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Animal Planet

Introduction: Pigs Might Fly

"Hold on!" The Doctor yelled as the TARDIS lurched violently.

Both Rose and Mickey were thrown from their feet, landing on top of each other. The Doctor stared down at them incredulously.

"This is hardly the time or the place!"

Rose glared at him as she shoved Mickey off her, "Well if it weren't for your terrible driving! I could do better than this! Do you even have a license?"

"Like you could do better!" Mickey exclaimed as he rushed to the Doctor's side to assist him, "You're a woman!" he shot a smug glance at the Doctor who (much to Rose's annoyance) returned it. Rose was about to protest but she knew that if she did she would be interrupting a 'masculine moment'.

It had been interesting having Mickey along for the ride. At the beginning he had been overwhelmed, but both Rose and the Doctor agreed that he had handled the clockwork droid killing spree better than they had expected. He was learning.

"Taking her down!" the Doctor called over his shoulder from the consol. Rose felt the TARDIS rest against the ground and realised they had survived yet another one of the Doctor's dramatic landings.

"The last you was a much safer driver!" she taunted. As she expected, the Doctor ignored her.

Mickey darted to the door, full of enthusiasm. He didn't even bother to ask where they had landed. Rose however had to know. As Mickey disappeared out the door she approached the Doctor.

"So, where are we?"

He smiled at her with his winning smile, "I know we're in the 51st century on a planet called Kharness… with a silent 'H'. But, as to what is outside that door… I haven't the foggiest!"

Rose couldn't help but give a small laugh, "Well then, there's only one way to find out," she started towards the TARDIS door, "You comin'?"

"I'll be out in a moment. Go find Mickey, who knows what kind of trouble he might get into if you're not there to watch him!"

Rose was already leaving. She opened the door and stepped out into the sunlight. She saw now that the TARDIS was parked at the bottom of a big hill. The land around was all green grass. Rose could see trees at the other side of what appeared to be a field. Looking up she saw Mickey's still figure at the top of the hill. She jogged up to stand beside him. As she came closer he still didn't move and she saw that his jaw was hanging open.

Finally she came to the crest of the hill and saw what lay before them. She couldn't believe what she saw, or rather she could. She had seen some strange sights while travelling with the Doctor. But this was on of the most absurd.

On the other side of the hill Rose could see farm buildings that were rather close. Attached to the nearest of these buildings was an out door pig sty. But this was no ordinary pig sty. At first Rose believed that she saw children rolling around in the mud. But when she squinted she saw that her eyes betrayed her. What she saw in the sty were not children but pigs. Fully clothed pigs. Pigs that carried walking sticks and smoked pipes. Pigs that were talking loudly and raucously in posh English accents that sounded so over the top that Rose was such they were fake.

"Jolly good mud today!" the nearest one squealed at his fellows, "All most as good as the stuff that we have at the club!"

"Indeed!" proclaimed another with a loud 'oink', "Nothing like a spot of mud to cool down in all this heat."

Another pig pulled the muddy remains of a newspaper out of the dirt and relit his pipe suggesting, "Croquet later?"

All the others grunted in agreement. Their grunts sounded like laughter to Rose.

"Well would you look at that!" The Doctor came up over the hill and stood beside Rose.

"That isn't possible!" Rose spluttered.

"Why not?" The Doctor asked her, "You saw the cats on new earth!"

"But, that was different," Rose gestured at the pigs, "They were slightly human… those are pigs!"

"If those are pigs… then pigs fly," Mickey said. Both Rose and The Doctor turned to him. They didn't know if he was trying to be funny or whether it hadn't sunk in hat he was seeing yet.

Rose looked back at the sty, "Well by the looks of things they can do everything else, so I wouldn't put it past them to spread their wings and fly."

"Don't be ridiculous Rose!" The Doctor said, "They're still purely piggy…or would that be piggish?" he continued on one of his little rants.

"But…" Mickey said, still completely away with the fairies, "This can not be real!"

The Doctor turned to him. The look on his face was only half serious, "Course it can," he said simply, then he smiled, "Haven't you read 'Animal Farm'?"

A.N. This is our first Doctor Who fic and we are ecstatic to be starting it!

Thorney; The last episode of the 2nd series moved me to tears! We weren't ready to give up Rose yet. So we started this! SWEETDEATH04 IS HEARTLESS SHE DIDN'T CRY!

SD04: Oh don't give me that heart of stone nonsense again… I'm refusing to watch that episode EVER again 'cause it was so depressing! I wouldn't go to sleep on Saturday night until I forced it out of my head! Anyways, I'm not ready to give up Rose either!

Hope this does Dr Who justice! Please R&R!

Sweetdeath04 and Thorney