Summary: Separated from the TARDIS, the 11th Doctor is faced with a strange mystery. Why does the Pharoah seem to know about the future? And, more importantly, about him?
The Doctor, Amy, and Rory all stood carefully, looking up at the Pharaoh confidently. Amy had wanted to see Ancient Egypt, she had wanted to see them in their prime. So, they had decided to come. A short, fun adventure. Of course, the moment they had stepped out of the TARDIS, they had been rounded up by the guards and dumped in front of the Pharaoh as foreigners. The Doctor had whipped out his psychic paper and declared that they were emissaries from the 'Empire of Greece' to the north. Greece was close enough that the Egyptians had probably heard of it, and it was powerful enough in this time to not be laughed at, right? However, the Pharaoh, a teenager with the craziest hair Amy had ever seen, narrowed his eyes at them. Amy knew she could see the suspicion in his eyes, but why was it there? Sure, their clothes were weird, but they could be attributed to being foreign, same with the rest of their appearance. In fact, that should have added to the story! The Pharaoh looked at them for another moment before smiling gently.
"Of course! Plato must have sent you. Akmet will show you to the rooms for foreign dignitaries," The Pharaoh said, waving his hand at a guard standing by the door. The guard nodded and began walking. Amy and Rory began following him, the Doctor right behind them being strangely quiet. They were shown to the room and the guard quickly left. The three were alone. Immediately, the Doctor began pacing, alerting the other two that something was wrong.
"Doctor? What's wrong?" Amy asked.
"He's pacing, that's never good. That's not good at all," Rory muttered, but he was ignored.
"It makes sense for the Egyptians to have heard of the Greeks, they are a growing culture fairly close by, but it would be very strange for the Egyptians to be in such close contact as to know names," The Doctor paused, "Is that proper grammar? I don't think so," He said, before continuing his pacing.
"Yeah, but Plato is a really famous philosopher, isn't he? So maybe he's an exception," Amy said, shrugging.
"Perhaps, if it weren't for the fact that Plato won't even be born for another 2000 years, we're in roughly 5000 BCE" The Doctor argued.
"A different Plato then, they can have similar names," Rory said, shrugging.
"Impossible! There were never any leaders named Plato, the name didn't even exist around this time! The earliest occurrence of Plato as a name is a small time sculptor in the slums of Troy! Troy won't be founded for another 60 years!" The Doctor protested.
"So, what then? How could he possibly know that name then?" Amy asked.
"That's just it! How indeed? The only explanation I can think of is that our dear Pharaoh has knowledge of the future, but how? He's fully human, I checked with my sonic screwdriver when we were leaving, so how does he have knowledge of the future?"