Doctor Who Drabble: Unspoilt

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Title: Unspoilt
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Martha, Tenth Doctor.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 210: Susurration at dw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: There are still many beautiful and unspoilt worlds in the universe.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.





The planet was an unspoiled wilderness, largely made up of wide-open plains and dense, ancient forests where most of the native creatures made their homes. Martha couldn’t help wondering if it was a bit like earth must have been millennia ago, before apes came down out of the trees and evolved into humans.


“It’s beautiful,” she breathed, entranced, as she sat on a fallen tree trunk, listening to the susurration of the breeze blowing through the leaves high above her. It reminded her of the sound of waves upon a distant shore.


She hoped civilisation would never reach this place.



The End