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(with Miss Frizzles)

It was that time again: time for another fieldtrip to space. Today they were studying Saturn and it's rings. The class had to admit, it was a bit strange looking at them close up. They didn't look anything like the pictures close up.

"Miss Frizzle, why aren't the rings connected like in all of the pictures?" Keesha asked.

Miss Frizzle smiled and said," That's a very good question Keesha! You see, Saturn's rings are actually made up of thousands of bits of rock, its moons, and other particles from space. They are constantly in motion to escape from being pulled towards the planet because of the planets massive gravitational pull. The cameras that take pictures of the planet capture the bits that make up the rings in motion from a distance, so you can see them individually."

The class nodded their heads, while Ralphie looked out the window. "Uh, Miss Frizzle? Remember how you said Saturn pulls things toward it because of its gravitational pull?" He said. Miss Fizzle turned toward him and nodded. "Well, it's pulling something directly toward us!" He said. Miss Frizzle ran to the window just in time to see meteoroid hurtling towards the bus.

" Everyone get to your seats! Hang on children!" she said running toward the drivers seat. She began pulling levers and pressing buttons to get out of the way of the space rock, but it was to quick. WAM! The meteoroid slammed into the bus, sending it flying. The lights flickered inside the bus for a little before half of them stayed on. Miss Frizzle got up. " Everyone alright?" She said looking around. Everyone was getting up. No one looked like they had broken a bone or had taken to much damage, just a bit shaken.

"I'm fine." Said Tim. Carlos and Ralphie nodded as well.

"We're all ok." Wanda said as she helped up Keesha and Phoebe helped up Dorothy Anne.

"Arnold? What about you?" Miss Frizzle said a bit worried. Everyone looked to the back of the bus where the red head was clinging for dear life to the seat.

"I-I knew I should have stayed home today!" He exclaimed. Miss Frizzles smiled. Arnold was obviously fine.

"All right. If everyone is ok, then I think it's time to head home! Seatbelts, everyone!" Miss Frizzle said in her usual cheery voice. The children had enough for one day, and she could tell. It was best to head home.

"Thank you!" Arnold said happily.

She smiled, put the bus into drive, and stepped on the gas….but nothing happened. She looked confused and trued again; still nothing happened. She tried one more time. This time she heard a strange grinding noise.

"What's going on?" Wanda asked.

Miss Frizzle got up and opened the secret compartment that lead to the engine of the bus. When she opened it, smoke and a few sparks poured out. As she coughed she quickly closed it. "Well that's unfortunate." She said, a small frown appearing on her face. "Well class, it looks like we'll be stuck here for a while-" she said but was cut off by the class.

"WHAT?!" They all said in unison. They all started panicking.

"We're going to be stuck here forever!" Ralphie shouted.

"We're lost! Stranded! Alone! Hopeless in space!" Carlos said hysterically.

"This never happened at my old school!" said Phoebe.

"I KNEW I SHOLD HAVE STAYED HOME TODAY!" Arnold shouted.

"Children, children! Please calm down! This is not the time to panic!" Miss Frizzle said.

"Not the time to panic?! This is the perfect time to panic!" Carlos exclaimed.

"Trust me, we'll be fine!" She responded, "All I need to do is call up an old friend, and we'll get out of this situation lickity-split." She picked up a phone and began dialing.

"HOW?! According to my research, there are no other life forms out here in space!" Dorothy Anne said incredulously.

Miss Frizzles turned to Dorothy after dialing with a sparkle in her eye and said, "Well I'm sorry Dorothy, but I'm afraid your research is wrong."

"Hello?" a voice with a British accent picked up on the other end of the line.

"Hello Doctor!" Miss Frizzles said happily.

"Valerie? Is that you?" The voice said.

"Yup, and I need a little favor." She replied.

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(with the doctor and companions)

"We're lost again, aren't we?" Amy said to the Doctor, her arms folded over her chest. The Doctor was busy working at the consul of the TARDIS. They were somewhere out in deep space.

"We are not lost. The TARDIS is just being a bit wibbly wobbly and not taking us to our desired location." the Doctor explained.

"Soooo we're lost." Amy said.

The Doctor sighed in defeat. "Yes we're lost." the Doctor said.

"Does this usually happen?" Rory asked. This was only his second adventure on the TARDIS.

"Unfortunately, yes." Amy said. The Doctor shot her an annoyed look. He was about to respond when he heard the phone ring. He went over to pick up the phone.

"Hello?" he said.

"Hello Doctor!" a cheerful female voice with an American accent replied.

The Doctor's eyes widened as he recognized the voice on the other end. He hadn't heard from her in decades! " Valerie? Is that you?" he asked, just to make sure he wasn't imagining it.

"Yup!" she replied, "an I need a little favor."

"Well what is it? I'd be happy to help out an old friend like you!" He replied cheerfully.

"That's great!" she replied.

Amy and Rory exchanged confused looks. "Doctor, who is Valerie and-" Amy began but was cut off by the Doctor shushing her. Amy glared at him and folded her arms over her chest.

"So what do you need?" The Doctor asked.

"Well my class and I were out by Saturn's rings and I was teaching about them when a meteoroid hit the bus. The engine is on the fritz, and I need your help fixing it." Valerie said.

The Doctor couldn't help but chuckle. "Sorry, but I just find it funny that your type 80 can do all sorts of amazing things like shrink and grow that you always brag about, and yet it can't take a hit from a simple meteoroid! I told you those things were unreliable."

"And yet you're the one who's always getting lost in space!" Valerie said. The Doctor rolled his eyes as he heard her snicker on the other end.

"I am not always getting lost. My TARDIS literally has a mind of it's own!" The doctor said in reply. He could practically see her rolling her eyes at him and he could definitely hear Amy and Rory laughing. He signed as he said, "Ok, maybe I am. But anyways, you said you needed my help, what's the place and date of where you are?"

"We're still near by the rings of Saturn, facing the sun. The date is March 16, 1996." Valerie said.

"Good, now I must warn you, I have regenerated a couple times since we last met…" he said trialing off.

"How many?" she said.

"…well, seven to be exact." He replied.

Valerie sighed. "You really should be more careful." She replied.

"I am careful! I'm the king of careful!" the doctor replied.

"I'll just have to take your word for it. Just please head over soon, alright?" Valerie said.

"Alright. See you soon!" The doctor said hanging up the phone.

"Who was that?" Amy asked as the doctor headed over to the consol.

"That was an old friend of mine, or should I say, a very, very, very old friend of mine." Said the doctor with a grin as he was typing in the date Miss Frizzle had given him. "And right now, we're going to go see her!" he finished grabbing a leaver. "Hold onto something!" he said as he pulled it, causing the TARDIS to shake and make it's usual whooshing sound.

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To be continued