Doctor Who Series 6
The Impossible Astronaut Part 2
Author's note: I hope you liked the last chapter. This one will be shorter.
Disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who.
By the way, did I ever mention the Doctor was an idiot?
That's what I thought as a peered through the small gap, since the door wasn't fully closed. We had actually materialised in the Oval Office; President Nixon and (I assumed) Canton were sitting by the desk, the President activating a recording. The Doctor closed the door fully, and I had to press my ear against it to hear the recording.
"Hello? This is President Nixon. Who's calling? Is this...you again?"
"Mr President."
"A child." Canton said.
"This is the President."
"I'm scared, Mr President. I'm scared of the spaceman."
"A little girl?" Canton asked.
"Boy." The President replied.
"How can you be sure?"
"What spaceman? Where are you phoning from, where are you right now? Who are you?"
"Jefferson Adams Hamilton."
"Jefferson, listen to me."
The phone hung up, and I heard Canton give a frustrated sigh.
"Surely this is something the bureau could handle." He stated.
"These calls happen wherever I am. How do I know the Bureau isn't involved? I can't trust anyone-!" Nixon broke off abruptly, and I realised the Doctor had been sighted. I rolled my eyes, and went back up to the console.
River gave me a look, and I was about to say what I had heard when the TARDIS jerked suddenly.
"I knew this would happen." I said to River.
"Every time." She added, before going over to the scanner and bringing it round to Amy and Rory.
"He said the scanner wouldn't work." Rory pointed. River laughed.
"I know; bless."
The scanner's wires sparked and within seconds an image came up on it. The Doctor was being held down by agents and yelling.
"No, not that-OW!"
"I wonder if he came up with a pathetic excuse before this happened." I said to River.
"I wouldn't put it past him." She replied.
"Before he forgot the TARDIS was invisible." I added.
"River, have you got my scanner working yet?" the Doctor cried.
"Oh, I hate him."
"No, you don't!"
"Get the President out of here! Sir, you have to go with them now!" Canton yelled. He was one of the agents pinning down the Doctor.
"River, make her blue again!"
River flipped some switches and there was a whooshing sound as the TARDIS became visible again. I laughed at the agents' expressions, and at how they didn't notice the Doctor slipping out and getting comfortable in the chair.
"Mr President." He began, and the agents immediately whipped round and pointed their guns at him.
"That child just told you everything you need to know, but you weren't listening. It doesn't matter, because the answer's yes; I'll take the case -now, fellas, the guns, really? I just walked into the highest security office in the US, parked a big, blue box on the rug – and you think you can just shoot me?" he asked them.
"They're Americans!" River cried, running out from the TARDIS with me running after her. Next thing we knew, we were having guns pointed at us as well.
"No shooting, definitely no shooting!" the Doctor protested, putting his hands up in surrender. Me and River followed suit.
"No need to shoot us either. Definitely not in need of getting shot; look, we've got our hands up." Rory added, coming slowly out of the TARDIS with Amy behind him.
"Who the hell are you?" Nixon demanded.
"Sir, you need to stay back." Canton said.
"But who- but who are they? What is that box?"
The Doctor frowned.
"It's a police box, can't you read. I'm your new undercover agent, on loan from Scotland Yard; codename the Doctor. These are my top operatives, the Legs, the Nose, the Eyes, and Mrs Robinson." He replied, pointing to Amy, Rory, me and River respectively.
"I hate you!" River snapped, on hearing her rude codename.
"No you don't."
"Who are you?" Nixon asked again.
"Now that's a boring question! Who's phoning you; because Canton III was right, that was definitely a girl's voice. There's only one place in America she can be." The Doctor explained.
"Where?" Canton asked.
"Do not engage with the intruder, Mr Delaware." One of the agents ordered.
The Doctor looked at each of them.
"You heard everything I heard, it's simple enough. Give me five minutes and I'll explain. On the other hand, lay a finger on me, or my friends and you'll never, ever know."
Canton had a curious look on his face.
"How did you get it in here? I mean, you didn't carry it in." He said, pointing at the TARDIS.
"Clever, eh?"
"Love it."
"Do not compliment the intruder, Mr Delaware." The annoying agent ordered.
"Five minutes?" Canton asked the Doctor, ignoring the agent.
"Five." The Doctor confirmed.
"Mr President, that man is a clear and present danger." The agent protested.
"Mr President, that man walked in here, with a big blue box and four of his friends, and that's the man he walked past." Canton said, pointing to the agent.
"One of them has got to be worth listening to. I say we give him five minutes, see if he delivers."
"Thanks, Canton." The Doctor said.
"If he doesn't, I'll shoot him myself."
"Not so thanks..." the Doctor murmured.
"Sir, I can not recommend-!" the agent started to protest.
"Shut up, Mr Peterson." Nixon said. He sighed and looked at the Doctor.
"All right."
Canton turned to the Doctor.
"Five minutes." He said.
The Doctor grinned and straightened up in the chair. The guns were lowered and I breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'm going to need a SWAT team ready to mobilise, maps covering all of Florida, a pot of coffee, 12 jammie dodgers and a fez." The Doctor asked. I inwardly laughed at his requests, whilst the rest if the agents looked at him as if he were mad.
"Get him his maps." Canton said.
-X-
"The Oblong room? Please tell me you really didn't use that as an excuse." I said in disbelief to the Doctor. We were both going over a large map and he was telling me what happened when it went silent.
"Well, that's me all over; unpredictable." He countered.
"So, why Florida?" Canton asked.
"The little girl mentioned a spaceman. NASA's where the spacemen live. Also, there's another lead I'm following." The Doctor replied.
"Where the spacemen live? Not really the most technical of terms." I commented.
I looked over my shoulder and saw Amy go over to River.
"Spaceman – like the one we saw at the lake?" she questioned.
"Maybe...probably." River replied. Then Amy looked up and frowned. For a moment, she was silent, and then murmured 'I remember'.
"Amy? What do you remember?"
She blinked and looked at Rory.
"N-Nothing, I just-!" she began, before grimacing in pain.
"Amy, what's wrong?" Rory asked, worry written over his face.
"Amy?" River questioned.
"You alright?" the Doctor asked, going over to another map.
"Yeah, I'm feeling a little sick." Amy replied, clutching her stomach and going over to Agent Peterson.
"Excuse me, is there a toilet or something?" Amy asked.
"Sorry, ma'am, while this procedure is going on, you must stay within the oval office." Peterson replied.
Canton rolled his eyes.
"Shut up, and take her to the rest room." He snapped. The two agents exchanged a glance before one of them led Amy out of the Oval Office. Rory tried to follow, but was stopped.
Canton turned to the Doctor.
"Your five minutes are up."
"Yeah, and where's my fez?" asked the Doctor. The President just gave him a look, and I realized the Doctor never intended to go with the whole five minutes thing.
"Do you have any idea yet?" I asked the Doctor.
"I think I've got a vague idea." He replied, having a closer look at the map. I peered down at it, but couldn't see anything helpful.
"Wouldn't it be better to leave the clever stuff to me?" he questioned. I glared at him.
"You're saying I'm stupid." I said.
"No, I'm just saying that I'm cleverer than you."
"How would you know? And besides, at least I wear decent clothes." I countered, though my voice held a joking tone.
"Well, I'm still taller than you." He said.
"If you don't mind, I'd rather not be 5'11." I replied.
"Since when was all this relevant?" Canton asked.
"Since when did anyone ask for your opinion?" I retorted. Canton just gave me one of his looks as if to say 'whatever'.
We were silent for a few seconds, before the Doctor started talking again.
"What I don't understand is why she phoned the President. If she was scared, wouldn't she phone the police or something?" he questioned.
"Maybe she felt that the President needed to know about it." I suggested. The Doctor looked up at me.
"But what could be so frightening to a little girl?"
"I don't know. That's what you're meant to be finding." I pointed out. He went back to studying the map and I rolled my eyes.
"So, is there anything I can do, or am I just standing here?" I asked him.
"I'm afraid not." He said apologetically.
So, I went over to Rory, who had an anxious look on his face.
"Hey, don't worry yourself. She'll be fine; it's probably just the grief catching up." I said, not wanting to voice my other theory. One that could possibly freak Rory out a little bit.
I shook that thought off. But Rory just gave a nod, so I went over to River. I spoke to her in a hushed voice.
"If the little girl was right, and there really is a spaceman, why would it be here?"
"I don't know. But I know what Amy will be thinking." She replied. It took a moment for me to realise what she meant.
"She will want to stop it in this time period so it won't be around in 2011 to kill the Doctor." I said.
River nodded, and was about to say something when the phone rang. At that time Amy came back in, clutching her mobile phone and looking healthier.
"Should I answer it?" asked Nixon.
I went over to the Doctor just as he exclaimed.
"Aha; you see, the only place that call could be coming from." He said. I, with Canton, looked at the map.
"You, sir, are a genius." Canton said.
"It's a hobby." The Doctor replied."
"Mr President, answer the phone." Canton said.
The President picked up the phone.
"Hello?"
"It's here, the spaceman's here. It's gonna get me! It's gonna eat me!" the child's voice cried.
The Doctor and I exchanged horrified glances, before the Doctor quickly put his jacket on.
"Right, there's no time for a SWAT team. Amy, Rory, River, Emilie, come with me. Canton, on no account follow me into this box and close the door behind you." He said, as we all rushed inside the TARDIS. I knew why the Doctor had said that last part.
"What the hell are you doing?" I heard Canton yell, and as the door closed, I looked back to see the Doctor's plan had worked; Canton had followed us.
I nearly burst out laughing at his expression when he realised that the TARDIS was bigger on the inside. The Doctor – my doctor – had told me of all the companions' reactions, but Canton's was the most dumbstruck. But I contained myself and went up to the console, where the Doctor was explaining how he knew where the call came from.
"Jefferson isn't a girl's name; it's not her name either. Jefferson Adams Hamilton, River?"
"Three of America's founding fathers." River replied.
"Lovely fellas; two of them fancied me." The Doctor added.
I glanced over my shoulder to see Canton looking around with his mouth open. But I soon turned my attention back to the Doctor.
"You alright? Coping?" I heard Rory say.
"She must have been answering where she was." I realised.
"Well, the President asked her two questions - where are you and who are you? – she was answering where."
"It's bigger on the inside." Canton said behind me.
"Yeah, you get use to it." Rory added.
"Now, where would you find three big historical names in a row like that?" the Doctor asked.
"Where?"
"Here!" He exclaimed, flipping a switch. The TARDIS landed and we all started to go towards the door, but instead we were stopped by Canton.
"It's, er..."
"Are you taking care of this?" The Doctor asked Rory, before going out. I followed him, along with River whilst Rory protested.
"Why is it always me?"
"You're the newest; or, the second newest anyway. You have more experience than Emilie does." Amy told him, giving him a peck on the cheek.
When we got out we were in a dark room, with only one window. The Doctor was sitting in a chair.
"Where are we?" Amy asked.
"We're about five miles from Cape Kennedy Space Centre. Its 1969; the year of the moon – interesting, don't you think?" the Doctor replied.
Amy turned on her flashlight and River started to scan the area.
"Why would a little girl be here?"
"I don't know; lost, maybe. The President asked her where she was and she did what any lost girl would do...she looked out of the window." He explained.
The Doctor opened the blinds to reveal three names on the street signs; Jefferson, Adams, Hamilton.
"Streets – of course, street names." Amy realised.
River went over to the phone and picked it up.
"The only place in Florida, probably in all of America with those three street names on the same junction. Oh, and Doctor Song, you've got that face on again." He added at the end.
"What face?"
"The 'he's hot when he's clever' face." The Doctor said.
"This is my normal face." River said, smirking.
"Yes, it is."
"Oh, shut up."
"Not a chance."
Then, Rory and Canton came out of the TARDIS. Canton took a step back.
"We've moved! How can we have moved?" he demanded.
"You haven't even gotten to space travel yet." The Doctor replied.
"I was going to cover it with time travel." Rory said, shaking his head a little.
"Time travel?" Canton repeated.
"Brave heart, Canton. Let's go." The Doctor said, going through the warehouse, with me following him.
"So, we're in a box that's bigger on the inside, and can travel through time and space?" I heard Canton ask.
"Basically." Rory replied.
"How long have Scotland Yard had this?"
I rolled my eyes, and quickened my pace to catch up with the Doctor.
-X-
"It's some kind of warehouse; disused." River informed us.
"You realise this is almost certainly a trap." The Doctor replied.
"When I noticed the phone, yes."
"What about the phone?" Amy asked.
"It was cut off; so how did the child phone from here?"
"But why would anyone want to trap us?"
"Don't know; let's see if anyone tries to kill us and work backwards."
"That's basically your MO." I put in.
"If you say so."
We walked in silence for a moment, before the Doctor turned around and spoke to me.
"I'm sorry about earlier, Emilie. I just didn't think you'd be able to help."
"Why not?"
"I don't know. But I assume that if you're with Sarah Jane, you must help her out sometimes, and so you must have picked something up from her experiences. I just wasn't thinking at the time." He explained.
"Well, I'm a new face. It's natural you wouldn't be able to tell what I can and can't do." I replied truthfully. I wasn't really angry with him.
"All's good, then." The Doctor said, and we continued through the warehouse.
"Now, why would a little girl be here?" River asked, as we came across a room with a tilted operating table. It appeared to have organic things growing on it.
"I don't know; let's find her and ask her." The Doctor replied.
River scanned the operating table.
"It's non-terrestrial; definitely alien. It's probably not even from this time zone." She concluded.
"Which is odd, because look at this." The Doctor exclaimed, going over to several boxes full of space equipment.
"It's Earth-tech; contemporary." River said.
"It's very contemporary – cutting edge in fact. This is from the Space Programme."
"Stolen? What, by aliens?" Amy asked in disbelief.
"Apparently." The Doctor replied, putting on a helmet.
"Why would aliens want this, though?" I questioned.
"Yeah; if you can make all the way to Earth, why steal technology that can barely make it to the moon?" Amy added.
"Maybe because it's cooler; look how cool this stuff is." The Doctor cried, opening the visor.
"Cool aliens?"
"Well, what would you call me?"
"An alien-!"
"-With no fashion sense." I finished.
"Oi!" The Doctor protested, taking off his helmet.
"I think he's Ok now." Rory said, coming into the room with Canton following him. I noticed he had a bemused expression on his face.
"Ah, back with us, Canton."
Canton was silent for a moment before replying.
"I like your wheels."
"That's my boy. So, come one – little girl, let's find her." The Doctor said, going over to another part of the room with Rory following him.
River and I examined the table, me grimacing at the slime on it, when Amy approached us.
"River-!" she began.
"I know what you're thinking." River interrupted.
"Uh, no you don't."
"You're thinking that if we find the astronaut here in 1969 and neutralised it, then it won't be around in 2011 to kill the Doctor." River explained.
"Okay, lucky guess." Amy admitted.
"It's only because I was thinking it too."
"So let's do it." Amy begged.
"It doesn't work like that. We came here because of what we saw in the future; if we change that we create a paradox." River explained.
"Time can be rewritten."
River gave her a look.
"Not all of it."
"Says who?"
"Who do you think?"
Then she noticed something, and I followed her gaze to see several pipes leading to a covered up hole.
"What's this?" She murmured.
"We can still sav-!"
"Doctor, look at this."
She bent down and pushed the cover aside.
"What the hell is that?" I asked.
"And where does it lead?" The Doctor added.
"Well, it says there's a network of tunnels running under here." River replied.
"Any life signs?" The Doctor asked.
"None that's showing up." She said, starting to descend.
"Oh, they're the worst kind. Be careful." He added at the end.
"Being careful; tried that once, ever so dull." She replied.
"Shout if you're in trouble." He said.
"Oh, don't worry, I'm quite the screamer – now there's a spoiler for you." She told him, before going down.
"So, what's going on here?" Canton asked. The Doctor whipped around, starting to blush a little.
"Er, nothing, she's just a friend." He said quickly.
I laughed at the misunderstanding whilst Rory leaned over to him.
"Doctor, I think he means about the possible alien incursion."
"Ah, right." The Doctor realised, clapping Rory and Canton on the shoulder.
"Nice one, Doctor." I yelled over to him. I exchanged glances with Amy and we went over to some of the equipment.
"I still don't get why they would steal Earth tech -unless they were studying it for something." I said.
"Studying for what; did they decide to make an Earth school for aliens?" Amy suggested jokingly.
"So, I was in a bar having a drink. Tell me honestly; am I still there?" Canton interrupted.
"I'm afraid not." Amy replied.
Footsteps made us turn around and we saw River come up panting. I thought something had happened, but then she spoke.
"All clear; it's just tunnels, nothing down there I can see. Er, give me five minutes – I want to take another look around, see what else is down there." River said to the Doctor.
"Stupidly dangerous!" He told her.
"Yeah, I like it too. Amy, look after him." She said, before going down. Amy winked in reply.
"Rory, would you mind going with her?" the Doctor asked.
"Yeah, a bit." Rory protested.
"Then I'd appreciate it all the more."
Rory sighed, before he went over to the manhole.
"Hold on River, I'm coming too." He said unenthusiastically. Soon, he had descended.
"Aw, that's sweet." I teased the Doctor.
"No, we're just friends!" he insisted. Amy laughed.
"Don't bother, Doctor. We can see right through you." She told him. He frowned, muttering under his breath before going over to one of the boxes.
"He's going to sulk now." I said to Amy.
"Nah, he's not one for sulking." She replied.
When Canton came back over, Amy started conversation with him again.
"So, you were kicked out of the FBI because you had attitude problems." She stated.
"No, I just wanted to get married." He replied.
"Is that a crime?"
"Yes!"
He glanced over to the Doctor.
"Doctor...who, exactly?" he asked.
"Ah, that's classified." Amy replied.
I sent a glance over to the Doctor. He was currently sticking his head into a box.
"Classified by whom?"
Amy thought about that.
"God knows." She replied.
"But you two work for him."
"He's a friend of mine." I replied.
"He's been a friend of mine as well; if 'friend' is the right word. I haven't seen him in a while. I had something I wanted to tell him, but stuff always gets in the way." Amy said.
"Stuff does that."
"Help!"
A girl's voice echoed through the warehouse. The Doctor brought his head back up and we were all on alert. I noticed Canton draw out his gun.
"Help! Help me!"
"That's her." Canton said, rushing towards the source of the sound. I, Amy and the Doctor started to follow him when Amy suddenly doubled over with a cry of pain.
"Amy?" I cried in alarm.
"Amy, what's wrong?" The Doctor asked, helping her up.
"I need to tell you something." She said.
"Doctor!"
"It's important – it's really important." She continued.
"Doctor, quickly." Canton yelled again.
"What, now?" the Doctor asked incredulously.
I grabbed Amy's arm and we ran to another section of the warehouse. We were up against the wall before the Doctor peered around the corner and nodded.
When we got there, Canton was slumped on the ground.
"Canton, are you okay?" the Doctor said, going over to him.
"Is he alright?" Amy asked.
"He'll be fine; got a proper whack, though." The Doctor assured us.
"Doctor, I have to tell you something. I have to tell you it now." Amy said.
"Not a great moment, Amy." The Doctor retorted.
"No, it's important, it has to be now!" she pleaded.
"Help! Help me! Help me!" the girl's voice cried.
I wondered what could be so important, when Amy kneeled down to the Doctor's level.
"Doctor...I'm pregnant."
We didn't even have time to process that when we heard footsteps. The Doctor and I stood up as the astronaut came into the room.
"That's it; that's the astronaut." I heard Amy say.
The astronaut lifted its arm, and with its other arm lifted the visor. I gasped as it revealed the little girl to be inside. I was furious when I saw how terrified she was, and how she was obviously in there against her will.
"Help me!" she cried.
"Get down!" Amy yelled.
"What are you doing?" The Doctor cried. With horror, I realised she had Canton's gun.
"Saving your life!"
"No!"
A gunshot echoed, and I saw Amy's shocked face, as she realised who was in the spacesuit.
End of chapter
I am sorry I'm behind schedule. I will try and upload chapters 3 and 4 by at least Thursday. From then, Part 1 of an episode will be uploaded on Wednesdays and Part 2 uploaded on Saturdays.