Doctor Who: Off We Go. Part 1/2 (Season 1 drabbles)
Title: “Off We Go”
Author: Shaitanah
Rating: G
Summary: Episode-based drabbles for Doctor Who Series 1. Mostly Doctor and Rose-centric, with a few exceptions. [Episodes 1-7]
Disclaimer: Doctor Who belongs to the BBC.
A/N: Now that my torturous exams are over, I’m re-watching DW, so this idea came to me.
OFF WE GO
Episode 1x01, “Rose”
She never really planned anything for herself. She had a job, all right (fat load of good that was), but she never actually enjoyed it, never even thought it could be enjoyed. Never waited for anything special to happen-
Then again, now that she thought about it, she did, had been waiting all along. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have gone to Clive, wouldn’t have felt her heart leap in strange excitement every time the Doctor showed up, wouldn’t have chosen this. But it was either this or waiting for another opportunity - and what if another opportunity never came? And well, she did save his life. And to die saving someone’s life was certainly better than to die of boredom or job hunting.
In the end, she got the best deal ever. She had already started believing she’d never see the world; now she would see the entire Universe. And Mickey… Oh, he’d manage.
Episode 2x02, “The End of the World”
It used to be so easy to say the name of his planet. Gallifrey. A beautiful word, isn’t it? A beautiful name for a beautiful planet. If only the ending wasn’t so bad.
But now, not so easy anymore. What’s the point answering silly questions like “where are you from?” when there is no such place anymore. Burnt. Crumbled to dust. Erased.
He can be anyone now. He runs through time and space faster than before, with nothing to hold him back and no one chasing him, and he can pretend it’s the way things are supposed to be.
But that won’t change what he did. And if nothing changes, what’s the point of talking about it?
Episode 1x03, “The Unquiet Dead”
Okay, so maybe she’s a little too righteous. Maybe she focuses on the details too much. The small things, the insignificant things, like that fellow’s name, the one he kept forgetting when they’d just met. Honestly, like that’s such a big deal!
But then, if he looks closer, maybe the problem is not her. Perhaps it’s he who should pay more attention. All this time he has been so deep in his grief and his guilt, so engaged in the greater good that he forgot how to care on a smaller scale. How can he weigh one life against billions after what he has been through? It doesn’t even seem fair.
But she can teach him again.
Episode 1x04, “Aliens of London”
Mickey never thought irony could be such a brutal thing. One minute you have some sort of a life: a job, a lovely girlfriend, some sense of what the world is (stable, habitual, yours)… the next - an alien man swoops in, knocks down your entire system of beliefs like a bloody card house, spirits away your girlfriend, and everyone thinks you are a murderer. And you spend day after day just looking for some proof that this is all a dream, that the strange blue box has never whooshed through your life, that when you wake up the next day, everything will be all right: the department store will still be standing, Rose will still be working there, and…
And then they come back, Rose and her alien man, a bloody year later, and Mickey knows that things will never be the same.
He hates irony, but there is nothing he can do.
Episode 3x05, “World War Three”
Jackie Tyler weirds him out. First of all, she is loud, obnoxious and talks at a faster pace than he does. Second of all, she slapped him. But that pales in contrast to the questions she asks and the answers she expects to hear from him.
He looks at Rose across the table and thinks that she is fantastic. Oh, what the hell: her useless boyfriend who is not so useless after all is fantastic, her terrifying mother is fantastic, this Harriet Jones woman is fantastic; they all are! He almost forgot how wonderfully strong human beings can be, how preciously resourceful and unyielding.
But he is tired of making promises he doubts he will be able to keep. So when Jackie asks him if her daughter is safe with him, the Doctor keeps silent.
Episode 1x06, “Dalek”
A Dalek should not feel. A Dalek must not have any ideas racing through its mind for that may impede carrying out orders. Orders are vital for a Dalek. A Dalek lives to execute orders, assignments, directives. A Dalek cannot coordinate ideas. The only idea that should matter to a Dalek is that of obeying commands.
The Dalek fixes its eyepiece on Rose Tyler and feels her fear pervading its entire system, her pity corroding its programming. It is a soldier and the Doctor is a destroyer and the war is over, but they remain, having survived when they should not have. The Dalek is not a Dalek anymore, and if the war is over, what is left there?
Episode 1x07, “The Long Game”
Honestly, he doesn’t think even Rose is surprised anymore. As for him, he’s been expecting it. As much as he likes humans sometimes, they’re just made for causing disasters, and when time machines are involved… blimey, that’s just a whole new catastrophe-producing testing area for them!
At least it’s not so much a loss as it is a gain. The Doctor never liked this Adam bloke anyway. And now neither does Rose. Sorted then. Off we go!
Author: Shaitanah
Rating: G
Summary: Episode-based drabbles for Doctor Who Series 1. Mostly Doctor and Rose-centric, with a few exceptions. [Episodes 1-7]
Disclaimer: Doctor Who belongs to the BBC.
A/N: Now that my torturous exams are over, I’m re-watching DW, so this idea came to me.
OFF WE GO
Episode 1x01, “Rose”
She never really planned anything for herself. She had a job, all right (fat load of good that was), but she never actually enjoyed it, never even thought it could be enjoyed. Never waited for anything special to happen-
Then again, now that she thought about it, she did, had been waiting all along. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have gone to Clive, wouldn’t have felt her heart leap in strange excitement every time the Doctor showed up, wouldn’t have chosen this. But it was either this or waiting for another opportunity - and what if another opportunity never came? And well, she did save his life. And to die saving someone’s life was certainly better than to die of boredom or job hunting.
In the end, she got the best deal ever. She had already started believing she’d never see the world; now she would see the entire Universe. And Mickey… Oh, he’d manage.
Episode 2x02, “The End of the World”
It used to be so easy to say the name of his planet. Gallifrey. A beautiful word, isn’t it? A beautiful name for a beautiful planet. If only the ending wasn’t so bad.
But now, not so easy anymore. What’s the point answering silly questions like “where are you from?” when there is no such place anymore. Burnt. Crumbled to dust. Erased.
He can be anyone now. He runs through time and space faster than before, with nothing to hold him back and no one chasing him, and he can pretend it’s the way things are supposed to be.
But that won’t change what he did. And if nothing changes, what’s the point of talking about it?
Episode 1x03, “The Unquiet Dead”
Okay, so maybe she’s a little too righteous. Maybe she focuses on the details too much. The small things, the insignificant things, like that fellow’s name, the one he kept forgetting when they’d just met. Honestly, like that’s such a big deal!
But then, if he looks closer, maybe the problem is not her. Perhaps it’s he who should pay more attention. All this time he has been so deep in his grief and his guilt, so engaged in the greater good that he forgot how to care on a smaller scale. How can he weigh one life against billions after what he has been through? It doesn’t even seem fair.
But she can teach him again.
Episode 1x04, “Aliens of London”
Mickey never thought irony could be such a brutal thing. One minute you have some sort of a life: a job, a lovely girlfriend, some sense of what the world is (stable, habitual, yours)… the next - an alien man swoops in, knocks down your entire system of beliefs like a bloody card house, spirits away your girlfriend, and everyone thinks you are a murderer. And you spend day after day just looking for some proof that this is all a dream, that the strange blue box has never whooshed through your life, that when you wake up the next day, everything will be all right: the department store will still be standing, Rose will still be working there, and…
And then they come back, Rose and her alien man, a bloody year later, and Mickey knows that things will never be the same.
He hates irony, but there is nothing he can do.
Episode 3x05, “World War Three”
Jackie Tyler weirds him out. First of all, she is loud, obnoxious and talks at a faster pace than he does. Second of all, she slapped him. But that pales in contrast to the questions she asks and the answers she expects to hear from him.
He looks at Rose across the table and thinks that she is fantastic. Oh, what the hell: her useless boyfriend who is not so useless after all is fantastic, her terrifying mother is fantastic, this Harriet Jones woman is fantastic; they all are! He almost forgot how wonderfully strong human beings can be, how preciously resourceful and unyielding.
But he is tired of making promises he doubts he will be able to keep. So when Jackie asks him if her daughter is safe with him, the Doctor keeps silent.
Episode 1x06, “Dalek”
A Dalek should not feel. A Dalek must not have any ideas racing through its mind for that may impede carrying out orders. Orders are vital for a Dalek. A Dalek lives to execute orders, assignments, directives. A Dalek cannot coordinate ideas. The only idea that should matter to a Dalek is that of obeying commands.
The Dalek fixes its eyepiece on Rose Tyler and feels her fear pervading its entire system, her pity corroding its programming. It is a soldier and the Doctor is a destroyer and the war is over, but they remain, having survived when they should not have. The Dalek is not a Dalek anymore, and if the war is over, what is left there?
Episode 1x07, “The Long Game”
Honestly, he doesn’t think even Rose is surprised anymore. As for him, he’s been expecting it. As much as he likes humans sometimes, they’re just made for causing disasters, and when time machines are involved… blimey, that’s just a whole new catastrophe-producing testing area for them!
At least it’s not so much a loss as it is a gain. The Doctor never liked this Adam bloke anyway. And now neither does Rose. Sorted then. Off we go!