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Part 2 of Doctor Who & Good Omens, Part 43 of Where's Dandelion? (Guess the Author Prompt Fills)
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SOSH - Guess the Author #71 - "Time Stopped"
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2026-02-01
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When A Time Lord Came To Tadfield

Summary:

When a police box appeared in the middle of Lower Tadfield, R. P. Tyler was delighted.

“I’m the Doctor,” the man said. “The Time Lord Victorious. I’m here because someone broke a law of time. Any idea who might be responsible?”

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When a police box appeared in the middle of Lower Tadfield, R. P. Tyler was delighted. What this place needs, he thought, is some more law and order. 

The officer who emerged wasn’t in uniform, disappointingly — but he had his credentials and (after a brief double-take at Mr. Tyler’s name) got right to business.

“I’m the Doctor,” the man said. “The Time Lord Victorious. I’m here because someone broke a law of time. Any idea who might be responsible?”

Embarrassingly, R. P. Tyler had never heard of laws of time.

However, he knew who was usually responsible for lawlessness in Tadfield.

“Why are you looking for Adam Young?”

The man’s aura would have been the strangest Anathema had ever seen, if not for the fact that she’d seen some really strange auras.

“Seems like no harm was done,” the Doctor admitted. “But I need to make sure. Impossible phenomena in time and space… that sort of thing can end the world if you aren’t careful.”

“Oh,” said Anathema Device, “don’t worry about the end of the world. We already got that over with.”

“I did do the aliens,” the angelic-looking eleven-year-old acknowledged, scritching his Dog’s ears. “An’ Atlantis, an’ the Tibetans, an’ the Kraken. But the part when time stopped wasn’t me.”

“Who was it? Nobody except me should be breaking temporal laws.”

Adam hesitated. “He had your face. But you’re way younger.”

“I’m nine hundred years old.”

“Like I said. Way younger.”

“…Oh, no.” The Doctor grimaced. “It wasn’t me, was it? Future me? I hate when that happens…”

“Nah.” Adam shook his head. “Definitely not. The other one was ginger.”

The Doctor was silent for a moment, processing this information.

“That,” he said at last, “just isn’t fair.”

“Do you have any idea,” Crowley hissed, “how many problems you’ve caused me?”

“What?”

“Going around doing good deeds all the time. with my face? Almost ruined my reputation more than once over the millennia. Do you know how much trouble a demon can get into for saving people?”

“Based on what you just told me,” the Doctor pointed out, “you helped save an entire world’s worth of people.”

“Shut up.”

“He’s right, you know,” Aziraphale remarked, rather smugly.

“Sssshut. Up.”

The Doctor had popped back to Tadfield to say goodbye, but it was Adam who had a few final words. His eyes were suddenly strangely piercing, his gaze making the Doctor decidedly uncomfortable.

“Listen… it’s really not worth it, being a Lord Victorious. Trust me, I know. Winnin’ isn’t everythin’. An’ you shouldn’t be alone. It’s better to have friends.”

The Doctor sighed. “I’ve been realizing that,” he admitted.

“Good.”

“I’d better be going.”

“How long are you stationed in Tadfield?” asked R. P. Tyler.

“Longer than planned,” the Doctor said grimly. “Apparently I’ve got some repairs to make.”

“I’m sorry,” Newt said again, unhappily. “If I’d known it was a machine, I would never have touched it. I only tried the door… it looked like a police box!”