Hi guys. I've had this idea in my mind for a while now, and I'm quite surprised that I haven't yet come across a DW/ Beast Wars crossover. I hope to correct that with this. So, read on and enjoy!
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It was peaceful, out here in a quiet region of the universe. Distant stars glittered in the blackness, iridescent nebulae glowed softly, contradicting the violent birth of stars within them. It was a haven of calm in the turbulence of space. The perfect place to think. In the centre of the tranquillity, a lone blue box languidly spun under its own power, unhindered and unnoticed. The blue light on its top slowly flashed, indicating the box's engines were running, but at rest. The crew of a passing starship may have looked upon the object with some curiosity, especially if the crew were human. What was a police box doing floating in the depths of space? The interior was even more intriguing; golden in colour with a strange mix of ancient and new technologies. The greatest surprise was the difference in size: the box was bigger on the inside. So big, in fact, that the hypothetical starship would have been dwarfed by just half of the interior's entirety. This strange object was the TARDIS, the vehicle of the Time Lords, masters of Time Travel and onlookers of the universe. There used to be hundreds of the machines, maybe more, but now their numbers were whittled to just one. One TARDIS for one Time Lord. With that in mind, the ship that appeared amazing to the hypothetical crew became a cavernous, lonely place to be, the one sole occupant only adding to its lonesomeness. Silence reigned for the moment, punctuated by the random beep of a scanner, or the low, dull hum of resting engines. Peace like this was a rarity for the Doctor, though he found he simply couldn't enjoy it. Not like this. Not alone. He reclined in the chair situated next to the main console, deep brown eyes distant and expression forlorn. Two Earth years, and he had been through three companions. Granted, he had had many companions before, many of whom didn't stick around for very long, but he found that, in his old age, he had become more inclined to form a bond with whoever crossed the threshold. Ever since Rose. He sighed dejectedly, pushing himself up and resting his elbows on his knees. It was true. Ever since Rose had entered and subsequently left his life, he found it difficult to keep hold of companions. They just weren't her. Ok, Martha was intelligent, she was a trainee doctor when he had first met her, and a medical officer for UNIT when he finally left her. And Donna was fiery and feisty almost to the point of annoyance. But they just weren't her. The Time Lord briefly cast his mind to thoughts on how she was, smiling to himself as he remembered the new title she had adopted.
"Rose Tyler, Defender of the Earth." He chuckled to himself, leaning forward and finally pushing himself to his feet. Rubbing his hands down his face, wiping the sombre thoughts away to the back of his mind for the moment, he decided to continue on with his travels. But where too? Where could he go this time? There were still so many places to go, places he hadn't seen, even though he had pretty much travelled the length and breadth of the universe. So many times to explore, so much to do and see. He turned, a smile in his eyes to where his companions normally stood, half expecting some remark about...something. Anything that came to their mind. His face fell again. Oh yeah, no one there. Heaving an explosive sigh, he turned back to the console, jabbing the buttons and pulling levers with more force than was really necessary. He positioned himself to begin the Dematerialisation Sequence, when an alarm on a scanner began beeping incessantly, soon followed by its neighbours. Frowning, he ran round to them, pulling down the screen above them as he went.
"What's the matter with you lot, eh? What's got you in such a tizzy?" He looked at the screen, and his frown deepened. Symbols flashed down the monitor too fast for human eyes, but just the perfect speed for him. He tapped the screen, hoping that it was a misreading. No such luck.
"Transwarp wave?" His eyes suddenly widened as he realised he was sitting in front of the oncoming tidal wave of energy. With a brand new fervour, he ran around the console, typing everything that he could to get the engines moving faster, glancing at the screen every now and then.
"30 seconds to impact...
20 seconds to impact...
15 seconds..."
"Come on, come on!"
"10 seconds to impact...
9, 8, 7, 6, 5..." The engine came online, rising and falling with a sudden urgency, shattering the walls of reality and powering the ship through and into the relative safety of the Time Vortex. And not a moment too soon, the Doctor realised with a sigh of relief. Mere seconds after he had entered the Vortex, the brunt of the Transwarp Wave surged through the area he had been sitting in, carrying with it energies that would have done God knows what to his machine. The Time Lord tracked the wave from inside the Vortex, keeping a window just big enough to peep through open. He patted the console affectionately, turning back to the screen.
"Now then, let's find out where that wave came from, shall we?" He looked over his shoulder, beaming, and then mentally kicking himself. He would have to remember that he had no companion to congratulate him or argue with him this time. He sighed, already working on the scanners and instruments needed to follow the wave back to point of origin.
"Well, at least now I don't need to pick at random for a location to go to. Who knows where I could have ended up?" Watching the screen, his fingers expertly danced over the controls, following the energy readings through Time and Space, all the way to the point of the explosion that had caused a wave of that magnitude to rip through the universe. The Time Lord knew one thing about this new adventure he found himself embarking on; that wave didn't have a natural cause. He had to find out where the blast had originated from, and stop whatever it was from doing it again. Finally materialising from the Vortex above the planet of origin, he blinked and rubbed his eyes before tapping the screen and checking the coordinates. He frowned.
"What?" A beautiful blue and green sphere slowly spun below him.
"What?" White clouds swirled in hazy patterns above glistening blue seas. "Bu..." The faint blue halo of the atmosphere seemed to crown the beautiful planet below him. "What?" The planet he was hovering over at the moment, if his scanners were right and his eyes didn't deceive him, was none other than prehistoric Earth.
Ok, so there's chapter 1. Hope you all like it! Stay tuned for the next instalment!
