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[ The Doctor's clearly in the Medic car, as he promised he's spending a good amount of time there-helping to get things a little more organized and keeping any potential patients happy and generally healthy. ]

Hullo everyone! [ He smiles brightly and goes to fix his bowtie but stops as he remembers... ]

Erm... Anyways, I'm the Doctor-yes the one that was recently appointed a member of our lovely train's council. I'm not here to debate the legitimacy of the council so if your intent is to complain about that well-frankly, I don't want to hear it. I could go on for hours-possibly even weeks about why a systematic government with this many people onboard is, in fact, necessary, but I'd really rather not. Although, I suppose, if you must-come talk to me in person and I'll see if I can't ease your doubts.

There is something I'd like you all to think about-The Train. What do we all think? Because based on what just happened a few days ago I'd have to say, and my friend Nita agrees, we might have got it a bit wrong.

So I invite you all to consider this: the Train is alive.

If you don't believe me-answer me this, why haven't we been in contact with driver or conductor? Why are cars added so quickly? It also explains why we can only communicate with the train through the ICPs.

I've been mulling it around for a bit as I do have a ship that's also alive-she might even be on the other side of the wall and keeping the Train company for all I know.

I bring it up now because I think it's important that we recognize that during that last mission our dear Train got scared. It ran away-and fast from I could feel.

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Congratulations on the appointment, Doctor. Glad to know our lives are in your hands.

[ He taps his chin in thought. ]

The train is... weird. I thought by now everyone would have torn each other apart with claustrophobia or cabin fever or something, but... everyone seems to keep themselves well entertained.

Though maybe you have a point. Didn't it just.. grow a little while ago or something? Added another car? How do you do that with no one noticing? And what makes you think the train itself was the one who decided to run? I'm not saying you're wrong, I just wanna know what the thought process was.

Thank you, I will do my best. [ As he does ]

Well, with the TARDIS you just sort of program in a new room-or she decides to add one. Might be the same concept. [ He shrugs. ]

As for that, I've tried to talk to it-sorta. Tried to establish a link or what have you but I could only feel it retreating. I didn't push too far-don't want to upset it. Building trust-it it is alive-is going to be key, I think.

You... think that the train might be a TARDIS? I mean, you always said that yours is alive, right? With her own temperament and behaviour and stuff? There's no way, right?

So.. it actually does have a mind of its own, then, you think? Who's raising trains?

Not a TARDIS. Maybe a distant cousin though. After all, the TARDIS was grown so not too hard to think perhaps another universe might have something similar.

Could be. I mean, who's to say how this universe's TARDISes work? But... cousin sounds a bit nicer.

Gotta say though? I think I like yours better. Fits nicely into places, doesn't make me wear awful hoodies. Company's nice here, though. Bit more variety than there is on your boat.

Well yes, Of course you do. The TARDIS is much better. But she can get a bit touchy when there's too many people onboard. She's not the 'the more the merrier' type, as I've found.

That so? Sounds like a pretty convenient excuse for not swinging round and picking up some of your old friends, to me.

That's more or less because I can't take you anywhere-you'll run off.

Hey now, that's not true at all! Name one time I did that! You know I'm stuck to you like a lost puppy whenever we go out, Doctor!

Okay, fair enough. But you also tend to flirt with.. everyone. [ Not that he's jealous or anything. ]

Oh... Oh I see... I didn't realise until now that that was a problem for you, Doctor.

And here I thought you were more open-minded than that. I guess I should have known better, shouldn't I?

It is! It's very distracting when I'm trying to save a planet and you're over there making innuendos.

[ He may or may not have caught the implication ]

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