The Witness (Doctor Who x OC)

The Titanic: 2

"Well aren't you full of surprises" I asked as the Doctor ran around, pushing buttons to fix the hole created by the ship and bring us elsewhere.

"Me? You're the one who-!"

"Never mind that, we have bigger problems to deal with here"

"This isn't right though"

"Clearly. The Titanic was hit by an iceberg, and from the side of the ship, not front"

We landed and the Doctor stuck his head out, checking the side of the Tardis, before leaving. I followed him onto the ship, realizing I was way underdressed. Seriously. I was only wearing shorts and a shirt and sweater.

"I need to change, you should too" I tell the Doctor.

"What's wrong with what you're wearing?"

"Do you not see what everyone else is wearing compared to me? At least you sort of fit in, you're all covered"

We figured out where we were, on a ship flying through space, and right now we were above Earth. Then we went back to the Tardis and I searched through the wardrobe to find a nice dress to wear that'd make me fit in with what everyone else was wearing after the Doctor changed into a black suit and bow tie.

I looked around, getting a sense of where I was. There were some people dancing, others talking, but no sign of the Doctor. When I did find him he was sitting with a couple wearing matching purple cowboy and cowgirl outfits. I sat beside the Doctor.

"You aren't being rude or disruptive, are you?" I ask.

"Oh no, he's a gentleman" the woman said.

"What did you do" I whisper after leaning closer to the Doctor.

"I swear I didn't do anything!" He whispered back.

"Oh aren't they just adorable" the woman commented.

"Del, this is Morvin Van Hoff" the Doctor said before I could say anything about the woman's comment, pointing to the man, then the woman, "this is Foon"

"Nice to meet you two, I'm Del"

"You've got a pretty one with you" Foon whispered not so quietly to the Doctor. Morvin nodded in agreement.

"Attention please" someone said over the PA. "Shore leave tickets red 6-7 now activated. Red 6-7"

Foon and Morvin dig out two tickets and I was lucky enough to have grabbed the same ones from a storage room where they had tons of things lying about.

"Red 6-7? That's us" Foon said excitedly. "Are you red 6-7?"

"We are" I answer before the Doctor could, digging the two red tickets out of my purse.

"Come on then" Morvin said. "We're going to Earth"

We started following the two and the Doctor whispered to me, "How'd you manage that?"

"Found them in a supply closet. I knew red because they also had an itinerary nearby with the stops"

"Clever" he said then glanced at me. "You look beautiful"

"All I did was put on a dress" I say with a shrug.

We went to the gentleman who was shouting 'red 6-7' with a sign above his head. He gave each of us teleport bracelets.

"I am Mr. Copper, the ship's historian, and I shall be taking you to old London Town in the country of UK, ruled over by good king Wenceslas"

The Doctor raised an eyebrow as Mr. Copper spoke about all the wrong things about the Earth. I tried my best to hide my laughs.

"Don't laugh" the Doctor whispered.

"I can't help it, it's hilarious" I whisper back.

"Now, human beings worship the great god Santa, a creature with fearsome claws, and his wife Mary. And every Christmas Eve, the people of UK go to war with the country of Turkey. They then eat the Turkey people for Christmas dinner, like savages"

"Excuse me, sorry, sorry. But, um, where did you get all this from?" The Doctor asks, scratching his ear.

"Well, I have a first class degree in Earthonomics. Now, standby..."

"And me! And me!" A squeaky voice shouted. "Red 6-7"

It was a short man with a red porcupine like head. I recognized his species, he was a zocci, a type of red skinned humanoid.

"Take a bracelet please sir" Mr. Copper said.

"But, hold on, hold on. What was your name?" The Doctor asks.

"Bannakaffalatta" the man answered.

"Okay, Bannakaffalatta. But it's Christmas Eve down there. Late-night shopping, tons of people. He's like a talking conker. No offence, but you'll cause a riot, 'cause the streets are gonna be packed with shoppers and people and- oh"

We were teleported down to the Earth where it was completely stranded, except for one person selling newspapers.

"Don't stray too far now, it could be dangerous" Mr. Copper explained. "Any day now they start boxing"

I let out a laugh as I watched the Doctor look around the streets filled with worry. "It should be full, it should be busy, something's wrong"

"There's always something wrong"

Everyone started looking around at the shops on the street we were on. The Doctor grabbed my hand and dragged me towards a booth where someone was selling newspapers.

"Weird question, but where's everyone gone?" The Doctor asks.

"Oh, scared" the man answered.

"Right, Yes. Scared of what?"

"Where have you been living? London, at Christmas. Not safe, is it?"

"Why?"

"Don't you remember all those attacks on the earth around Christmas? The Santa's, spaceship with the people standing on the roof, the Rachnoss with her giant spiderweb spaceship-" I answer but he cuts me off.

"How'd you know it was a Rachnoss? Even I didn't know what it was, well until I came face to face with her"

"The way the spaceship is obviously. I read about them when I was young"

"This year, god knows what. So, everybody's scampered" the man finishes for my explanation. "All except me and the queen"

He pointed to a television where they were in front of Buckingham palace. "Her majesty the queen has confirmed that she'll be staying throughout the festive season to show the people of London and the world that there's nothing to fear" the reporter said.

"God bless her. We stand vigil"

"Well, between you and me, I think her majesty's got it right" The Doctor said. "As far as I know, this year, nothing to worry about"

I nudge him in the side hard with my elbow as we get teleported back to the ship.

"What was that for?"

"You've jinxed it"

The crew explained there was only a minor power fluctuation as we returned our teleporters and the Doctor approached one of them.

"What sort of power fluctuation?"

I narrow my eyes at the crewman but they widen once I realized what was going on. "We need to get to the flight deck!" I whisper to the Doctor.

"Why?"

"The meteors!"