“Martian Arrival is imminent, your highness,” said a soldier to a woman in a pink dress and pink hair tied into two pointed hair buns and a long pony tail from each bun.
“If you mean to say Aunt Rei and Queen Taxona’s ship is landing,” giggled the princess, “just say that.”
“…P-Protocol has to be maintained, your Highness,” replied the soldier.
“I suppose so,” sighed the princess. “It’s interesting that my mother of all people has well-trained guards, given how clumsy she was in the past.”
“Time changes people, Chibiusa,” came a voice. “You, of all people, should know that.” A tan woman with dark-green hair tied in a hair bun on top with the rest flowing down the back of her black gown appeared.
“Puu!” said the princess, running up to hug her.
“Y-Your Majesty! Queen Meioh!” stammered the guard as he saluted.
“It’s all right,” soothed the Queen of Pluto, Setsuna Meioh. “How fares Rei’s arrival?”
“The ship just touched down,” replied the guard.
“Well, we’d better greet them,” said Setsuna.
“Come on!” said Usagi II, the former Chibiusa.
As the two women headed off to the Martian Landing Site, the TARDIS landed. Her crew stumbled out. “Anyone would think you flew a washing machine!” grumbled William.
“What was that, Doctor?” asked Amy.
“That, Amy, was temporal turbulence,” replied the Doctor. “Like a massive time-ship tore through normal space and sent out ripples in the Time Vortex.”
“And right as we were landing,” remarked Rassilon. “A rather primitive time-ship, hm?”
“Primitive, but effective,” replied the Doctor. “I’m sure your experimental time-ships were like that before the prototype TARDIS.” The Doctor looked around. “I feel like I have an engagement here to attend to.”
“Where and when are we?” asked William.
“Crystal Tokyo, the new capital of Earth in the 30th Century, under the benevolent rule of Neo Queen Serenity and her husband, King Endymion.”
“…NEO Queen Serenity?” asked William. “Bit ostentatious. And Crystal Tokyo? That’s my third trip to Japan so far!”
“Yes, first with Godzilla, then with the Kamen Riders, now with the Sailor Scouts,” remarked the Doctor.
“Sailor Scouts?” asked Amy.
“They still exist?” asked Rassilon.
“Oh yes,” replied the Doctor. “And to answer your question, Amy, their official title is Sailor Guardians. Tell me, do sailor fuku outfits exist on Mobius?”
“Yeah, it’s a pretty popular style in certain countries on Mobius,” replied Amy.
“Well, these girls dress up in such outfits, but they manage to use energy attacks, calling them magic based.”
“Magic? Doctor, are these magical girls we’re talking about?” asked William.
“It’s not really magic! It’s just science that doesn’t have a normal explanation like how a TARDIS looks to a non-Time Lord!” The Doctor then took a breath to calm down. “This particular group of…magical girls have their alternate identities named after celestial bodies, like Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor-.”
“Sailor Moon?! My sister loved that show when she was little!” said William. “So she’s as real as Tron?!”
“Yes, William, she is,” replied the Doctor. She then snapped her fingers. “And I just recalled that I was invited to a conference as an independent observer in this time zone!” She spotted a guard approaching them.
“And just who are you?” asked the guard.
“Hold on! I have my credentials!” called the Doctor. She pulled out a wallet and opened it to reveal a piece of paper. The guard examined it. He blinked.
“…If you were invited here by Queen Meioh herself,” said the guard, “why didn’t you just pull out your invitation instead of the psychic paper here?”
“To be honest, I almost forgot about this conference,” replied the Doctor. “So, are me and my friends here good?”
“…Well, the invitation DID say you were to land your TARDIS on the designated landing pad,” remarked the guard, “but we’ll have it moved there before King Endymion goes berserk. You’re just in time, Doctor. The Martian Queens and their respective retinues have arrived aboard the Ares.”
“The Martian prototype time ship?” asked the Doctor. She then recalled something. “That’s right, the conference concerns the Deimos Temporal Research Station.”
“Temporal…time travel experiments?” asked William. “We’re gonna be dabbling in time travel?”
“Time travel’s been documented on Mobius,” replied Amy. “Heck, I first met Sonic during a time disaster that he had to fix.”
“And it’s here at this point in time that the human race really learns about temporal mechanics,” continued the Doctor. “Now, let’s go find our esteemed hosts, hm?”
“What about the-?” asked Rassilon.
“Keep the tracer on standby,” replied the Doctor. “Hopefully we’ll find the fifth segment.”
The TARDIS crew was led to the delegates’ lounge where various people were talking. William blinked. “Erm, are those related to the Draconians at all?” he asked.
“Hm?” The Doctor saw two different reptilian humanoids. One looked like a lizard with horns, the other had a beak mouth and fin-frills on its head. “Oh, no,” replied the Doctor. “Those are a Silurian and a Sea Devil. Their species are cousins and they used to be the rulers of Earth until the Dinosaurs went extinct. They used to have bad relations with you humans until the 25th century.”
“Doctor?” asked a voice. Setsuna then approached the group.
“Ah! Setsuna! What a pleasure!” said the Doctor. “Everyone, this is Setsuna Meioh, Queen of Pluto and, at least in this time, the former Sailor Pluto.”
“I thought Pluto wasn’t a-,” remarked William.
“It was reclassified as a planet in the 23rd century,” replied Setsuna, looking annoyed. “Doctor, I can guess you forgot about this conference, given how busy your life is, so what IS your purpose for being here?”
“Well, what if I told you my friends and I were after the Key to Time?” asked the Doctor. Setsuna blinked.
“…Why?” she asked.
“Your Majesty,” said Rassilon, “I am Rassilon, the former Lord President Eternal of Gallifrey-.”
“Yes, I know who you are, Lunatic,” replied Setsuna. “You tried to gain access to the Door of Space and Time to undo what the Master did to your planet.”
“What?! Rassilon!” protested the Doctor.
“I was desperate and the Black Guardian played on that desperation,” explained Rassilon. “I got ensnared in their trap and now I have to gather the segments of the Key in order to restore the balance.”
“…Are you sure-?”
“I’m aware it sounds like something the White Guardian would say! But it WAS the Black Guardian, I’m sure of it!”
“…Very well. Rassilon, do you have the Key’s Core?” Rassilon pulled out the tracer. Setsuna summoned a staff with a giant garnet orb on it. Rassilon pointed the tracer at the staff and it clicked rapidly. She pointed the tracer at the orb and it clicked even faster.
“…Your Garnet Orb?” asked the Doctor.
“It became a segment just a while ago,” explained Setsuna. “I’ll give it to you IF…you help us during this conference.”
“…I think that’s a fair deal, Doctor,” remarked Rassilon.
“…You’ve changed,” said Setsuna. “No self-aggrandizing about how I’m an insect?”
“Come on, I’m traveling with the Doctor. She has a tendency to open people’s minds to a wider universe.”
“I have to agree,” said William.
“Well, that’s settled then!” declared the Doctor. “How can I help?”
“Well, the reason for this conference is to discuss the Deimos Temporal Disaster,” replied Setsuna. “The Martian Queens are here, they can explain better than I can.”
“…Disaster?!” asked the Doctor.
As her crew mingled, the Doctor was brought to a private room. A woman with purple eyes and long black hair going straight down her red gown and a lizard woman in green, scaly armor with red eye lenses in her helmet were sitting and discussing. The two looked up to see Setsuna and the Doctor. “Setsuna, what’s going on?” asked the human woman.
“Who is this woman?” asked the lizard woman.
“Queen Rei Hino, Queen Taxona,” introduced Setsuna, “this is the Doctor, an expert in time travel law and temporal mechanics.”
“Doctor?!” asked the lizard woman. She brought her fist to her chest in a salute. “You brought my first ancestor, Iraxxa, into a golden age for our people! By the moons, I honor thee!”
“And I’ve heard of you, Queen Taxona of the Ice Warriors of Mars,” replied the Doctor, saluting in the same way. “Tell me, what year is this?”
“3089, according to the humans of this planet, why?”
“Didn’t want to spoil your future, but you DID help the humans discover faster than light travel ten years ago. By the moons, I honor thee.”
“And I don’t regret helping the humans in the slightest!” chuckled Taxona. She then turned grim. “But we have a grave situation to discuss.”
“Doctor, if Taxona vouches for you,” said Rei, “then we’ll need your help.”
“Yes, I heard there was a disaster at the Deimos Research Station,” remarked the Doctor. “Perhaps you could bring me into the picture?”