A/N: Hawwooo! Thank you all those that R&R my RH story! Now I bring you, Doctor Who! Which, of course starts with a RH/DW crossover! But no Daine, sorry! Lol Hope you enjoy!
The Doctor turned some dials on the console of the TARDIS. He had long forgotten what these dials actually did, but he did remember that it was important to turn them when travelling through the Time Space Continuum. When the TARDIS gave the all clear that they were travelling safely, the Doctor stood back and sighed.
He was travelling away from Donna, the runaway bride. He sighed again, thinking of some of her last words, telling him to find someone to travel with. The Doctor couldn't resist a third sigh.
Then the TARDIS made the familiar thunk noise she makes when she lands.
He stepped out of the door, into a cold stony room. It was dark, so he used his sonic screwdriver to turn on the lights. The sonic screwdriver buzzed, but no lights turned on. He tried again, but the same happened. He aimed the screwdriver in a different direction, changing the frequency at the same time. He heard a door unlock from very close by. He stepped forward, to meet the door and then he opened it.
Light flooded the tiny room, which the TARDIS practically swallowed whole. "Hm. Landed in another cupboard." The Doctor looked around. "A cupboard in a castle. No wonder the lights wouldn't turn on," he muttered to himself.
The Doctor didn't have to wander far before he met up with some castle guards. They immediately saw him as an intruder and took him to the Sheriff.
The Doctor was thrown out of the guards clutches and he struggled to keep his balance. When he straightened up, he saw the Sheriff looking him up and down. "What, is this?" He asked his guards.
"Found him in the castle wandering about sir."
The Sheriff considered this for a moment.
"If I might just ask…"
"Did I want you to speak?" The Sheriff glared at the Doctor. "A clue, no." The new comer seemed unfazed by the Sheriff. "Humph, well you're odd aren't you?"
The Doctor's face broke into a huge grin. "That I am." The Doctor tried to ask his question from before, but the Sheriff cut in.
"Are you the new jester? Because you're not very funny." The guards advanced towards the Doctor, sensing the Sheriff's dislike. "Oh, I've had enough today. First it's outlaws now this thing. Put him in the dungeon."
"Dungeon?" Oh great…
"How long do you reckon we'll be in here for then? Want to make a wager of it?"
"How can we make a wager when we have no money?" Will sighed. There he was, sat in the Sheriff's dungeons with Allan. Will had nothing against Allan, but sometimes his disregard for life annoyed him. He always assumed they'd get out of it alive.
"You, my friend need to lighten up." Will rolled his eyes.
"Allan, you need to realise how serious the situation is. We are going to hang tomorrow. I've been there once before, and so have you. I don't particularly want to go there again. Was bad enough the first time." Will sat huddled in a corner. Allan was wondering about by the door. Occasionally he would tug at it, hoping for it fall off. Unlike Will thought, he did know how serious the situation was, he just didn't want his last moments spent moping about.
Will sighed. "I hate it in here."
Before Allan could agree or disagree, some guards came in pulling along a very strange looking man. He was clean for a start, and wore clothes that nobody had ever seen before.
The guards opened the cell door and threw him in with Allan and Will. The new arrival stood up and brushed himself down. He watched the guards go then walked to the door.
"Right! Time to get out of here."
Before Allan could stop himself, he said, "I'm not being funny mate, but that door ain't going to open unless you have an axe of some sort! And you don't look like you have an axe."
The Doctor looked back, looking at the outlaws for the first time. One was tall with dark hair that fell onto his face, the other shorter with brown hair that seemed to spike up.
"Well, for starters I have incredibly large pockets. Bigger on the inside. And secondly I have this." The Doctor pulled his sonic screwdriver out of his incredibly large pockets. The two other men in the cell looked at it with a confused look on their faces.
"It's a stick." The taller one said.
"No it's not! It's a sonic…" The Doctor stopped himself there. From the looks on their faces they weren't going to know what a screwdriver was let alone a sonic one. "Oh just wait and see." He said in his impatient tone.
The strange man held the stick to the cell door. The end glowed blue, which scared Allan and Will more than they were already. The stick buzzed, then they heard a soft clunk as the door unlocked then swung open.
Allan raised his eyebrows impressed. Will just stared in disbelief.
"Shall we go?" the Doctor asked, in a boyish tone.
"You, my friend, need to meet our boss." Allan said as all three walked out. Will couldn't speak; the words didn't want to come out. He was too baffled by the stick that opened the door.
Once out of the cell door, they walked into the jailor.
"How'd you…?" But before he could finish, Allan and Will knocked him out. The Doctor watched as the man fell to the floor. He took a deep breath in, then sped towards the door, unlocking it with the sonic screwdriver when he got there. Then a thought struck him.
"Why are you two in prison?"
"Living in the wrong place wrong time," the taller one said.
The shorter one laughed and said, "Well, as well as that, we got caught in town. As outlaws we shouldn't be there."
"Why are you outlaws?"
"Because the Sheriff is an evil man that is destroying England," the taller one spoke again, his voice thick with irritation. He just wanted to get out.
"He the one that says 'A clue, no'?" He said, making his voice big when he mimicked the Sheriff.
Allan laughed, "Yeah, that's the one."
The Doctor nodded, he did get an 'evil vibe' off that guy. "Shall we go?" He had no reason to distrust these two, something about them gave him the feeling they were criminals for the greater good.
Robin, Much, Djaq and Little John walked through Nottingham, hoods up. Allan and Will hadn't come back yet, they only went to give some money to a family of two. There was a young girl starving because her mother was ill and couldn't work, therefore she couldn't afford food. Allan and Will had to take money and medicine to her then come back.
Knowing Allan, they probably ran into guards and he had to show off and fight. Much stopped himself from thinking. As annoying as Much thought Allan was, Much knew he wouldn't anything so stupid to get himself arrested.
Each outlaw scanned the square, no sign of them anywhere. Must be at the castle then. Robin signalled for them to move towards the castle. When they got closer, they saw Will and Allan fighting off some guards with another man.
When Allan and Will caught sight of Robin, they ran towards the group. Each member of the group threw off their hoods, and prepared themselves to fight. The Doctor joined them, his brow furrowed.
"We need to get back into the castle; something that belongs to me is in there!"
Nobody responded to his call. They just backed away towards the gates. The Doctor had to follow; they were his only chance of getting out.
"Sorry mate," Allan said eventually. "What was yours, is now the Sheriff's."
"You don't understand! If he gets it, then you are all done for!" the Doctor started to get a dangerous look in his eye.
"We'll worry about it later, right now we have to move. Now come on!" The leader of their group beckoned for them to leave.
Allan shrugged, "You heard the man."
The Doctor threw a last look back at the castle, then reluctantly ran. His TARDIS. He hoped that no one had or will find it.
"What do you mean got away without breaking the door? Maybe they had a key!"
The Sheriff was outraged. Not only had his new jester got away, but two of Robin Hood's men had got away too. And just to make the matters worse, the jailor was annoying him.
"Well they, they. There's only one key and that was with me. You need to see it Sheriff. Not a mark, not a scratch, not nothing."
"Not nothing implies there was something."
Meanwhile, Gisbourne was fetching an axe. The Sheriff wanted some firewood chopping. Gisbourne grumbled something about his task being guard's work as he opened the cupboard door. His eyes fell upon something not natural.
"What is that?" There was no one there to answer, and no one could have answered if there had have been any one there.
Gisbourne ran to the Great Hall, leaving the cupboard door open, showing the world a large blue box.
When they had arrived back in the forest, Robin started asking the new comer who he was and how he ended up in the Sheriff's clutches.
"Well, I, hmm how should I put this? I appeared there, with my box thing that the Sheriff must not get his hands on." He kept talking about that blue box, no one had a clue what he was talking about, but he kept on about it.
"Robin, what are we going to do with him? I mean he sticks out like a sore thumb, just look at what he's wearing."
"Pinstripe is very fashionable I'll have you know!" The outlaws gave the Doctor a look that said they didn't really care.
"Will, I don't know what we are going to do."
They all stood there thinking for a moment, the Doctor included. Allan just kept on thinking about the stick that opened the door. Maybe he could get one.
"Robin?" Will asked waiting for an answer. Everyone looked to Robin, expecting him to know.
Then the Doctor asked, "Are we in Sherwood forest? We are aren't we?" The outlaws looked at the Doctor with a confused look. "Oh! Oh! This is brilliant! I love Sherwood Forest! Almost as much as Charles Dickens, almost mind you." If the outlaws weren't confused already, they were now.
"I'm not being funny but, how can you not know where you are? I mean, I've been drunk before and not known whose floor I'm on. But never not known where I am at all!"
"Yeah well, I just appeared remember. But, if we are in Sherwood, that makes you Robin Hood, Robin of Locksley." He said, boyish enthusiasm in his voice. "And you're Little John, Allan A Dale, Much, Will Scarlet and I'm not too sure about you." He pointed at each outlaw in turn, stopping at Djaq. "Who are you?"
None of the outlaws spoke for a moment, but Robin broke the silence by asking, "How do you know our names?"
The Doctor grinned, "I know lots." The Doctor scratched his nose, as all the outlaws gave him yet more confused looks.
It hadn't taken long for the news of the escape to reach Knighton. Marion knew about it before she knew about the arrest. What intrigued her most was the new character people were mentioning. Women were saying he was an angel sent down to save us. Children were saying he was an incredible fighter and men were saying he was a pain and were all ready to throw him out.
Marion, however, expected Robin to have adopted him, seen as how he was in jail with his outlaws, which most likely made him an outlaw. So she readied her horse and set out into Sherwood Forest.
She wouldn't have noticed the camp if she hadn't have heard raised voices. She was too busy wondering who this new comer was. But the sounds of Robin shouting quickly brought her out of her thoughts.
When she got a little closer she could hear a voice she did not recognise. Could this be the strange man everyone was talking about? Or was Robin just taunting a guard or a Noble? When she got even closer she heard what they were arguing about.
"No! We are not returning to Nottingham! I'm sorry but we are not. We are dead men already and we don't need to go gallivanting off into Nottingham. It'll just make matters worse!"
"But if we don't go back to Nottingham, then someone will find my box and you will be deader than you already are!"
"Doctor, Robin's right. It's a risky enough job going into Nottingham to give money, let alone the castle. I mean look what happened to me and Will."
Before anyone else could say anything, they noticed the Doctor was no longer listening. He was looking at Marion, who had started to blush. So far, she was agreeing with the women, an angel. No! She told herself. You love Robin, but you don't want him to know that. In her mind she raised her eyebrow as she thought, Well, maybe just looking isn't a bad idea. Might make Robin jealous.
"Marion, what are you doing here?" Robin asked.
She smiled, mostly in the Doctor's direction. "I heard about an angel of sorts and came to meet him."
The Doctor frowned. "I've been called an angel before, but by nothing you will never want to meet. Trust me." The outlaws looked at him with yet another confused look. Djaq had long given up on the confused look, the words that came out of the Doctor's mouth never really made much sense and her head was hurting from too much frowning.
The Doctor smiled up to Marion. "I'm the Doctor and you must be Maid Marion."
Surprise was written all over Marion's face, she had no idea how he knew her name, but she took it in her stride and changed the topic quickly. "I heard arguing before I arrived. What's going on?"
The Doctor answered before anyone else could. "Well, something that belongs to me, a box thing, is trapped in the castle. And Robin here won't let me go back and get it. It's for his own good, but he won't listen."
Marion smiled a coy smile. Now was her chance to get Robin jealous, then hopefully he would do something about their relationship. "Well, Robin. That's what I'm here for, the castle jobs. I can find it for you and bring it back."
"Well, it's a bit big to carry. But if you could find it that would be brilliant!" The boyish twinkle was back in the Doctor's eyes.
"Why is it so important to get back?"
"Many a reason. One, it's my only piece of home. Two, if the Sheriff got his hands on it then who knows what would happen. And three, I'm sensing something around here that the Sheriff also mustn't get his hands on and I need the TARDIS to locate it."
At this the outlaw's attention was brought in. What thing? Robin was the one to ask.
"Not sure. I just know it's powerful stuff and the Sheriff can't know where it is. And if he has the TARDIS he might be able to find it. Hopefully the TARDIS should not give anything away, but she's been playing up recently. We lost something special a little while back." A sad look washed over the Doctor as he thought of Rose Tyler.
"I thought you said it was a box."
"It's a special box. It can do all sorts."
Gisbourne literally dragged the Sheriff to the cupboard where he'd found the blue box. The box disturbed him; it felt like it was alive. Once at the cupboard, Gisbourne didn't have to do anything. The box took the Sheriff's attention immediately.
The Sheriff walked up to it, inspecting every detail of the box. He looked up at the writing on it.
"What do you think a 'public police call box' is?"
"A what my Lord?"
"A public police call box. That's what the box says, can you not read Gisbourne." The Sheriff pointed at the writing on the box.
"I just didn't see it my Lord."
The Sheriff stood arms folded, then he said, "Take it to the Great Hall."
A guard that had accompanied them spoke up, "Sir, this is near where I found the jester."
"Is it now?" The Sheriff said, intrigued once more. "Well, maybe we need to find him again, I have a feeling he has something to do with this box."
"I'll send search parties into the wood. Track him down along with Hood's men."
"You go too; I can be doing with your whining today." Gisbourne scowled then walked away to find guards, dogs and whatever else he'd need to search the woods.
Marion left before Robin and the Doctor could argue anymore. She was going to head home, then go to Nottingham. She was only going to go home for a moment, just to let her father know where she is going.
Marion found herself wonder who this Doctor was and where he'd come from. He had just appeared and he looked out of time, from a different world. The box he kept talking about held her attention too.
Doctor Who?
Well, at this rate he should be Doctor Hood!
Robin sat down; weary from the constant request to go into Nottingham. He knew they would have to eventually, but he didn't want to seem like he gives in so easy. He is the leader; he makes the decisions, not the Doctor.
The Doctor wandered over to the other side of the camp, he thought it best to leave Robin alone. He'd just been shown up by Marion. He looked around the camp, and started to think of what this powerful item could be.
The Doctor and Robin didn't get to think long, because Will came crashing into the camp.
"Robin! Guards! Dogs! We have to move, now!" The outlaws shot up, grabbing what they could.
"Split up! Meet here when they've gone!" With that the outlaws all sped in different directions. The Doctor followed suit, running into the depths of the forest. He had no idea where he was going, but he felt a force pulling him in that direction.
His face lit up.
The thundering of the horse's hooves and the bark of the dogs roared through Gisbourne's head. The chase was on; the dogs had caught a scent.
After a while, they came across an abandoned camp. Hood knew. They stopped running as the dogs sniffed around. They were looking for the jester's scent. One of the dogs stopped, then looked up. It barked.
Gisbourne signalled that they should go this way. Hood was for another time. The Sheriff wanted the jester.
The Doctor stumbled into a cave. He looked around while panting. He couldn't see any great power source, but the force had stopped pulling. He fished about in his pocket for his square glasses, then put them on his face.
Then he saw what was pulling him here.
"That's beautiful!" He walked up to the green stone wedged in the wall and brushed his hand against it. It pulsed in the same way the TARDIS pulsed. It sent a shiver down the Doctor's spine. "Could it be? No, they wouldn't have." They Doctor paused. "They would have."
This stone was Gallifreyan. The Doctor thought himself stupid for not recognising it. But it was stuck in a wall. This stone had the power to show possible futures, and if the Sheriff had it, then Hell would be let loose. Well, that's what he thought it did anyway, or what it could do. The Doctor couldn't really remember what it did.
So he peered inside the stone to see if still worked. He saw a blurry green image showing him, on the scaffolds. The Doctor's heart sunk when he heard dogs barking at the entrance of the cave. Looks like this one was going to happen.
Gisbourne waltzed into the cave yelling for him to reveal himself. The Doctor stood up, removing his glasses. He couldn't let Gisbourne see the stone, if he did then it would end up in the hands of the Sheriff.
Maybe he could call the TARDIS here. No, he thought, if Gisbourne is here, then the Sheriff has the TARDIS.
The Doctor stepped forward, adopting a cheery manner, despite the fact he'd just seen himself on the scaffolds.
"Hello. Just me." He walked into view, arms raised. He couldn't be bothered with a fight. He needed to be arrested so he could get his TARDIS back.
"Arrest him." Gisbourne was about to turn away when a thought struck him. "What's back there?"
The Doctor scratched his ear. "Well, nothing really. A nice rock which I was sat on. Bit cold though. But what do you expect for a cave?"
Gisbourne could tell he was trying to hide something. When you worked with taxes you found that skill very useful, especially when peasants tried to hide things that should be taxed. "Go back there." He said to one of his guards.
After about three seconds, he came running back. "Sir, there's a gem stuck in the wall!"
"Get it out then!" The guard took another two guards with him, and after a few minutes they came back holding the glowing stone.
Gisbourne stared at the stone with awe and wonder. He took it off the guards and saw Marion, riding away with Hood. He didn't know what to be more shocked at, the fact that the woman he loved was riding away with his enemy, or that he was seeing Marion in a rock.
He quickly put it in his pack, and tried to mask his discomfort. He signalled for the guards to tie the Doctor's hands and then to attach it to a horse.
When tied, they moved towards Nottingham. The Doctor had lost all ability to pretend to be happy. The Sheriff would have Gallifreyan technology, he would hang, and he wouldn't have his TARDIS.
After running all afternoon, the outlaws ventured back to their camp. It was still in tact, but just a little messed up. They checked their things, nothing was missing.
Allan looked around the camp, something felt like it was missing though. Robin was here, as was Much, Djaq, Will and John. Then it struck him. The Doctor. Either he'd been caught or hadn't returned yet. But something about the eerie quiet of the forest after those dogs had been through told him it was most likely the first option.
When he didn't return after an hour, Allan was certain he was captured.
"Robin what are we going to do?"
"I don't know Allan. He wanted to go to Nottingham, he's there now. I think we should leave him."
"Master!" Much didn't like it when Robin got into these moods.
"Much, he was the one the Sheriff was after, if we go now, we'll just give the Sheriff the pleasure of having us all in captivity."
"I'm not being funny, but he saved mine and Will's life! If he hadn't opened the door we would have hung!"
Robin stayed quiet for a moment.
"Allan's right." All eyes fell on Will when he said that. Will was the voice of reason in the group, so when he said something was a good idea, it generally was.
"I agree." Djaq said.
"We go to Nottingham."
And that was that, Robin couldn't argue any further.
The Doctor was thrown into the same room as he was when he first met the Sheriff, who was standing behind the large oak table. The TARDIS was behind him, and the Gallifreyan rock on the table. The worst possible scenario was happening.
"Can you tell me what both these interesting items do?"
"I could. But I won't." The Sheriff glared at The Doctor, who merely laughed. "No amount of 'the evils' will make me change my mind."
"How about, if you tell me what these do, then I won't hang you tomorrow."
"Tempting offer, but you can't hang me. Won't work."
"And why not?"
"'Cos I'm special." The Doctor grinned, causing the Sheriff to cry out in rage.
He grabbed a sword from a near by guard and advanced on the Doctor, holding the blade to his neck. The Sheriff grabbed his hair, and forced his head up.
"Tell me what they do."
"Do you really want to know?"
"A clue: yes!"
The Doctor chuckle, this could be quite fun. "Well, the TARDIS travels between time and space; and that rock, not entirely sure what it does, but I think it shows the future." The grip on the Doctor's hair slackened immediately and he stood up and walked towards his TARDIS.
"Stop him!" Gisbourne said. Unfortunately for Gisbourne, the guards were now afraid of the man and his box; and backed off. So he grabbed the Doctor himself. "What do you want doing with him Sheriff?"
The Sheriff had been shocked by what the Doctor had told him, but snapped back into action when Gisbourne asked his question. "Put him in the dungeon."
"What about your deal Sheriff?" The Doctor asked, eyebrows raised questioningly.
"I lied."
"Thought as much." Then the Doctor pushed Gisbourne away and pulled the sonic screwdriver out of his pocket, turning it on as he did so. The familiar buzz resounded through the room.
The Sheriff and Gisbourne joined the cowering guards the other side of the table.
The outlaws had run into Marion on their way to Nottingham, and were now posing as guards escorting her cart into Nottingham. When the guards at the gate questioned their presence Marion quickly lied about them being extra protection for the journey through the woods. The guards believed her, and now they were walking towards the castle.
Marion went straight to the Great Hall to see Gisbourne and try to find out anything she could. The outlaws went to the prison.
When they got there, they quickly took care of the jailor to find no one was there.
"Where is he then?" Will asked.
"He'll be in the Great Hall, that's where the Sheriff has all prisoners he wants to see." Much said, and then they all ran towards the Hall.
Marion walked into the Great Hall to find the Doctor standing behind the Sheriff's table and the Sheriff cowering with his men on the other side. The Doctor grinned as she entered the room.
"Marion, so nice of you to join us! Robin not with you?"
Marion shook her head. "Why would Robin be with me?" She said this to stop Gisbourne accusing her of outlaw collaboration, but she winked at the Doctor to show that he was on his way. Her eyes fell onto the TARDIS and the green rock. In it she saw Robin's body swinging on the scaffolds. She couldn't help but gasp.
The Doctor saw the horror in her eyes and knew that she'd looked into the rock. He was getting a better understanding of it with each passing second, remembering what it was. But what he wanted to know most of all was why it was there. He'd know if he was inside the TARDIS, but before he could unlock the door, Robin and the others burst into the room.
"Took your time!" The Doctor remained behind the table, as Robin and the outlaws climbed down the stairs to the floor.
By now, the Sheriff had recovered, and yelled, "Get them!"
The Sheriff was far scarier than any rock, so the guards surrounded the outlaws. The fight broke out, and Marion moved towards where the Doctor was, not wanting to have to fight in case that gave away the fact she was the Night watchman.
When the outlaws had the upper hand, and were standing on the same side of the hall as Marion and the Doctor; they stopped fighting. Robin raised his bow, and The Doctor raised his sonic screwdriver. The guards instantly fell back. Robin chuckled, but the Doctor kept a serious look on his face.
"Will, grab the rock." Will did as he was told, then passed it to the Doctor's outstretched hand. Not before seeing the members of his family's gravestones. He almost dropped the rock, but remained calm enough to give it to the Doctor.
Djaq saw the look on his face and made a mental note to herself to talk to him later.
Once the Doctor had the rock, he nodded to Robin who fired a warning shot above Sheriff Vaysey's head.
"Till next time Vaysey." And with that, the outlaws left the room. When all but Robin were out, he turned back and said, "You not coming Doctor?"
"I have one more fright to deal out." The Doctor grinned as Robin ran out of the room. Then he turned to his TARDIS and opened the door.
Marion peered inside and saw a strange column in the middle, but the strangest thing was that it was bigger on the inside.
"Want a lift home Marion?" The Doctor yelled from the inside.
A confused look crossed Marion's face. "How? You're in a box."
The Doctor popped his head round the door and said, "I know, but I said before it's a special box. Plus it's quicker than walking."
Marion had nothing to loose. It was either stay here with Gisbourne, or go in the 'special box'. The Doctor offered his hand out, and she took it. When inside the Doctor shut the door.
Marion stared about the place in disbelief. It was huge! And there were so many strange things about the place. The Doctor beckoned her over to another box which he was looking at. On it was an image of the Great Hall.
"Watch this."
"But how?" But before the Doctor could explain the wonders of the TARDIS and the TV, there came the whooshing sound he loved so much.
On the screen, there appeared to be a breeze in the Great Hall, and the Sheriff was staring open mouthed at the TARDIS.
The Sheriff watched as the TARDIS faded between solidity and not being there at all. A wind had kicked up, and there was an awful sound that reminded him of Gisbourne's singing.
When it had faded entirely away and all that remained of the strange box, was the faint whistle of the noise it made, The Sheriff yelled, "Find him!"
The TARDIS landed in Sherwood Forest, and the Doctor popped out the door, Marion following gingerly behind. She expected to step out back into the Great Hall, so it came to her surprise when she saw trees.
"Sorry, I think I missed Knighton."
Just after the Doctor had finished talking, the outlaws burst into the clearing where they had landed. They had heard an odd noise and went to investigate. The Doctor grinned at them, and they were just more confused than they ever had been before.
Marion looked bewildered, and Robin went to her side. She smiled on the inside, thinking her plan had worked a little.
The Doctor swung on his feet for a moment before saying, "Right, everything is sorted. I'd better be off; I reckon the Sheriff'll want my head on a stick now."
"Wait!" the Doctor span back round, to look at Will. "What is that green rock thing?"
The Doctor smiled. "It's a great treasure from my home planet. It shows people the future they fear most."
"Well, if it's from your home planet, whatever one of them is, why is it here?" Allan asked.
"Well, my planet was in a war, and warring planets often hide their treasures on different planets so their enemies don't get said treasure. I guess my people just hid it here. But you don't have to worry about it anymore, I'm taking it."
"Won't your people come looking for it?"
A sad look washed over the Doctor's face. "My people are gone." The Doctor's eyes fell to the floor for a second, before he bounced back with his excited manner. "I don't think any of you would like to join me in my travels, so I'll be off! Have fun; beat the Sheriff and love your life!" The Doctor stepped back into the TARDIS, waved then shut the door.
The outlaws were about to turn away when Marion said, "No, watch this."
They did as she said, and they watched the TARDIS fade away from the forest. Leaves flew about the place, as the TARDIS whooshed away from existence.
The Doctor fiddled with some dials on the console continuously, until the TARDIS said it was safe to stop. He looked towards the rock and wondered what he would do with it.
He picked it up, and took it into the depths of the TARDIS. He put it in a cupboard where he held anything left from Gallifrey. He sighed longingly, but then pushed the thought from his mind.
He ran his mind back over the last day, from the jail to the forest. A small smile crossed his face as he thought of their faces when he'd left. He'd watched the screen, just like Marion had watched it, but less disbelieving as she did.
When he walked back into the console room, there was an odd plink noise coming from the console. A distress signal.
The Doctor grinned, a new adventure was on its way.
And that's chapter one! Please R&R! I likes to know what you think! Next chapter soon, and it introduces my own companion!