Doctor Who: Season 27
The Coyotes(or, if you prefer the typical Doctor Who adventure title, The Coyotes of Death)
By Alex Stockwell
Episode 1
note: In this episode, the TARDIS has the normal console room, not the stupid fancy one in "The
Enemy Within".
Cast of Characters:
The Doctor (Paul McGann)
Bruce McCleod, a twenty year old suburban student/stoner/intellectual
Mr. Serino
Scene 1
Northern Boston, the suburbs, night time.
A man is letting his cat out. He watches as the cat walks out a few feet, then stops,
and starts hissing at something in the shadows.
Man: What is it, Lucifer? Something there? (he walks out to where the cat is hissing at,
and sees nothing) Ah, there's nothing there, ya fucking coward! Get out there!
The cat sheepishly goes into darkness, and the man goes back inside and closes the door.
As soon as he's gone, there's a growling in the darkness, then hissing, then the sounds
of two animals struggling, then nothing.
Scene 2
The Doctor is sitting on the floor of the TARDIS console room, playing solitaire. When
he realizes this game is lost, he lies back on the floor and stares at the ceiling.
The Doctor: Ooohh, god. You know, in the one thousand, one hundred, and fifty-eight
years that I've been alive, not once did I ever think I would say this, but I am so bored
right now. (he gets up and walks over to the console) I wonder how long it's been since I
used the randomizer. (he types in a code to reactivate it; the TARDIS starts, and then
eventually lands) Ah, looks like we've landed. (suddenly, the TARDIS starts shaking and
spinning, tossing the Doctor and every other non-stationary object in the room all over
the place, and then it stops on it's side; the Doctor, lying on the wall, gets up and
somehow manages to reach the console and presses the correction switch,[I forget what
it's called] returning the console room to it's usual upright position; he then looks
under the console) Oh, no! Of all the little bits that could break off, it had to be
that one. Now, I'm gonna have to go out and look for a new one of those! (annoyed, he
opens the door, and crawls out; the TARDIS has landed on a steep hillside on Earth,
explaining what happened; the time is about three in the afternoon; the Doctor gets up
and looks at the TARDIS, which is on it's side) Well, at least it happened on the one
planet that makes those bloody things! (he stands the TARDIS back up, then looks around,
sees an old, unpainted house off in the distance) And I'll be able to remember where I
parked. (he walks off in that direction)
After a little while, he finds a house where someone is home, which he can tell because
the TV is on inside. He knocks on the door, and a tall, hairy young man answers.
Bruce McCleod: Yes, sir, is there anything I can do for you?
Doctor: Yes, I had a bit of an accident on the hillside behind that old house over there,
(he points in the direction of the old house) and I was wondering if I might use your
phone.
Bruce: Wait a minute, you had an accident behind the old house?
Doctor: Yes.
Bruce: You must of been wasted, or something.
Doctor: Uh, well, no. It's not the sort of vehicle I assume your thinking of.
Bruce: Is it damaged really badly?
Doctor: No, it's just a part has broken off, and needs replacing.
Bruce: Well, maybe I can have a look at it. I'm good with stuff like that.
Doctor: Well, I suppose...don't you wanna know who I am? I could be a serial killer for
all you know.
Bruce: Well, obviously not, if you suggested I find out who you are first.
Doctor: Yes, that is true. Anyway, I am known as the Doctor!
Bruce: Doctor who?
Doctor: Yes, that's it!
Bruce: You know that names makes you sound like a rap artist?
Doctor: Yes, well, Earth has gotten a little strange in the past decade. Never mind, I'm
sorry. So, who are you?
Bruce: Bruce McCleod. Aren't you glad you asked me that?
Doctor: Pleased to meet you. (shakes Bruce's hand) So, my machine?
Bruce: Alright, let's check it out.
They walk to the hillside, and Bruce sees the TARDIS.
Bruce: Now, where did they get that?
Doctor: What?
Bruce: That police box! The local teenagers are always bringing weird shit up here, but
this beyond bizarre!
Doctor: Actually, that is my machine.
Bruce: What, that thing?
Doctor: Yes! C'mon, I'll show you.
They go inside.
Bruce: Oh, wow, man! So, like, this thing is bigger on the inside than it is on the
outside?
Doctor: Yes. You see, it's dimensionally transcendental.
Bruce: Oh, cool. So, like, where's the problem?
Doctor: Oh, it's down here. (he crouches under the console, and Bruce follows suit) See,
the ignition is broken, and I need a new one.
Bruce: Ignition? A super advanced ship like this has an ordinary, twentieth century
ignition?
Doctor: Yes,(starts examining broken ignition) well, the TARDIS doesn't like the usual,
super-advanced, Gallifreyan startup device, and refuses to run with one. But it runs
fine on an Earth ignition. And it doesn't really change the way I start it up, just what
happens after I press the button.
Bruce: So, like, you're an alien?
Doctor: Hm? Oh, yes. I come, as I said, from a planet called Gallifrey. You don't seem
as surprised as people tend to be when I tell them I'm an alien.
Bruce: Oh, well, see, I was smoking grass when you knocked, so I can take things like
that much better. So, while I'm high, tell me about your race.
Doctor: Well,(pulls out sonic screwdriver) I'm a Timelord. Basically, we look just like
you humans, except we're somewhat stronger, our body temperature is lower, we age more
slowly, and we can regenerate twelve times. (points to ignition) Hold that still, would
you?
Bruce: Okay. (holds hanging piece still) Regenerate?
Doctor: Yes, you see,(activates sonic screwdriver) when a Timelord ages to the point
where death is imminent, or injures himself to the same point, he can regenerate, not
only healing and repairing damaged tissue, but changing the Timelords appearance and
slightly changing their personality.
Bruce: So, like, how many times has this happened to you?
Doctor: Um, seven. First time, I held on to that body for too long, and I finally
collapsed on the TARDIS floor, and started regenerating, then the Timelords forced me to
regenerate as punishment for getting involved with other planets, a law they've since
made an exception on for me, then I caught a lethal dose of blue radiation on the planet
Metebelis 3, then I fell off the Pharos project sattelite dish, then I contracted
Spectrox Toxaemia, then I fell off an exercise bike during an attack on the TARDIS and
broke my neck, and then the last time I took a bullet in the shoulder and as the doctors
were looking for it with their little probe wire thingy, they accidently pierced one of
my hearts. See, they weren't expecting two.
Bruce: Wow, you've had a wild life! How old are you?
Doctor: (switching sonic screwdriver off as igniton falls into Bruce's hand) I'm one
thousand, one hundred, and fifty-eight years old.
Bruce: Is that old for a Timelord?
Doctor: Well, it is for the number of times I've regenerated, but that's because I was
four hundred and fifty before my first regeneration, and then my third, fourth, and
seventh incarnations lasted pretty long, so I guess I've taken pretty good care of
myself, all things considered. (comes out from under console) You wouldn't happen to know
someplace I could get a replacement, would you?
Bruce: (follows suit) No, but I know who would! There's this group I go to see on
Saturdays, in Brookline, and I'm sure on of them could tell you. I could introduce you
to them next time we meet.
Doctor: Yes. Of course, I'll have to stay here till then. Okay, you wouldn't happen to
know about anything strange happening around here, would you? See, that's why I'm here.
I go around time and space solving problems, freeing civilisations, but it's been kind of
slow lately, so I put the TARDIS on randomizer, hoping to find something, and it landed
on this hillside.
Bruce: Well, there's the coyotes.
Doctor: Coyotes?
Scene 3
A man is walking through the woods, at night when he sees a dark silhouette about forty
yards ahead of him. He stops in his tracks, and after about a minute or so, he realizes
it's a wolf or something like a wolf. Slowly and quietly, he turns around and slinks
away. The creature howls, he looks behind him, and sees it's coming after him. He
starts running full speed, and the creature keeps chasing him. He's going as fast as he
can, but the beast is gaining on him. Eventually, he trips over a branch, rolls on his
back and sees it lunge on top of him. He tries to fight it off, but it's too strong for
him, and it overpowers him. He lets out a blood-curdling scream right before the thing
tears his throat out.
Scene 4
The Doctor and Bruce walk back to the house and sit down. By this time, it's getting
dark.
Bruce: Want some grass?
Doctor: No, thanks.
Bruce: Yeah, I don't think I'll have any, either. So, anyway, these coyotes. Lately,
people have been seeing coyotes up on Essex Street, and there have also been cats
disappearing from that area. In fact, the other night, Mr. Serino's cat disappeared.
Doctor: Well, maybe we should investigate this. That's kind of strange, coyotes in this
part of the continent. Is it possible something alien is attracting them, something that
makes a sound that they can hear, but we can? Don't answer that, I'm always talking to
myself. Hm, maybe we should ask this Mr. Serino if he knows anything about what happened
to his cat. What's his address?
Scene 5
Later that evening, they knocked on Mr. Serino's front door, and he answered.
Mr. Serino: Yeah?
Doctor: Yes, are you Mr. Serino?
Serino: Yeah. Who are you?
Doctor: I'm the Doctor, and I believe you know Bruce here.
Serino: Yeah, I was his principal in middle school. So, whadaya want?
Doctor: Well, I understand your cat vanished recently.
Serino: Yeah, so?
Doctor: And I assume you know what happened to your cat wasn't an isolated incident.
Serino: Yeah. I've been hearing all about these coyotes.
Doctor: Ah, good, that was going to be my next question. Okay, well, perhaps you could
describe to us, in your own words, what happened.
Serino: It's like I told the cops; I let my cat out, he wouldn't go, he just stopped and
hissed. I went to see what was there, I saw nothing, I pushed my cat into the darkness,
I never saw him again.
Doctor: So your cat knew something was in the shadows, and you made him go anyway?
Serino: Yeah, like I said, I went out and saw nothing.
Doctor: Yes, well, the feline senses are h0.ighly superior to that of a human. Obviously,
your cat saw something you didn't. And obviously, it left before you went to see what it
was, and came back after your cat went into the darkness. Although, the question
remains, if these are coyotes, what are they doing here, and why are they hanging around
this small area?
Serino: What?
Bruce: He does that sometimes.
Doctor: Well, thank you for your time, Mr. Serino. You've been most helpful. Goodbye.
Serino: Yeah, bye. (closes door)
Doctor: Well, Bruce, it seems there are still some questions to be asked.
Bruce: You mean like, if it is the coyotes who are responsible for all these cats
vanishing, why hasn't anyone found any carcasses?
Doctor: Very good, Bruce. Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking. Coyotes are primal
creatures, they don't do anything with the part of the carcass they don't use, they just
leave it there. Mr. Serino should've found his cat's remains right over there, where the
cat was hissing at.
Point of view shot, from the bushes. Some kind of animal is watching them, growling.
Bruce: So, basically, you're saying that whatever got those cats took them somewhere
else and has a use for them?
Doctor: Apparently. And I intend to find out who, where, and why.
Coyote: Grrr!
End of Part One. To get the full effect, tape record or make a .wav file of that really
cool sound at the end of every episode.
The Coyotes(or, if you prefer the typical Doctor Who adventure title, The Coyotes of Death)
By Alex Stockwell
Episode 1
note: In this episode, the TARDIS has the normal console room, not the stupid fancy one in "The
Enemy Within".
Cast of Characters:
The Doctor (Paul McGann)
Bruce McCleod, a twenty year old suburban student/stoner/intellectual
Mr. Serino
Scene 1
Northern Boston, the suburbs, night time.
A man is letting his cat out. He watches as the cat walks out a few feet, then stops,
and starts hissing at something in the shadows.
Man: What is it, Lucifer? Something there? (he walks out to where the cat is hissing at,
and sees nothing) Ah, there's nothing there, ya fucking coward! Get out there!
The cat sheepishly goes into darkness, and the man goes back inside and closes the door.
As soon as he's gone, there's a growling in the darkness, then hissing, then the sounds
of two animals struggling, then nothing.
Scene 2
The Doctor is sitting on the floor of the TARDIS console room, playing solitaire. When
he realizes this game is lost, he lies back on the floor and stares at the ceiling.
The Doctor: Ooohh, god. You know, in the one thousand, one hundred, and fifty-eight
years that I've been alive, not once did I ever think I would say this, but I am so bored
right now. (he gets up and walks over to the console) I wonder how long it's been since I
used the randomizer. (he types in a code to reactivate it; the TARDIS starts, and then
eventually lands) Ah, looks like we've landed. (suddenly, the TARDIS starts shaking and
spinning, tossing the Doctor and every other non-stationary object in the room all over
the place, and then it stops on it's side; the Doctor, lying on the wall, gets up and
somehow manages to reach the console and presses the correction switch,[I forget what
it's called] returning the console room to it's usual upright position; he then looks
under the console) Oh, no! Of all the little bits that could break off, it had to be
that one. Now, I'm gonna have to go out and look for a new one of those! (annoyed, he
opens the door, and crawls out; the TARDIS has landed on a steep hillside on Earth,
explaining what happened; the time is about three in the afternoon; the Doctor gets up
and looks at the TARDIS, which is on it's side) Well, at least it happened on the one
planet that makes those bloody things! (he stands the TARDIS back up, then looks around,
sees an old, unpainted house off in the distance) And I'll be able to remember where I
parked. (he walks off in that direction)
After a little while, he finds a house where someone is home, which he can tell because
the TV is on inside. He knocks on the door, and a tall, hairy young man answers.
Bruce McCleod: Yes, sir, is there anything I can do for you?
Doctor: Yes, I had a bit of an accident on the hillside behind that old house over there,
(he points in the direction of the old house) and I was wondering if I might use your
phone.
Bruce: Wait a minute, you had an accident behind the old house?
Doctor: Yes.
Bruce: You must of been wasted, or something.
Doctor: Uh, well, no. It's not the sort of vehicle I assume your thinking of.
Bruce: Is it damaged really badly?
Doctor: No, it's just a part has broken off, and needs replacing.
Bruce: Well, maybe I can have a look at it. I'm good with stuff like that.
Doctor: Well, I suppose...don't you wanna know who I am? I could be a serial killer for
all you know.
Bruce: Well, obviously not, if you suggested I find out who you are first.
Doctor: Yes, that is true. Anyway, I am known as the Doctor!
Bruce: Doctor who?
Doctor: Yes, that's it!
Bruce: You know that names makes you sound like a rap artist?
Doctor: Yes, well, Earth has gotten a little strange in the past decade. Never mind, I'm
sorry. So, who are you?
Bruce: Bruce McCleod. Aren't you glad you asked me that?
Doctor: Pleased to meet you. (shakes Bruce's hand) So, my machine?
Bruce: Alright, let's check it out.
They walk to the hillside, and Bruce sees the TARDIS.
Bruce: Now, where did they get that?
Doctor: What?
Bruce: That police box! The local teenagers are always bringing weird shit up here, but
this beyond bizarre!
Doctor: Actually, that is my machine.
Bruce: What, that thing?
Doctor: Yes! C'mon, I'll show you.
They go inside.
Bruce: Oh, wow, man! So, like, this thing is bigger on the inside than it is on the
outside?
Doctor: Yes. You see, it's dimensionally transcendental.
Bruce: Oh, cool. So, like, where's the problem?
Doctor: Oh, it's down here. (he crouches under the console, and Bruce follows suit) See,
the ignition is broken, and I need a new one.
Bruce: Ignition? A super advanced ship like this has an ordinary, twentieth century
ignition?
Doctor: Yes,(starts examining broken ignition) well, the TARDIS doesn't like the usual,
super-advanced, Gallifreyan startup device, and refuses to run with one. But it runs
fine on an Earth ignition. And it doesn't really change the way I start it up, just what
happens after I press the button.
Bruce: So, like, you're an alien?
Doctor: Hm? Oh, yes. I come, as I said, from a planet called Gallifrey. You don't seem
as surprised as people tend to be when I tell them I'm an alien.
Bruce: Oh, well, see, I was smoking grass when you knocked, so I can take things like
that much better. So, while I'm high, tell me about your race.
Doctor: Well,(pulls out sonic screwdriver) I'm a Timelord. Basically, we look just like
you humans, except we're somewhat stronger, our body temperature is lower, we age more
slowly, and we can regenerate twelve times. (points to ignition) Hold that still, would
you?
Bruce: Okay. (holds hanging piece still) Regenerate?
Doctor: Yes, you see,(activates sonic screwdriver) when a Timelord ages to the point
where death is imminent, or injures himself to the same point, he can regenerate, not
only healing and repairing damaged tissue, but changing the Timelords appearance and
slightly changing their personality.
Bruce: So, like, how many times has this happened to you?
Doctor: Um, seven. First time, I held on to that body for too long, and I finally
collapsed on the TARDIS floor, and started regenerating, then the Timelords forced me to
regenerate as punishment for getting involved with other planets, a law they've since
made an exception on for me, then I caught a lethal dose of blue radiation on the planet
Metebelis 3, then I fell off the Pharos project sattelite dish, then I contracted
Spectrox Toxaemia, then I fell off an exercise bike during an attack on the TARDIS and
broke my neck, and then the last time I took a bullet in the shoulder and as the doctors
were looking for it with their little probe wire thingy, they accidently pierced one of
my hearts. See, they weren't expecting two.
Bruce: Wow, you've had a wild life! How old are you?
Doctor: (switching sonic screwdriver off as igniton falls into Bruce's hand) I'm one
thousand, one hundred, and fifty-eight years old.
Bruce: Is that old for a Timelord?
Doctor: Well, it is for the number of times I've regenerated, but that's because I was
four hundred and fifty before my first regeneration, and then my third, fourth, and
seventh incarnations lasted pretty long, so I guess I've taken pretty good care of
myself, all things considered. (comes out from under console) You wouldn't happen to know
someplace I could get a replacement, would you?
Bruce: (follows suit) No, but I know who would! There's this group I go to see on
Saturdays, in Brookline, and I'm sure on of them could tell you. I could introduce you
to them next time we meet.
Doctor: Yes. Of course, I'll have to stay here till then. Okay, you wouldn't happen to
know about anything strange happening around here, would you? See, that's why I'm here.
I go around time and space solving problems, freeing civilisations, but it's been kind of
slow lately, so I put the TARDIS on randomizer, hoping to find something, and it landed
on this hillside.
Bruce: Well, there's the coyotes.
Doctor: Coyotes?
Scene 3
A man is walking through the woods, at night when he sees a dark silhouette about forty
yards ahead of him. He stops in his tracks, and after about a minute or so, he realizes
it's a wolf or something like a wolf. Slowly and quietly, he turns around and slinks
away. The creature howls, he looks behind him, and sees it's coming after him. He
starts running full speed, and the creature keeps chasing him. He's going as fast as he
can, but the beast is gaining on him. Eventually, he trips over a branch, rolls on his
back and sees it lunge on top of him. He tries to fight it off, but it's too strong for
him, and it overpowers him. He lets out a blood-curdling scream right before the thing
tears his throat out.
Scene 4
The Doctor and Bruce walk back to the house and sit down. By this time, it's getting
dark.
Bruce: Want some grass?
Doctor: No, thanks.
Bruce: Yeah, I don't think I'll have any, either. So, anyway, these coyotes. Lately,
people have been seeing coyotes up on Essex Street, and there have also been cats
disappearing from that area. In fact, the other night, Mr. Serino's cat disappeared.
Doctor: Well, maybe we should investigate this. That's kind of strange, coyotes in this
part of the continent. Is it possible something alien is attracting them, something that
makes a sound that they can hear, but we can? Don't answer that, I'm always talking to
myself. Hm, maybe we should ask this Mr. Serino if he knows anything about what happened
to his cat. What's his address?
Scene 5
Later that evening, they knocked on Mr. Serino's front door, and he answered.
Mr. Serino: Yeah?
Doctor: Yes, are you Mr. Serino?
Serino: Yeah. Who are you?
Doctor: I'm the Doctor, and I believe you know Bruce here.
Serino: Yeah, I was his principal in middle school. So, whadaya want?
Doctor: Well, I understand your cat vanished recently.
Serino: Yeah, so?
Doctor: And I assume you know what happened to your cat wasn't an isolated incident.
Serino: Yeah. I've been hearing all about these coyotes.
Doctor: Ah, good, that was going to be my next question. Okay, well, perhaps you could
describe to us, in your own words, what happened.
Serino: It's like I told the cops; I let my cat out, he wouldn't go, he just stopped and
hissed. I went to see what was there, I saw nothing, I pushed my cat into the darkness,
I never saw him again.
Doctor: So your cat knew something was in the shadows, and you made him go anyway?
Serino: Yeah, like I said, I went out and saw nothing.
Doctor: Yes, well, the feline senses are h0.ighly superior to that of a human. Obviously,
your cat saw something you didn't. And obviously, it left before you went to see what it
was, and came back after your cat went into the darkness. Although, the question
remains, if these are coyotes, what are they doing here, and why are they hanging around
this small area?
Serino: What?
Bruce: He does that sometimes.
Doctor: Well, thank you for your time, Mr. Serino. You've been most helpful. Goodbye.
Serino: Yeah, bye. (closes door)
Doctor: Well, Bruce, it seems there are still some questions to be asked.
Bruce: You mean like, if it is the coyotes who are responsible for all these cats
vanishing, why hasn't anyone found any carcasses?
Doctor: Very good, Bruce. Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking. Coyotes are primal
creatures, they don't do anything with the part of the carcass they don't use, they just
leave it there. Mr. Serino should've found his cat's remains right over there, where the
cat was hissing at.
Point of view shot, from the bushes. Some kind of animal is watching them, growling.
Bruce: So, basically, you're saying that whatever got those cats took them somewhere
else and has a use for them?
Doctor: Apparently. And I intend to find out who, where, and why.
Coyote: Grrr!
End of Part One. To get the full effect, tape record or make a .wav file of that really
cool sound at the end of every episode.