SciFi

The Doctor, being faced with arrest, manages to cause a distraction to help Donna escape.

The Doctor wasn't as lucky as Donna, or so he thought. Before he could make a dash for it Destra had wrestled him to the ground.

"You have overstepped the mark Shelda". Aatthah retorted. "You have no jurisdiction here".

"Oh, but I have" replied Shelda presenting Aattah a piece of paper. "The Commission of Arbusto gives me full powers of arrest, even on the colonies".

"We called the Doctor here, we needed his help, this Proclamation only counts if the Doctor infringes our space. He wouldn't have if we hadn't waylaid him".Implored Aatthah.

"The Commission shall decide, but in the mean time the Doctor is under arrest".Shelda said whilst motioning Destra to get the Doctor to his feet.

Meanwhile on the planets surface Shelda and Destra's space craft is slowly sinking into the planets shifting sand or was it being enveloped by the Predo.

The Doctor and Donna are faced with arrest.

Then Shelda's trill voice pipes up. "By the Proclomation of Aavid-Norr, we place the Doctor under arrest"

The Doctor, Donna and Aattah turned round and saw Shelda aiming a pistol at them.
“You really know how to make friends, don’t you Doctor” sighed Donna

“You have no authority here Commander Shelda” Aattah shrilled, with obvious irritation.
“Stand aside Aattah, this doesn’t concern you” Shelda ordered

The Doctor turned to Donna and whispered “When I shout ‘Now’, Run to the TARDIS”
“What are you gonna do?” asked Donna
“I just said, I’m gonna shout ‘Now’!”
“I was kind of referring to the bit before that”
“I’m gonna… wing it. Aaaaah” and the Doctor quickly turned to face Shelda. “I see you have a Phoron reverse laser pistol. I’ve always liked them. And you know why I like them? I’ll tell you why I like them.” The doctor quickly whipped something out of his pocket. “They don’t like sonics”
And with that he flipped a switch on his sonic screwdriver and sparks flew out of the gun.
“Run!”
“I thought you were gonna shout Now!
“Not now, Donna”
Donna took her opportunity to run. She ran out of the door that Shelda had burst in from. She ran the way she came. She ran and hid and ran, until she finally got out of the city. And there was the familiar sight of the TARDIS.
Quickly, she opened the door and entered, but it was too late before she realised her mistake. Because no sooner had she entered, than the form changed into sand and melted away, taking her with it.

Whilst the Doctor and Donna are held in the city, Shelda and Destra head for the city.

"Vol-Dek-Vorah". Repeated the Doctor rolling the R in Vorah. "Haven't been to Vervo for eons".
Turning to Donna he continues "Now they are an Interesting race, all there major organs are on the outside, they look like they have been turned inside-out".
"Nice", replied Donna "How to put a girl off her lunch".

The Doctor returns his glance to Aattah. "It must have taken a lot of power to track me and divert the TARDIS".

"We used up most of our reserve", replied Aattah, "We are in a desperate plight".

"What, did they dial you up like some Yellow Pages"? Asked Donna.
"If I remember the ancient sceptre scrolls of the Krynoid Kastra are bright pink". The Doctor retorted.

Aattah looking perplexed continued. "The creatures we call the Predo have somehow disabled our stardrives, so we are trapped on this forsaken planet awaiting our demise".

Just then there was a commotion behind them as Shelda and Destra burst into the control room.

Then Shelda's trill voice pipes up. "By the Proclomation of Aavid-Norr, we place the Doctor under arrest"...

As the Doctor and Donna are held by Aattah in the city, another ship arrived on Deleo

Shelda landed the ship perfectly, and walked towards the city like she was on a mission. She felt for the weapon attached to her belt, and smiled at the power she was feeling.

"Where is he?" She asked her young charge, who was struggling to keep up.
"He is believed...to be underneath the city." Destra gasped.
"Thank you Destra. You'll be a captain soon enough!"

As the two, coriander-haired humanoids marched over the ground towards the city, the soil stirred and gradually formed the shape of a blue 1950's Earth police box...

The Doctor and Donna are held captive in the ancient city and have been met by the Prime Lord.

"But how do you know about me and the TARDIS"? Asked the Doctor.

“You are written in legend amongst many of our sister races” Aattah replied. “In the religious Vol-Dek-Vorah of the Vervoids. And even in the ancient sceptre scrolls of the Krynoid Kastra. Different faces, Doctor, but unmistakably you.”
“Yeah” The doctor shrugged, “I do get a round a bit.”
“You have a reputation for bringing resolution, Doctor, and it is for this reason that we have brought you here. We need your assistance.”

Meanwhile, outside the city walls, another ship approached the planet surface.
“Captain, we have arrived” said a young cadet, wearing military fatigues. He swivelled on his chair to face his captain. Shelda, a brash, elderly war veteran, stared intently into the view screen, showing the planet surface beyond.
“Thank you, Destra. Take us in”
Destra, the young pilot cadet steered the ship closer to the surface ready to land. Shelda watched with intensity, as if her life depended on it.
“This is it” she said to herself. “I have waited a long time to find you, and now….. and now I can finally end this”

The Doctor and Donna are held captive in the ancient city and have been met by the Prime Lord.

"I'm sorry we haven't been introduced, have we"? the Doctor asked bemused.

"I am Prime Lord Aattah of the Arbustoid colony, here on planet Deleo" replied the hybrid. "We settled on this planet about 5 of its solar rotations ago and it has been nothing but trouble since"

"5 Years?" The Doctor questioned. "But this city looks ancient"!

"The city is a millenia old, it makes up our colonization fleet. We fly the whole colony from planet to planet and use it as a base to build anew, but this time we have not had the chance to put down roots because of the Perdo". Informed Aattah.

"Who or what is the Perdo"? Queried Donna.

"When we arrived we assumed this planet was lifeless, but we soon learned that the life was all around us. The soil is alive, it can mimic form, and it objects to us being here. As you have seen in the out reaches of the city the Perdo have killed thousands of our settlers forcing us to live underground, that is why we called you Doctor, we noted your passing in inter-dimensional time and space and summoned you to us".

"But how do you know about me and the TARDIS"? Asked the Doctor.