Doctor Who Drabble: The Crash

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Title: The Crash
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Eleventh Doctor.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 303: Crash at dw100.
Spoilers: The Eleventh Hour.
Summary: The TARDIS has come down to earth with a bit of a bump.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.




The way the Doctor flew his TARDIS it was a miracle he didn’t crash more often. This occasion wasn’t his fault, or it was; he couldn’t be sure of anything right now. It seemed a good idea to get out before something worse than crashing happened though, if there was anything worse. Slinging his grappling hook to catch the edge of the doorway he clambered up the rope.


Crashing was bad, he didn’t want to do that again, but he didn’t know why he’d crashed anyway.


Early days. Steering must be a bit off. Regeneration could be a rough ride.



The End

Comments

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

And then the opener for series 11 happened.

River: Spoilers!

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This one's set in Eleven's first episode, where he crashed into Amy's garden.

Thank you.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Sorry. Getting ahead of myself. Just glad that he didn't get hurt. It couldn't have been easy for the TARDIS.

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I think she was as giddy as he was from regeneration, poor old girl. It was a rough one.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

It seems to happen when the Doctor doesn't have a companion around. At least in the new series.*analyses*

Maybe the Doctor should wear a parachute before regenerating.

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I think some of it might depend on how long he's been in his body, and what he's dying from. Plus, Ten held off his regeneration for as long as he could, so maybe that was a bad idea and made things worse.

Wrap himself in bubble wrap and tie himself to the console, lol!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Eleven's regeneration to Twelve was very "Blink and you'll miss it". Although some said Eleven was holding it off too.*shrugs*

"Wrap himself in bubble wrap and tie himself to the console..."

I love that image! :D

Or maybe the Doctor needs to be in a contained room aka "Panic Room".

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Eleven was the longest regeneration, he was actually looking old when he changed into Twelve and wile the regeneration itself might have been quite quick the aftereffects took him a while to recover from.

He does need to be near the controls though, just in case.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

The nasty side-affects of a regeneration was different for Doctor. Eleven goes back to his youthful looks right before he changes to Twelve, who then has an identity crisis for most of season 8.

So much for autopilot.*shrugs*

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Yes, ever Doctor goes through it to a different degree and then they have to adjust to their new selves. That's got to be quite traumatic.

If the TARDIS is regenerating herself then she's going to be a bit distracted too. Autopilot might not kick in.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

It's like dying & being resurrected! Sci-fi shows eh?

Yeah, she does need time to redecorate as well.

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Isn't that part of why we love them though?

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Of course! Anything can happen yet there are consequences. Just like real life yet different.*nods*

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Given a choice, I think I'd rather live in a Sci-Fi show than in real life, lol!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Like "Amy's Choice"?

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Yeesh, no, something a little less isolating.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

How about that Buffy episode where she was in that mental institute? Is that what you call it?

Anyways it was a choice between a hardship threw destiny or a safe domestic lifestyle. Maybe I'm getting off track...

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Yes, a mental institution. Poor Buff, she thought it was real!

Right now, I'd rather live if a world where superheroes are real.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

It almost looked real. I hated that originally her father was a dead beat dad. Like you can't have the best of both worlds?! At least Buffy tried to maintain a family with her friends and Giles. Not just her mother and Dawn. Slayers usually have a lonely life. She went against that!

Charmed also did the episode: "Drain Brain" where Piper's neurosis was manipulated by the Source which sent her flying into a vivid illusion where she's a patient in a mental hospital. This is after wishing for an ordinary life.

Yes, we could really use someone even without superpowers. We could start with street smarts.

Sometimes I wish I had a superpower.

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I guess it was meant to.

Most supernatural series sen to do an episode like that, they ca be very effective, but I think Buffy did it best. I remember the Charmed one.

I want to be able to teleport. It would solve so many problems.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Yes, the Buffy one tugged at the heart strings! :(

Holly Marie Combs did some good acting with the crying. I sometimes got annoyed at Piper for her sarcasm. I'm abit sarcastic so maybe I need to look how others see me.*startled*

Teleportation is like orbing, Paige's power. I like that concept!:)

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Yes, I envied Paige!

I liked Piper's sarcasm, but I think Phoebe was my favourite.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Paige was half-breed so got the best combo.:)

As for Piper, she used humor as a coping mechanism or when things were out of her control. Leo kept her calm during those times.

Phoebe had the most challenging power. Learned self defense to compensate for a less active ability.

Too bad the levitation one was taken away from her due to budget cuts. It's expensive doing all those special effects.:(

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Special effects budgets have a lot to answer for.

I liked Leo, he was a steadying influence.

Phoebe was kickass!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I was surprised about that fact considering how long Charmed lasted. That was why Brian Krause was temporary written out. Leo was "Frozen". Just another way of keeping him away from Piper. I didn't like Dan. He was too cliché.

Phoebe started the trend. I notice that Paige and Piper resorted to self-defence on the rare occasion.*insert stunt body double*