The Colt in the Box: Time Turner's Story of Playing Doctor
By Sam Cole
Derpy pulled up her seat on the couch, setting in for the world premiere of the EBN spot light on her Coltfriend, Time Turner. He had been, and would always be, the greatest actor to play the fabled Doctor Whooves, at least in Derpy's modest opinion. She called to the stallion, who was doing that little geeky thing of his, probably writing a novel in his own prop TARDIS, the Ride of The Doctor.
"Time!" Derpy hollered, "Come on!"
"Time for what?" The colt replied, his usual joke.
"Get out here!" Derpy laughed. "Oh, and could you grab the Colta-cola from the fridge?"
"Yes master," Time saluted, setting through his hobby room into the living room.
"Oh quit it," Derpy laughed as the set music picked up, a very familiar beat, the opening song of Doctor Whooves.
'Tonight, on EBN, we have the true behind the scenes story of the Colt in the Box: Time Turner, the Doctor,' The set said in a mysterious and humorous tone, showing photos and clips of Time on the DW set.
"Well, I always wanted to play the Doctor, it was a dream of mine, ever since I was, since I was little," Time muttered on screen.
"Oh Time, you look fantastic!" Derpy squealed as Time took his seat on the sofa.
"I always hated seeing myself on the telly, it weirds me out," Time said, to a hearty laugh from his marefriend.
'Tonight, we learn about the Doctor's life, and why he finally left the show,' The set informed, switching to another clip "It was, the single hardest thing I have ever had to do," Time said in the interviewer.
'Time Turner: the Doctor, the icon, the colt.'
"Eeek, this is so surreal!" Derpy squealed happily.
"Shush," Time laughed.
'Time Turner was a normal bloke from Trottingham, just your average run of the mill pony,' the set continued, 'And at 12 years old, found his special talent, for hourglass making?'
"It was, it was a family deal, yeah. My dad loved making those glasses, and I was right next to him, learning since I can remember," Time laughed with his interviewer. "So my Cutie Mark is actually the hourglass, that was not makeup, like, like every other Doctor to date. Yeah, I think that realism, that's what made the fans so, so, 'Ah my gosh, he's great!'" Time laughed.
'Time worked for his dad for years in their shop, and made many excellent glasses. But eventually, tragedy struck the colt from North Trot. Clock Turner, Time's father, died of lung cancer, set on by years of smoking.'
"It was hard, losing Dad like that. I, I just, I had to go."
"So with heavy bags and a new resolve, Time Turner set out for Canterlot, in an effort to make it in the big city. But the colt never moved in, he was side tracked, in a little slice of heaven, Ponyville.'
"I was, um, yeah, I was traveling, and I stopped off in Ponyville for a bite, and there I saw her, this beauty of a mare," Time laughed in the interview as it switched to Derpy's own interview.
"I was ordering my lunch, just minding my own business, and this colt comes up and says, 'Wowzers, look at you. You're all giggly and clumsy. It's absolutely adorable. Please, let me buy you lunch.'"
"Oh hell," Time said in the interviewer, "No, I can't remember what I said. I was just hopping she didn't slap me."
"I laughed so hard, I think I broke something," Derpy laughed on TV.
"Very rude, that girl, laughing. I remember that."
"So to make up for it, I said yes. A girl doesn't turn down a free muffin after all. And we talked all day. It was, it was nice," Derpy continued, playing with her mane in real life and on TV.
"Oh yeah, I was happy. At the time I was a nopony, so really, I wouldn't have blamed her if she just walked off," Time laughed. "Now I'm the nerd king, and I wouldn't change a damn thing. I'm, yeah, I'm pretty happy. I love Derpy. Love ya googly eyes," Time laughed, looking to the camera, and getting a kiss from Derpy in the real world.
'Time and Derpy would continue dating, even well into the making of Doctor Whooves, where Time soon auditioned for the role of the Doctor.'
"I lost out on my first try," Time said before the show cut to commercial.
"Oh Time, this is so much fun," Derpy sang happily.
"Thanks babe," Time laughed. "I'm gonna go check on Dinky real fast."
"Hurry back," Derpy said as the colt headed upstairs.
'Time Turner, the Doctor,' The set sang again.
"The first time I tried out for the role of the Doctor, I was nervous, I was jumbled, and they loved it."
A slick looking pony came on now, and laughed his warm laugh, "Yeah, Time made a great impression on us, we loved him, but in the end, we had to go with Canter as the Ninth Doctor. I think we made the right choice. But lo and behold, one year later, Canter was all 'Nope, I don't like how this show is done.' And he walked. We remembered Time, and called him right away, saying 'Do you still want the part?'"
"I think I literally fainted when I got that call," Time laughed. "I was in Canterlot the very next day for my two second cameo as the Doctor at the end of the first season."
The TV switched to Filly Piper, the Doctors companion for the first two seasons. "I met him that night, for the first time, and he was all, 'Oh my gosh, you're Rosy! I love your work!' His marefriend had come with him, and she was all 'oh my gosh' too. Sweet girl, I fell in love with her little one, I swear."
"She's good pony, yeah," Derpy replied in the interview, "And they were all so welcoming of me on set."
The camera cut to Derpy watching the sound crew, Vinyl Scratch and Octavia, playing with Dinky, just as Derpy turned to the camera. "I think Dinky's first memories are going to be of this set actually."
"Is Dinky Time's foal?" The interviewer asked, the picture back on the current mare.
"No, she's uh, she's from, a different time in my life. And though I don't care for her daddy anymore, I love her, more than life itself. I'm so happy Time wanted to be a part of her life," Derpy cried on the TV, and again in real life as Time came back and hugged her happily.
"Dinky was a hit with the crew," Time's voice graced video of the foal playing with the actors or the make up team. "I think, uh, Barrowcolt actually, said she was like our little K9."
"Barrowcolt, you have a history with him, right," The interviewer asked.
"Oh, yeah. Barrowcolt," Time growled in a obviously fake tone of hate. "But no, I loved getting to work with him. He's, he's fantastic."
"Time? Time Turner?" John Barrowclot asked before laughing, "If only, if only, every pony I got to work with was that much fun. He brought a lot, uh, to, to the show. I think though, just between you and me, I was not the first colt to kiss him. I'm kidding, I'm kidding."
"Barrowcolt was the first colt to kiss me and with any luck at all, he will be my last," Time laughed. "Can we, uh, can we get away from the whole fan fiction side of things?"
'The intrepid colt brought a new energy to the stage,' The set recounted, showing various clips of him in action over the years. 'A energy that has revitalized the franchise. In his three year span, Time Turner became synonymous with Doctor Whooves, and was soon awarded the golden bridal for his performance,' The set called showing a recap of the awards, Time and Derpy laughing in the finest Carousel Boutique evening wear.
"I can't believe I won an award," Time laughed, "because right after me, Jenny Shore won three awards and it just felt so bloody cheap all of the sudden..."
'Up next, the end of an era and a special request from the intrepid Doctor,' The set said, switching to a video of Time again.
"Actually, can you, um, air this part at the end? I have something I need to say."
"Time? What's up?" Derpy asked, seeing Time fidget as the show drew near it's 30 minute end.
"Oh, it's- it's nothing. I could really use a drink, what about you?" Time said standing up and moving out of the room.
"But, the cola's..."
"I need a cider I think, yeah. Or a daiquiri... Do we have any bananas?"
"Time...?"
"Yes love?"
"You're acting weird." Derpy laughed. "And for you, that's saying something."
"Well, what's coming up is, it's really scary, alright?"
"Well hurry up then, it's back."
'Welcome Back, to Doctor Whooves inside special. Now we talk with Time about his standings on the time traveling hero.'
"Oh yeah, I grew up watching the Doctor," Time laughed.
"Did you ever think you would get to play the Doctor on TV?"
"Well, I always wanted to play the Doctor. It was a dream of mine, ever since I was, since I was little. But did I think I would get to play the Doctor? Never even crossed my mind."
"What is your favorite part about Doctor Whooves?"
"Oh that is so rich. So, so many places that can go, so many new and wonderful ideas. I love the whole nine yards, actually. I love the aspect that the hero wins with, with wit and charm versus strength and might," Time said leaning forward.
"Some would call the Doctor romantic, in the finest sense. Do you agree with this?"
"Well, I challenge anypony to tell me how he's not! No, the Doctor is romance, and courage, and intellect, always saving the day, unless he is not meant to. It's- it's beautiful."
"Some would call the Doctor Whooves Fan base a religion. Do you agree?"
"Um... Banana. I have no clue. That aspect, that's a bit far for me to try and fathom," Time laughed. "I don't think the Doctor deserves a church, but maybe a nice place to stay with tea and free cable wouldn't be too much to ask for, would it?"
With a laugh of their own, the interviewer continued, "We'll see about that. So what about the enemies? Do you have a favorite?"
"Oh, I grew up on the classics. I believe the Doctor's truest enemy will always be the Daleks. But Steven Manefott's Weeping pegasi, those guy's a scary," Time said with a comical scared face. "But I loved how our monster maker made them look. That Lyra is going places, I swear. But I hated how the Cyber Ponies were revived, I thought that could have gone better. I'm off topic, aren't I?"
"Well, you say you grew up on Doctor Whooves. Do you have a favorite Doctor?"
"The fifth, hooves down. I loved Peter as the Doctor, he was and is, my Doctor."
"Okay, so Time, its the hard part. Why did you agree to leave the show?"
"Well, I had a good run, but when I came on, I said I would just do the show for three seasons. And while they got me on a few movies as well, in the end, it was time for me to pass the torch to a new Doctor. And Matt's doing a great job I think. That being said, it was, the single hardest thing I have ever done," Time confessed.
'Doctor Whooves managed with out Time's pres-'
"Time? Seriously, are you alright?" Derpy asked the colt before her.
"Yes, why?"
"You're sweating."
"It's July."
"What are you hiding there?" Derpy said spying the edge of something big.
"Oh, just my notebook," Time said laying the document on the table.
"Okay..." Derpy said, rather unsure.
"So Time," the interviewer asked, switching back to their set, "There was something you wanted?"
"Yeah. I- yeah," Time exhaled heavily. "Derpy love, I know you're watching this right now, as it's airing, and if I'm half as good as I think I am, I'm there to. Hi me. But um..."
"Time, are you...?"
"Yeah," The colt said swallowing hard. "Derpy, will- will you marry me?"
Derpy's jaw dropped, as she looked to the colt kneeling on the floor, his notebook open to reveal a diamond necklace, it's pendant shaped like a muffin.
"This is why I was nervous," He smiled. Derpy simply jumped forward onto the colt, kissing him and hugging him as she yelled in joy. Time took this as a yes.
Inside a peculiar blue box, a blue light flashed, as a message was sent out, through time itself.
With a clink of hoof on glass, the recorded message rang out as it traveled through time to the Doctor, as he finished his regeneration. "Hello me. If I'm correct, which I always am, You, or should I say I?... We? Anyways, we are not human shaped any more. We're more... equine, I guess we could say. So, with that, um, yes, I don't really believe that we can live among the humans much anymore. Thankfully, I have the answer. A world filled with ponies! Yes, ponies, that look just as we do. It's fantastic actually. But anyways, time coordinates. Here you are, don't dally. And when you arrive, make some money. You'll thank me later. I can't say too much, but here's a good place to start, and a fair coverage on our 'past.' Also, very important, love. Different world here. Seems to run on love and happiness, and there are matter altering Unicorns here, it's fantastic! Yes, don't worry, we're not interfering here. Also, this is not a paradox, because I said so. I'm forgetting something... Ah hay, it's probably not important. Oh wait! Golden Eyes! You'll understand. They are special, trust them, but don't bring them in on this. Their world doesn't need my help. Not yet, but We will always be ready. Finally, most importantly, I still hate pears, they are still nasty and disgusting, keep them out of our mouth."