"Alright duckies, the Tardis has landed, and now we must explore whatever strange world it has brought us to," the Doctor told Jamie and Zoe.

"Doctor, if the Tardis brought us to Earth again, that wouldn't necessarily be considered 'strange' now would it?" asked Zoe.

"Not unless we're somewhere in the far future, than for me it is strange," replied Jamie.

"Well, one step at a time, after all, we are explorers about to set foot somewhere that for us is currently unknown territory," the Doctor said as he placed his stovepipe hat ever so smartly on his head. He opened the Tardis doors and they stepped out into a forest.

"Oh my giddy aunt, those are some really tall trees," replied the Doctor, his eyes growing wider at the sight. They were truly tall trees, ferns and bushes practically everywhere.

"Could get easy to become lost here. How're we supposed to find our way back to the Tardis?" asked Zoe.

"An excellent question, we'll have to figure out how to mark our way. Too much of our surrounding looks alike now, wot wot," the Doctor agreed. Jamie pulled his knife out and made an X on the first tree he came to.

"Allow me to mark the trail, my friends," he replied.

"Normally I wouldn't approve of harming another living organism but I'll make an exception this time. Carry on, the game's afoot!" the Doctor called out, and three of them began to march, Jamie making sure that their trail was be well marked.

The three of them certainly made an unusual sight, hiking through the wilderness, the Doctor in his jacket, baggy pants, loose bow tie and stovepipe hat. Zoe in her silver jumpsuit and Jamie in his kilt and sweater, brandishing a knife. Then, almost without warning Jamie shouted.

"Company halt!" Looking straight ahead of them was what appeared to be a dead animal.

"Well, that's a ghastly sight," said Zoe wrinkling her nose.

"Typically hunters use something like that in order to catch large prey. I should know, my father and uncle sometimes took me hunting when I was a lad," Jamie replied. He picked up a nearby stick (no shortage of those) and began to poke at the carcass ever so cautiously. Good thing he did too. Right when he poked the carcass a little too hard a large net flung up in front of them, wrenching the stick out of Jamie's grip. The three companions stood dumbfounded for a few seconds.

"Whoever designed this clearly meant business," observed Zoe. Suddenly they heard rustling from the bushes all around them. Followed by them being surrounded by what appeared to be little bears wearing hoods and carrying spears.

"Yub nub! Nukka nukka nuke!" one of them cried out.

"Any idea what they're saying?" asked Zoe nervously. She crept closer to Jamie. Considering he was the only one amongst the three of them with something one would consider a proper weapon, and had actually seen battle, he seemed to be the one to be close to at the moment. Jamie just stood with his knife outstretched, his eyes on high alert.

"I'd say we've either disturbed their hunting, or we're trespassers on sacred land," the Doctor replied. He seemed unusually calm. He walked towards the one who spoke first.

"We come in peace, we mean you no harm little fellow," he said.

"Doctor, don't be fooled, these guys could be dangerous," Jamie warned.

"Oh Jamie, I'm not fooled by their cute looks, I know better than that. Why even on your Earth, there is a creature that lives in the sea called the mushroom sponge that looks harmless but can eat fish whole!" the Doctor replied, almost laughing. He had the misfortune to turn his head toward his two companions, and one of the unusual bear creatures prodded him with their spear. He yelped, almost losing his hat and jumped back.

"Well now, there's no need to be poky!" he said, waving a finger at the creature.

"Bun nub! Dubba dubba doo!" the creature replied.

"Wait Doctor, the Tardis! Isn't it supposed to make us able to understand any alien language? Why can't we tell what they're saying?" Zoe asked, suddenly realizing that ever-important fact.

"My dear Zoe, I've been wondering that too, I think their language is far too primitive to be translated properly," the Doctor hypothesized.

"You have trespassed into out homeland, explain yourselves!" one of the creatures demanded.

"Or perhaps, it just took a little longer than normal for the Tardis translator to kick in properly," the Doctor continued. Once again, he approached the creature, tipping his hat to him.

"My dear sir, I humbly apologize for trespassing, our ship landed here without our intentions, and we just stumbled in. I'm the Doctor and these are my companions, Jamie and Zoe," he said. The creature put his spear up and waved his free paw in an upward fashion, signaling his companions to do the same.

"Alright, I believe your story. We just can't be too careful; these are troubling times we live in. My name is Burka, I am the chief Ewok here," he said.

"Ewoks? Well now I know what to refer to you when I write this encounter down in my journal later on. So what exactly do you mean by troubling times?" the Doctor asked.