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fardell24Chapter 1 – Invasion at the Azores – Part I: Arrival
29 September 2018, The Azores Autonomous Region, Portugal, just outside the city of Ponta Delaga
The TARDIS had materialised in a forest. Sabir emerged from the TARDIS first. Though he came from an era when world travel was commonplace (but not as commonplace as later) he had never been to the Azores. He breathed in the air, hardly any pollution could be smelt. “It is peaceful,” he said.
“You know that can change very quickly Sab,” the Doctor said, as she followed him out of the TARDIS.
‘Sab’ felt a flush of embarrassment; despite the length of time he had already travelled with the Doctor, he still wasn't used to her calling him by that diminutive. (But there were other diminutives he wouldn't have minded so much.) “It is not that likely that aliens would start invading the Earth here or that there would be any experiments that could go wrong.”
“But, these things are unexpected,” the Doctor said, knowing that Sab would continue to argue the point…
Daniel exited the ‘timeship’, as he called it, to see Sabir and the Doctor arguing, again!
They were arguing about whether they would find events/actions that the Doctor would have to be involved in, to right the wrongs. “Why do you always have to argue with each other?” he asked.
“We are not arguing,” Sabir said, with a blush.
“Maybe we were, Dan, but things can change very quickly, as you know,” the Doctor explained, her voice showing little strain.
Daniel agreed with that. At most of the places he had been since he had joined the Doctor in his travels a few years ago (relatively speaking), things had changed very quickly. It was all peaceful, and then something happened, whether an invasion occurred, an experiment went wrong, or an old enemy of the Doctor's showed up. “I agree with that,” he said.
Having changed into clothes appropriate for the era, Sigrun emerged from the TARDIS after Daniel. As it was prior to her own era it wasn't difficult to find those clothes. She could see that the Doctor, Sabir and Felicia were wearing clothing as anachronistic as the TARDIS' exterior.
Sabir was dressed in clothes from his native period approximately a decade prior to the current time, including a t-shirt with a catchphrase from one of his favourite science fiction television shows. Daniel’s mode of dress being somewhere between the two.
“Ah, Sigrid, there you are. We were just discussing the possibility of something happening,” the Doctor said.
Sigrun flinched. She was still getting used to the Doctor calling her by that diminutive. However, she did know that she did it out of affection, as she did with the other companions. “Certainly, it is likely that something will happen,” she added.
“I told you,” Sabir said cheerfully. “She usually agrees with me.”
“For certain,” Daniel said as an afterthought. Sigrun walked over to them, and waited with them for the others.
Agitated, Jia'hale re-entered the console room. Again with Earth! The TARDIS hadn’t been to her home planet since before it began going off course! She hoped that situation would change soon. She had just been to the wardrobe, and had been pleased to remove the toga she had to wear in Rome, and put on something more comfortable. She would have been happy to leave the TARDIS with nothing. But the Doctor had said (more than once) that the majority of places wouldn't have tolerated that sort of behaviour.
Sigrun had also had said that the Azores in 2018 were relatively conservative for the period. So she had dressed similarly to Sigrun and then left the wardrobe. As she entered the console room she saw Felicia wandering around the console in thought. She didn’t notice that she had entered. ‘Ok, I’ll just hop outside and wait for her with the others,’ she thought, as she approached the outer door.
“There you are, Jia,” the Doctor said, as she saw her companion from Tossekia IV exit the TARDIS.
“So what are we going to do? Are we looking for trouble?” she asked.
“Possibly,” the Doctor said, with a cheeky tone.
“Absolutely, that is what the Doctor does usually,” Daniel said.
“Most likely,” Sabir said.
“We are going to find some kind of trouble then?” Jia’hale asked, knowing that the Azores probably won’t be peaceful for much longer. The Doctor then had a thoughtful look on her face; she knew that she had spoken truthfully.
“Where is Felicia?” Sabir asked a minute later. He wondered if she had wandered off without them and possibly required rescue.
“She's still in the TARDIS,” Jia'hale added. “She was lingering in the console room in a thoughtful mood.”
“We'll wait a little longer,” the Doctor decided. “Then I'll go back and ask if she wants to come. It wouldn't be the first time someone stayed behind.”
They waited a little longer.
Meanwhile Felicia was thinking... It appeared that the TARDIS wanted to communicate with her in some way. The level (as it were) seemed different. It was certainly different to when she translated languages. (She knew, for instance, the Sigrun and Jia'hale spoke different Earth languages most of the time, rather than English). She was sure that the TARDIS was disturbed by something.
She saw Jia’hale pass through the console room, exiting the TARDIS. Felicia continued to think for a few more minutes. She was still sure that the TARDIS was disturbed by something. She then left the ship. She made sure to close the Police Box doors. She knew the TARDIS didn't like it when they were left open.
The Doctor was about to go back into the TARDIS when Felicia came out. She sensed her state of mind immediately and knew that the TARDIS had imparted (or had tried to impart) something to her. That was something that hadn’t happened for a while, probably not more than once since her last regeneration. She looked at the other companions. she saw that all of them, more or less, knew that something was up with Felicia.
“Ok, don’t be all staring at me like that. Let’s go and see if anything is going to happen here,” she said.
“Something is up” Daniel said to himself.
Felicia felt uneasy. She felt like going back into the TARDIS. But she decided that everyone, including the Doctor, probably needed her help.
The Doctor decided to try to talk to Felicia privately after they were underway into Ponta Delaga. “Let’s go, we can solve this mystery later,” she said. The others all agreed. The Doctor then used her sonic screwdriver to determine the direction of the city, and they went off in that direction.
“Elisa, what do you think the TARDIS was trying to put to you?” the Doctor asked.
Felicia wasn’t put off by the Doctor’s nickname for her; she was used to it by now. “I think, that the TARDIS is disturbed about something. But that is all can say about it at the moment. Anything else would be rather private.”
“I agree.”
The Doctor knew she wouldn't get more out of Felicia. She had to process the ‘information’ the TARDIS had given her, in her mind. She would know what it was sooner or later.
Soon the TARDIS team arrived at the city. They found that there were people running around in panic. Something was going on.
“Ok, Something is happening. But what is it. Is it an invasion?” Sabir asked.
“I am not sure,” Felicia answered.
A ship landed nearby and figures emerged from it.
The Doctor told her companions to run. They ran to a nearby park and hid behind some trees before the figures in the ship could see them.
“What are they Doctor?” Felicia asked. She wondered if this was what the TARDIS was warning her about. She thought some more. No it wasn't she decided.
“Drahvins! But how could they have gained the capability to time travel without my knowing?” the Doctor asked.
“They look all female, Doctor,” Daniel said.
“Don’t let that fool you, Dan,” the Doctor said. “They are ruthless, they keep only a small population of males for reproductive purposes. They kill the rest and their foot soldiers are cultivated in test tubes. For one purpose. To kill!”
“You make them sound similar to the Daleks, Doctor,” Jia’hale said with a shudder.
“No, they don’t kill everything. They just conquer. They have a large empire in Galaxy 4, in the 6th millennium AD,” the Doctor said. She wasn’t sure how they got there, but she was sure that she would figure out a way to stop this invasion of theirs, before there was too much collateral damage...
29 September 2018, The Azores Autonomous Region, Portugal, just outside the city of Ponta Delaga
The TARDIS had materialised in a forest. Sabir emerged from the TARDIS first. Though he came from an era when world travel was commonplace (but not as commonplace as later) he had never been to the Azores. He breathed in the air, hardly any pollution could be smelt. “It is peaceful,” he said.
“You know that can change very quickly Sab,” the Doctor said, as she followed him out of the TARDIS.
‘Sab’ felt a flush of embarrassment; despite the length of time he had already travelled with the Doctor, he still wasn't used to her calling him by that diminutive. (But there were other diminutives he wouldn't have minded so much.) “It is not that likely that aliens would start invading the Earth here or that there would be any experiments that could go wrong.”
“But, these things are unexpected,” the Doctor said, knowing that Sab would continue to argue the point…
Daniel exited the ‘timeship’, as he called it, to see Sabir and the Doctor arguing, again!
They were arguing about whether they would find events/actions that the Doctor would have to be involved in, to right the wrongs. “Why do you always have to argue with each other?” he asked.
“We are not arguing,” Sabir said, with a blush.
“Maybe we were, Dan, but things can change very quickly, as you know,” the Doctor explained, her voice showing little strain.
Daniel agreed with that. At most of the places he had been since he had joined the Doctor in his travels a few years ago (relatively speaking), things had changed very quickly. It was all peaceful, and then something happened, whether an invasion occurred, an experiment went wrong, or an old enemy of the Doctor's showed up. “I agree with that,” he said.
Having changed into clothes appropriate for the era, Sigrun emerged from the TARDIS after Daniel. As it was prior to her own era it wasn't difficult to find those clothes. She could see that the Doctor, Sabir and Felicia were wearing clothing as anachronistic as the TARDIS' exterior.
Sabir was dressed in clothes from his native period approximately a decade prior to the current time, including a t-shirt with a catchphrase from one of his favourite science fiction television shows. Daniel’s mode of dress being somewhere between the two.
“Ah, Sigrid, there you are. We were just discussing the possibility of something happening,” the Doctor said.
Sigrun flinched. She was still getting used to the Doctor calling her by that diminutive. However, she did know that she did it out of affection, as she did with the other companions. “Certainly, it is likely that something will happen,” she added.
“I told you,” Sabir said cheerfully. “She usually agrees with me.”
“For certain,” Daniel said as an afterthought. Sigrun walked over to them, and waited with them for the others.
Agitated, Jia'hale re-entered the console room. Again with Earth! The TARDIS hadn’t been to her home planet since before it began going off course! She hoped that situation would change soon. She had just been to the wardrobe, and had been pleased to remove the toga she had to wear in Rome, and put on something more comfortable. She would have been happy to leave the TARDIS with nothing. But the Doctor had said (more than once) that the majority of places wouldn't have tolerated that sort of behaviour.
Sigrun had also had said that the Azores in 2018 were relatively conservative for the period. So she had dressed similarly to Sigrun and then left the wardrobe. As she entered the console room she saw Felicia wandering around the console in thought. She didn’t notice that she had entered. ‘Ok, I’ll just hop outside and wait for her with the others,’ she thought, as she approached the outer door.
“There you are, Jia,” the Doctor said, as she saw her companion from Tossekia IV exit the TARDIS.
“So what are we going to do? Are we looking for trouble?” she asked.
“Possibly,” the Doctor said, with a cheeky tone.
“Absolutely, that is what the Doctor does usually,” Daniel said.
“Most likely,” Sabir said.
“We are going to find some kind of trouble then?” Jia’hale asked, knowing that the Azores probably won’t be peaceful for much longer. The Doctor then had a thoughtful look on her face; she knew that she had spoken truthfully.
“Where is Felicia?” Sabir asked a minute later. He wondered if she had wandered off without them and possibly required rescue.
“She's still in the TARDIS,” Jia'hale added. “She was lingering in the console room in a thoughtful mood.”
“We'll wait a little longer,” the Doctor decided. “Then I'll go back and ask if she wants to come. It wouldn't be the first time someone stayed behind.”
They waited a little longer.
Meanwhile Felicia was thinking... It appeared that the TARDIS wanted to communicate with her in some way. The level (as it were) seemed different. It was certainly different to when she translated languages. (She knew, for instance, the Sigrun and Jia'hale spoke different Earth languages most of the time, rather than English). She was sure that the TARDIS was disturbed by something.
She saw Jia’hale pass through the console room, exiting the TARDIS. Felicia continued to think for a few more minutes. She was still sure that the TARDIS was disturbed by something. She then left the ship. She made sure to close the Police Box doors. She knew the TARDIS didn't like it when they were left open.
The Doctor was about to go back into the TARDIS when Felicia came out. She sensed her state of mind immediately and knew that the TARDIS had imparted (or had tried to impart) something to her. That was something that hadn’t happened for a while, probably not more than once since her last regeneration. She looked at the other companions. she saw that all of them, more or less, knew that something was up with Felicia.
“Ok, don’t be all staring at me like that. Let’s go and see if anything is going to happen here,” she said.
“Something is up” Daniel said to himself.
Felicia felt uneasy. She felt like going back into the TARDIS. But she decided that everyone, including the Doctor, probably needed her help.
The Doctor decided to try to talk to Felicia privately after they were underway into Ponta Delaga. “Let’s go, we can solve this mystery later,” she said. The others all agreed. The Doctor then used her sonic screwdriver to determine the direction of the city, and they went off in that direction.
“Elisa, what do you think the TARDIS was trying to put to you?” the Doctor asked.
Felicia wasn’t put off by the Doctor’s nickname for her; she was used to it by now. “I think, that the TARDIS is disturbed about something. But that is all can say about it at the moment. Anything else would be rather private.”
“I agree.”
The Doctor knew she wouldn't get more out of Felicia. She had to process the ‘information’ the TARDIS had given her, in her mind. She would know what it was sooner or later.
Soon the TARDIS team arrived at the city. They found that there were people running around in panic. Something was going on.
“Ok, Something is happening. But what is it. Is it an invasion?” Sabir asked.
“I am not sure,” Felicia answered.
A ship landed nearby and figures emerged from it.
The Doctor told her companions to run. They ran to a nearby park and hid behind some trees before the figures in the ship could see them.
“What are they Doctor?” Felicia asked. She wondered if this was what the TARDIS was warning her about. She thought some more. No it wasn't she decided.
“Drahvins! But how could they have gained the capability to time travel without my knowing?” the Doctor asked.
“They look all female, Doctor,” Daniel said.
“Don’t let that fool you, Dan,” the Doctor said. “They are ruthless, they keep only a small population of males for reproductive purposes. They kill the rest and their foot soldiers are cultivated in test tubes. For one purpose. To kill!”
“You make them sound similar to the Daleks, Doctor,” Jia’hale said with a shudder.
“No, they don’t kill everything. They just conquer. They have a large empire in Galaxy 4, in the 6th millennium AD,” the Doctor said. She wasn’t sure how they got there, but she was sure that she would figure out a way to stop this invasion of theirs, before there was too much collateral damage...
