I am here, my palms to the sun and my back to the sand. Take me home, I plead. The sky doesn't understand. I wait another day.

CHAMELEON ✸ Doctor Who

So... You've Forgotten Who You Are
A Guide for New (Or Old?) Amnesiacs

PLAY FILE?

OKAY. PLAYING FILE.

Hello? Hi, um, I hope you can hear me. [ Static crackles ] Oh! [ Laughs awkwardly ] That's alright now, okay. So, um, if you're hearing this it can only be for one reason: you've forgotten who you are.

No worries, really; that's what this tape is for. Right now just take a breath, yeah? [ Inhale, pause, exhale ] There we go. No reason to panic. That's the first thing to remember: there's no reason to panic. Well not officially the first thing, but you get the point. Um, let's see, there are five steps to this, and, well... you'll catch on quickly.

Are you comfortable? Good.

Let's begin.

STEP ONE: Address the Issue.

So, you've forgotten who you are. Congrats! Um, not because you've forgotten, I'm sorry about that... but congrats because you're still able to manage awareness - and it just so happens that awareness is the first step of recovery. See! I told you you'd catch on quickly.

If you're aware of your unawareness then you're aware of the problem. But before we delve any deeper, I must ask, have you any clue where you are? Any hints left behind for you? A word you faintly recognize scribbled on the wall? A ball of paper pressed to your palm?

Feel free to stop! I- I won't hold you here, trust me.

[ Pause ]

Nothing? Right, well. Moving on!

STEP TWO: Assess Your Surroundings.

Lift a finger. Now place it on the nearest surface. Can you feel it? Identify it. Is it a table or a wall or a floor? Is there a floor? What does the room tell you? Are you outside? Or, well-

I don't suppose you'd know, eh? [ Brief laughter, quiet sigh ] Right, [ clears throat ] well. Surely if you think hard enough you'll have no trouble figuring out exactly where you are. Which brings us to-

STEP THREE: Think. Then Think Again.

Now this is perhaps the most important of all five steps. I want you to open your mind. Feel it stretching, pulling at the seams, reaching out to absorb all of the information around you. This you are good at, I know it. Listen to the sounds around you - let the buzzing in the air speak.

[ Silence ]

Can you hear me? What has it told you?

Junia try to remember where you are. Remember. Let your surroundings tell you. I want you to know that, okay? I don't want you to become it, I want you to know it. Reach out. Junia, I need you to remember exactly where you are. I need you to remember what happened. Can you do that for me?

[ Static ]

Junia, can you do that? I need you to remember, okay? I need you to think.

STEP FOUR: Get Out.

Stand. You've got to stand; you've got to get out.

I don't know where you are, and working with what I've got I can't help you much more. You've got to stand and you've got to get moving. You've got to make a life wherever you've ended up; take advantage of this fresh start and do something that'll make you happy. And, Junia? You've got to stay safe.

Junia, can you do that? I need you to stay safe, okay? I need you to live.

STEP FIVE: Seek Help.

There's going to be someone out there for you, I know it.

Oh, and, before I forget - there's a card wedged in the folds of your dress; buy something more appropriate. You'll know it when you see it. Just... try to blend in. You'll be fine, I know it.

Back to- what was I saying? Step five, seek help, yes. Find someone good, Junia. Don't surround yourself with people who will tear you down and treat you unwell. Don't let them take advantage of you because they will. I trust there will be someone. I know there will be someone. There must be.

Junia, I want you to hold onto this tape, okay? [ Distant speaking ] I want you to remember this voice and what it's told you and if you ever forget again I want you to have another listen. I'm always with you, Junia. Where you are, home is. Remember that.

Junia, I need you to stay there - wherever there might be. I need you to be happy. [ Door shuts ] Quell your curiosity with a new life and be happy - if not for yourself then please... for me.

Junia, can you do that? I need you to be happy, okay? [ Sniff ] I need you to be happy, and- and I love you.

I love you, Junia. Remember that.

FILE OVER.
PLAY FILE AGAIN?

OKAY. PLAYING FILE AGAIN.

JUNIA LACROIX ✸ Jessica Alba

Is there a way back home? / Home is where the Heart is.

TENTH DOCTOR ✸ David Tennant

What if this is all there is? / Relish in a Summer's warmth.

Junia's THREE Steps To Recovery (And Home?)
Because Who Needs Five Steps?

STEP ONE: Make an Alias.

Welcome, Junia Lacroix. Age 22, birthday fourteenth of March. Computer science major at University of London, off on holiday. Hobbies include card tricks, puzzle solving, dining and dashing, and spending hours in the furthest booth at SPIN! on 2nd. Mother and Father deceased. Friends unknown.

STEP TWO: Find Somewhere to Stay.

Welcome to planet Earth, population 6.8 billion. Location: Greenwich, London. Flat number 555, Churchill House. On holiday to Chiswick, reasons withheld.

STEP THREE: Make a Triumphant Return.

Final destination unknown. Tracking atmospheric disturbances. Match detected (1). Visited Earth multiple times this year. Ship registered TARDIS. Location unknown. UNIT Database open. Name: The Doctor.

🪐 WARNINGS. Themes of abandonment, abuse, death, violence, amnesia, and any other triggering themes within Doctor Who; Mentions of cursing.

🪐 DISCLAIMER. I do not own Doctor Who, but everything else - Junia & this plot - is pretty much mine!

🪐 DEDICATIONS. vogueriots PERFECTSTRM laevinics

🪐 AUTHOR'S NOTE. what the skibidi is char doing, you may be asking. to be totally honest, i'm not skibidi sure - apparently i love a character who loves lists though (stay tuned?) - but welcome anyways to this lil ole thing i cooked up a couple days ago and cranked out in about 30 minutes! i love this show sm and i may love david tennant a teensy weensy great bit more, so i though perhaps i should take it out on junia. naturally!

so in relation to a timeline (who ever heard) there's not really one? or not one of relevance anyways. it takes place after the main events of season four and before the 2009 Christmas specials yadayadayada however not specifically before or after the two previous specials! if that makes any sense...

anyways i love y'all sm! see y'all soon x