Fflat Doctor Who Debut Series Chapter 4 6 August 2016. Hitchhikers.
The Doctor and the Nurse walked through the streets of Arcadia/ They looked very lost. They walked, looking for some water and something to nibble on but had no money with which to buy it.
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The Nurse had an idea. "There are homeless people in Arcadia," he said.
"Yes, there are," said the Doctor, clearly confused, then he saw her viewpoint. "Oh, there are!" he exclaimed. "Good idea."
"Yes, if there's any food to be had, they'll know where to get it," said the Nurse. She knew Arcadia like the back of her hand. She led the Doctor down an alleyway which was absolutely packed with homeless Time Lords and Ladies. Some were lying down and trying to sleep. Some were sitting with cups in their hands, begging for food and money, some were busying themselves, keeping younger Time Lords and Ladies alive. The less fortunate were regenerating, yet again, from starvation and exhaustion. There was an old Time Lady about a quarter of the way down the road. Her memory had slipped on how to regenerate younger when she regenerated for the tweflth time and she had regenerated into a much older body. She knew where all the free food and rides were. The Nurse approached her. "Hello again, it's me," she said.
The woman faced her. "Password," she said.
"Blueberry," said the Nurse.
The woman nodded. "Good to see you again," she said. "How may I help you this time?"
"My companion and I have travelled a long way to be here," said the Nurse. "We are hungry and thirsty and, after that, we would like to find a free lift to a small town 100 miles east of here," said the Nurse.
"Who is your companion?" asked the lady.
"The Doctor," said the Nurse.
"A renegade. You are most welcome, renegade," said the lady. "I will do all I can to help you both. Julie will accompany me to get food and the Doctor will accompany me to get water, then I will help you get where you want to be," said the lady.
"I'm a renegade now too," said the Nurse.
"Oh, so you're not Julie anymore. Who are you now then?" asked the lady.
"The Nurse," said the Nurse.
"Very good. Now then, I know a small bakery around the corner. The back door is always open, We can get in there. Doctor, this is my grandson," said the lady, pointing to a young boy. "He is your patient until the Nurse and I return."
"Okey dokey," said the Doctor.
The Nurse winked as her and the lady left.
The Doctor bent down to the lady's grand-son. "What's your name, young fellow?" he asked.
"Brave," said the boy.
"That's your name?" asked the Doctor.
"Nanny says I'm brave," said the boy.
"Your nanny's not wrong," smiled the Doctor. He ruffled the boy's hair.
"What are you doing out here?" asked the boy.
"Me?" asked the Doctor. "I'm just passing through, broke, no money. What are you doing out here?"
"Nanny says it's best for me," said the boy.
"Nanny's probably right, you should listen to nanny, do you love nanny?" asked the Doctor.
The boy nodded.
The lady and the Nurse returned with rolls. She handed one to her grandson, one to the Doctor.
All ate hungrily.
When they finished, the lady looked at the Doctor. "With me," she said.
The Doctor and the lady left.
"So, Doctor, which House are you originally from?" asked the lady.
"The House of Lungburrow," said the Doctor.
The lady led them around a fountain. "Oh, they're quite high up, aren't they? What made you a renegade?"
"Julie crashed my wedding," said the Doctor.
"Oh, did she?" laughed the lady. "Where are you running off to now?" she asked.
"Wrong wedding," said the Doctor.
The lady and the Doctor reached a shed. "I have loads of barrels of water in here," said the lady.
The Doctor walked in. "Wow," he said.
"Sshh," hissed the lady. "We'll be heard. Take one barrel," she said.
"No cups?" asked the Doctor.
"No, this is homelessness on the streets of Arcadia. We have to use our hands," said the lady.
The Doctor picked a barrel and turned it on it's side and rolled it out of the shed, followed by the lady.
"We take turns," said the lady.
"No," said the Doctor, rolling it around the fountain. "You are old. I am young," he said.
"True," said the lady.
The Doctor rolled the barrel down the alleyway. When he reached Brave and the Nurse he stopped and, with the Nurse's help, turned it to a standing position.
The Nurse took a blade from her bra and hacked away at the top of the barrel until it came loose.
"Everyone shares down this alley," said the lady and she walked off.
"The Doctor, the Nurse and Brave scooped water into their hands, along with other homeless people and drank.
The Doctor and the Nurse finally stopped.
Suddenly, a loud car horn sounded.
The Doctor looked out to the car which tooted.
The lady hung out the window of the car. "Come on, you two!" she exclaimed.
The Doctor and the Nurse rushed over to the car and got in.
"Where is it you're going?" asked the lady.
"Dead straight ahead from here," said the Nurse. "To the next nearest town."
"Right you are," said the lady. She put her boot down and went.
NEXT TIME:
After two and a half hours of driving, the lady, the Doctor and the Nurse arrived in Fangoch, a town in the middle of the Gallifreyan wastelands.
"Where are you off to, dears?" asked the lady. "Oh, yes, silly me," said the lady.
"xx."
The Doctor
William Hartnell
The Nurse
Ciara Bravo
The lady
Maggie Smith
With special thanks to the BBC, FanFiction and YouTube.
Director and Writer
Liam Hickey
Producer
Maureen Farr
Fflat 2016.