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[furiousface]

No. Absolutely out of the question. No more hugging.

Stay back, then, I'm warning you. I have a sonic screwdriver and I am not afraid to use it.

What do you mean it's not a weapon? Oh, it'll hurt something awful when it hits your face, I guarantee that.


Honestly, what is it with you humans and hugging? You're like leeches, you never let go. Clara won't stop, and trust me, there's no escaping those man hands. If it's not the hands, then it's that bossy voice.

And I am... not... a hugging person.

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[relative_dimensions]

Humans like physical contact. Body heat, internal warmth flows from one to another. Base instinct.

They try and replicate it, too. With cups of coffee and mugs of tea.

[furiousface]

Coffee and tea I can do. Hugging, I cannot.

[relative_dimensions]

It's the same thing, isn't it? Just in a different quantity. Localized to the hands.

[badwolf]

That's not very nice, talking about your companion like that.

Seriously, she's almost peeved. He's all around rude in this face- and not like the rude she's grown used to, either.

[furiousface]

She knows it already. Clara knows how I feel about all the hugging. Don't worry, it won't stop her. Bossy and stubborn, that's her.

I'm not always rude, Rose Tyler.

[badwolf]

Bossy and stubborn? Sounds a bit like someone I know...

Not always? [ Can you hear the smirk more than you can see it, Doctor? ] Funny, I thought you were always a bit on the rude side.

[furiousface]

Yes, yes it does sound like someone I know. [He's looking at her and he doesn't mean himself.

But he smiles just a bit at her question, giving that half-smile of his.]

Rude is in the ears of beholder. Although I do recall a disappointment at not being ginger.

Not that all that matters, of course.

[badwolf]

I'd watch it if I were you- I might just let my mother loose on you for it.

[ R u d e. She'd been referring to him of course, and he to her- but then the threat of something even more so is always refreshingly interesting. ]

And I dunno- you're plenty Scottish this time around. Maybe you were ginger and just missed it. Although ... I kinda like the silver look. Could grow on me.

[coffeedate]

We've really got to teach you some tact.

[furiousface]

That's what I've got you for: tact and caring.

[coffeedate]

But a little from you wouldn't hurt either, you know. Just saying!

[furiousface]

Why? You do enough for the both of us.

[afterthesky]

I wish you the best of luck in that.

[coffeedate]

Worth a shot, right?

[afterthesky]

He'll never get any better if we stop trying.

[madman_in_abox]

Hugging isn't all that bad, you know. You used to do it all the time as me. [Have a cheeky smile from your old self.]

[furiousface]

No, not now. Not me. You.

[ The Doctor is very much not impressed with his old self. ]

This is all your fault.

[madman_in_abox]

My fault? How is it my fault? Just because I'm handsome and wear a bowtie. I can't help that people want to hug me.

I can't believe I regenerate into a grumpy, old man. You're pretty grumpy on the grump factor I have to say.

[furiousface]

Oh, stop that. I can see why Clara liked you so much - she's only human, after all, and you know how weak and simple-minded they are. Also, she's getting on in her years, so she'd better do what she can while she still can.

What, you can't believe we finally started acting our age, hmm? I'm the Doctor, and this is how I am now. I don't wear ridiculous bowties or hug my companions.

[afterthesky]

It's a sign of affection. Be happy she likes you enough to hug you if you're going to talk about her like that.

And if you can't be trusted to not hit people with the sonic screwdriver someone is going to confiscate it.

[furiousface]

I'm not exactly the most affectionate sort of...

[But he trails off when he realizes who it is. The Doctor looks reasonably guilty because, well... it's Sarah Jane Smith.]

The sonic screwdriver thing... that was just an empty threat.

Sarah Jane.

[afterthesky]

But she is.

Yes, Sarah Jane. And you shouldn't go making empty threats.

[He's currently receiving a full blown Mum Look]

[furiousface]

Yes ma'am.

[If he's going to say that to anyone else, it would be Sarah Jane Smith. And, well, that mum look of hers is really good.]

I do that, though. I make threats, some of them aren't so empty. Some of them are quite full. But I'm still the Doctor, where it counts.

[hisgranddaughter]

No hugging? At all? [Susan gives a small smile. Just ignore that it's a little sad.] Are you completely sure?

[seventh_doctor]

Hugging? Yes humans have a need for that sort of thing don’t they?