I really like the little missing scenes that you put here and there to make the scenes flow better. I also like that the Doctor can not stop thinking about Donna. Looks like the poor dear has a memory problem due to his age, he is confusing Wilf with Donna.
I have to be amused at the thought that the Doctor is suffering from memory loss due to his age. I'm sure he's just confused a little, not to mention rather tired and emotional...
I also laughed at the Doctor for telling Wilf not to swear. I missed that line when I watched the EoT. A younger looking person telling that to an elderly man is kind of unusual
I adored that line in the show and it was always going to go in my version.
Hm, Henry van Statten... Was that the guy in series one that owned a Dalek. And then he got dumped on the side of the road without any memories (off screen of course)?
He was indeed - well done you! I couldn't help seeing the comparsions when I first watched the episode. Different motivation, but similar modus operandi.
I was thinking about this story today and there is something that puzzles me. If I remember correctly, in the previous chapter you mention the Doctor remembering telling Wilf about regeneration when he bought Donna home. Now this Doctor traveled with Donna until the Waters of Mars, so how can he remember bringing her home? Does he remember the time lines that he didn't really live? The RTD time line and not your fic time line? So he has memories from both of the time lines? *gets herself confused trying to explain*
This is one of the most timey-wimey parts of my episode, but the point sprang to mind when I was reading a wiki article about WoM. Instead of saying that Adelaide's location of death was changed to Earth, it said that the Doctor's memory of where Adelaide died changed to Earth, i.e. his memory altered to suit the circumstances. What has happened here is that things are happening in the other direction. Circumstances have altered and he now knows the end result of them. Therefore it's understandable that his 'memory' of events might also have changed to suit the result.
Even if the events he experienced aren't what 'happened', he knows what would have had to happen in order for the 'correct' conclusion to be reached, and therefore his memory of events may also change to adapt to the experiences he is facing now.
Does that make sense?
Reading the comments I also never realized that Donna spent the whole night out side out cold. RTD!!! *shakes fist* I wonder if you will change something in the scene where Donna owns the Masters. Maybe your Masters are smarted than RTDs and they pick up Donna after she is K.Oed.
Yes indeed, I didn't realise immediately either and it's pretty awful, isn't it? Poor Donna! One hopes that whatever she did to the Masters lasted that long as well...
Is it tomorrow yet?
*checks watch* Not for a good many hours yet dear. About 15...
Eh? This is indeed very timey-wimey. So if I understand correctly, the event of your other fics happened. But like the Doctor screw up on Mars, he now also remembers the original (RTD's) chain of events but he still kept the knowledge of his time with Donna that he had in your versions. Right, wrong, or should I just go sleep? >_<
Yes... *suspicious look* I do hope that the Masters didn't wake up, realized how awesome Donna is, restored her memories and made her their wife. >.> Donna's harem... *cough* I really should go to bed...
*lol* I apologise if it's too out-there, but yes, that was exactly how I imagined it. The events of Mars happened to the Doctor as we saw them in Donna and the WoM. That version of Donna, though, no longer exists. Instead we have Donna as she was at the end of JE and a Doctor who has to adjust his mind to that reality instead.
Hooray for you understanding how my messed-up mind works. ;-)
And I can promise you there will be no harems! *lol* Please do go to bed and take your inanity with you!
Hypothetically speaking, if Donna ever remembers the events without dying, her memories will go up to JE. She won't be able to know the events after JE (your fics) because it is not that version of Donna that lived them. The Donna that disappeared in WoM can never be back unless the Doctor fixes the realities and the results of all that trouble that he caused on Mars. Right? @_@
I am glad to hear that or else the Doctor would have to regenerate only at the reality/sight of it. Forget the radiation. He will go: "What? What?! WHAAAT!" *regenerates*
Yes, you're exactly right. Basically, the Donna that disappeared in WoM is gone for good. Things have really moved past that time.
*lol* You know, I've just realised that we got neither a 'what... what... what...' or a 'well... well... well' in EoT. I suppose we did well to get an 'Allons-y!'
Aw, thanks, but what on Earth shall I do with it? *hangs it on the wall for now*
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I really like the little missing scenes that you put here and there to make the scenes flow better. I also like that the Doctor can not stop thinking about Donna. Looks like the poor dear has a memory problem due to his age, he is confusing Wilf with Donna.
I have to be amused at the thought that the Doctor is suffering from memory loss due to his age. I'm sure he's just confused a little, not to mention rather tired and emotional...
I also laughed at the Doctor for telling Wilf not to swear. I missed that line when I watched the EoT. A younger looking person telling that to an elderly man is kind of unusual
I adored that line in the show and it was always going to go in my version.
Hm, Henry van Statten... Was that the guy in series one that owned a Dalek. And then he got dumped on the side of the road without any memories (off screen of course)?
He was indeed - well done you! I couldn't help seeing the comparsions when I first watched the episode. Different motivation, but similar modus operandi.
I was thinking about this story today and there is something that puzzles me. If I remember correctly, in the previous chapter you mention the Doctor remembering telling Wilf about regeneration when he bought Donna home. Now this Doctor traveled with Donna until the Waters of Mars, so how can he remember bringing her home? Does he remember the time lines that he didn't really live? The RTD time line and not your fic time line? So he has memories from both of the time lines? *gets herself confused trying to explain*
This is one of the most timey-wimey parts of my episode, but the point sprang to mind when I was reading a wiki article about WoM. Instead of saying that Adelaide's location of death was changed to Earth, it said that the Doctor's memory of where Adelaide died changed to Earth, i.e. his memory altered to suit the circumstances. What has happened here is that things are happening in the other direction. Circumstances have altered and he now knows the end result of them. Therefore it's understandable that his 'memory' of events might also have changed to suit the result.
Even if the events he experienced aren't what 'happened', he knows what would have had to happen in order for the 'correct' conclusion to be reached, and therefore his memory of events may also change to adapt to the experiences he is facing now.
Does that make sense?
Reading the comments I also never realized that Donna spent the whole night out side out cold. RTD!!! *shakes fist* I wonder if you will change something in the scene where Donna owns the Masters. Maybe your Masters are smarted than RTDs and they pick up Donna after she is K.Oed.
Yes indeed, I didn't realise immediately either and it's pretty awful, isn't it? Poor Donna! One hopes that whatever she did to the Masters lasted that long as well...
Is it tomorrow yet?
*checks watch* Not for a good many hours yet dear. About 15...
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Yes... *suspicious look* I do hope that the Masters didn't wake up, realized how awesome Donna is, restored her memories and made her their wife. >.> Donna's harem... *cough* I really should go to bed...
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Hooray for you understanding how my messed-up mind works. ;-)
And I can promise you there will be no harems! *lol* Please do go to bed and take your inanity with you!
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Hypothetically speaking, if Donna ever remembers the events without dying, her memories will go up to JE. She won't be able to know the events after JE (your fics) because it is not that version of Donna that lived them. The Donna that disappeared in WoM can never be back unless the Doctor fixes the realities and the results of all that trouble that he caused on Mars. Right? @_@
I am glad to hear that or else the Doctor would have to regenerate only at the reality/sight of it. Forget the radiation.
He will go: "What? What?! WHAAAT!" *regenerates*
You can keep my "inanity" as a gift. :p
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*lol* You know, I've just realised that we got neither a 'what... what... what...' or a 'well... well... well' in EoT. I suppose we did well to get an 'Allons-y!'
Aw, thanks, but what on Earth shall I do with it? *hangs it on the wall for now*