[Ben Dawson]

Here's the third chapter.

A Time Lords Best Friend



The Doctor started to walk back, he climbed on top of a hill to try and find his Tardis. It was a bit hard seeing as night was falling and the Tardis wasn’t exactly bright coloured. But he spotted a box type shape a little bit further along.
After hiking across for about five minutes, he found the Tardis, he also saw that someone was lurking around it.
The man appeared again, “Oh, I forgot to tell you, I’ve brought someone that you may find pretty handy, She’s changed quite a bit since you last saw her mind you”, he said and then he disappeared again, the Doctor continued walking again, feeling a little bit dazzled.
“Hello, I’m the Doctor, can I help you?” The person turned round in shock, the Doctor saw that it was a woman.
She had long messy dark red hair, with bright blue eyes, she wore long baggy jeans with worn ends, topped of with big heavy black boots, she also wore a baggy black jumper. She had slightly pale skin. Her face was decorated with make up, with dark glossy lipstick, her eyes were darkened with black eye shadow.
“Hello Doctor, I believe we’ve met”, said the woman, “have we?” asked the Doctor. “Yes, I’m Romana”, she replied. The Doctor remembered her, of course he did, she traveled with the Doctor once, she eventually left his company in the alternate reality of E Space. But somehow she managed to get back to Galifrey, the planet of the Time Lords and she eventually became the president of Gallifrey. “Oh, god, you’ve changed since I last saw you”, said the Doctor. “Believe it or not Doctor, but this is actually my 5th body”. “The last time I saw you, you were still in your 2nd body”, replied the Doctor. “I know, but there’s no time to talk about all that, we can catch up on the old tea parties later”, said Romana.
The Doctor opened the door to the Tardis, “ladies first”, he said. “Thanks”, replied Romana. “I can’t believe you travel around in something that has such a gothic style”, said Romana. “Speak for yourself Romana, when did you become the black sheep?” “About a year ago, this is still relatively a new body” answered Romana. “So what were the circumstances of your last regneration?” asked the Doctor, “I was assassinated, which is why I stepped down as president, I’ve since been living a renegade lifestyle kinda like yours”, replied Romana, “ah”, said the Doctor. The Doctor ran over to the controls, flicked a few switches and set in Galifrey as the destination and set the Tardis off. Vworp Vworp went the engines as the Tardis dematerialized. “Now, while we’re waiting to materialize, why don’t you put you feet up on I’ll get you a cup of tea, or whatever it is that you do,” said the Doctor. “Actually, have you got any Diet Coke?” Asked Romana, “er…………..probably, I’ll go and check”, replied the Doctor.
The Doctor walked down the hallway, he entered a through a door that lead into the kitchen, inside was a massive kitchen with a lot of cooking equipment. The Doctor entered the fridge which was the size of a small room. In there he saw a batch of full Diet Coke bottles, he grabbed one of them and exited the fridge. He looked in a cupboard and grabbed a large glass and filled it with the Coke, he added three ice cubes and a straw as well as a slice of lemon on the edge of the glass.
He put the Diet Coke bottle back into the fridge and headed back down the hallway and back into the Control Room. He saw Romana reading his diary, “Ehem, here’s your coke”, said the Doctor. Romana slammed the book shut and put it back on the table and looked at the Doctor nervously “Thanks, er, I was just er…..”Romana broke off, “it’s ok, it’s not much of a diary anyway, I consider it more of a journal”, said the Doctor. “Ok then, thanks for the coke”, said Romana. “Actually, I admire you curiosity”, said the Doctor, “really?”, Asked Romana, “oh yeah, life’s more fun when you’re curious” Said the Doctor. “I suppose”, she replied.
“So, how exactly were you assassinated? And why?” asked the Doctor, “I don’t really like to talk about it, when something like that happens, it tends to be quite a sensitive thing”, replied Romana.
“Do you know what is going on? And why you suddenly found yourself on Skaro”, asked the Doctor, sitting down in the chair opposite Romana. “Yes, you weren’t the only one who was briefed about what was going on, although it was a bit of a shock to have that man appear out of nowhere, I didn’t recognize him though, did you?” replied Romana, sipping her coke. “Yes, I’ve er…..had connections to him previously”, answered the Doctor. “You have, when?” Asked Romana, “when I was in my 4th body, I suddenly found myself on Skaro, he then appeared out of nowhere and told me about the assignment that they had for me, he told me that I had to either stop the Daleks creation or make it so that they become a less dominant and evil being, I was a little reluctant to accept at first because the Time Lords seemed to be meddling in my life a little too often, but it appears now that I hadn’t succeeded as well as I thought I had.”, replied the Doctor.
“How long until the Tardis materializes?” Asked Romana, “about 5 minutes”, replied the Doctor.
“So, you’ve taken quite a gothic turn, haven’t you”, said the Doctor, “Yes, and I’ve been a lot more interested of pop culture of the early 1990’s as well”, replied Romana. “Ah, been into the Alternative Rock then, have you?” Asked the Doctor, “A bit, although I haven’t spent all my time in the 90’s though, I’ve been traveling quite a bit”, replied Romana. “Living a bit of a lone wolf life then”, said the Doctor, “yup, kinda like you”, said Romana. The Doctor smiled.

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A Time Lord was sitting at a set of controls in a control room. “Hello”, said the mysterious Time Lord that had briefed the Doctor and Romana. “Jesus, don’t creep up on me like that”, said the shocked man at the controls. “I did it, I’ve got the Doctor and Romana on their way”, said the mysterious Time Lord. “Good, we need the Doctors help here, there is no way that we are ever going to stand against the Daleks without the Doctor. Their fear and hatred of him are the only thing that we can help us”, said the Time Lord at the controls. “If you need me for anything else, just ask”, said the mysterious Time Lord, “ok, oh, and by the way, what is your name?” Asked the Time Lord at the controls, “you can call me Jon, Jon Doe”, replied the mysterious Time Lord

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