LOL! Although, if I could make the case for the defence... Tenth turned round to find three past Doctors were annoyed with *him*. "All right, he was wrong," said Eighth, "But, in theory, there's certainly no shame in looking at two horrible options and choosing a third that's only slightly less horrible." He hesitated, "Well, a bit of shame, obviously, but it's not exactly as un-Doctorly as *he* thought it was, never mind you." "Ah, but you admit he was wrong," Tenth retorted, "That's the difference between your decision to destroy Gallifrey - both times - and what he did. There *was* a better option and he didn't see it. He needed the companion to bail him out!" "And?" asked Seventh, "If I had a grotzit for every time I got too clever for my own good, messed things up, and needed Ace or Benny to come to the rescue, I'd have ... a lot of grotzits. And he acknowledged his mistake as soon as he saw it, which is more than I'd have done. I'd have tried to look mysterious and claimed I knew all along, but had reasons for wanting Amy to make the choice. Because, as Ace would be the first to tell you, I was a git like that." "Yes, but ... " Tenth started, but Second interrupted. "And what's wrong with bow ties?" "Nothing, in the 1960s," Tenth replied, "Very chic when *you* were the Doctor, I'm sure. But now..." "It's fashionable to wear Clark Kent's suit with basketball shoes?" Second asked innocently. Tenth threw up his hands, "Fine! I give up!" Eleventh blinked. "Wow. Thanks, guys." "Don't mention it," said Eighth. "You *did* screw that up completely, though. It's excusable, but don't let it happen again." "Um, right." -- Dave Hello, I'm the Doctor. Basically ... run. |