Flashback
-Alien spaceport, 8 weeks before the fall of the Colonies
The Doctor had shown Gina Inviere many interesting places since he had "abducted" her from Cloud Nine. They have been on an old wooden sailing ship, the Santa Maria, when Columbus discovered America, they watched Neil Armstrong make his first step onto the moon, and they had been to Caprica when the first settlers from Kobol landed. The Doctor had taken her to many other important events in human history, both in the history of Earth as well as in the history of the Twelve Colonies. He had shown Gina many exotic places as well and they had met many interesting species. One of these places had been a planet with purple sky, two suns, four moons, and tall, singing flowers that glowed in ever changing colors at night. He watched her learn and understand. Even though Gina was very attractive and intelligent, the Doctor was not romantically or sexually interested in her. He was still grieving over Rose Tyler, who was separated from him forever, being stuck in a parallel universe. No, the Doctor saw Gina Inviere the way a teacher sees a student. He recognized her potential and wanted to help her grow as a person and expand her horizon. They were having a conversation about time travel over dinner at a busy restaurant as they waited to meet with John Crichton.
"The destruction of the Colonies is a fixed point in time. There's nothing we can do. But we can try to save as many people as possible", the Doctor explained to Gina.
"But how can you change some things in the past and not others?" she asked.
"Part of being a Time Lord is that I can see which parts are fixed and which ones are fluid and can be changed.", he continued.
The Doctor looked around and spotted John Crichton walking in.
"Ahh, there he is", the Doctor exclaimed.
"Come on over and join us", he said, waving at Crichton.
"You said you had some star charts for me?" Crichton asked as he pulled up a chair.
"Yes, yes. The star charts are on this data crystal here", the doctor said and held up a data crystal. "Sit down; there are a few things that I need to tell you first."
"I'm all ears", Crichton said and sat down on a chair at the Doctor's table.
"This is the last civilized place before you reach the Cyrannus System. It will take you several weeks to get there, so stock up on supplies.
"What would I want in the Cyrannus System?" Crichton asked.
"You will find that location quite interesting. It has twelve habitable planets, all inhabited by humans. That's right, humans just like you. No Sebbaceans, no Gallifreyans. Just plain old humans." the Doctor answered.
John Crichton wondered if those humans in the Cyrannus System knew how to brew beer, if they ate prime rib steaks and if they played football or similar sports. Maybe their technology was compatible with Earth technology and he could buy a few gadgets to upgrade his old Farscape module.
As the waitress stopped by at their table, Crichton ordered his meal. He hoped that it was at least better than that algae soup he and his family had been eating for the past three weeks.
"How did those people get there? Did some small green men in flying saucers pick them up on good ol' Earth and just decided to drop them off in that system? And twelve habitable planets, all in one system, that really sounds a bit odd." Crichton said skeptically.
"Well, according to their history, the Cyrannus System was colonized a few thousand years ago by people from a planet named Kobol. I've put some files about their culture and history on the data crystal with the star charts".
"So, you are sending me on a road trip to visit some cousins of humanity, but what do you get out of this? I mean, what's in it for you?" Crichton asked, full of suspicions.
This whole deal sounded fishy to Crichton. He was used to people trying to manipulate him and he thought for a moment that Scorpius had finally caught up with him again and had sent one of his agents to trick him into running into a trap.
"Does there have to be anything in it for me?" The Doctor asked.
Crichton's experiences over the past several years had made him very cautious. He had learned to mistrust strangers. But the more he kept thinking about it, the more he began to dismiss the idea of Scorpius being involved in this. Scorpius was too far away, and if he had followed Moya all the way out here, he would have made himself known at an earlier opportunity. Still, his dealings with Scorpius had made him paranoid. He continued his conversation with the Doctor, who handed him a data crystal and then left after they had all finished their meal.
"I think he swallowed it", the Doctor said after Crichton had left.
"He didn't look very convinced to me", Gina responded, after she had not said a single word during the conversation between the Doctor and John Crichton.
"But his curiosity will eventually catch up with him. This is an opportunity too good for him to pass up", the Doctor said.
"I can't believe that you sent him to the Colonies. My people will attack in what? Seven or eight weeks? Something like that. And you just sent him there to die?" Gina complained.
"No, not to die. To prevent others from dying", the Doctor countered.
"But what if he gets killed?" Gina asked.
"He won't get killed. There is a certain kind of people you can throw into what seems to be a no win situation and they come out on top of the game no matter how bad the odds are. Crichton is one of these people and I have confidence in him to do the right thing." the Doctor explained.
The Doctor was pleased that Gina was making progress. She had shown that she actually cared what happened to Crichton and to the people in the Twelve Colonies. It had in fact been her idea to travel back in time to prevent the Cylons from destroying the Colonies. Knowing that the destruction of the Twelve Colonies was a fixed point in time that could not be altered, he had taken her here instead.
Back aboard Moya, John Crichton was having a discussion with his wife Aeryn Sun about his plans to travel to the Twelve Colonies of Kobol.
"But you said yourself you don't trust this Doctor", Aeryn reminded him while helping him unload the supplies he had bought.
"But those people are my people. At least they are closely related. I want to find out how they got there."
"You and your fahrbot Erp human ideas. They always keep getting us into trouble".
"And we can possibly buy food that is actually edible. That muck I had for breakfast this morning looks like something Uncle Albert would scrape from the bottom of his Koi pond. It tastes like overcooked sewage laced with compost and I don't even want to talk about the smell." Crichton complained.
"Ssumssha Algae is very nutritious. Milinda Yshara says..." Aeryn tried to explain.
"Milinda Yshara is an Abbai. I don't doubt that this gunk makes a good meal for someone like her, since she has more in common with my uncle's prized Koi than she does with you or me. She probably doesn't even have taste buds." John interrupted his wife.
"You are such a picky eater", she criticized him.
"And you never learned to appreciate good food. But that's hardly your own fault", he countered.
"Peacekeeper soldiers were trained to eat whatever is available, no matter how bad it tastes. We can't just stop by a five star restaurant in the middle of a battle", she explained.
"Anyway, I'm not asking you to come with me. You can stay on Moya. Someone needs to keep an eye on Deke anyway." John said, knowing that Pilot was pretty much useless as a babysitter, since the alien was physically connected to Moya and therefore unable to chase after Deke when the boy would get himself into mischief again.