Chasing Cars - Doctor Who
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randomsushiSet immediately after the novel “The Indestructible Man.” Although all you really need to know is lots of bad things happen, mostly to Jamie.
“So… where are we?” Zoe asked, stepping out of the TARDIS. She raised a hand to shield her eyes from the bright sunlight that reflected off the bright blue Mediterranean sea.
“Greece,” the Doctor said cheerfully. “Kos, to be exact. Bubble Beach, to be very exact.”
“And when are we?”
“Breakfast time.” Zoe gave him a look of disapproval. “All right, I don’t know exactly. Sometime early in the twentieth century.”
Jamie stepped out of the TARDIS after them and looked around suspiciously. “Why’s it called Bubble Beach?”
“Ah ha! I was hoping you’d ask!” The Doctor grinned widely and bent down to tug off his shoes and socks. “Follow me, I’ll show you.”
Jamie and Zoe looked blankly at each other and then removed their own shoes and obediently followed the Doctor across the sand. He had rolled up the legs of his trousers and was walking back and forth in the shallows with an expression of extreme concentration on his face. Then he smiled. “Over here,” he called, waving them over. “Jamie, put your foot just here.”
Jamie did as he was told, and then jerked his foot back in surprise. “Oooooh!”
Zoe pushed him aside and then jumped back with a giggle. “Oh! It bubbles!”
The Doctor nodded proudly. “There’s an extinct volcano on the next island over. The gasses escape through the ocean floor and cause the bubbles. It’s incredible, isn’t it?”
“It feels weird,” Jamie said, moving his foot through the water in amazement.
“It feels lovely!” Zoe moved a little deeper, not caring that her dress was beginning to get wet. “There’s more bubbles over here. Oooh, it’s like a natural Jacuzzi.”
Jamie watched her wade through the water and cautiously put his foot back over the stream of bubbles. “Is it safe?”
“Completely safe,” the Doctor assured him. “Well, as safe as sea can be. The bubbles themselves are completely harmless,” he clarified as Jamie nervously backed towards the shore. “If it makes you feel safer, we can go and get some breakfast and come back when the lifeguard is on duty.”
Jamie brightened up visibly. “Oh aye, I’m starving!”
The Doctor dug through his pockets. “Right… drachmas, drachmas… or have they switched to the Euro yet?” he muttered quietly. “Better take both. Come on, Zoe.”
===
An hour later, the three friends were sat in a beachfront restaurant, eating bacon, sausages, eggs, beans, tomatoes, mushrooms and hash browns. The Doctor sipped his tea and sighed happily. “That’s much better.”
Jamie was shovelling food into his mouth as fast as possible and settled for giving the Doctor a thumbs-up in agreement. “Are we going back t’ the bubbly beach?” he asked after swallowing a mouthful of beans.
“Yes. I thought today it would be nice to just relax on the beach and drink cocktails. I’m going to wander down the seafront and see if I can book us on an excursion or two. We could go and visit the volcano and the shipwreck…” He smiled slightly. “Perhaps even go over to Crete and visit Knossos. It’s thought to be the actual labyrinth where the Minotaur lived.”
Zoe looked surprised. “Oh, you mean…” She glanced around and lowered her voice. “The real labyrinth from the Land Of Fiction?”
The Doctor nodded happily. “Thankfully it doesn’t contain a real Minotaur. Or Medusa. Well, not any more.”
She’d see photos of it before. Knossos would still be around when she was born, Zoe realised. It was somehow comforting to know that the ruin would survive the war that was to come. “Oh please, let’s do,” she said eagerly.
“Very well.” He pulled a bundle of notes out of his pockets and quickly counted them. “I’ll have a quick wander around and see what I can book. This should cover breakfast. Unless Jamie’s still hungry,” he added, glancing at him.
“I’m fine,” Jamie said, waving him away. “Well, mebbe some more bacon. And these potato things.”
The Doctor grinned and handed Zoe several five thousand drachma notes. “Order another meal. Jamie’s still far too skinny. And anyway, we’re on holiday.”
“So… where are we?” Zoe asked, stepping out of the TARDIS. She raised a hand to shield her eyes from the bright sunlight that reflected off the bright blue Mediterranean sea.
“Greece,” the Doctor said cheerfully. “Kos, to be exact. Bubble Beach, to be very exact.”
“And when are we?”
“Breakfast time.” Zoe gave him a look of disapproval. “All right, I don’t know exactly. Sometime early in the twentieth century.”
Jamie stepped out of the TARDIS after them and looked around suspiciously. “Why’s it called Bubble Beach?”
“Ah ha! I was hoping you’d ask!” The Doctor grinned widely and bent down to tug off his shoes and socks. “Follow me, I’ll show you.”
Jamie and Zoe looked blankly at each other and then removed their own shoes and obediently followed the Doctor across the sand. He had rolled up the legs of his trousers and was walking back and forth in the shallows with an expression of extreme concentration on his face. Then he smiled. “Over here,” he called, waving them over. “Jamie, put your foot just here.”
Jamie did as he was told, and then jerked his foot back in surprise. “Oooooh!”
Zoe pushed him aside and then jumped back with a giggle. “Oh! It bubbles!”
The Doctor nodded proudly. “There’s an extinct volcano on the next island over. The gasses escape through the ocean floor and cause the bubbles. It’s incredible, isn’t it?”
“It feels weird,” Jamie said, moving his foot through the water in amazement.
“It feels lovely!” Zoe moved a little deeper, not caring that her dress was beginning to get wet. “There’s more bubbles over here. Oooh, it’s like a natural Jacuzzi.”
Jamie watched her wade through the water and cautiously put his foot back over the stream of bubbles. “Is it safe?”
“Completely safe,” the Doctor assured him. “Well, as safe as sea can be. The bubbles themselves are completely harmless,” he clarified as Jamie nervously backed towards the shore. “If it makes you feel safer, we can go and get some breakfast and come back when the lifeguard is on duty.”
Jamie brightened up visibly. “Oh aye, I’m starving!”
The Doctor dug through his pockets. “Right… drachmas, drachmas… or have they switched to the Euro yet?” he muttered quietly. “Better take both. Come on, Zoe.”
===
An hour later, the three friends were sat in a beachfront restaurant, eating bacon, sausages, eggs, beans, tomatoes, mushrooms and hash browns. The Doctor sipped his tea and sighed happily. “That’s much better.”
Jamie was shovelling food into his mouth as fast as possible and settled for giving the Doctor a thumbs-up in agreement. “Are we going back t’ the bubbly beach?” he asked after swallowing a mouthful of beans.
“Yes. I thought today it would be nice to just relax on the beach and drink cocktails. I’m going to wander down the seafront and see if I can book us on an excursion or two. We could go and visit the volcano and the shipwreck…” He smiled slightly. “Perhaps even go over to Crete and visit Knossos. It’s thought to be the actual labyrinth where the Minotaur lived.”
Zoe looked surprised. “Oh, you mean…” She glanced around and lowered her voice. “The real labyrinth from the Land Of Fiction?”
The Doctor nodded happily. “Thankfully it doesn’t contain a real Minotaur. Or Medusa. Well, not any more.”
She’d see photos of it before. Knossos would still be around when she was born, Zoe realised. It was somehow comforting to know that the ruin would survive the war that was to come. “Oh please, let’s do,” she said eagerly.
“Very well.” He pulled a bundle of notes out of his pockets and quickly counted them. “I’ll have a quick wander around and see what I can book. This should cover breakfast. Unless Jamie’s still hungry,” he added, glancing at him.
“I’m fine,” Jamie said, waving him away. “Well, mebbe some more bacon. And these potato things.”
The Doctor grinned and handed Zoe several five thousand drachma notes. “Order another meal. Jamie’s still far too skinny. And anyway, we’re on holiday.”
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