In a mansion on the edge of a city, the butler was finishing up a phone call. \u201c\u2026I see. \u2026Very well, Mr. Fox. Mister Wayne will contact you shortly. \u2026Goodbye, sir.\u201d He hung up the phone and sighed. \u201c\u2026To lose Lucius Fox, of all people\u2026\u201d his thoughts were interrupted by a bookcase sliding to the left automatically, revealing a concealed staircase. The butler\u2019s employer walked up the stairs and into the main mansion. \u201cGood evening, Master Bruce,\u201d greeted the butler. \u201cI hadn\u2019t expected you to use that entrance until after your evening patrol.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI needed to use the Batcomputer to double-check that reading I needed help with,\u201d explained the butler\u2019s employer, Gotham\u2019s richest man, Bruce Wayne. \u201cWho were you talking to, Alfred?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTo Mr. Fox. I\u2019m sorry to report that we\u2019ve lost him.\u201d Bruce\u2019s eyes widened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Nothing?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot a trace,\u201d sighed Alfred sadly. \u201cHe didn\u2019t recognize the standard quotes at all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s getting worse!\u201d growled Bruce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFirst Master Grayson, then Miss Kyle, now Lucius,\u201d recalled Alfred. \u201cHow can one forget a man like Martin Luther King Jr.?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m hoping a specialist I called can shed some light,\u201d remarked Bruce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA specialist, Sir?\u201d The buzzer then rang. Alfred answered it. \u201cWayne Manor. How may we assist?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWinston Zeddemore here,\u201d replied the person at the door. \u201cI heard there was a theory that a ghost was involved in the good Reverend\u2019s disappearance from national memory?\u201d Alfred looked at Bruce in surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a bit early, but we need speed, Alfred. \u2026He knows about my night life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Come right in, Dr. Zeddemore,\u201d bid Alfred as he pressed the button that opened the gate. He and Bruce then headed to the front door and let Winston in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWelcome to Wayne Manor, Dr. Zeddemore,\u201d greeted Bruce as he and Winston shook hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPlease, just call me Winston,\u201d replied Winston. \u201cSo, the famous Batman wants my help, huh?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the outermost edge of Bruce\u2019s property, a blonde woman in strange clothes pulled out a recorder. \u201cPersonal Log entry 7Z. Earth date, seventh month, twenty-second day, two thousand twenty-seventh year. Local civilization, Gotham, United States of America. Lieutenant Tysar reporting. Yet again, I\u2019ve been skulking around like the criminals that run rampant throughout Gotham, stealing food to survive. \u2026I\u2019m starting to hate hot dogs, but they\u2019re the nearest thing I can get right now. \u2026Sorry, it\u2019s just\u2026it\u2019s been at least three Earth years since I was taken from New Davius. I\u2026I really miss home. \u2026No real new thing, other than a famous Earth figure disappearing from public\u2026huh?\u201d Tysar stopped recording as she heard a noise. It sounded like something going Vworp repeatedly, then it ended in a thud. \u201c\u2026Log entry addendum: I think I heard a peculiar noise that no Earth machine makes. I\u2019m going to investigate.\u201d Tysar packed her supplies and wandered along the edge of the property for a few yards\u2026then she saw it. It was a blue box with windows and signs. Tysar gasped in disbelief. \u201c\u2026You\u2026you haven\u2019t-! \u2026Have you?!\u201d Tysar rushed to the door, then stopped, hesitating. \u201c\u2026Log entry addendum: I think\u2026either the loneliness of being stranded on Earth starting the second quarter of its 21st century is getting to me\u2026or I may be saved! \u2026I\u2019m looking at a vehicle of historical significance for our people! It\u2019s a blue box that locals would call a Police Box from London in the 1960\u2019s. Our people would know it as a vehicle that brought four people to our ancestors in the time of their greatest need on the ancestral homeworld. \u2026If this is real, I\u2019m going to attempt to enter it.\u201d Tysar stopped recording and read the sign. The letters were English, but somehow they were translated into characters and words she understood so she could read that one had to pull to open the doors. She hesitated\u2026then pushed the doors. They swung inside and Tysar gasped. \u201c\u2026It\u2019s real! \u2026I don\u2019t believe it! The TARDIS! \u2026It\u2019s real! \u2026And I can go home!\u201d Happy tears welled up in her eyes as she stepped inside the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tysar looked around the interior as it defied geometry! The inside was bigger than the outside! There was a hexagonal control console in the center with a glass cylinder in the center of the console. \u201c\u2026Log entry addendum!\u201d Tysar said as she began recording again. \u201cIt\u2019s real! The TARDIS! It\u2019s real! \u2026I can see a path to home, after three years of losing hope! \u2026I\u2019ve entered the TARDIS, but the Doctor is nowhere to be seen. \u2026Hang on, there\u2019s a display saying something. I\u2019m going to read it.\u201d The display read \u201cDecontamination complete. Awaiting pilot recovery.\u201d Tysar blinked. \u201c\u2026Pilot recovery?\u201d she muttered. \u201cWhat happened here?\u201d The display then changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNon-Gallifreyan detected. Spatio\/temporal origin not of local time zone or planet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026N-No, I\u2019m not,\u201d confirmed Tysar. \u201cLook, what required decontamination?\u201d The display changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPilot was infected with artificial virus of Skarosian origin. Cure has been synthesized and introduced into air supply and all traces of virus have been purged.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSkarosian virus?\u201d asked Tysar in horror. \u201cThe Doctor just came from an encounter with my people\u2019s greatest enemy?! Where-?!\u201d The display changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cProceed to Zero Room where pilot is being healed. Path will be indicated. Pilot requires reviving.\u201d Lights then lit up on the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Right, I\u2019ll do what I can!\u201d Tysar followed the lights deeper into the TARDIS and found herself outside a room. She entered the room and saw a woman with African features sleeping in mid-air! The woman wore a burgundy outfit with a rose-hemmed skirt and a headband with a large rose on the left side, but her outfit wasn\u2019t important. \u201c\u2026This is your pilot?\u201d asked Tysar. \u201c\u2026This is\u2026the Doctor?\u201d The woman then groaned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOogh, Amy!\u201d said the woman groggily. \u201cI warned you about your hammer!\u201d The woman\u2019s eyes fluttered open. \u201c\u2026The\u2026the Zero Room? \u2026Oh\u2026oh yes, Amy\u2026and Lurra\u2026the disease! I-!\u201d The woman then saw Tysar. \u201c\u2026Am\u2026I seeing things?\u201d asked the woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, I can assure you that I\u2019m real,\u201d said Tysar. \u201cYour ship landed on Earth and-.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLanded?\u201d Memories then stirred in the woman\u2019s mind. \u201c\u2026Yes\u2026yes, I programmed the TARDIS to land when\u2026when all traces of a disease were eliminated. I had accidentally contracted it and\u2026wait, if the TARDIS landed and you\u2019re here\u2026then it worked!\u201d The woman then floated in a fashion that put her upright. Her feet then touched the floor. \u201cI think some introductions are in order. Who are you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Lieutenant Tysar, New Davius Scientific Survey Corps!\u201d replied Tysar. \u201cCurrent status: stranded on Earth in its 21st century! Local civilization name: Gotham!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNew Davius?\u201d The woman\u2019s eyes widened. \u201cYou\u2019re a Thal! But you lot shouldn\u2019t-! \u2026Did an energy wave grab you from wherever you were and plop you here in\u2026Gotham, you said? American city?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cErm, yes, to all those questions,\u201d answered Tysar. \u201cAnd you\u2026?\u201d The woman took off her glove and held her wrist out. Tysar checked the woman\u2019s pulse\u2026and her eyes widened. \u201c\u2026A double pulse!\u201d she whispered. \u201c\u2026You really ARE the Doctor!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd I\u2019ve been tracking those energy waves,\u201d explained the Doctor as she put her glove back on. \u201cThey\u2019re called chronal surges and they have a tendency to take people out of their native time and space and put them into new ones, either in the past or in the future. So\u2026looks like I need to bring you back to New Davius.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019d like that, yes,\u201d said Tysar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFirst things first,\u201d declared the Doctor, \u201clet\u2019s see if there are any chronal surges here, hm?\u201d With that, the Doctor hurried to the console room with Tysar behind her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Tysar got acquainted with the Doctor, Alfred checked the grounds, having heard the TARDIS\u2019 arrival. \u201cI\u2019m SURE I\u2019ve gone senile, Sir,\u201d remarked Alfred over the comms. \u201cIt sounded similar to when the Doctor\u2019s vehicle vanished, but\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf you have the presence of mind to say you\u2019re senile,\u201d replied Bruce, \u201cthere\u2019s a good chance you\u2019re not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI appreciate the vote of confidence, Sir.\u201d Alfred then goggled. \u201c\u2026Sir, the TARDIS IS on the edge of your property.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSee if you can make contact with-.\u201d The doors opened and the Doctor and Tysar came out with the Doctor looking worried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is impossible,\u201d she muttered. \u201cHe can\u2019t just vanish from time like-!\u201d She then saw Alfred. \u201c\u2026Alfred Pennyworth!\u201d she said with a smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA new companion for the Doctor?\u201d asked Alfred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTry again,\u201d replied the Doctor as she presented her wrist. Alfred then felt her pulse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Sir, has Superman ever said anything about Time Lords changing faces?\u201d Alfred asked over the comms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe said it was a survival mechanism, according to the Kryptonian Archives,\u201d replied Bruce. \u201cWhy? Is the Doctor different?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf you want further proof,\u201d said the Doctor, \u201cI offered you the chance to come on a trip after Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn\u2019s disastrous mess with the Krynoid, but you said you had a vacation all lined up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMaster Bruce, the Doctor HAS changed her face,\u201d confirmed Alfred. \u201cAnd far be it for me to tell you what to do, but I believe she may help us and Dr. Zeddemore in this caper.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDr. Zeddemore?\u201d asked the Doctor. \u201cThen Martin Luther King Jr\u2019s ghost is gone as well?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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