The Life and Times of the Doctor

Potential spoilers : ) for anyone not up-to-date

A/N: Okay, so I thought I'd give the whole characters watching the show thing a try, I'm a little worried about keeping people in character as I've never written the Doctor Who characters before, but this idea wouldn't leave me alone so I thought I'd give it a shot : ) Please be gentle on me, but feel free to offer any helping advise and/or just let me know how you think it turned out : )

On another note, two warnings or rather three if you count the potentially badly written characters…, anyway, here's a warning that updates will be sporadic, and long waits may apply, though I have already finished the next two chapters mostly, so there's that; and secondly, or thirdly, I will likely, in fact almost certainly be skipping a few episodes here and there, so sorry if I skip one you really wanted to see, though if you let me know I am thinking about having some of them watch past episodes in the 'downtime' they get so if there is one you really want to see let me know what, why and whom you would like to see watching it : )Umm, also there will be others appearing throughout the series. Oh and fourth warning I guess, sorry for Clara lovers but she probably won't be in it at all, or at least she wont appear in the room or umm she definitely will not be romantically involved with the Doctor that is a certainty as I believe in 11Doctor/River and that alone; though 9 and 10 are definitely Roses'

Parings: (10thDoctorDuplicate)John Smith/Rose Tyler, 11thDoctor/River, Amy/Rory, some Mickey/Martha

Disclaimer: I do not own the Doctor Who franchise or any such things, I am not earning money from these writings and do not own the characters or transcripts (nor claim they are 100% correct), umm, I think that's all...

Alright that's certainly enough rambling so on with the story!

Chapter One: Journey's End

There was a flash of light and suddenly a room that had previously been empty of any occupants was filled with the gasping bodies of a number of people, and not just any people either.

"Rose?!" a man said suddenly as he shot to his feet looking at a girl with blond hair who had appeared on the floor beside him.

"Ah… Jack! What happened? Where are we and why?" the girl, Rose asked as she accepted his hand to help her up.

"Something to do with the Doctor I'd say, must be considering who's here," one Mickey Smith commented as he got to his feet helping Martha Jones up too.

"He can't have gotten himself in trouble again yet, can he, I mean we literally just left him," Martha said in confusion.

"But he dropped me off in the parallel universe and it was sealed shut, I shouldn't be able to be here with you, this should be impossible!" Rose exclaimed confused.

"Yes it should be," came a familiar voice to them all, causing them to spin around to see the man who'd spoken looking curiously at a large screen that looked very much like a giant flat-screen T.V.

"Doctor!" Jack was the first to get over the surprise, "Doc what's going on?"

The 'Doctor' turned to look at them with a faint frown before smiling slightly, "No idea, and you probably better call me John, John Smith seeing as I'm human," the one they thought was the Doctor replied, "I was with Rose, just sealed together in Pete's-world by my Time Lord counterpart when flash here we are!" he explained smiling at them, "No idea where here is, or how, but I do believe I have an idea as to why," he continued glancing back at the screen.

"What is it them?" Mickey asked frowning at him.

"I think we're here to watch something," he said as he quickly walked over to them taking Roses hand with a smile that was quickly returned, "Shall we sit?" he said motioning to the comfortable looking couches that were located in front of the screen.

Exchanging looks they all complied none of them having any other clue as to what to do, so Rose, John and Jack sat on one of the couches and Martha and Mickey sat on the other, and the moment they had all sat down the screen turned on showing an image of them all on the TARDIS along with Sarah Jane, Donna, Jackie, and the Doctor; just as they had been, exactly as they had been, just hours before. And then the screen started playing showing those last moments of them flying the TARDIS together as they toed the Earth back where it belonged. They exchanged confused and worried looks before watching silently as the Doctor bid farewell to Sarah Jane, and then to Martha, Jack and Mickey, causing sad smiles to pass their lips as they watched themselves farewell the Doctor, which turned to intrigued looks as they watched the part they had no memory of.

They all watched as he dropped Jackie, John and Rose off at in the parallel universe, and John squeezed Roses hand as tears formed in her eyes as she watched the Doctor, her Doctor leave then, because sure she now had John a human version of himself who loved her, and she was happy with John, though it might take some adjusting, but what of the Doctor?

They watch with wide sad eyes as Donnas mind became overwhelmed by the Time Lords knowledge; watched with tears in their eyes as she begged the Doctor not to save her, not to wipe the memories of him from her mind, and they sympathized for none of them could ever imagine the horror of deleting the Doctor and everything they had become through him and going back to the tiny lives they'd led before meeting him, sure the time they'd had with the Doctor may not have always been perfect, and sure most of them had chosen to end that time just recently, but being with him had opened their eyes, had changed them in ways they would never ever dream of reversing because they knew despite everything that they were better for knowing him.

They watched in deep sadness as the Doctor returned Donna home and explained everything to her mother and Grandfather, and as they watched their hearts broke for both Donna and for the Doctor who was once again alone. John squeezed his eyes shut and held Rose closer grieving for Donna his best friend and for his other self who had once again lost everything, and suddenly he was so very glad he was no longer the Doctor because he had Rose and they had a full life together just waiting for them.

"Oh god, we all just left him," Martha whimpered slightly tears leaking from her eyes as the screen turned to what suspiciously looked like a DVD menu screen.

She, they, couldn't imagine what the Doctor was going through at that moment. He had just lost his best friend and now he would have to deal with that on his own because none of his other friends had wanted to stay with him! I mean sure they hadn't known what was happening to Donna or that he'd be left alone, but that didn't change that he was and that all his friends had chosen to go on with their live without him.

"If he had of asked…" Martha started to say, but John shook his head and interrupted her.

"He never would," he said softly and they all knew that was true.

Mickey pulled Martha into his arms in a comforting hug as she sobbed into his chest, tears clearly visible in his own eyes, and on the other couch Rose had buried her head in Johns chest sobbing as he held her tight to him tears in his own eyes for Donna and his counterpart, and Jack squeezed her shoulders comfortingly even as a few tears rolled down his cheek.

"It's not fair," Rose sobbed after a moment, "It's not fair that he's on his own and we're all here together!" It wasn't fair that he always seemed to end up alone.

Eventually they all calmed down and the tears passed, Martha pulled away from Mickey offering him an appreciative, apologetic and awkward smile which he returned with an understanding smile and a nod before they looked away from each other and glanced over at the others before focusing back on the screen.

Rose also stopped crying but stayed leaning against John who kept his arms around her, though he loosened his grip, and instead merely turned her head so that she could see the screen; and Jack squeezed her shoulder one last time before also focusing back on the screen.

"So what now?" Mickey asked but as soon as the words left his mouth the screen showed to be slowly scrolling down a list.

"'The Next Doctor', 'Planet of the Dead', 'The Waters of Mars', 'The End of Time Part 1'" Jack read them as the screen stopped scrolling at the last one, exchanging confused and intrigued looks they all focused forward as the screen seemed to select the 'episode'.