Doctor Whooves - Silence is Golden

The Doctor and Luna clutched to the TARDIS's controls and decorative columns, respectively, hanging on for dear life, yet having a good laugh as they spun through time and space. Luna couldn't believe how fun time travel could be when her life wasn't in danger, she was having the time of her life! She finally understood what The Doctor loved about travelling, somewhat. It was still scary as all get out, but in a good kind of way this time.

The TARDIS finally stopped spinning and settled with the classic whirring noise. The Doctor flipped a final switch and spun around, switching from pilot to host mode. With a big enthusiastic smile on his face, he said, "Alright, I've set the TARDIS's controls to random," he looked towards the door, eyes glinting mischievously, "Out those doors could be anywhen, anywhere, in all of time and space."

"Is that dangerous?" Luna asked, inching towards the door like a giddy schoolgirl.

"Probably," The Doctor admitted, "but isn't that what makes it exciting?" they shared a laugh, and he continued, "I thought it fitting for your first formal trip as my new companion. So..."

"So...let's go?" Luna guessed.

The Doctor made a face, "I like to say, 'Allons-y', but-"

Luna planted her hooves on the doors, "Well then, Allons-y!" she cheered, and threw the doors open.

Outside was a bitterly cold, frozen landscape; wind whistled across the vast frozen plains loudly. Tall frozen mountains rose from the horizon, and a cold blast of wind blew into the TARDIS, taking a rather large blast of snow with it.

Luna immediately clutched her shoulders and began shivering furiously, "It's f-f-freezing!" she objected loudly.

She suddenly felt a warm, heavy coat being draped over her shoulders, and turned to see The Doctor placing the heavy coat over her shoulders.

Luna took the coat gratefully, "Thank you, but won't you be cold?" He was wearing a simple brown trench coat which draped over his legs.

"Nah, I'll be fine," The Doctor said, stepping out into the snow, "I'm a timelord, remember?"

Luna chuckled, "Well, I'm an Alicorn, but I still need a coat,"

The Doctor just looked at her, then turned around, "So, where do you want to go now?"

"You mean we're staying on this chunk of ice?" Luna asked surprisingly.

"Why not?" The Doctor asked, "It's where the TARDIS brought us, isn't it?"

"Well, yeah, but-" Luna responded.

"And just think for a minute," The Doctor suggested, waving grandly to the frozen landscape around him, "It may not be a tourist destination, but we are on another planet. Just think about that for a moment!"

Luna regarded that fact. She was on another planet. She took a few experimental steps outside. It just felt so weird! she began bouncing around gleefully, enjoying herself.

She suddenly stopped bouncing, blinking repeatedly, as if she had just forgotten something. She was suddenly holding a strange looking piece of technology in her hoof, with no memory of how it got there.

"What have you got there?" The Doctor asked curiously, taking the device and inspecting it.

"I-I don't know," Luna responded, "It just...appeared."

"It's a tape recorder," The Doctor concluded, "and it looks like it's got a new message on it," he looked up at Luna, "Shall we?"

Luna nodded, her curiosity overwhelming.

The Doctor clicked a button, and the tape started playing.

A charming voice emanated from the tape, "I have to record this, or else you'll forget it."

"Who are you?" The Doctor's voice came out of the machine, to the surprise of Luna and The Doctor himself.

Even more surprising, Luna's voice came out of the machine, "Ooo, he's cute!"

The strange voice answered, "Look, I'll answer all of your questions, but first, you have to listen to me."

There was a pause on the tape.

"Alright, good." The voice said, then continued, "First thing you need to know, Doctor, I'm half Silence."

"Silence?" The Doctor's voice asked, "What's a Silence?"

"They're a race of aliens, who have a very peculiar defense mechanism, when you look at them, and then look away, you forget ever seeing them in the first place. That's why I'm recording this, because as soon as you turn your back, or look away, you'll forget what I looked like, or what I said."

"So you record it, that way we can listen to you after we forget you said it?" The Doctor's voice clarified.

"I suppose it worked," The actual Doctor said to Luna.

"Yes," the voice answered, "Doctor, there's a refugee camp about a mile east of here, and they're in trouble. I've helped them as best I can, but I need your help."

"What kind of trouble, exactly?" The Doctor's voice asked.

There was a pause, "You'll find out when you get there."

"Should we go?" Luna and Luna's voice asked The Doctors simultaneously.

"If there is life in trouble," The Doctor's voice said.

"I will do anything I can to help," The Doctor finished.

"One more thing," The voice said, "There's another pony in the camp, helping the refugees. She claims to know you. A miss River Song."

"Who's River Song?" Luna asked.

The Doctor thought for a moment, "I don't know."

The recording stopped.

The Doctor turned towards Luna and extended a foreleg like a gentlecolt, "Shall we?"

Luna took his foreleg with her own, "Let's," she answered with a smile.

They walked towards the west.