The Doctor checked his reflection in the monitor's screen and licked his hand to smooth out some frizz in his hair. Then he straightened his bow tie.
The frizz popped up in his hair again and the Doctor sighed in frustration.
Clara had been watching the Doctor for a few minutes now and decided that enough was enough.
"Doctor!" she said sharply.
"What is it Clara?" The Doctor asked, still trying to get the frizz out of his hair.
"You promised to take me home and so far you have been standing in front of the monitor for an hour," she replied rather crossly.
"Yes, well there is no point going anywhere while looking a little beaten up."
Clara rubbed her eyes. She was tired. She figured she had the right to be tired after literally getting torn into a million pieces through the Doctor's personal Time Stream, saving the Doctor countless times.
It was really weird.
It was time to go home.
The Doctor noticed the impatient look on Clara's face and sighed. He flicked a switch and the TARDIS wheezed almost in protest as it brought Clara home.
After Clara said goodbye and walked off in the direction of her home, the Doctor's smile dropped from his face.
He was alone again.
At the end of the day he would always be alone- just the Doctor and his fantastic blue box.

The Doctor flicked another switch and punched in a few numbers. The TARDIS disappeared and spun through the shapeless Time Vortex.
Then, quite suddenly… DING… DING… DING… came the warning bell.
The Doctor frowned in confusion when he caught the readings in the monitor and straightened his bow tie as the TARDIS spun out of control in the VORTEX.
"Easy Girl," the Doctor whispered. He hurled himself towards the console and tried to settle her down. He pressed a few buttons but the TARDIS ignored him.
Suddenly, there was a familiar sound and the Doctor knew the TARDIS was landing. Holding his breath, the Doctor checked the monitor and raised an eyebrow.
"Why have you brought me here, girl?" he asked but the TARDIS gave no response. He shook his head and read the words on the monitor again.

Location: Morayfield
State: Queensland
Country: Australia
Continent: Australasia
Planet: Earth
District: Solar System
Galaxy: Milky Way
Time:
12:00am, 1
st January, 2018

The Doctor brought up an image on the monitor. It was night time outside and the TARDIS appeared to be parked in some kind of field. He saw a twinkle of lights where a shopping centre ran next to a road in the distance.
"Why are we here? There is nothing special here!" The Doctor protested to the TARDIS.
Just then, there was a 'THUMP!' on the TARDIS as something special slammed on the TARDIS's doors.

Earlier that day…
The engine of the Ute sounded like it was going to die as it slowly limped into the township of Morayfield.
Elena winced as the driver next to her put his foot down on the breaks and they let out a high-pitched sound.
"I should probably give this thing a service," the driver laughed as he pulled into the local motel.
Elena didn't say anything.
"Here we are, lovie. Although why you would want to back-pack here is beyond me. This is Morayfield- there is nothing special here'.
"You'll be surprised," Elena responded, opening the door. Breathing in a gulp of air, she went round and grabbed her heavy bag from the Ute's tray.
"Thank you for the lift," she told the driver as he sped away.
Pulling her bag over her shoulder, Elena walked towards the motels reception, deep in thought.
She had travelled all the way across Australia to this town. Backpacking and hitchhiking wasn't ideal, but it was the best she could do with limited money and no paperwork.
After Elena checked in and dumped her pack-back on the floor of her tiny room, she took out her guitar.
It was New Year Eves and the shopping centre would be packed to the roof with people to see the fireworks.
Time to earn some cash.

Elena was proficient with the guitar. After she found nice spot by the entrance to the shops she started to play some songs. People must have liked her singing because the one dollar coins never stopped being dropped into her guitar case. Elena even got a few 5 dollar notes. Elena estimated she had enough money for a new pair of shoes and a Frozen Coke and decided to pack up her stuff. Besides, the fireworks were about to start soon. Picking up her guitar case, Elena started to walk across the carpark towards where the field and creek started. Most of the people were up in the top car park to get a better view so where Elena was walking there wasn't any people. Which was how she decided it was weird to hear somebody walking behind her.
Elena suddenly felt sick inner stomach and turned her head but kept walking. Behind her was the outline of two dog-like creatures in the shadows. They were very large... About as tall as a Great Dane. Elena walked quicker.. Almost trotting. Then one of the dogs raised its head and howled.
Elena broke into a run.
There were no wolves in Australia!
One of the dogs stepped out of the shadows and Elena tidied a glance. What she saw made her gasp in fright.
The so-called wolf was made completely out of metal. All of its parts fitted together like some kind of steampunk machine and it was silver in colour. It snapped at Elena and broke into a run after her, covering the distance very quickly. Elena leapt the fence and nearly tripped over.
Running on pure adrenaline, she reached the field just as the wolf caught up to her. It snapped at her, its metal teeth making a hollow clang sound.
It's eyes were red and hollow... There was no soul, no light in those eyes. Elena felt fear build up inside of her, threatening to explode.
And the wolf leapt.
Elena cried out and raised her hands to protect herself...
Bang! The wolf hit some kind of barrier and broke into a million pieces. Elena was thrown back ten metres and landed on her back. Stunned and feeling very sore, Elena's vision blurred. Suddenly, a mysterious sound filled the air... A curious whirring sound. A blue box materialized next to Elena. Shocked, she got shakily to her feet.
Her vision was still blurry and she had a massive headache. There was another howl as the second wolf that Elena had forgotten about leapt onto her. She fell against the box's door as the wolf clawed at her neck. A curious metallic smell filled the air and Elena realized it was her own blood. The wolf's teeth clamped around Elena's shoulder. The pain made her cry out. She could feel her vision blurring. The doors of the blue box opened and Elena and the wolf fell backwards into it…

The Doctor opened up the doors and the woman and wolf tumbled into the TARDIS. Acting quickly, the Doctor clicked his sonic screw driver several times, trying to fine the right setting as the metal wolf advanced on him.
'Come on...' The doctor muttered. Finally the screwdriver locked onto the wolf and it's red eyes dimmed as it shut down and fell to pieces and the Doctor was left with a woman bleeding out all over the TARDIS floor. She looked deathly pale but kind of peaceful.
Scanning her with his screwdriver, the doctor noted her tanned skin and dark brown hair. Definitely and Aussie girl. Kind of pretty too…
He pulled out his stethoscope to check her pulse and frowned.
Human hearts came in sets of two... So why was this woman's heart in sets of four? Like she had two hearts...
'Impossible!' the doctor said out loud. The Time Lords were all gone now... Lost in the pocket universe.
He picked up the woman and managed to carry her to the sick bay. Setting her down on one of the healing beds, he took her temperature and scanned her brain and did a blood test.
All of them were proof that this woman was Gallifreyan indeed.
Curiously, her brain was slightly larger than an average Time Lord's.
The Doctor put his pondering face on as he fixed his bow tie. There was nothing more to be done then to weight for the woman to wake up.

And then the woman woke up.


New Chapter coming soon... Chapter 2: Cybermen and their Pets