( o5 video )

[wearafeznow]

[ The video starts with a pan in on someone wearing tight trousers and big, stomping boots. Whoever it is, skips along three pavement slabs, and then hops to the middle of the next one, stands on his tiptoes and wavers. ]

Oh come on, that's not the right point. Nine hundred years old and I should be able to skip a point fourteen. What kind of person am I? Honestly.

[ It's very much the Doctor's voice, and he sighs, starts jumping again. ] I don't know why, but I just can't get the number out of my head. [ 1, 2, 3, wavering slightly on the fourth again. ] I made three cups of tea today, filled up the fourth up only a little bit. Good thing too, I like to think even I can't drink that much tea. A full fourth might've been pushing it. Maybe that's why I can't keep still.

[ Skip. Hop. Jump. Wobble. ] Oh c'mon. This is awful. Why can't I get this right at all?

Comments

[conesoldstober]

I am assuming that in able to measure .14th of a skip, there has to be a recognised length of an official skip registered somewhere. .85 metres, perhaps?

[wearafeznow]

It's been a long time since I've even seen the International Council of Skipping's headquarters, let alone read the rules. Maybe they've changed since I last went. There was a whole thing about ropes and rhyming.

[conesoldstober]

Skipping Headquarters, you say? And which world has the pleasure of being the home to this establishment?

[ Video ]

[latenightfondue]

[ He sounds amused, but actually curious. ] What're you trying to do there, pal?

[wearafeznow]

[ Screen panning to his face, a bright grin on his face. ] Why skipping of course, what else would I be doing?

[waitedforyears]

[ Watching him, counting along silently in her head. ] You're rubbish at this.

[wearafeznow]

And you're not helping. [ Pulling a face, starting again. ] This is serious, Pond. I have to get this.

[coyote_walking]

Come do me a favor and have 3.14 cookies. Multiple times if you'd like.

[wearafeznow]

Ooh, I do like cookies. [ Contemplative. ] Can I refuse an offer like that?

[Video]

[destinedtobeunpopular]

[Hold on a second.]

Are you really nine hundred years old?

[wearafeznow]

[ Nodding. ] Give or take a few years, yes. Why? You've never met a nine hundred year old bloke before.

[brobeforehos]

Not nine hundred and three point fourteen years old, then?

[wearafeznow]

Ooh, you never know. Could be. Sometimes I forget how long I've been around for. Time Travel's terribly tricky you know.

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[charring]

[Not cursed today! Just amused.] You having fun, at the very least?

[wearafeznow]

Who doesn't think skipping is fun?

[threeolives]

You're telling me. Once I realized what was going on (after my alarm woke me up at 3:14 this morning), I baked three blueberry pies, plus I had to approximate .14 of a pie in a muffin tin.

[wearafeznow]

So I got off lightly with the skipping? It's good to know, I can't cook, Amelia would destroy me if I ruined the kitchen.

[stopbleepingme]

You realize you look like a complete loon?

[wearafeznow]

It's come to my attention, yes. But Donna, it's fun.

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[generated_anomaly]

You can get it right. You can do anything you set your mind to! [Yes, she believes in her dad a hundred and ten percent. Although she's watching what he's doing with a certain amount of confusion because she hasn't a clue.] What is it you're trying to do?

[wearafeznow]

Trying to jump a point fourteenth of a normal jump. It's a little bit confusing. Amelia's got it down to pat though.

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[captaininnuendo]

Seems to me you're the kind of man who doesn't believe that tea is the end all and be all of civilization. Which I consider a good thing. Amazing the importance some people put on tea. Now coffee... there's the true gem of beverages.

[wearafeznow]

Hang on, I know that voice.

[ Pausing mid-skip on one foot. ] Coffee drinker, do you have a name?

[valentineluke]

Planning to join the Ministry of Silly Walks?

[wearafeznow]

I think I deserve a lifetime membership, yeah.