A/N There isn't much of the Doctor in the first chapter but it sets up the story. He is in the rest of the story so stick with it, you won't regret it.

(A/N 08:11:11 I fixed a few grammatical mistakes and added a few pieces of dialogue.)

"Goodbye and thank you."

That was what he said the first time I met him. It wasn't the first time he'd met me though, in fact it was the last. You see, he has a bit of a complicated life. Sure, he tried to explain it to me with phrases like 'causality loops' and 'time isn't a straight line, it's more wibbly-wobbly'. He even tried to get me to understand how sometimes an effect can be seen before the cause, but to be honest I don't think he even understood it fully. What chance did that leave me? And then when he tried to explain about his blue box…

Anyway, this is a story of adventure, cunning and bravery (mainly from him). It's a story of one man's struggle against the odds, fighting for what he believes in. It's a story of good and evil. It's the story of how I met the Doctor!

It was a normal summer's day on the Isle of Wight. Well I say normal, there were no clouds and it was 30oc. That's not exactly normal for England, but there wasn't anything to suggest something strange was about to happen. Except for the heat wave. That should have given me a clue. The weatherman had said that it should have been cold and rainy for the whole week but instead it had been hot with blue skies. However, true to British nature I forgot all about that and headed towards the seaside. I had a relative who lived on the Isle of Wight so I thought I would pay her a visit and then spend a few days on the beach. It seemed like such a simple plan, but it didn't end up as relaxing as I would have liked.

I went down to Sandown on the first day to see my relative and booked into a hotel in the afternoon. Early the next morning I thought I would head down to the beach before it became crowded. As I walked along the street glancing in the shop windows I saw something which made me turn my head. It was a man wearing a blue suit and a light brown overcoat. I thought this was odd enough considering the weather but as he came closer I could see that he was completely soaked, as if he had been standing in rain for some time. And the weirdest thing was that he was heading towards me.

"Goodbye and thank you," he said briefly stopping in front of me before he continued around the corner. I was a little stunned and didn't think to follow him until I felt a cooling breeze on the back of my neck which was accompanied by a strange noise which was unlike anything I had ever heard before, but impossible to forget. By the time I had turned the corner, the man was nowhere to be seen. Against my better judgement I spent the next quarter of an hour trying to find him to no avail.

'Probably just some nutter who's escaped,' I thought to myself as I headed towards the beach. By the time I'd got there, the place was full of families and couples enjoying the unexpected sunshine. Children were running around throwing sand, men and women who'd managed to get a few days off of work were laying peaceful or reading books. The only space left was up against the wall in the shade.

"At least I won't get cancer," I muttered to myself as I put my towel down.

"You know this heat wave we've been having?" I heard the guy next to me say.

"What about it?" his friend replied.

"Well, isn't it odd that there's been all this sun evaporating up water and not a single cloud has formed? I saw it on the weather, barely a cloud over the whole of England."

"Have you ever thought that the clouds are just forming over Europe? Who knows, it could be raining in France."

"Yer, but…" I got up and decided to head towards the shops, I couldn't take any more of their conversation. And I could have sworn I saw a shop selling proper ice creams for 99p whilst I was looking for that man. It had been ages since I last paid 99p for a 99 flake, and if I couldn't sit in the sun on the beach I might at least catch a few rays whilst I was walking.

As I approached where I thought the shop was I happened to pass a nice looking gift shop. I hadn't bought anything for my parents so I decided to have a quick look. Unfortunately, I wasn't the first to have a quick look and a lot of the shelves were empty. I did however see an odd looking pendant. It was a silver sphere with a pattern around the edge. I thought it looked interesting so I picked it up to get a better look, and quickly put it down again when I felt how hot it was.

'This really isn't my day,' I thought as I picked it up by the string and took it over to the counter. It was just as I was picking up my change when I heard that sound again. Instantly recognising it I rushed out of the shop and headed in the direction that I thought it had came from. I ran like a mad man through the busy streets until I reached the empty back streets, and there it was. Hidden in an alley behind some bins was a blue box. It was a little bit taller than me and not too wide. A person could stand inside it but it wouldn't leave too much room to move. On the top it said 'Police Public Call Box', and after walking around it I saw that it did have a phone on one side. I picked it up but it didn't work. Still a little confused I decided to resume my hunt for the cheap ice cream when I caught a glimpse of the man in the blue suit. I tried to follow him but again he had disappeared.

I turned around and froze to the spot, despite the heat. An eight foot creature with yellow, cracked scaly skin stood in front of me. It started to open its mouth revealing more sets of teeth than a shark when it suddenly stopped and stared over my shoulder.

"I must warn you, I have a sonic screwdriver and I'm not afraid to use it," the man I'd been following said as he walked passed me holding a little metal device with a blue glow at one end in a threatening manner. The creature looked like it tried to smile and just disappeared.

"I hate it when they do that. I can't even trace the signal, my screwdriver's not working properly. Somebody must be drying their hair, I should really do something about that. I mean who would use a hair dryer on a day like this?" he said as he turned back towards me.

"Right, I forgot you were there," he stated, "I don't suppose there's any chance you missed all of that?"

"What, the giant yellow creature or it disappearing?"

"There's a perfectly reasonable explanation for all of this. Oh and by the way, I'm the Doctor."

A/N This is my first story so please review to help me improve (constructive criticism is welcome). I will update soon.