"Okay Ponds! Where to next?" The Doctor ran happily around the control center of the TARDIS, flipping buttons and pulling levers. "We could go see the third tier of the 112th moon – although the prince did get quite cross at me last time. He kept yelling about some sort of gigantic hole in his ship? Anyways, that's not important. What about back to Medieval England? King Henry owes me a favour… Oh! How about we visit the planet made entirely of gelatin? It's quite a big tourist attraction but I'm sure something exciting is happening there."
The Doctor rambled on and on about the exciting places to go while Amy sat down next to Rory and giggled at the Doctor.
"Anywhere is fine with us, as long as it's not boring." Amy said and the Doctor beamed at her.
"That's the spirit!" Instantly, the TARDIS started wheezing, taking off to their destination. The only thing was the Doctor hadn't touched anything yet.
"What's wrong?" Rory asked, noticing his expression.
"I hadn't touched her yet. I never told her to move!" The Doctor started running around, trying to see what had happened, but he fell over. The TARDIS started shaking so badly it was almost impossible to stand up.
"Doctor!" Amy screamed. Rory had grabbed Amy's waist and secured them both to the railing. "Is this supposed to happen?"
"No." The second the Doctor said this, sparks started bursting from the main console. "That is definitely not supposed to happen." He ran around, flipping switches and doing everything he could, but it just kept getting worse. "Back away!"
They all backed away from the console and just in time too. The TARDIS main frame completely combusted and then the next second: nothing. All the shiny and flashy lights went out, the shaking stopped and they were in complete silence.
"What just happened?" Rory said nervously.
The Doctor was still, thinking in the back of his mind. This had only happened once before. Well, only happened once by accident.
"Doctor?" Rory asked again, a clear shake in his voice.
"The time vortex is gone." He said desperately. He had fixed it last time with pure luck that there was extra energy stored. That wasn't even the worst of his worries. He knew exactly where they were and he had no idea why. He had an ache in his heart thinking about it.
"Gone?" He got pulled out of his mind by Amy's worried voice. "The time vortex is gone? You can fix that though. You're the Doctor, you can fix anything. Don't tell me we're stuck here!" Her face was very distraught. Rory put an arm around her for comfort.
"Where is here anyways?" Rory asked.
"Look outside." The Doctor said. Rory did and to his surprise –
"21st century London?" He said in disbelief. "I mean, it is awful that the TARDIS is broken, but of all the foreign planets we could've got stuck in, this is kind of lucky isn't it?" Rory wasn't too reassured by the look on the Doctor's face.
"Yes, this is 21st century London, but not our London." They stepped outside, gazing at the seemingly normal busy streets.
"What do you mean?"
"We're in a parallel universe." The Doctor didn't react to the Ponds' shocked expressions. "And I have a feeling that I know exactly which one."
A/N: This is going to be a short story. Probably only one (maybe two if I'm feeling it) chapters after this. I hope you like it :) And sorry if some of the TARDIS technical stuff is wrong :S
