fandomhigh | History in Living Colour - Friday, Period 3 (Week 2)

"Okay!" the Doctor said, bounding into the room when the students had gathered. "No time for chatting, let's get to it. Get to what you might ask? If you are, you didn't read your syllabus! Ask Peyton or Dick for one if you missed out. They're you're TAs and in case you've forgotten, I'm the Doctor."

There were three doors in the room. "Pick a door, any door! Well, except the one leading out of the Danger Shop. One of these three doors, which will lead you to a turning point in history. This week is all about not messing with the turning points, the important stuff, the moments in history that make today the way it is. We're going to learn by doing the wrong thing. Do whatever comes naturally to you once you're on the other side of the door. When you're done, we'll talk about what happened as a result of your actions.

We're all a part of history in some way, shape or form, and there's a lot you can get away with when you're outside of your home time period - by the way, time travel happens, get used to it - but there are some things you should never tamper with. You'll see why. Or, if you read a lot of alternate history fiction, you'll already know. Go on, pick a door." He nodded towards the doors, then commented quietly to himself, "guess we did have time for chatting after all."

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"Right, let's go then," Gwen replied, heading down the tunnel.

The men followed her. There was a problem. Guy Fawkes had another way out. All of the stalling had allowed him to escape. The explosives were there, though.

And that would be Gwen swearing. Explosively.

The simulation froze. The Doctor climbed out of the side tunnel that Guy had made. "You let Guy Fawkes get away. Parliament was saved, along with all of the members, but Guy lived to fight another day. I'm sure you can imagine how a hostile takeover of the government went for the people."

"No, I was just cursing for the sheer joy of the situation," Gwen replied sardonically.

"Inaction can be as good as action sometimes. Well, as bad in this case."

"Maybe, but you're not one of those whose country that lot merrily annexed and started oppressing for a few centuries, are you?" Gwen asked. "There's not a whole of conflict there for you."

The Doctor resisted the urge to roll his eyes. "Bad things happen. The point is that sometimes they have to happen. If events didn't unfold the way they did, you wouldn't exist and neither would any of the people you care about."

"But if I didn't exist, then I wouldn't really care about it, would I?" Gwen asked. "And don't start about paradoxes, I hear more than enough about them from Jack."

The Doctor had other students to deal with. "Learn the lesson or don't." He walked off, muttering something about how some people can't be taught.

History in Living Colour - Friday, Period 3 (Week 2)

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