DOCTOR WHO

PARADISE FIVE BILLION

Discalimer: I don't own Doctor Who or any of the characters in this story and am not making any money off of this. Too bad thought.
"Brace yourselves." said The Doctor.

Rose was use to being knocked off her feet when ever the Tardis made one of its traditional crash landings. She had decided however that the temporary feeling of a soar bum was not worth worrying about. Especially since whatever awaited her outside the Tardis was or could be much more important. And exciting, she thought.

"Where are we?" said Mickey, picking himself up.

Good old Mickey, always the first to ask a question.

The Doctor pointed to the exit. "Go outside, and see for yourself."

And yes, the Doctor, always the first to respond when ever an enquiry regarding the Tardis's current destination was made. But this time he didn't give the name of a certain place or a certain period in time. Well, he did say it would be a surprise Rose reminded herself. Hopefully a nice surprise.

"I'm not going out there" said Mickey. "You'll never see me again."

"All the more reason for you to go out there" replied the Doctor.

Rose couldn't help but frown. He's winding him up again. Are these two ever gonna get along?

The Doctor and Mickey continued to argue over who should be charged with the task of walking outside first. "You said you wanted to see what's out there." said the Doctor. "Yeah" Mickey retorted. "But your suppose to tell me what's out there before I go out." "No I don't." the Doctor said. "Do you want me to hold your hand?" he asked in a mock sort of motherly voice.

Rose stood up. She'd had enough "Oi." The Doctor and Mickey turned to face her. That got their attention. "Don't ladies still get to go first?" Rose asked. The Doctor and Mickey pondered this for a moment. "Well" the Doctor started.

But before he could say anything else Rose walked right passed them. And without hesitation she stepped out. The Doctor and Mickey soon followed.

Rose suddenly stopped and looked around trying to make sense of her latest surroundings. All she could make out from what she saw was that they were in a very large hangar bay. The Tardis had landed in a hangar bay. But why?

"Well I got it right this time didn't I." she heard the Doctors voice from behind her, followed by the familiar sound of the Tardis door closing.

Rose was still confused as to why they had come here. "So where are we?" she asked.

"Paradise Five Billion." said the doctor.

Rose raised an eye brow "Come again".

"Paradise Five Billion" the Doctor repeated. "It's a cruise ship. A luxury cruise ship reserved for the rich, and the powerful."

Rose knew of cruise ships that existed on earth. But didn't think they'd still exist in the future. Apparently people still went on holiday even in the future. "So what are we doing here?"

The Doctor shrugged. "Just thought it might be nice or nifty, or good or grand. Or, maybe even swell or interesting." he cocked his head back and forth as he said each word. "Or great or excellent or or or..." he paused, trying to find the next word.

"Or, fantastic?" Rose provided.

The Doctor smiled "Yep that too. Or, all the above."

"So this place" Mickey started "it's for people who want to relax?"

"Yeah" the Doctor answered. "Well only for registered guests of course." he added.

"Are you a registered guest?" Mickey asked.

The Doctor shook his head. "Nope"

"Can you become a registered guest?"

"Nope"

"Do you know any registered guests?"

"Well…...nope. Not that either."

"What'll we do then if someone finds out we're not suppose to be here?"

"Oh" said The Doctor, suddenly realising. "Gee, I didn't think about that."

Whatever Mickey was about to say or had said had been drowned out by the sudden ringing sound of a security alarm that echoed through the hanger. Out of nowhere strange robots that Rose thought looked similar to Daleks emerged from all corridors and surrounded them, their blaster cannons raised.

"What's going on?" Mickey shouted.

The Doctor looked just as surprised by the ambush. "Not sure." He raised his hands in surrender and motioned Rose and Mickey to do the same. "They probably think we're stowaways."

Rose raised her hands in unison with Mickey. "But we are though, aren't we?"

"I guess that depends how ya look at it" the Doctor said.

"So, what's the punishment for stowaways?" asked Mickey.

"Usually five years hard labour, or if we're lucky they might just give us a fair trial and execute us on the spot."

Mickey looked horrified. "Oh my god"

Rose just thought it was another of the Doctor's attempts at humour. "He's just pulling your leg." she said to Mickey. She then looked at the Doctor. "You are aren't you? I mean, these things aren't gonna hurt us?"

The Doctor jerked his head wondering the same thing. "Guess we'll soon find out."

Okay. Probably not the best way to start a story. I prefer to think of this more as more of a prolouge then a chapter. This is my firstattempt at a story.Feel free to review to tell me how horrible I am.