Doctor Who – The Titor effect

The TARDIS slowly faded onto the barren landscape. Flinging open the doors, the Doctor flung open the doors, out of breath, and looked outside.

"All clear!" he yelled back inside to his assistants Amy and Rory. "It seems to be somewhere like a desert! Can't see any dangers! Safe we are!"

"You really should learn how to fix your machine Doctor and not just hope it gets better. We have no idea where we are, what time period, and what sort of creatures are out here. And you think we're safe?" A female voice replied to his shouts. "Lets have a look and see what it's like out there then."

Amy strode outside the TARDIS and looked around. They seemed to be in a desert of sorts. Sand dunes were everywhere. The sky had a reddish tint, sunrise approaching, and no vegetation was anywhere.

"You know, you really should learn how to fly that thing if your nine-hundred and something years old." A third voice said as Rory stepped out. "Where are we anyways?"

"I take offense at that you know. I can fly it. I forgot for a bit though, but that's not important. I can fly it now."

"You forgot? How did you forget how to fly your own spaceship?"

"Long story which I'm not going to tell. Oh hello! We have company."

Both companions turned to look at the way he was facing. Climbing up the dune that the TARDIS was 'parked' on, were four humanoid shapes. Strolling up two by two, as they drew closer the group could see that it was two men followed by two women. They were dressed in combat suits, each carrying a helmet under their arm, with guns in the other pointing at the three. As they drew closer, the leader pointed his gun straight at the Doctor and rattled off a well practised phrase.

"By order of Marshall Largis of the nation of Frecam, grandest state of the continent and world, you are hereby under arrest for unlawful entry to the country and..." Stumbling he continued, "smuggling, a large blue box..."

"I couldn't help but notice that you said the words continent and world there. You wouldn't happen to want to be more precise now would you? Maybe throw in the date and time as well? You see we've been travelling a lot and we're...sort of lost." The Doctor replied, trying to not be offensive.

"The prisoners shall remain silent!" One of the female soldiers retorted.

"The year is 2036. The date is the 27th of March. Time is 06:48. Continent and world you should know yourself."

"I'm sorry. But I don't." The Doctor said looking around uncaringly.

"This is the state of Frecam. On Earth. In America."

"America? Well this is interesting. I don't recall this event ever happening before and I've been all over the place." A sharp look came into the Doctor's eyes.

"Err... Doctor, what's Frecam?" Amy said.

"A state in this America it seems. Although it's never existed before... do you ever listen?"

"The prisoners shall refrain from talking among themselves and state their names!" The uptight female said again.

"Amy, Rory and I'm the Doctor" indicating each respectively, with a flick of his head.

"Doctor who?"

"Just the Doctor."

"Be more precise. State surname and forename!"

"Err... forename... John! Surname... Titor! John Titor! That's my name!"

"Don't you usually use John Smith?" Amy whispered to him under her breath.

"Got to be creative now and then. Good for the mind." He replied with a smile on his face.

"Why John though?" Rory asked.

"Great name John. Lots of famous people called it. John Keats, John Lennon, he's an interesting chap you know. John DeLorean, great name that one. You have a film about it somewhere I think."