Forging History.
The Doctor drummed his hands on the control panel of the TARDIS absentmindedly. Amy and Rory were off, doing what married couples did, which is something that he did not bargain for when he invited them on board.
He was wondering what he was going to do. It had been relatively boring since he had them on. Not really the life he was used to.
Though he supposed it was all Rory's fault, insisting that he take a day off from saving the world….again.
But that was not something to keep him happy. He was one to be always on the move showing humans the greater universe and experiencing history first hand, often getting pleasantly surprised at the inconsistencies between what he discovered and what he thought he knew about the universe.
But early human marriage was more about exploring each other, and not the cosmos. They should have taken a honey moon and then come with him.
But no.
He stretched out over the console frowning at it, taking his displeasure out on the TARDIS itself.
"DOCTOR!" Amy greeted him pleasantly coming down the steps, Rory following in her wake looking a bit more groggy at this time in the 'morning.'
The Doctor shook his head and fixed a smile to it. "Amy, Rory, good morning." He laughed as they came down.
"So where are we off to this time?" Amy asked joining him at the console, Rory hung back a little bit and watched them from a distance.
The Doctor fixed her in a stare and his eyes sparkled, they held it for several seconds before he snapped his fingers.
"Nowhere, we are just sort of drifting in the Vortex actually." He answered her running his eyes over the console.
"That is not like you." Rory finally spoke shocking them both.
"No its not." The Doctor answered, trying to keep his tone neutral.
"What you have run out of places to take us?" Rory quipped.
The Doctor stretched out and gazed skyward. "Rory there is at least one hundred trillion years of history, billions of planets, millions of species, at least 4 great and bountiful human empires, wars, slavery, great moments of beauty and sorrow. I have only been around for over nine hundred years. You do the math, there is still plenty of universe left to see. And that is just this one."
Rory blinked but probed unfazed. "So then…what's the problem?"
The Doctor turned to him and sighed a bit, fixing him in a contemplative gaze. "I do not know."
He clapped his hands suddenly. "Actually I got it, a real treat for the two of you."
"What Doctor?" Amy asked.
"A place in time and space. A pivotal moment. Two groups of a species at war recently, one has a moon and the other has a planet. They hate each other, fought a bitter war for years. Until a mediator came, a shining hero out of the night and saved them, uniting them and their people." The Doctor explained.
"And?" Amy asked crossing her arms.
"Oh come on this is brilliant! We get to watch how a species has survived and come to grow together and forge a better tomorrow for them." The Doctor continued sounding giddy.
Amy threw her head back and winked at Rory. "What no sandy beaches, no rich sun set, no late night hotel room on an exotic alien planet?"
The Doctor frowned, jutting his head out at her until they were nearly touching. "HA! Domestic."
Amy pouted at him for a while and then rolled her eyes at him, smiling slightly though.
"Actually this might be fun." Rory supplanted needlessly.
The Doctor pointed at him before entering in the coordinates and slamming home the blue switch.
TARDIS Landing…. some time later…or earlier…or whenever…
The Doctor ran out to the doors as soon as the TARDIS had stopped its shuttering. He looked gleeful as his coat billowed in his wake.
"Now outside of these doors is their great city. The city on the moon. A jewel of scientific might. Shall we?"
Amy and Rory nodded slightly both of them looking eager.
The Doctor grinned and opened the door…
Only to be met with a scene of pure horror.
In the distance fires dotted the horizon, gutting former tall structures, now ghosts of their former glory.
"What?" The Doctor proclaimed.
A long orange tail of fire shot its way over their head, landing hard on the ground and exploding. Others followed making whistling sounds as they went.
"This is not right." The Doctor frowned around the area, watching the carnage and the evil be unleashed on the civilization below.
