Altered History: Time Trials (9/11)

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Title: Time Trials
Series: Altered History
Genre: Doctor Who
Rating: T/M (dark Doctor, character death, extreme danger)
Summary: Eight does not want to answer a mysterious - and diverted - call to come to The Library, but Donna won't let him shirk his duty. Yet the dangers there echo ones from the past, and the Doctor has never been so close to

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[docdonna]

Part03 of review:

“Ah, yes. Who were those Time Ladies who projected themselves into my TARDIS? They seemed rather young to manage that trick.”

Eleven's face beamed in pride. “Oh, they're sometimes traveling companions. Just can't be at present. Best that Rose doesn't face them and vice versa. One of them in particular would have a difficult time keeping the timelines intact; she had trouble with that in the old time-line. Although that wasn't entirely her fault; she had no idea what she really was, and I doubt she ever found out there. As it is, she might attempt to emotionally or psychologically destroy Rose if given the chance. And as much as Rose would benefit from being forced to choose between remaining broken and rebuilding herself as an adult, the time-lines prohibit it. For now,” he added, quietly and sadly.

“Wait, wait wait!,” Eight demanded, stopping them right by the stairs leading up to the Tyler flat. “Doctor, are they family?”

Eleven looked him in the eye, po-faced. “You know I can't answer that one way or the other.”

“But we do have a family again?” Eight insisted. “What about that prophecy about someone important to me dying and causing my death?”

“Trust me,” Eleven said, clasping his arm. “Don't worry about it. Just deal with whatever is coming your way and know that somehow we will find the right actions to take. Not to mention the right companions when the time comes.”

Eight nodded reluctantly. “I suppose I can't expect anything more than that.”

The ginger, I've seen something of her features in the Untempered Schizm. And the other, why does she have features that remind me of my Fifth incarnation apart from the dark hair? Who are they to me?!”

So one of the girls was actually in the first timeline then?
I’m assuming that the younger one with the gob is Jenny? Is she the one who’s supposed death will actually trigger Eight’s regeneration (instead of the metacrisis)? Was this Jenny originally blonde and the regeneration turned her hair a bit darker? Or did she actually regenerate to a younger child so that she could actually get a proper childhood? It’d help explain Jenny being around the same level in education as the Doctor and Donna’s and older girl…
Also how do Eight and Donna get hijacked to Messaline since I thought that Handy hijacked the TARDIS in the first timeline…or will it be the Moment trying (and finally succeeding) to get Eight to regenerate that hijacks the TARDIS to Messaline?

Also LOVE knowing that the Doctor did likely see Donna in the Untempered Schizm…I’m wondering if the present time Eight has put that together since meeting Donna…I mean about her being in the Untempered Schizm not about being the mother of at least 1 of the Time Ladies…