Judoon Platoon Upon... the Hospital?

"Mum!" the young lad screeched as he ran full pelt down the hospital corridors, "Mum!"

He got several odd glances from the nurses as he fled past them, too quickly for them to do anything about it. His red shoes pounded against the gleaming floor, and he hoped that he wasn't disturbing anyone in the floors below. It had been an ordinary visit to see his Gran in the hospital at first, but then it escalated into a bit more when he was headed downstairs to get himself a magazine from the hospital shop.

Everything was normal until he corned around into the foyer where the lifts where situated, and then things got interesting. Or in his ten year old brain, damn right scary. "Mum!" he bellowed again as he skidded on the floor and into the ward.

His entry sadly woke up the elderly asleep in the bed opposite his Gran, but that didn't matter right now. His mum didn't look best too pleased when she discovered it was her son making the entire racket. "Tommy, what have I told you..." she started to lecture him, hands on hips.

"No mum", Tommy panted, "Giant... Rhinos... in lift".

His Gran laughed. "Debs, I think he has finally lost it", Tommy's wonderful Gran smiled, "Welcome to the club son".

"No, they are really there!" Tommy demanded.

"C'mon Tommy", his mother motioned for him to come over; "The sister won't be too pleased about the racket you are making. You have already woken up Mr. Lucas".

"Sorry", he avoided her glance, "But I really did see them".

"Come over here and tell your dear old Gran all 'bout it, hmm?" his Gran smiled as she patted the bed next to her.

"Well, they were all dressed in black, but I only saw one Rhino. The rest had these giant helmets on", Tommy described, using his hands to demonstrate to his Gran how big this hat was, "And there were lots of people fussing around with them, and it looked like there were more coming from the lift".

"Really", his Gran raised her eyebrows, "Perhaps this can be the English essay you were struggling with over the weekend then".

"But Gran" Tommy complained, "This was real!"

Gran was looking for a comeback whilst Tommy's mum sighed and held her head in her hands. Just then, there was a kafuffle in the corridor outside, and a group of people hurried down the corridor holding a load of camera equipment. Then there were even more people following them after that, carrying various chairs and other items.

But then the room went silent as several black figures were led passed the window by a stressed out looking woman. She was giving them various instructions, and then Tommy's Rhino man passed the window. Loads of wires were hanging out the back of his head, and three men were fussing over them as they hurried past the ward. Gran and Tommy's mum then exchanged worried glances, and Tommy hopped down from his Gran's bed and ran to the ward door.

He stuck his head out and looked down the corridor after the strange people and Rhino man. They were heading down the long corridors to the over pass connecting up with the university. As they went past each ward, more and more heads stuck themselves out for a nosey look at who was walking by.

Tommy was just about to bolt after them as they disappeared around the corridor, when someone coughed behind him, making their presence know. Tommy stood tall and straight, and turned slowly to face the figure that was behind him. He turned around, looking at the floor and found a pair of red converses wiggling up and down slightly. Then, as Tommy raised his head to look at this mystery person, he was confronted by a blue suit, and then a face he thought he would never meet. Especially in a hospital. "Hi", the Doctor waved at him playfully.

Tommy waved back, a bit taken aback by his hero standing in front of him. "You... you're... David Tennant", Tommy stuttered.

"Yes I am", he smiled back, and thrust his hand out towards Tommy, "And who might you be?"

"Tommy", he replied quickly.

David Tennant shook his hand enthusiastically, with a broad grin across his face. He slowly stood back up to his full height, and gazed in through the window of the ward. Tommy turned and followed the actor's gaze, and saw his mother and grandmother looking bewildered out at them. So was Mr. Lucas. "That your mum and Nan in there", David Tennant smiled at the two women.

"Yeah", Tommy replied, "They didn't believe when I said there was a Rhino man in the lift".

"Well... Not many people would", he smiled down at him, "Tell you what..."

And he reached into his pocket. He rummaged around in there for a few moments, before taking his hand back out, clasping onto something. Opening his hand, Tommy found it full of money. "Take this, go down to the shop, and buy your Nan a bunch of flowers on me", he said, thrusting a twenty pound note into the boy's hand, "Keep the change".

"Thank you", was all Tommy could say.

"And..." he turned around to face one of the members of the crew, and hurried him for something, which was quickly given to the actor, "...you can have this. I know it is broken, but we have no more use for it".

He handed Tommy a small cylindrical object. Then end was bent slightly, and looked different to the one on the telly, but it was unmistakeably the sonic screwdriver. Tommy felt his mouth drop. This had to be a dream. "Uh... thank you", was all the boy could say again.

"No problem. Got to go, but see you around yeah?" and with that, he began to walk off, the remaining crew members following him, but he stopped suddenly, "They're Judoon, not Rhino men".

Tommy smiled and ran back into the room where his mother was now on her feet. She was speechless, obviously. It isn't everyday that a Rhino man walks past, followed by the Doctor himself in a hospital. Tommy went straight over to his Gran, and gave her the sonic screwdriver. "I have the sonic screwdriver, look Gran", he squeaked.

"So you have", she managed to say, and still a bit in shock after what she had just seen, and added, "What... what else did he give you?"

"He wants me to go and buy you some flowers from him", Tommy smiled, and then turned to his mum, "Can I go now mum?"

"Umm...Yes", she turned around to look at him, "What did you say?"

"Can. I. Go. Buy. Some flowers, for Gran. From David Tennant", he knew by his mother's face that he would have to say things nice and slowly to her for the next hour.

"Sure", she replied as she sat down on the chair next to his Gran's bed in thought, "Don't be too long".

"I won't", Tommy smiled as he headed out of the war past Mr. Lucas who was staring off into space in deep thought.

Tommy walked hastily, rather than running this time down the corridor. He knew there wasn't going to be any more Rhino men, or Judoon as he had now learnt, jumping out at him. He passed the nurse's station at the end, and turned the corner into the foyer where previously, there had been several Judoon and many BBC Wales crew members. But now, the space was empty, and Tommy went straight to press the button on the lift.

A ping signalled its arrival, and soon the doors popped open. Tommy stepped in, still enjoying the glee that he had received by acquiring the, or one of the many, sonic screwdriver. He was so into it; he didn't notice what was standing beside him.

In full costume, black skirt and all, was one of the Judoon. It wasn't a Rhino one; it was one with a helmet. The man inside, looked at Tommy, and Tommy looked back at him. "Alright?" the Judoon man said from under the helmet.

"Yeah", Tommy replied, "You?"

"Oh you know", the Judoon man shrugged, "Same old, same old when filming Doctor Who".

"Tell me about it", Tommy smiled as he reached into his pocket and pulled out the sonic screwdriver.

This was the best visit to the hospital ever.

AN: Hope you all enjoyed it. I enjoyed writing it. Thank you to my sister for inspiring and demanding that I write this drabble. It wouldn't have been done without her encouragement.