OK Doc
Title: OK Doc
Author: betawho
Rating: PG (for slight naughtiness)
Characters: 9th Doctor and Rose
Author's Note: Refers to the First Doctor story, "The Gunslingers."
Summary: The Ninth Doctor gets to play cowboy as he and Rose accidentally end up back at the OK Corral. But something new is brewing in Tombstone, involving an ancient culture, a myth, a legend, and a bunny rabbit.
OK Doc
The Tardis materialized.
The Doctor stepped out and took a look around the small dusty courtyard. “Oh, so not going to happen,” he muttered in disgust. He turned around. “Back inside, Rose,” he said, shooing her before him.
She sidestepped, “Why? What is it? What’s wrong?” She looked around the small cramped yard, tall wooden fencing blocked out any view to speak of, but it was hot, with a dry heat similar to a desert, and it smelled of animals and rotting garbage. She held her nose and looked over at the pile of moldering onions that stood at the back door of the ramshackle, clapboard building they’d apparently materialized behind. “It stinks.”
“Yes it does,” he said, giving the words an ominous ring that indicated something more dire than onions.
Rose gave him a sour look as he again tried to use his body mass to herd her into the Tardis. She ducked around him, trotted over to the tall board fence, and found a knothole to peek through.
Beyond was the long, dirt road, rough buildings, and wooden sidewalk of an Old West town.
“Brilliant!” she beamed and turned to the Doctor. “We’re in the Old West!”
He slumped and grumped, stuffing his hands in his pockets. “Yes, and I’ve been here before. The whole experience gave me a toothache.”
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