Doctor Who Episode 1: The Unlucky Number

by waveymachine

The 13th Doctor (not Peter Capaldi) has been travelling alone for a while. This is until he makes a house call to the Forest family and must team up with 23 year old Ella and her younger brother Tom to defeat one of the Doctors fiercest enemies. AU but with references to past events and characters. K for mild violence and death but not graphic.

1. Chapter 1

Hi guys this is my first chapter of what's probably going to be 10 or 11 chapter story (it is the length of the average TV episode). Chapters will be longer from now on this is more of a taster. Please bare in mind this is my first fan fix so I'd love to receive and advice. Enjoy!

Chapter 1

A dark dripping was heard through the maintenance tunnels that provided power to the residents of the Hayes area. Torchlight drowned the damp tunnel as a shadowy figure stepped on the hard cobble , the resonance of his footsteps disturbing the dark air round him. He hummed '8 days a week' by the Beatles. It was Gary's last day as an electrical maintenance man , he'd spent 17 years doing this and finally retiring on a decent pension from the council , he smiled at life , the hard work was over and the glorified days of 'Wine Gums' , 'Antique Road Show' and causal racism around the bingo hall awaited him. He smiled to himself. As he shone his light he noticed a massive dent in one of the brick walls. Just bigger than a fist , the dent was huge and must have been some kind of hammer or blunt metal tool.

"The hell has done that?" Gary whispered to himself more curiously than fearfully, he'd lived through a war , a multitude or rat bites , and his wife and her meatloaf, this did not scare him in the slightest. What Gary heard next though , most definitely left a small trickle of urine down his leg. A slow lethargic march rang through the tunnels , one of metal against cobble and it was getting closer.

"Who's there?" Screamed Gary , not taking the risk that this was a last day prank from the rest of the boys.

"Seriously guys it's not funny!". As the metal march turned the corner Gary's torchlight bounced right back at him as a reflective body revealed itself. Old , broken and rusted facial features shook Gary to the core , his spine had icicles in it he felt like freezing to death with cold sweat and it paralysed him waist down, he couldn't move. The rest of the body was a dull reflective silver with blue light poking out of some parts of its body. The metal man began to march towards Gary it's lifeless face , no emotion , no anything. Gary screamed :

"No! No! Please!"

"Delete, delete , delete!"

After 5 minutes the screaming stopped ringing through the tunnels, and the dark dripping sound returned through the tunnels to replace it , this time accompanied with a harmony of metal footsteps on cobble. The footsteps slowly fade away as did the memory of Gary soon to be forgotten by all who new him , never knowing how he died , just vanishing one day , in the tunnels of Hayes alone and afraid , he would never be found.