The Doctor was ready for a new adventure. Although he missed his latest companion, he decided it was much safer if he traveled alone for a while. He hadn't really accepted any companions since his last regeneration, and since he usually relies on them to pick a time and place to travel to, the Doctor was not sure where to go. He closes his eyes and pulls the lever of the TARDIS, hoping he ends up somewhere with good food.
When the doctor lands, he steps out onto a beautiful island, but with no people! Immediately he knows something is wrong... He goes to explore the area and comes across little creatures, about two feet tall, with reddish fur. They all seem to be running away, while quickly gathering pieces of fruit for their boats. He goes in the direction they came from, to see why they were running. In the distance, he sees a magnificent castle. When he enters, he is standing in what would be a beautiful garden.. if there were not piles of bones covering all of the grass. As he walks around a corner, he then sees hundreds of men tied to a long stick, above a fire pit. It looks like they are in the process of being roasted to eat! But who has done this? And how?
Suddenly, the doctor hears a roar of thunder. Wait, no. Not thunder. It's footsteps. The Doctor quickly hides behind a bush, pulls out his sonic screwdriver, and aims it in the direction of the sound. He begins to see a shadow of the creature, and soon realizes that he is in the home of a giant. The giant was as tall as a palm tree, had one eye which flamed like a burning coal in the middle of his forehead, had long and sharp teeth, and had nails as sharp as knives.
The giant hadn't seen the Doctor yet, so he also didn't see that the Doctor was slowly recharging his sonic screwdriver with the power to knockout any creature he came across. As the giant turned his back to the Doctor and began to lower the stick with the men tied to it, in order to roast them, the Doctor slowly creeped up behind the giant. If he even stepped on one bone or made even the slightest of sounds, the giant would immediately turn around and snatch him up for lunch.
In one swift move, he jumped out to where he had a clear shot at the giant's back, and pressed his sonic screwdriver. A green light shined into the giant's back like a laser, and made him fall to the ground, unconscious. He quickly untied a few men, who untied a few more men, until everybody was free. Everybody was talking at once, astonished at their good luck. The Doctor led them to the TARDIS, and one by one, everybody went inside.
Their faces lit up as they explored the police box that was bigger on the inside. They couldn't believe it! What sort of magic was this? Where did the Doctor obtain this? How did he get on the island? They were all asking these questions frantically; they had never seen such a thing!
The Doctor simply smiled. "Take me to your home. I'll tell you everything."
Bibliography: Andrew Lang's The Voyages of Sinbad [The Giant].
Author's Note:
This story is a mix of a Doctor Who theme and one of the stories in the Voyages of Sinbad. In the Voyages of Sinbad, Sinbad the sailor goes on many adventures and experiences near-death encounters. In this particular story, he ends up on an island with his sailors and realizes that the castle they stepped into is the home of a giant. They see human bones everywhere, so they lay down and pretend to be dead. The giant eats the fattest one first, then every day after that he eats another sailor. Suddenly, Sinbad has a plan to escape. He tells the others, and they spend the day building rafts. At night, they lodged a stick into the giant's eye, so that they could escape. They run away on their rafts and escape the giant. I incorporated the Doctor Who aspect into it because the Doctor goes and saves people on different planets, different countries, etc. I figured I would put him in the story by saving the sailors, instead of Sinbad being the main character. I didn't change much, and I got the description of the giant from the story. Hope you all liked this version! :)
When the doctor lands, he steps out onto a beautiful island, but with no people! Immediately he knows something is wrong... He goes to explore the area and comes across little creatures, about two feet tall, with reddish fur. They all seem to be running away, while quickly gathering pieces of fruit for their boats. He goes in the direction they came from, to see why they were running. In the distance, he sees a magnificent castle. When he enters, he is standing in what would be a beautiful garden.. if there were not piles of bones covering all of the grass. As he walks around a corner, he then sees hundreds of men tied to a long stick, above a fire pit. It looks like they are in the process of being roasted to eat! But who has done this? And how?
Suddenly, the doctor hears a roar of thunder. Wait, no. Not thunder. It's footsteps. The Doctor quickly hides behind a bush, pulls out his sonic screwdriver, and aims it in the direction of the sound. He begins to see a shadow of the creature, and soon realizes that he is in the home of a giant. The giant was as tall as a palm tree, had one eye which flamed like a burning coal in the middle of his forehead, had long and sharp teeth, and had nails as sharp as knives.
The giant hadn't seen the Doctor yet, so he also didn't see that the Doctor was slowly recharging his sonic screwdriver with the power to knockout any creature he came across. As the giant turned his back to the Doctor and began to lower the stick with the men tied to it, in order to roast them, the Doctor slowly creeped up behind the giant. If he even stepped on one bone or made even the slightest of sounds, the giant would immediately turn around and snatch him up for lunch.
In one swift move, he jumped out to where he had a clear shot at the giant's back, and pressed his sonic screwdriver. A green light shined into the giant's back like a laser, and made him fall to the ground, unconscious. He quickly untied a few men, who untied a few more men, until everybody was free. Everybody was talking at once, astonished at their good luck. The Doctor led them to the TARDIS, and one by one, everybody went inside.
Their faces lit up as they explored the police box that was bigger on the inside. They couldn't believe it! What sort of magic was this? Where did the Doctor obtain this? How did he get on the island? They were all asking these questions frantically; they had never seen such a thing!
The Doctor simply smiled. "Take me to your home. I'll tell you everything."
Source: The inside of the TARDIS (it's bigger on the inside!)
Source: The outside of the TARDIS.
Author's Note:
This story is a mix of a Doctor Who theme and one of the stories in the Voyages of Sinbad. In the Voyages of Sinbad, Sinbad the sailor goes on many adventures and experiences near-death encounters. In this particular story, he ends up on an island with his sailors and realizes that the castle they stepped into is the home of a giant. They see human bones everywhere, so they lay down and pretend to be dead. The giant eats the fattest one first, then every day after that he eats another sailor. Suddenly, Sinbad has a plan to escape. He tells the others, and they spend the day building rafts. At night, they lodged a stick into the giant's eye, so that they could escape. They run away on their rafts and escape the giant. I incorporated the Doctor Who aspect into it because the Doctor goes and saves people on different planets, different countries, etc. I figured I would put him in the story by saving the sailors, instead of Sinbad being the main character. I didn't change much, and I got the description of the giant from the story. Hope you all liked this version! :)
Hey Kreets!
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting mix of Dcotor who and an Arabian nights story! I was curious what the little 2 foot creatures were. I kind of imagined the yellow minions from Despicable Me but that's just me! A cool follow up story would be how those men originally got there and what the two foot creatures purpose was for the giant etc. Otherwise, great story!
Hey there Kreets!I have to say, I'm jealous I didn't come up with an idea like this first. I loved watching Doctor who and also read the Sinbad stories, and I really liked how you combined those two things together. Even though the story was short, I enjoyed every word of it. Keep up the good work!
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