fandomhigh | Roving the Galaxy - Friday, Period 4 (After Lunch)

"So, Roving the Galaxy," the Doctor said, winging it. He might have lost track of the days and forgotten to prepare anything. It was more fun to do it off the cuff anyway. "Galaxy. Roving it. Okay, so, you're all here for whatever reason is your own and you're welcome to talk about it to someone else. Me, I'm probably not going to listen to be perfectly honest, so let's get onto the good stuff. Well, good in the sense that it's not all good but fun! Well, fun if you're into that sort of thing." He realised he was getting off track, paused with a 'I just caught myself getting off track' expression on his face, then started talking again.

"Most of you, I would assume, haven't been too far from home, whether that's Earth, Raxacoricofallapatorious or somewhere I haven't even heard of. Do you know how strange that is, places I haven't heard of? Love it. Beginning to love Fandom because of it. Anyway. Moving on. Over the next couple of weeks, we're going to go through a crash course in the basics of what you need to know to rove the galaxy.

Some weeks we'll go off to another planet, fake planets in this case thanks to this beautiful piece of technology although we might take a field trip at the end of the course, and a lot of weeks we'll deal with aliens coming to Earth. Why? You're not the only ones roving the galaxy. Better get used to it. If you can learn how to be a good host, you'll learn quick smart how to be a good guest when you're out there travelling around.

Smaller class than last time, all good, means we can get to know each other. I'm not much one for introductions, but let's give it a shot, shall we? I'm the Doctor. I'm a 903 year old Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborous. I travel a lot and I've been just about everywhere you can point out in the night sky. You," he pointed to the person he was looking at. "Name, species, place of origin and off-world travelling experience."

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She looked at him as if he was insane. Though, she had to admit, if she had not been sent into exile and met the others they would never have been able to free their world, so...

"You are sent to random worlds, where you stay for random amounts of time. When it is time for you to move on the Bounds call. It is a most uncomfortable feeling. You know you have to hurry and if you are trapped it can be most painful. When you get to the Bounds you are flung to yet another random world for another random period of time." She thought about it for a moment.

"Though you usually do have a sense of whether you will be on the world for a long time or a short time. Also, if you have a machine that can tell you where the Bounds are, you can leave when you choose and not have to wait for them to call you."

The Doctor listened carefully, mind ticking over. He resisted the urge to break into technobabble that could possibly have explained what they called that kind of unfortunate travel where he came from, but barely. But still, very curious. "Do you have a sense of how long you'll be here?"

"Oh, I'm not Walking the Bounds anymore," Helen said with a smug look. "We destroyed Their game. They can't play with us anymore and force us out of our homes like that."

"If I had Joris' machine I could still travel from world to world, though. That's what Jamie does to make sure They can't ever return." No, she still wasn't happy about that, even though she understood how important it was.

The Doctor didn't understand names or who They were, but it didn't really matter. He got the gist of the message. "Good for you!" He meant it. "But if They are gone and you're still in exile, doesn't sound like an entirely happy ending, for you at least."

She made another face. "I am the hand of Uquara. HE foretold that I would come and bring about the wider times again. Which I did. But now that I have fulfilled my destiny the priests of my world don't know what to do with me, so they made me come here. They said if I refused they would exile me permanently and stone me. Again."

"Oh, priests. You know, I don't mind priests, but there's always those few that ruin it for the rest. All drama this and I'm the word of the gods that, fire and stoning and do what I say not what I do. Well, Helen Haras-Uquara, looks like we're stuck here together. Let's see if we can pass the time having some fun, shall we?"

"Yes!" she said, "Exactly!" And smiled at him despite herself.

"Yes, I think perhaps I might have fun here."

"Brilliant!" he declared and, with a grin, moved on to the next student.

Roving the Galaxy - Friday, Period 4 (After Lunch)

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