I sit on the bank of the pond and wait for dad. He is always busy so I never get to do things like hang out with him or just talk. I am throwing pebbles into the water when I hear the TARDIS whooshing behind me. I stand and wait for the old police box to appear all the way. Once it is no longer transparent, I walk up to it and push open the door. Dad is under my feet working on the TARDIS' power battery; he has been having trouble and asked me to help him.
"Dad," I say looking for him, "Dad? I know you're in there," there is some clanking and then the pulsing sound of his sonic screwdriver. He comes up to face me, his face covered in black smudges.
"Ello' Rose," he says, "Looks like I made it. Come on, come on, and get down here. I need you to hold onto that lever right there," I jump down under the grates and put my hands firmly around the base of the lever.
"Got it!" I yell, "Now what?"
"Ok," he says climbing up out from under the grates, "Pull that lever on three, one...two...three!" I pull the lever towards my chest and I hear a whirring sound above my head. Dad lets out a whoop and jumps around the TARDIS, pushing buttons and flicking switches. The TARDIS starts up its whooshing sound again and dad starts running back to the grates. Suddenly the sound stops and we hit something; bouncing around the ground. The TARDIS stops and shuts down all together; dad stops running,
"What happened?" he says.
"Can I let go now?" I ask him.
"What happened?" he says again.
"Dad?" I yell, "Dad, can I let go now?"
"I don't get it," he says ignoring me, "What happened?"
"Um dad?" I say, "Dad, hello?" I hear him banging on things, obviously angry with the TARDIS.
"This can't be happening not now," he is muttering to himself, "How, just how could this ever happen to my old girl-"
"DAD!" I yell and he looks at me, "Where are we?" he walks to the doors of the TARDIS and flings them open. I see a purple light come from outside and I let go of the lever; jumping up on top of the grates, I run and stand beside dad. We had landed on a rocky planet with mountains and hills, a purple sun was setting to our right, and a green moon was rising to our left.
"Now that's a planet," says dad, "Oh, that's beautiful, just amazing. We've landed on Fate, a planet of, well Fate. We were destined to be here, it's just confusing,"
"What is?" I ask following him back into the TARDIS.
"How could the TARDIS have made it this far?" he says flicking a switch uselessly, "I mean, this is on the edge of the universe, it's just too far. We would not have had enough power. I read over the calculations and it said only thirty percent power cells charged. How could we make it to the edge of the universe with just thirty stinking power cells?" he starts yelling at the TARDIS as though he can talk to it.
"Oh he's gone mental," I say to myself, "You've gone mad! Dad come here, dad stop this right now, dad come on...DOCTOR!" I yell at him and he stops at the sound of Doctor.
"You called me Doctor," he says smiling, "Now then, that's a good name don't you think? You should call me that more often, you know instead of dad I can be Doctor," I roll my eyes and walk up the stairs.
"I'm going to get changed," I say leaving the room, "Be right back,"
"You got it," he says straitening his bow tie, "Oh, oh look at this! We've got power, yes!"
"Not enough," I say jumping down the stairs. I had gone and put on my black coat and jeans, in about three seconds.
"How do you do that so fast eh?" he asks me turning on the screen in front of him, "Ok let's see, here's what we got outside and oh, um, that's bad, what do they look like to you?" I look at the screen and see wispy white lines headed for the TARDIS.
"Ghosts," I say, "Do you think it's the Gelth?"
"No," he says, "Maybe, no, not possible. The Gelth came through a time rift; they did not come from a planet, no they were put there and cursed, these are um, right, decedents of the Disciples of Light. They were here-"
"Before time I know, I know," I say tapping buttons, "Well, we can fix that problem," I pull out my own sonic screwdriver and point it at the screen. It makes a pulsing sound and the screen goes blank.
"Oh now what did you do?" says dad, "Please, I told you not to use that thing,"
"Sorry," I say, "It's my favorite toy Dad."
"Yeah, yeah," he mumbles, "Just keep it to yourself." Out of nowhere the TARDIS starts to shake, the doors still open and the lights flickering.
"What the-?!" I cry, grabbing onto the railing and holding out my screwdriver. Suddenly, something screams from the back of the TARDIS.
"EXTERMINATE!" A look of horror appears on dads face as a black Dalek followed by several others float up from under the grates. I stop moving and put my hands up, like dad had taught me when facing Daleks. He had said always surrender or appear to be unarmed.
"Oh no," says dad, "Well, now we know that I need to be cleaning the basement more often,"
"You will remain silent," says the black Dalek, "Where is the Doctor? This is his Time And Relative Dimension In Space is it not?" I don't answer, for the fear of them wanting to pursue questions.
"Yes it is," says dad, "And the Doctor has a message for you,"
"What does the Doctor say?" asks the Dalek.
"He says 'back off Dalek Sec'," says dad raising his sonic screwdriver at the black Dalek. The Daleks scoot backwards in fear of dad.
"Where is the Doctor?" asks another Dalek, "Where is the Doctor?"
"He is not here," says dad, "Nope, went out for a nice stroll on the planet Fate,"
"The Doctor is here," says Dalek Sec, "Scan the human Dalek Thay," another Dalek moves forward and a blue light scans dad. I wait on the steps, my hands at my sides realizing they will not kill us yet.
"He is a Time Lord," says the Dalek, "He is the Doctor," Dalek Sec does not say anything for few moments.
"Scan the child," says Dalek Sec. Dalek Thay moves to me and extends its blue light. My heart races as the light passes over my body.
"She is half Time Lord half human," says Dalek Thay.
"Yeah," says dad, "She's my daughter. She's just like me, fearless and she will make you burn as I have made you burn," the Daleks sit in silence for a few minutes. Suddenly they raise their death rays at dad and me.
"EXTERMINATE!"