The Bizarre Adventures of Doctor Who

Fall Cleaning

Cleaning's not a strange task for Lila, always cleans around her flat, always keeps things on the up and up, and her workstation remains tidy for the most part. What she didn't know's just how infinite the TARDIS' rooms really are, she's been lugging out trash bags full of forgotten things since 6 AM!

Theodore asked for her help, since his brother's buried with work, and the fact she's the only one who knows about it, so there's that. When Theodore asked for her help, she thought it's something simple as repainting the TARDIS and changing the interior to something that didn't look like it jumped out of H.G. Wells' catalog. Not going through time without having to go through time!

She must've dragged out hundreds of coats throughout the years, from Edward Victorian to probably the start of disco. Those are just the coats, that's not including every article of clothing she dug out of some room.

It's at least around twelve when she stopped with Theodore and took a break to catch their breath while Theodore reminisces his father's old stories about the TARDIS.

Holding their drinks as they're sitting around the console filled with bags of clothes, they talked about the stories.

No matter how many hands it changes, it still went strong, and always has a story, no matter how short or long, so numerous there's no chance Theodore's able to get through them all in his time.

By the time he finished telling Lila stories about his father before he met his mum, it's time once again for the umpteenth cleaning they've undertaken.

At one point, Lila asked if it's possible the TARDIS could've jettisoned the abandoned items, but Theodore informed her that, unfortunately, it doesn't work like that.

Throwing out another set of bags filled with clothing that neither able to wear or even remotely use without looks from everyone around, Theodore switched their tasks to helping him redecorate the TARDIS, as he couldn't stand how someone changed it.

"I don't like it," Theodore muttered as he worked on the console, operating it with the knowledge he learnt from his late father. Lila watched as the walls altered on their own, changing from the previous incarnation to different variants until Theodore settled on the wall that looked like the one his father's accustomed. He went on to change everything else out with the push of a button, and when he finished, he looked over the changed interior.

It brought a wave of memories as Theodore stared at the interior. Due to the numerous alterations on previous Doctors' part, he couldn't get it exactly like what his father described, but he managed to replicate it enough that he couldn't believe he's standing in the centre of the TARDIS.

All the stories his father talked about it, Theodore never thought he'd have a chance to encounter the TARDIS again, but here he is, and he's used it plenty of times. Couldn't convince him it'd happen if you told him a couple of months ago.

His mind filled with nostalgia, Theodore helped Lila clean the TARDIS, and in his bid to clean, Theodore found a giant book filled with stories and guides from previous Doctors' who piloted the TARDIS prior. He sees the age of the book and deduced it's made after his father hung up the scarf.

Sitting around the console room with Lila, Theodore opened the book, seeing the stories and little things written in footnotes. Men and women who took the title after his father wrote in this book in hopes of leading the next Doctor on the right path, describing their encounters with various aliens and allies, and what became of them after they decided to hang up their respectful attire.

Flipping through the book, Theodore concludes that it's a longstanding tradition that the Doctors after concocted and in a way, Theodore thinks his father would've approved of the book as it covered everything that happened to each Doctor.