A/N: Yay, it's my first completely angst-free fic! In fact, there's even a bit of crack lurking about. Gasp!
Welcome to my slightly mad version of The Keys of Marinus, which was one of the first Doctor Who stories ever. (Aired in 1963!) The most obvious difference here is that instead of One, Ian, Barbara and Susan, you're stuck with Ten, Rose, Donna and Jack. (Stop grumbling, you know you love them.)
I recently began watching the classic episodes of Doctor Who, and this was the first story I really found myself enjoying. For those of you with no classic DW experience, don't worry; you don't need to know a single thing about the First Doctor to read this. And for those of you who have seen it, I've tried my best not to make it too boring. I've changed the script alot; most of the original lines have been thrown in the bin, but if you see anything that sounds a bit corny, it's probably from the original script.
Hope you like it!
~M&M
Disclaimer: Insert witty disclaimer here.
Pairing: No proper pairings, but keep in mind that I'm a Ten/Rose shipper, so that may show in some parts of the fic.
Set: AU because Ten, Rose, Donna and Jack are there, and because the Doctor never says "Hold on, haven't I done this before?" That would be a paradox. And I'm too lazy for a paradox.
Rose Tyler loved her life.
She laughed as the Tardis whirred noisily, sending three of her four passengers in half a free-fall as it's console room tipped from side to side. The first two crew members, herself and 'Captain' Jack Harkness had remembered, from a long and memorable history of experience, to hold tightly on to whatever they could get their hands on. Unfortunately, the third passenger, Donna Noble, hadn't been so lucky, and was falling back and forth across the domed room, her terrified yells only interrupted by frequent bursts of "Spaceman!"
The 'Spaceman' in question was currently dancing around the console, keeping perfect balance as he joyfully hit whatever he could reach with his rubber mallet. Being the superior and oh-so-clever being that he was, the Doctor had taken careful consideration into his companions' welfares, which was exactly why he was drowning out Donna's deafening shouts by blasting Rock Lobster as loud as the Tardis' speakers would let him. And singing along, of course.
"We were at the beach! Everybody had-" "Spaceman!" "-matching towels!" Rose managed to get a better hold on the coral pillar she was clinging to and grinned to herself. Yup, this was her brilliant, impossible, non-ginger, fantastically mad life, and she loved it to bits.
"Motion in the ocean! Oooh-ah! His air hose broke! Oooh-ah! Lots of trouble! Oooh-ah! Lots of bubbles! Oooh-" "Spaceman!" "-ah!" Despite the fact that Donna was one of her best friends, Rose had to admit that the Doctor had a pretty good system going. It wasn't like Donna could shout until the song was over, since the shop girl knew that the time lord had a whole playlist created for this exact purpose.
"Twistin' round the fire, havin' fun! Bakin'-" "Spaceman!" "-potatoes, bakin' in the sun!" The Doctor suddenly stopped singing and moving altogether, only to glare at Jack, who had tried to join in, before he returned to abusing his Tardis and everyone in it.
"There goes a dog fish! Chased by a cat fish!" "SPACEMAN!" "In flew a sea robin! Watch out for that piranha! There goes a narwhal!" Rose's mouth dropped open. Where on New Earth did he learn to do such a great narwhal impression?
Before she had time to ask him, and the entire room room juddered to a halt as the Tardis reached its destination. The music switched itself off, just as the Doctor screamed "HERE COMES A BIKINI WHALE!" at the top of his lungs. There was a moment of awkward silence, before he gave the console the same glare he'd given Jack, and bounded over to where Rose had fallen to help her up.
"Here we are then!" he said happily as he grabbed her hand. "Safe and sound!"
"Spick and span!" Jack laughed from next to them, obviously finding the whole situation as funny as Rose.
"Shiver and shake!" Rose giggled back, which only made the Doctor smile even more.
The fourth addition to their party stood up, and gave the Doctor her best look of death before lunging for him, hand raised and ready to slap. Unfortunately she found herself back on the floor, as the giddy time lord had chosen that exact moment to bound towards the Tardis' doors. Which had been purely coincidence. Sort of.
"We're at the seaside!" he exclaimed. "Brilliant!" Rose joined him at the doors, and smiled at the sight that greeted her. They had indeed landed on a beach, covered with small tide pools filled with the same bright blue water that stretched out towards the horizon, glittering eerily in the afternoon sunlight. The two friends linked hands and half ran, half skipped across the beach to get a better look at the ocean.
Donna picked herself up off the ground and began to follow them, muttering darkly to herself. She stepped outside into the bright sunshine and instantly felt herself cheer up at the salty, familiar scent. "It is the sea!" she said with an excited grin, feeling like an excited child. "It's beautiful!"
Jack closed the doors behind them. "It's so...calm." he stated, unable to think of a better word, and Donna nodded. Across the water she couldn't even see a ripple; it almost looked like the sea was frozen.
"What was that?" the ex-time agent said suddenly.
"What was what?"
"It was just...like a shadow or something, out on the water." he frowned, and then shook his head and gave an uncertain grin. "Probably nothing."
Donna shrugged and rolled her eyes, and was suddenly aware of a light pressure on her shoulder. She turned slowly, half expecting Jack's 'shadow' to be there, but was instead confronted by the fact that the American's arm had wound itself around her back.
"Oi!" she yelled, and batted his arm away. "Nice try sunshine, but you're not getting anything that easily, so HA!" Donna ran off towards the Doctor and Rose, Jack's shouts that he really had seen something following close behind her.
Neither of them noticed as something dark with webbed feet emerged from the rocks behind them...
Dun dun dun!
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