Chapter
107 – The Fourth Doctor
The Doctor was looking over the console
when the Cloister Bell began to ring.
“Oh no!” He said.
“Cause of alarm, Master?” K9 (Mark II)
asked.
“The TARDIS is in danger!” the Doctor
said.
“Statement does not compute, Master!”
The Doctor looked at his companion. “Of
course it computes!” he said.
“Explain,” K9 said. Then the Cloister
Bell stopped ringing.
“Odd,” the Doctor said. He consulted the
console. “It says that the TARDIS has been boarded.”
“Impossible!” K9 said.
“Not impossible, K9! Just rather
difficult, and dangerous,” the Doctor said. “Come, we need to find out who it
is.”
“Affirmative, Master.”
Felicia sat up after yet another journey
through an anomaly, further into the TARDIS’ past. She knew one thing. She was
going to miss that vegetable wearing incarnation of the Doctor. His loudmouthed
companion, not so much. She didn’t know what the Doctor saw in her.
The TARDIS corridor looked exactly the
same as before. There wouldn’t be much change. However she was soon surprised
when a robot in the shape of a dog appeared. “The Doctor has a robot dog?”
“Affirmative. I travel with the Doctor.”
“OK...”
“K9? You found her!” the Doctor said, as
he approached.
‘That’s a long scarf!” Felicia thought,
not sure what to make of this incarnation. “I’m Felicia Lovell. I know that
you’re the Time Lord known as the Doctor.”
“That is me,” the Doctor said.
“And I normally travel with one of your
later selves.”
“I see,” the Doctor said. He wasn’t sure
of this Felicia’s claim. “One of my future selves,” he repeated.
“Exactly. We had just left the Azores in
2018, after driving off a Drahvin invasion.”
“Drahvins invading Earth?”
“My Doctor was surprised to see it too.”
The Doctor thought. It should be easy to
check. “Then that’s where we’re going.” He decided.
“You’re going to check the veracity of
my statements? Your other future selves just believed me.”
“Other selves? How many?”
“I’m not saying.”
“OK, come to the console room.”
“Sure,” Felicia said.
The console room was similar, but not
identical to, the way it would appear with the next three Doctors. The Doctor
laid in the coordinates.
“Cool,” Felicia said.
“Would you like a jellybaby?”
1
October 2018
Ponta
Delgada, Azores Autonomous Region, Portugal
The TARDIS materialised near the centre
of the city. The Doctor activated the Scanner. “You’re right,” he said. “There
are indications of Drahvin activity.”
“Good,” Felicia said, quietly.
The Doctor thought for a moment. “I can
help you find him,” he said.
“That’s what all the others said,”
Felicia said.
“What’s to say that I won’t succeed
where they failed?” the Doctor asked.
“Worth a shot,” Felicia said, slightly
cheerier.”
The Doctor set the TARDIS into motion.
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