Doctor Whooves 50th anniversary: The Quest of the Doctor

From faraway evil eyes watched all the Doctors on a monitor screen.                                                                                                   The eyes belonged to a sinister looking earth pony who sat on a throne.                                                                                                 The pony’s face was hidden behind a black hood that almost blended in with the darkness of his surroundings.                             Somewhere behind the hooded pony a door clanked open and another pony entered the room.                                                            This pony was different: his body was entirely made of metal. His face was completely expressionless.                                                                                                           “All the Doctors incarnations are together my lord…” the metal pony said, he spoke with a grinding mechanical voice,                               “and the cybermite has retrieved the information from the TARDIS”.                                                                                                           An evil grin spread across the hooded pony’s face. “Excellent”, he turned to another monitor screen.                                                           “Only two of the Doctors incarnations remain unaccounted for” the metal pony added,                                                                                 “no matter” the hooded pony said,                                                                                                                                                “Scan the current Doctor’s memories and send the message” he said.                                                                                                        A reply came through the monitor “thy will be done Supreme One”.                                                                                                                     The voice spoke with almost the same cold mechanicalness as the metal pony the screen went blank.                                                               The hooded pony turned back to the screen with all the Doctors on it.

Back on the Eye of Orion Martha’s Doctor called all the Doctors and their friends together.                                                                         “So why are we all together? Why are we all here?” he asked hoping that some pony had an answer.                                                        Ace’s Doctor stepped forward, “some force has to be altering all our paths in the time stream and breaking the first law of time”.

He was interrupted by Twilight’s Doctor who suddenly gave a wince of pain and collapsed on the ground.                                             Twilight ran over to him, “Is he OK?” she asked one of the other Doctors.                                                                                                “He’s ok, otherwise the rest of us wouldn’t be here, just a psychic trauma” Martha’s Doctor said helping Twilight’s Doctor to his hooves. Every pony calmed down not knowing Martha’s Doctor had no idea what had happen.                                                              Then from nowhere a voice came. “Ah, there you are Doctors, at last. My search has finally paid off.”                                                    Every pony turned to where the voice had come from, to see a stallion dressed all in white.                                                                                                                                                 Twilight could tell he wasn’t really there because he flickered. When the white stallion saw that he had every pony’s attention he continued: “Will you hear me? It is a matter of some urgency.”                                                                                                                   All the Doctors nodded seeing that they didn’t have much choice.

The white stallion continued: “the universe is in dire peril, the Master is back and he is after the segments of the key of time. He is rallying all your enemies to help him scour the universe to find the segments”.                                                                                                                                                              Twilight had no idea what the key of time was. She reminded herself to ask her Doctor about it.                                                             The white stallion continued: “The Master is also looking for the Hoof of Omega; if he finds both the key and the Hoof then everything is lost, the Time War is lost”. Twilight looked over at her Doctor when the white stallion mentioned the Time War.                                Twilight’s Doctors face showed a mixture of regret and grief.                                                                                                                   Then she noticed Rose’s, Martha’s and Clara’s Doctors shared her Doctor’s facial expression.                                                                                                                                                                     The white stallion continued: “Only you Doctors, only you can hold back the darkness that The Master will inflict upon the universe”.                                                                                                                       The white stallion turned to Jo’s and Grace’s Doctors: “Your 3rd and 8th selves will set their Tardises for the planet Vortis”.                                                                                                                                                  He turned to the other Doctors: “your 2nd and 5th selves will set their Tardises for the planet Spirdon”, and to the other Doctors: “your 4th and 10th selves will set their Tardises for the planet Telos”, and to Susan’s and Twilight’s Doctors “your 1st and 12th selves will set their Tardises for the planet Kemble” and to Peri’s and Clara’s Doctors “your 6th and 11th selves will set their Tardises for the planet Aridius”.                                                                                                                                                                             The white stallion then turned to Ace’s Doctor and Rose’s Doctor, “you will head for the burial place of Omega, the Time Lord stellar engineer, to retrieve the Hoof of Omega”. The white stallion turned back to all the remaining Doctors,                                                       “good luck Doctors, for the entire universes’ sake” the white stallion said before his image faded.                                                        There was a long silence. Then Twilight’s Doctor broke the silence, “so now we know why we are all here” he said,                               looking at Martha’s Doctor with an ‘I’m smarter then you’ look on his face.                                                                               Twilight interrupted her Doctors gloating, “Who was that stallion and how did he know you?” she asked.                                             “That…” Twilight’s Doctor said “was the White Guardian, he represents all the order and good in the universe”.                                     Twilight continued, “And what is the Key of Time and what is the Hoof of Omega?” Twilight’s Doctor smiled at Twilight curiosity.                                                                                                       “The Key of Time is a very powerful object. It levels the pitch between order and chaos. But it is split into six equal segments which are scattered throughout the universe; each segment is hidden and camouflaged…” Twilight’s Doctor paused to catch his breath then he went on. “And the Hoof of Omega is a very powerful stellar manipulator device created by a Time Lord called Omega”.                 This was a lot of information for Twilight to take in. But given what she and her friends had seen with her Doctor it was easy to understand.                                                                                                                                                                                    “Do you mind if me and my friends go with your other selves to find the segments?” Twilight asked her Doctor.                                                                                                                                                                          “Yes, but be careful” Twilight’s Doctor said, with a smile on his face.                                                                                                      “Don’t worry old chap, I’ll look after Miss Sparkle” Jo’s Doctor said, giving Twilight’s a reassuring smile.                                             Rainbow Dash and Rarity trotted off to put their items back in Twilight’s Doctor Tardis when they got back.                                                                                                                                                                  All the Doctors and their companions all piled back into their respectful Tardises.                                                                                Twilight followed Grace’s Doctor into his Tardis, Rainbow Dash followed Tegan’s and Turlough’s Doctor into his Tardis and Rarity followed Martha’s Doctor into his Tardis.                                                                                                                                         Fluttershy followed Clara’s Doctor into his Tardis, Pinkie pie followed Sarah’s Doctor into his Tardis and Applejack followed Jo’s Doctor into his tardis.

Back in the dark chamber the hooded pony watched all the Doctors get back into their Tardises.                                                                   The voice from earlier came through one of the monitor screens,                                                                                                                                                “The Doctors have done as you predicted Supreme One”.                                                                                                                                                            The hooded pony smiled, “Oh course, they have, the Doctor is so predictable”.                                                                                         The hooded pony turned to another monitor screen,                                                                                                                  “Commander Kaagh are your troops ready?”                                                                                                                                         A voice came back through the monitor, “They are ready and hungry for battle”.                                                                                                             “Remember Commander…” the hooded pony continued, “Your troops are not to kill the Doctors, just to slow them down”.                                                                                                                                       Commander Kaagh’s voice came back through the monitor, “By the might of Sontar we will do what we can”. The screen went blank. The hooded pony turned to another monitor, “Supreme Dalek, are your units ready?”                                                                         A grinding machine voice came back through the monitor, “the army is ready”.                                                                                        “As I told Kaagh…” the hooded pony continued, “your army is to only slow the Doctors down”.                                                                        “I obey”, the Supreme Daleks voice replied and the screen went blank.                                                                                                       The hooded pony turned to another monitor screen, “Cyber-leader, are your cyber-units ready?”                                                                A voice came back through the monitor, “correct the cyber-units are ready”                                                                                “Remember, your units are not to convert the Doctors and their friend’s so just make finding the key segments harder for them”.                                                                                                                                          The Cyber-leader’s voice came back through the monitor, “I obey”.                                                                                                            The hooded pony turned to one last monitor screen, “Activate the time scoop now!”                                                                               The mechanical voice from earlier replied, “At once Supreme One” the screen went blank.                                                                         The hooded pony turned back to the screen which showed the planet Vortis.                                                                                    Back inside Grace’s Doctor’s tardis Twilight gazed around the vastness of Grace’s Doctor’s Tardis control room.                                                                                                                                                                  “This is so beautiful” Twilight said gazing around the vast room.                                                                                                           “I’m glad you like it Twilight” Grace’s Doctor said, who was busy with Grace at the much larger wooden panelled control console.                                                                                                                                                           “The library is off to the left” he continued, waving his hoof at an alcove containing a massive book case off to the left of the console.                                                                                                                   Twilight’s eyes nearly popped out of her head at the size of the book shelves lining one whole side of the control room. In a second Twilight had pulled a copy of ‘The Time traveller’s guide to planets’ off one of the shelves, settling herself on a comfortable looking armchair and starting to read the book while she was doing so.                                                                                                                                        Grace’s Doctor was putting in the co-ordinates for planet Vortis. After the course had been plotted, he pulled a couple of levers and switches causing the central column to begin to rise and fall and the familiar wheezing and groaning sound could be heard that told Twilight that they had taken off.

The planet Vortis, once barren and lifeless, was now a lush and beautiful paradise filled with green trees and bathed in golden sunlight. Both Jo’s and Grace’s Doctor’s tardises materialised almost at the same time and after the Doctors had checked their Tardis scanners they both exited their machines.                                                                                                                                      “I see Vortis has returned to what is once was” Jo’s Doctor said, taking in the beauty of his surroundings.                                               “Why haven’t you ever taken me here Doctor?” Grace asked her Doctor “you know, the thought never occurred Grace” Grace’s Doctor said, “From what I’ve read about this planet…” Twilight said, looking at the beauty of Vortis,                                                              “It was created by the two gods of light as their student science experiment”.                                                                                                                                 Applejack looked around. “All this was created by some space gods as their science experiment?” she was hardly able to believe what Twilight had said. “Stay on track…” Jo’s Doctor interrupted, “we’re not on holiday we’re here to find the key segment”.                       Then they heard the sound of thundering feet and a herd of black creatures resembling giant ants thundered by.                                                                                                                                                            “What were those things?” Applejack asked looking after the creatures.                                                                                                 “Those were Zarbis, they’re no smarter than cattle,” Jo’s Doctor explained.                                                                                          Then there was a fluttering of wings and a creature resembling a giant butterfly landed in front of the ponies.                                       Twilight gazed in wonder at the creature. It was covered in black and yellow fur and its huge wings flowed behind it like a cape.                                                                                                             “We, the Menoptera, welcome you to Vortis” the creature spoke with a kind soft voice.                                                                                   “It’s nice to see Vortis has recovered from the last time I was here” Jo’s Doctor said, smiling at the Menoptera.                                                                                                                                                                  The Menoptera looked confused, “My people don’t recall you ever being on Vortis”.                                                                                        Jo’s Doctor smiled over at his other self, “that’s because I’ve changed my appearance since I was last here. I’m the Doctor”.                                                                                                                                               The Menoptera smiled, “It is nice to see you again Doctor.”                                                                                                                            He turned to the other Doctor “and you are?” he asked.                                                                                                                   Grace’s Doctor smiled “I’m the Doctor”.                                                                                                                                                The Menoptera looked taken aback, “how are there two you?” Grace’s Doctor explained.                                                                                                                                            The Menoptera turned to the rest of the ponies, “these must be your companions?”                                                                           Twilight stepped towards the Menoptera, holding out her hoof.                                                                                                            “That’s right I’m Twilight sparkle, that’s Jo and that’s Grace.”                                                                                                                      The Menoptera shook Twilight’s hoof, “it is good to meet you Twilight, I’m Techa of the Menoptera”.                                                                          Twilight smiled at Techa “and this is my friend Applejack” she said, introducing Techa to her friend.                                                            “Nice to meet you, partner” Applejack said, raising her hat to the Menoptera.                                                                                           Jo’s Doctor turned to the Menoptera “Me and my friends are looking for a Key of Time segment,                                                                        Have you or your people seen anything out of the ordinary on Vortis?”                                                                                                    Techa thought for a moment, “The only thing that I and my people have seen that is strange was the great jewel.” Both the Doctors looked interested. “Tell us more about this great jewel, Techa” Grace’s Doctor said.                                                                      Techa looked honoured to tell the Doctors, “It was two years after you helped my people to defeat the Animus.                                            The jewel fell from the sky and it brought happiness and order to Vortis and freed the Zarbi from the Animus’s control.”                                                                                                                                       Jo’s Doctor looked deep in thought, “Techa can you show us where this great jewel is?” he asked finally.                                                                                                                                                                               “My people took the jewel and stored it in the great temple”                                                                                                                   “Can you take us to this temple?” Jo’s Doctor asked.                                                                                                                                  “It would be my honour Doctors” Techa said, and with a flourish of his wings Techa took to skies.                                                               The Doctors, Jo, Grace, Twilight and Applejack could just make him out hovering just above trees, pointing in westerly direction.

Elsewhere on the icy planet of Telos, both Sarah’s and Martha’s Doctor’s Tardises materialised almost at the same time. In the 4th Tardis, Sarah’s Doctor pulled a lever on the control console.     “Let’s see what’s outside” Sarah’s Doctor said, as a section of one panel on the wall slid away to reveal a monitor screen. The screen flickered on to reveal the image of the planet Telos outside the Tardis.                                                                                                                                                                           “Look’s cold out there” Sarah’s Doctor said looking at the snow blowing outside.                                                                                     He turned to Sarah- Jane and Pinkie pie, “you two better wrap up” he said.                                                                                                Sarah turned to Pinkie, “I’ll show you where the wardrobe is, Pinkie” she said in a friendly tone.                                                                                                Sarah turned to K-9, “stay with the Doctor, K-9” she said,                                                                                                          “understood mistress” he said.                                                                                                                                                        With that Pinkie and Sarah trotted off through one of the many door branching off the control room.                                                      Sarah trotted along a long corridor with Pinkie Pie bouncing along next to her.                                                                                      At the end of the corridor was a white door which lead into a room lined with rows of clothes racks.                                                       Pinkie choose a long scarf much like the one that Sarah’s Doctor had on, but this one was coloured scarlet and purple.                                                                        Along with the scarf Pinkie also choose a pink snow coat. While she was doing this Sarah had chosen a dark brown snow coat much like the one Pinkie had on. Once they were done they rejoined Sarah’s Doctor and K-9 in the main control room,                                                                                                            “right here we came” Sarah’s Doctor.                                                                                                                                           Meanwhile in Martha’s Doctor’s Tardis Rarity had finished gazing around the coral incrusted six pillared control room,                               “this place is absolutely beautiful” she said.                                                                                                                                     “I’m glad you like it Rarity” Martha’s Doctor said, pleased that no one was making fun of his Tardis control room “also…” he continued “out of all my future selves friends I’ve met you seem the most mature”,                                                                                   “You don’t say, darling” Rarity replied “well, I must admit there’s no surprise there. My friends do tend to act a bit barbaric and a bit immature I, on the other hoof, conduct myself like a proper lady” Rarity finished.                                                                           Martha’s Doctor turned to computer screen attached to the console it showed the same image that Sarah’s Doctor had shown,                                                                                      “You should put something warm on” he said,                                                                                                                                            “I will escort you to the wardrobe Miss Rarity” Jack said,                                                                                                                        “Oh captain” Rarity said, flattered at Jack’s offer,                                                                                                                                  “You two mind flirting outside?” Martha’s Doctor said, a bit annoyed at Jack’s behaviour,                                                                              “I was just offering to take her to the wardrobe” Jack said, a bit bewildered,                                                                                               “I call that flirting” Martha’s Doctor retorted,                                                                                                                                      “Anyway I would like it very much if you would show me where the wardrobe is captain” Rarity said, trying to lift Jack’s feelings.                                                                                                                                                “Alright then and please call me Jack” Jack said feeling better.                                                                                                             With that he, Martha and Rarity trotted off out of the control room. In a little while they returned, Rarity had put on a purple snow coat, almost the same colour as her mane, with a hood to protect it from the wind.                                                                            Martha had put on a woolly snow coat and Jack had on leather gloves.                                                                                      When they were already Rarity saw Jack pick up a weapon-like device from an old pilot’s chair that stood by the console.                                                                                                                                              “What’s that for?” Rarity asked, a bit unsure about what the device was,                                                                                                “In case we run into trouble” Jack said, giving her a reassuring wink,                                                                                                    “right then, where all ready” Martha’s Doctor said he turned to face the Tardis doors, “right allons-y” he said in an adventurous tune, Rarity looked confused,                                                                                                                                                              “Pardon me, darling” she said,                                                                                                                                                           “Its french for ‘let’s go” Martha’s Doctor said.

Once they were all ready, both the Doctors and their friends all exited their machines into the howling wind and the swirling snow of the planet Telos.                                                                                                                                                                                 “So what are we looking for?” Rarity shouted over the howl of the wind.                                                                                                                                                “Well we should start looking for a temple or underground cave or cavern” Sarah’s Doctor shouted back, “well what about that temple over there” Pinkie said, pointing at the outline of an old temple off in the distance, “that’s a start” Martha’s Doctor said, sounding chuffed at Pinkie’s guess and all the ponies trotted off towards the outline of the temple.