Chapter 1- Boredom always leads to adventure
The doctor flipped switches absentmindedly and yawned. It was so boring without a companion. Ever since Martha had left, there was no more spark of excitement in the air, or nervousness of what would happen outside of the doors of the TARDIS.
He was about to do a random set of coordinates when an incoming message appeared on his screen. The doctor had a sudden expression of happiness. "Martha!" He exclaimed. But his face fell when the number wasn't his former companion's.
"Help!" The voice called. "My people are in danger without even knowing it! Please help, someone out there. I need to evacuate my people!" The doctor brightened up again. An adventure!
He immediately pulled a switch down and pressed buttons faster than imaginable. "Here we goooo!" The doctor yelled. The TARDIS rocked wildly as he held on. As the rocking stopped, he fell. "Oof." The wind was knocked out of him. The doctor got up, brushed himself off, and headed for the door.
A sudden shock from the handles made him jump. "How did electric time bomb shock appear on this planet?" The doctor murmured to himself. He carefully reached again and was able to open the door.
The doctor stepped out and smiled. The thought of the shock went to the back of his head. I can't believe how much I've missed this. The doctor thought. Vendors shouted from every corner and waved at the doctor trying to sell to him. By the blue skin and warm climate the planet was probably... Alokem! Alokem was the heavily populated planet of the Igoos.
It was said that the king was a bit crazy in the head and that his daughter took over many times when he couldn't think. Maybe that was the cause of the problem.
"Would you care to bye some ekshr?" The voice of a vendor made the doctor jump. "Oh!" The doctor smiled disbelievingly. "This is the royal ekshr food?!" He asked. The vendor nodded enthusiastically. "The very best."
The doctor bought the food and happily ate it. A yell of another vendor made him remember the distress call. The doctor quickly disposed his wrapper for the ekshr and hurried along. I need to get to the royal palace. He thought.
As the palace came into the doctor's view, he sensed another presence. He looked around and saw no one. No one, that is, until an earsplitting shriek pierced the air.