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The Soul Ship
Part One
The Tardis rocked back and forth knocking Peri off her feet. The Doctor paid no attention to her well being, he was more concern with the Tardis. Fiddling with the controls he strained to maintain his balance amongst the turbulence. Soon the Doctor's time ship came to a stop and Peri got to her feet.
"Well don't worry about me Doctor, I'm fine and do you think that our next landing could be a little less jarring?" Peri said glaring at the Doctor.
"Jarring? The Tardis is not jarring!!!" The Doctor yelled.
"What would you call that landing then?" Peri questioned.
The Doctor looked offended for a moment and then answered.
"Revitalizing, a shock to the body is good for the soul." He yelled.
"How about you just tell me where we are?" Peri smiled at him.
"According to the Tardis we're in the 30th century."
"That takes care of the when now what about the where?"
"It's rather obvious, don't you think?"
"Maybe to you, but not to me." Peri said.
"We're on a spaceship." The Doctor answered.
"How can you tell?" Peri was confused.
"Can't you hear the roar of the engines and feel the pounding beneath your feet?" The Time lord passionately asked.
"I'd rather just see for myself, Doctor." Peri said opening the Tardis doors.
Peri walked out and found herself in a small room. There was no one in sight so she scanned the walls trying to find a door.
"It's just an empty white room. I can't seem to find a way out." Peri yelled to The Doctor.
"There's always a way out Peri, Always." The Doctor said as he came out of the Tardis.
He walked around the room just as his companion had done. Beating on the walls trying to find a hidden door, he gave up after not finding anything.
"You were saying?" Peri said to The Doctor.
"Come along, perhaps some mysteries are better left unsolved." The Doctor said waving Peri back in his timeship.
The Doctor began pressing buttons on the console in front of him. Peri noticed him pounding the controls with his fist.
"Where to next?" She asked cautiously.
"I'm working on it." He said in a loud voice as he continuously fiddled with the controls.
"Is there something wrong, Doctor?" Peri was now becoming scared.
"I said I'm working on it!!!" The Doctor yelled as Peri lowered her head and walked away.
"Someone or something is interfering with the time corridor." The Doctor told Peri after realizing he had hurt her feelings.
"What does that mean?"
"It means at least for the time being we're stuck here." The Doctor informed his companion.
"We can't be!!! There's nothing out there, we can't be stuck here." Peri yelled running out of the Tardis.
The Doctor soon followed her confused by her sudden outburst.
"Peri?"
"Oh, I'm sorry Doctor. I get a little claustrophobic when I feel trapped." Peri explained.
"There's nothing to fear. We'll get out of here soon; I mean you are with me." The Doctor said as Peri smiled at him.
"What do we do now?" Peri asked.
"We must find our bearings. Follow me." The Doctor ordered as he walked in the opposite direction of the Taridis.
Peri followed him for a few minutes until they came upon a blue police box.
"That's the Tardis!!! We were walking in the opposite direction how could we come back to the Tardis?" Peri asked.
"The room is dimensionally transcendental. Similar to the inside of the Tardis except this room seemingly goes on forever." The Doctor explained.
"Then there really is nothing we can do." Peri said leaning up against the time ship and looking out into the distance.
"Doctor, I think I see someone out in the distance."
"Really? Stay here, I shall greet our visitor." The Doctor said leaving her behind.
"Doctor, wait!!! Doctor?" Peri yelled as the Doctor disappeared in the distance.
Peri again frantically yelled to the Doctor trying to find out if he was ok. Then suddenly he appeared from behind.
"Did you miss me?" The Doctor said as a man approached his side.
"Who is he?" Peri wondered.
"Peri, it is a great honor to introduce to you, the man himself, Albert Einstein." The Doctor announced.
"Einstein, but how?" Peri asked the Doctor.
"Excuse me, my young dear that is not how you address a man of my importance." Einstein explained.
"Well you two will certainly get along fine." Peri joked.
"I believe I saw two other men out there somewhere. Oh, here they are." Einstein said.
"Could it be? Isaac Newton and Leonardo Da vinci?" The Doctor was surprised.
"What's going on?" Peri asked.
"Well obviously they've been taken out of their own time, but for what reason I haven't a clue." The Doctor stated.
"What do you mean taken out of our own time? Who are you? Why have you brought us here? Einstein asked.
"I can assure you I'm not the one responsible for you being here. I'm afraid that's about all I can tell you."
"Why can't you tell them anything else, Doctor?" Peri asked.
"The web of time must be protected at all costs. If they were to learn any information about the future and they were sent back to their own times the effects could be disastrous." The Doctor yelled.
"Is that really Einstein, Newton and Da vinci?" Peri tried to ask quietly.
"I'm afraid so, Peri. Whoever brought them him must have immense power." The Doctor said.
"Excuse me sir, I demand to know why I have been brought here?" Newton screamed.
"Mr. Newton, we too are being kept here against our will." The Doctor was annoyed.
"How do you know my name?" Newton wondered.
"Newton? Isaac Newton? The Isaac Newton? That's impossible." Einstein wondered.
"Am I dead?" Da vinci asked.
"You're quite alive, but I must tell you we are all in terrible danger." The Doctor told him.
"What kind of danger?" Einstein asked.
"Honestly I'm not sure yet." The Doctor sheepishly said.
"Doctor, why can't we just tell them they are on a spaceship?" Peri asked a little too loudly.
"A spaceship? I've never heard of such a thing." Da vinci said.
"Space? Earlier my dear boy, you said we were taken out of our own time. If that's true then this would be the future?" Einstein asked.
"So much for the web of time!" The Doctor yelled.
"You might as well tell them." Peri told the Doctor.
"Perhaps you're right." The Doctor said as he turned to face the three men.
"Gentlemen, at this very moment we are on a spaceship in the 30th century. You have all been taken out of your own time and placed here. I intend to find out why." The Doctor stated.
Newton got extremely agitated and approached the Doctor.
"Just who do you think you are? You can't expect us to believe such an incredible story. You seem to know much of what is going on. I think you are behind this vicious deed."
"Who do I think I am? I'm the Doctor and I'm the only one who can get you home. So from now on, listen to me and shut your mouth." The Doctor yelled as he turned back to his companion.
"Are you alright, Doctor?"
"Quite so, Peri, Quite so. I just told Isaac Newton to shut up!!!" The Doctor shouted with glee.
"What are we going to do?" Peri asked.
"Yes, a very sensible question." Da vinci said.
"Our captors will show themselves eventually, I suggest now we make ourselves comfortable."
"Comfortable? I don't see how that will happen." Peri said.
"Quiet Peri, I must think." The Doctor yelled.
"This is Hell, you are demons!!!" Da vinci yelled.
"Quit your yelling I'm not a demon." Newton yelled.
"Of course, no doors, no cameras and yet they must be watching us. How?"
"Oh Doctor, I don't know!" Peri was confused.
"Either we are all telling the truth or one of us is not who we say we are!!!" The Doctor yelled.
"Mr. Einstein, tell me when and where were you born?" The Doctor asked.
"It was on March 14, 1879 in the city of Ulm." Einstein replied.
"That is right, now Mr. Newton same question." The Doctor said.
"This is ridiculous; I will not answer such outlandish question." Newton refused.
"The devil shall not have me!!!" Da vinci yelled as he grabbed Newton and puched him in the face.
"No harm must come to him." The Doctor yelled as he jumped into the fight.
The Doctor pushed Da vinci away and pulled Newton behind him. Newton lost his balance and fell smashing his head onto the ground.
"Doctor, he's hurt." Peri said running to Newton's side.
"He's dead." Peri said after checking his pulse.
"That's impossible, he's barely an adult. He has so much work to do, so much work that will never get done. Peri, I've changed history!!!" The Doctor was incredibly scared.