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UTOPIA
Rose ran as fast as she could with the Doctor by her side and an entire army behind them. She knew that she would be safe once the TARDIS doors closed behind her. They reached the doors and Rose began tugging at them to open. When nothing happened she looked towards to the Doctor for help.
"Oh yeah now I know I put that key somewhere." The Doctor said with a smile as he began checking his pockets.
Rose impatiently looked at him and back at the giant horde of knights that were approaching them. While she was distracted the Doctor had already unlocked the doors and entered the ship. Rose quickly slipped in behind him and slammed the doors closed.
"Now what was that then?" Rose yelled.
"Sorry, what was what?" The Doctor questioned.
"You sure took your time back there with the key."
"Well I didn't see you getting out yours."
"I'm sorry did you fail to see the King's army behind us wanting us dead?" The Doctor chuckled at her comment.
"I had fun, didn't you?"
"Are you kidding me? I almost got my head lopped off back there and you had fun?"
"We saved Henry the Eight from aliens trying to implant their spawn in him and instead of thanking us; he puts us up on the chopping block. I don't care what you say still fun."
"So what jolly good time are we off to next?"
"I could show you the volcanoes of Dulkis or the Tritus nebula. Your choice, Rose."
"Can't we go someplace where people won't try and kill us? How about London the near future?"
"You've got it!" The Doctor said flipping a number of switches.
The familiar sound of the TARDIS starting rang in Rose's ears.
"Nothing but a smooth ride ahead now." The Doctor said but soon after the TARDIS began to shake around them.
The Doctor was immediately at the controls trying to find out what was going wrong.
"What happened?" Rose yelled as she fell to the floor.
"Another ship entered the time vortex, they're sending out a distress call."
"Is that bad?"
"Very, if I can't stabilize the shift they caused, we'll both be crushed." The Doctor struggled with the controls until he looked back up at Rose.
"Hang on." He said as the TARDIS crashed.
The Doctor pushed himself to his feet and rushed to Rose's side
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah what happened?"
"I couldn't stabilize the shift Rose. We fell through the vortex, we fell through time." The Doctor helped Rose to her feet.
"Now what are we waiting for lets go outside."
The Doctor began rummaging through a pile of devices in a compartment under the floor. He pulled one out with a smiling in satisfaction. Rose had already gone outside and the Doctor quickly followed.
They found that the TARDIS had landed in between two buildings. The alleyway they stepped out into was remarkably clean. As the Doctor fiddled with his device, Rose walked across the street to a park. Multiple couples were scattered along the grass having picnics. Just then Rose spotted a boy on a tricycle coming towards her. She quickly darted out of the way as he raced down the sidewalk.
"Hey watch it!" Rose yelled.
"Friendly here, aren't they?" The Doctor commented.
"It's beautiful here Doctor. Where are we?"
"Possibly London, in that general area."
"You don't know?"
"We fell through time Rose we could be anywhere."
"What about the other ship you were talking about?"
"They were following us; they probably got pulled down in our direction."
"So where are they at now? I mean it doesn't look like anyone is making a fuss about a great big ship falling from the sky." Rose said as a woman passed by having heard what she had said. The Doctor then turned to the woman.
"We're from out of town." The Doctor said annoyed.
"Our friends haven't arrived yet. They were behind us. They could be an hour, a week, even months away."
"So what do we do now?"
"Wait. It's all we can do. Besides we haven't gotten into any trouble yet." The Doctor said as a policeman approached them.
"Excuse me sir is that your vehicle there?"
"Yes what's the problem?"
"I hope you have a permit for it."
"A permit? No I don't have one." The Doctor admitted as Rose softly elbowed him in the ribs.
"Oh, a permit. I thought you said Kermit. Kermit the frog, lovely fellow, he was green." The Doctor held a wide grin on his face.
"Do you have one or not?" The policeman was annoyed.
"Sure do, right here." The Doctor held out his physic paper as Policeman Burke looked it over.
"Everything seems to be in order here. Your permit and I.D. are valid. Now miss I need to be seeing your identification now."
"Right, will this do?" Rose said handing Burke her driver's license.
"What's this? Plastic? Nobody uses plastic anymore."
"It's all I have." Rose laughed nervously.
"Wait a minute. Is this a student thing? Trust me Luv its not wroth it if you're going to go breaking the law."
"You're right; students put me up to it." Rose said thinking on her feet.
"You kids nowadays. When I was your age we use to stay inside and watch the telly all day. Now all you want to do is go outside and have picnics n' such. Makes me sick what it does. Well miss I'll let you off with a warning this time. Just remember what I said now." The Policeman said as he began to walk off.
"Excuse me since we're such good friends now can you tell me what year it is?" The Doctor ran up to Burke to ask.
"Year? Why everyone knows what year it is, it's 2068." Burke said storming off.
"Well at least now we know what year it is. Doctor?" Rose realized the Doctor was no longer beside her.
The Doctor was now standing in the middle of the street taking in his surroundings.
"Tell me again what year it is?" The Doctor asked Rose as she caught up with him.
"He just told you, 2068."
"FANTASTIC!" The Doctor yelled.
"It's 2068 Rose, two years after the Third World War. All of humanity unites for 40 years of peace." The Doctor sounded ecstatic.
"You're glowing!" Rose commented looking at the Doctor.
"I know, I am!" The Doctor said cheerfully.
"Look at them all, can't you see it?"
"What they're just people."
"It's time Rose; it's slipping through their fingers. Every second of everyday. They're so resilient, so determined to find their place in time."
"You've just been waiting to say that haven't you?"
"Came up with it centuries ago, fits nicely for this time don't you think?" The Doctor said as Rose smiled back at him.
Policeman Burke walked down Main Street continuing his rounds. He made sure that he was alone then pushed a button on his watch. A screen flipped up and on it was a shadowy figure.
"We have a problem." He said into his watch.
"What is it?" An unidentifiable voice said.
"We have visitors."
"That's impossible. How did they get in?"
"They had some kind of ship I don't now how they got in with it though."
"You'll have to keep an eye on them unless you want to be the one to tell Torchwood we have failed. The project is near completion they must not interfere."
Burke disengaged his watch and continued on his route. He passed an alleyway when he noticed a noise. A loud roar rang through his ears. He moved closer and drew his gun.
"Who's there?" Burke yelled firing a shot in the air.
Suddenly an invisible force pushed him down to the ground. Sharp claws dug into his skin and he was unable to move.
