A
Doctor Who Fan Fiction story. Part One Of Two
This
story was written in 2005 during the broadcast of Series One.
The
story stars Christopher Eccleston as The Doctor and Billie Piper as
Rose Tyler and
is
set between the episodes 'World War Three' and 'Dalek'.
It
was inspired by actual events but the majority of it is ficticious.
WARNING:
The story contains mildly graphic scenes and is not recommended for
anyone under 12. Read at your own risk!
‘Ding
Dong.’ A doorbell rang at the house of Daniel Tomkins.
Daniel
was a cheery tall man who was dressed in a brightly coloured shirt and
black trousers. He had a greying beard and wore glasses.
Daniel
walked through to the hallway and opened the door.
A
man stood there with a parcel.
‘Summers?’
he asked holding it out.
‘Pardon?’
questioned Daniel unsure of what the man had said.
The
man repeated himself.
‘I
think you’ll find it’s Spring actually!’ joked Daniel.
The
man looked puzzled but continued to hold out the parcel.
‘Never
mind, it was a joke.’ Said Daniel. ‘The parcel’s not for me, I’m
Tomkins.’
The
man sighed and went off with the parcel. Daniel shut the door.
‘Who
was that?’ asked Amy, his wife, unpacking mugs from a box.
‘Only
Parcel Force looking for the wrong name.’
‘Oh.’
Came the reply.
The
rest of that week for Daniel and his wife was pretty quiet as they settled
into the new home and he prepared his first talk ready for Sunday.
Sunday
came quickly and Daniel arrived at the church about ten o’clock. He made
sure the PowerPoint presentation was set up and the church band ‘Out
here’ were ok with the songs.
A
man called Stan was to be part of a drama sketch heckling the service. He
was changing out the back into his costume.
Before
long, people started to arrive and take their places in seats ready for
the service to begin.
‘Good
Morning Everybody’ announced Daniel as he began the service.
Soon
it was time for the drama sketch with Stan. The majority of the people in
the congregation knew what to expect in the service but there was a couple
that hadn’t been before to this church, but were used to old-fashioned
services.
The
sketch started with Daniel beginning his sermon, which was then
interrupted by Stan.
‘I
don’t have to listen to this!’ exclaimed Stan and stood on his seat
ready to argue with Daniel as part of the sketch.
‘Everything
you are waffling is a load of rubbish!’ Stan continued.
The
new couple were disgusted at this – a man interrupting a service – it
shouldn’t be allowed.
The
man of the couple called John got up from his seat and went over to Stan.
‘Come along now, this isn’t the time and place for this sort of
attitude.’ He tried to get Stan off his seat so he could sit down. The
rest of the congregation laughed and thought it was part of the sketch,
which it wasn’t.
Stan
tried to ignore John and continue with the sketch but he wouldn’t let it
go easily.
John
could see he was being ignored and so tried to pull Stan down while
shouting ‘Just leave it will you!’
Daniel
could see it was time to intervene so he walked over to John and asked
‘What’s your name?’
John
looked at Daniel and replied ‘Summers, John Summers.’
‘Ok
John, well all this fuss with Stan here is part of a sketch we were
doing.’
‘Oh
was it? Well it wasn’t a very funny one.’
Daniel
took John back to his seat and settled him and then returned to the
pulpit. ‘Sorry about all that.’ He apologised.
In
his seat, John, breathing heavily, was muttering away about how awful it
all was.
A
bit later…
Daniel
was in a ‘debriefing’ meeting out the back, in the vestry, when
suddenly he heard a cry for help. Daniel rushed through to the church hall
where people were drinking tea and coffee to see what the matter was.
There
was a circle of people looking at something. Daniel struggled through and
when he got to the middle he saw John Summers lying on the ground with his
wife by him.
John
was dying from a heart attack.
Daniel
knelt down and took hold of his hand.
John
looked at Daniel.
‘You’re
a bad wolf you are, my father will have his revenge on you.’
He
closed his eyes and his head slunk to the side.
‘You
should be ashamed of yourself, you caused this.’ John’s wife Annette
shook her fist at Daniel and began to cry. Several people helped her to a
seat so they could comfort her.
*
* *
Over
in the nearby park beside a small café, a blue police box materialised.
It was the TARDIS.
‘We’ll
just stop off here so the TARDIS can refuel, before I take you to some of
the wonders of the universe.’ Said the Doctor checking the scanner.
‘Ok’
replied Rose. ‘Where are we anyway?’
‘Earth,
early 2005.’ Replied the Doctor.
‘None
of the Slitheen invading yet then!’ laughed Rose and headed towards the
TARDIS doors and opened them.
‘Ooh!
A park! Fresh air………and chips!’
‘You
like your chips don’t you!’ grinned the Doctor.
‘Yeah!
So?’ she smiled cheerily and nudged him on the arm.
‘Nothing!
Do you want a meal? It’s about lunchtime and I haven’t eaten for a
while.’
‘You
could have eaten at mum’s house! Go on then!’
‘Fantastic!’
the Doctor laughed and they both headed towards the café.
‘So
where about in Earth are we then?’ asked Rose chomping on a salad. ‘We
must be in Britain somewhere because I had to use pounds to pay for the
meal.’ She glared at the Doctor but he took no notice.
‘According
to the scanner we’re in a small town called Northampton – famous for
boots and shoes.’ He said.
‘Seems
a nice place – very British.’ Rose grinned.
‘I
don’t suppose we could stay a couple of days longer could we? It might
be the last I see of Earth for a while.’
The
Doctor shrugged. ‘Why not?’ he smiled.
A
bit later…
The
Doctor and Rose were walking along a street.
Daniel
Tomkins was just locking up the church; he walked down the path towards
the pavement.
‘You
look a bit flustered!’ said the Doctor as they walked past. Rose nudged
him.
‘Sorry,
just had a death on my hands this morning.’
‘What,
a funeral?’ quizzed Rose as they stopped to talk.
‘No,
a man died after the service.’
‘How
come?’ queried the Doctor. Daniel began to explain.
‘He
took a sketch to be serious and started to cause trouble. It clearly upset
him because after the service he had a heart attack…’
‘…and
died?’ asked the Doctor finishing off the sentence.
‘Yes.’
Replied Daniel glumly.
‘I’m
so sorry.’ Said Rose putting her hand on Daniel’s shoulder.
‘It
doesn’t matter,’ said Daniel, ‘I’m used to it, I’m a minister
after all!’
Rose
smiled sweetly at this.
The
Doctor and Rose shook Daniel’s hand and said their goodbyes.
‘Poor
man.’ Said Rose as they carried on walking.
‘You
think that’s sad then you should see the Golgafrinchams, they are
permanent manic depressives.’
‘Ooh
nasty.’ Agreed Rose.
The
rest of the day was spent exploring the town. There wasn’t much that
could be done as it was a Sunday and everything was closed. The Doctor and
Rose returned to the TARDIS at night to sleep.
*
*
*
Monday
seemed to come quickly for the Doctor and Rose.
‘Fantastic!’
the Doctor smiled as he leant against the TARDIS and watched the sun rise
above the park that they were in.
Once
it had risen, the Doctor went inside to check on how the TARDIS was doing
regaining its power.
Elsewhere
Alex Pratt, the organiser for the church, was whistling while jangling his
keys as he approached the church.
He
had some jobs to do.
As
he entered the foyer Alex noticed some dirt on the carpet leading into the
church.
‘Must
be the caretaker.’ He thought but went to check anyway.
Everything
seemed fine except for a pile of dirt by the stairs of the pulpit.
Alex
walked down the aisle to investigate. He was shocked at what he saw. There
was a huge hole surrounded by dirt, which seemed to go on for miles.
Alex
pulled out his mobile and punched in the number for Daniel.
‘Hello?’
Daniel answered cheerfully.
‘Daniel
you need to come here quickly, there’s something I think you ought to
see.’
‘Ok,
I’ll be there in 10!’ Daniel replied and hung up.
Alex
was uncertain what to do while he waited so he decided to kneel down and
look into the hole again.
He
put his hand into the hole to see if he could find a bottom. Alex could
feel something cold, almost ice cold.
Alex
wanted to pull his hand away but whatever it was gripped on tightly.
Alex’s fingers closed round the object, it felt like a long bony
ice-cold hand.
Alex
was frightened and tried to pull his hand away but as he pulled it out of
the hole, a black clothed figure seemed to rise up from the hole too.
When
the figure was fully out he let go of Alex.
‘Why
thank you.’ The figure grinned. His teeth were all yellow and rotting
and his face was almost like a skeleton.
Before
Alex could move or say anything, the figure leant forward and grabbed
Alex’s neck. He began to choke when suddenly there was a ‘click’;
Alex’s neck had been snapped. He was dead.
The
figure looked at the body and laughed.
Soon…
Daniel
arrived at the church.
‘Alex,
it’s me Daniel!’ he shouted. There was no response.
Daniel
walked into the actual church, there was a man sitting on a pew praying.
He wore long black robes like a priest would wear.
Daniel
approached the man cautiously as usually the church wasn’t open to the
public during the week.
He
cleared his throat and said ‘Excuse me…’
The
man looked up and smiled a toothy grin. It was the same man that Alex had
seen.
‘Hello,’
he said ‘may I help you?’
‘Erm…well,’
Daniel scratched the back of his neck.
‘No?’
responded the man, ‘well I’ll help myself then!!’
The
figure wrapped his arm round Daniel’s neck. He was planning to do what
had been done to Alex.
Before
the man could go too far, Daniel grabbed hold of the man’s elbow and
twisted it so it fell away from his neck. Daniel then punched the man in
the stomach, which caused the figure to stumble slightly.
He
then ran out of the church into the foyer, he grabbed a chair and pushed
it towards the church doors. He hoped it would hold the person back for a
while.
Daniel
ran outside and shut the door behind him. He fumbled in his pockets for
his keys to lock the door. Just as he found his keys the doors inside
burst open and the man ran towards the door but Daniel had already managed
to lock it.
‘You
have just made a very bad mistake!’ the man shouted.
Further
along the street were the Doctor and Rose.
‘Your
hair looks nice.’ Said the Doctor. Rose had been to the hairdressers
that morning.
‘Thanks’
she said, ‘thought I’d have it styled a bit differently.’ Rose
continued while drinking Fanta out of bottle she was carrying.
Then
they both heard the noise from the church. The Doctor’s pace turned into
a brisk run.
‘Problem?’
shouted Rose to him.
‘Oh
yeah!’ the Doctor grinned and ran off.
‘Here
we go again!’ Rose thought and screwed the top on her bottle and ran to
follow him.
The
Doctor stopped at the church.
‘Looks
like I arrived in time!’ he said.
‘Thank
goodness you did!’ replied Daniel, ‘I needed some help.’
The
man who Daniel had trapped inside the church had now stopped banging on
the door and was now sitting quietly on a bench in the foyer with his head
down.
He
looked up at the Doctor.
‘You
can’t keep me in here forever, sometime you will crack, you won’t be
able to contain the agony of the problem and with that you will unleash a
terrible power.’ The man announced chillingly. He rose from his seat and
headed towards the main church.
‘Where
are you going?’ asked the Doctor.
‘You’ll
find out sooner or later when it’s too late to do anything.’ The man
laughed and strolled off.
‘We’ve
got to stop him!’ exclaimed Rose who had arrived shortly before hand.
‘But
how?’ questioned Daniel.
The
Doctor thought for a moment and then said ‘Do you have any history books
or records about the church?’
‘Yes,
there’s some in the Vestry.’ Replied Daniel.
The
Doctor pulled out his sonic screwdriver and pointed it towards the locked
door. The blue glow from the device buzzed and then there was a
‘click’ to show that the lock had been opened.
The
Doctor opened the door and ran towards the Vestry. Rose and Daniel
followed behind.
‘What
was that?’ asked Daniel.
‘It’s
a sonic screwdriver.’ Said Rose.
‘Oh.’
Replied Daniel still confused.
‘It’s
some sort of alien tech.’ Smiled Rose as they ran round a corner to the
Vestry.
*
*
*
Inside
the Vestry, the Doctor had already found the books on the history of the
church when Daniel and Rose entered.
‘Ah,
there you are! Daniel, I need you to tell me everything you know about
that man’s death yesterday, I reckon it might be connected.’
‘Well,’
began Daniel, ‘the man’s name was Summers, John Summers.’
‘Narrows
it down!’ grinned the Doctor. ‘Rose, look in those books see if
there’s anyone called Summers.’
Daniel
began to tell the Doctor about the events that had happened the previous
day.
‘One
thing I thought was weird’ said Daniel. ‘Was that John Summers’ wife
called me a ‘bad wolf’’. He mentioned to the Doctor. The Doctor
thought for a moment, as he was sure he had heard that phrase before but
then grinned and passed it by.
‘Probably
got mixed up with ‘bad penny’. He smiled.
Before
Daniel had got too far in relaying the events, Rose, sitting on the table
with her legs upon a chair, piped up – ‘Doctor, there’s something
you ought to see…’
‘Go
on then, read it!’ the Doctor suggested.
Rose
began to read what was written in the book.
“80
years ago, the church opened with new minister Reverend Samuel Summers
leading the service. Unbeknown to the congregation at the time there was
something odd about Rev. Summers which would be noticed when the church
entered its ‘dark ages’ which some people had called it as they
believed the church had been turned into an evil cult. Rev Summers had
been born with stigmata and his family had spoilt him for having it
believing he was the ‘chosen one’.”
‘Stop!’
announced the Doctor. ‘I thought it was gonna be something like this –
and if I’m right the whole of this country is gonna be in dreadful
danger!’
‘Now
why does this remind me of some sort of horror movie?’ Rose wondered to
herself.
Without
a moment to lose, the Doctor rushed out of the small room and headed
towards the main part of the church.
The
Doctor shot back at what he saw and grabbed hold of the end of two pews to
steady himself. Rose and Daniel weren’t far behind and when she saw it
Rose gasped.
Above
the pulpit was a huge, round, blue, swirling vortex.
‘You’re
too late timelord! Back when I was alive I could heal people with my
powers, and I will use my powers to combine this country with the other
side! No one can stop me now!’
END
OF PART ONE!
