<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/c3/Ninth-doc.jpg)   </div>The Doctor followed Roses' voice across to his other self in the stripy suit, and there he saw what he'd hoped not to see. Those old eyes, only a little older than his own, held a look of sorrow and loss that struck right between his twin hearts. How many times had he felt that now? How many journeys with companions had resulted in that deeper feeling of loneliness and pain afterwards? The emotion behind those eyes was more profound than he had expected to see. Had his future self lost Rose Tyler recently? Or had she come to mean something more profound to him?<br/><br/>He gave himself a knowing nod, before turning back to Rose. He had so many questions of his own, but he couldn't risk the pain of hearing hers.<br/><br/>"Rose, two of these men are versions of me from the future. They will know what happens to both of us." He had drawn her dark eyes back to him briefly. He looked at her with intensity and feeling. "We can talk to them, get to know them... But we can't ask about what happens to us. Us all being here is such a big risk. If we create a paradox now we might end time before it's even begun." He could only hope she'd believe him.