Fic: [Doctor Who] The Torchwood Divergence
Title: The Torchwood Divergence
Series: Doctor Who
Type: Divergence
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9345302/1/The-Torchwood-Divergence
Disclaimer: I have only seen up to Season 2 of new Doctor Who. This is based off my incomplete knowledge, reading wikipedia and some speculation on my part. I'm also a femslash writer, so that may slip in too.
Doctor Who: The Torchwood Divergence
The President of the United States braced himself. The last few days had changed things.. quite possibly changed them forever. The Sycorax had come to Earth, a race of aliens that attempted to take over, in part using a chunk of the planet's population as hostages. The Doctor, a mysterious alien whom they knew disturbingly little about, stopped the invasion and forced the Sycorax to flee.
Then Britain blew the Sycorax out of space. Somehow.
There were moments of pure hysteria in Washington, with Capitol Hill going ballistic. This simply wasn't possible! The UK couldn't have been hiding that kind of military advances. Eventually prodding the NSA, CIA and several alphabet soup agencies produced a name: Torchwood, and eventual digging found out what they did.
"Alien artifacts," the President shook his head grimly. He knew about them, of course, the planet had never had a lack of alien contact, though most of it was kept hush hush. Hell, the United Nations UNIT was formed for just such emergencies. Still, he hadn't anticipated someone weaponizing them... With a sigh he picked up the secure phone, and dialled.
"Harriet Jones, Prime Minister," the woman's voice replied crisply.
The President sighed, "Yes, I know who you are." Briskly he said, "Officially, I wish to state that the United States are shocked that the United Kingdom would misuse alien technology..."
"Oh, rubbish," Harriet replied briskly. "We both know about what really goes on in Skunk Works and how you use Area 51 as a distraction."
"Huh." The President remind himself that this woman was clearly better informed than he expected. "Can we expect your assistance in our attempts to control rogue nations?" he asked instead.
Somewhat more apologetic Harriet answered, "I'm afraid not. When Queen Victoria founded the Torchwood Institute, certain limitations were put in place regarding what it could do." Wryly she added, "Why do you think we no longer have a British Empire?"
They talked a while longer, then the President hung up. Clearly, they needed to step up their game. The UK could not be allowed to maintain supremacy in the use of this technology. But also quite clearly, the folks the US had doing this weren't living up to the job.
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Diana Goddard was rich, powerful, and utterly bored with her life. She was head of GeoComTex, one of the most powerful companies on Earth, built on the back of salvaged or stolen alien technology. Her former employer Van Statten had built the company into a global empire, but his stupidity also unleashed a Dalek that slaughtered almost everyone in the facility. In the confusion Diana had leveraged her already great power in the company to take over, then dumped Van Statten.
This phone call from the President of the United States, however, sounded... rather interesting. "So, you wish for us to contract to acquire and weaponize alien technology for the US?" Diana noted thoughtfully.
"That is correct," he agreed.
"I thought Skunk Works was doing that for you?" Diana asked.
"Does EVERYONE know about that?" the president sighed.
"Pretty much," Diana smiled. Somewhat more seriously Diana continued, "I have to admit, I like the proposal. I expect, however, I'll need actual military support in doing this, and I want the option of non-military uses for the acquired technology."
"Which your company already does," he noted dryly.
"You'd have to prove that," Diana said dryly. "Well?"
"Agreed," he sighed reluctantly.
"Black Ops, I assume," Diana noted, "run it however you have to, as I'm certain we'll have possible opposition."
"Oh?" the President asked.
"I've got nothing confirmed," Diana cautioned, "but the Russians are throwing a lot of money into what I think is their alien hunting group. And we've had two attempts to breech our systems from China, so I suspect they've got a team too."
The President used a word you shouldn't use in polite company. "All right," he calmed down, "get to it. And we need results."
"Understood," Diana nodded. Hanging up she considered the situation, then called up her Information Technology expert from his office.
Adam Mitchell came in, the former UK resident wearing his usual hat. After fleeing the Utah Vault with the Doctor, he had ended up in the future, and got a cybernetic implant giving him mental access to the internet. Sadly, activating it opened a iris allowing a view into his BRAIN. Hence, the hat.
"Ma'am," Adam nodded respectfully. He had rather mixed feeling about her, honestly. On one hand she dragged him back into this life, but on the other she had saved him from being arrested by a British paramilitary team after his implant.
"Well," Diana said, "I think we know who those paramilitary types were who tried to arrest you back in England."
"Really?" Adam asked, surprised. After his escape he had tried to run down who went after him, but had no luck.
"Looks like England was doing something like our company," Diana noted, "through a organization called Torchwood."
Adam nodded thoughtfully, then his eyes narrowed a bit. "Why are you bringing this up now?" he asked.
Diana nodded approvingly. Clever boy. "I need you on a new project," she said, then explained what the US government wanted them to do.
"Isn't Skunk Works handling that?" Adam asked predictably.
"Does everybody know that?" Diana laughed.
"Well, the stealth bomber is TOTALLY a rip off of the Roswell ship. Everyone knows it," Adam shrugged slightly.
"Point," Diana conceded. She leaned forward, "You in?"
"Of course," Adam agreed promptly, "I don't have anywhere else to go, anyway." Somewhat more cautiously he added, "We'll need a field team. No way an I going out there on my own..."
Diana listened to him plot and hid a satisfied smile. Very careful uses of hints and implications had lead Adam to think he didn't dare go home or he'd be snatched. Not that it wasn't possible, of course, but she made him think he was a major target. Boys and their egos were so easy to manipulate.
"All right," Diana said, "I've got assurances we will get military and logistical support if needed. I need you to do the research and draw up a list of targets."
"Right," Adam moved to snap his fingers.
"Not in here!" Diana yelped. She did NOT want to see his brains, even under the hat.
"Right, sorry," Adam looked a bit sheepish as he headed to the office door.
A thought occurred to Diana and she added, "And while you're at it, look into other groups who might be searching for alien tech."
"Other than us and Torchwood?" Adam asked.
Diana nodded thoughtfully. As she said the President, she couldn't prove it, but her gut said it was damn likely. "I can't imagine China or Russia staying out of this game, especially after seeing what Torchwood did to the invading ship," she pointed out.
"You're right," Adam conceded, "maybe Japan, too. I'll get to it."
Watching him go, Diana considered how much of a asset the poor boy was. Of course, eventually he would figure out how he had been manipulated by her. Well, hopefully the mind wipe tech her former employer used would work on the boy. If not, well... less humane methods might need to be used.
Diana looked out the window and smiled to herself. It was going to be a great day...
To be continued?
Notes: Just a one shot thing inspired by the first episode of Doctor Who Season Two. The problem I sometimes have with Doctor Who is that they don't deal with the consequences of big events in the series. (Understandable, of course, considering the non-linear storytelling style.) But it occurred to me that the nations of the world would ABSOLUTELY have a cow over the existence of Torchwood and the UK having the kind of power to destroy a Sycorax space ship. Especially the US of A.
So, some thoughts. I used the survivors of Dalek from season one, as we have a sad lack of US characters. I may try to expand on that. As to the other alien hunters, if I continue this I expect there would be a Russian and Chinese group too. Possibly Japan, tho I expect it would be a corporation doing it rather than their government. How each group operates will vary, but BROADLY I could see any of the groups raiding a sovereign nation if they could get away with it. With plausible deniability in place, of course. And quite possibly more than one team chasing the prize.
Anyway, let me know if there's interest in a continuation.
Series: Doctor Who
Type: Divergence
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9345302/1/The-Torchwood-Divergence
Disclaimer: I have only seen up to Season 2 of new Doctor Who. This is based off my incomplete knowledge, reading wikipedia and some speculation on my part. I'm also a femslash writer, so that may slip in too.
Doctor Who: The Torchwood Divergence
The President of the United States braced himself. The last few days had changed things.. quite possibly changed them forever. The Sycorax had come to Earth, a race of aliens that attempted to take over, in part using a chunk of the planet's population as hostages. The Doctor, a mysterious alien whom they knew disturbingly little about, stopped the invasion and forced the Sycorax to flee.
Then Britain blew the Sycorax out of space. Somehow.
There were moments of pure hysteria in Washington, with Capitol Hill going ballistic. This simply wasn't possible! The UK couldn't have been hiding that kind of military advances. Eventually prodding the NSA, CIA and several alphabet soup agencies produced a name: Torchwood, and eventual digging found out what they did.
"Alien artifacts," the President shook his head grimly. He knew about them, of course, the planet had never had a lack of alien contact, though most of it was kept hush hush. Hell, the United Nations UNIT was formed for just such emergencies. Still, he hadn't anticipated someone weaponizing them... With a sigh he picked up the secure phone, and dialled.
"Harriet Jones, Prime Minister," the woman's voice replied crisply.
The President sighed, "Yes, I know who you are." Briskly he said, "Officially, I wish to state that the United States are shocked that the United Kingdom would misuse alien technology..."
"Oh, rubbish," Harriet replied briskly. "We both know about what really goes on in Skunk Works and how you use Area 51 as a distraction."
"Huh." The President remind himself that this woman was clearly better informed than he expected. "Can we expect your assistance in our attempts to control rogue nations?" he asked instead.
Somewhat more apologetic Harriet answered, "I'm afraid not. When Queen Victoria founded the Torchwood Institute, certain limitations were put in place regarding what it could do." Wryly she added, "Why do you think we no longer have a British Empire?"
They talked a while longer, then the President hung up. Clearly, they needed to step up their game. The UK could not be allowed to maintain supremacy in the use of this technology. But also quite clearly, the folks the US had doing this weren't living up to the job.
0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0
Diana Goddard was rich, powerful, and utterly bored with her life. She was head of GeoComTex, one of the most powerful companies on Earth, built on the back of salvaged or stolen alien technology. Her former employer Van Statten had built the company into a global empire, but his stupidity also unleashed a Dalek that slaughtered almost everyone in the facility. In the confusion Diana had leveraged her already great power in the company to take over, then dumped Van Statten.
This phone call from the President of the United States, however, sounded... rather interesting. "So, you wish for us to contract to acquire and weaponize alien technology for the US?" Diana noted thoughtfully.
"That is correct," he agreed.
"I thought Skunk Works was doing that for you?" Diana asked.
"Does EVERYONE know about that?" the president sighed.
"Pretty much," Diana smiled. Somewhat more seriously Diana continued, "I have to admit, I like the proposal. I expect, however, I'll need actual military support in doing this, and I want the option of non-military uses for the acquired technology."
"Which your company already does," he noted dryly.
"You'd have to prove that," Diana said dryly. "Well?"
"Agreed," he sighed reluctantly.
"Black Ops, I assume," Diana noted, "run it however you have to, as I'm certain we'll have possible opposition."
"Oh?" the President asked.
"I've got nothing confirmed," Diana cautioned, "but the Russians are throwing a lot of money into what I think is their alien hunting group. And we've had two attempts to breech our systems from China, so I suspect they've got a team too."
The President used a word you shouldn't use in polite company. "All right," he calmed down, "get to it. And we need results."
"Understood," Diana nodded. Hanging up she considered the situation, then called up her Information Technology expert from his office.
Adam Mitchell came in, the former UK resident wearing his usual hat. After fleeing the Utah Vault with the Doctor, he had ended up in the future, and got a cybernetic implant giving him mental access to the internet. Sadly, activating it opened a iris allowing a view into his BRAIN. Hence, the hat.
"Ma'am," Adam nodded respectfully. He had rather mixed feeling about her, honestly. On one hand she dragged him back into this life, but on the other she had saved him from being arrested by a British paramilitary team after his implant.
"Well," Diana said, "I think we know who those paramilitary types were who tried to arrest you back in England."
"Really?" Adam asked, surprised. After his escape he had tried to run down who went after him, but had no luck.
"Looks like England was doing something like our company," Diana noted, "through a organization called Torchwood."
Adam nodded thoughtfully, then his eyes narrowed a bit. "Why are you bringing this up now?" he asked.
Diana nodded approvingly. Clever boy. "I need you on a new project," she said, then explained what the US government wanted them to do.
"Isn't Skunk Works handling that?" Adam asked predictably.
"Does everybody know that?" Diana laughed.
"Well, the stealth bomber is TOTALLY a rip off of the Roswell ship. Everyone knows it," Adam shrugged slightly.
"Point," Diana conceded. She leaned forward, "You in?"
"Of course," Adam agreed promptly, "I don't have anywhere else to go, anyway." Somewhat more cautiously he added, "We'll need a field team. No way an I going out there on my own..."
Diana listened to him plot and hid a satisfied smile. Very careful uses of hints and implications had lead Adam to think he didn't dare go home or he'd be snatched. Not that it wasn't possible, of course, but she made him think he was a major target. Boys and their egos were so easy to manipulate.
"All right," Diana said, "I've got assurances we will get military and logistical support if needed. I need you to do the research and draw up a list of targets."
"Right," Adam moved to snap his fingers.
"Not in here!" Diana yelped. She did NOT want to see his brains, even under the hat.
"Right, sorry," Adam looked a bit sheepish as he headed to the office door.
A thought occurred to Diana and she added, "And while you're at it, look into other groups who might be searching for alien tech."
"Other than us and Torchwood?" Adam asked.
Diana nodded thoughtfully. As she said the President, she couldn't prove it, but her gut said it was damn likely. "I can't imagine China or Russia staying out of this game, especially after seeing what Torchwood did to the invading ship," she pointed out.
"You're right," Adam conceded, "maybe Japan, too. I'll get to it."
Watching him go, Diana considered how much of a asset the poor boy was. Of course, eventually he would figure out how he had been manipulated by her. Well, hopefully the mind wipe tech her former employer used would work on the boy. If not, well... less humane methods might need to be used.
Diana looked out the window and smiled to herself. It was going to be a great day...
To be continued?
Notes: Just a one shot thing inspired by the first episode of Doctor Who Season Two. The problem I sometimes have with Doctor Who is that they don't deal with the consequences of big events in the series. (Understandable, of course, considering the non-linear storytelling style.) But it occurred to me that the nations of the world would ABSOLUTELY have a cow over the existence of Torchwood and the UK having the kind of power to destroy a Sycorax space ship. Especially the US of A.
So, some thoughts. I used the survivors of Dalek from season one, as we have a sad lack of US characters. I may try to expand on that. As to the other alien hunters, if I continue this I expect there would be a Russian and Chinese group too. Possibly Japan, tho I expect it would be a corporation doing it rather than their government. How each group operates will vary, but BROADLY I could see any of the groups raiding a sovereign nation if they could get away with it. With plausible deniability in place, of course. And quite possibly more than one team chasing the prize.
Anyway, let me know if there's interest in a continuation.