I don't own Doctor Who

All of my original adventures will probably be split into at least two parts, I like ending on cliff hangers.

My friend: Who's hanging off of a cliff?

Me: *face palm*

"So, where are we going for my first trip?" Sofia asks cheerfully as she enters the console room.

"How about Ancient Rome?" the Doctor inquires.

"Fantastic!" Sofia grins.

"Why is there a knife sheath strapped to your side?"

"Why do you think?"

"Her teachers learned to deal with it." Rose stage whispers to the Doctor.

"You're kidding?!" The Doctor is shocked, "She wears that to school?!"

"Ancient Rome?" Sofia, "Are we still going or not?"

"Hold that lever down."

After the usual bumpy ride they finally landed in Ancient Rome.

"Come on Soph, we ought to change into togas." Rose leads her sister towards the wardrobe.

"What about him?" Sofia gestures towards the Doctor.

"If we're lucky he'll change his jumper."

"Oy!" the Doctor feels slightly offended.

"It's true!" Rose says.

About 20 minutes later the two sisters emerge. Rose is wearing a light pink toga. Sofia's toga is pine green.

"I love wearing a toga!" Sophie exclaims, "If only I could wear pants with it. Maybe a shirt toga, or toga shirt."

"Toga shirt?" Rose asks.

"All the fun of a toga, but you can wear pants [1] with it!"

"You're discussing clothing, when we could be outside, in Ancient Rome?" the Doctor is confused.

"Good point, let's go!"

"Oh, here" the Doctor hands the girls some Roman coins.

"You have Ancient Roman coins, but you don't have and pounds to pay for chips?" Rose is aghast.

"Do you want them or not? Where's Sophie?"

"My guess would be Ancient Rome."

"Why?"

"You've never told her to not wonder off?"

"Let's find her so that I can tell her!"

While Rose had been chiding the Doctor for lack of "modern" British money, Sofia decided that she was going to see the Coliseum. Her history teacher would be so jealous... Sofia didn't actually want to see the fights. Believe it or not, Sofia had always felt that what had happened/is happening, in the Coliseum was wrong. She managed to find one of the fight/slave masters whipping the would be contestants. Sofia wasn't going to settle for this. She decided, a bit foolishly, to jump the guy and let the gladiators under his "care" free. Yes, to her this would involve cutting his balls off.

"So, why don't you think that you're sister is at the Coliseum?" the Doctor begged Rose after spending the last half hour looking for the aforementioned sister.

"I told you, Sophie never liked the thought of those fights. She always thought that it was cruel." Rose explains for the umpteenth time. "She doesn't want to watch them!"

"Sophie seems like the kind of girl who would like that."

"You have to give her more moral credit then that!"

"Lady Fortuna!" a man shouts as he approaches them.

"What?"

"I am a humble sculptor. I've always been rather down on my luck, but now you have shined on me."

"What?"

"I want to make a statue of you, to preserve your beauty for all time."

"Thanks, but I'm kind of busy..."

"I can make your statue in less than two days!"

"I really don't have the time..."

"Then I/we must hurry!" the strange man takes Rose's arm and drags her away. The Doctor follows in hot pursuit.

Sophia is in chains in front of some very strong men who caught her freeing the gladiators.

'At least I managed to free some of them, and cut that one guy's balls off.' She thinks in satisfaction.

"Your crimes are very severe!" the one who seem to be in charge says. "But, since you are a female, I cannot sentence you to immediate death. I do have two choices for you. You could either be my concubine, or take your chances in the arena against our best gladiator."

"I'll take the spin in the Coliseum" Sofia says without hesitation. [2]'Besides I'd rather die by gladiator, then "sleep" with him!'

"In that case, in exactly 10 minutes, you will face your opponent, and die."

"Do I get to be armed with anything?"

"You will use only the knife we apprehended you with!"

[3]'Glass blade and a highly unskilled fighter with no armor against a highly skilled fighter with metal weapons and armor; I just love my chances... NOT!'

The man pulling Rose was fast, very fast. He brought her to his 'sculpting studio'.

"Stand here like this," the man commanded. He kept angling her in various ways until he was satisfied. "Stand still, and keep smiling, no matter what! I need to get my sculpting tools."

The man came back holding something under a veil. He removed the veil very quickly. Rose registered something that appeared to be a severed head with snakes. She didn't even have time to change her facial expression from the smile before everything disappeared.

The Doctor arrived just in time to see his companion turn to stone by the severed head of Medusa. Or so says the legend (the Medusa part, not the turning to stone part, for the legend).

"Rose" he shouts, and all thought of Sofia Tyler have disappeared from his mind.

[1] I'm American, when I say "pants" I mean trousers

[2] This is what Sofia is thinking

[3] This is also what Sofia is thinking

I know that Medusa is the Greek name, I'm to lazy to look up her Roman name.

I also know that most gladiators chose to fight. They got good money from it, and if they were successful, it was like being a celebrity today.