The TARDIS landed with a thump.
"Where are we?"
"Absolutely no idea!"
"Is…that a good thing?"
"It's brilliant! Think about it, there could be anything out there, gleaming crystal caverns, swirling nebulas, the lost colony of the Barbara, planet of the stars. Oh! There could be a little shop! I love little shops!"
"Or it could be planet of the rocks."
"What?" The trio leaned out of the TARDIS doors, Amy's red hair falling on her husband's face. "No, ah, not again! Well that completely ruined the moment, thanks a lot Pond."
"What moment?"
"Right, TARDIS brought us here for a reason, might as well look around. See what wonders the planet of the rocks has in store for us." The Doctor jumped out of his ship his two human companions quickly following suit.
"It's a planet covered in rocks," Rory gestured at the hills of small rocks surrounding their landing site. "What wonders could it have?"
"You'd be surprised. I visited many planets like this in my younger years. A lot more than you'd expect actually, the TARDIS might be attracted to them. Anyway, the old girl hasn't failed me yet."
"Not very nice to look at though," Amy kicked a rock near her foot as the Doctor ran his sonic over the area, "And certainly not Rio."
"Oh, we'll get you to Rio eventually, Pond." He held a stone up to eye level. "We've got bigger things to think about."
"What could be so interesting about a bunch of rocks?"
"These aren't rocks." Amy was cut off mid protest as she saw the underside of the 'rock' she had kicked over.
"That's a face." Rory stated with wide eyes fixed on the equally shocked expression on the round object. "That's a human face, a human head!" Amy quickly surveyed the area, trying not to look too long at the rocks that were starting to look more and more like body parts.
"Doctor?"
"It's plastic," He stated, brushing the grey covering off the hand he had picked up, "Mostly plastic, anyway. Plastic covered in a layer of ash and dirt, a great deal of it. Not to densely packed though. Must have happened recently."
"It's very lifelike," Amy pointed out as she nudged it with her foot, the 'skin' reacting like flesh. "And kind of creepy."
"Of course it is. I think we've established that just because it's plastic doesn't mean it's not alive. This bit still has some electromagnetic energy. It was definitely moving at some point. Not so much now though."
"So if it was alive," Amy said. "What happened?"
"That's what I want to know, but before that," The Doctor spun around, "Do either of you feel rumbling?" Before either of them could respond a woman rushed between them kicking up dust and revealing some of the plastic body parts for what they were.
"Run!" She cried as the rumbling increased and the time travelers saw the source of her panic. A machine similar in size and design to a bulldozer was speeding toward them and didn't appear to be stopping.
"Run!" The Doctor repeated, he and his companions quickly doing said action, all of them trying to ignore the crunching sounds of plastic bones breaking. The woman ahead of them was lagging, understandably exhausted from what was an undoubtedly long journey. Amy and the Doctor dodged to the left behind a pile of what appeared to be rubble. Rory grabbed the woman and followed suit. The group barely breathed as the machine passed them by.
"Well, that was close."
"You think?"
"What was that thing?"
"More importantly," The Doctor turned to the woman who seemed a bit startled by the situation, "Hello I'm the Doctor and these are the Ponds, Amy and Rory. What's your name?"
"Name? I'm," The woman paused staring into space as her almost nonexistent eyebrow began to twitch, "I'm, I'm, I'm the, t-the, not, not," her head jolted forward causing her short dark hair to fall into her eyes.
"Are you alright?" The Doctor asked, approaching her hesitantly. Her head snapped up.
"Run," She stated, her blank eyes looking nowhere. Suddenly she jumped to her feet and started to run away, only being held back by Rory's arms that were still securely around her. "Run," She struggled against Rory's grasp trying to do said action. "Run!"
"Calm down," Rory exclaimed, nearly losing his grip, "No more running."
"Run, Run, Run," The woman repeated, seemingly unable to come up with another word.
"Let me see her," The Doctor said kneeling down to look the stranger in the eye. They were hazel, seemingly normal, but there was something behind them, a vast sum of knowledge. He put his hands to her temples and closed his eyes. She instantly stilled. "My you have a lot of doors." The Doctor noted, "Kind of cramped, almost as if-" He jumped back, the woman falling limp as the Time Lord struggled with the new information in his head.
"Doctor?" Amy said worriedly, rushing to his side as her husband checked on their guest.
"There was, oh my," He shook his head, "Her head is crammed with information, too much information. She's suppressing most of it, but it's almost taking her over. It's a wonder she has enough room to even think to run."
"Well she's out of it now." Rory carefully laid the girl on the ground. "Can't you do something?"
"I could try and erase some of it but I got the feeling she wouldn't like that."
"Well we need to think of something," Amy stated, "That thing could be back at any minute."
"Get her to the TARDIS." The Doctor said. "We'll be able to do more for her there."