Peri sat on a rock overlooking a wonderous and spectacular landscape. The sun in the sky was a bright blue orb. The Doctor called it Ruprect, he wouldn't say whay. The rock she sat on was at the top of a rocky plinth rising out of a grassy field. The grass glowed purple for miles in every direction. Trees wih orange bark and fiery red leaves dotted the landscape as far as the eye could see. In the distance giant mountains broke the horizon and towered into the sky. Peri could see snow on the peaks of the mountains. The best part of the landscape was that the whole place smelled of apples and oranges. It was nice and peaceful.
'I'm on an alien world,' Peri thought, 'a really alien world.'
After getting into the Tardis, the Doctor had offered her anywhere and everywhere. She asked him to take her someplace alien. Smiling, he did just that.
She could see him a few hundred yards away next to the Tardis. He was swinging his cricket bat, hitting imagined bowls. Occasionally, he would raise his arms in triumph and she would laugh at him. It was so human of him. She knew that he wasn't human. When she had grabbed him in fear earlier, she had heard the beat of his two hearts.
Thump thump thump thump.
It had not freaked her out as much as she thought. No, she had been partially distracted by his clothes. She kept meaning to ask him why he wore a celery stalk on his lapel. Every time she tried, though, something came up and she never asked.
Well, there was plenty of time to ask him. She had only known him for two days, after all. She was still getting used to the fact that there were such things as aliens and other planets. Sure, she knew about Roswell and Area 51 but she had never taken that stuff seriously. It was like the Bermuda Triangle or the Loch Ness Monster. They didn't really exist. Did they?
Then there was the other thing that the Doctor had told her. The blue box could travel through time. She could go anywhere, but she could go anywhen. Oh, the possibilities had stopped her from sleeping last night. Was it last night? Was there night on the Tardis? She didn't know if she could handle that kind of question. When did she want to go?
She could go back and see the construction of the Empire State Building. She could pose for a picture by Leonardo da Vinci. She could go see Star Wars in the theatre again just like when she was twelve. The nineteen year old botany student had all of time and space to play in, and she had no idea when or where she wanted to go.
Thankfully, the Doctor apparently knew some good places. Like this strange planet orbiting Ruprect. More than likely, he would be able her to good places and times, and if she ever got the urge, then she could just ask.
"Peri," the Doctor's call interrupted her thoughts, "I think you might want to see this."
"What is it?" she called back to him.
"This fascinating flower may interest you."
Peri stood up. How could she resist a new and interesting flower?