Notes: sorry this took me a bit to get done, we're getting to the more intense stuff soon... I've already got bits and pieces of the fiftieth anniversary episode written down.
Chapter 11: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship – Part 4
The Doctor's mind whirled. There was a way. There was always a way. Rose was absolutely right and he would find it. No brakes, no weapons, no shields, what was it? There had to be something.
"Hostile targeting in progress. Hostile targeting in progress. Hostile targeting in progress. Hostile targeting in progress," the computer announced loudly.
"Bingo," the Doctor said as he realized the solution.
"Ok, dad, what's the plan?" James asked.
"Computer, take us to the control deck," the Doctor demanded and in a flash, they were all teleported into a large, dark control room.
"So, what's the plan?" Rory asked, repeating James' earlier question.
"Come on. The missiles are locked onto us. We can't out run them. We have to save the dinosaurs, and get my wife and Nefertiti back from Solomon. Isn't it obvious?" the Doctor rambled.
"It's sort of the opposite of obvious," Rory told him.
"Something to do with the target lock, I'm guessing?" Jamie suggested.
"Brilliant! Of course you are, chip off the old block. Seventeen minutes before the missiles hit. We need to turn this ship around," the Doctor rambled as he looked over the ship's controls.
"You said it was too late. That there wasn't any time," Rory argued.
"Ah, yes, but I didn't have this plan then, did I? Riddell, River? Keep an eye out for dinosaurs," the Doctor instructed, knowing that they were the two best trained with weapons of the group.
"I was rather hoping you'd say that," Riddell responded gleefully.
"Down boy," River warned as she snatched one of the stun guns from his hand.
"No killing any! Rory, Brian, get rid of the cobwebs. Jamie, help me with this, please," the Doctor ordered, opening one of the computer panels to access the inner workings.
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"Come on, come on, we're not moving. He's magnetised us. We can't move away," Solomon cursed as he tried to get his little ship moving with his new acquisitions on board.
Rose only smirked and crossed her arms over her chest, nodding at Nefertiti in assurance that they'd be out of there shortly.
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Riddell was obviously buzzing with excitement at the prospect of hunting dinosaurs. He aimed the stun rifle at a lone velociraptor. "Come on, boy. I'll get you."
The animal called to the rest of its pack as they circled Riddell and River where they blocked the entrance to the control deck.
"Hell's teeth, that's really not fair," he grumbled.
"Oh, come now, they're just some little lizards," River sighed and promptly brought down three of them. Riddell eyed her lustfully, to which she sighed, "Married and not even close to interested."
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"No, don't be like that. Really unhelpful," the Doctor grumbled to the computer as he tried to get the controls to do what he wanted.
"What's the matter?" Amy questioned.
"Parallel pilot compartments, both configured. Needs two operators of the same gene-chain. That's why Solomon couldn't change the ship's course and it makes things more complicated," the Doctor explained.
"Why is it such a problem, dad? You and I could do it easily. Or River and either of her parents," Jamie reasoned.
"Should, could, sort of. You see, I've regenerated since you were conceived, and River has regenerated a couple of times already as well. It might still recognize us as family, but it might not, given how complex our genomes are. Also, I need to work on rescuing your mother, and River is currently protecting all of us from nasty, bitey dinosaurs," the Doctor rambled as he pointed out the issues at hand.
Brian took that opportunity to raise his hand and make a suggestion.
"What?" the Doctor questioned distractedly, as he fiddled with a few more wires.
"We can. Me and Rory. We must be the same gene-thingy you said," Brian told him.
"Brian Pond, you are delicious!" the Doctor shouted happily.
"Dad, his last name is Williams, not Pond," James corrected.
"Right, I'm not a Pond."
"Course you are. Sit down, both of you, licketty split. The ship does all the engineering. The controls are straightforward. Even a monkey could use them. Oh look, they're going to," he teased, earning an eye roll from everyone in the room. "Guys, come on. Comedy gold. Where's a Silurian audience when you need one. Anyway, two eye line screens. Velocity and trajectories. Steer away from the Earth. Try not to bump into the moon otherwise the races who live there will be livid. Primary controls in the arms of the chairs. Principle's the same as any vehicle. Eight minutes forty five seconds."
The Doctor activated his sonic to bring the pilot chairs online and the controls lit up immediately. "Get us as far away as you can. Right, phase two sorted. Now for phase one," the Doctor instructed and went back into the computer access panel.
"Oh no, phase two comes after phase one," Amy corrected.
"Humans, you are so linear. Shine the torch in here," he scoffed at Amy.
"Don't mind him, Amy. Mum says that he likes to insult other species when he's stressed. Probably just worried about them being with Solomon," James assured her.
The Doctor dug through the inner workings of the ship to find the piece he needed. He knew that Rose would be fine, even if Solomon tried to hurt her, and the TARDIS would track her Wolf anywhere in the universe if necessary. But he would never let it come to that. He already knew what torture was when he had lost her to the parallel universe.
"That's your plan? And I suppose you'll just talk the big, dangerous robots to death?" James asked incredulously when he realized what his father was up to.
"Always worked before," he responded as he pulled a small device from the control panel and it began beeping.
"Doctor, what are you going to do?" Amy asked, just as he was teleported away.
James rolled his eyes and decided to check on how his wife was faring with the dinosaurs. Brian and Rory were shouting excitedly as they successfully piloted the ship away from the Earth, despite the fact that the missiles were still locked onto them.
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The Doctor materialized inside the smaller spacecraft, hoping to rescue Rose and Nefertiti from the space pirate and his robots. What he was met with, was the sight of two shut down robots, and a rather unhappy looking Solomon, who was tied up on the floor.
"Was wondering when you'd turn up, love," Rose said with a sigh.
"Well, umm, this was meant to be a rescue," the Doctor stuttered. "Guess it's just a pick up then."
"Certainly saves me the trouble of having to figure out his teleport system," Rose replied.
"Should have known you didn't need me to save you anymore," he sighed and began plugging his little beeping device into Solomon's controls.
"What are you doing?" the space pirate demanded from his spot on the floor.
"Disabling this ship's signal and replacing it with the one from the Silurian ship. I send this craft off emitting the signal they're looking for, the missiles will follow. Hopefully, Silurian ship safe, dinosaurs safe, everybody safe. Bit tight for time, though. Shouldn't really be chatting. Rose, Neffy, let's go. How remiss of me. Almost forgot. The thing about missiles, very literal. This is what they latch on to," the Doctor explained as he clicked the device into place. "Now, one press of this and the ship's demagnetised."
"Doctor, whatever you want, I can get it for you. Whatever object you desire," Solomon pleaded.
"I have all I desire. Did the Silurians beg you to stop? Look, Solomon. The missiles. See them shine? See how valuable they are. And they're all yours."
"You wouldn't leave me, Doctor."
"You tried to steal my wife. Enjoy your bounty," he replied as he wrapped an arm around Rose's waist. Rose took Nefertiti's hand and just as the Doctor pressed the button to release the ship from the magnetic locks, the trio teleported back onto the control deck.
It was simple from there to park the large ship full of dinosaurs long enough to drop everyone off where they needed to be. Once Riddell and Nefertiti were back in their own time periods, they took the others back to Amy and Rory's place.
"So, dinosaur drop off time," the Doctor announced.
"We're going to take some family time with them for a bit. I really don't want River involved in that kind of thing right now, and Brian needs to know the whole story," James told him.
"We understand, sweetheart," Rose assured him as she hugged everyone. "Just make sure and call us when that baby makes an entrance."
"Of course we will, Rose," River replied.
There were a few adventures for the Doctor and Rose while they waited for news about their grandchild. They even brought Amy and Rory along when the humans got a bit bored with linear life. It was during a trip to show the couple the sights in New York when things got particularly interesting.