Ok. I put this up once but there were LOADS of things I had to change due to almost fatal writers block. So I'm putting it back on chapter by chapter. Sorry if this is confusing.
Prologue: On the Road Again
The Doctor had never really been bored before, well, he had, that's a lie, of course he had, nine hundred years worth of emotion, there was bound to be plenty of boredom in there. It had been a while though, since he had been really bored, he was always too busy to be bored. There was always something to do; planets to save, enemies to defeat, shelves to put up. That made him smile, and he pulled out his trusty sonic screwdriver from his jacket pocket.
"Oh, what to do" The Doctor mumbled to himself "The whole of time and space at my finger tips and you decide to shut down for a Paradox scan!"
He turned his attention to the TARDIS engine. It's usual bright green light was now dim, and occasionally it would let out a small mechanical whining noise.
"I mean, why?" He asked it "I'm careful. I know all the rules and dangers of being a time traveller. I went to school! I passed the exams! I've never caused that much trouble". He paused "Well, once". He paused again "Well, maybe more than once. But that's besides the point. You live and learn, move on, take notes not to do things again! I can handle it! I'm brilliant, I can handle anything!"
The Doctor stood up and went over to the small screen on the side of his ship and prodded it with a finger "Where are we anyway?"
A small grid appeared on the screen and he stared at it
"Orbiting Earth" He muttered "Just above Switzerland. Well that's just wonderful. So I can't even go for a walk!"
The Doctor walked down to the TARDIS doors and pulled them open. Earth stood below him, it was beautiful. Oceans and mountains seemed so small and insignificant from space. Stars glittered around it in the blackness, making the universe seem so alive, which it was. To any ordinary person, this would have been awe-striking. Looking down at such a small planet that seemed so impossibly huge, making galaxies and solar systems in the distance, billions of times bigger, seem so tiny.
But the Doctor seemed almost uninterested at such a view, and he closed the doors again.
"How long is this going to take, anyway?" He said "All of a sudden I'm really in
the mood for some chips!"
He remembered the last time he had eaten chips, when he had taken Martha back to Earth, after she had complained that she needed some normal food rather than all this new alien stuff he had been feeding her. Back when she was still his companion. But Martha was gone now, she had left him, and he had no one to talk to, or eat chips with.
The thought saddened him, and he went back up to the controls of his ship.
Well, no matter what happens, he thought while flicking switches and pulling levers, I'll still have my faithful old space ship to keep me company.
Suddenly, the TARDIS burst into life, rocking about violently, knocking the Doctor off his feet.
"What? WHAT!?" was the Doctors first response, as he was thrown from one end of his ship to another. He finally managed to grab hold of a ledge and hoisted himself upwards. He stumbled round to the screen and frowned at it.
That can't be good, he thought, That can't be good at all.
Whatever was wrong, it was somewhere on Earth, and the TARDIS was heading straight for the problem. It came to a sudden halt and the force of it threw the Doctor onto his back, and he whacked his head against the metal flooring. "Ow!" He moaned "Careful!"
After he'd got up and brushed himself down, the Doctor ran down the small set of stairs and opened one of the doors. There was a small sign outside of the TARDIS to his left.
"Sunbury Cross?" He thought out loud "I'm in London again!"
