Hello, readers! I'm sorry this took so long to update, but here it is! Akihiro1997, I will try to make my chapters longer after this one. Other than that, I thought I'd let you guys know that the Master (introduced in chapter one) is the first Master, portrayed by Roger Delgado. Yes, I know that he's a "classic Master" and that he doesn't appear in the new series, but he's my favorite Master (Missy is a close second), so yeah. Anyway, read on and Enjoy!
CHAPTER 3
"It's-It's-" "Bigger on the inside than the outside, yes I know." The Doctor looked up from a silver central console and snapped his fingers. To the trio's surprise, the doors swung shut behind them. "A-Actually," said Rufus, "I would have called dimensionally transcendental. I could feel the particle displacement when we walked through the door." The Doctor walked over. "Well, I might have underestimated you three's intelligence."Well, Rufus is an engineer." Wyatt looked around the console room with astonishment. "So, where are we, Doctor? And how is it... You know..." The Doctor shrugged at Wyatt. "This ship is called the TARDIS. That's Time and Relative Dimensions in Space, and the technology that makes it 'bigger on the inside' is way beyond human understanding." "Are you implying that you're like a space alien?" asked Lucy, eyes wide in astonishment. "There's no 'like' about it Lucy." responded the Doctor simply, and then for some reason the old man slipped on a pair of red and blue 3-D glasses.
After a brief, quiet moment, the Doctor took off the glasses and turned back to the console, swinging the monitor around so he could take a look at the display. "So, what type of machine did you three come here in?" he asked, calmly. "What are you talking about?" Rufus asked slowly, dragging his attention from the interior of the TARDIS to the Doctor. "I'm talking about the absurd amount of readings from your group. You all have obviously been time traveling." Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus exchanged glances. "How do you know about that?" asked Wyatt. The Doctor looked over his shoulder at them, an eyebrow raised in slight amusement. "OH, right," said Rufus, "Time and Relative Dimension in Space. This is a time machine. But still," the engineer suddenly looked serious, "what do you want? Not everyone knows the concept of time travel, and one organization comes to mind when I think of time travel." "Rittenhouse," said Lucy, completing the sentence, while aiming the question at the Doctor, "Are you working for Rittenhouse?"
The Doctor looked confused as he turned to face the threesome yet again. "First of all, I really don't associate with organizations much, well except for UNIT, but that's another story. Secondly, who's Rittenhouse? The name sounds vaguely familiar, but it might be just me..." the alien trailed off, lost in thought. He wasn't the only one lost in thought however, because Lucy had just remembered why he seemed so familiar. She pulled her friends aside as the Doctor turned around again to type something out on the console. He had swung the monitor around to a different part of the console and was now turning an odd red dial. "What is it, Lucy?" asked Rufus. "I just remembered something important about this Doctor-" "You know him?" interrupted Wyatt. Lucy looked slightly annoyed. "Well, no, not really. I actually thought he was some kind of conspiracy theory until now. Lots of other historians have been studying this 'Doctor' man, always seen right before danger, and always seen with an odd blue box." "So? Lots of people have hobbies," Wyatt pointed out, "maybe he's just a police man." "With a bigger on the inside time machine?" asked Rufus. "Anyway," continued Lucy, "I had never believed those theories because if the 'Doctor' was real, he'd have to be thousands of years old." "What do you mean?" asked Rufus. "Well, every account of the blue box and the 'Doctor' appeared in various points in history, usually before something catastrophic happens." "I see," said Wyatt slowly, "so, the point is you thought he was an urban legend up until now?" Lucy nodded confirmation. "Yeah, especially since I know time travel is possible."
"Nice to know I'm just thought of as a myth now," said the Doctor sarcastically from right behind the group huddle, startling everyone. "Whoops, sorry, didn't mean to eavesdrop," said the Doctor unapologetically. "Now if you three are done having your group chat, I would like to know the coordinates of your time machine." Rufus walked to the keyboard near where the Doctor was standing by the console and typed in a few numbers. "What do you need them for?" "I'm going to tow your machine back to your time stream. I'd like to meet your employer!" and before anyone could do anything, the Doctor grinned and pulled down a big lever on the silver-paneled console. Upon pulling the switch, an odd wheezing-whooshing sound began to echo around the TARDIS' console room, and the thick rings above the console been turning in time to the noises. Lucy found that she rather liked the noises, but she didn't know what the point was.
"Um, Doctor?" asked Lucy, "When you said you were going to 'tow' the machine, you didn't mean-" "Ooh, yes I did. I wrapped an energy beam around the machine and I am now dragging it through the time vortex, so to speak." "So we're flying through time right now?" asked Wyatt, eyebrows raised and a slight smile playing across his lips, "This is so much smoother than traveling in the 'Lifeboat'." "Hey!" said Rufus, "Don't diss the driver! I try my best, okay?" Lucy smiled. In a few moments, the TARDIS's noises stopped and the Doctor began to walk briskly towards the doors. "Well, if we're actually back at Mason Industries," says Rufus, beginning to walk towards the TARDIS doors, "then I guess we have some explaining to do."
OKAY! So, I'll try to update more often, and make the chapters longer next time. If you readers have any suggestion, feel free to comment and I'll try to implement anything you guys bring up. Also, I forgot to say this story takes place In between (Timeless) episodes 6 and 7 (of season one), and in Doctor Who it takes place in between 'The Husbands of River Song' and 'Hell Bent'. Until next time!