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trans_92011-11-20 03:11 am
bonnypiperlad) wrote in trans_92011-11-20 03:11 am
Who Says The Best Ideas Come From Movies? [Open]
Despite having traveled with the Doctor and having been awake on Stacy for however long now, there's still certain aspects of 'modern' life that Jamie often finds himself fascinated by - even if it's something he's experienced before. Watching the moving pictures in the media library is definitely one of those things. There's so many to choose from, he often doesn't know where to begin. Usually, he winds up picking something at random. This time around, it happens to be something called 'Back to the Future II'. During the movie, he can't help but wonder about what he's seeing. For instance, what would the Doctor or any of his other companions think of a time traveling DeLorean? Or a flux cap...capic...that 'y' shaped thing with the glowing lights? But what catches his interest the most is the hoverboard chase. Stacy's a big ship. Something like that would come in very handy, if they could figure out how to build it. The main problem, of course, is how to get started.
However, there's an easy solution for that, at least to Jamie's mind. All he needs to do is go down to the Sensoriums and imagine up one of those boards to test it out. Once he's done that, he can maybe see what would be needed to turn it into something more real. It doesn't really occur to him that a fictional technology might not translate so well - especially since he never really got a good look at the inside of the thing. All he knows is that it won't work over the water, so he's going to avoid that.
A short time after the movie ends, he can be found down in the Sensoriums, ready to try out his idea. Something that resembles a skateboard without wheels appears, floating slightly above the ground. It's pink. Very pink. Jamie quickly switches it to a much nicer red color before hopping up onto the board, fully expecting it to start right up. It wavers a bit but doesn't otherwise move. Frowning, he takes one foot off and pushes it against the air, like he saw in the picture. It continues to sit there, not doing much of everything, and Jamie scowls down at it. "Och, why isn't it working?"
However, there's an easy solution for that, at least to Jamie's mind. All he needs to do is go down to the Sensoriums and imagine up one of those boards to test it out. Once he's done that, he can maybe see what would be needed to turn it into something more real. It doesn't really occur to him that a fictional technology might not translate so well - especially since he never really got a good look at the inside of the thing. All he knows is that it won't work over the water, so he's going to avoid that.
A short time after the movie ends, he can be found down in the Sensoriums, ready to try out his idea. Something that resembles a skateboard without wheels appears, floating slightly above the ground. It's pink. Very pink. Jamie quickly switches it to a much nicer red color before hopping up onto the board, fully expecting it to start right up. It wavers a bit but doesn't otherwise move. Frowning, he takes one foot off and pushes it against the air, like he saw in the picture. It continues to sit there, not doing much of everything, and Jamie scowls down at it. "Och, why isn't it working?"
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"Victoria and I used to travel with him a long time ago. Apart from him...well, there's Amy. And Rory, but...I think he may have gone back to the pods. I've not seen him in in some time. But they've traveled with the Doctor, too, just not at the same time as I did. Come to think of it, River might have as well, but she's very mysterious about the whole thing. She knows the Doctor from somewhere, though."
There's Martha and Rose, too, but he thinks GLaDOS may have them at the moment, as he's also not seen them recently. So the odds are good Cassie may not have seen them. Other than that, there's only one other person he knows for sure is from his universe, and that's the Master (Sorry, Ian, he hasn't figured out your connection with the Doctor yet). And that particular one is someone Jamie doesn't consider to be a friend.
"Ye might have seen one other person from my world, too. He was on the mission with us - brown hair, about my height, a wee bit too good at showing up where he's not wanted? He's...look, I can't go into too much detail, but don't trust him if he tries to talk to ye."
He doesn't think the Master would bother to try and use Cassie for his own purposes, but it couldn't hurt to warn her to be careful around him...just in case. That said, though, he turns back to a happier topic.
"Sorry, I'd not meant to go off on a tangent there. I'd say that it's not so different from then when we were traveling together. There's just more repairs and less beasties about. I think we'll eventually be able to get it fixed up, though. It's more a matter of when we'll be able to get the things to do that with."