'Doctor. Doctor!

'…HEY, DOC!' Jane bellowed.

He finally stopped running and they both stood in the fog, panting. When Jane once again had enough breath to talk, she hurled arrows of questions at the Doctor: 'Who was that guy? What is this place? How did he know my name? And what did he mean about the dolls?- Cos he was right, they looked just like people I know. What is going on?'

For a moment, the Doctor wavered in between questions, but finally just said firmly, 'I'll explain everything once we're back in the TARDIS, okay? We'll be safe there.'

'Hnn…' Jane thought about insisting on answers, but decided against it. 'Alrighty, then. Where is the TARDIS? We've been running forever and haven't come across it.'

The Doctor looked around. 'Well, we went in a straight line both times, so it should be right…'

He turned around and there stood the TARDIS, just a few yards away. '…There!' The ship's owner began to walk towards it. 'Safety in sight.'

But when he tried to open the door, he found that it wouldn't open. The key did nothing, nor did all his pushing and pulling on the handle. Jane stood a few feet away, and could hear odd noises coming from inside the box, as well as a red light that shone out the broken windows.

'Gah!' the Doctor finally exclaimed. 'You pick now to do this? Now, when we need to get out of here?'

And suddenly he could complain no more, because in the time that this exchange was held, the robots had found them. Jane and the Doctor found themselves grabbed from behind, suddenly being dragged back towards the toy room.

'Transformers?' the girl exclaimed when she saw them, for they seemed to be precisely like the popular toys. But they were far, far stronger than the plastic things, for no matter how much she struggled, she couldn't break free. 'What the f- who are you?' she cried. 'What is going on here?'

The man was smirking at both her struggles and her questions when they finally reentered the room. He then looked to the Doctor, who wasn't struggling, merely staring hard at their captor. 'I believe the honour of enlightening you, little Jane, belongs to your friend…' The man stepped closer. '…the Doctor.'

Jane looked over at her new mate and saw something of mild surprise on his face. So he knew this creeper, somehow. She herself was only mildly surprised, because she knew the Doctor was a traveler. She had no idea how long he had been traveling, where or when he had started from. But she guessed it had been a very long time; she could see it in his eyes. And with all the weird stuff he had probably encountered, Jane was sure some of those encounters were with people and things even she couldn't imagine. Like this guy.

When the Doctor didn't say anything, the man took a step back and walked around him. 'Don't think I don't know you, Doctor. No, you are unforgettable, no matter what you look like. Young or old…' He stopped. '…Time Lord.'

The Doctor looked up. 'You were destroyed during the Time War. How did you get here, and what did you do to Earth?'

'Ha, destroyed,' the man said mockingly. 'No, you only wish I had been destroyed.' He shook his head. 'No, no, no. When you pathetic, traitorous Time Lords lost the Time War, I was exiled to the deepest, dustiest corner of the Universe, left to go mad, to waste away. Powerless, alone…' The man looked out the window. 'But nothing can stop the power of the mind, as I learned.'

'What do you mean?' Jane asked. She was desperate for some explanation, any explanation. Obviously something had gone down out in space and time that was above humanity- a war. But how were these two involved?

'Ah. It's fitting that you should speak up now, little Jane,' the man turned to Jane, smiling at her wickedly. 'See, my world is based off of games and toys, but what allows toys and games to be played with is the imagination and creativity behind them.

'I was alone in the dark, the centuries flying by without any sign of change when suddenly, there was a light, and I could see far away into a place and a world where there was a girl- a human girl, her head so full of stories and ideas. As a child, she'd play with her dolls all day, creating stories and worlds for them. She invented new realities and identities for her playmates, and now, though she is beyond those games, she still is always writing stories, always drawing pictures, she is full of ideas and creativity and she was exactly what I needed.

'That girl, if you hadn't already guessed, Jane, is you.'

Things were getting more and more confusing and complicated by the second. Jane stared at him, wide-eyed and mouth slightly agape. 'Who are you?' she finally cried. 'What do you want?'

The man chuckled. 'Oh, I'm so sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. I am the Toymaker. I create worlds of creativity and games.'

'Lovely,' the girl said with hard and blatant sarcasm. 'But what do you want, what do you want with me?'

The Toymaker clasped his hands and again turned to the window. 'When the Time Lords were defeated, so was I. All my power, all my ability… gone. But the spark of creativity, that first light… slowly I've been regaining my strength. Through the light in which I saw Jane, I gained a foothold on Earth, and just when I had nearly enough to break free, this man-' Here he turned around, sweeping his hand in the Doctor's direction. '-Went and crashed his space-time ship in the same town as my opening. Well, never mind merely re-entering the Universe; I completely regained my power and then some. I then realized just how fortunate I was to be near the Earth. Such a popular planet, you see. More "aliens" visit it per year than Jane's childlike people would guess or be comfortable with. If I were to construct my world in its place, all those foreigners would enter the Toymaker's realm, and the games would never end.'

'That's it,' the Doctor spoke up in realization. 'The Earth- he has the Earth, he has it!'

Jane looked at him. 'What do you mean, "he has the Earth"?'

The Toymaker reached down to a little table and picked up a child's puzzle of a map of the world. 'You needn't worry, it's safe and sound right here.'

Her mouth dropped open. 'You turned it into a freakin' kid's puzzle?'

'Welcome to where your planet once was.' The Toymaker gestured out the window. 'All this space, ready to be filled.'

Dejectedly, Jane looked at her feet. Though she had already guessed the answer, she went on. 'And the people?'

'Ready to play.'

The dolls.

The girl didn't say anything more. She simply stared at the ground, not knowing what to think or do.

'Oh,' the Toymaker looked at her with mock pity. 'But you needn't worry, my dearest Jane: you can join them if you like.'

The Doctor didn't like the sound of that. 'What do you mean?' he asked, somewhat angrily. 'Toymaker! What do you mean?'

But their captor seemed to be denying his existence, and didn't answer. No, he waited until Jane, slowly and quietly, murmured her own confused 'Wh… what?'

'I am simply offering you a chance,' the Toymaker explained. 'A simple choice to make, and one I can promise will allow you to again be with your friends and family. All you have to do is let me transf-'

'Don't listen to him, Jane!' the Doctor interrupted. 'He's trying to trick you. If you agree with him, he'll just turn you into another one of his toys, and then you'll never see your family again. You'll never see anything again!'

In anger, the Toymaker spun on his heels and looked to the Doctor. 'I warn you to be silent, Doctor, before you are made to be.'

'But there's another choice, and you know it,' the Doctor returned. 'Don't think you can lure Jane into believing she has no way out of your realm, because she does.'

Somehow his words reached her in her daze of unknowing. Jane looked over at the Doctor, her face still afraid, but growing less so. 'What are you talking about?'

The Toymaker was growing madder. 'Stop speaking this instant!'

But now it was his turn to be ignored. 'The Toymaker's games are notorious amongst the more… er… learned people of the Universe.' The Doctor grimaced. 'No offence.'

'None taken.'

'Well, he draws people into his worlds like a spider does to flies. He forces them to play his deadly games, which he always cheats at, and should they lose the games they play, he condemns them to become his toys for ever. But if they win, the Toymaker's world is destroyed.'

'Fantastic!' Jane's spirits had risen. 'So I'll just beat him at a couple of kid's games. I can do that… probably.'

She again looked at the Toymaker. 'You hear that? I challenge you- for the Earth. If I win, you restore my planet back exactly the way it was before, with all its people unhurt and… y'know, as people again.'

'I second that challenge,' the Doctor looked to the fuming alien.

'Thanks. I'm guessing I'm gonna need all the help I can get.' The girl grinned warily at the Doctor.

'Not so quickly,' the Toymaker interjected. 'You may think that some "kid's game" would be easy to win. But you are wrong. I can guarantee you that you will lose. You cannot defeat me! Only one has ever beaten the celestial Toymaker, and it will stay that way.'

'Who beat you?' Jane asked curiously.

'Me.'

The Doctor answered for the Toymaker. 'Me, and a couple of my friends.'

Though his anger could still be felt, the Toymaker smiled his sinister smile. 'Exactly. Which is why I'm doing… this.'

His hand shot out, aimed at the Doctor. A sudden shudder seemed to ripple through Jane's companion, and his eyes grew wide. He looked up at the Toymaker. 'What are you…?'

Those would be the last words Jane heard the Doctor speak, for suddenly his face grew blank and his eyes closed, and the Doctor grew limp, as he had during his sickness. The Transformer robot still held him up, but with a clench of the Toymaker's fist, it released him. The Doctor began to fall forward, but then he seemed to melt away, and instead a little rag doll dressed up the same as the Doctor hit the floor with a soft, dull thump.

'Oh my God!' Jane exclaimed. 'What the… you son of a gorram lampshade! You turn the Doctor back right now, you hear me, right now!'

'Stop your struggling,' the Toymaker commanded, for she had begun to kick and squirm, trying to break free of the Transformer's grip so that she could get her hands around the Toymaker's neck. 'It's useless. If you are going to face me, it will be unaided by that meddling Doctor.' He looked up to the robot holding her and nodded.

Slowly the Transformer turned and began to lead Jane towards the door. 'No!' she screamed. 'No, no, let me go! Let me go!'

'You will play three games,' the Toymaker called after her. 'With each one that you win, if you win it, you will earn a piece of the Earth puzzle.'

The Transformer began to force the struggling Jane through the door.

'And while I'm thinking about it, I wanted to thank you for allowing me into your mind so easily. The energy of a human is such a simple thing to drain,' she heard the Toymaker laugh. 'I'm just sorry it caused you trouble in school.'

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Ohh, this is where it gets so weird I want to hurt myself… XD

Sorry I haven't updated in so long. Been busy. But now it's winter hols, and hopefully I can get the rest of what's written posted.

So, the Celestial Toymaker! Anyone heard of him? Anyone? No? Haha, well, he's a one-off from the First Doctor episode "The Celestial Toymaker", and the idea of this episode always just fascinated me. I really wanted to write a story with him, therefore, here he is.

I'm sorry if he's a bit of a creeper. Like I said, I never saw the episode, as all but the very last part was lost. This is probably completely off from the way he really was, but let's just say that isolation made him go a bit funny. It suits my purposes, anyhow. -_-; The Doctor's also a bit weird in this chapter. Nrrr. You all know my excuse by now, even if it does drive me batty.

In case you didn't get it, what happened is this: during the Time War, the Time Lords enlisted the Toymaker to help them by playing his games on the Daleks. It worked well until all went to naught, and instead of just dying like everybody else, he lost all his power and was banished to some far corner of the Universe. Until eventually, somehow, he could randomly see to the other side of the galaxies and into the mind of a young Jane Parsons. (I didn't know about it at the time, but let's just say it was through one of the time cracks. Like Prisoner Zero. That'll work. Let's go with that. XD)

I kind of really hate it when bad guys monologue, but it seemed like the only way to explain. Shucks. Oh well. Also… Transformers. That's just what I had in my head. Randomness. Hahahaha. As for everything else… if something doesn't make sense, just message me. I'll explain it.

Now our heroine faces adversity alone! Or does she? And what will become of the Doctor? Stay tuned to find out! Same bat time, same bat channel! XDDDDD

Although not really, I suppose. But the joke still stands. If you even get the reference.