The Prison Beneath The Sea - Doctor Who
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The Doctor, Zoe and Jamie arrive on Prison Base Fourteen and are quickly forced to help the inmates escape from their underwater prison.
Water poured down the outside of the door. It was larger than the other doors on board and fitted with a large locking wheel that needed all of the Doctor’s strength to open it. After several agonizing seconds, the wheel began to move, the aged and rusty cogs within screeching and grinding. As soon as it was unlocked, the door flew open and a tidal wave of water rushed out. The Doctor stood firm and managed to catch Jamie as he tumbled out into his arms.
It only took a second for the Doctor to take in that Jamie was unconscious and not breathing. Immediately, he lay the boy down on the floor, tilted his head back, pinched his nose and breathed deeply into his mouth.
The effect was immediate; Jamie’s body jolted as the air forced the water out of his lungs and he rolled over and coughed until his throat was raw.
“Oh thank goodness for that! Jamie, are you all right, my boy?” The Doctor hauled him roughly into a sitting position and looked at him with concern.
Jamie groaned and clutched at his head. “It all hurts…”
Sea water continued to pour out of the chamber; the Doctor hadn’t wasted time trying to work out how to turn it off. Around them, the elderly metal creaked and groaned.
“Can you stand? Can you walk?” the Doctor asked sharply, hauling Jamie to his feet. The boy hissed with pain. “I’m sorry, but we need to get out of here and back to the TARDIS. We need to let the authorities know that the prisoners have escaped.”
“Aye, I’ll be fine,” Jamie said weakly. “Just let me lean on ye.”
The two of them began to wade through the water back towards the TARDIS as fast as they could. Every step jarred the broken bones in Jamie’s body and silent tears of pain ran down his face, but he kept going, aided heavily by the elder man.
As they reached the TARDIS, the door opened and Zoe came running out. “Oh my goodness, what happened?!” she cried in horror, running to Jamie’s side and helping him inside. She jolted his broken arm and he cried out in pain.
“The prisoners have escaped, we need to alert the authorities,” the Doctor explained quickly. “As soon as we’ve done that, we need to get Jamie to a hospital. Can you see if you can help him at all?” he asked Zoe, carefully helping Jamie onto the small bed at the end of the console room.
“Of course,” Zoe said eagerly, and raced off to the TARDIS medical bay. The Doctor began programming their flight path as she returned and began dousing his wounds with antiseptic.
It didn’t take them long to arrive and after a quick glance at the scanner screen, the Doctor stepped outside.
The TARDIS had materialised inside a police station and several officers were gazing at the blue Police Box in shock. The Doctor clapped his hands together, making them jump. “Am I in the right place to report a crime?”
The police officers exchanged nervous glances.
“No answer?” The Doctor looked at them all. “I’m going to assume I am then. Now, this is very important and I don’t have time to dilly-dally. The prisoners of Prison Base Fourteen have escaped.”
There was a few seconds silence before the room erupted with laughter. “Pull the other one, Granddad,” one of the officers said between guffaws. “There’s a force field round that place and they’re all too stupid to deactivate it.”
“Yes, quite,” the Doctor agreed. “However, I am extremely clever. That’s why they made me do it.”
The laughter began to die down. “OK, so how did you get in there? No-one’s been to Prison Base Fourteen for years,” a female officer questioned.
The Doctor pointed at the TARDIS. “The same way I got in here.” He raised a hand for silence as another officer began to speak. “Look, I’m terribly sorry, but I don’t have time for questions. They’ll be arriving at the surface soon in an escape ship. I assume they mean to go on the run. I’M SORRY,” he said loudly as the officers began to fire questions at him. “Normally I would stay and ensure that you catch them but I really must go!”
Before they could stop him, he stepped back into the TARDIS, shutting the door behind him.
“How is he?” he asked, flicking switches and pulling levers on the control panel.
Zoe flicked her fringe out of her eyes and sighed heavily in frustration. “He’s got broken bones, he’s soaked to the skin and he’s covered in bruises, I’m terrified he’s bleeding internally and I have no way of dealing with any of it. I found some morphine in the medical bay and now he’s asleep at least, but there’s nothing more I can do!” She kicked the console in a fit of temper.
The Doctor moved around the console and gave her a quick hug. Zoe buried her face in his shoulder and began to cry angrily. “It’s all right, Zoe,” he said as comfortingly as he could. “We’re going to go to a very good hospital…”
Water poured down the outside of the door. It was larger than the other doors on board and fitted with a large locking wheel that needed all of the Doctor’s strength to open it. After several agonizing seconds, the wheel began to move, the aged and rusty cogs within screeching and grinding. As soon as it was unlocked, the door flew open and a tidal wave of water rushed out. The Doctor stood firm and managed to catch Jamie as he tumbled out into his arms.
It only took a second for the Doctor to take in that Jamie was unconscious and not breathing. Immediately, he lay the boy down on the floor, tilted his head back, pinched his nose and breathed deeply into his mouth.
The effect was immediate; Jamie’s body jolted as the air forced the water out of his lungs and he rolled over and coughed until his throat was raw.
“Oh thank goodness for that! Jamie, are you all right, my boy?” The Doctor hauled him roughly into a sitting position and looked at him with concern.
Jamie groaned and clutched at his head. “It all hurts…”
Sea water continued to pour out of the chamber; the Doctor hadn’t wasted time trying to work out how to turn it off. Around them, the elderly metal creaked and groaned.
“Can you stand? Can you walk?” the Doctor asked sharply, hauling Jamie to his feet. The boy hissed with pain. “I’m sorry, but we need to get out of here and back to the TARDIS. We need to let the authorities know that the prisoners have escaped.”
“Aye, I’ll be fine,” Jamie said weakly. “Just let me lean on ye.”
The two of them began to wade through the water back towards the TARDIS as fast as they could. Every step jarred the broken bones in Jamie’s body and silent tears of pain ran down his face, but he kept going, aided heavily by the elder man.
As they reached the TARDIS, the door opened and Zoe came running out. “Oh my goodness, what happened?!” she cried in horror, running to Jamie’s side and helping him inside. She jolted his broken arm and he cried out in pain.
“The prisoners have escaped, we need to alert the authorities,” the Doctor explained quickly. “As soon as we’ve done that, we need to get Jamie to a hospital. Can you see if you can help him at all?” he asked Zoe, carefully helping Jamie onto the small bed at the end of the console room.
“Of course,” Zoe said eagerly, and raced off to the TARDIS medical bay. The Doctor began programming their flight path as she returned and began dousing his wounds with antiseptic.
It didn’t take them long to arrive and after a quick glance at the scanner screen, the Doctor stepped outside.
The TARDIS had materialised inside a police station and several officers were gazing at the blue Police Box in shock. The Doctor clapped his hands together, making them jump. “Am I in the right place to report a crime?”
The police officers exchanged nervous glances.
“No answer?” The Doctor looked at them all. “I’m going to assume I am then. Now, this is very important and I don’t have time to dilly-dally. The prisoners of Prison Base Fourteen have escaped.”
There was a few seconds silence before the room erupted with laughter. “Pull the other one, Granddad,” one of the officers said between guffaws. “There’s a force field round that place and they’re all too stupid to deactivate it.”
“Yes, quite,” the Doctor agreed. “However, I am extremely clever. That’s why they made me do it.”
The laughter began to die down. “OK, so how did you get in there? No-one’s been to Prison Base Fourteen for years,” a female officer questioned.
The Doctor pointed at the TARDIS. “The same way I got in here.” He raised a hand for silence as another officer began to speak. “Look, I’m terribly sorry, but I don’t have time for questions. They’ll be arriving at the surface soon in an escape ship. I assume they mean to go on the run. I’M SORRY,” he said loudly as the officers began to fire questions at him. “Normally I would stay and ensure that you catch them but I really must go!”
Before they could stop him, he stepped back into the TARDIS, shutting the door behind him.
“How is he?” he asked, flicking switches and pulling levers on the control panel.
Zoe flicked her fringe out of her eyes and sighed heavily in frustration. “He’s got broken bones, he’s soaked to the skin and he’s covered in bruises, I’m terrified he’s bleeding internally and I have no way of dealing with any of it. I found some morphine in the medical bay and now he’s asleep at least, but there’s nothing more I can do!” She kicked the console in a fit of temper.
The Doctor moved around the console and gave her a quick hug. Zoe buried her face in his shoulder and began to cry angrily. “It’s all right, Zoe,” he said as comfortingly as he could. “We’re going to go to a very good hospital…”