A/N - Welcome to the first chapter of "The New Doctor". I hope you're ready for this wild ride!
Strax, Jenny, and Vastra approached the TARDIS.
"So it's him, then, the Doctor?" Jenny asked.
"A giant dinosaur from the distant past has just vomited a blue box from outer space," Vastra said, "This is not a day for jumping to conclusions. Strax, if you wouldn't mind?"
Strax walked up to the TARDIS door and knocked on it. "Hello? Exit the box, and surrender to the glory of the Sontaran Empire."
A tall grey-haired man opened the door and looked out. Smoke flowed out the door. "Shush," he said and slammed the door.
"Doctor?" Strax asked.
The door opened again.
"I was being chased by a giant dinosaur, but I think I managed to give it the slip," the man said. He shut the door and then slowly opened it again. "Sleepy?" "Sir?" "Bashful? Sneezy? Dopey? Grumpy!"
He looked at Madame Vastra and Jenny and walked towards them. "Oh, you two. The green one and the not-green one. Or it could be the other way round, I mustn't prejudge."
Clara stumbled out of the TARDIS, tears still in her eyes and her clothes messed up.
"Oh, you remember, er. Thingy. The, er, the not-me one. The asking questions one. Names not my area," the new Doctor said.
"Clara," Clara corrected him.
"Well, it might be Clara. Might not be. It's a lottery."
"It is Clara."
"Well, I'm not ruling it out."
Elise stormed out of the TARDIS. "None of this would have happened if you just listened to me!"
"Stop yelling at me! I do the yelling!"
"I told you to stop touching the console! Now we're in Victorian London with a T-Rex from the Jurassic Period!"
The dinosaur roared.
"Oi, big man, shut it!" the Doctor yelled. He turned to look at Vastra and Jenny. "Oh! You've got a dinosaur too!"
The dinosaur roared again.
"Big woman, sorry."
"Of bloody course he speaks dinosaur!" Elise snapped. She was two seconds from killing him and making him regenerate again.
"Doctor, listen to me. You, you need to calm down," Clara told him.
The Doctor ignored her and continued speaking to the dinosaur. "I'm not flirting, by the way."
Clara ran over to Jenny and Vastra. "I think something's gone wrong."
The Doctor turned to them. "Wrong? What's gone wrong? Have you regenerated? I remember you. You're Handles! You used to be a little, a little robot head, and now you. You've really let yourself go."
The dinosaur roared.
"Reduce the frequency."
"I'm sorry?" Clara asked.
"Your sonic lanterns, turn them down. You're giving her a headache."
"Giving who a headache?" Jenny asked.
"My lady friend. Just an expression, don't get any ideas," the Doctor told the dinosaur.
"How do you know?" Strax asked.
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