Alice and the Doctor By: Sylvia Klein
Alice tiredly rolled over and looked at the alarm clock that was on her bedside. It read 3:00 AM. She groaned and plopped on her back, trying to get some sleep. Alice shot out of bed as she heard a familiar whirring sound. A sound she thought she would never here in the real world. One, she thought, she would only here on TV. But, one she still hoped she would here one day. She wrapped her robe around herself and ran to the window. She sweeped the curtain aside quickly and looked. Her mouth dropped open and her eyes popped as she found herself affixed to a blue box. She knew the story behind it and the man standing in front of it looking around, specifically at HER house. He looked the same as the last time she had seen him on TV. He was wearing a tweed jacket and a bow tie. Alice grinned as she looked at his familiar features. She quickly turned around and ran down the stairs, taking them two at a time. She wretched open the door and ran outside.
She didn't notice the man had moved until she hit a solid fleshy wall and knocked him over. She fell backwards at the same time. She popped up quickly and pulled him up. She was bobbing on the tips of her toes in excitement. "HI! I'm Alice Fields and you're the Doctor!" Then man blinked and slowly said "Hello there, and how do you know that?" Alice pointed to the TV, which was visible through the downstairs window. "You're on the telly!" Alice noticed he looked a bit shocked and confused. So, she did what her mother used to do. "Errr. Would you like a cup of tea?" When slowly began to nod, Alice ran into her house and slowly set to work making two cups of tea.
She grinned to herself as she thought "I can't believe I'm talking to the Doctor of all people. Here I am, my dream coming true, talking to my favorite fictional character, or apparently not fictional." She was soon done and picked up the two cups and carried them to her living room. She set them on the glass coffee table and sat on her sofa. She looked up to find him sitting on the chair opposite. She blinked, surprised. He picked up his cup and took a sip. She looked at him over the rim of her cup as he slowly began to speak.
"How do you know me from the telly?" Alice swallowed the tea that was in her mouth before quickly rambling off an explanation. "It's, well rather you, are from a very cool TV show! Doctor Who. It's been on for nearly sixty years." Alice watched his face for a reaction about what she had just said. But, he just sat there sipping his tea. Alice was quiet and she assumed it was quite a bit to take in. It was silent, the entire time he drank his tea. Alice did the same, waiting for him to speak. He slowly placed his cup back on the coffee table and said "This show, is it popular?" She grinned widely, before nodding figgurously and saying "YES! My friends and I all watch it! We think it's brilliant!" She could have added that her friends thought that he was brilliant too, but she doubted they'd like her much after that.
It was a few more minutes before he began to speak again. He stood and said "Thank you for that interesting talk and the tea. But, places to be, daleks to stop, worlds to save!" He was walking towards the door, when Alice stood abruptly, knocking over the coffee table. She ignored it and held out a hand towards him. She paused, thinking "I may never see him again!" She spoke saying "WAIT! Couldn't !…go with you? My families long gone, my friends are all about to move away! And here I am stuck in this big empty house."
She waited for a response, her breath and heart were quickening as he took longer and longer to respond. He turned slowly and faced her. "But, it will be dangerous." Alice nodded briskly. "And…." She hoped he would say yes, and this time tomorrow she would be traveling in the TARDIS. She wondered if there was something she could say, she wondered if flattery would work. She smirked slightly and pointed the the red bowtie he was wearing. "Bowties are cool!" He grinned and her and adjusted it as he said "You think so? Well then Fields, pack some bags. You're going on a whirlwind adventure through time and space!" She jumped quite high as a scream escaped her mouth. "YES!" She turned to run up to her bedroom before stopping and turning around. She whispered in a deadly tone "Don't you even think about moving from that spot!"
With that she turned and ran up the stairs, for the last time and returned to her room. She opened the door of her closet and pulled out the suitcase, backpack, and purse. She began to stuff each bag with everything she would ever need. She hoped she'd never return here. She pulled of her pajamas and put on a pair of jeans, a sweatshirt, and her favorite trainers. She picked everything up and ran down the stairs. When she reached the living room, she set the bags down and walked up to the Doctor. She hugged him and very seriously said "Thank you."
He smiled brightly at her and held out his hand. She took it and began to walk with him out of her house, for the last time. He stopped and turned to her " Well then Alice, ready?" She nodded, face affixed to the blue box mere feet away from here. He let go of her hand she ran towards the door of the old police box. She quickly pulled the doors open. She ran to the middle and spun around in a circle, slowly. "It's just like I imagined! The Doctor walked in behind her. He smiled softly at her as he walked to the controls. He grinned at her before saying " Where too? Future, Past, This World, New Worlds?" She didn't need to think about it for long. She shouted out "Future and New Worlds!" She couldn't imagine what another world would look like. She closed her eyes and held on as the box began to shake. She couldn't believe that her dreams had come true and that she was now a companion to the Doctor.