The Doctor went into a room which had... all sorts of equipment I didn't immediately recognize. And even the ones that I did recognize (like one of them that looked like a hair-drier), the Doctor was very explicit about not touching them, as if they are a lot more dangerous than I thought they were. Eventually, the Doctor found something. I couldn't be sure about what it was that he found, but it was small enough for him to carry by himself. With it, he got back to the door, which he opened. After that, he opened the device he found. Inside it, there was a small screen and a few buttons. I didn't know what he was doing with it exactly, but after pressing a few button, the machine started smoking.
"Er... is it supposed to do that?" I asked.
"It's over a hundred years old, and hasn't been used in the last twenty years." the Doctor replied, "So yes, it would do that."
It took me a moment to realize what he was saying, but in the end it didn't matter, because judging from what I was seeing through the door, the soldiers (or Storm Troopers, as Maen called them) had put us down and walked away.
"It worked!" Maen cheered.
"Yes." the Doctor said, somewhat sadly.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"I told them she escaped through an escape hatch underneath the blue box." the Doctor explained, "So it would make sense for them if I told them she was apprehended elsewhere."
"So what's the problem?" I still didn't understand.
"That they won't be fooled a second time." the Doctor said, "And even if they could be, this transmitter's burned up."
"So what do we do now?" I wondered.
"Maen, you said something about your grandfather's ship?" the Doctor brought up.
Maen nodded.
After this, we left the Tardis. We had to use the smaller and darker alleys (which made me wonder why the Storm Troopers never thought of looking for us there), so it took us what felt like a couple of hours. But eventually, we made it to a hangar, where we found... Admittedly, I'm relatively new to spaceflight, but even the ship with which I traveled to the moon looked in better shape than this.
"This sure looks like something that could've belonged to your grandfather." I remarked.
"What's that mean!" was Maen's reaction.
"Only that they don't make these things as they once did." the Doctor replied in my stead.
"Good!" Maen exclaimed.
"What is going on here?" a voice sounded from inside the ship.
I turned to look. A golden-colored droid walked out. While it did appear humanoid, its movements were stiff. No wonder Maen couldn't believe the notion that the Storm Troopers may be androids.
"Master Maen, who are these gentlemen." the droid asked.
"Just some friends I picked up." she replied, "Look, this guy's got something to tell the other Jedi's. We must head for the Dagobah system."
"Dagobah?" the droid sounded terrified at the thought, "Couldn't the Jedi have picked a better hide-out than that filthy, humid..."
"They could, but the rebellion from a hundred years ago have already been on all of those." Maen explained, "And the enemy knows it."
"I know." the droid replied, "I just wish..."
"I just wish you two would stop bickering and take us there." the Doctor interrupted.
"Oh, alright. If we must." the droid turned around and re-entered the ship.
"That's C3PO." Maen explained, "He may not be much of good company, but having a droid for a co-pilot is more reliable than anything organic.
"He's a protocol-droid, isn't he?" the Doctor asked, "Hardly piloting material."
"Nothing a few new engines and changes in programming can't fix." Maen said, bluntly.
Eventually, all three of us entered the ship. Once inside and in the cockpit, Maen pressed a few buttons, which caused the ship to float while the droid (should I really call him C3PO?) set up coordinates. After a few seconds, we were flying out of the hangar and left the atmosphere.
"First time in a real spaceship?" the Doctor asked.
"I've been to the moon before." I replied.
"Ah." the Doctor sounded disappointed, "But at least this would be new."
What happened next, I wasn't sure. From what I could tell, the stars, which were like dots on a screen at first, appeared to grow into long sticks, until eventually the whole of the universe turned white, all while I was starting to feel this strange tingling through my body. I don't know how to describe the feeling. Best I can say is that... Imagine the feeling you get when you're driving in a car and it suddenly stops. Well, it's the exact opposite that I felt here. Fortunately, much like in a car, that feeling didn't last very long.
"What..." I started.
"This is what you Earthlings will eventually call FTL-drive." the Doctor explained.
I've read about that before: "FTL, you mean mean Faster Than Light?"
"Yes." the Doctor said.
"Earthlings?" Maen overheard us talking.
"Long story." I said.
"Well, it will be a while before we get to Dagobah." Maen replied.
"Good. Do you have cards?" the Doctor asked.