[identity profile] veryarthurdent.livejournal.com
The Danger Shop was disappointingly set up like a classroom today. The Doctor was at the front, glasses on, feet propped up on the desk as he lounged in what looked to be a very comfortable chair. "Last workshop of the term. No running or jumping or bad reality television today. Today," the Doctor said, leaping up from his seat, "I want you to the one most important thing you've learned from your experiences during this course." He looked at Toby and Kevin if they were there. "Yours should be 'getting naked in public doesn't solve everything'."

The classroom flickered out of existence for the briefest of seconds. The Doctor looked up with a frown. "A little glitch," he assured the class. "Nothing to worry abo-" The classroom disappeared again and left them in darkness. Anyone sitting on desks or chairs would have fallen on their backsides once the classroom and all its contents disappeared. "Okay, nobody panic. Probably a simple malfunction."

"Mummy?"

The Doctor turned on a light and the class found themselves scattered across the ground floor of an old house, probably one you'd find in 1940s London. Staying very still for a moment, the Doctor looked at each of the students within his line of sight. His expression wasn't that of someone who was worried, per se, so much as as someone who was very, very interested and a little suspicious of what was coming next. "That wasn't supposed to happen."

The voice of a boy outside the front door could be heard through the house again.

"Are you my mummy?"
[identity profile] veryarthurdent.livejournal.com
"Right! So. Wasn't here last week, was I? I'm sure the TA," he gave Seely a look that had a barely restrained eyeroll accompanying it, "kept you all busy in my absence. Got off to a slow start, which is sometimes a good thing when you're bouncing around the known universe." Why yes, he was being a big hypocrite. He seemed to know it to some degree too, because he was getting uncomfortable. "And, well, let's not even get started on the unknown universe. Anyway! Moving on. Let's go somewhere different."

The Doctor pointed his sonic screwdriver at the Danger Shop controls and, although it could be said that the Danger Shop was somewhat disgruntled by being messed with by a sonic device (which wasn't in any way important for next week's workshop), it complied and their surroundings changed.

"Welcome to the year 200,100. We're not too far from home, a little step out and away from the planet Earth, which is just down there. You can probably find an observation deck if you look hard enough. This is Satellite 5, the largest communications station in the solar system, if I remember rightly. I usually do. Take a look around. Get something to eat. Mingle." He scratched behind his ear and tried not to look too pleased at throwing them into the thick of it, "I'd watch out for some of those rooms though. You might find yourself facing a fate worse than death. Well, not death." He paused and looked upward in thought. "No, on second thought, worse than death. Definitely."
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This afternoon the class would have noticed that the Doctor was nowhere in sight. The more observant would also have noticed that the Danger Shop was set up in an unholy combination of space-age tiki bar and seraglio with Seely leaning against the bar chatting to one of the many scantily-clad, brightly-coloured patrons.

He straightened when he saw the class. "I'm afraid that the Doctor can't be here today," he said. "And I couldn't make sense of his lesson plan, so instead of going to a Welsh gravel quarry, we're going to be doing something a little more exotic."

He grinned broadly as he gestured around the room. "As anyone whose ever watched Galaxy Quest or Space Battles knows, the universe is full of places like this, and people like these, so you're going to practice dealing with the natives. They're very friendly, so it shouldn't be hard."

[Wait for OCD up! Post away!]
[identity profile] veryarthurdent.livejournal.com
The students who came to the Danger Shop today found themselves in the rolling countryside. There wasn't much by way of trees, but a lot of open spaces, a road that passed over the green hills. It looked a lot like Scotland actually.

The weather was fairly brisk and the sun was setting. The Doctor was waiting for them at the top of one of the hills. "Now, before you ask, a lot of places look like this. It's not the sights, it's the people that make any trip. We're off to a little place called the Torchwood Estate. Victorian era. No computers or television or Backstreet Boys. Blend in. It's easier than it seems.

Come on. It's getting dark out here. Full moon tonight."
[identity profile] veryarthurdent.livejournal.com
The Danger Shop was decked out to appear like a very large walk-in wardrobe with cubicles for changing. Along the walls were shirts, jackets, trousers, skirts and all manner of clothing and a variety of accessories that couldn't be listed without it ending up like the phone book.

"Okay!" the Doctor said once the students had gathered. "Before we get out there and really stretch our legs in the big old universe, there's one vital thing every traveller needs - a really impressive outfit. You can't go out there looking like you threw on whatever didn't smell horribly from your bedroom floor. Trust me, there are beings out there with a far better sense of smell than you and they can smell you a mile away." He scratched at his ear. "Oh, and always wear clean underwear. Personally, that's a given, but some people need reminding. Shirtlessness and nudity have been done and will probably get you arrested or swept off to a harem of some kind, so let's have none of that.

Right! So, onward. What we have here is pretty much every combination of clothing you might need to come up with an outfit suitable for galavanting around the cosmos. Fun word, don't you think? Cos-mos. Anyway," he waved it off, "you can't lug around a wardrobe full of clothing to fit in everywhere you go, so go with something that will suit as many different situations as possible and, most importantly, something that works for you. You'll be wearing it a lot, particularly in this workshop. Get something comfortable. If there's something you want that you can't find, ask the Danger Shop and ye shall receive. Go on then."
[identity profile] veryarthurdent.livejournal.com
The Danger Shop was set up like a park with trees and a pond and ducks. Well, they were blue ducks. Blue ducks with teeth. The sky was an odd colour too, pink to satisfy the galactic portion of the workshop even though they weren't really doing all that much today. "Okay," the Doctor said when a significant group of people had gathered. "Last week didn't exactly lend itself to introductions. You all know who I am. When vacationing on your own, it's a good idea to get to know the people around you. Pick up a friend in the lobby of a hotel or in a park," he gestured around, "and get to know them while you're running around madly. Go on then. Get to know each other today, since you'll be running around with each other over the next few weeks. Show some manners. Name, when and where you're from and somewhere you want to visit."
[identity profile] veryarthurdent.livejournal.com
The Danger Shop, for anyone who entered it, looked rather like a London street at Christmas time. There were plenty of human shoppers milling about, lights and signs telling everyone about great last-minute sales and a group of musicians dressed like Santa with rosy-cheeked masks were lined up playing Christmas carols for passers by. It was a clear night, cold but not unreasonably so, and sadly no snow in sight. The teacher didn't appear to be in the vicinity either.

The pleasant scene was broken by the sound of plate glass smashing and blank-faced mannequins stepping out from shop windows. Down the street, a woman screamed, drawing a mannequin's attention. It raised its arm and the woman ducked out of the way just in time to miss a gunshot coming from where the mannequin's hand should have been.

A man in a blue suit, a tan trench coat and red sneakers appeared out of the panicking crowd, stopping in front of the students. His face reflected the urgency of the situation. "Run!"

[OOC: But look both ways before crossing the road and wait for OCD go for it. OCD is up!

ETA: Off to catch a flight. Hopefully will be back tonight to answer pings.]

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