Chapter 2
I couldn't believe it. I had just met the most amazing man in the entire universe and helped save an entire school of children only to have it taken away from me in the blink of an eye by some tin can with a laser. In that moment when the doctor was blasted by the daleks laser I was filled with so much anger, but also sorrow because I knew he existed and now he was gone and I knew that I was going to die. In that moment, before the dalek blasted me I prepared for death.
But when I thought I was about to die I heard a gunshot from far away and suddenly the dalek exploded in the chest and the alien inside just died.
"What just…"
"Never mind that…help me up."
I looked down relieved that the doctor was still alive. I leaned down to pick him up.
"Doctor! Oh I'm so glad you're all right, I'd thought I'd lost you."
"Yes yes yes, wonderful reunion maybe we can talk later when I'm not in an insurmountable amount of pain. Come on take me back to the TARDIS."
With his arm over my shoulder I hobbled him out of the building and back to his ship. He handed me the key and I opened it up and walked inside.
"Wow it's so much bigger on the inside" I said.
"Oh, I love it when people say that."
"I know that's why I said it, half time lord remember? Member, December, ender, ending, pie! Whoa, that was weird."
He grunted. "We haven't got much time left, quick put me in that chair."
I walked him over to the chair and put him in it.
"Are there any orange blips?"
"What?"
"Look at the screen and tell me if you see any orange blips."
I went to the control panel and looked at the screen and all I saw was a blue screen.
"No, there's nothing on the screen."
"Good now head over to the TARDIS controls set the dials to eleven, flip the switch and the green lever, and set the meter to a sign that looks like an upside down T with a slash through it."
I did as he asked. Normally, it would have taken me minutes to find just one button on this control panel but with half of the doctor's knowledge I did that fairly quickly.
"Good boy now sit in this chair right next to me."
I went next to him however the moment I sat down these cuffs appeared out of the chairs, wrapped themselves around my ankles and legs, and two helmets descended from the ceiling.
"Doctor what's happening? What are you doing?"
"Look just don't question it right now I'll explain it all later. Oh and by the way you might feel some slight discomfort."
"How sli-AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Turns out that slight discomfort felt like all my cells were burning at once, my blood boiled, my heart sped up to incredibly fast rates, and I could feel the electricity coursing through my nerves. I felt every little thing in my body and then I blacked out.
I awoke I don't know how long later still attached to the chair but without the doctor by my side. Suddenly, as though it responded to me waking up, the cuffs retracted back into the chair. I got up and I noticed that my legs were all stiff from… whatever it is that happened but also that I was about a foot taller now, I used to be five feet now I'm around 6'2 and while I enjoyed that I was taller I still had no idea what was happening. I needed to find the doctor.
"Doctor, doctor where are you?" Something was different about my voice. "Bloody hell I'm British. Doctor, what's going on?"
I looked all around the control panel of the TARDIS but I didn't see him.
"Doctor!"
"Behind you."
I turned around and saw the doctor standing there. But it wasn't really him it was one of his blue hologram devices.
"Doctor what's happening? Why are you appearing in a hologram and not right in front of me?"
He gave me the cold stare he was known for when delivering bad news.
"Oh god, no. You can't have, why didn't you…"
"When you looked into the watch you received half of my genes as a time lord. This has only happened one other time and when it did that person went insane and almost died, and I couldn't let that happen to you."
I remembered who that person was. "Donna." "But what about you doctor?"
"Without my full genetic makeup I didn't have enough power in my body to regenerate, if you hadn't saved me I would have died for good."
I started to piece things together. "So you put us both in the chameleon arch and transferred the other half of your cells into my body."
He nodded, and yet I still had so many questions.
"But why doctor, why would you save me instead of yourself?"
"Well two reasons: One, you already had your genetic makeup mucked about with today; a second shock could have fried your brain cells wiping your mind completely. And two: What you did in there was very brave. In my nine hundred years of life I've met a handful of people who would have had the courage and the intelligence to do what you did. Plus, if I can't regenerate and you might have died if I tried to extract my cells from your body we really didn't have a lot of options."
"So where are you now? I mean your physical body, you may have transferred your genes into me but you still had your physical body."
"I gave him memories of a different life he's lived and sent him off into the world to explore and maybe live life anew."
"Okay, but if your body's gone then how are you talking to me?"
"Easy, the TARDIS is psychic so I grafted my brain into its computer processors; I can exist forever inside of a device that was meant to last forever. The beauty of it all is that I'm still here, the real me, and since I'm inside the TARDIS I'm tuned in to its psychic field and I can see time and space inside the vortex. It's marvelous."
This was a lot to take in at once but I was able to wrap my head around it. "Well looks like everybody wins, you get to keep your body and mind inside the TARDIS for as long as she lasts, and I'm now the last of the time lords meaning that I can never die."
He pursed his lips together. "Well not exactly, the fusion of foreign cells to an entirely different body takes a while to synchronize so you won't be able to regenerate for a good two or three days. So try not to die, okay?"
I nodded. "Right this is it then, my new life as a time lord. I'll be out saving people, exploring the universe, and defeating evil wherever it may be. Before we go I'd better tell my parents what I'm doing, wouldn't want them freaking out on me."
I reached for the controls and started pulling the levers, flipping the switches, and tried not to fall down as I flew the TARDIS home.
Will's house 3:30 PM
My mother and father were sitting in the living room watching TV together until my mother looked up at the clock.
"Where is he? He should have been home half an hour ago."
"Don't worry honey; I'm sure there's a good reason why he's a little bit late to come home."
Suddenly, in the middle of the room came winds and the sound
VWoosh-Errwoooosh-Erwoooosh-Vreewooosh
The TARDIS appeared right in middle of the living room, it was a tight squeeze but she managed it. I stepped out to greet my parents who were both awe struck.
"Hello mum, hi dad."
My mother was shocked to the point of mindless babbling. "I…I, ugh…how did…"
My father on the other hand knew what was going on; he was the original whoovian in our house and inspired me to watch the show as well. He was shocked but not as much.
"William, what's going on here? How did you get hold of a TARDIS, they aren't supposed to be real."
"Oh but it is real dad and so is everything else. The doctor, the daleks, I've seen them with my own two eyes. They're real dad even this TARDIS is real look." I opened up the TARDIS'S doors for him to see. "Bigger on the inside and everything."
"This…this is remarkable. So where is the doctor anyway? I'd like to meet the man."
I gave a somber look. "Unfortunately you're looking at him."
"No that can't be right, you're not the doctor."
"I am now. There was an incident with the daleks and the doctor almost didn't make it. The only way for him to survive is to transfer his genes into my body and make me a pure breed time lord. I'll prove it, doctor could you come out here please?"
Suddenly a light shined from the top of the TARDIS and projected an image of the doctor.
"Right, hello there."
Now my dad was even more shocked. "It's him, it's really him, it's the doctor."
"Well, I used to be the doctor and technically still am but the only living doctor is your child right here."
"So it's true then?" He asked
"Yep. Hold on a tick I'll be right back."
I went into the TARDIS to get a few things.
"He's a bit different now." My father said.
"Yeah, part of the transfer. He not only got my genes but also some of my height, my memories, and a few of my traits. Although some he had from the start."
A minute later I came out wearing the 10th doctor's ensemble. "Look I've got the coat, suit and tie, pants and shoes." I pulled out the sonic screwdriver. "I've even got his sonic screwdriver." I pulled out his glasses "And the glasses. I've got to say I look quite handsome in this suit, yes I do."
My father chuckled. "He defiantly has your ego."
"Oi! Watch it."
My dad looked at me. "So, I'm guessing this means that you're off to travel the universe?"
I nodded. "The galaxy needs a doctor dad and I've been chosen to be that doctor. Frankly, I'm ecstatic I'm living the dream. Going out, seeing different planets and alien races, watching history unfold before my very eyes, and running. Well, actually I'm not a fan of running but I'll get used to it." I put my hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry I'm going to come back I promise. You'll see me sooner than you think, remember I've got a time machine and can live forever. So what may seem like only an hour, a week or even a month to you could be hundreds of years to me?"
With those last words he gave me a great big hug as if saying that he approves.
"Good luck out there, think of us fondly."
"I will dad."
I began to walk into the TARDIS.
"I wish I could come with you but I've got your mom to look after and a job to do."
"I know. Oh and before I go, remember when we talked about building a TARDIS replica for the living room?"
"Yeah, I remember. We didn't do it because you're mom thought it would waste space."
"Well, how's it looking now?"
"Just as amazing as I had imagined it."
"Yeah me to. Well I'll be off see you in…I don't know when but I'll defiantly be back by the end of this year although it will be much longer to me."
I stepped inside the TARDIS and closed the doors stepping over to the control panel.
"Well, I think that went well." The doctor's form appeared in the TARDIS again.
"Yes, dad's a good man. Always calm and collective, wise with a hint of whimsy, and he always knows exactly what to say. You would've liked him doctor, so before I set off there's only one thing left to do."
"What is it?"
"Find a companion, what's a doctor without his assistant? And I think I know just where to go, hold on."
"To what? I'm an electronic image that cannot physically grab on to things. Full-fledged time lord and yet still as thick as a human."
"Oi! Don't start with me. Anyways off we go."
I set the TARDIS's controls to take me to the house of an old friend of mine.
Anna's house 5:00 pm
Anna was a bit bored. She had nothing to do, and there was nothing good on TV so she decided to call one of her closest friends William. She met him in the 7th grade and they've been great friends ever since. She dialed his cell phone number but she got no signal, it rang about three times before she got frustrated.
"Come on Will, why won't you answer?"
Suddenly, something began to appear in her room along with that noise.
VWoosh-Errwoooosh-Erwoooosh-Vreewooosh
The TARDIS appeared right in front of her bed and I stepped out of the door.
"Did someone call a doctor?" I asked. "Yeah, that's clever."
"Will, what just happened? What is that thing? Why are you dressed like that and why do you sound British?"
"I'm glad you asked Anna but first let me ask you a question, would you like to go on a trip with me?"
"What kind of trip?"
"I don't know. We could see far off planets, travel through time, we could meet the queen of England, or fly across the stars to the planet of the chrystalicks."
"That sounds…impossible, how would you manage that?"
"Didn't you see me just arrive in this big blue box? That's my ship."
The TARDIS rumbled.
"Okay so it's technically not my ship but it belongs to a good friend of mine. It's called the TARDIS which stands for time and relative dimensions in space."
"So it's a spaceship and a time machine?"
"That's right."
"She doesn't catch on very quickly does she?"
"Hey, give her a break she's new to all this and…doctor are you in my head?"
"Yes. Remember when I mentioned the TARDIS has a low level psychic field? Since you've been inside it's connecting with you allowing me to speak to you."
"Marvelous, that TARDIS is really marvelous."
"Yes she is."
"Will, are you in there?"
"Yeah I'm fine. So what do you say?"
"You still haven't answered my question. What happened?"
"Right, well I'll give you the short version. Something happened and a good friend needed my help, so I helped him but unfortunately…he didn't make it. So, he entrusted me with his ship, everything it holds, and his title of time lord."
"Time lord?"
"With this new title I am destined to travel through time and space helping solve people's problems wherever they may appear. I'm not going to lay it will be dangerous but it does get very lonely travelling all by oneself, so I'll ask you again would you like to come with me to see the universe and history unfold right in front of you."
She thought about it for a good minute until she finally came up with answer. "That sounds amazing, how could I say no?"
I smiled. I had a theory she'd like to come with me, she and I were always a bit on the weirder side which was one of the things I liked about her and I had a theory she'd enjoy a trip like this.
"All right, let's head out you and me."
We both walked towards the TARDIS.
"Wait Will, that's a bit of a small space don't you think?"
"Just step inside."
I grabbed her hand and pulled her inside the TARDIS and like anybody she was shocked about how big it was.
"Welcome to the inside of the TARDIS."
"It's so much bigger on the inside."
"Ooh, now I see why the doctor loved that phrase so much, the shock value and the sincerity make the sentence sound just so…ahhh."
I stepped over to the console and started to flip the levers and knobs preparing to take off.
"Wait!" Anna stopped me from taking off.
"What is it?"
"How long is this trip?"
"I don't know, it'll last as long as you want I guess. It could be a day or maybe a week or longer, I'm a time traveler so there is no one set time zone it's all wibbley wobbley and such."
"Well, if I'm going on a long dangerous journey than I should probably pack some things."
I sighed because I really wanted to get going but I knew she was right. "Fine, but make it quick. Only the essentials and pack for all kinds of weather."
She ran out of the TARDIS and came back around 20 minutes later with a duffel bag full of stuff.
"Well, now that you've got your stuff packed let's be off, Allons-y"
I pulled the large lever on the console and the TARDIS began to phase out, and I began my journey across time and space with my best friend.
Where will Will and Anna visit first? What enemies and allies of the doctor will they meet along the way? Can Anna survive the crazy life of a doctor's companion? These questions will be answered next time on "The new doctor"
