Hi, everyone. Welcome to another chapter of Companions of Time. Unfortunately, it was announced earlier this month that at the end of this year, Matt Smith will retire from playing the 11th Doctor. It is sad news, and it means that unfortunately I can't see myself doing another sequel as I cannot wrap my head around this sudden announcement. If anyone else has any ideas on doing a sequel however, you can let me know in the review comments. For now, however, let's take a look at our continued celebration of the current 11 Doctors. This chapter is actually the first idea I had for this year-long fanfic celebration. This will also be the last chapter for Clara at least until October where she will be in the special Halloween-based chapter I have planned and also in the long-awaited 50th anniversary chapter I mentioned that unites all 11 Doctors together. Also, this chapter is set sometime between the events of 'Journey to the Center of the TARDIS' and 'The Crimson Horror' and so the next chapter will be set about a week before 'The Crimson Horror.' Finally, the back-up feature with The Sixth Doctor and Peri takes place imminently after the episode 'Attack of the Cyberbermen' and some time before 'Vengeance on Varos.' Finally, as always, I own NOTHING but my OC's. This is for FAN-Purposes Only, so please don't sue! Other than that, enjoy!

Previously…

The Doctor is an Alien; the last of his race. He travels through time and space in his TARDIS armed only with his trusty sonic screwdriver, and fights the greatest evils this universe has created. Though he usually travels alone, he often shares his adventures with one or more companions.

….

The TARDIS…

"I held my lover's hand, tightly as the heart of the time storm consumed everything around us. Lightning cracked and danced in the sky around our heads as I still held her hand tightly. I could not afford to lose her like this. Not after everything we went through.

'It's all right.' My lover told me, giving me a reassuring smile, 'It's time to let go.'

I cried greatly, but I knew she was right. It was time to say goodbye.

'I love you.' I cried.

'I know.' She replied.

Closing my eyes, I released her hand and watched her fly into the center of the time storm…."

'CLANG!'

Alokia groaned as she put down her book. She had been reading a new series by an alien author about a fictional time lord like The Doctor giving up the person he cared about most when she had been interrupted just when things were getting good.

All throughout the day, she had been trying to read this book and each time, she had been interrupted by something else.

Leaving the bookmark where she had been interrupted, she exited her room and went upstairs to find what was going on.

….

"Nice." Simon smiled, as Elfrieda held the bucket which contained the cricket ball that Simon had successfully hit into there.

He had been bored and so he had resided to trying out some of the things that The Doctor had in storage with Elfrieda as the only person whom he could find to help him. So far, he was satisfied, but it felt that there was something he forgot about.

Just then, the door to the dressing room opened and Alokia entered, looking not too happy.

"Simon;" She questioned, "What are you doing up here?!"

"Having a bit of fun by toying around with what The Doctor had lying around." Simon said simply.

"You're going through his stuff you mean." Alokia pointed out, staring at Simon amused.

"I thought you of all people might understand." Simon pointed out, "But then again there are some things I still don't understand about aliens. For example, I don't think I've ever heard of you showering before.

"SHOWERING?!" Alokia declared.

"WELL IT'S TRUE!" Simon declared.

"YOU TAKE THAT BACK, SIMON!" Alokia warned.

"YOU STOP TRYING TO RUIN MY FUN!"

"YOU STOP RUINING MY OWN LEISURE!"

Just then, there was a loud whistling sound that caused the three to cover their hands over their ears. The three looked in the doorway to see that the whistling belonged to The Doctor who was standing there with Clara and Alfred in the doorway.

Once he had seen that the whistling had worked, The Doctor ceased the piercing noise and looked over all of them seriously.

"Now then;" The Doctor declared, "Would you please like to explain to me what's happening? I could hear you all the way from down in the control panel."

"Simon and Alokia were arguring over how to keep each other's personal space." Elfrieda called out, raising her hand like she was a student in school.

Alokia and Simon both glared at her before turning back to the Doctor scared for what was going to happen next.

"Were you now?" The Doctor asked, "You know; I often get into disagreements with my companions, and they get into disagreements with other companions, but I have never seen two of them bicker as much as you have."

The two continued to look at him as he went on with his observation.

"I think it's time you two had a little bonding experience." The Doctor said, pointing a finger at the two of them.

"Bonding experience?!" Simon declared.

"Doctor…" Alokia started, only to have a hand waved at her by The Doctor.

"I'll give you three hours together on a planet." The Doctor told her, "You two spend some time together, and then I'll pick you up."

….

BrenRome Presents:

Based on the hit BBC Series…

Matt Smith

Jenna-Louise Coleman

BrenRome

Ood Sigman

whovian-halfbloods

DOCTOR WHO: Companions in Time

Episode 6: For a Day

Written by BrenRome

….

Later, In the Year 2211…

The Doctor opened the doors as Alokia and Simon stepped out. They now stood on a planet full of weird irregular buildings that seemed like something out of a children's storybook that had walkways attatched to them. Running around everywhere were being of all sorts of shapes, colors, and sizes. They included Humans, Sontaran, and other species with some that Simon and Alokia did and did not recognize.

"Welcome to Yao-Chi!" The Doctor declared, "The shopping mall of the galaxy here in the year 2211. Every form of life comes here to see what this shopping mall planet has to offer them."

He checked his watch before closing The TARDIS doors halfway so that Simon and Alokia could not get inside.

"Right." He said, "I'll be back in three hours. Call me if you need anything actually important."

With that, he slammed The TARDIS doors and within a few minutes, The TARDIS was gone.

….

Woodside View, 1971…

The TARDIS de-materialized as The Doctor stepped out, followed by Clara, Alfred, and Elfrieda. Each was carrying a fold-out chair to watch one thing.

"Ah," The Doctor said, looking up into the starry sky, "Nothing quite like watching the sky in the past. It looks quite beautiful, doesn't it?"

"It does." Elfrieda admitted as they pulled out their chairs and sat down in their own chairs to watch the sky.

Unfortunately, there was then a scream which caused everybody to imminently jump and run to the source.

After running a few feet south, they saw the source of the problem. It was a young girl, younger than Elfrieda with short blonde hair and blue-greenish eyes. She was holding her foot which The Doctor could imminently tell was broken using his sonic screwdriver. Suddenly a realization clicked into his mind as he realized who she was.

"Doctor?!" Elfrieda asked, "Who is it?!"

"It's JK Rowling!" The Doctor declared.

Elfrieda looked at him confused, and dumbfounded.

"The author of the Harry Potter novels?!" Elfrieda asked, amazed.

"The author who will write the Harry Potter novels." The Doctor declared, checking her with his sonic screwdriver again, before putting it in his pocket, "IF she lives through tonight."

The Doctor then bent down and took the future author's body in his arms as she looked at him confused.

"Joanne Rowling," The Doctor declared, "It's going to be okay. My name's The Doctor. You've broken your leg a bit, but don't worry. It's all going to be okay."

"'Joanne?'" Elfrieda asked, confused, as Rowling looked at her curiously.

"Her birth name." The Doctor explained, ignoring the puzzled look on Rowling's face, as she eyed Alfred.

….

Yao-Chi, 2211…

"Well…" Simon declared, as the two walked down the seemingly-endless stores on this planet, "I feel already bored and ready to leave this place behind."

"It wouldn't have started if The Doctor felt that we needed a 'bonding experience.'" Alokia pointed out.

Simon was about to respond, when suddenly an alien being jumped out in front of the both of them. The alien was an armadillo-like alien with a head that reminded Alokia of the Slitheen that she had read about in the many books she had about The Doctor. The only difference being was that this alien was grey-ish-white, and somewhat resembled one of those cheap 1950's styled B-Movie Aliens as Simon had often seen once when He and Alex managed to watch such a film one night at the orphanage by sneaking into the TV room, and keeping the volume down low. The Alien was wearing a brown robe that had a hood on the back as its only clothing.

"Hello, there!" The Alien smiled, "I am an Orgfadz. I am pleased to welcome you to Yao-Chi."

"Uh…" Simon said, as he and Alokia shook the alien's hand, "Thanks."

"Would you be interested in visiting our Cosmetics Store?" The Alien asked, giving Simon a business card, "I think you'll enjoy it, and I gaurentee you that you both will feel like entirely new people by the time we're through with you."

"Thanks…" Alokia said, politely, "But we're not interested and we're waiting for a friend."

"I see…" The Orgfadz said, "Well, just think it over and stop by if you have time, okay?"

"We'll see." Alokia stated.

The Orgfadz walked away as the two continued their stroll.

"So, anyways…" Simon stated, "I'm bored already. I guess we'll just have to wait this out until…"

"AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!"

The two stopped in their tracks when they heard what sounded like a man screaming in pain. Being with The Doctor for so long made them instinctively run towards the cry of pain as they came across a human/cat/tiger-like hybrid man rolling around on the ground in pain as he clutched his head. He had a tiger's head, yet he had a pair of cat's paws and a tail. He wore a weird-plastic-like suit and pants, as well as loafers that seemed bigger than they should be.

Simon and Alokia kneeled down to try to help.

"Sir!" Simon asked, "What is it?! What's wrong?!"

"It's a lie…" The man stated, "It's all a lie…God…my head…my mind!"

"Sir, please!" Alokia begged, "What's a lie?!"

"I'm…." The man stated, "I'm…"

But he got no further before he closed his eyes and laid on the ground. A trail of blood flowed out of his nose soon afterwards.

Simon put his ear to the man's chest, and tried listening for a heartbeat.

He got nothing and looked at Alokia who was checking his pulse.

She shook her head at him sadly.

Simon and Alokia continued to look at the dead alien, before Simon suddenly noticed something about the alien's hand.

"Alokia…" Simon stated, pointing to the alien's hand that was clenched in a fist, "Look."

Alokia looked at where Simon was pointing too and saw what he meant. Almost completely covered by his fist was a small sheet of paper crumpled up into a card.

Cautiously, Simon and Alokia removed the crumpled paper from his fist and gasped.

The card was exactly the same as the one that The Orgfadz had given to them.

"What does this mean?!" Alokia asked.

"I think it means we won't be bored now," Simon guessed as he put the crumpled card in his pocket and stood up, "I suppose we'll have to give the Orgfadz a visit after all."

….

Later, At The Cosmic Compiled Cosmetic Surgery…

Simon and Alokia entered The Cosmetics Store. They had read the address of the card they were given and had found this place thanks to the local tourists.

Upon arrival, the two had been greeted by the Orgfadz they had seen earlier with open arms, and were told to give their gear to the aliens as "some technology could interfere with the cosmetics at the store," as the Orgfadz put it. Simon and Alokia gave up their phones and the Orgfadz left to put the things away and return to a customer already undergoing the treatment.

Once the alien had disappeared into the back room for five minutes, the two companions got up and quietly opened the door, sneaking into the back room, and shutting the door slowly behind them.

Upon finishing, the two began to creep down the long hallway that almost resembled a hospital ward from Simon's time. There were many different wooden doors all of which contained computers of some kind.

"What's that for?" Simon asked, looking at the computer monitors, "And where are the Orgfadz? Or any cosmetics equipment for that matter? I know this is the far-future, but come on!"

"Simon?" Alokia asked quietly looking into a door on the right just a few feet away from Simon, "I think you need to see this."

Simon quietly snuck over next to her and gasped with shock.

Inside the door window was a room in which an ice-structure-looking-creature was restrained to a metal slab wearing some sort of weird-goggle-like-device which had wires attached to it that ran up into the ceiling. The alien was screaming as The Orgfadz stood around him watching proudly until the restrained creature had stopped moving completely.

"Alokia?" Simon asked, "What is this?!"

"I don't know what they did, Simon." Alokia said, "But the wiring on those goggles remind me of a Trylonain Brain-Drain Machine."

"A What?!" Simon whispered.

Alokia shot him a glare.

"A Trylonain Brain-Drain Machine." Alokia repeated, "I know you're still haven't seen everything in the universe, but that's why I actually spend my time reading. I read about this in one of The Doctor's books. Let me explain it to you, Simon; it basically drains you of all your memories and converts it into data on a computer."

"Of course!" Simon slapped his forehead, "THAT'S what was wrong with that guy back in the alleyway. These Orgfadz must be using the cosmetics shop as a hideaway to steal people's memories and give them new ones!"

"Right." Alokia stated, "But from what I understand, giving a person new memories and a new identity is a very risky thing."

"For once, I have to agree with you." Simon stated, "I don't think you can really program a new personality into another person's body and mind. Unless they're Daleks or Cybermen, of course."

"We need to tell the Doctor." Alokia explained, "He'll know how to sort this out."

"HEY!" A voice called.

The two spun around to see an Orgfadz standing there in the hallway.

"What are you doing here?" The Orgfadz asked.

Alokia knew there'd be no way for both of them to outrun this alien and find their belongings at the same time so she knew what she had to do.

"Simon," Alokia stated, "Run."

"What?!" Simon asked.

"RUN!" Alokia yelled, running away in the opposite direction past the Orgfadz who decided to follow her.

Not wanting to stick around and see what would happen, Simon ducked out the other way and ran off in the opposite direction.

The Orgfadz chased Alokia down the hallway until they came to the door from which they had exited. Alokia prepared herself as she came to the entrance, quicky opening it and walking into the waiting room.

Alokia waited as the Orgfadz was approaching quickly, relying on her timing to help out. When she felt it was close enough, she slammed the door shut and the Orgfadz literally ran right into her trap as he hit the door and fell over unconscious.

Alokia smiled, but suddenly felt something whack her on the back of her head and she fell to the ground looking up briefly to see another Orgfadz before she blacked out.

Meanwhile…

Simon smiled as he found the room he wanted.

Inside the room, he could see his and Alokia's phones as well as the bag Alokia had brought with her.

Quickly rummaging through his pockets he brought out his own gadget and used it on the door. Thankfully, it seemed to work as Simon heard the door unlock and he opened it, quickly retrieving his phone and dialing the emergency number for The TARDIS.

He only hoped The Doctor would hear it before it was too late.

….

The TARDIS, 1971…

"Look on the bright side, Alfred;" The Doctor declared, as he entered The TARDIS followed by Elfrieda, Alfred, and Clara, "You just got to be the inspiration for Harry Potter!"

"And I got to be the inspiration for Hermonie because…why?" Elfrieda asked.

"No clue." The Doctor smiled, "But look on the bright side; I got to be the inspiration for Ron Weasly. A ginger! Always wanted to be one."

Elfrieda was about to say something, but was cut off by the phone ringing.

The Doctor went over and picked it up and answering with a smile.

"Hello?" He asked.

"Doctor?!" Simon's voice asked, "It's me!"

"Simon." The Doctor noted, rubbing his chin, "How are you?"

"Doctor;" Simon declared, "We need you to bring The TARDIS over here now!"

"Your three hours are almost up," The Doctor explained, "Just hold on for about five more minutes and…"

"Doctor." Simon interrupted, with a serious tone in his voice, "We need you here NOW. We're at some plastic surgery store and they're trying to remove memories of everyone who goes in there. I already lost Alokia, and…"

Suddenly, The Doctor heard a sound on the phone that sounded like somebody was knocking someone else on the head, and with that, the line hung up.

"Simon?" The Doctor asked, now concerned, "Simon!"

With that, he quickly set the TARDIS destination back to Yao-Chi and they were off again.

….

Yao-Chi, 2211…

The TARDIS re-materialized as The Doctor and his remaining companions stepped out.

"All right," The Doctor stated, handing each of them a cell phone, "We have to split up into teams. We'll try and ask around for Simon and Alokia's location and if one of us finds out, we'll head to their location and inform the others."

They all nodded and raced off in their own directions.

….

The Cosmic Compiled Cosmetic Surgery…

"Alokia." Simon's voice called, "Alokia wake up. We have a problem."

Alokia awoke and saw to her horror that she was pinned to a steel bed by metal cuffs around her arms and feet. She could only turn her head to see Simon who was chained to his own steel bed and in the same unfortunate predicament she was in. Despite the fact that they were cuffed to a bed no doubt going to have their memories wiped, the two had been stripped of their clothes, and left in a light greenish-blue hospital patient's gown.

"They took our clothes?" Alokia asked, as Simon nodded.

"This is great." Simon said, trying to move but restrained by his cuffs.

….

Meanwhile…

Elfrieda was running in her own direction, when she heard a scream coming from an alleyway.

Running towards the source, she came across a crowd of different aliens overlooking the body of a dead armadillo-like creature.

"What happened here?!" Elfrieda asked.

"This man was found here lying dead on the ground." A blue-skinned alien with white hair answered, "He seemed to be out of it for a while and then he was muttering something about a human and a Silurian going to the The Cosmic Compiled Cosmetic Surgery store."

Elfrieda gasped, and then looked at the alien who had answered.

"Where can I find this Cosmetic Store?" Elfrieda asked.

….

The Cosmic Compiled Cosmetic Surgery…

"Did you manage to get that message sent to The Doctor?" Alokia asked.

"Yeah." Simon nodded, "Although I don't know if he's going to get here in time."

"Simon…" Alokia began.

"Alokia;" Simon interrupted, "How many times has The Doctor EVER been right on the dot?"

Alokia thought about it and sighed.

Just then, the doors hissed open and revealed two of the Orgfadz entering. Alokia recognized the one on the right as the one who had knocked her out.

The Waiting Room of the Cosmic Compiled Cosmetic Surgery…

In the waiting room, one of the Orgfadz was cleaning up the room when the door opened and a young human girl with amber hair and eyes entered.

"My apologies," The Orgfadz stated, "We're closed. Besides, aren't you a bit too young for cosmetics?"

"Actually," Elfrieda stated, as she gripped a dagger she had found in the TARDIS behind her back, "I was wondering if you could help me find my friends. One of them's a human male, tall brown hair. The other's a Silurian around 13 years old. Have you seen them by any chance?"

The Orgfadz froze, but quickly regained himself. He knew that they were in trouble now, but there was no way he was going to let this little foolish girl spoil their new data.

Alokia saw the look in his eyes and smiled as she readied her dagger.

….

The Brain-Drain Room…

"You two have awakened." The one who had knocked out Alokia noted, "Good. That means that this will be the last thing you see before you lose your minds. Quite literally in fact."

The other of the Orgfadz went over towards a set of buttons and flicked a few around. Instantly, there was a humming noise, as Simon and Alokia looked above them. Suddenly but surely two VR-type goggles connected to a wire in the now-exposed ceiling. The goggles descended from the ceiling until they were over Simon and Alokia's heads. The two Orgfadz moved over and placed them over the two companion's eyes while they squirmed and struggled in vain while the goggles were placed over their eyes with the elastic part going over their ears.

"Tell me this, you filthy aliens!" Simon declared, "What do you hope to gain from Alokia?! I can understand if you want one of us for information, but why her too?!"

"We can always get information from a Silurian too!" The Orgfadz securing Simon's headband laughed.

Once Alokia had been secured, the two went over and pressed a few buttons again.

Suddenly, Simon and Alokia felt a jolt in their bodies as their entire lives started to flash before their eyes. Memories of the days past began to flow through their minds. Then months. Then years. Memories before and after meeting The Doctor. The good times in their lives as well as the bad.

Suddenly the two were viewing themselves in their infancy and suddenly found it hard to breathe.

"A…" Simon gasped, trying to remember how to breathe, "Al…o….ki….aunnnngh…"

Suddenly, the two had stopped breathing completely, and lay on the table motionless with their eyes closed.

….

The Waiting Room…

Elfrieda smiled, as she stood triumphantly over the alien's body, clapping her hands as she stood triumphantly.

She had successfully managed to stab this alien in his knees, temporarily taking him down for the moment without killing him.

Opening the door, she quickly walked into the back room, and ran past the doors, not even bothering to check the interiors until she came across a door at the far left end which she saw contained Simon's gadget, as well as his and Alokia's communicators.

Seeing as how it could be a locked door, Elfrieda took her dagger and pressed it into the doors side alternating between hitting it lightly and hardly until the lock somehow retreated back into the door and the entrance opened up.

I have to remember to thank The Doctor for having Harry Houdini teach me those lessons. Elfrieda thought to herself.

Going over to the table, she grabbed Alokia's communicator and activated it.

"Doctor?" She asked, "It's me. I found both of Alokia and Simon's belongings here!"

"Copy." The Doctor's voice responded, "Are they there?"

"No." She stated, looking at what was there, "I have their communicators, and Simon's sonic gadget, but they're not here."

"Try looking around!" The Doctor demanded, "Grab the gear there, Elfrieda! Defend you and find them before it's too late!"

Elfrieda nodded, grabbing the sonic gadget and stuffing it in her pocket. She then took the communicator and stuffed it in her opposite pocket. She then heard a loud mechanical beeping noise and took off, hoping to find the two before god-knows what.

…...

"I have copied their memories onto this drive." The other Orgfadz declared, showing a hard drive to his associate.

"Perfect." The Orgfadz that took out Alokia declared, "Then let's get the set of memories from here out and…"

At that moment, The Orgfadz's were interrupted by a dagger that was thrown from an unknown assailant which hit the monitor behind them. Turning around, they saw a 9-Year-Old Human Earthling with fiery red eyes and hair holding The Silurian's gun.

"Now…" She declared, "You're going to tell me what the hell you did to my friends, and how you're going to fix it."

"I think not." The First Orgfadz declared, taking out a small plastic ball.

Throwing it on the ground, the ball exploded, causing a giant puff of smoke to cover the entire room.

Elfrieda coughed and when she looked again, the smoked had cleared and the two aliens were gone.

"Great." Elfrieda groaned moving over to Alokia and Simon's unconscious bodies.

She checked Simon's heartbeat.

There was nothing.

She moved over to Alokia and tried slapping her gently. There was still nothing.

Activating the communicator again, she quickly talked to The Doctor.

"Doctor…" She asked, "I found them. These aliens…somehow stole Simon and Alokia's memories. They both seem to have had their memories stolen. I don't know how, but they're memories are still somehow saved on this control panel that I'm by right now."

"What does it look like?" The Doctor's voice asked.

Elfrieda looked at the panel.

"It's dark yellow…" Elfrieda stated, getting worried now, "There's a bunch of weird symbols…"

"Elfrieda," The Doctor stated, "I can't reach you right now. You're going to have to use deductive reasoning to revive them yourself and quickly before their memories get permanently lost forever."

Elfrieda looked at the control panels and then back at the unconscious bodies of both Simon and Alokia. She was sweating bullets now, as her mind was racing with various buttons that she could press.

Silently praying that she wouldn't press the wrong button that would blow them all to kingdom come, Elfrieda pressed the sixth button on the third row. Instantly, a humming sound began to play through the room and she noticed both Simon and Alokia were breathing perfectly again.

Elfrieda laughed to herself, and then went over to Simon, and took off his goggles to see his eyes were fluttering open. Elfrieda took out Simon's gadget and pointed it at the restraints, as they snapped open, freeing him.

"Thank god you're alright, Simon." Elfrieda laughed, "You know, for a second there, I was worried I might've done something wrong to you and Alokia."

She chuckled again as Simon sat up straight, looking at her confused before he spoke.

"Elfrieda," Simon said, confused, "What are you talking abo…"

Simon stopped as if something were suddenly truly off as Elfrieda suddenly had a sinking feeling in her chest.

"Wait…." Simon noted, now sounding a bit more panicked, and feeling his body over, "What happened to my voice?! And why does my body seem a bit off?! And do I feel hair on my head?! And….and…"

Simon turned around with a dreaded look, as he took notice of the recovering Alokia who was also starting to wake up. Simon then turned around, looking at his reflection on the steel bed in fear. He touched his face with one hand confirming it was his own skin, continuing to stare into his reflection in horror.

Finally, Simon let out a loud scream and it was something very unlike him to do.

Alokia opened her eyes at the sound of Simon's screams and removed her own goggles, letting her eyes grow wide and horrified also when she saw him and then her own body.

"Elfrieda!" Alokia declared, "What the hell did you do to us?!"

"Elfrieda?!" The Doctor's voice asked, over Alokia's communicator, "I can hear Simon and Alokia! What's happened to them?!"

Elfrieda gulped, as she took the phone to her mouth, unsure what do now.

"Doctor…" She said, nervously, "They're up and about again, but I…I think I might've accidentally switched their minds…"

Elfrieda then turned away when she heard a small explosion looking over Alokia (or was it Simon's) shoulder to see the control panel had started a small fire and was leaking with sparks now.

"And I think their best chance at getting their bodies back might've literally gone up in flames." She added.

Simon and Alokia looked at each other horrified.

"Elfrieda," The Doctor stated, "I am on my way down there now. Tell Simon and Alokia not to worry. I've dealt with this before, and I promise that I will not rest until I know for certain that there is no way to get their minds back into their proper bodies."

With that, he hung up, leaving the three companions wondering what was going to happen now.

…...

Later, Colin's Men's Shop…

"This is so wrong, Doctor." Alokia complained as The Doctor returned in front of the men's dressing room she was in, holding a variety of men's clothes, "I don't want to wear men's clothes!"

Shortly after she and Simon had switched minds, The Doctor and the others had arrived. Unfortunately, they were unable to find the clothes that Alokia and Simon had worn, so now The Doctor had to settle for buying some for them here at the store. He had returned carrying a handful of men's jeans and shirts for her to try on, while Alokia was sitting in the men's changing room.

"You'd better be prepared to accept it then, Alokia." The Doctor warned, handing over the clothes "Because it might be highly unlikely that you and Simon EVER get your bodies back."

"Tell me you're joking, Doctor." Alokia said, worried beyond belief.

"I'm afraid not." The Doctor said, sternly, "Unless we can find out where those beings went, with the machine damaged by whatever Elfrieda did, you and Simon might have to live out the rest of your lives in each other's bodies."

He took another look at her before he nodded to close the door.

"Get changed and let me know what you think you want." He stated.

Alokia could only imagine how Simon was feeling in her body.

Meanwhile, Back in the TARDIS…

"Do you think the fact that The Doctor still has some of his old female companion's clothes lying around here is a bit wrong?" Simon asked, as he looked through the various articles of clothing strewn around the floor behind the curtain in Clara's room.

This was all new and scary to him despite everything he saw so far. The Laughing Gargoyles, The Cybermen on Starship UK, The Ice Warriors in the Cold War, The Ytrap, and even these new aliens were nothing compared to the horror he was facing now.

He noticed that Alokia's blood felt cold as it rushed through his body, but not in a deathly way. He also noted that he was embarrassingly and uncontrollably feeling a bit more feminine than man (no doubt due to estrogen in Alokia's body rather than the hormones in his,) and overall, he felt the back of her head was going to be a problem for him.

Clara, who had been sitting on her bed as she watched him look through the clothes, just shrugged.

"I don't think so." She admitted, "Remember; The Doctor said that his companions never stay with him, and that they're sometimes taken abruptly, so I highly doubt they'd have the thought to take their clothes with them before they vanish."

"That's probably true." Simon noted, as he picked up a white dress with a feathery white coat over it, and sighed. "I guess this is going to have to do for now."

He began to pull the dress over Alokia's body, but Clara stopped him.

"Hold on there, Simon." She declared, as Simon put the clothes back down, "There's something else you need."

"What?" Simon asked.

That's when it hit him and his new reptilian eyes went horrified.

"Oh god, no." He said, in a whisper, "Not that. Please god, anything but that."

Colin's Men's Shop…

I will NEVER look at myself dignified again. Alokia thought looking at Simon's chest in the mirror. Simon was decently-built but had hair growing on his chest which Alokia could now feel unfortunately and it really was starting to bug her. It wasn't a lot of hair, but it still was pretty distracting.

Even if The Doctor gets my body back where it belongs, I will NEVER be able to live normally again after this.

She pulled the pants zipper up and then walked outside to look at The Doctor who suddenly noticed her.

"How do I look?" She asked, cautiously.

"Okay with the pants," The Doctor noted, "Except…you still need…"

He pointed at her as she realized that she was still shirtless. Noticing that people were staring at her, Alokia pretended to laugh at her mistake before going back into the dressing room.

….

The TARDIS's Wardrobe Room…

"Do I really need to learn how to do this?" Simon asked, worriedly, as Clara helped him get a new bra over Alokia's body, "Can't I just go without one?"

"No." Clara stated, "The Doctor already said that this change could be permanent, so its best we learn now if that happens."

Simon nodded, uncomfortably as she fastened the bra around Alokia's body.

"Now try your new clothes on." Clara stated.

Simon sighed as he went behind the curtain to get the rest of the new clothes on.

….

The TARDIS Main Control room…

"So, Doctor…" Alfred asked, over the phone, "If Simon and Alokia switched minds, does that mean that they both have different perceptions on…"

"That I can't answer," The Doctor's voice explained over the phone, "I can tell you that when Amy and I switched minds the perception didn't change that much. Then again, Time Lord's do not have time for that sort-of fun. Romanna never showed that when she was with me."

"Yeah." Elfrieda stated, adding in a comment to the phone, "Sorry about that again, Doctor."

Then the doors to The TARDIS opened revealing The Doctor and Alokia as Clara descended from the stairs with Simon following behind.

Alokia now wore a sleeveless light-green shirt over Simon's body with blue jeans. Simon, on the other hand, had chosen to clothe Alokia's body wear a white dress with a feathery white coat over it.

When the two swapped minds saw each other, they stood there horrified at what the other had chosen.

"Look on the bright side;" The Doctor smiled, trying to lighten the mood, "At least this is a good bonding experience!"

As usual, The Doctor's comments did nothing to ease the tension that Simon and Alokia were no doubt feeling right now.

"When you wanted us to go on a bonding experience, Doctor;" Simon stated, in an obvious upset tone, "I didn't want Alokia to dress my body up like that!"

"Who are you to say that?!" Alokia asked, "I would never wear such clothes like that!"

"Well guess what, Alokia?" Simon asked in a sarcastically-surprised voice, "You are!"

Alokia stood there as her new face started to cringe.

And then they saw it.

Alokia's new eyes got watery as she began to cry.

"Oh for god's sakes!" Simon said, clearly annoyed, "Alokia; stop! That's enough! Zip! Nada! Shush! Please!"

Elfrieda just continued to cry and then suddenly realized what she was doing, looking at the strange feeling her new body was experiencing.

"What…" She asked confused, "What is this? What am I doing?"

"You're crying." The Doctor explained, "It's the one thing you could never do as a Silurian with your autonomy, Alokia."

"This is crying?" Alokia asked, confused.

"If this body could cry, I'd probably flood the Earth in your tears just because of how shameful you're making me look!" Simon butted in.

"Back of, Simon!" Alokia demanded, pushing her old body back, "In fact the way I see it, Simon; I'm better than you now. I'm older, and stronger than you."

She smiled, feeling a bit more superior to Simon now. Simon, however, was not at all amused with her behavior.

"There's one thing I can still do to you that you can't to me!" Simon pointed out.

"And what's that?" Alokia asked.

Simon quickly punched his original body to the right side and Alokia felt a surge of pain from there. It felt as if she had been struck in the side with a wrecking ball.

"That's a little something that used to happen with me when I got picked on at a young age." Simon explained, "It still hurts whenever I get punched there like that."

Alokia glared daggers at him as she swung Simon's leg around her own body's legs and Simon quickly fell down on his back.

"You want to play it like that, Simon?" Alokia asked.

"Okay!" The Doctor stated, moving between the two, "The both of you stop it! We have important things to worry about if you don't want to be trapped there and we don't have a lot of time before bad things start to happen!"

"Like what?" Simon asked.

Suddenly, he and Alokia grabbed their heads in pain. Both didn't realize it, but the two were experiencing a similar painful sensation in their brain. It felt as if their skulls were being split apart and that blood was beginning to fill in the inside of their skulls as if something were inflating it like a balloon.

"What…?!" Simon asked, gritting Alokia's teeth together, "What is this, Doctor?!"

"It's the worst-case scenario." The Doctor explained, "This is why we need to hurry. You both aren't used to each other's bodies. Your original minds are beginning to merge with each other's bodies, in an attempt to fix your minds with each other's neural functions. Now, your old bodies are rejecting the new one's neural functions and it's not taking no for an answer, so eventually…"

"You mean…" Simon asked, "We're going die if we don't fix this?!"

"Possibly." The Doctor stated, "I had hoped that the worst-case scenario was going to be a permanent fix in which you would be simply forced to live in each other's bodies forever, but now the situation has become more dire. We need to find those Orgfadz now and make them put your minds back where they belong before it's too late."

Suddenly, The TARDIS began beeping and The Doctor jumped over to the radar-like section of the control panel, smiling happily.

"And would you look at that?!" The Doctor asked, "It appears that we've found them!"

"Where are they, Doctor?" Clara asked.

"Mori IV." The Doctor stated, "Specifically it appears that they're using an old abounded factory. And I think there might be a chance that…"

He smiled.

"Yes! They have a Bedlam-Based-Body-Swap-Device!"

"A what?!" Simon asked, confused now more than ever.

"It's a body swap machine," Alokia stated, "If you'd read more, Simon, you'd actually know. From what I've read about it, it can basically swap our bodies back to normal, right?"

"Yes," The Doctor stated, "Except there's one problem."

"What?" Simon asked.

"The place will be buzzing with security, and taking the TARDIS directly inside is out of the question since they'll have security in there also. Then there's also the matter of retrieving the copied memories of you two."

"So what's the plan, Doctor?" Simon asked.

"It just so happens that there's a river that leads into a moat around said warehouse." The Doctor stated, "There's an underwater sewer pipe that you two can use to…"

"NO!" Alokia shouted, "I'm not doing it!"

Clara, Alfred, Elfrieda, and The Doctor looked at Alokia's sudden outburst surprised while Simon just looked at her annoyed.

"Alokia…"Simon groaned, "Are we going to have to go back to that question about showering from earlier today. Because we don't have much time before…"

"You think I don't realize that, Simon?!" Alokia asked, "Actually, let me rephrase that; do you know what it's like personally?"

"What's that supposed to mean?!" Simon demanded.

Alokia stomped off, as Simon groaned walking in the opposite direction from her.

"Doctor…" Clara stated.

"You talk to Simon." The Doctor sighed, "I'll find Alokia."

The two walked off in the directions that the two body-swapped companions had gone.

….

Later…

Evetnually, The Doctor heard the sobs of Simon's voice coming from an extra TARDIS guest room and knocked on the door.

"Alokia?" He asked.

"Go away, Doctor." Alokia cried.

"Alokia," The Doctor said, realizing how she had locked herself inside the room, "Please. You know I can come and enter when I please."

He took out his sonic screwdriver and opened the door before stepping inside.

Upon entering, he noticed the Silurian Girl who was trapped in Simon's body curled up in the guest bed, pulling the sheets over the body she now inhabited.

"Alokia…" The Doctor stated, closing the door and then locking it, "You know you can talk to me about anything. So please tell me, what is it that you don't want to do?"

"I don't want to go swimming, Doctor." Alokia stated, "I'm afraid."

"What's there to be afraid about?" The Doctor asked.

Alokia turned to face The Doctor.

"I never told you about this, Doctor." She said, "But I once had a boyfriend."

"A boyfriend?" The Doctor asked.

"A sort-of boyfriend." Alokia corrected herself, "His name was Chrusto I basically met him about one month after we were re-awakened. Before the human race accepted my kind, we waited anxiously for the agreement. In that time, I met Chrusto and we began talking. I barely noticed how long it was taking for the agreement to reach since we had such a nice time talking in those long months. Then one night I decided to visit him, and I learned the truth…he was planning to undo the work you had fought so hard to achieve for us and humans."

The Doctor saw her new face turn away dismayed as she continued.

"I was at a crossroad." Alokia stated, "Because it was either the peace I believed in as much as you did, or my first love. I chose peace and as a result, Chrusto was sentenced to death by waterboarding."

The Doctor nodded understandingly.

"That's why I'm afraid of water, Doctor." She stated, "Because whenever I see it, all I can think of is Chrusto and whether or not the death I helped give him will end up catching up with me to take my own life."

"Alokia…" The Doctor said, putting his arm around her new body, "I don't know if you realize this, but I am always afraid every moment of my life."

Alokia looked at him confused.

"What?" Alokia asked, "But…you're a Time Lord…"

"That may be true," The Doctor said, "But there hasn't been a moment of my life when I've been afraid of failure and rejection by all sorts of things across time and space."

He took Simon's hand gently causing Alokia to look at him.

"But what I've eventually learned," The Doctor explained, "Is that it's always better to at least try. If not, then it can be considered worse than failing. Even when I've been proven wrong, I at least try. I don't want you throwing your old body away. I understand that you might be afraid, but right now you need to focus if you want things to go back to normal."

Alokia sniffled as she sat up to look The Doctor in the eye.

"Can I trust you to do this?" The Doctor asked, "Can I trust you to face your fears and work with Simon?"

"Okay, Doctor." Alokia said, taking deep breaths, "I…I'll try."

Meanwhile, In another Section of The TARDIS…

Clara walked down the hallway that Simon had traveled down until she heard Alokia's (or was it Simon's, she wondered,) voice coming from behind one of the doors.

Opening the doors, she saw Simon sitting with his back turned towards her.

"Simon?" Clara asked.

"Go away, Clara." Simon groaned, "I was going to try and call Alex before my brain becomes a vegetable, but it looks like I can't if you're here."

"Simon." Clara pleaded, "The Doctor's convincing Alokia to go along with this plan…"

"It can't work!" Simon declared, "She's too scared to do anything if water's involved! What's the point in hoping for anything if it's not going to happen?"

Clara responded by giving Simon a quick slap to his new face, as he looked at her.

"Listen, Simon." Clara told him, "You and the others have seen my life growing up, you should know why I chose to travel with you. It's because growing up, I wanted to travel places but then I had commitments as a nanny for Artie and Angie Maitland. I felt that I had a commitment as a family friend, but I wanted to also have the chance to travel the world and still be able to look out for them. The point is Simon, you can't give up hope when there's so many possibilities for what's going to happen."

Simon sighed. He knew she was right.

"All right, Clara." He sighed, "You were right. I apologize."

"Apology accepted." She said, "But if you want your old body back, I suggest you follow me back to the control room."

Simon nodded and followed her out of the control room.

Later, in the Main TARDIS Control Room…

Once The Doctor and Clara had brought the mind-swapped companions back into the main control room, The Doctor explained his plans to the group.

"As I was saying earlier," The Doctor explained, "The base where The Orgfadz are hiding out in has a sewer in a moat that surrounds the warehouse. As much as I'm not one for polluting, it's going to be our only chance to get Simon and Alokia in there so they can disable any alarms that might go off when we de-materialize in the warehouse. I've also updated Simon and Alokia's phones so that they'll be able to get a layout of how to get inside."

He handed Simon and Alokia their phones, before reaching into his coat pocket.

"Oh, and then there's this…" He added.

He then pulled out what looked to the group like tiny palm-sized soup thermoses, handing them over to Simon who looked at them confused.

"Those are Nitro-9 Smart Bombs." He explained, "Adapted from a formula by one of my former companions. They're basically a tiny version of a variant Nitroglycerine that she invented. It responds only to vocal or mental commands, so it's going to be up to Simon to give the command once you've placed it where the sewer entrance is."

"How do I speak while I'm underwater?!" Simon asked.

"With this…" The Doctor explained handing some kind of orange astronaut suit and yellow helmet to him, "This is a little souvenir that I was given during this once incident where I was almost stranded on a planet orbiting a black hole. I managed to reconfigure it so it's going to allow you to speak underwater, so that you can get the bombs to do their explodey business."

The Doctor gave Simon a moment to look at the reconfigured space suit before The Doctor gave Alokia a regular diver's full-body swimsuit.

"I'm sorry about this, Alokia." The Doctor stated, "But we only have room for one, and I unfortunately couldn't get the spacesuit to work for humans. I had an interesting time when I took a non-human out one time with this thing during the time I spent away from the Ponds before they left. It's only going to work for non-human life, and I need you to be calm when you go down. Okay?"

Alokia sighed.

"It's breathing." She said, sounding as confident as she could, "How bad can it be?"

"That's the Alokia Everglade I know!" The Doctor declared, "Never give up! Now, you need to get dressed in about twenty minutes."

"What happens in twenty minutes?!" Simon asked.

The Doctor smiled.

"Geronimo."

….

Mori IV…

Meanwhile, in an abounded warehouse, there was a meeting going on. The warehouse had been abounded for 30 years, but that didn't stop the Ytrap from setting up a new shop here. Fortunately for them, they had chosen to do their business in the place where they would not be noticed by the Shadow Proclamation, so they could conduct their business without getting caught.

They had made some repairs to the warehouse, though, as it stood in the middle of a big pool of water, almost like a castle with its only entrance via a drawbridge that had been installed some time ago.

Inside, the meeting for the bidding of their greatest capture was already underway.

The two Orgfadz now stood before the crowd of different aliens of all shapes, sizes, and appearances, as they demonstrated their find on a projector.

"As many of you know," The Orgfadz who had knocked the Companions out stated, "There was once a group of aliens known as The Time Lords. For many years, they were the ultimate masters of time and space, until a terrifying Time War with the Daleks resulted in them being wiped out of existence."

The projector showed the image of the long-lost planet of Gallifrey exploding from far away. Even though it was filmed at a distance, the blast was still brighter than anything that had come before, and more likely anything that would come after.

"The only exception of a survivor was a Time Lord known only as 'The Doctor.'" The other Orgfadz explained, "He is the only one in the universe who has access and knowledge to the last TARDIS in existence. Until recently, of course."

The Orgfadz who captured the companions brought out a briefcase showing the copied memory data that they had taken before leaving.

"The Doctor travels with companions," The Orgfadz continued, "And recently, we captured two of his current companions and have placed their memories on here, to sell to you."

"So let's start bidding, shall we?" The Orgfadz smiled, "The bidding shall begin at 1,000 Creds. Earth value."

Meanwhile, Outside…

The TARDIS re-materialized just a few inches above the water. The Doctor opened the doors as Simon and Alokia stood there dressed in their diving gear, and ready to jump.

"Ready?" The Doctor asked.

Simon noticed Alokia was making his old face look tense but she nodded.

Simon grabbed his old hand as assurance for her as the Doctor gave the word.

"GO!"

The two dove in there, Simon holding his old hand the whole way through, as assurance to the Silurian mind who now occupied it.

Alokia's heart was pounding rapidly.

She knew how horrified she was, but she remembered what The Doctor had told her. It was better to try than not to try at all.

So she had to try. For the Doctor's sake.

Simon quickly turned to look at her, but she gave an acknowledging look back, telling him it was okay.

Simon nodded, and soon enough, they reached the sewer pipe they needed to get to.

They noted that the pipe was big enough to move around, and they could more than likely crouch-walk through once inside.

Simon reached into his suit's holster, pulling out the Nitro-9 Smart Bombs, and throwing them at the pipe.

The two bodyswapped companions moved back, and once they were far enough away, Simon spoke one word.

"Detonate."

The bombs exploded, forcing Simon and Alokia to look away as a 'woosh' of bubbles rushed past the two.

The two looked back afterwards to see that the explosion had left the perfect entrance for them to move inside.

Wasting no time at all, Simon and Alokia swam inside, and began crouch-walking until they would reach the entrance to inside the hideout.

….

Meanwhile…

"I'll bid 50,000 Space Creds on the memories!" A Gizou declared.

"I'll pay 77,000!" A humanoid alien wearing a white hood declared.

"100,000 each week for the rest of my life! After taxes!" Another humanoid creature declared.

"After taxes?!" The Orgfadz who had knocked the companions out mused, "Now somebody's getting serious."

….

Meanwhile…

In another section of the warehouse, the entrance to the sewers was lifted up and out stepped Simon followed by Alokia. The two quickly discarded their swimsuits, taking out their chosen outfits from the infinite pockets that the Doctor had put in their suits, and storing the gear they had taken into their pockets.

Alokia took a little bit longer, although she did remember to hurry it up.

She was just getting over the fact that she had finally conquered her fears! For the first time in her life, she had managed to conquer her fear of water, and managed to swim in there, without even having to close her eyes. And it was all thanks to her friends.

"So how was it, Alokia?" Simon asked.

He was taken off-guard when Alokia scooped his new body up into a hug, giving him a tight grip around his new less-human frame.

"It worked, Simon!" Alokia laughed, "I didn't even need to close my eyes!"

"That's…good, Alokia…" Simon wheezed, "But…you're crushing me…"

Alokia let go and looked behind her, as her new body's eyes widened.

"Simon…" She stated.

Simon recovered from the hug by his old body as he noticed there was a big computer there.

"Okay." Simon said, whipping out his i-phone "This must be what the Doctor was talking about. We need to deactivate this then so that we can get better contact without detection."

He read the instructions, as he motioned Alokia to the far right side of the machine by a big red button.

"Now, Alokia." Simon stated, moving to the opposite end where another button was positioned, "This says we need to hit both buttons at the same time. Ready?"

She nodded.

"On three." Simon stated, "One. Two. THREE!"

On that count, the two slammed their palms on the buttons, and they heard what sounded like an engine dimming.

"It worked." Simon breathed.

Alokia took her cell phone and called The Doctor.

"Doctor?" She asked, "It's us. We found and de-activated the machine."

"Good." The Doctor stated, from the other line, "I can get better visuals from the inside. Unfortunately, the Orgfadz have begun their auction, and are selling off your copied memories. We can't let that happen. You need to get to the main room on the first floor and stop them."

"Simon." Alokia stated, "This is where you have to use my abilities."

"What do you mean?" Simon asked.

"Listen," She explained, "You can easily get around these guys unaffected. You have access to some Silurian abilities while in my body. You can extend your lounge and inflict a mutation venom to make people Silurians."

"Then why don't you do that whenever we're in trouble?" Simon asked.

"Because it's wrong." Alokia stated, "But if I go in there in your body, they're going to notice me instantly, but if you go in there, then you have a better chance of catching them off-guard."

Simon looked at her and nodded.

"All right." He stated, "I'll do it then. For our sakes. What have I got to loose anyways?"

….

Later, In The Bidding Room…

The Orgfadz were watching the people bidding with glee. This was by far the best selling idea they had in ages.

They were so caught up in the glee of their plans, and the amount of money that the people were bidding that they failed to notice a small figure scurrying across behind the rows of seats.

"THAT'S NOT FAIR!" One of the bidders complained, "THEY SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO BID WITH PLUS TAXES!"

The Orgfadz were about to say something, when suddenly they noticed the young Silurian girl pounce forward, leaping up onto the stage. They were quick to notice that the girl had changed her clothes, now wearing a white dress with a feathery white coat over it.

More importantly, though, the look in the young alien's eyes told them that she now seemed to have obtained an almost feral-like attitude.

Without warning, the girl then shot her tongue out at the Orgfadz that had knocked her out earlier, inflicting the Silurian mutation toxin right into his neck. The Orgfadz screamed in pain as everyone quickly darted for the exits, no longer interested in the bidding with this save Silurian on the loose. The young Silurian girl retracted her tongue back into her neck, staring at the remaining Orgfadz.

"What…?!" The remaining Orgfadz declared in shock and horror, "But…the girl would never…"

He was cut short when the Silurian's fist connected with his face, knocking him out cold.

"Yeah." Simon said, "Well, I'm NOT Alokia Everglade."

Alokia soon came in and Simon whipped out his phone while she secured the case with their memories, breathing with relief that everything was still there intact.

"Doctor?" Simon asked, "It's me. We got the memories back."

"Good, Simon." The Doctor stated, "Wait a tick."

With that, the two heard the familiar time-machine engines wheezing as The TARDIS suddenly materialized behind them.

The Doctor stepped out, followed by the other companions.

"Well done." He stated, "Very good job, you two. But there's just one last problem."

"Of course there is." Simon groaned, "Not that I'm complaining, of course. I'm just the man in the Silurian girl's body who just took out the two Orgfadz, mind you…"

"What needs to be done, Doctor?" Alokia asked.

"The Bedlam-Based-Body-Swap-Device needs something extra in order to swap your minds back to normal." The Doctor explained, "It's got a Temporal Universe Shard, which will be enough to power the machine, but not enough to switch you both back to normal. As such, I'll take the group down to the room where it's power source is and use the extra memory copy as a sort-of startup boost that'll hopefully be enough to swap your bodies back where they should be."

"And if it doesn't work?" Simon asked.

"Then you both die." The Doctor answered grimly.

"Well," Alokia stated, "Who wants to live forever, right?"

Simon looked at her amazed.

"Did you just make a joke?!" He declared.

"Yes." Alokia stated.

"Since when did you do that?!" Simon asked.

"Since when do you question it?" She replied, before turning back to the Doctor, "Tell us what we need to do, Doctor."

….

Later…

The Doctor had set up the extra memories, attaching the flash-drive it was on to a number of wires that ran right into the giant power generator for the Bedlam Body Swapping Machine.

Once finished, he grabbed the phone from the TARDIS door, and called up Simon, who responded after the third ring.

"You ready, Simon?!" He asked.

….

Meanwhile…

Simon and Alokia stood with their palms pressed against a globe on opposite sides from which they were standing.

Simon was speaking into his phone nodding at Alokia who gave him a nod back.

"We're ready, Doctor." He stated.

"Then here it comes." The Doctor replied, hanging up the phone.

Simon hung up, and dropped it, as he and Alokia were suddenly hit with a giant wave of energy. The two screamed as they both suddenly felt a strange sense of fatigue and dizziness. Finally, the sensations proved too much and they both passed out.

As soon as the two hit the ground, the globes exploded shortly afterwards.

Later…

The Doctor, Clara, Alfred, and Elfrieda rushed into the room to find the unconscious bodies of Simon and Alokia lying on the ground, the globes shattered around them.

"Did it work?" Elfrieda asked, "Are they back?"

"I don't know, Elfrieda." The Doctor answered truthfully, "I just don't know…"

They heard a groan from Simon's mouth as he pushed himself up from the floor.

"Simon?!" The Doctor asked, "Are you all right?!"

Simon looked at him, a saddened expression on his face.

"Doctor…" Simon cried, "It…It didn't work…I'm stuck in his body…"

The Doctor saw how the person who now permanently inhabited Simon's body was acting, and gave the victim a hug.

"It's okay, Alokia." The Doctor assured as the companion sobbed away, "We'll just have to find a way to live with it…I just hope we can find a way to explain this to your mum."

Just then, the person the Doctor was hugging began laughing before The Doctor pulled away confused.

"PSYCHE!" Simon laughed, "I GOT YOU, DOCTOR! I'M FINE! I'M BACK IN MY OLD BODY!"

The Doctor looked at him flabbergasted.

"You..." The Doctor breathed, shocked at what had just happened, "You tricked me?"

Alokia pushed herself up off the ground, smiling at him also.

"I think we owed you after the line about us bonding." She added.

The Doctor just stood there for a few minutes before uttering 'you little Daleks' under his breath.

….

Later, In the TARDIS…

"So all in all," Clara stated, as The Doctor set The TARDIS to take her back home, "Aside from getting embarrassed and tricked in the same day, I'd say this was a pretty fun adventure, Doctor."

The Doctor was about to reply, when there was a sudden 'BING' from the TARDIS computer.

The Doctor checked it out and saw that it was an advertisement.

An Advertisement for 'The Museum of Time Lord History.'

The Doctor was shocked. Someone was opening a Time Lord Museum?! With what?! The Time Lords were destroyed, and he was the only one who remained with anything that survived the Last Great Time War.

Whatever the case was, The Doctor needed to check this out after Clara was home.

"Doctor?" Clara asked, "What is it?"

"Clara…" He said, putting his words into context, "After I drop you off, there's something I need to take care of imminently."

"What is it?" Clara asked.

"All I can say is that it's somebody trying to no doubt dig up the ghosts of my past." The Doctor answered, "But don't worry. I'll sort this out and then I'll come imminently straight back to you. Okay?"

Clara looked at him confused, but eventually conceded to his words.

"Okay." She said.

"I promise." He assured, "Next week, I'll be back again."

She smiled.

"You better be, Chin Boy."

Earth, 2013…

The TARDIS re-materialized in front of Clara's house again.

"So…" Clara asked, "I guess I'll see you in a week, then?"

"I promise." The Doctor smiled.

"Try not to get killed until then." Clara joked.

"I won't." The Doctor replied with a nod.

With that, he closed the doors and within a few seconds, The TARDIS de-materialized until it had completely faded from existence.

….

Later, In the TARDIS…

Alokia continued to read her book when she heard a knock on the door.

She looked up to see Simon poking his head into the room.

"Hi." He said, "Sorry. I don't know if I'm disturbing you…"

"No." Alokia stated, "It's okay, really."

"Do you mind if I come in?" Simon asked.

"No." Alokia stated, as Simon walked into the room and sat next to her on the bed.

"I wanted to say I'm sorry." He stated, "I think I learned a lot from this one day. That being you is…is not all that easy. I'll tell you this; the moment where you asked me to take down the Orgfadz…I felt so scared. I just want you to know that I'm sorry about what I said and did earlier."

"Apology accepted." Alokia smiled, "I'll be honest with you too, Simon. You helped me overcome my fear of water. Putting aside what we've just been through, I don't think I would've ever overcome my fear of water without your help."

"Thanks." Simon nodded, "I guess that means we're both cool now."

Alokia nodded in agreement as Simon took notice of the book she was reading.

"So what are you looking at there?" Simon asked.

"7938 Monochronos Prime." Alokia answered proudly, "Found it in The Doctor's library. It's a novel about two lovers who are separated by time itself and have to overcome the laws of time to try and be with each other."

"Can I read with you?" Simon asked.

"Sure." Alokia smiled, as Simon scotched over to read with her, "Start on chapter one?"

"That's where all good things begin, right?" Simon asked.

Alokia nodded and began to read to him.

To Be Continued…

And now, BrenRome proudly presents; an all-new tale featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown in…

Sticky Solutions

The Sixth Doctor frowned as he pushed the many buttons on the TARDIS control panel. He was dressed in his long garish multi-colored coat as always with the same yellow pants and the same cat pin featured on his coat.

Peri exited from the dressing room with yet another all new dress on. The Doctor ignored her as he just sighed to himself.

Peri made a pouty face, and put her hands on her hips.

Try all you like, Peri, The Doctor mused to himself, But nothing is going to make me attracted to you. That would certainly be in poor tastes. Having a relationship with one of my companions. Yuck!

"So where are we going, Doctor?" Peri demanded.

"Well," The Doctor said, looking at his control panel, "It looks like we might visit the planet of Space Florida."

"Space Florida?!" Peri asked, amazed.

"Hm." The Doctor nodded, "Quite right. You see Peri; there isn't just one Florida in the universe. There's one in outer space. And it's just as nice and more subtle than your Florida. It's a planet without all the annoying tourists that usually visit. And the unnecessary theme parks to ruin the great land."

The TARDIS then landed as The Doctor smiled, grabbing a fishing rod.

"Shall we?" He asked.

"Just let me get my bathing suit!" Peri exclaimed dashing back into the hallway, leaving the Doctor to put his fishing rod down and slap his face with his hand.

Peri reappeared a few minutes later wearing a blue swimsuit underneath white shorts, with sunglasses over her hear. In one hand, she carried a big bag filled with different things but had a large beach umbrella sticking out from there. Overall, she looked ready to do everything one could do on vacation in one day.

"So, are you ready?" She asked.

"I was ready before you were, Peri." The Doctor said, clearly annoyed with her.

With that, he opened the door but the moment he and Peri stepped outside, he could feel something was wrong right off the bat.

They were on the sandy beaches of Space Florida, there was no mistaking that. The Doctor could clearly see the changing light spectrum in the sky above them, and the place was full of Palm Trees, but there was nobody there. Normally, this place would have at least a COUPLE of tourists. But why were there no tourists here?!

"Peri…" The Doctor asked, "Do you notice anything off here?"

"The people are all missing?" Peri asked.

"Exactly." The Doctor stated, "I already mentioned that Space Florida doesn't have the same crowds and rowdiness that your planet's Florida does, but I would have expected to see SOME people out here."

"Doctor, look!" Peri pointed out.

The Doctor's eyes darted to where she had pointed. There was a lone figure in the distance. The Doctor couldn't quite make out who or what it was, but it seemed human shaped.

"HEY!" Peri called out instinctively, "CAN YOU HELP US OUT…WHERE IS EVERYONE?!"

The Doctor couldn't help but feel that he had seen this all before. The figure slowly started to walk forward towards them. The Doctor noticed that the figure was walking towards them in a strange way. It wasn't exactly an alien walk, but it seemed almost mechanical like it was slowed down by tar or something.

Suddenly, The Doctor's eyes widened as the figure stopped a while away from them and its fingers flipped down. He knew EXACTLY where he had seen this before.

"PERI GET DOWN!" He declared, pushing his companion face-first into the sand before a blast was emitted from a hole in the creature's fingers.

The Doctor then began to act quickly as he reached into Peri's bag pulling out a fishing rod that was packed away in there.

The Doctor stood up and cast the line out towards the plastic shopping-dummy-like creature that stood before them. He let it fly past the dummy's head before pulling it back quickly once he assumed the time was right. His timing was perfect, and the hook was pulled back into the dummy's neck before getting stuck in between there.

The Doctor gave one hard tug and the model's head was pulled off its body completely. The Doctor buried it in the Sand, so that it wouldn't be able to see. The headless body began thrashing about violently, swatting at the air and firing everywhere.

The Doctor tossed the head back towards the body, and without warning, the dummy fired at its head, blowing it up as the dummy soon followed in a similar fashion.

"Well," The Doctor smirked, "That was one way for somebody to go losing their head."

He then turned his attention back to his companion, helping her up off the ground as Peri spat out sand that she had accidently tasted when The Doctor pushed her down.

"Are you all right, Peri?" The Doctor asked, as Peri brushed the sand off her body.

"Fine." Peri answered sarcastically, before her expression became much more serious, "What was that, Doctor?!"

"That was an Auton, Peri." The Doctor said simply, "I haven't seen one of those in ages. They're basically a group led by something called 'The Nestene Conciousness.' This consciousness has the ability to animate anything that's plastic and brings it to life."

"Living plastic?!" Peri asked, "You have to be kidding me!"

"Kidding? No." The Doctor said, "I never joke. Jokes are for those who don't realize how dangerous serious problems like this can be. I speak from experience on a number of occasions."

"So what are we going to do, Doctor?" Peri asked.

"Now we need to find this consciousness and destroy it before it has the chance to raise an entire army."

"And how do we do that?" Peri asked.

"Wait right here." The Doctor stated.

He quickly ran back into the TARDIS, and a few seconds later with a tourist map of Space Flrorida which was printed on the back.

"Now, let's see…" The Doctor said, looking at the map whilst Peri looked over his shoulder to get a better view, "I wonder…aha!"

He pointed at a spot on the map which was a building shaped in a circle.

"The official Space Florida Plastic Factory." The Doctor explained, "The perfect place for The Autons to raise an army, and a better place to store the Consciousness. Come along, Peri."

"Can't I put this back in the TARDIS first?" Peri asked.

The Doctor spun around and looked at her with a flabbergasted look on his face.

"No, Peri." He declared, "We need to stop this thing as soon as possible. Now come on; we're wasting valuable time as it is already."

Peri groaned as she followed him.

"There will come a time when going out unprepared will be once too much." She muttered to herself.

….

Later, The Official Space Florida Plastic Factory…

The Doctor and Peri finally arrived at the factory by a back-door entrance. Peri was almost panting as the long hike had taken a lot out of her and unfortunately she knew that the on-foot traveling wasn't going to end anytime soon.

She followed The Doctor as he approached a backdoor sign that read 'EMERGENCY EXIT ONLY DO NOT ENTER!'

The Doctor took out a paper clip and slipped it into the lock, fiddling about with it until there was a slight 'click' noise and the door opened.

"Doctor…" Peri said, uncomfortably, "Is this a good idea? Breaking and entering?"

The Doctor looked at her with his usual bewildered expression.

"Peri…" He stated, "It's not like this is a hard thing to do. With that kind of locking system, a mere child could've unlocked it. Now do come on, we need to find the Nestene Conciousness."

They entered with Peri doing her very best to try and not attract too much attention.

They walked down a long hallway, and past many offices which were all empty.

Suddenly, they began walking along a catwalk where they stopped and looked down in horror.

"Doctor…?" Peri asked, pointing down below them, "What is that thing?!"

The thing she was pointing to was a was the giant metal-like tub in the room that had a giant molding-gooey-plastic in there vaguely resembling a face. Above the creature was a silo-like device, with green wires attached to it. The blob was also surrounded by a couple of Autons.

"That, Peri, is The Nestene Conciousness." The Doctor explained, "Keep your voice low."

"But what are they doing here, Doctor?!"

Suddenly, they heard a scream from behind them and turned around to look in horror.

Behind them was a giant see-through window that had people being carried by giant claw-like devices before being dropped down and then being brought up again. It took The Doctor a moment to realize what was going on when he noticed those who were brought back up had a sort-of clear wrapping around them.

"No…" He stated, "That's what they're up to… this has gone far enough."

"What is it, Doctor?!" Peri asked.

"It's plastic, Peri." The Doctor answered solemnly, "It appears the Nestene are making plastic wrapping to suffocate people with and then turn them into Autons against their will with their lives."

"That's horrible!" Peri said, with a gasp.

"I know, my dear child." The Doctor replied with a nod, "Which is why I'm going to put a stop to this right here and now!"

Suddenly, the two looked at the entrance from where they had come in, and saw that there was an Auton blocking their way. Looking to the other side, they found another one blocking their way as well.

"Peri…." The Doctor asked, "Did you pack Sunscreen?"

"Yes." Peri answered.

"Then toss it to me." He demanded.

Peri quickly grabbed a bottle of sunscreen to her bag and tossed it to The Doctor. He then hurled it at The Nestene Conciousness, as the sun protection went directly inside the gooey blob.

Suddenly, the Nestene began moving around in pain and anquish, as if it were almost dying. Finally, the Nestene screamed out as it melted away and the Autons fell down shortly afterwards.

"The Nestene needs to be controlled at just the right temperature." The Doctor explained, "All it needed was something a little colder. Now, Peri, we need to evacuate the people here within the next half-hour."

"What happens then?!" Peri asked.

"Boom." The Doctor replied simply.

Later…

The Doctor and Peri rushed everybody out of the building.

As the last few people ran ahead, The Doctor and Peri lunged forward as the facility exploded behind them.

"Well…" The Doctor said, "I'm sure we can now enjoy our little vacation and…"

"Who are they?!" One of the freed people asked.

"I dunno…" The other replied, "But I hear one of them's called 'The Doctor' and there's a mighty big bounty on his head.

The Doctor sighed.

"Some people never learn." He groaned before turning to his companion, "Peri?"

"Yes, Doctor?" Peri asked.

"Back to the TARDIS." He ordered, as they all ran away.

Later…

Eventually, The Doctor and Peri managed to outrun the crowd and were back by The TARDIS again.

"Well, Doctor." Peri groaned as they reached The TARDIS again, "That was some vacation."

"Oh, look on the bright side, Peri." The Doctor said, "We saved Space Florida and stopped The Autons. We should consider this another magnificent win thanks to my cunning intellect."

The Doctor was about to unlock The TARDIS doors again, but when he turned, he saw something out of the corner of his eye.

"Doctor?" Peri asked, "What is it?"

The Doctor leaned past her and saw to his horror that a Time Scoop was approaching them.

"Peri…" He stated, "Into the TARDIS. NOW!"

Peri did as she was told while The Doctor quickly followed, shutting the doors behind him and preparing to take off.

"What is it, Doctor?!" Peri asked.

"It's a time scoop, Peri." The Doctor stated, "It's a device used by my people. No doubt they either want me to be President again, or they want to capture me for my sense of adventure."

The TARDIS then took off as The Doctor smiled, but his expression was replaced with shock as The Time Machine suddenly came to an abrupt stop.

"What?!" He asked, "NO! NOT NOW!"

"Doctor…what's wrong?!" Peri asked.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING ON?!" The Doctor yelled, "THE TARDIS IS STUCK! I CAN'T…"

All his words were ceased when The Time Scoop caught The TARDIS.

….

Meanwhile…

"Perfect!" The mysterious figure declared, watching the Time Scoop return the Sixth Doctor and his companion to the prison where the other past incarnations were held, "Now there's only one more Doctor to take care of and then…then we shall rewrite history and The Doctor will not be able to stop it."

He fixed his computer again and this time, the last incarnation of The Doctor that he would need for his game appeared on the screen.

This Doctor was a short man with a dark brown safari-styled jacket. He had a light brown scarf over the jacket, and a pair of matching napkins and a fob watch in his pockets. Underneath the jacket, he wore a yellow pullover with turquoise zigzag lines and red question marks, which had a white shirt and red tie underneath it. His pants were brown and he wore a pair of white and brown brogued spectator shoes, and it was all topped off by a white and red Panama hat worn on his head and a black umbrella with a question mark as the handle held in his right hand.

Currently, this Doctor was walking away with the last companion he'd have before the next regeneration. This companion was a young woman with light brown hair tied into a ponytail, wearing a black jacket with various pins over a white shirt and black pants.

"Now it's time for your cunning incarnation, Doctor." The figure smiled, "The one who sets traps and cleverly lures his foes into them."

TO BE CONTINUED…

….

NEXT TIME:

(The Doctor, Simon, Alokia, Alfred, and Elfrieda step out of the TARDIS to find themselves in a museum filled with replicas of things from Gallifrey such as a Genesis Ark, Time Lord Robes, Etc.)

"This all can't be here." The Doctor says.

"Hello, there!" A familiar voice calls out.

(The Doctor and his companions turn around surprised, but The Doctor is the most surprised to see who it is.)

"No…" He whispers, "It can't be…"

(The person who called out walks up revealing themselves to be none other than River Song.)

"Hello," The woman says extending her hand out, "My name is Doctor Inar Acknowendlington."

(Cut to The Doctor talking closely with his companions.)

"This isn't River Song." The Doctor points out, "She has no memory of even meeting me.

(Cut to Doctor Inar holding a familiar pocket watch [which fans who know the show must know what it is.])

"I've had this with me ever since I can remember." Inar explains, "I've never been able to open it. It could contain anything for all I know. Perhaps maybe nothing. Perhaps the truth about who I really am."

(Cut to Elfrieda calling The Doctor on her cell.)

"Doctor…" Elfrieda stated, "I said that Inar Acknowendlington has some kind of watch with those doodles you have on the TARDIS."

(Cut to The Doctor looking absolutely horrified.)

Well, it looks like we're halfway there, folks. We're almost done with the Classic Series Era Doctors, and pretty soon we'll be saying hello to Nine again! Hard to believe it's gone by so quick, huh? Anyways, join us next time when the answers around Elfrieda's arrival in this dimension are finally answered, and an old foe from the Doctor's past returns to cause havoc like never before! It's all waiting in… 'The Tyrant of the Time Lords!' Then, in our backup feature, The Seventh Doctor and Ace take the stage as they encounter 'The Cyber Spiders!' "Who's waiting? I'm ready!" Until then, please review and comment on what you think!