"Yes, I suppose it is rather quiet tonight," Giles said to Buffy and Angel,
"You two get some rest. I'll keep patrolling for awhile."
Buffy smiled, grabbed Angel's hand and turned to leave the cemetery.
Giles continued, "Just make sure to be at the library at 3:00 sharp tomorr"
He was interrupted in mid-sentence by a loud growl. Giles looked up to find that the growl had been attached to a rather large and menacing demon. The demon grabbed him and hurled him to the ground effortlessly. Angel donned his vampire face and ferociously attacked the menacing creature. The demon, seemingly unimpressed, stepped out of the way, sending Angel to the ground.
"I planned for him to do that," said the startled Angel as he picked himself up. Buffy looked at him, smirking.
"I'm very sorry," Buffy said as she planted a kick into the chest of the monster, "but we were just leaving. You're gonna have to make this quick."
The demon snarled at her as her foot made contact with his chest, but he simply grabbed her ankle and tossed her aside.
"That's it," said Angel angrily, "I've had enough of this."
He grabbed a long sword from their bag and charged at the demon with it.
"You can't stop me," the demon muttered as it swatted at Angel's sword away, sending it flying through the air. Angel and Buffy both cringed as it stuck in the ground, only inches from a slowly recovering Giles.
"You will all die," continued the demon, "You will not stop us. The demons will again rise up and conquer the world, with my lord as their supreme leader. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
The demon instantly became silent and stopped to listen.
"What's that noise?" He asked inquisitively.
Buffy and Angel both shrugged their shoulders at him. Then they too heard the faint whirring and screeching that had alerted the demon. They went over to Giles, who had regained consciousness. Suddenly, a large object began to materialize in front of them. The three patrollers watched in amazement.
"Giles, why did the mean ugly demon turn into a big blue box?" Buffy asked.
Angel stared at Giles too, his eyes echoing her question.
"It can't be," said Giles in astonishment. He removed his glasses as he approached the object.
"Giles," Buffy asked impatiently, "What. What can't be?"
Giles paused, taking a deep breath, then began to speak.
"When I was in college, I met a man," he said, "He was a traveler, a quite eccentric man. He called himself the Doctor and this was his vehicle."
"A police box?" Angel asked, unbelieving. A police box was a wooden booth created for both the police and regular citizens to make emergency telephone calls. These phone-booth like boxes were prevalent throughout London and much of Britain up until the early 1970's. Having spent considerable time in that part of the world, Angel was quite familiar with them.
"Yes," answered Giles, "A TARDIS, that's what he called it. Quite an amazing device. It is much larger on the inside than out. He said that it could be used to travel to any place or time."
Buffy's eyes moved back and forth as Angel and Giles conversed, only taking in about half of their words.
Just then, the door of the box opened. From inside emerged a curly-haired man in a long, dark coat, with an even longer scarf. He was followed closely by a beautiful dark-haired woman, dressed in a long white dress. The man looked at everyone, then took a second look at Giles before smiling.
"Rupert, how have you been, my boy?" said the man with a teeth-filled smile.
"Doctor, is that really you?" answered Giles in amazement. "You...you look different."
"Yes, well, time does strange things to us all doesn't it?" he answered.
Giles thought about his comment for a moment. He swore that the doctor he knew had been older, with silver hair. He quickly shrugged that off and smiled back at the Doctor.
"Let me introduce my associates," he said, "Buffy, Angel, this is the Doctor and..."
"Romana" said the woman, "It's a pleasure to meet you all.
Just then, a small robotic dog slowly rolled out of the blue box, its antennae spinning and whirring furiously.
"Master," the dog said in a robot-like monotone.
"Yes, K-9," answered the Doctor.
"Master, I have detected three separate voices, however my sensors detect only two life-forms present," said K-9.
"That's odd, have you detected any malfunctions in your programming?" asked the Doctor.
"Negative, master," answered K-9.
"It's probably me," Angel interjected, "I'm not alive. At least, not in the commonly accepted definition of the term."
The Doctor smiled, seemingly accepting of Angel's explanation.
"It was fortunate you landed when you did, Doctor," said Giles, "Your...TARDIS, is that what you call it?"
The Doctor nodded.
"Your TARDIS materialized right on top of a demon that we were battling," continued Giles.
Buffy's eyes lit up. "It landed on the demon," she announced.
There was a brief pause.
"So what brings you to Sunnydale?" Giles asked.
The Doctor smiled. "Luck, my friend," he answered, "Pure, delightful, random luck."
"We're being pursued by the Black Guardian, one of the most powerful beings in the universe," added Romana, "The Doctor placed a randomizer on the TARDIS' controls to keep him, and us, guessing. Are these more of your friends?"
Buffy and Giles looked at Romana. She motioned to her right.
"Vampires," Angel said.
"Not exactly friends," Buffy answered as she and Angel confronted the three creatures of the night that had crashed their party.
"Buffy is the Slayer," Giles interjected, "In every generation, there is a chosen one. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness."
Almost poetically at that moment, Buffy drove her stake into the heart of the first vampire.
"So what are you then?" Romana asked.
"I am Buffy's watcher, appointed to educate, train and guide her down her destined path," he answered.
Romana then turned to Angel, who had just driven a long tree branch through the chest of the second vampire and was moving to help Buffy with the third.
"So what about him," she asked, "he's a vampire too correct? Why does she not slay him like the others?"
"Angel has a soul," answered Giles.
"And he's my boyfriend," Buffy said with a smile as she turned the final vamp to dust.
Angel nodded his head to the strangers in acceptance. Romana smiled at the irony as the Doctor studied the dusty residue left behind by one of the newly departed undead.
"We'd better return to the library to do some research on that demon," said Giles, "just in case he doesn't work alone."
"Uh, I don't think we need to go to the library to figure that out, Giles," replied Buffy, motioning for Giles to turn around.
The group turned to see three more of the giant demons towering above them. One of the demons stepped forward.
"You killed our brother."
End of Episode I.
Buffy smiled, grabbed Angel's hand and turned to leave the cemetery.
Giles continued, "Just make sure to be at the library at 3:00 sharp tomorr"
He was interrupted in mid-sentence by a loud growl. Giles looked up to find that the growl had been attached to a rather large and menacing demon. The demon grabbed him and hurled him to the ground effortlessly. Angel donned his vampire face and ferociously attacked the menacing creature. The demon, seemingly unimpressed, stepped out of the way, sending Angel to the ground.
"I planned for him to do that," said the startled Angel as he picked himself up. Buffy looked at him, smirking.
"I'm very sorry," Buffy said as she planted a kick into the chest of the monster, "but we were just leaving. You're gonna have to make this quick."
The demon snarled at her as her foot made contact with his chest, but he simply grabbed her ankle and tossed her aside.
"That's it," said Angel angrily, "I've had enough of this."
He grabbed a long sword from their bag and charged at the demon with it.
"You can't stop me," the demon muttered as it swatted at Angel's sword away, sending it flying through the air. Angel and Buffy both cringed as it stuck in the ground, only inches from a slowly recovering Giles.
"You will all die," continued the demon, "You will not stop us. The demons will again rise up and conquer the world, with my lord as their supreme leader. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
The demon instantly became silent and stopped to listen.
"What's that noise?" He asked inquisitively.
Buffy and Angel both shrugged their shoulders at him. Then they too heard the faint whirring and screeching that had alerted the demon. They went over to Giles, who had regained consciousness. Suddenly, a large object began to materialize in front of them. The three patrollers watched in amazement.
"Giles, why did the mean ugly demon turn into a big blue box?" Buffy asked.
Angel stared at Giles too, his eyes echoing her question.
"It can't be," said Giles in astonishment. He removed his glasses as he approached the object.
"Giles," Buffy asked impatiently, "What. What can't be?"
Giles paused, taking a deep breath, then began to speak.
"When I was in college, I met a man," he said, "He was a traveler, a quite eccentric man. He called himself the Doctor and this was his vehicle."
"A police box?" Angel asked, unbelieving. A police box was a wooden booth created for both the police and regular citizens to make emergency telephone calls. These phone-booth like boxes were prevalent throughout London and much of Britain up until the early 1970's. Having spent considerable time in that part of the world, Angel was quite familiar with them.
"Yes," answered Giles, "A TARDIS, that's what he called it. Quite an amazing device. It is much larger on the inside than out. He said that it could be used to travel to any place or time."
Buffy's eyes moved back and forth as Angel and Giles conversed, only taking in about half of their words.
Just then, the door of the box opened. From inside emerged a curly-haired man in a long, dark coat, with an even longer scarf. He was followed closely by a beautiful dark-haired woman, dressed in a long white dress. The man looked at everyone, then took a second look at Giles before smiling.
"Rupert, how have you been, my boy?" said the man with a teeth-filled smile.
"Doctor, is that really you?" answered Giles in amazement. "You...you look different."
"Yes, well, time does strange things to us all doesn't it?" he answered.
Giles thought about his comment for a moment. He swore that the doctor he knew had been older, with silver hair. He quickly shrugged that off and smiled back at the Doctor.
"Let me introduce my associates," he said, "Buffy, Angel, this is the Doctor and..."
"Romana" said the woman, "It's a pleasure to meet you all.
Just then, a small robotic dog slowly rolled out of the blue box, its antennae spinning and whirring furiously.
"Master," the dog said in a robot-like monotone.
"Yes, K-9," answered the Doctor.
"Master, I have detected three separate voices, however my sensors detect only two life-forms present," said K-9.
"That's odd, have you detected any malfunctions in your programming?" asked the Doctor.
"Negative, master," answered K-9.
"It's probably me," Angel interjected, "I'm not alive. At least, not in the commonly accepted definition of the term."
The Doctor smiled, seemingly accepting of Angel's explanation.
"It was fortunate you landed when you did, Doctor," said Giles, "Your...TARDIS, is that what you call it?"
The Doctor nodded.
"Your TARDIS materialized right on top of a demon that we were battling," continued Giles.
Buffy's eyes lit up. "It landed on the demon," she announced.
There was a brief pause.
"So what brings you to Sunnydale?" Giles asked.
The Doctor smiled. "Luck, my friend," he answered, "Pure, delightful, random luck."
"We're being pursued by the Black Guardian, one of the most powerful beings in the universe," added Romana, "The Doctor placed a randomizer on the TARDIS' controls to keep him, and us, guessing. Are these more of your friends?"
Buffy and Giles looked at Romana. She motioned to her right.
"Vampires," Angel said.
"Not exactly friends," Buffy answered as she and Angel confronted the three creatures of the night that had crashed their party.
"Buffy is the Slayer," Giles interjected, "In every generation, there is a chosen one. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness."
Almost poetically at that moment, Buffy drove her stake into the heart of the first vampire.
"So what are you then?" Romana asked.
"I am Buffy's watcher, appointed to educate, train and guide her down her destined path," he answered.
Romana then turned to Angel, who had just driven a long tree branch through the chest of the second vampire and was moving to help Buffy with the third.
"So what about him," she asked, "he's a vampire too correct? Why does she not slay him like the others?"
"Angel has a soul," answered Giles.
"And he's my boyfriend," Buffy said with a smile as she turned the final vamp to dust.
Angel nodded his head to the strangers in acceptance. Romana smiled at the irony as the Doctor studied the dusty residue left behind by one of the newly departed undead.
"We'd better return to the library to do some research on that demon," said Giles, "just in case he doesn't work alone."
"Uh, I don't think we need to go to the library to figure that out, Giles," replied Buffy, motioning for Giles to turn around.
The group turned to see three more of the giant demons towering above them. One of the demons stepped forward.
"You killed our brother."
End of Episode I.