Doctor Who Drabble: Hazardous

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Title: Hazardous
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Twelfth Doctor, Bill.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 416: Apogee at dw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: This is one of the wonders of the universe few people get to see.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.




“It’s only possible to land here during a few weeks every century,” the Doctor told Bill, waving up at the star-filled sky overhead, dominated by a magnificent view of a nearby nebula providing a dramatic backdrop to the rugged landscape. “Right now all four moons are at apogee, and also spread out around the far side of the planet, otherwise the gravitational pull they exert would suck us right out into space.”


The ground rocked beneath them and Bill gasped.


“Never mind the earthquakes, these little ones are harmless. Just don’t fall into a crack.”


“I’ll keep that in mind.”



The End

Comments

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

My new word for today is "apogee".

BILL: Why aren't we floating?
DOCTOR: Artificial gravity.
(Bill does a couple of test jumps. Shades of Kill The Moon.)

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The moons are exerting gravity from the other side of the planet, or the planet has its own gravity it's just the moons working together exert a stronger pull than the planet does.

That was the prompt word for this one. Some of the prompts at dw100 are really tough to come up with ideas for.

Thank you!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Oh I see now. Good job!:)

[bk_forever]

Thanks! I'm no expert, but I think that's fairly plausible, scientifically speaking.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Well you won me over. Don't make things too complex. It may go over my head!*grins*

[bk_forever]

I'll try. I was an average student when it came to science but I've picked up a few things from reading SF. My first SF reading was Colin Kapp's Unorthodox Engineers stories. So much fun!