Doctor Who at Christmas

This is a story about the Doctor's companions coming together at Christmas to celebrate the festive period together.

Chapter 1

Martha and Mickey were walking through the streets of Cardiff, on their way to see Jack at Torchwood, where they would be celebrating Christmas this year. They were walking through Roald Dhal Plass and Mickey was getting a bit nostalgic.

"You, know, the last time I was here, well, it was actually the first time I met Jack"

"Really!"

"Yeah, it was the day of the big Cardiff earthquake, which I had absolutely nothing to do with by the way" he denied.

"Oh you didn't did you?"

"Nope, not a thing to do with me"

"Okay, but why do I remember you telling me about a Slitheen wanting to cause a nuclear meltdown"

"I told you this one already didn't I?"

"Yeah, two days ago"

"Oh, sorry"

"C'mon you big idiot"

"Oi, only the doctor is allowed to call me that"

A few minutes later they walked through the doors of the tourist information centre to see Ianto shuffling some papers.

"Hi Ianto" greeted Martha.

"Martha, Mickey, Merry Christmas"

"You too, are Jack and Gwen downstairs?"

"Yeah, we just got back, there was an issue downtown with an alien blowfish"

"Cool, so can we go down or what?"

"Mickey!" scolded Martha, hitting him on the arm in the process.

"Sorry, but I'm tired, we had a long journey"

"Where have you come from?"

"New York, I was out there finishing up some stuff with UNIT when there was an alert, it was some Krillitane, so we stayed a little longer to help them out"

"What's a Krillitane?"

"It's this race of aliens which absorb anything, mentally and physically from the races they conquer. I was with the Doctor when they caused a problem in London a couple of years back" explained Mickey.

"Alright then, we should go down now, but I should warn you, since we lost Tosh and Owen in April, Gwen's going all out with Christmas this year"

"They were good people" said a sombre Martha.

A few minutes later the cogwheel turned and Ianto led Martha and Mickey into the hub where they saw Gwen forcing Jack to help her put up some decorations, there was tinsel and fairy lights everywhere, and even a tree in the corner of the room.

"Ah, at last, the sweet song of a nightingale to add to this festive chaos" said Jack as he dropped what he was doing and walked over to give Martha a hug.

"It's good to see you too Jack, Merry Christmas"

"You too, and hey if it isn't Mickey Mouse"

"Jumping Jack Flash"

After the briefest of silences, Mickey and Jack then greeted each other like the old friends they are.

"Hello you two, Nadolig Llawen" said Gwen.

"I take it that that's Welsh for Merry Christmas"

"Gallwch bet eich bywyd arno"

"What?"

"Nothing, it's good to see you both"

A little while later Martha and Mickey walked into Jack's office to see him looking through the paperwork on his desk.

"Looks like you've got your hands full there"

"The work of being the boss, it never ends, so what can I do for you both"

"I was wondering, do you think we should make contact with the Doctor, invite him here"

"Sure, but can I ask why?"

"It's times like this that I think of him, times when family and friends join together, I worry that he's lonely, especially after what's happened"

"Okay, let's go do it"

"Wait"

"What is it Mickey?" asked Jack.

"What if we invite as many of his past companions as we can?"

"Yeah, sometimes he needs to be reminded that he's not alone"

"Let's go get to work then"

All three of them then left the office so that they could get to work on finding all of the doctor's companions.

End of Chapter