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[hasthreefingers]

[ Donna is dressed for work still, her hair done up and everything. But despite the work clothes, she seems happy. She smiles as the feed comes up and flicks some of her hair over a shoulder. ] Okay. This is just an off-the-wall idea.

I know we've got a lot of people here who aren't from Earth, and a lot who have traveled in space and time and with the Doctor and all.

So I was thinking. Would you lot be interested in getting together sometime? Like a club. I never got to find out as much about space as I wanted, and I'd love to hear stories and such.

[ Her smiles disappears in a flash. ] And no Doctors allowed. People aren't going to talk about you as much as I want them to if you're right there listening.

[ And just like that, the smile is back. ]

Ship captains, though, are more than welcome.

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[parallels]

Thankfully, we don't need to worry about Doctors as he's not here anymore.

[An inhale. An exhale. A cough. She looks tired and ill.]

Sounds fun though. A club.

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[hasthreefingers]

[ The smile disappears for good, and Donna turns ashen. ]

He can't have left.

[parallels]

[Clara coughs again before speaking. It's nasty. Then she drops her fist from her mouth.]

He did. Nearly a week ago at least.

[hasthreefingers]

That- that-

He'll be back if he knows what's good to him. Rose came back. He'll come back, too. [ Her tone brooks no argument. The Doctor will be back, and that's that.

She gentles as she studies Clara. ]

Are you all right, though? Want some soup? A new immune system?

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[bonvivant]

I'm afraid I don't meet the requirements of the group you intend to start, but if you'd be up for a one-on-one chat sometime I'd love to hear about your adventures.

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[hasthreefingers]

I don't really have adventures, per se. I have an adventure, and then just... traveling.

But I'd love to talk to you. Are you kidding me? I get classier just by being around you!

[ Classier-ish. But it's close enough to count, right? ]

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[bonvivant]

I'd consider traveling through time and space to be more than just regular travel. I've been all over the world, but never that far.

And just consider whatever you get from my presence a fitting gift, Miss Noble. [Fitting because her last name is Noble, get it? Dr. Lecter: Master of words.]

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[hasthreefingers]

[ She laughs. ] A gift, eh?

All right, let's make it Christmas. Where would you like to meet? I'll tell you all about my wedding day, beginning, end, and middle. I might even include a few of the really embarrassing parts.

A very few.

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[6collegecredits]

What kind of doctors are we talking about here? "Slice them up and take out a heart" doctors or "sit and contemplate the universe" doctors? Oh! Or maybe "trying to poke around with someone's brain" doctors?

Or just all of the above?

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[hasthreefingers]

He's... an alien Doctor? I don't know if he could diagnose so much as a cold, honestly. He mostly just seems to run around space a lot.

And I really, really hope he doesn't poke around in someone's brain, 'cause I quite liked him. Not fancied him, just liked. As friends.

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[6collegecredits]

Huh. Well, I guess aliens need doctors too, don't they?

So you were referring to a specific person? Not just doctors in general?

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[hasthreefingers]

Nah, he just calls himself the Doctor.

'Course, since it seems he's disappeared, him eavesdropping shouldn't be a problem.

[ Though she's bothered by the fact that the Doctor has disappeared, she isn't going to let it get her down. Rose came back, after all. She expects the Doctor will, too. ]

But enough about that. You're new, aren't you?

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[pandoricas]

You probably heard this by now, but--well, none of the Doctors are here anymore, so I guess we don't need to worry about that.

[Rubs the back of his head. Wait until when he mentions that the Doctor he knows happens to be his son in law, Donna.]

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[hasthreefingers]

Yeah, Clara mentioned it.

Just like him, isn't it? Up and disappear when you want to take the mickey.

[ Like she knows. She barely got to travel with him. One day, though. One day. ]

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[pandoricas]

[Wry smile here, Donna.]

More or less, yeah. And then there's that thing where he comes when you don't want him to.

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[hasthreefingers]

He ruined my wedding day. Did he mention that?

I mean, sure. Lance tried to feed me to a spider-woman and it turned out he never really loved me at all, but don't focus on details like that. The Doctor ruined my wedding day.

[ Thank God. ]

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[jirk]

Oh, we are, are we?

[His tone is very 'we meet again, beautiful lady'.]

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[hasthreefingers]

Oh, you definitely are.

[ Hello, "We meet again, person I would like to throw on my bed and do illegal things to" tone. ]

And did I mention shirts are optional? Because they're optional.

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[jirk]

But the shirt denotes my rank and occupation! If I take it off, no one would even know I'm a Starfleet captain. And then I'd just be reduced to my physique. Completely objectified. It'd be awful. Not sure I can do it, Donna, even for you.

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[dow]

[ A club for science space without doctors? Oh, glorious day. ]

Would you accept those with the rank of commander?

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[hasthreefingers]

[ Donna beams. ]

Of course. I've never even met a commander before. I'm Donna, by the way.

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[dow]

Hello, Donna. I am Spock and my commanding officer is Captain Kirk.

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[justlittle]

If you're interested in hearing stories about space, I suppose I could oblige.

[Feel free to notice how eight years old young the voice sounds.]

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[hasthreefingers]

[ Awwww! A little girl! How sweet! ]

I'd love to hear them! Anything you've got! Lay it on me.

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[justlittle]

[Excuse you, lady. He's all man. Well, boy.]

My world was attacked by aliens, generations ago, devastating the Earth's population. After that, schools were set up in space to train children to command the armies that would defeat the aliens once and for all. I went to those schools.