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Absorballoff
Home Planet: Clom
Life Form: Gelatinous
Info: The true species of this alien is unknown, its name was given to it to fit its nature - that of absorbing people for energy. It has the ability to disguise itself in human form, and move very quickly when needed.

Clom is a sister planet to Raxacoricofallapatorius (home of the Slitheen) so there is a suggestion that the Absorbaloff is related to them. During the events of Davros' return, Clom was stolen and hidden in the Medusa Cascade as part of a planetary machine.
Episode appeared: Love and Monsters


Adipose
Home Planet: Adipose3
Life Form: Fat
Info: Adipose are cute, really cute. Although their adult form is an unknown one.

It is later learned that if the Adipose had not left Earth, their creation would have wiped out millions of Americans. During the events of Davros' return, Adipose3 was stolen and hidden in the Medusa Cascade as part of a planetary machine.
Episodes appeared: Partners in Crime, The Stolen Earth

Atraxi
Home Planet: Unknown

Life Form: Partially crystalline

Info: The Atraxi were space police who wanted to catch Prisoner Zero.

Episodes appeared: The Eleventh Hour, The Pandorica Opens (briefly)

Autons
Home Planet: Unknown (possibly Polymos)
Life Form: Living Plastic
Info: The Autons themselves are merely shop-dummies, brought to life and controlled by the Nestenes. However, they have some added features such as a dun stored in their hands.

They appear somewhat brainless, used simply as slaves and killing machines. More sophisticated Autons can be created, which look and act human except for a slight sheen to the skin and a flat sounding voice
Episodes appeared: Spearhead from Space, Terror of the Autons, Rose, Love and Monsters


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Baltazar
Home Planet: Unknown
Life Form: Unknown Humanoid
Info: Baltazar was a space pirate, referred to as "Scourge of the Galaxy", who had once been imprisoned on Volag-Noc. Initially he was determined to compress all of life on Earth into diamond, the Doctor and Martha stopped him.


Later on, Baltazar escaped from Volag-Noc and went on to search for the lost ship, the Infinite, via some data chip. He owned a pet metal bird called Caw who told the Doctor and Martha of his plans. But it was a trick as Baltazar figured he would let the Doctor find the Infinite for him.
Episode appeared: The Infinite Quest


The Beast
Home Planet: Unknown
Life Form: Deamon/humanoid
Info: The Beast was imprisoned before time by the Disciples of the Light in the bowls of the planet Krop Tor (The Bitter Pill) This planet was then suspended above a black hole to ensure that the Beast never escaped.


Although it looks demonic, it is capable of speaking intelligently and even displayed slight psychic tendencies as it hints at knowing peoples pasts and their futures. It is also able to transport its mind into others, and attempted to escape its prison via these means.

In a later episode, the Doctor states that the Beast was the devil, although at the time he refused to believe this, only acknowledging the Beast's existance rather than what it was.
Episodes appeared: The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit


Blon Fel-Fotch Pasameer-Day Slitheen
Home Planet: Raxacoricofallapatorius
Life Form: Raxacoricofallapatorian
Info: Blon was a member of the nefarious Slitheen crime family. When on Earth she took the identity and appearance of Margaret Blaine, an MI5 official who was killed so that her skin could be used as a disguise. She and her family tried to push the Earth into a nuclear war, and use the remains of the planet for fuel.


Although she was apparently killed in an explosion, she teleported out at the last minute and become the lord mayor of Cardiff. However, this plan failed and she ended up looking into the "heart of the TARDIS". With this and the Doctor's encouragement, she regressed to an egg and was returned home so that she could start her life afresh.
Episodes appeared: Aliens of London, World War Three, Boom Town


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Max Capricorn
Home Planet: Sto
Life Form: Stoan Cyborg
Info: Capricorn owned the spaceship Titanic. Although his head was still recognisably humanoid, the rest of his body was of cyborg design. He sabotaged the Titanic so he could get revenge on his company, using the Hosts as the tools of his destruction.


He planned to turn the Titanic into a giant bomb heading for Earth and use the resulting nuclear explosion to remove the board members of his company. However, his plan was foiled by Astrid Peth and both were subsequently killed.
Episodes appeared: Voyage of the Damned


Carrionites
Home Planet: Rexel 4
Life Form: Humanoid
Info: The Carrrionites first existed in the dark times, and were banished by the Eternals due to a war with a similar race, the Hervoken. They used words to channel energy in the same way we might use numbers and formulas to create extreme power.


The Carrionite's science largely resembles what we might call magic, using a crystal ball to spy on events, small puppets to control and kill people (similar to voodoo), and being able to find out a persons name and use it against them.
Episodes appeared: The Shakespeare Code


Lady Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17
Home Planet: Earth
Life Form: Modified Human
Info: Cassandra claimed that she was the "last pure human" left in the universe, and that her parents were the last to be buried in the Earth's soil. Although the race of humans spans out across the universe by this time, she refuses to acknowledge them, thinking they are "mongrels"


Despite the fact that she has had 708 operations, and has been reduced to a stretch of skin on a metal frame, she is incredibly vain, thinking that she is beautiful. Although she express the fact that she missed having a body when she transfers her consciousness into Rose.
Episodes appeared: End of the World, New Earth


Cat Race
Home Planet: New Earth
Life Form: Humanoid Feline
Info: The cats were the original inhabitance of the planet New Earth. By the time that people began colonizing the planet, they had evolved into humanoids, although they retained their feline faces and retractable claws.


When born, the cat people look just like regular felines but after ten months they loose their tails and begin to become more humanoid. They do however keep a somewhat haughty attitude towards other species. (see Sisters of Plenitude)
Episodes appeared: New Earth, Gridlock


Chantho
Home Planet: Melcarisso
Life Form: Humanoid bug
Info: Chantho's kind lived in a conglomeration in a network of caves and passageways just under the planet's surface. However, since then, the conglomeration has died and Chantho is the only one remaining.


For her species it is considered incredibly rude to not begin and end each sentence with the syllables of their name. So Chantho must begin each sentence with "chan" and end each one with "tho". It became obvious that she loved Professor Yana, but when he emerged as the Master, she was killed.
Episode appeared: Utpoia


Clockwork Droids
Home Planet: Earth
Life Form: Robotic
Info: The Clockwork droids were formally the repair droids of a 51st century ship. However, the ship crashed and the droids programming ordered them to repair with any means necessary, and that included using the crew.


Each droid is equipped with a short distance teleport, usually used to travel within the ship (or through the time holes opened within the ship) and a dangerous cutting weapon as part of their hands. Since they are clockwork, they will quickly wind down if they are away from the ship for to long. Episode appeared: The Girl in the Fireplace


Cybermen
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(Second part continued here: D-F)

Regenerations

It has been stated that a Time Lord can regenerate twelve times before permanently dying, for a total of thirteen incarnations.

The regenerative cycle creates a large amount of energy that engulfs the Time Lord's body. The Doctor has shown the extent of this energy when being able to rapidly regrow a severed hand in the first fifteen hours of his regeneration.



The Doctor frequently experiences periods of instability and partial amnesia following regeneration.

The TARDIS appears to aid in the regenerative process. Of the occasions the Doctor regenerates outside the TARDIS, one was forced on him by the Time Lords (The War Games), one required a Time Lord to give the Doctor's cells a "little push" to start the process (Planet of the Spiders), and one needed the TARDIS Zero Room to help him recover (Castrovalva)

Here is how each Doctor's regeneration came about:

1. First Doctor: Apparently succumbed to old age, steadily growing weaker throughout 'The Tenth Planet' and collapsing at the end of the episode.
   
2. Second Doctor: Was exiled to Earth by the Time Lords at the end of 'The War Games'. He was forced upon a "change in appearance" along side the exile.
   
3. Third Doctor: Gained radiation poisoning from the Great One's cave of crystals at the end of 'Planet of the Spiders.'
4. Fourth Doctor: Fell from the Pharos Project radio telescope in 'Logopolis.'
5. Fifth Doctor: Caught a disease known as spectrox toxaemia, from an acidic substance. He gave up the antidote to his current assistant, sacrificing himself in 'The Caves as Androzani.'
6. Sixth Doctor: When the Rani attacked the TARDIS and caused it to crash land, he suffered unspecified injuries. This was at the start of 'Time and the Rani.'
   
7. Seventh Doctor: At the opening of the '1996 movie', he was shot. Although the gunshot wounds were non-life threatening, he was killed during surgery as the doctors who had to operate on him were unfamiliar with Time Lord physiology.
   
8. Eighth Doctor: Not revealed as yet (It can be assumed thatthe doctor died after being inflicted with serious injuries during the Time War.)
9. Ninth Doctor: In the 'Parting of the Ways', the Doctor absorbed the energy of the TARDIS' time vortex in order to save Rose. Because of this, he began to experience cellular degeneration and had to regenerate.
   
10. Tenth Doctor: Current incarnation.

Just the Facts

Name: Goes by the title 'The Doctor'. His true name is unknown, as is the reason for why he wishes it to remain hidden. He occasionally adopts a alias name such as 'John Smith.'
Species: Time Lord.
Age: 903 years old.
Sex: Male.

Physical Characteristics

• The Doctor appears to look like a white, Caucasian male.
• He has a binary vascular system - two hearts,
• A respiratory bypass system - meaning he can go for a while without oxygen,
• And an internal body temperature of 15–16 degrees Celsius.
• He is quick to heal,
• Shows heightened levels of stamina,
  
• High levels of pain intolerance,
• And also has to ability to survive where others would not, such as being directly hit by a lightning bolt.
• All other physical characteristics change as the Time Lord regenerates - he remains the same, yet every single cell in his body changes. This grants him the ability to cheat death.
• It has been noted that all Time Lords have 13 lives.
  

Intelligence:

• The Doctor is incredibly intelligent, and he knows it.
• He has shown amazing mathematical ability.
• And knows almost the entire history of Earth.
• It has been mentioned that he knows the name of every single star that has ever existed,
• And details on every life form that has ever existed, though he can not always identify them straight away.
  
• Because of his brilliant mind, there has been occasions in which enemies have sought to either control him, or steal his memories and acquire his intelligence for themselves.
• The speed at which his mind works is more clearly seen in the tenth Doctor, as he often lapses into long and complicated sentences of 'techno-babble'

"Rose: That thing, is it trapped for good on video?
The Doctor: That's right. But just to be on the safe side though, I'll use my unrivaled knowledge of trans-temporal extrapolation methods to neutralize the residual electronic pattern.
Rose: You'll what?
The Doctor: I'm gonna tape over it."

Psychic Ability:

• He has a low level of psychic ability.
• Is able to enter others minds and read peoples thoughts.
• On several occasions, he has used his psychic ability in order to fight and overcome enemies.
• Despite this ability to deeply understand another's mind, The Doctor often never opens up himself to others and appears as not wanting to become to close to anyone.

Family:

• The first Doctor traveled with his granddaughter,
• The second Doctor mentions that his memories of his family are still alive (though he never says that they are dead.)
• The eight Doctor recalls experiencing a 'beautiful Gallifreyan night' with his father.
• By the time of the ninth Doctor, the Time War has occurred and it is assumed that all of The Doctor's family are now dead.
• The tenth Doctor is noted say that he used to have a brother - Which in some accounts is believed to be Braxiatel

Life:

• Little is known of The Doctor's childhood, other than it was a lonely one.
• When he was on Gallifrey, he was often known as Theata Sigma - which was a sort of nickname.
  
• When at the Academy, he was part of a group of young rebellious Time Lords, known as the Deca.
  
• He was not contented with living by the Time Lord code of remaining on Gallifrey, and never interfering with any other race - So he stole a TARDIS from a docking bay where it was being dismantled for scrap.
• Since then he has traveled through time and space most often with 'assistances' or 'companions.'
• He was elected as the 407th President of Gallifrey, although he did not want the job and instead opted to travel once again, leaving Gallifrey in his tutor Borusa's hands. Although he returned briefly to take up his presidency in order to defeat the Vardins and Sontarans, he departed soon after, again leaving Gallifrey to Borusa.

Rebirth - Chapter 4

The Doctor’s eyes flickered.

He erupted from the deep depths of unconsciousness accompanied by a thudding pain in his head which met up with the pain in his arm, and decided to have a loud and gut-wrenchingly painful party.

He couldn’t help letting out a small groan before snapping his eyes open and focusing on the branches above him. For a brief moment, he was afraid that the thick, brown and looming tree limb above was going to fall on him. Stuff falling on him had already happened twice today and he really, really hoped that it would not happen again.

The Doctor winced and sat slowly up, trying to shake some of the clinging mud from off his arm. He glanced to his left and saw his broken ship lying on its side in the mud. Like the girl had done a few hours earlier, the Doctor gently ran his hand over the grainy woodwork in an almost sorrowful gesture. Then, using the husk of his ship to help, he pulled himself unsteadily to his feet, glanced at the girl, and turned back to consider the TARDIS.

He blinked, did a small double take, and gave a bewildered look at the girl. Without moving from her frozen position on a fallen tree, she smiled at him in a happy manner. With a quizzical look forming on his face, the Doctor opened his mouth to speak.

‘Why are you only wearing one shoe?’

Slightly taken aback, he paused and glanced down at his feet. One shoe and one mud-stained lump with small wriggly toes gazed solemnly back at him... he hadn’t even realized that he’d lost a shoe... and why, of all things the things he could loose in a ship crash, would he loose a shoe?

He gave a fleeting look at the girl again and she responded with an unblinking stare.

'Why aren't you wearing any shoes?' he asked.
She ignored him. ‘You look daft with one shoe.'
The Doctor frowned and the unexpected image of an x-ray machine floated from the corner of his mind. He shrugged at the girl.

‘And why is that Alkoden hanging about?’

After looking momentarily puzzled, the Doctor spun around and glanced up at the tree above him. On a low hanging branch sat the koala-creature looking, as it always did, mildly bewildered.

‘They’re supposed to be very unlucky,’ said the girl conversationally. ‘Most people kill them if they get the chance. “Before it kills me” they usually say. Well… actually they usually say; “Ah! Quick, get the gun! Kill it! Kill it! Nasty, unlucky little bugger…”’

The koala-creature purred at the Doctor, leaped out the tree and landed on his shoulder. As could almost be expected from such a stupidly bemused looking thing, it promptly fell off and splatted onto its back in the mud. The Doctor scratched his cheek and looked down at the thing as it waved its short legs pitifully in the air. After a pause, he picked it up and carefully placed it back on the tree branch.

‘I like it,’ he decided, and grinned as a thought came to him. ‘It’s got big ears.’
‘And why is that important?’ asked the girl, eyeing the Doctor up and down.
The Doctor frowned again. ‘Well… it isn’t important. I just… it’s familiar…’
‘Big ears?’ she retorted. ‘Who do you know who has big ears?’
The Doctor opened his mouth to reply… then paused, unsure of what to say.
‘Apart from you, I mean,’ said the girl. She looked up at the sky with a curiously calm expression.

‘What?’ said the Doctor.
‘What?’ replied the girl.

‘Are my ears big?’ asked the Doctor, raising his hand to his face subconsciously. The girl gave a light laugh.
‘No,’ she said, smiling, ‘but they were, weren’t they?’
‘What?’ said the Doctor again.

She said no more, but gazed serenely upwards. The Doctor watched her, waiting for a response, and then realized that none was coming. The koala-creature once again leaped from the tree, and this time landed successfully on the Doctor’s back. It clambered up with surprising speed and placed itself on his head. Once there, it purred again, fixed the Doctor with an upside down stare of complete bewilderment, and bit him thoughtfully on the ear.

‘Ah!’ said the Doctor.

The bundle of fluff clicked rapidly at him, emitted several low purring noises, and then jumped back onto the tree. As the Doctor stared at it, he was sure it was giving him a smug look. At least... he thought it was... it was hard to tell when it had such a bewildered face. He turned back to the girl, the strange comment she had offered only moments before, completely forgotten.

‘Sorry, what’s this thing?' He jerked a thumb behind him at the koala-creature. 'An Alkodon?’

'Alkoden,’ she said, ‘native only to this planet. Translated in the common language as “unlucky pest”, although,’ she gave the creature a fleeting glance, ‘they seem to be quite mild.’ The Alkoden clicked its tongue at her.

‘Do you live here?’
Once again, the girl laughed.
‘Don’t you ask a lot of questions!’ She said.
‘Yeah, I like to know things. Starting with where I am and working my way up from here,’ said the Doctor.
‘You know where you are. What’s this planet named?’
‘Pericolo,’ the Doctor said, ‘everyone’s heard of it. Well… every Time Lord had heard of it. We were warned never to come here, my TARDIS…’ he felt a pang of loss but swallowed and ignored it, ‘she was warning me not to come, then we crashed… but I don’t know anything else about this place other than the name and the warning… care to fill me in?’

The girl smiled, ‘oh, I’m not from this planet. I’ve been traveling.’

There was something, either in the way that she said it or the look in her eye, which warned the Doctor not to ask any further into the subject. Swallowing his curiosity, he nodded instead and looked at the ground, his mind returning to the TARDIS. The girl watched him. He seemed suddenly full of age and deep thought, completely unaware of her sitting there. She permitted herself another small smile as he ran his hand distractedly through his hair.

‘I’m the Doctor,’ he said after a while.
‘Hello!’ the girl said cheerfully.

There was an awkward pause as the Doctor waited for some sort of response. When none came, he said; ‘and… what’s your name?’

She tilted her head to the left and appeared to be deeply considering the question. The Doctor watched her and subconsciously gripped his arm where it had been caught. After what seemed an unusually long time, the girl smiled dreamily and tilted her head back towards him.

‘Fyffe,’ she concluded.
The Doctor gave a coy smile.
‘Fyffe?’ he repeated.
‘Yes,’ said Fyffe, ‘it’s a small town in Alabama, on Earth.’
The Doctor looked her up and down. ‘Human?’ he asked, surprised.
Fyffe gave a soft laugh.
‘No,’ she said.

'Look,' the Doctor's face was desperate. 'I just need to know where I am. I want to know what's going on, why I crashed, why my ship is...' he realized that it may be difficult to explain the complexities of the TARDIS to the young girl, '...broken,' he finished. 'I need help,' she looked at him blankly, 'can you help me?'

Very slowly, the girl shook her head. 'I can't help you,' she said, and almost appeared resentful of the fact. 'I don't know how. I'm not good at thinking in the right way... I think.' She raised her arms and shrugged in an apologetic gesture.

The Doctor looked gloomily at his foot again.
'There is a city nearby,' Fyffe said, 'I can take you to it, if you want.'
He looked up, hopeful.
'I've never been to it,' Fyffe continued, 'and don't know anything about it, or who lives there, or even if its the way that I think it is, or if there is any areas we should avoid while traveling there... but they may know what to do.'

'Great,' came the response.

After considering the Time Lord intensely for some time, she added; ‘I realize that you haven’t had the best of days, and I don’t wish to rush you or cause you any extra discomfort... but inside this forest are giant bears that like to eat things.’

The Doctor blinked at her.
‘Things?’

Fyffe smiled. ‘Yes,’ she said pleasantly. ‘Starting with Alkoden and Erreeps - that’s a kind of sheep by the way - and ending up with anything they can get their giant claws upon... or razor sharp teeth in.’

As though the forest had been specifically waiting for a perfect dramatical moment, a loud bear-like bellow echoed from between the trees. Fyffe raised her head as the Doctor spun around, and both gazed into the dense trees behind them.

‘I’m guessing,’ said the Doctor slowly, ‘that “anything they can get their giant claws upon” would include me and you, yes?’
Fyffe nodded calmly. ‘I think the city would be the best idea at this point in time... It will be much safer than out here.’
She stood up.

The Doctor hesitated and glanced back at the shell of the TARDIS. He knew it was gone, but was still loathed to leave it... never again would it be waiting for him when he got back from what ever stupid adventure he found himself on. He felt like he should bury it or something, give it a funeral and respect…

Shaking his head slowly, the Doctor turned away and glanced down at Fyffe. She smiled up at him and pointed behind her to the West.
‘The city is that way... I think... If we leave now, we should get there by tomorrow,’ she said.
‘Ah, wonderful,’ said the Doctor glumly, still gazing at the inanimate ship, ‘unless we get eaten first that is…’

Fyffe shrugged, ‘C’mon, where’s your sense of adventure… where’s your Dunkirk spirit?’ she asked
‘It died with my ship,’ said the Doctor.
He blinked at the familiar words and turned to the girl.
‘What?’

Fyffe smiled at him. ‘The city’s called Tendra, I've heard it’s quite nice… when it’s not at war. Let’s go.’ And without a backwards glance, she walked dreamily off into the trees.

The Doctor stared at her retreating back and tenderly touched his head where it had been hit. He felt resigned at leaving the TARDIS, but under the knowledge that the girl was the only chance he had of making it to the city; he followed her into the forests gloom.

Rebirth - Chapter 3

Somewhere deep in the forest sat a girl on a rock. This in itself was most unusual. She had golden blond hair and bright blue eyes but this detail wasn’t very relevant to her; in fact, she wasn’t even aware of it. The rock beneath her was large, flat and high enough so that she could curiously watch a plume of smoke coiling itself above the tree tops.

The girl took a deep breath, savoring the damp air, and smiled to herself. The rain had eased off and left the forest in a misty image of quiet calmness. If there had been any birds living on this planet, they would have been deadly quiet, as though trying to preserve this perfect still moment.

Swinging her bare legs around, the girl jumped off the rock and, pausing long enough to enjoy the mud squelch between her toes, disappeared into the trees. She pushed herself through the scrub until she reached the smoldering remains of the TARDIS.

It lay on the floor, face down, and covered with a light littering of leaves and branches. The girl stopped and considered it for a moment. It didn’t look like anything impressive to her… which she found incredibly surprising and mildly annoying.

She shrugged off her displeasure at the sight of the ship and crouched down beside it, running her hands slowly over the grainy surface. After a moment, another smile spread across her face as her first impression gently changed. True, it didn’t look notable or exciting, but it felt right.

The girl studied the blue box… there were no signs of any doors, so she supposed they were underneath and the object was in fact lying face down in the mud. Happy with this conclusion, she dug her fingers under the rough edge of the ship and strained her muscles. Extraordinarily, the TARDIS began to lift up.

Once again, if anyone had been watching, they would have gasped at the sight in front of them: the small girl, who was lifting the large, heavy box to an upright position as if it were a giant, blue feather.

Unfortunately, once again, the only witness was the small koala-creature who had retreated back up the tree. It watched the happenings below with its usual bewildered expression, occasionally clicking it tongue and making gentle purring noises.

As the TARDIS lifted, it revealed the body of the Doctor lying still in the mud. As luck would have it, the ships doors had been left wide open, meaning that when it had dropped on him, he had merely become trapped inside of it, instead of being squashed to death.

The girl bent down beside him.

He was unconscious.

She put her head to one side and let her eyes travel across his face. She could tell there was nothing broken about him, at the most there would be bruising… his right arm... anyway, he would recover, she knew. But it wasn’t just his apparent state that kept her starting at him… For some reason, she found it incredibly difficult to remove her gaze, he was just…fascinating.

For a fleeting moment, she wondered what would happen next. She knew what was supposed to happen, what had to happen otherwise they would surely die... but she realized that she had no way of confirming that it would. How would he react when he woke up? Would he trust her? Would he go with her?

For the first time in her short life, she was unsure of what the future would hold and this, in her child-like mind, created a deep sensation of confusion and fear.

She stayed by his side, watching him for a long time, growing used to his face before backing away and sitting down on a fallen tree. Once there, she sat completely still, not moving an inch, and waited. Waiting was something she was very good at.

**********

A deep and loud whistle echoed through the workshop, signifying the end of the seven hour shift. Madison straightened up from behind the large, green sweeper which she used to collect discarded wool, and heaved a contented sigh as the whirring of the machine died down and finally stopped.

Her job was probably the least sort after job in the whole of the town… in the whole of any town that sat upon the planet, in the whole of the planet, in the whole of the solar system, in the whole of the universe, in the whole of any and every universe that ever existed in any time and any place… ever.

Madison realized she was staring bitterly at her sweeper. She shook her head and began pushing the machine into the storage bay, ready to use tomorrow… and every other day after that… probably for the rest of her life…

It wasn’t really that bad. She tried to comfort herself and focus on the good points of her job. Apart from the hard work and complete boredom there was… there was… it was close to her home. She shrugged half heartedly, that was only because she lived in a pokey little room next to the factory.

‘Finished for the day, Mad?’

Madison turned around and looked into a heavily bearded face.
‘Ah,’ she said trying to force a friendly smile onto her face and making it look more like she was deeply inhaling dog poo, ‘hello, Ryan. How are you?’

Ryan’s beard beamed at her.
‘Good thanks, been a good day, just got my pay check.’

Madison nodded. She didn’t care. In fact, that was a lie. She did care, she cared so much it made her want to set fire to Ryan’s chirpy little face. She should have been the one to get the promotion, not him. He used to be a sweeper just like her, but then he got lucky and now… now he got everything he wanted.

‘You simply must come round to dinner sometime, Mad,’ Ryan said, as though he actually cared one inch about her. ‘We’d love to have you.’

Madison considered the man in front of her. He clearly had no desire to let her ever set foot in his beautiful, sterile house, but you could almost, almost believe that he did. Even Ryan’s beard was good at lying.

The man shrugged one shoulder, flashed a grin, and strutted out of the workshop. Madison watched him leave and resisted throwing something at his retreating back. She hated everything about the greasy man, even the way he called her Mad.

Locking the storage bay doors and retreating to her small bedroom, Madison realized that as long as Ryan was working in the same place as her, he job was most definitely, with out a doubt, the worst job in the entire world.

*****

It had been eight hours, but that meant absolutely nothing to the young, blue eyed girl, and she sat and stared relentlessly at the unconscious Time Lord. Time was as irrelevant to her as the politics of Geneva is to a rock.

Very slowly, she tore her gaze away from the Doctor and allowed it to flit over the koala-creature in the tree. It blinked stupidly at her. She sighed and re-focused her attention back onto the man. There was a sensation that it would be soon…