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Ryland was sitting on the beach of the biodome. When suddenly, something crashed through the ceiling and into the water. He jumped up in surpise. It's a dark blue colored box.. does that say Police Box..? Arent those things like.. ridiculously old.. He thought to himself.
He was a mix of curious, and guarded, as anyone in his situation would be.
The box bobbed up and down in the water for a few moments, it was obvious it wasn't just space junk, as Ryland could hear grumbling and stuff moving inside of it. He tries to figure out if he wants to call Rocky or just deal with it himself.
His thoughts were interrupted by the door of the thing opening. Smoke coming out. "Bloody hell that.. oh.. huh.. did I end up back on earth.." the tall, skinny man looks around. Spotting Ryland. He tries to walk out of the box, not realizing its in the water. It was too late, the man was now soaked. He swam to the shore and got the water out of his clothes.
Ryland stared. "Right.. so.. to answer your question.. you're not on earth.." he says, watching the guy. He coughs a little. He looks up and realizes that the box made a hole in the ceiling. "Oh sh-" he runs over and grabs an earpiece, talking for a few moments.
The figure was looking around. Examining things. "Amazing.. they made an almost perfect recreation of a beach.." he states. He looks up and sniffs. "And the oxygen too.. though.." he follows Ryland's gaze. "Oh.. did I do that.. I'm sorry, I can help fix it if you'd like-"
"Can you just.. be quiet for 10 seconds.." Ryland says, rubbing his forehead. Suddenly the man yelps. Ryland opens his eyes to see Rocky on top of the man. "Oh! Rocky get off the guy, we don't even know who he is yet-"
"Who are you, question?"
"Ah! Did I not introduce myself! Apologies.. I'm The Doctor!"
"Doctor? Human doctor, question."
"Uh.. well.. not like a surgeon.. more so thats my name.. whats your name?"
Ryland covers his ears as Rocky says it, in Eridian. The Doctor nods. "Thats a lovely name"
Ryland stares. "You understood him!?"
"Uh.. right.. that would be my TARDIS.. she's got a translator.. somehow thats still working.. actually that might be my sonic.. cause from what I saw, my girl needs to rest for a while before she's got power again.."
"Whats a-"
"Time and Relative Dimensions In Space! But, simply put, I can go anywhere throughout space and time with it!"
"So.. you're not human..?"
"Nope! Though, I didn't actually catch your name.. or what planet I'm on.."
"Ryland Grace. Professor.. technically.. and, I call him Rocky because I can't understand his real name.." he says, gesturing to the alien.
"Ah.. right.. its nice to meet you then, Ryland,"
"Just call me Grace.."
"Got it.. so where-"
"You are on Erid, statement" Rocky suddenly says.
"Oh, well thank you, Rocky," he says. "You guys did a really good job at making this place like earth.." he nods. He looks over and realizes Grace looks kinda dizzy.
"Are you alright there?"
"Oh.. you don't happen to have oxygen on that tardis of yours.. until they can fix the ceiling..'
"Oh yes! Give me a moment!" The Doctor swims to the tardis and comes out with a mask and tank. "I would have you get in the tardis, but the power isn't working at the moment as you can see," he says, handing the mask to Grace, who puts it on and takes a breath.
"I'm gonna try to get my tardis to the shore.. I'd rather her not be filled with water.." The Doctor says, trying to figure out how to move it without power. Grace throws him a rope.
"Oh! Thank you!" He ties it to the tardis and tries pulling it. "Come on ol' girl.. you'll be fine.."
"Why Doctor talk to box like alive, question." Rocky asks. The Doctor gets it to the shore. "Well, cause she is to an extent. Its quite hard to explain."
Grace sits back on the beach again.
The Doctor takes a breath and sits too. "I really am sorry for the crash landing.."
Grace lays back and takes a breath before taking the mask off to talk. "Its alright, I'm sure its not like you meant to crash.."
"You might wanna keep that on, Grace, the oxygen is really low in here at the moment," The Doctor states, sniffing the air.
"The engineers are fixing it" Rocky says
"Thats good.." The Doctor feels the sand on his hands and legs. He suddenly remembers the last time he was on a beach.. his hearts kind of beating faster at the thought of it..
"Doctor have two hearts, statement" Rocky suddenly says, stomping one of his stubs on the ground.
"Uh, yes, I do in fact have two hearts.."
"What species Doctor, Question?"
"Oh.. I'm a Timelord.."
"What a Timelord, question"
Grace closed his eyes and thought to himself.
I feel like I've heard the name when I was on earth.. but where.. wait.. when we were talking to all the different countries.. the UK mentioned calling a doctor.. I thought they just meant some kind of specialist.. I had no idea they meant an alien.. they couldn't have.. right.. what was that place called.. unit?..
His thoughts are interrupted by a loud noise...