So there's a dark side in us all...
Tosh and the Doctor have commandeered a table in the common room. Several tables, actually, pushed together, as one does not have nearly enough space. On top of the tables are scattered computer parts that will eventually be Torchwood laptops - Tosh and the Doctor are in the process of working on that
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Her purpose? Just seeing him would be nice but getting a list of exactly what's changed since her days would be nice too, just to avoid any other nasty surprises.
Like exactly what UNIT have turned into.
To that purpose she has been stomping around the basement for quite a while and has finally reached the common room... she stares at the computer parts with a trace of faint recognition and then steps forward with a determined stare at the Doctor "Hello."
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"Hello!" He pauses a moment, takes in her expression, and raises an eyebrow. "Did you need something?"
Tosh glances up briefly, but doesn't pay much attention, turning back to the task at hand in a moment. She would probably pay more attention if she knew who Liz is, but as it is...
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"Just tell me you didn't know" she finally sighs and then realising that this might not be enough of a lead looks back down at the Doctor "about UNIT and what they've apparently been doing lately."
If she knew Tosh was right behind her... well she'd probably have said it right out loud anyway, and then would have dealt with it.
As it stands Liz doesn't know and would probably be a little shocked to find out... it's a little too late now though.
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The Doctor barely notices Tosh jumping, his eyes on Liz. He... has absolutely no idea what she's talking about, and raises his eyebrows. "Ah... I'm not sure what you're..." Pause. UNIT. What's he had to do with UNIT lately? And what on earth could she be so upset about? No, he has no idea.
"You're going to have to explain a bit more."
Which basically means no, he has no idea. He was planning to make a phone call to UNIT, after all, talk them into offering Martha a job... and then he wound up here, of course, but that's neither here nor there.
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"Well at least the Brigadier has retired... well I hope he's retired by this point..." Liz grits her teeth and takes in a deep breath He'd be ashamed if he could see what UNIT is apparently doing... well according to a lovely conversation that I had UNIT are locking people up without trials in 2008, UNIT are being thoroughly awful in 2008... and apparentlly for a good time before that too."
Liz glares at the Doctor, realises its not his fault and turns her attention to one of the computer parts instead.
She refuses to believe that anybody could have let something like that happen.. this is extremely mixed up in a very bad way.
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"...What? I didn't hear anything about that. The last time I was involved with UNIT was... Downing Street. 2006. Granted, that's not exactly something you mention in passing, I suppose..."
He should have known it, though. If he'd known it, he would have done something about it. And now he's all upset over something that's happening in a different universe and he can't do anything about.
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She's not jealous though, not at all.
"What happened then?" she snaps, sitting down with a rather loud thump on the armrest of the Doctors chair "did they lock a few people up unprecedentedly? Blow up a few things? Be a green version of the old Torchwood?"
She's not bitter, not at all.
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"What happened in Downing Street? No. There was an alien crash landing... hit Big Ben, crashed into the Thames, some aliens masquerading as government officials... They shot a fake alien and were monumentally stupid, but that was the worst they did, and that's just typical UNIT idiocy." Shoot first, ask questions later and all that. "Downing Street did get blown up, but that was... ah... me. By proxy. So you can't blame them for that."
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Beat.
"So... from 206 onwards there was no 10 Downing street?"
Another beat.
"You blew something up?"
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The Doctor pauses, looking vaguely guilty. Not, you know, much, but a little.
"Ah... it was rebuilt by 2008. And I didn't do it so much as... asked a friend of a friend to hack into the Royal Navy and fire a missile at it." Beat. "If it helps, I was inside the building at the time."
How on earth that's supposed to help is anyone's guess.
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He has apparentlly gained the urge to indirectly blow things up, this has sent her into a mild state of shock.
She's Liz Shaw though, she snaps out of these spates fast.
"Hacking? Arson?" Liz frowns for a second and the nods "Possibly treason if you were a human? Doctor you appear to have built up quite a impressive record from that alone" she's starting to feel slightly angry, not least because the whole Silurian incident is only a few months in her past.
This is turning into another extremely odd day.
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He flashes her a grin, hoping to somehow fend off the anger by just being utterly charming. And he will not mention that he's taken to blowing up other things as well since he knew her. Weapons factories. Shops full of Autons. That sort of thing.
"No one was hurt except for the Slitheen, and considering that they were trying to destroy the entire planet..."
Tosh, meanwhile, is listening quietly, having mostly forgotten what she's doing with the computers. She never did get the full story of what happened there. This is filling in quite a few gaps in her information. And Liz's reaction to... everything is taking a bit of the edge off her anger. Not much, but enough that she's not glowering anymore.
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The charm won't work on her really, she's seen the Doctor at his worst, she's dealt with the Brigadier and being not only a scientist but also a ex UNIT employee she's learned that things trying to charm you are really things to run away from.
Not that she's let a slight form of paranoia effect her, not at all.
Just try not to let her near any cute and/or fluffy things, she might not react well.
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He's realized that being adorable isn't working, so he's just given up on it. Well, it was worth a try.
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"Slitheen?" is what she asks instead, with great restraint "I don't think U- we ever encountered them before, did we?"
Liz's solution to great big shocks? Interrogate the nearest sentient being.
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He pauses. "And then there was Margaret. One of the Slitheen, and she went and got herself elected as the mayor of Cardiff. And proceeded to try to use the Rift to blow up the planet so she could get home, but that turned out alright."
Tosh rolls her eyes a little - it didn't take long to put together "Margaret", "mayor of Cardiff", and the Doctor's involvement. "Easy for you to say. The Hub went into lockdown because of the earthquake; we were stuck there for days."
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