Doctor Whooves: The New Doctor [Episode 1]

The Tardis came crumbling down to Equestria at incredible speed. Like a meteor, the Tardis fell like a ball of fire. With each passing second the Tardis grew hotter and hotter, totally consumed by the pressure and flames that had now engulfed the entire time machine. The newly-formed Doctor was still pretty cheerful with his new appearance, but he knew what was about to happen...

The Tardis was about to crash land.

Because of the recent regeneration process, the Doctor found himself helpless to steer and even help slow down the time machine's crashing course towards Equestria. His mind was now completely refreshed. The Doctor had to be given time to 'cook'.

As the Doctor fiddled with his now broken controls, the Tardis finally entered the atmosphere. The sky was completely dark, filled with the same stars that the Doctor just passed. The Doctor looked through his monitor to get a glimpse of outside.

Night.

"Odd. I thought it was midday when I left?"

The Doctor shrugged and continued to try and steer the Tardis away from any urban areas around Equestria. Coincidentally, the Tardis choice the area of Ponyville as its destination. With a powerful tug, the Doctor was able to turn the wheel of the Tardis away from the town. But even with the Doctor's strength, he could not stop the Tardis from crashing.

It began to pick up even more speed. The Doctor opened the door of the Tardis to get an even better look of his surroundings. It was definitely night, that's for sure. All the stars were out, and the world below seemed fast asleep. He did hope no one would wake to see what was just transpiring. The Doctor didn't like attention.

Suddenly, the Doctor was somehow pushed from behind him and thrown out the Tardis door. The Doctor screamed as he held on to the Tardis with his hooves. The Doctor looked and saw quite clearly that there was no one inside the Tardis. It was as if the Tardis itself pushed him out.

"Bad Tardis..."

The Doctor knew he wouldn't last for long on the edge of the Tardis with his hooves. He never fully got used to his new hooves ever since the first day he realised he was a brown, time-traveling equine in a completely different universe filled with magical talking ponies.

Unwillingly, the Doctor let go of the Tardis. The Doctor fell to the earth while the Tardis continued its crashing course. The Doctor could see it falling into the distance.

And with a very loud and sudden thud, the Doctor landed. Whatever he landed on, it wasn't the ground. That's for sure. It almost felt like some kind of hard wood.

The Doctor lay amongst the ruin, completely caught off guard by his landing. Before the Doctor went out, he could hear the sound of hooves coming towards him. He could also make out a small bright colour coming towards him.

Red.

....................

"One day... I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back...."

"The time has come for you to change appearance Doctor, and begin your exile..."

The Doctor spiralled in and out of consciousness. His mind began to retrace itself, all the way back to his past.

"A tear? Sarah Jane?"

"It's the end... but the moment has been prepared for..."

The Doctor tossed and turned in pain as he saw his old life being flashed before his very eyes.

"Rose. Before I go, I just wanna tell you you were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And you know what?... So was I."

With each memory, the pain began to start all over again.

"I'm a Time Lord."

..........

"I'm from the planet Gallifrey: the constellation of Kasterborous..."

"No..."

"I'm nine hundred and three years old and I am the man who is going to save your lives and all six billion people on the planet below..."

"NO!"

"ALLONS-Y!"

"NO!"

The Doctor suddenly woke and lifted himself up quickly. He was breathing very heavily. Sweat was beginning to run down his brow.

"Uhhh, what.... happened.." The Doctor thought.

The Doctor tried to focus and remember what had just transpired. The last thing he could remember was falling from the Tardis.

"The Tardis! Where is it?!" the Doctor suddenly realised.

He looked around his surroundings and found out he was in some kind of room.

"Wait... Where am I?!"

The walls were wooden, and each wooden plank on the walls were painted light green. It looked fairly normal, but it did look like the paint had been there for quite some time. The Doctor could also notice a painting of two daffodils in a single dark blue vase. He looked down and saw he was laying on a bed with light red apples quilted on the sides.

"Apples?"

He turned to his left and saw a small family portrait sitting on a bedside table. The portrait included a family of four in front of a very large red barn: An elderly green mare with a white mane, a very large red stallion, an orange coloured mare with a cowboy's hat who the Doctor remembered was named 'Applejack'.

"C'mon. I mean, who could forget that hat?!"

And the last member in the portrait was a small bright filly with a very large red bow tied on the end of her red mane. She did look very cute, being the smallest.

The Doctor raised himself off the bed and tried to walk. It was then that he realised that he was in a lot of pain. Cringing, the Doctor limped his way over to the window and looked outside.

It was still night. That was good. The moon shined right in the centre of the midnight sky, joined by many, many stars. The Doctor sighed as he simply stared up and beyond. He then began to question what just happened before in his 'dream'. All of his regenerations... his previous regenerations.

He looked back down towards the front of his room and saw where exactly he was.

A farm. An apple farm no doubt.

Sweet Apple Acres.

The Doctor had been meaning to head on over to Sweet Apple Acres inbetween adventures. He was very fond of apples. He just couldn't seem to find the time.

Time.

"Ahh time..."

The Doctor shook his head out of thought and turned back to his room. He noticed quite a suitable mirror positoned on the other side of the bedroom.

"Perfect!"

The Doctor had absolutely no idea how the regeneration process worked and made him appear as an equine. He stepped in front of the mirror and gazed upon the new 'Doctor Whooves'.

His mane was much shorter and straighter than his previous mane. Instead of a light blue, his eyes were now a distinctive green. His face was little larger than his previous face. The Doctor stretched his cheeks back and forth and checked his teeth. New teeth always felt weird to the Doctor after a regeneration, but as a pony it was just ridiculous. He cleaned his teeth with his tongue and turned to inspect his tail. Much like his mane, the tail was a lot straighter. His hourglass cutie mark was still shining bright on his rear. Overall, the Doctor was satisfied.

"Hmmm, not bad. Not bad at all," The Doctor said aloud, "The tail could've been a bit longer. But hey, you always gotta complain about something! Now then, time to find the Tardis!".

The Doctor stepped out of the room and trotted downstairs. He whistled an old Earth tune as found himself standing in the living room of the house. All the lights were turned off, and it was dead silent. It was at this point in time that the Doctor realised that the Apple family that lived on the farm were all probably sleeping. The Doctor face-hoofed himself, and quietly and slowly walked towards the door of the house.

"I'm sure that the Apples won't mind me leaving. I'm sure they will understand... Maybe I should leave a note?"

The Doctor quietly went into the kitchen, turned on the light and searched for a paper and quill. He started with the shelves.

"There's gotta be something around here..."

As the Doctor searched, he didn't seem to notice a shadow lurking behind him in the dark. The shadow moved closer and closer to the Doctor, and suddenly hit him on the back of the head with a shovel. The Doctor was instantly knocked out by the sudden blow. The Doctor fell back and lay on the kitchen floor.

The shadow sighed heavily and lifted the Doctor up.

Once again, the Doctor woke up in the exact same place as he was before. But this time with a painful headache. And also, with quite a large mare sitting at the end of the bed with her eyes staring directly into the Doctor's.

The Doctor thought he was imagining things, because the large mare looked very identical to the small filly he had just seen in the family portait. The mare's mane was done up as a ponytail. She had a much smaller bow where her large one used to be, and also another small bow where her ponytail ended. She just looked a lot.... older to her photo.

"Ya have quite the habit of late night walkin', don't ya?" The mare asked.

"You have quite the habit of looking after ponies and then knocking them out again!" The Doctor said, rubbing his head, "Who are you?"

"Ah'm Apple Bloom and ah'm the owner of Sweet Apple Acres."