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‘So time can’t be rewritten?’

‘Not without people getting hurt,’ said the Doctor ruefully.

‘Rory. You know how you’ve always wanted to be my secretary?’

‘No.’

‘Well now’s your chance.’

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The Doctor snatched back the fez. ‘You see, I said you’d start getting confused.’ He bounded over to future Rory and placed it ceremonially onto his head. ‘There. Now, you have to keep this on. The fate of the entire universe may depend on it.’

‘Really?’ said future Rory. ‘The entire universe? Depends on me wearing a fez? That’s how these things work, is it?’

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Rory tried to get his head around it. ‘So it’s now safe for me to touch my future self?’

‘Yes,’ said the Doctor. ‘Although I would strongly advise you not to.’

‘Why?’ said Rory.

‘Yeah, why not?’ said the future Rory.

‘Because it would look odd. Best keep your hands to, um, yourself.’

Rory and his future self exchanged indignant frowns. ‘Right. Yeah. Thanks a lot, Doctor.’

‘I’m sorry,’ said Rebecca. ‘Are you saying that’s some sort of vehicle?’

‘I assure you there’s nothing to be scared of. Do I look like the sort of person who would kidnap a bride, on her wedding day, in a police box?’

‘Yes.’

The Doctor waggled his fingers in frustration. ‘What have I told you? Paradoxes! Angels! Ramifications! Why do humans never do as they’re told? Someone should replace you all with robots. No, on seconds thoughts, they shouldn’t, bad idea.’

‘Interesting,’ said the Doctor. ‘Because the wibble-detector never lies. Unless it’s malfunctioning, which is always a possibility. But not in this case. I can feel the build-up of potential time energy. Makes all the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. And tastes of lemons.’

‘So if you could put it aside, for when he gets back. That’s all. And if he asks about me, just say it was some... handsome stranger.’ The Doctor adjusted his bow tie proudly.

‘Well done,’ said the Doctor, helping Rory to his feet. ‘You’ve just saved the entire space-time continuum.’

‘Great,’ said Rory with little enthusiasm, handing him the wallet.

The Doctor examined it and shook his head. ‘But I’m afraid it’s the wrong wallet.’

‘Wh-what?’

‘Only joking,’ beamed the Doctor. ‘It’s the right wallet. Your face!’ The Doctor adjusted his bow tie, feeling terribly pleased with himself.

Doctor darted around the console, entirely in his element. Rory had a theory that at least half the buttons on the console didn’t actually do anything and the Doctor only pressed them because they made an interesting noise.

‘Doctor, they’re catching up!’ said Amy.

‘Yes,’ whispered the Doctor. ‘Please let me know when they catch up and kill us, I’d hate not to notice!’

‘If Mark succeeds in changing his own past, he’ll create a paradox. Once you’ve altered your own timeline, the young you won’t grow old to become the old you who did the altering. Which creates all kinds of peculiar and nasty side effects, including the release of a vast amount of potential time energy.’