Doctor Who and the Auton invasion of Gallifrey
In this one, lets pretend that Gallifrey is not destroyed in NuWho. It would be interesting to see how this would effect the Doctor's personality seen as he often refers himself as the last of the Timelords in the series. And also it gives me an excuse to set an adventure on Gallifrey. I do have an oc as a companion of his I am afraid, but only one. I have a few in Gallifrey, but I think I am allowed as practically all of the Doctor's adventures have someone new in them. Please Read and Review, thanks, Ham.
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In Gallifrey, a Timelady was looking at a console. Which was showing space-debris around her planet and helping to assess action of what to do with any that came close to the planet's surface. Though, to be honest, the job was dull, but sometimes necessary. The Timelady's name was officially unpronounceable for all who weren't Timelords, and for more than a few that were! But she was mostly known by the shortened name of Skucksonan or Susan as even Timelords don't like too much of a mouthful when it comes to names.
Susan was 500 years old. For some species this might be considered old. She did have grey hair and lines on her face and appeared at least beyond the first flush of youth. But for a Timelady she was actually young. Only in her first incarnation. And as Timelords have 13 she could expect to live for a few centuries, millennia even yet. She was wearing a brightly coloured green and orange dress. She was squinting at the PC screen and trying to concentrate though her routine task.
She was using the PC to track a UFO which was entering Gallifrey space. It was a small craft, it shouldn't do much damage. Gallifrey happened to be in an area of space which had plenty of space debris and rocks often hit the surface. This one looked like it was going to do so. She might have to enter a warning to were the thing looked like it was going to land, even though the odds of it hitting anyone living was small. It was more likely to cause material damage if anything. Though this was seemed a strange vessel which did not respond to any hails from Gallifrey. It had been spotted the previous week and now it was Susan's turn to monitor it. It was an odd ship. Some reports said it was showing signs of splitting up, objects that entered Gallifrey space often did. Looking at it closely, Susan agreed with this assessment. Susan thought she would check in the databanks to see if anything was known of a ship with this design.
It turned out that there was. The ship was identified as been of the Nestene conscience. But that was all. There was absolutely nothing else known about them. Still, despite been the most knowledgeable species in the Galaxy, there was still much the Timelords did not know. The other thing she noticed was that they were cross-referenced with someone called the Doctor. That made her smile. She vaguely knew of the Doctor, but as a madcap exiled Timelord. All in all, that wasn't really much to go on.
A few days later, however, it was a different story. Susan was in a crisis meeting. The ship had landed and had broken up with its sections landing in the northern Hansard forests of Leinster, the capitol region of Gallifrey were Susan was based. But in that region a series of unexplained and mysterious attacks had occured. Even causing casualties. Though it was of no threat to the structure of Gallifrey, Susan was assured, some unlucky Timelords could be killed so itwas a matter of concern. Changing the structure of Gallifrey wasn't very likely as Gallifrey was the most powerful and advanced planet in the Galaxy as it was known.
Susan was met that morning by her superior the head of the scientific galactic research, one Mr. Brian Edwards. He was explaining to her the serious nature of the situation. They began to sit down on a bench in one of Gallifreys famed tunnels, but Susan said, 'It's so stuffy here, shall we go outside?' so they stepped out on pretty cobbled streets. Many young people were around riding bikes, the sun shone high and warm though this wasn't likely to last today. Mr. Edwards explained.
'You might have heard that there was a major incident on the power station of Hansard. An explosion and many men were killed. The trouble is the cause is something of a mystery. We think that that ship or any occupants it might have had could be involved in some way.'
'Even mysterious to us?' Susan asked. Mysteries on Gallifrey with all of its power were very rare.
'Even so. There was a bomb, but there was no way it should have done the intense damage that happened to the base. The explosion and fire that occurred were far in excess of the effect the explosion that happened. Plus there have been other mysterious events around that area. Much of it has been restricted to the public and the militia have been called. But that has in itself created problems. Some of them have seen dangerous people, when they apprehended them, there was no satisfactory response, indeed the militia were fired upon. The Enemy were very hard to destroy. Even direct hits with Timeblasters did not kill them. Which makes us think they are alien, Autons perhaps and very dangerous. So I am calling a meeting. Some of the security forces will be present. The Castalian and Romana. As someone that has seen the ship you will be there as well. Also, we have called in a Timelord who has experience of the Autons, he might be able to help, one called The Doctor!'
'The Doctor!' Susan exclaimed in surprise. 'But he's such an unusual Timelord. And an exile. Even on his own submission. Will he even come if you ask him?'
'News for you then! The Doctor is here. He will be at the meeting with a couple of his companions,' Susan finished her slimtea. A refreshing drink which the Timelords had perfected. Imported all the way from the planet Cylon. A good say to start the morning, especially with this mystery on hand. She had been aware of the attack on the power plant but had not been told the whole story, the security council were playing things close to their chest. But then they hadn't yet found the ship that had crashed. Still, the Hansard forests were a big place, it would take a while to search it.
So, Susan entered the impressive chamber of stone and modern glass which hosted the major meetings of the security council. She sat down on one of the soft chairs around the table with several other major figures. In fact she was one of the junior figures present. She recognized Romana from the CIA, Celestrial Intelligiance Agency, her boss Mr. Edwards and the Castalian the head of the TimeLord militia. Mr. Edwards said, 'Ladies and Gentlemen, may I introduce, The Doctor!'
Susan took her first look at the Doctor. He did seem a strange man and she initally wondered who such an eccentric traveller could actually help such powerful Timelords. The Doctor looked younger than Susan, but in fact he was considerably older and had used up many more incarnations than Susan had. Still, he had travelled in dangerous places around the Universe and this could happen. He did stand up and gave everyone a charming smile. 'Good morning. Nice to be back home again. I wasn't sure I was going to make it. I was due for a shave back on Earth, Gallifrey barbers just aren't the same you know. And I do like to hang around on Earth. You never know when that planet is going to need me. I'm sure I heard rumours that the Daleks might be around.'
Susan looked at a girl that was the Doctor's companion, name of Martha. Martha was from Earth and did not look too pleased by the Doctor's statements. But Romana coughed and said, 'Doctor, I am all too aware of your love of that particular planet. We are pleased you could spare us some of your valuable time. To fill you in, we have had trouble with something called Nestenes. A number of fatalities even, quite unprecedented on Gallifrey itself and the Nestenes themselves are a complete mystery. I don't like mysteries. Still, you do. Could you help us before more TimeLords die?'
The Doctor's became very serious. 'Nestenes, you're communique mentioned this. And fatalities. Yes, you were right to call me. Perhaps I could help. Although...' The Doctor slapped his forehead, 'Nestenes. This is a blast from the past. And with my memory probably the oddest of the TimeLords. I have only encountered them once recently and that was in a weakened format. I haven't encountered them probably for around 7 incarnations. You know how sometimes it is hard remembering details from previous incarnations.'
'He must have a very odd memory,' muttered Susan quietly.
'Well, you try waking up in Victorian England on Earth, you memory wiped by a Gallifreyean mind-probe used rather too vigorously to get information on Daleks, spending years on the streets there, friendless, hungry, scared, only ever one step away from a mental asylum and getting back all of your memories straight,' replied the Doctor huffily as he had heard her mutter perfectly! 'And going through the Sixties twice!' he finished with a smile. Not many of the Timelords on the table understood him, though Susan noticed Martha smiling. So the Doctor continued.
'Now, then, what do I remember about Nestenes? Now, then, if you have the Nestene conscience, you will have the Autons as well. The Nestenes is a very nasty creature, especially if provoked. Sees itself as superior and has little feelings for other species. The Nestenes control the Autons. It's a bit of a complex relationship, but the Autons don't actually have a will of their own, they are powered by the Nestene. Also, the Autons are extremely tough, even for Timelords I note. But the major thing is that they control anything plastic. It's their main form of attack. Watch anything plastic you have, it could be fatal with Autons around,'
This statement was treated with some derision. 'What, all plastic,' said Romana,
'Yes,' said the Doctor.
'Plastic wires,' asked Mr. Edwards,
'Yes,' said the Doctor a little grumply.
'The plastic in our computers,' said someone else.
'Yes, all plastic, anything plastic,' the Doctor sighed.
Susan smiled and held up her hand, 'When the Doctor says all plastic, I think we can take him to mean all plastic,'
'Well, done, Susan is it?' The Doctor looked at her thoughtfully. 'Nice to have someone paying attention to me. Just because you lot are one of the most powerful species in the Galaxy,' he didn't include himself as part of this. Well, technically speaking he was by birth, not totally by blood, but he had lived such a different life than the vast majority of his fellow Timelords that he barely recognized them as the same species nowadays. 'You still have to listen. Don't get too proud,' he warned and finished his glass of water in a gulp. But looking around, he wasn't sure if he was getting through to people.
Romana then came up with a point. She held up her hand and wondered aloud. 'One thing about these Autons. What do they want from us exactly?'
'They want to invade, obviously,' said Martha,
'Yes, but why us? Why Gallifrey a target? Of all the planets in the Galaxy to choose from. They have a cheek for one thing. Gallifrey is the most powerful and invulnerable planet in the entire Galaxy. We have lived in peace and growing prosperity for centuries, Millenia even. How can one little Nestene in one ship even think of taking us on and getting away with it? They must know it will be extremely dangerous for them.' Romana paused thoughtfully, although she was the only one to consider this question, not even the Doctor.
'Can't think why Gallifrey in particular have been chosen,' he commented, 'Though it could be an interesting question. What do the Timelords have that anyone else in the Galaxy doesn't,' The Doctor paused, 'Not sure. But there is one thing you all should consider. They are a very dangerous species. You obviously have been targeted. These creatures don't do anything by halves, in fact, looking at it,' The Doctor looked around and his face became very serious, 'I think that Gallifrey is facing one of its worst crisis for centuries!'