Correcting a deficit
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trillianastraIt has been brought to my attention that of all the Doctor Who fanfic out there, most is focused on the Ninth and Tenth Doctors.
To address this, I bring you... a Fifth Doctor story!
Title: Cricket on the Beach.
Characters: Five, Tegan, Nyssa, Adric. Some local children make an appearance as well.
Genre: 'tis fluff.
Spoilers: Nope.
Rating: G.
Warnings: None.
Comments: See if you can figure out who the oldest kid is!
The TARDIS materialised, and Tegan opened the door to see… a beach. A beach, with the ocean on one side and sand dunes on the other. She turned and looked back inside.
“Doctor, where are we?”
“The fifty-first century. Little place called Boeshane, a human colony actually, and really quite a nice one. I thought we could all do with a bit of a holiday.”
“A holiday at the beach. I like it.”
“Excellent. Now, why don’t you round up Nyssa and Adric and I’ll see what’s outside.”
She laughed. “All right” and went looking for the others.
Meanwhile, the Doctor opened one of the storage units, and removed four folded-up deck chairs and – with some difficulty – a beach umbrella. He carried everything outside, and once everything was set up he looked around. There were no discernible signs of habitation nearby, though he could see a settlement in the distance. Then he saw a small boy, maybe ten or eleven years old, standing on top of a nearby sand dune. He walked over, calling to the boy.
“Hello there!”
The boy looked askance at him. “Who’re you? Where’d’ya come from?”
“Ah, yes, I’m the Doctor, I just arrived. My friends will be out shortly. What’s your name, then? Do you live here?”
“Ya, I live in the Commune, with m’family. I’m Jax.”
The Doctor smiled, and offered a hand. “Well, it was nice to meet you Jax.” The boy took his hand and shook it briefly.
The Doctor had an idea. “I say, Jax, do you know what cricket is?”
“Cricket? Think so. Never heard it called that ‘fore. But if’n it’s anything like krikketz, then sure I do. Play it with Dad all the time.”
“Oh, excellent. Now if you’re not terribly busy this afternoon, we could play a bit if you like.”
Jax looked at him curiously, then at the box. “Uhm. ‘Kay. Can my brother play an’ all?”
“Certainly.”
Jax grinned, and turned. He shouted “Gray! Get over here!” A moment or two later, two smaller boys and a small girl appeared.
One of them, Gray presumeably, looked up at Jax. “What?”
“You wanna play krikketz for a bit?”
“Sure! Okay if Aidenn and Dawnie play too?”
Jax looked at the Doctor again. “Is that okay? Gray’s my li’l brother, and Aidenn an’ Dawnie are our half-brother and half-sister.”
“They certainly may. The more, the merrier, you know.”
After the Doctor spent a few minutes finding the cricket things, the Boeshane children, the Doctor and Tegan spent a happy afternoon playing cricket, while Nyssa watched and Adric worked on a mathematical problem. When the sun started to go down, Jax (as the eldest child present) told the Doctor that they had to be home before it got dark, so the cricket things were grudgingly tidied away along with the deck chairs and the beach umbrella. As a surprise for the children, the Doctor got everyone inside the TARDIS and took them back to just outside the Commune (with coordinates Jax provided) in the ship. The three boys and girl came out almost glowing with happiness – in a tiny place like Boeshane, none of them had ever been in even a regular spaceship, let alone one like the TARDIS. As the younger ones ran towards the Commune buildings, Jax lingered behind.
“It was nice meetin’ ya, Doctor.”
“You too, Jax.”
“Nice ship you got, an’ all.”
“Thank you very much. Do you like ships then?”
“Yeah. When I’m older I wanna be a pilot or maybe a mechanic or somethin’.”
“Good luck with that.”
“Doctor… You ever gonna come back here? Cause fancy ships like yours don’t come to Boe. Ain’t never seen one ‘fore today, leastways.”
“I go to all sorts of places, fancy or not.”
“Oh, ‘kay. Bye then, Doctor.”
“Goodbye, Jax.”
Jax Harper watched wide-eyed as the blue box that was actually an amazing spaceship dematerialised in front of him. He grinned, and ran inside for the evening meal.
To address this, I bring you... a Fifth Doctor story!
Title: Cricket on the Beach.
Characters: Five, Tegan, Nyssa, Adric. Some local children make an appearance as well.
Genre: 'tis fluff.
Spoilers: Nope.
Rating: G.
Warnings: None.
Comments: See if you can figure out who the oldest kid is!
The TARDIS materialised, and Tegan opened the door to see… a beach. A beach, with the ocean on one side and sand dunes on the other. She turned and looked back inside.
“Doctor, where are we?”
“The fifty-first century. Little place called Boeshane, a human colony actually, and really quite a nice one. I thought we could all do with a bit of a holiday.”
“A holiday at the beach. I like it.”
“Excellent. Now, why don’t you round up Nyssa and Adric and I’ll see what’s outside.”
She laughed. “All right” and went looking for the others.
Meanwhile, the Doctor opened one of the storage units, and removed four folded-up deck chairs and – with some difficulty – a beach umbrella. He carried everything outside, and once everything was set up he looked around. There were no discernible signs of habitation nearby, though he could see a settlement in the distance. Then he saw a small boy, maybe ten or eleven years old, standing on top of a nearby sand dune. He walked over, calling to the boy.
“Hello there!”
The boy looked askance at him. “Who’re you? Where’d’ya come from?”
“Ah, yes, I’m the Doctor, I just arrived. My friends will be out shortly. What’s your name, then? Do you live here?”
“Ya, I live in the Commune, with m’family. I’m Jax.”
The Doctor smiled, and offered a hand. “Well, it was nice to meet you Jax.” The boy took his hand and shook it briefly.
The Doctor had an idea. “I say, Jax, do you know what cricket is?”
“Cricket? Think so. Never heard it called that ‘fore. But if’n it’s anything like krikketz, then sure I do. Play it with Dad all the time.”
“Oh, excellent. Now if you’re not terribly busy this afternoon, we could play a bit if you like.”
Jax looked at him curiously, then at the box. “Uhm. ‘Kay. Can my brother play an’ all?”
“Certainly.”
Jax grinned, and turned. He shouted “Gray! Get over here!” A moment or two later, two smaller boys and a small girl appeared.
One of them, Gray presumeably, looked up at Jax. “What?”
“You wanna play krikketz for a bit?”
“Sure! Okay if Aidenn and Dawnie play too?”
Jax looked at the Doctor again. “Is that okay? Gray’s my li’l brother, and Aidenn an’ Dawnie are our half-brother and half-sister.”
“They certainly may. The more, the merrier, you know.”
After the Doctor spent a few minutes finding the cricket things, the Boeshane children, the Doctor and Tegan spent a happy afternoon playing cricket, while Nyssa watched and Adric worked on a mathematical problem. When the sun started to go down, Jax (as the eldest child present) told the Doctor that they had to be home before it got dark, so the cricket things were grudgingly tidied away along with the deck chairs and the beach umbrella. As a surprise for the children, the Doctor got everyone inside the TARDIS and took them back to just outside the Commune (with coordinates Jax provided) in the ship. The three boys and girl came out almost glowing with happiness – in a tiny place like Boeshane, none of them had ever been in even a regular spaceship, let alone one like the TARDIS. As the younger ones ran towards the Commune buildings, Jax lingered behind.
“It was nice meetin’ ya, Doctor.”
“You too, Jax.”
“Nice ship you got, an’ all.”
“Thank you very much. Do you like ships then?”
“Yeah. When I’m older I wanna be a pilot or maybe a mechanic or somethin’.”
“Good luck with that.”
“Doctor… You ever gonna come back here? Cause fancy ships like yours don’t come to Boe. Ain’t never seen one ‘fore today, leastways.”
“I go to all sorts of places, fancy or not.”
“Oh, ‘kay. Bye then, Doctor.”
“Goodbye, Jax.”
Jax Harper watched wide-eyed as the blue box that was actually an amazing spaceship dematerialised in front of him. He grinned, and ran inside for the evening meal.
