Andrew gaped incredulously at the site before him. Less than twenty four hours ago he was a community college student with not a care in the world. What had seemed like a long time ago was really only last night, when he had met a woman named Rose. She and the Doctor were the strangest couple he had ever met. To add to this fact, he was presently standing with them inside a blue box that was infinitely bigger on its inside than its outside. They had called themselves time travelers and the Doctor had identified himself as a Time Lord, an alien from another planet, even if he looked as human as could be.
Who knows why he did it, but Andrew asked them for a ride. He had somewhere he really wanted to go, but could never get to otherwise. The couple had promised they'd take him, but told him there would be some detours along the way. Neither the Doctor nor Rose had even asked him where his destination was. Andrew wondered if they even cared.
An annoyed English male voice broke the silence. "You going to stare all day, Andrew?"
"Huh?"
"Blimey." The Doctor sighed annoyingly. "I said, are you going to stare all…"
"I heard you the first time."
"Well?"
Rose interjected. "Doctor, Don't be rude."
The Doctor argued almost playfully back. "But, Rose, he didn't say that it's bigger on the inside. I quite like that part." The blonde merely shook her head with a knowing smile.
The playful argument of his new friends helped Andrew gain confidence of his surroundings and his speech back. "Where's our first stop going to be?"
"Rose and I think you need something close to home first."
"Something to wet your appetitem" Rose added with a mischievous, if not sexy, grin. She seemed just about as excited as the Doctor about what was going to happen. Andrew wished he knew what it was.
"How about a clue?"
"Nah, where's the surprise in that?"
The Doctor and Rose now stood on opposite sides of the alien looking controls surrounding what looked like a large glowing cylinder stretching to the ceiling. Rose added, "You might want to find a seat on that jump seat there… or at least hold on to something."
"Why?"
"Because this can be a little dodgy." Rose pulled a cord and the Doctor began pushing buttons as the couple almost fell into a dance around the controls. The engines began to fire up and Andrew quickly ran over to the addressed jump seat Rose suggested while the ship began to shake like a minor earthquake. Rose's grin matched the Doctor's as she exclaimed. "I'm really doing it! I'm really helping fly the TARDIS!"
"That's my Rose!"
Just as quickly as the engines fired up they had already died down, including the movements of the couple. Andrew asked tentatively, "Are we there, already?" He was almost afraid he'd be wrong.
Both of his drivers grinned at him goofily like they were possibly enjoying this more than they should. While looking at Andrew, the Doctor motioned his head toward the door quietly. Andrew took the hint more than a little nervous himself, stood up, and made his way over to the door while they watched him eagerly.
Slowly the couple followed, throwing on their coats, as Andrew pushed open the TARDIS' doors. A gust of fresh air took him by surprise as he gazed out on a scene that looked like a photograph from his history book. Walking the streets were people wearing fashions long since passed and cars that only old people seemed to be fond of. They hadn't been full of it. This was truly the past!
"Wow!" Andrew ran like a child as the Doctor and Rose closed and locked the doors behind him. The Doctor leaned in and kissed his… girlfriend. They hadn't been exactly clear what their relationship was so Andrew just assumed.
The Doctor lovingly muttered, "This is my favorite part."
Andrew turned around and looked admiringly at the couple. "It looks like the 1950's out here! Insane!"
The Doctor grinned. "That's because it is! Brilliant, isn't it! You're still in L.A., but you're 10 miles, 53 years, 2 months, 5 days, 12 hours, and 5 seconds in the past from when we last left.
Rose added, "I still find it a little bit freaky when you do that, Doctor."
He grinned back teasingly. "Special Time Lord senses."
Behind them a huge lot surrounded by buildings with cameras filled their view and it was Andrew who finally noticed where they were. "No freakin' way… We're in Hollywood!"
And then the most magnificent thing happened. A beautiful blonde woman was walking with some assistants into one of the buildings. Andrew recognized the woman without any help. "Is that… Wait! No, really is that… Marilyn Monroe?"
