Posts Tagged ‘Bernice Summerfield’

Even with the joy of the reunion with her children, now in middle age and the knowledge she would not die alone the sight of the unfamilar women at the TARDIS controls still shook her and the idea that the Doctor had actually married one of them surprised her to no end.

“So Neeka to my place or yours?” asked Adric?

She turned to her mother. “Mom?”

Nyssa answered: “Either.” but Bernice interupted “Neither, we have specific coordinates that we’ve heading for.”

“And before you say anything Nyssa” interupted River “I’M driving not him, we’ll get there exactly.”

Previously: Exceeding Happiness Expectations Next: The Position Has Been Filled

The first surprise was seeing Dr. Summerfield standing next to the blue box in a place and time far away from where she expected. The second were the words she greeted her with.

“River we have an errand to run together I’ll explain inside.”

She read the instructions handed to her inside the control room. She was less annoyed by the reqeust than by the realization her assumption that her husband never knew when she would appropriate his ride for her own purposes was off.

“I hate him!” she said shaking her head.

Bernice smiled “No you don’t.”

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