"Excuse me mister", said Steven with his hand raised," How are you going to live in that small box?"
"Would you like to see?", asked The Doctor with a smile beginning to appear on his face.
"Would I?" Said Steven excitedly. The Doctor could have sworn that he saw stars in the boy's eye. The Doctor opened the doors and let them all in.
"Wow!" Said Steven. The T.A.R.D.I.S. was bigger on the inside. It had coral looking things all in it." It's huge in here" Steven went inside and outside of the T.A.R.D.I.S. repeatedly. "It's smaller on the outside." Said Steven with a lot of surprize, which surprised The Doctor, because this was a kid who lived with aliens.
"I don't hear that too often." said The Doctor with a chuckle.
Connie just looked around awestruck. "How is this even possible?" asked Connie. "This defies all of the rules of physics.
"Not Time-Lord physics," said The Doctor. "Maybe I'll teach you someday"
"This could end overpopulation," said Connie, "everyone could have a place to live. With this technology, we could finally achieve world peace.
"I wouldn't go that far." Said The Doctor with another chuckle.
Steven raised his hand
"You don't need to raise your hand," said The Doctor. "What is you question Steven.
"Why is your tarnish-"
"T.A.R.D.I.S." Corrected The Doctor with slight annoyance.
"Sorry. Why is your T.A.R.D.I.S. a police telephone box?"
"Ah, well, the T.A.R.D.I.S. has a thing called a Chameleon Circuit. This Chameleon Circuit, in the first nanosecond of landing scans a 1000 mile radius, then determines which outer shell would best blend in with the environment. Then it turns right back into a police telephone box. In other words, it's broken." Said The Doctor.
"Ooh, Ooh. I have an idea," said Steven excitedly. "How about I give you the grand tour of Beach City?"
"Sure, Ok." Said The Doctor. "I guess that wou-"
"Yay!" Steven interrupted, "We'll do it tomorrow then!"
The next morning Connie went home and Steven walked outside to the
T.A.R.D.I.S. and knocked on the doors.
"Doctor let's start our tour." Yelled Steven. "This is gonna be great," said Steven to himself excitedly.
As Steven and The Doctor were walking toward Beach City, Steven talked.
"The Gems aren't bad, you know. At least mine aren't."
"I know Steven," Said The Doctor softly, "It's just that I have a bitter past with Gemkind." Suddenly The Doctor's face turned cold. "In the Time War, the war that made me the last Time-Lord, Gems took the side of the Daleks, the bad side. And for what? Conquest. But I need to put my past behind me, where it belongs." The Doctor's face quickly turned back to being cheerful and jolly. "Now tell me your story, Steven. You're obviously not human because of that gem in your stomach, but you aren't full gem either, are you?
"Nope, you're right. I'm half human and half gem," said Steven. "My mom gave up herself to make me.
"Ah," said The Doctor. Just then he thought of something. "Do you know Rose Quartz? Tall, biggish, pink hair?"
"Yeah," said Steven, "Well, actually no. She was my mom and since we can't both exist at the same time, I never got a chance to meet her. You knew her?"
"Yep. She was the first good Gem that I ever met. She gave me hope that there were good Gems out there. She was part of the reason that I choose Rose Tyler as a companion. Rose Quartz and I traveled together once. Her and that pet lion she had with her.
"Lion!" Yelled Steven with excitement
"Yes, a lion," Said The Doctor.
"No! That's what I named the lion. Lion! He's my pet now. I found him when I was on a mission and now he protects me." Explained Steven.
"Ok, so anyway, maybe I'll take you to travel with me someday." Said The Doctor
"No way," Said Steven firmly, "The Gems need me for when we go on missions and stuff."
"That's okay it's your choice. But, the T.A.R.D.I.S. is a time machine. I could have you back in seconds."
"Oh." Said Steven. "I'll think about it."
When Steven and The Doctor finally reached Beach City. Steven excitedly said:
"Welcome to The Big Donut!"
