Doctor Who Ficlet: Where To?

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Title: Where To?

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: Twelve, Clara

Rating: G

Spoilers: None.

Summary: Clara’s back aboard the TARDIS, so where shall they go next?

Word Count: 408

Written For: mtxref_fic’s prompt ‘Doctor Who, any doctor+any companion, the carpets on Jupiter are full of insects’ at fic_promptly.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters. They belong to the BBC.

Clara, just back from taking a bunch of pupils on a school trip, had been full of horrific tales of the disastrous trip. She’d been telling the Doctor all about it for the last hour and a half.

“And to cap it all, the beds were infested with bed bugs! I’ve been back a week and I’m still itching!”

“The carpets on Jupiter are full of insects,” the Doctor replied excitedly. “Well, when I say on Jupiter, I don’t mean on the planet itself. It’s a gas giant, can’t build on one of those, nothing solid to build on. But in the year one hundred billion and seventy three, there are orbiting habitats. Very ingenious, held in place by anti-gravity units powered by the atmosphere itself, completely self-sufficient.

And the carpets… Amazing! They cover floors, walls, ceilings, and they’re alive; a living, breathing life-support system, absorbing carbon dioxide and pollutants, manufacturing oxygen and fresh water. The insects do all the work, except they’re not really insects, they’re more like microscopic robots, a few steps up from nanogenes. Self-replicating. If one gets compromised it’s reabsorbed and a new one’s built to replace it.”

He paced around the console, hands waving enthusiastically, oblivious to Clara’s look of disgust.

“Everyone on the habitats goes around naked; they’re completely climate-controlled, temperature at a constant eighty degrees. No need for showers either, when you lie down to sleep the robot insects swarm over you, eating dirt and dead skin, so by the time you wake up you’re clean as a whistle! Remarkable, very efficient, cuts right down on water consumption. You know, we should go there! You’d love it!” He looked over at Clara, finally noticing her expression. “You’d hate it, wouldn’t you?”

“With a fiery passion, so let’s not, okay?”

“Fine with me!”

“Good. Fine.”

“So, where do you want to go?”

“I don’t know. Surprise me. Just, no bugs, robotic or otherwise. I’ve had my fill of bugs. If I never see another one, it’ll be too soon. Somewhere completely bug-free would be nice.”

“Ooh, I know, how about Sisiplax? Lovely place. The people walk backwards everywhere, they bump into each other a lot so they have enormous bottoms. You’d fit right in. Or Murgalop. The ground wobbles like jelly so it’s really hard to stay on your feet. Everyone crawls around…”

Clara smiled. She’d missed this and she’d missed him, nonsensical rambling and all. It was good to be home.

The End

Comments

[summershobbit.livejournal.com]

I love jt very cute

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Thank you! The Twelfth Doctor is even harder to write than Eleven!

[summershobbit.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid not a big fan of eleven nothing against matt personally ir was the writing that was the worst in his era. I am a whovian and love 1 to 5 then doctors 7 to 10. I like peter c a great deal but again writing is horrible. And the the way they destroyed canon I won't forgive. I really dislike moffit. I will say for matt though third season with clara he got better. I did enjoy his last season. He finally nailed it down. I love clara. Glad she stayed a bit longer.

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I've been a Whovian since the 60s, the Third Doctor was the first I remember watching. I've enjoyed every actor who's played the Doctor, each for different reasons, and I've never felt disappointed by their performances. Personally, I adore Eleven, Matt was just so much fun in the role, but each to their own preferences and opinions, I always say. We can't all like or dislike the same things, nor should we. Vive la difference! *grins*

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Hells yes!! As always, lovie, you stun and amaze me!

*Beams*

*squishes you*

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*squishes back* You are too kind!

Glad you're enjoying these ficlets! I've been finding some great prompts at fic_promptly, though I could do with more being left there, other people keep writing for the ones I want to use!

This one was a giggle to write =)

Thank you!

[owensheart.livejournal.com]

great ficlet Im with Clara I dislike bugs.

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I'm fine with anything except big spiders, I mostly like bugs, though some are just annoying!

Thank you!