Spring Cleaning, Round 2 [Backdated to just after podpop]

[fantastix]

Who: The Doctors, their assistants and friends, some visitors [Open], and the Master.
Where: The TARDIS, the blue police box located in the Hangar.
Summary: Somebody's made a mess of the old ship. The Doctors are very unhappy. Time to dig in and clean up! Also, there's some necessary hashing-out of titles and ownership between three men who happen to be the same person. And a bit of a problem arises...
Warnings: Possibly mild swearing on Nine's part.


The Doctor and his immediate successor with the long coat had run straight from the Observation Deck when they'd learned where the TARDIS was and gotten their bearings. They'd been whisked through the uncomfortable transport tubes, spilled into an arsenal of ships, and been left to search. Luckily, as diminished as their abilities were, they could still sense the old girl. It wasn't long before she was found.

They wasted no time in opening the door, winding up in a console room that could never fit inside the seemingly small exterior of the police box without some serious dimensional shifting. It was a wide space, well-lit, but definitely not the room the two new arrivals were used to.

Here, they'd finally find this other Doctor the other crew members have told them so much about. And with any luck, they'll have some answers too.

Comments

[splendid_roman]

"All right, then." Ian was glad to be doing something. He strode off in the direction he thought the wardrobe and library were in. "Why are the monsters hiding in those two rooms?"

[fantastix]

"The Master must've known I liked those places. Now I can't change my jacket, or wear something that doesn't throb," he huffed, bringing them past several rooms. Barbara's room, Vicki's room...a room for Ian was probably somewhere around here too.

"Though if I were him I would've gone after the swimming pool. A nice shark where I wanted to make a few laps---on second thought, we should investigate that. Come on!" He abruptly turned. "Have you seen a torch?"

[splendid_roman]

He laughed at the Doctor complaining about clothes.

"I think there's one in the drawer." He opened a couple of drawers before he found one, buried in a pile of tea towels. He pulled it out and switched it on to check it works. "You have a swimming pool with no lights?"

[fantastix]

"It should have lights. But we should have one anyway, just in case." He rummaged for some batteries, pocketing a handful and hoping at least some of them were still useful. "The ship's still damaged. The lights could've been knocked loose."

He flipped the torch in his hand, pocketing the knife for later. "As far as I can figure, we should pass close to the places with the monsters on the way. We'll listen in."

At first, all they heard was their footsteps on the floor. "Has she shifted around since you were here last?"

[splendid_roman]

"I think so. I've only been in here once before." Just the console room looking so different was enough of a difference.

"Wait, I can hear something." There was a shuffling noise coming from the door they were nearly at. Ian moved over to it and pressed his ear to the door, but all he could hear was louder shuffling. "Is there anything on the Ship that makes that sound?" he whispered to the Doctor.