Doctor Who Drabble: Relics

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Title: Relics
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Professor Yana.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 213: Watch at dw100.
Spoilers: Utopia.
Summary: The watch is old and broken, yet Professor Yana keeps it anyway.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.





The watch has always been with Professor Yana; it was with him when he was found as a child, and even after all these years he’s held onto it, though he can’t say why. It’s old, broken, completely useless, and yet, it’s all he has from before…


He’s never bothered to open it; why would he? There would be no point since it doesn’t work. It’s a keepsake, an ornament, nothing more. Well, perhaps a talisman or good luck charm, something of that nature. The case is attractive though.


They suit each other, two old relics whose time is past.



The End

Comments

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Who knew pocket watches could be so mysterious?

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I know! Only on Doctor Who could such an ordinary object conceal someone's consciousness. I was sad when the Professor turned into the Master.

Thank you!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

It reminds me that no one uses that little pocket in jeans because we have wrist watches now.

Derek Jacobi was lovely until he turn nasty.

[bk_forever]

He's one of my favourite British actors.

Jeans these days have pockets for mobile phones. Sign of the times.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen him in anything else. I thought it a shame that his role was short lived.

They still have the little pockets in jeans since its considered a trademark. I use it to store coins or hair clip.

My brother uses baggy jeans/pants for his mobile. I'd rather use my handbag or backpack for that.

[bk_forever]

I don't really use a mobile phone. I use my little pocket for my keys. Makes them easy to find.

I saw him once in a TV production of Cyrano de Bergerac and he was just amazing. I know he's done a lot of stage work too,and been in so many other things. He and John Hurt and Sir Ian McKellen are all awesome. Too bad we lost John Hurt =(

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I always have my keys in my regular pocket, other wise I lose track of them. Which I do.:(

I will always remember John Hurt for doing the dragons voice on "Merlin".

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He had a wonderful voice and was so amazing as the War Doctor. He was in the first Alien film as well as playing Father in the first Hellboy movie. A brilliant actor.

I have two sets of keys, my own and the ones that were mum's. I don't go outside without keys because I'm scared of getting locked out.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

You sound like a fangirl.:)

I almost got locked out of my house once but luckily I had left the backyard sliding door unlocked. I had to explain why I was climbing over the back fence to people nearby since it looked like I was breaking and entering.

[bk_forever]

Well, I am, aren't I? *grins*

Mum locked me out umpteen times by mistake. She was hard of hearing too, so it would really freak me out trying to get her to let me in again.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

And proud of it!:D

Another time I locked myself in the garage when the wind blew the door to the kitchen shut. I called for my dad to open it but my mum let me in instead. She said that he is pretty much hopeless in his condition now to do those things.

[bk_forever]

Very proud!

That's my worry, that wind will blow the door shut because it has done so many times in the past. That's why I always make sure I have keys in my pocket when I step outside, just in case.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I push the bolt in so that the door doesn't lock.

[bk_forever]

That sometimes works on the front door, but it's just as likely that the edge will catch so it can't be pushed open from outside.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I guess door stops are out of the question?

My front door has two locks and one is tricky to unlock now that its been fiddled with too many times. It needs to be fixed since its so old.

[bk_forever]

My friend had to adjust one of my door locks last year because it wouldn't lock.

There's not room under the front door to wedge a doorstop, it's a tight fit, and the back door opens outwards with a step down, so that's way off the ground. Sometimes I wedge that open with a big rock, but it's hard to move it's so heavy.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Doors can be complicated.

When one door closes, another one opens?

Yeah right.

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That can literally happen here at times, though it's more one closing when the other is opened. If you open the back door on a windy day when the front door is open, the front door slams shut. That's how I got locked out a few times.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Sliding doors are now looking less problematic to me.

That is the expression I pull when I get locked out.*looks at your userpic*

[bk_forever]

Sliding doors have their own problems, I think they're easier for burglars to get in through. My neighbours were burgled that way.

*grins*

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Your poor neighbours. I've been burgled but that was years ago when I was living in a flat, before security doors were common.

My sliding doors are old and the security doors for it are dodgy.

Which is why my brother installed a security alarm. Although it does have an annoying side when it is a false alarm.

Sometimes dust gets trapped inside and security told us to vacuum it so that it doesn't continuously go off.

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It was quite a few years ago while they were on holiday and mum was keeping an eye on their house. She went over and found the sliding door open, so I went over and had a look too and we called the police. I think the thieves might have still been in there when I was in their back garden. Don't know for sure though.

Security alarms are a good idea, but false alarms are a b=nuisance. I've had trouble with my smoke alarms recently. Hopefully that's fixed now.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

That must have been scary.

I remember the thief from my flat tried to come back a second time by knocking on the front door. When he realised my mum was home, he bolted.

They put a cover over the peep hole of our front door so my mum couldn't identify him through it. Which was unfortunate but I'm glad he was a scaredy cat and not someone dangerous. We moved house shortly afterwards.

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Some burglars are so bold, nothing scares them. It's always worrying to think someone like that might break in.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Or that they could have been watching us beforehand.

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That too. @_@

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Sorry, what does @_@ mean?

Scared?

[bk_forever]

Something like that, big staring eyes, a look of horror. The emoji version of my icon.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Okay.

On a lighter note, your userpic reminds me of Beaker from The Muppets. It's the expression I guess.

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I call it Jack's "I think I just sat on a hedgehog" look *grins*

He does look like Beaker in it though, I never realised that before!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Ouch!:D

It's the eyes.:)

[bk_forever]

Exactly! *grins*

Yes, the wide-eyed look.

[owensheart.livejournal.com]

Great drabble

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Thank you!