The first thing the Doctor heard was a ringing in his ears. His eyes were closed. He could tell he was wet no he was in water salt water he tasted salt water. He opened his eyes and saw lots of people swimming in the water. It looked like they were having fun. He then heard the screams. Children screaming for their mothers. Mothers screaming for their children. And others were screaming in pain. The Doctor noticed a group of children not swimming very well. The Doctor tied his scarf around his stomach and swam to them.

"Grab hold to the scarf," he said to them

He swam them to shore. He untied his scarf and told the kids to hold on. He then told the oldest one to lead them to a police officer. The Doctor looked around. He saw that there were people in the water trying to get to shore. There were people floating in the water. There were people holding on to pieces of wood from the blown up pier. The Doctor then ran to two police officers he saw.

The Doctor said through pants of exhaustion "There's some kids here looking for a officer. And is there anything I ca-"

"That's him," an officer 30 yards away yelled.

"What n-" the Doctor said before getting punched in the face then kneed in the gut. The Doctor rolled on his back and was handcuffed.

"You have the right to shut-up and if you don't I'll knock you out." Said one of the officers

"What about my scarf and hat?"

The officer responded by punching him in the face. The Doctor thought "At least he's honest" then everything went black.


K-9 felt the shock of the explosion. His mechanical senses were not damaged though. He saw the Doctor fall in the water. He then lost sight of him but he did notice many people in distress. K-9 helped a man out of the water. He saw a group of kids walking around with the Doctors scarf he went to them and asked for it. They said that the Doctor wanted them to hold on till they found a police officer. K-9 led them to one and then got the scarf. He found the Doctors hat and had it put on his head. He then saw the Doctor being shoved into a cop car handcuffed. K-9 decided to follow at a distance and got the cars number. He began rolling towards the police station.


This was not what the man wanted. He had not hit the button when the bombs went off. He was still on the pier and had swum up on the beach. He checked to make sure and the transmitter was still flashing. That meant that the button was not pressed something else set it off. He did see someone arrested though. But he better not take chances he began running home.

When the Doctor came to he was in a dark room lit by an overhead lamp. He was in an integration room. He looked over and saw the one-way window.

"So you blew up the pier," said what must have been the police chief.

"No" Answered the Doctor swinging his head forward.

"Well then why did one of my officers see you get out a device and press buttons before the explosion? This device actually." He said pulling out the sonic screwdriver. "You know what happened next the pier went boom, and you possibly just killed over 50 people."

"And why did you burn that apartment building a week ago?" said an officer from a corner of the room

"Yes, Why?" said the police chief leaning towards the Doctor. He was a big man with blue eyes and curly hair.

"I didn't" Said the Doctor "I was trying to find the person who did set the bombs"

"Sure" said the police chief sitting down. "Tim leave" the Doctor heard a door open then shut and lock. "Now how did you set that up you know to make the pier explode when you touched a button?"

"I told you it wasn't me. I was trying to find the signal when I must have set it off."

"Why should I trust you?" The chief said with a sneer

"Because, I'm a Doctor."


The Doctor spent the next thirty minutes explaining that he was on vacation. That he hadn't set the bombs off. They had found the psychic paper saying he was Doctor John Smith. And after proving the sonic screwdriver was harmless he was set free.

"I could help you," said the Doctor

"What could you possibly do?" Asked the chief

"Well tell me the facts I'll help."

"Let's see, the first fire was at an abandoned apartment building. It started at midnight a week ago. When the fire was put out we found a fireproof brief case. Inside was a note saying, meet you at the wheel. Then as you saw he blew up the Pier."

"Give me a couple of minutes to think this out." Said the Doctor

"Well I have to go to a press conference."

"Can I watch this from a window anywhere?"

"I'll have Tim show you to a window."


When K-9 arrived at the station he used a laser to knock on the back door. A man answered.

"Yes oh it's a… dog?" he said

"I need to see the Doctor." K-9 answered.

"Well we've only got a Doctor John Smith"

"May I see him?"

The man carried K-9 up a flight of stairs. He walked by a window and saw a major press conference. He then saw the Doctor watching it.

"Master!" K-9 said happily.

"K-9! And you also have my scarf and hat." Said the Doctor taking his scarf and putting it on. The man set down K-9 as the Doctor took his hat and said, "Do you notice this always happens when I go on vacation?"

"Affirmative Master"


The man attended the press conference. He changed out of his wet hoodie and shirt into a shirt and tie. The police chief said that they did not know who exactly blew up the pier but they had suspects. They also said they had got a special detective from somewhere. The man looked up and saw through a second story window the man that had been arrested. He assumed this was the detective. Then the detective was handed a metal dog. And already a plan was forming in the arsonist's head.