Sunshine burst through the open bay window. A small brunette girl, no more than six, sat on the window bench. An enchanting melody played through her lips as she sat there singing to herself. This was a frequent activity for the child. She found herself lonely and would often sit there for hours at a time wishing for a friend. Today she was destined to meet a friend that would change her life forever. She didn't notice the blue box materializing on the balcony outside or the tall bow tied man stepping out into the light.

"Hello," the man exclaimed with much enthusiasm. "Can you tell me where I am?" He had stuck his head through the open window. He looked young, appearing in his early twenties. His hair was combed nicely, and he dawned a deep red bow tie at his neck. This was a face you knew you could trust and a smile that could heal worlds.

"Are you a stranger?" asked the little girl as she just noticed the huge Police Box on her balcony.

The man smiled widely, "I'm the Doctor."

The girl calmly asked, "Are you a stranger coming through my window?"

His voice sounded less confident as he responded, "Well yes."

The child let out a very loud, ear piercing scream.

Suddenly a man's voice, her father's, called out through the baby monitor on her end table, "Everything okay up there?"

"There's a man in a bow tie named the Doctor," she called out to her father who resided downstairs, "and he came here through a magical blue police box, and it's sitting on my balcony right now!"

"Never lose your imagination, Riley," he laughed to himself. "Keep having fun."

The Doctor climbed the rest of the way through the window until he was completely inside the room, "Now where did you say we are? The TARDIS was pulled here for some reason. I was on my way to ancient Mesopotamia." He pulled a buzzing contraption from his pocked and began waving it around the room.

"What are you doing?"

"Ah! This here is my sonic screwdriver," he explained with much glee, "I'm scanning the room for any sort of alien technology." He then scanned the girl up and down as she gaped at him.

"Alien?" Riley didn't think she had heard that correctly, "You're an alien?"

"I am from the planet Gallifrey," he happily explained to the child. "Earth is basically my home now though." The Doctor continued walking around the room as he talked. He paid close attention to a jewelry box but sat it down once he ruled it to not be a threat.

"If you're an alien why do you sound British?"

"Other planets have accents too," he countered. "Not to mention all my best friends are British."

"What's that blue box?"

"You do ask a lot of questions," he laughed. "Never, ever lose that. Questioning minds are always learning. That is my TARDIS. It stands for time and relative dimension in space. I can travel any where or any time I want to go in that box."

Riley's eyes grew wide, "It's a time machine?"

"It's a time machine," the Doctor grinned, confirming the girl's question. "One that seems to be malfunctioning!" He crawled back out through the window and opened the door to the TARDIS.

Riley closely followed behind, carefully observing everything happening. Once she took a step inside the box she was shocked to discover just how large it was, "It's bigger on the inside!"

"Hadn't noticed," he joked. The Doctor pulled his screwdriver out of his pocked again and began to scan the controls. "Why did you bring me here?"

"I didn't bring you here," Riley answered, not aware the Doctor hadn't been directing his question to her.

"Or did you?" He turned his direction to the small child, "What were you doing just before I arrived?"

"I was singing and wishing for a friend," she said, her voice tiny and embarrassed.

The Doctor worked through the information, his deep thoughts reflected across his young face, "Ah! Yes! And the TARDIS heard you singing and brought me to you. This isn't the first time it's done this. Of course last time it did there was a rip in the fabric of time and space," her eyes grew wide at his comment, "but I'm sure that couldn't be the case again. Well, young Riley, your friend has arrived."