30 Worlds: Megaforce, Episode XIII: "Doctor and the Descendants"
by William "Blissey" Raymer
Based on the Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants
Written by Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott,
the Disney-Hyperion novel The Isle of the Lost: A "Descendants" Novel
Written by Melissa de la Cruz
and
the BBC Wales for BBC One television series Doctor Who
Created by Sidney Newman, C.E. Webber and Donald Wilson
"Princess Scarlett" character taken from the Sofia the First fanfiction series The Scarlet Saga
Written by jakevoronkov1
"Skips" character taken from the Cartoon Network series Regular Show
Created by J.G. Quintel
"Xur" character taken from the Universal Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures (as successor-in-interest to Lorimar Productions) film The Last Starfighter
Written by Jonathan Betuel
AUTHOR'S NOTE: The Prologue chapter recounts the TARDIS' arrival on the Enterprise at the end of Episode XII: "The Last Hope," but is told from the perspective of the TARDIS characters. The chapter takes place after the "Last Christmas" special episode of the current (2005-present) version of Doctor Who. (As a result, the Twelfth Doctor as played by Peter Capaldi will be the primary version of The Doctor seen in this story and all remaining episodes in this series—except when previous incarnations appear as they are needed [the incarnation used in each story will be noted in an Author's Note such as this one.].)
As for the characters from the World of Descendants, this story takes place four years after the events of the 2015 Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants and may (or may not) coincide with the events of the Descendants: "Wicked World" short films or any further Descendants films.
Previously on 30 Worlds: Megaforce...
The Enterprise arrived in the Unaligned World of Babylon 5 on their continuing mission to seek out the components of the Grand Key that could stop the Army of Inter-Universal Chaos once and for all.
First, the Enterprise helped save the human race from a possibly species-destroying plague with the assistance of two military vessels. After returning dignitaries from the Interstellar Alliance—the ruling body of the Unaligned World of Babylon 5—to the Alliance capitol planet of Minbar, the Enterprise was sent forward four years by temporal wave.
Upon arriving in the Earth year 2272, the Enterprise met up with Lennier (Earth name: David), the half-human, half-Minbari son of former Alliance rulers John Sheridan and Delenn. Due to a mysterious energy pulse emanating from the Enterprise landing bay, Lennier became aged ten years in an instant.
The source of the energy pulse in question was a mysterious object resembling a 1950s-era English police telephone box that suddenly appeared in the center of the landing bay. Two people—a gray-haired man and an auburn-haired woman—came out of the box. The woman was identified as Clara Oswald, while the gray-haired man identified himself only as "The Doctor..."
PROLOGUE
Somewhere in Space and Time
In the control room of the craft known as the TARDIS, Clara Oswald stood and watched as the being known as The Doctor—the last of the Time Lords of Gallifrey (or so he thought he knew)—sketched out a mathematical equation on a chalkboard he sat next to.
"You've been working on that equation for quite some time, Doctor," Clara said. The Doctor looked up and smiled a wry smile at Clara. "And I imagine that I shall be working on it for quite some more time, Clara," he said.
"As long as you did when you calculated the equation that froze Gallifrey in time?" Clara asked. "Hopefully, not that long," The Doctor said, a rueful look on his face. But, before he could continue, the TARDIS shook with the impact of a hard landing.
From outside the TARDIS, Clara could hear a faint siren and a faint synthesized female voice calling out "Intruder Alert!" The Doctor ran over to the central control panel and flipped a few switches and levers. "Where are we?" Clara said.
The Doctor swung a display screen into view and checked the readings shown on it. "I cannot believe it!" he said. "What?" Clara said. "We've landed on another TARDIS!" The Doctor said.
Clara moved over to the panel and tried to read the displays. "What do you mean, Doctor?" she asked. "Well, look!" The Doctor said, gesturing to the display screen.
"I can't read that, and you know it!" Clara said. The Doctor frowned, then realized that the display was set to show readings in Old High Gallifreyian pictographs.
Flipping a few levers, The Doctor then swung another display into Clara's field of view. "Ah, much better," Clara said as she looked at the display, which showed a schematic of the craft they had landed on.
"Remember when I told you that the TARDIS could use its chameleon circuit to make itself look like anything—that is, if it were working properly?" The Doctor asked. Clara nodded. "Well, whoever is piloting that TARDIS must have a normally-operating circuit," The Doctor said.
Reaching into the pocket of his waistcoat and pulling out his sonic screwdriver, The Doctor gestured for Clara to join him at the exit doors. "Get behind me, Clara," The Doctor said. "We don't know what's behind these doors."
The TARDIS doors opened onto an expansive chamber. Several small space vehicles were strewn across its surface. Directly in front of the TARDIS, several small white aliens stood with weapons pointed at Clara and The Doctor.
Behind the white aliens, two humans—one, a dirty blond-haired male; the other, an auburn-haired female who almost looked like Clara—stood with arms folded across their chests. "Stand where you are," the male said. "I am Prince William of Cinnabar, and this is Princess Sofia of Enchancia."
Clara stifled a gasp. She recognized the name of the female from seeing her in the Eleventh Doctor's time-stream back on Trenzalore. "Identify yourselves," Princess Sofia said. "My companion's name is Clara Oswald. My name is The Doctor," The Doctor said in introduction. Clara simply nodded.
"How did you arrive here?" Prince William said. "Our TARDIS must have intercepted the locator beacon of this craft and automatically formed here," The Doctor said. "It was not our intention to be here."
Prince William turned to a young man standing next to him. "What do you think, Lennier?" Prince William said. The young man nodded, then said, "He speaks true, William." William looked up at Clara and the Doctor.
"Doctor, Ms. Oswald, you both have my most sincere apologies," William said with a bow. "Under the circumstances surrounding our mission, we cannot take any chances when someone or something appears from out of thin air like that."
"Apology accepted," The Doctor said. "Believe me, Prince William, when I say that if our positions were reversed, I'd have been doing what you have." "But, if you have a TARDIS, doesn't that make you a..." Clara started to say.
"Let me answer," a voice called out. Everyone shielded their eyes from a burst of white light that filled the entire landing bay. It resolved into Master Yen Sid. "Master, what a surprise," William said. "What brings you here?"
"A revelation," Yen Sid said. He then turned and saw The Doctor. "Uggh. Never liked that face. Wanted to get rid of that one as soon as possible," he said.
The Doctor cocked an eyebrow as Yen Sid's words resonated in him. "You're me," he said. "At least, a future version of me."
"Yes, I am," Yen Sid said. "And you, William, are a Time Lord as well...or at least, descended from one."
"Excuse me?" both William and The Doctor said at once. "Remember the time when your tenth incarnation's severed hand combined with excess regeneration energy and the DNA of Donna Noble?" Yen Sid said to The Doctor.
"Oh, my goodness," The Doctor said. "Him." "Him indeed," Yen Sid said. "We left him and the Time Lord Donna—after her memories were erased, of course—in the World of Sofia the First and they founded the civilization of Cinnabar."
"So both Scarlett and myself are descendants of this hybrid?" William said. "Yes," a voice from behind everyone said. William, Sofia, Yen Sid, The Doctor and Clara turned around and saw a cloud of red mist resolve into William's aunt, Princess Scarlett.
"That also explains the Cinnabar royal family's 'semi-immortality,'" Scarlett said. "It is a version of the Gallifreyian ability to regenerate." "In fact," The Doctor said, "the word 'Cinnabar' is Old High Gallifreyian for 'place of refuge while in exile.'"
"I see," William said. "The timing of your arrival on the Enterprise is impeccable, Doctor," Yen Sid said. "Why?" The Doctor said.
"An old enemy of ours is in the employ of the Army of Inter-Universal Chaos, and is currently active in the next world the Enterprise must visit," Yen Sid answered.
William turned to the nearest audio pickup. "E.R.I.N., summon all senior staff to the Briefing Room," he said. "Acknowledged, William," the voice of E.R.I.N., the Enterprise's artificial intelligence, said. William gestured for Yen Sid, The Doctor and Clara to follow him into a waiting turbolift.
::TBC::