The Laws
Doctor Who (3rd Doctor) / Caprica Crossover by Mr Scirev.
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Chapter 1
The Doctor and his assistant Jo Grant were in the canteen at UNIT. After they had finished eating they left in the TARDIS for a short trip. He was free from the Time Lords' punishment, free to leave Earth once more.
After a few minutes, it was clear that their journey was over. The Doctor planned to go to Metebilis 3 in the Acteon Galaxy but it seemed that something was wrong with the TARDIS and they had ended up somewhere else. One of the navigation circuits was definitely faulty. It wasn't the first time this happened...
The Doctor looked at the screen on the central console. The scene outside was that of a corridor within some office building.
"Where are we, Doctor? Is this 20th-century earth?" Jo asked.
"No. Sensors indicate that this is the Cyrannus System. A planet called Caprica. It's very much like Earth. The people somehow remind me of the old prediluvian civilisations on Earth. The first War hasn't occurred yet, it's still 58 years in the future. Let's go investigate, Jo" the Doctor replied.
The Doctor and Jo walked through various corridors and came across a laboratory. It was a robotics laboratory. They opened the door and entered the lab. They saw some scientists working on their new intelligent robot – the prototype U-87 Cyber Combat Unit. They had been having trouble getting the robots to actually work intelligently at all. The Doctor introduced himself as a visiting scientist, "Professor Dr Jones", from the University of Caprica and said he would try to help them if he could. "You can call me the Doctor. This is my assistant, Miss Jo Grant."
The main scientist was computer engineer Daniel Greystone. He had worked on this robot for quite some time now. He did not seem to be impressed by this stranger with white curly hair. The robot looked quite ugly, the Doctor thought. Clearly, aesthetics were not on Greystone's mind at all.
Daniel Greystone told the Doctor and Jo that it was the MCP which was missing in this robot.
"A Master Control Program? What do you need that for?" the Doctor asked.
"No of course not. MCP is a special form of CPU, called a Meta-Cognitive Processor. We need to build one."
The Doctor explained "I can give you some tips on how to build such a processor. But you must ensure the robot is programmed to defend human life at all costs. Failure to incorporate those laws may be disastrous, to put it mildly."
"Don't tell me what to do, Doctor. I'm not an idiot and I can manage by myself! I do not need to program anything like that. These robots will be sold to the government as troop soldiers! They will need to kill humans"
The Doctor and Jo began to leave.
"And Doctor, do not come around here anymore", Daniel warned.
The Doctor and Jo left. They made their way to the TARDIS. Once inside the Doctor operated the controls to dematerialise the TARDIS and move it to a nearby area, in a street.
"What are we going to do, Doctor?" Jo asked.
"There isn't much I can do more. Too much interference and the Time Lords will intervene."
"The Time Lords? Surely they would understand." Jo looked at the Doctor.
"No. They wouldn't. They wouldn't. As you are well aware the last time I got in trouble with the Time Lords they banished me to earth and restricted me from travelling in the TARDIS."
Story (C) 2011-2016 Mr Scirev
All Marks are owned by their owners.
Doctor Who, The Doctor, Jo Grant, the Time Lords and the TARDIS are the BBC's
Battlestar Galactica, The Cylons, Daniel Greystone, Number Six, Caprica, Sharon/Boomer are Universal Studio's
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