
Slashy (3:21 AM): okay
Slashy (3:21 AM): so then when they leave New Gallifrey
Slashy (3:21 AM): they end up where?
Rachel T (3:22 AM): back on earth?
Slashy (3:22 AM): what in the proper time and everything?
Slashy (3:22 AM): *shock*
Rachel T (3:23 AM): proper time ish.
Slashy (3:23 AM): ish?
Rachel T (3:24 AM): couple weeks later, maybe a month.
Slashy (3:24 AM): . . .who's been in charge of TWS?
Slashy (3:24 AM): for that matter, who's been in charge of TWG?
Rachel T (3:25 AM): cloneNick has been in charge of TWS, and...crap.
Rachel T (3:25 AM): Who's still at TWG?
Slashy (3:25 AM): just a sec, I have a handy Who's Where When I can look at
Slashy (3:26 AM): Tosh
Suzie
Lois
Johnson
Swanson
Rhys
Ziggy
QLSam
Al
Rachel T (3:26 AM): Uh, probably Swanson or Suzie.
Rachel T (3:26 AM): Most likely Swanson.
Slashy (3:26 AM): okay
Slashy (3:27 AM): . . .and what do Rhys and Mickey think of their wives vanishing act?
Slashy (3:27 AM): I missed a fucking apostrophe
Slashy (3:27 AM): dammit
Rachel T (3:28 AM): slightly annoyed. Mickey will probably allay Rhys' fears with "She's not that likely to die with him. Probably better chances of living iwth him than here." Considering it's Mickey, it probably won't me much more tactful than that.
Slashy (3:28 AM): true
Slashy (3:28 AM): and Mickey once had Rose disappear on him for a year, so he understands how dodgy the Tardis is
Rachel T (3:28 AM): Right.
Slashy (3:29 AM): so, the girls go back to their respective Torchwoods, and the domestics flee the planet
Slashy (3:29 AM): because all that issue working out?
Slashy (3:29 AM): they'd still rather not be around
Rachel T (3:29 AM): yeah.
Rachel T (3:29 AM): don't blame them
Slashy (3:29 AM): nor I
Slashy (3:32 AM): so, now what do the domestics do?
Rachel T (3:32 AM): I dunno.
Rachel T (3:32 AM): I'm going to bed, though.
Slashy (3:32 AM): night
Rachel T (3:32 AM): night