Doctor Who Drabble: Disembodied
Title: Disembodied
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Tenth Doctor, Donna Noble.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 795: Spirit at dw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Donna and the Doctor are having a difference of opinion.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.
“Ghosts aren’t real,” the Doctor insisted.
“You said the same thing about zombies,” Donna reminded him.
“And I was right then too; I don’t know what those things were, but they weren’t zombies, and that isn’t a ghost. There’s no such thing as disembodied spirits. Without a body there’s nothing to hold a spirit together, never mind keep it in one place. It would just…” He waved his hands vaguely. “Dissipate.”
“That’s not dissipating!”
“Precisely! It’s not a ghost, it’s a projection, a hologram…”
“Or a ghost.”
It was getting closer.
“It’s not a ghost!”
“Try telling the ghost that!”
The End
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Tenth Doctor, Donna Noble.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 795: Spirit at dw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Donna and the Doctor are having a difference of opinion.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.
“Ghosts aren’t real,” the Doctor insisted.
“You said the same thing about zombies,” Donna reminded him.
“And I was right then too; I don’t know what those things were, but they weren’t zombies, and that isn’t a ghost. There’s no such thing as disembodied spirits. Without a body there’s nothing to hold a spirit together, never mind keep it in one place. It would just…” He waved his hands vaguely. “Dissipate.”
“That’s not dissipating!”
“Precisely! It’s not a ghost, it’s a projection, a hologram…”
“Or a ghost.”
It was getting closer.
“It’s not a ghost!”
“Try telling the ghost that!”
The End