People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect...
Those passing by the Rift room might hear a loud thump. This is caused by a tall, lean man in a pinstriped suit and trainers tumbling through the rift and slamming into the couch, rather hard
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He stops in the door frame, brows arched at the man in the brown suit, covered in goo.
"Uh? What's with the purple goo?"
Here Doctor, have a Zelgadis, who is probably breaking the laws of physics as we speak by being literally made of stone.
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He finally seems to take notice of the fact that this person talking to him isn't human. At least, not all human, though humanoid enough. He frowns and steps forward, sonic screwdriver aimed at Zel's forehead. "Well, that's funny. Stone I've seen before, but usually you don't move at the same time. It's one or the other. Oh, that's brilliant!"
Out come the brainy specs. He's really fascinated now. And momentarily distracted from the whole rift-purple goo-alternate universe plight.
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He's rather put off by the Doctor's lack of fear of him. Most people freak out when they see him. Though he's more put off by his fascination.
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"Oh, no, I've met them. Nasty things, live in Greece, and they're all gone now anyway. You're made of stone, now, aren't you? Is it solid stone, or...?"
Sonic screwdriver again. He's a little oblivious to his discomfort in favor of new shiny lifeform. Forgive him.
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Descant is, for lack of a better word, drunk. Not falling-down drunk, but just drunk enough to be considered something of an annoyance to everyone around him.
...Okay, that's actually normal with the added bonus of whiskey being on his breath.
So yes, he stumbles into the rift room, leaning on the doorframe and blinking rather rapidly. "Heeey," he drawls, "This isn't my room. Gip."
Here Doctor, have someone who looks a little like someone you know. That should be fun
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"Probably not, no," the Doctor says, for a moment still looking at the rift and not much paying attention to the fact that the voice sounds just a bit familiar. "I don't know many people who keep a great big hole in the universe in their rooms. Still, you never know with some people..."
He turns to look at the man, and gives him a perplexed look. The perplexed look quickly turns to rather suspicious. Because here is someone... who looks like Jack... but is very obviously not. He can sense that right off the bat.
He is in a parallel universe, though, or so the big hole in the universe would suggest, so he's been here before. Not literally speaking, this exact place, but... "I don't suppose you're from the 51st century? Time Agent, anything?"
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"No.. No, I don't think so." He takes a wobbling step forward and smiles a little when he successfully manages to not fall over. "But if I make it to the 51st Century, I'll send you a postcard, 'cause, you know, I just might."
He blinks again. "Wait. That didn't make sense." He slaps himself on the face in an attempt to make himself sober up just a little bit. It works... A little. "Uh... Who are you again?"
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"I'm the Doctor," he says, still somewhere between confused and suspicious. Still, he's got his sonic screwdriver at hand, so whatever this is, he can handle it. The Doctor's in an optimistic frame of mind, having just narrowly escaped death (or... something of that sort). "And you are...?"
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Through the door.
She glances around, sees one guy staring at the rift, sighs, and pulls her head back.
Then, a couple of steps away from the door, she blinks, frowns, and then runs the few steps back to the door, and through it.
"Doctor?"
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"Yes, that's me! What-"
And then he focuses on Sally, and his face lights up. Never mind that he's found himself fallen through a hole in space and time. Here's someone he recognizes! And who knows him!
"Sally Sparrow!"
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Well, it seems to her, if anyone could figure out how to help her be solid (at least most of the time), it would be the Doctor.
"Fancy seeing you here. Martha's going to be ecstatic."
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"Martha's here? Martha Jones? All the holes in the universe I could have fallen through, and I find the one with- When did Martha fall through a rift?" He pauses a moment to frown over that, and honestly, if Martha was going to go falling through rifts, she could at least have the decency to call and inform him beforehand, but... He shakes it off quickly.
"Nevermind! You're here! And I'm here! Wherever here is!" (It shouldn't be legal to use that many exclamation points in such a short span, but the Doctor is not concerned by these things.)
He bounds over to her to hug her. Unfortunately, he hadn't seen her come through the door. And doesn't think that she might not exactly be corporeal. So he ends up bounding through her and straight into the door.
"...Ow."
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Now Martha has the Medical Room clean and she needs to get drunk again. It's not that she's an alcoholic, but the last few days have made it necessary.
She opens the door to the Rift and steps inside to tell the angels that if anyone new comes through they'll have to wait- and then she sees him and her heart practically stops in her chest.
"Doctor?" Maybe she's dreaming, but the bright smile that lights up her face doesn't seem to care. This can't be real. Six months of hoping... and here he is.
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"Martha!"
He runs at her and all but tackles her, lifting her off her feet in sheer exuberance. He may cover her in purple alien goo in the process, but he means well, and he assumes she'll forgive him for it.
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"You're here! You're really here!"
She is a bit ecstatic.
If anyone can find a way out of here, he can.
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"Where is here, by the way, and what are you doing here? You could have called!"
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He never makes it past the door, however. He spots the man there and is overcome with a sense of familiarty, and he soon figures out why. Except for his hair, he looks just like his former roommate and friend, Estan Kyrindor.
But he's definitely not Estan. Like all Atlunovans Estan's hair was shock white. This man's hair was brown.
Then he notices the purple goo, and blurts out, "What is that?"
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"Oh, this? Long story. There were these eggs and... Nevermind. You won't understand anyway. ...Hello, there, I'm the Doctor. Who're you?"
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