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fandomhigh2008-08-15 09:14 pm
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Roving the Galaxy - Friday, Period 4 (Week 6)
There was a handwavy note to all of the students today to meet in the park. The TARDIS was nearby, but today the workshop was being held out in the open where you could look around and breathe in the fresh air. That is, if you managed to get to the park without getting lost.
"As much as I hate to admit it," the Doctor said once the students had gathered, "every now and then things don't go according to plan. No matter what you do, no matter how clever you are, sometimes you'll find yourself in a situation you can't get out of. Most of the time that will involve being stuck wherever you happen to be at the time with no way to get home. Today isn't about finding a way out. It's about preparing yourself for the possibility that there is no way out.
You're all stuck on a planet on the distance side of the galaxy from your home. The people are nice enough, if a bit simple because their technology is hasn't developed to your standards yet. There's definitely no space travel and aliens are unheard of. But you look close enough to the native population to fit in and you've found yourself a community where people won't ask too many questions.
What do you do? Do you keep fighting until your dying day to get home? Do you make a new home for yourself? What kind of work would you look for? Will you buy a house? Find someone? Fall in love and settle down? You may not have the choice of whether or not you can leave, but everything else is up to you.
Also, back here next week. Field trip. Wear comfortable clothing so you can fit in. We'll be putting what you learned into practice in a real setting with very real consequences, so I expect you to all be ready and on time. We'll be back by the end of the period."
"As much as I hate to admit it," the Doctor said once the students had gathered, "every now and then things don't go according to plan. No matter what you do, no matter how clever you are, sometimes you'll find yourself in a situation you can't get out of. Most of the time that will involve being stuck wherever you happen to be at the time with no way to get home. Today isn't about finding a way out. It's about preparing yourself for the possibility that there is no way out.
You're all stuck on a planet on the distance side of the galaxy from your home. The people are nice enough, if a bit simple because their technology is hasn't developed to your standards yet. There's definitely no space travel and aliens are unheard of. But you look close enough to the native population to fit in and you've found yourself a community where people won't ask too many questions.
What do you do? Do you keep fighting until your dying day to get home? Do you make a new home for yourself? What kind of work would you look for? Will you buy a house? Find someone? Fall in love and settle down? You may not have the choice of whether or not you can leave, but everything else is up to you.
Also, back here next week. Field trip. Wear comfortable clothing so you can fit in. We'll be putting what you learned into practice in a real setting with very real consequences, so I expect you to all be ready and on time. We'll be back by the end of the period."
Re: What Would You Do?
"I'm trying to make a life for myself, I suppose. But I haven't giiven up hope of returning home someday."