Part IV
"So the gem is the key to his entire plan," said Giles, "If we can manage to separate it from him, he won't dare open the Hellmouth."
"How very astute of you," said the Master, who had just reentered the library, "Unfortunately for you, I have taken every necessary precaution to make sure everything goes exactly according to my plan. Lock them up."
Three vampires surrounded them, each holding a small electronic device. As they switched the devices on, a green glowing field of energy surrounded them.
Buffy tried to break the field with a powerful kick, but the energy shot her backward into Angel's waiting arms.
"I'm shocked," exclaimed Buffy.
"It will begin," shouted the Master, motioning out into the hallway.
The three Grautlog demons entered the room carrying rather sizeable silver hammers, shovels and pick axes. They began to attack the floor of the library. It didn't take long before a rather large hole started to form.
"Can they do that?" asked Cordelia.
"Yeah," added Xander, "Wouldn't every demon and unsavory individual within 3,000 miles of Sunnydale be fighting to be the first to get the Hellmouth open if all it took to open it was a little good old-fashioned elbow grease?"
"I guess I'm not aware that it's ever been thought of before," answered Giles.
"And demons are for the most part pretty lazy," added Angel.
"Hey," shouted one of the Grautlogs, "Stereotypes can be hurtful."
"Sorry," muttered Angel.
The demon returned to work.
"Never mind that, how are we getting out of this," asked Buffy.
"AHHHGGHH!" exclaimed Angel as he clenched his ears.
Similar sounds came from the vampires who were guarding the front entrance as well.
"Apologies," muttered the Doctor as he put the dog whistle away that he had just blown, "I think my dog can help us."
Willow had a thought. She looked down at her watch. It was 6:00 a.m. She then glanced over at the book cage and her eyes met Oz'. Oz was now back to his normal self and was hiding behind the blankets that concealed him.
"I think my dog can help us too," she said excitedly.
Willow spotted the keys to the cage on the table a few feet behind where the demons were working. She knew that she had to be perfect so as not to risk Oz' or their lives. She concentrated for a moment, then fixed her eyes on the keys. Magically, they lifted themselves off of the table and floated slowly and gently through the cage bars, and into Oz waiting hands. Oz smiled at her with pride.
"Yes, it won't be long now," chanted the Master, "My plans will be complete and I shall rule this miserable planet!"
Oz gently reached his hand through and unlocked the gate to the cage. He looked over at the entrapped group and nodded his head slightly. He quickly snuck up behind the Master, grabbed the gem and pulled it from the Master's neck.
"Stop, you fool!" shouted the Master.
The three demons rose to attention and turned on Oz. They began to back him into a corner.
"Master, Mistress," said a robotic voice from the library entrance.
"K-9, destroy the force field," shouted the Doctor.
K-9 lined up with the nearest field generator and destroyed it with his laser weapon.
"You are all imbeciles," exclaimed the Master, "The Hellmouth is now open if you haven't noticed. The earth will be destroyed without my dominion over the underworld."
The Master turned around and bolted out the door. The Doctor went after him.
"Uhh, guys, a little help here please," said a frightened Oz.
"Oz, the gem," shouted Buffy, "Throw it to Romana!"
Oz quickly tossed the Gem of Marison across the room into the waiting hands of the female time lord. Romana tied the broken pendant around her neck, knowing just what to do.
"Grautlogs, STOP!" shouted Romana, "I order you turn and bow before me."
The three menacing demons froze instantly, then turned and dropped to their knees.
"We are at your command, oh great one," they chanted in unison.
Romana thought for a moment.
"I order you to enter the Hellmouth," said Romana, "Never to return."
"As you wish," replied the demons as they stood up, walked to the hole and crawled in.
"K-9," said Romana.
"Mistress," replied the robotic dog.
"Can you reseal this hole up tight?" she asked.
"Affirmative, Mistress," replied K-9, then he used his laser to fuse the pieces of rock and metal together preventing the Grautlog demons, and any number of other evil entities lurking below from escaping.
The gang cheered with joy. Another evil had been destroyed, this time with the help of their friends from another time and place. Romana smiled and joked with the gang.
"You were pretty good ordering those demons around," said Buffy.
"I simply did what I had to do," replied Romana, "I'm glad it worked, for the sake of the entire planet."
Cordelia moved to the front of the group.
"I don't think we've been officially been introduced," she said, "I am Cordelia Chase and that is a lovely dress you are wearing. It must be straight from either Paris or Milan."
"Thank you," replied Romana graciously, "Actually I found it in a shop near the capitol on Gallifrey."
"Gallifrey," said Cordelia, her head nodding in wonder, "Can you get a direct flight there from LAX?
"Back to what we were saying," said Buffy, "Maybe you'll be president of Galileo someday."
Romana smiled.
"President of Gallifrey?" replied Romana, "Thank you for the compliment, but I wouldn't wish that on anyone. Besides, I have enough to worry about just keeping the Doctor out of trouble."
"Yes, he's always been quite a curious fellow, hasn't he," said Giles, "Hey, where is the Doctor?"
"Here I am, Rupert, my old friend," said the Doctor as he walked into the library.
"The Master?" asked Angel.
"Survived to plunder and pillage another day, I'm afraid," replied the Doctor, "Got away in his TARDIS."
"At least he won't be able to take over the world," Xander said, "Was it just me or was that guy just a teensy bit overdramatic."
"Which reminds me," said Romana, "What should we do with the Gem of Marison?"
The Doctor took it from her hands, set it on the ground and grabbed the large hammer that one of the Grautlogs had been using. With a heavy blow, the Doctor smashed the gem into a million pieces.
"You're not the only ones around here who can turn things into dust!" said the Doctor with a smile.
Everyone laughed. Angel broke off from the group. The others followed the Doctor and Romana out into the sunlight and down the street to the cemetery that held their TARDIS.
"Doctor, we really should be going," said Romana, "The Black Guardian could catch up to us at any time."
"Oh Romana," replied the Doctor, "California is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. We should relax, spend some time here. We deserve a little vacation after that whole Key to Time fiasco."
"But Doctor," continued Romana, "I really think"
"Nonsense," interrupted the Doctor, "We're at least 10 steps ahead of the Bla"
"DOCTOR, YOU WILL TELL ME WHERE YOU HID THE SEGMENTS OF THE KEY TO TIME OR YOU WILL BE DESTROYED" came a dark and booming voice from the sky.
"How could you be thinking of a vacation at a time like this, Romana, let's go," said the Doctor, "There's no time to lose!"
"Goodbye everyone," Romana said, "Send our regards to Angel as well."
"I will," said Buffy.
"Rupert, good to see you again old friend," the Doctor said as he shook Giles' hand.
Giles smiled.
"You too, Doctor," he said, "Take care."
The two time lords entered their vessel and it dematerialized before the gang's eyes.
"Disgusting," said Cordelia.
Everyone looked at Cordy with confusion, until they saw the smashed, decaying remains of the Grautlog demon that had been pinned underneath the TARDIS.
"I'll second that," added Buffy.
"So who's up for doughnuts," said Xander, "Giles is buying."
The gang walked out of the cemetery, having saved the world one more time.
THE END
Author's Notes
Authors Notes: I've been a fan of Doctor Who for many, many years. My obsession with Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel only came about recently, while looking for something to take the place of the X-Files (which ended in 2002). When I first saw the Master on Buffy, I immediately thought of the Doctor's nemesis, the Master from the Doctor Who series. Although these characters are only similar in that they share a name and they are evil, I thought it would be a good way to tie the shows together in my story. Thus, we have the (Doctor Who) Master coming to Sunnydale to open the Hellmouth and lead the demons, vampires and other creatures from Hell in a plan to take over the Earth. That was the basic idea anyway.
So that I didn't have to spend much time introducing the Doctor and Romana to the Scooby Gang, I decided to make one of the characters be acquainted with the Doctor. I struggled with whether it should be Angel or Giles, but settled on Giles. They could have believably crossed paths as both characters spent considerable time in and around London in the early seventies.
This story takes place right around the early 3rd season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, after Angel's soul has been restored and Buffy and Angel have become involved again. Oz and Willow are together. Xander and Cordelia are also together at this point, although there is no mention of it in the story. Willow has been studying Wicca and is at the point where she can levitate objects (ala the floating pencil scene from the show). Faith does not figure into, nor is mentioned in this story at all. I already had a sizable ensemble so she wouldn't have played much of a part anyway. Wesley has not arrived in Sunnydale yet and Giles is still Buffy's Watcher. There may be some continuity issues here, but I tried to get the facts to fit in as best as I could.
I'm using the 4th Doctor (Tom Baker) in this story. This fits into the Doctor Who story arc just after the Key to Time had been collected, then broken up and hidden again across the universe. The Doctor placed a device on his TARDIS that randomized the coordinates to keep the Black Guardian, and themselves from knowing where they are going. Romana is also in this story. I pictured Mary Tamm's Romana as I was writing this although I guess that doesn't exactly fit with continuity. The story should work if you picture Lalla Ward in the part as well. Your choice.
I decided to format the story similar to the way the Doctor Who program was formatted. Each story was divided into smaller episodes that were broadcast weekly on Saturday night. Although some were longer, most were about four episodes in length. The first episodes ended in cliffhangers in which a someone was in a situation they almost certainly couldn't get out of. The following week, that situation would be repeated, followed by the way they got out of it. I thought that format would work here too. You may ask "How could this be a Doctor Who story if it begins and ends with the Buffy characters?" Well, Doctor Who usually was that way. Their TARDIS would materialize in a scene that was already occurring. At the end, we would see the resolution of the story amongst the supporting characters, with the Doctor leaving in his TARDIS.
The demons, the gemstone pendant and the names of planets referred to in this story (except Earth, Gallifrey and Skaro) are made up. Using actual names created in either show would have caused even more continuity errors.
Just a couple more things for those not overly familiar with Doctor Who. Buffy tells Romana she would make a good president and Romana replies that she wouldn't wish the presidency of Gallifrey upon anyone. That's just a little reference to the fact that Romana will become President of Gallifrey in the future (in the novels following the end of the series.) Also, Jellybabies are a British candy that the 4th Doctor has an affinity for. He offers them to people quite often. Willow seemed like the most appropriate person to accept. Come to think of it, could you see Allyson Hannigan as the Doctor? I think that would work. Hmm. Of course, I suppose that would be blasphemy to have an American Doctor, let alone a female, wouldn't it. Just a thought.
"So the gem is the key to his entire plan," said Giles, "If we can manage to separate it from him, he won't dare open the Hellmouth."
"How very astute of you," said the Master, who had just reentered the library, "Unfortunately for you, I have taken every necessary precaution to make sure everything goes exactly according to my plan. Lock them up."
Three vampires surrounded them, each holding a small electronic device. As they switched the devices on, a green glowing field of energy surrounded them.
Buffy tried to break the field with a powerful kick, but the energy shot her backward into Angel's waiting arms.
"I'm shocked," exclaimed Buffy.
"It will begin," shouted the Master, motioning out into the hallway.
The three Grautlog demons entered the room carrying rather sizeable silver hammers, shovels and pick axes. They began to attack the floor of the library. It didn't take long before a rather large hole started to form.
"Can they do that?" asked Cordelia.
"Yeah," added Xander, "Wouldn't every demon and unsavory individual within 3,000 miles of Sunnydale be fighting to be the first to get the Hellmouth open if all it took to open it was a little good old-fashioned elbow grease?"
"I guess I'm not aware that it's ever been thought of before," answered Giles.
"And demons are for the most part pretty lazy," added Angel.
"Hey," shouted one of the Grautlogs, "Stereotypes can be hurtful."
"Sorry," muttered Angel.
The demon returned to work.
"Never mind that, how are we getting out of this," asked Buffy.
"AHHHGGHH!" exclaimed Angel as he clenched his ears.
Similar sounds came from the vampires who were guarding the front entrance as well.
"Apologies," muttered the Doctor as he put the dog whistle away that he had just blown, "I think my dog can help us."
Willow had a thought. She looked down at her watch. It was 6:00 a.m. She then glanced over at the book cage and her eyes met Oz'. Oz was now back to his normal self and was hiding behind the blankets that concealed him.
"I think my dog can help us too," she said excitedly.
Willow spotted the keys to the cage on the table a few feet behind where the demons were working. She knew that she had to be perfect so as not to risk Oz' or their lives. She concentrated for a moment, then fixed her eyes on the keys. Magically, they lifted themselves off of the table and floated slowly and gently through the cage bars, and into Oz waiting hands. Oz smiled at her with pride.
"Yes, it won't be long now," chanted the Master, "My plans will be complete and I shall rule this miserable planet!"
Oz gently reached his hand through and unlocked the gate to the cage. He looked over at the entrapped group and nodded his head slightly. He quickly snuck up behind the Master, grabbed the gem and pulled it from the Master's neck.
"Stop, you fool!" shouted the Master.
The three demons rose to attention and turned on Oz. They began to back him into a corner.
"Master, Mistress," said a robotic voice from the library entrance.
"K-9, destroy the force field," shouted the Doctor.
K-9 lined up with the nearest field generator and destroyed it with his laser weapon.
"You are all imbeciles," exclaimed the Master, "The Hellmouth is now open if you haven't noticed. The earth will be destroyed without my dominion over the underworld."
The Master turned around and bolted out the door. The Doctor went after him.
"Uhh, guys, a little help here please," said a frightened Oz.
"Oz, the gem," shouted Buffy, "Throw it to Romana!"
Oz quickly tossed the Gem of Marison across the room into the waiting hands of the female time lord. Romana tied the broken pendant around her neck, knowing just what to do.
"Grautlogs, STOP!" shouted Romana, "I order you turn and bow before me."
The three menacing demons froze instantly, then turned and dropped to their knees.
"We are at your command, oh great one," they chanted in unison.
Romana thought for a moment.
"I order you to enter the Hellmouth," said Romana, "Never to return."
"As you wish," replied the demons as they stood up, walked to the hole and crawled in.
"K-9," said Romana.
"Mistress," replied the robotic dog.
"Can you reseal this hole up tight?" she asked.
"Affirmative, Mistress," replied K-9, then he used his laser to fuse the pieces of rock and metal together preventing the Grautlog demons, and any number of other evil entities lurking below from escaping.
The gang cheered with joy. Another evil had been destroyed, this time with the help of their friends from another time and place. Romana smiled and joked with the gang.
"You were pretty good ordering those demons around," said Buffy.
"I simply did what I had to do," replied Romana, "I'm glad it worked, for the sake of the entire planet."
Cordelia moved to the front of the group.
"I don't think we've been officially been introduced," she said, "I am Cordelia Chase and that is a lovely dress you are wearing. It must be straight from either Paris or Milan."
"Thank you," replied Romana graciously, "Actually I found it in a shop near the capitol on Gallifrey."
"Gallifrey," said Cordelia, her head nodding in wonder, "Can you get a direct flight there from LAX?
"Back to what we were saying," said Buffy, "Maybe you'll be president of Galileo someday."
Romana smiled.
"President of Gallifrey?" replied Romana, "Thank you for the compliment, but I wouldn't wish that on anyone. Besides, I have enough to worry about just keeping the Doctor out of trouble."
"Yes, he's always been quite a curious fellow, hasn't he," said Giles, "Hey, where is the Doctor?"
"Here I am, Rupert, my old friend," said the Doctor as he walked into the library.
"The Master?" asked Angel.
"Survived to plunder and pillage another day, I'm afraid," replied the Doctor, "Got away in his TARDIS."
"At least he won't be able to take over the world," Xander said, "Was it just me or was that guy just a teensy bit overdramatic."
"Which reminds me," said Romana, "What should we do with the Gem of Marison?"
The Doctor took it from her hands, set it on the ground and grabbed the large hammer that one of the Grautlogs had been using. With a heavy blow, the Doctor smashed the gem into a million pieces.
"You're not the only ones around here who can turn things into dust!" said the Doctor with a smile.
Everyone laughed. Angel broke off from the group. The others followed the Doctor and Romana out into the sunlight and down the street to the cemetery that held their TARDIS.
"Doctor, we really should be going," said Romana, "The Black Guardian could catch up to us at any time."
"Oh Romana," replied the Doctor, "California is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. We should relax, spend some time here. We deserve a little vacation after that whole Key to Time fiasco."
"But Doctor," continued Romana, "I really think"
"Nonsense," interrupted the Doctor, "We're at least 10 steps ahead of the Bla"
"DOCTOR, YOU WILL TELL ME WHERE YOU HID THE SEGMENTS OF THE KEY TO TIME OR YOU WILL BE DESTROYED" came a dark and booming voice from the sky.
"How could you be thinking of a vacation at a time like this, Romana, let's go," said the Doctor, "There's no time to lose!"
"Goodbye everyone," Romana said, "Send our regards to Angel as well."
"I will," said Buffy.
"Rupert, good to see you again old friend," the Doctor said as he shook Giles' hand.
Giles smiled.
"You too, Doctor," he said, "Take care."
The two time lords entered their vessel and it dematerialized before the gang's eyes.
"Disgusting," said Cordelia.
Everyone looked at Cordy with confusion, until they saw the smashed, decaying remains of the Grautlog demon that had been pinned underneath the TARDIS.
"I'll second that," added Buffy.
"So who's up for doughnuts," said Xander, "Giles is buying."
The gang walked out of the cemetery, having saved the world one more time.
THE END
Author's Notes
Authors Notes: I've been a fan of Doctor Who for many, many years. My obsession with Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel only came about recently, while looking for something to take the place of the X-Files (which ended in 2002). When I first saw the Master on Buffy, I immediately thought of the Doctor's nemesis, the Master from the Doctor Who series. Although these characters are only similar in that they share a name and they are evil, I thought it would be a good way to tie the shows together in my story. Thus, we have the (Doctor Who) Master coming to Sunnydale to open the Hellmouth and lead the demons, vampires and other creatures from Hell in a plan to take over the Earth. That was the basic idea anyway.
So that I didn't have to spend much time introducing the Doctor and Romana to the Scooby Gang, I decided to make one of the characters be acquainted with the Doctor. I struggled with whether it should be Angel or Giles, but settled on Giles. They could have believably crossed paths as both characters spent considerable time in and around London in the early seventies.
This story takes place right around the early 3rd season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, after Angel's soul has been restored and Buffy and Angel have become involved again. Oz and Willow are together. Xander and Cordelia are also together at this point, although there is no mention of it in the story. Willow has been studying Wicca and is at the point where she can levitate objects (ala the floating pencil scene from the show). Faith does not figure into, nor is mentioned in this story at all. I already had a sizable ensemble so she wouldn't have played much of a part anyway. Wesley has not arrived in Sunnydale yet and Giles is still Buffy's Watcher. There may be some continuity issues here, but I tried to get the facts to fit in as best as I could.
I'm using the 4th Doctor (Tom Baker) in this story. This fits into the Doctor Who story arc just after the Key to Time had been collected, then broken up and hidden again across the universe. The Doctor placed a device on his TARDIS that randomized the coordinates to keep the Black Guardian, and themselves from knowing where they are going. Romana is also in this story. I pictured Mary Tamm's Romana as I was writing this although I guess that doesn't exactly fit with continuity. The story should work if you picture Lalla Ward in the part as well. Your choice.
I decided to format the story similar to the way the Doctor Who program was formatted. Each story was divided into smaller episodes that were broadcast weekly on Saturday night. Although some were longer, most were about four episodes in length. The first episodes ended in cliffhangers in which a someone was in a situation they almost certainly couldn't get out of. The following week, that situation would be repeated, followed by the way they got out of it. I thought that format would work here too. You may ask "How could this be a Doctor Who story if it begins and ends with the Buffy characters?" Well, Doctor Who usually was that way. Their TARDIS would materialize in a scene that was already occurring. At the end, we would see the resolution of the story amongst the supporting characters, with the Doctor leaving in his TARDIS.
The demons, the gemstone pendant and the names of planets referred to in this story (except Earth, Gallifrey and Skaro) are made up. Using actual names created in either show would have caused even more continuity errors.
Just a couple more things for those not overly familiar with Doctor Who. Buffy tells Romana she would make a good president and Romana replies that she wouldn't wish the presidency of Gallifrey upon anyone. That's just a little reference to the fact that Romana will become President of Gallifrey in the future (in the novels following the end of the series.) Also, Jellybabies are a British candy that the 4th Doctor has an affinity for. He offers them to people quite often. Willow seemed like the most appropriate person to accept. Come to think of it, could you see Allyson Hannigan as the Doctor? I think that would work. Hmm. Of course, I suppose that would be blasphemy to have an American Doctor, let alone a female, wouldn't it. Just a thought.