9th Life - We caught a ride back to Naboo [video]

[onlytheblue]

[So you might not expect this...or you might just, if you’re familiar enough with the Doctor, but only a week after his last broadcast the Doctor appears onscreen once more. For once, he’s not alone, he’s sitting next to a cheery blonde...and equally as cheery.]

Hello!

[The blonde gives a wave, and beams at the camera from her place beside him.]

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[sand_wormie]

[Ignoring the rest for now]

- You've been to Tatooine?

[onlytheblue]

[Oh!] Hello! No, but I've read the brochure.

[sand_wormie]

I live there. ...Used to live there. Will... again? Anyway, I'm from the future there, I guess. Never been to Mos Eisely, though.

The rest of it's boring.

[onlytheblue]

Live there natively? [He smiles.] Well...I wouldn't say it's entirely boring, from the things I've heard.

[omnombouquet]

What about the quarantine grounding us?

[onlytheblue]

...Well...quarantines are really strong guidelines.

[omnombouquet]

As someone who knows what it's like to fly through those strong guidelines, I wouldn't suggest it. [A short pause.] The sick come back still sick after they die.

[huffpuffblonde]

The good news is, that bloke just popped on and they've got the cure. The bad news is, we've still got the ship rented until Tuesday.

Post-plague Celebration Not-Death Holiday Party, anyone?

[choseherownway]

[Lily looks like she's been up all night] The planet is still in quarantine, Doctor. If you try flying out, they will shoot you down. And as I understand, one of your companions recently returned to life - the dead are still sick after this happens, and in a few days they mutate into monsters. Even if you did escape the quarantine, you run the risk of infecting an entire planet that is currently safe. Are you mad?

[huffpuffblonde]

[Rose pops in, giving a cheery little wave.] Been a slight change in the plan, then. Did you see- apparently we've got the cure, so, no worries there. No monster-companion Rose. Well... unless you see me in the mornings.

To answer your question, though, yeah, he's... completely insanely mad. But we've still got a ship, and it's rented until Tuesday. If everyone gets a lovely dose of the cure by then, it's going from 'Escape Certain Death' to 'Five Day Holiday'.

[onlytheblue]

[He actually looks surprised and speechless until Rose pops up and speaks again. After that he's back to the fond smiles.]

Well I wouldn't call it insanely mad...

[regeneracy]

I wish I could be there, Doctor.

... I'm glad your friend came back in one piece.

[onlytheblue]

[He beams] And why wouldn't you?

[regeneracy]

I'm pretty sure my dad would lock me in a tower before he ever let me get on a ship to another planet. So you'll just have to take a lot of pictures for me, so it can be like I was there.

[onlytheblue]

[That smile is...probably conspiratorial.] I could...or you could come with anyway.

[slayerdom]

Looks like enough people already beat me to that big, fun, quarantine warning.

[onlytheblue]

[Look at him completely ignore their entire previous conversation.] Well...like Rose said. We've got the ship, but we're not actually leaving until the quarantine's lifted. [Probably. Don't hold him to that if it takes a really, really long time to life.] Dodging blaster fire might not be conducive to 'relaxing holiday' for...everyone. [For him? Probably would be, actually.]

[slayerdom]

Your decision-making's not really something I'm putting a lot of faith in right now. So sue me. [ This is a look that says she hasn't forgotten it. ] Just as long as you stay grounded until everyone's healed up.

[onlytheblue]

[Well. He's stubbornly ignoring it. Because denial makes everything better.] No one sick is going on holiday. Why would they want to, when the can get the cure?