| Both the Doctor and Susan jump in surprise, not having seen Fred
and Astra appear out of thin air...
Susan screamed, as she was wont to do. The Doctor only said "Oh, dear."
He regarded the new arrivals dispassionately. They were a young man in
the armor of a medieval knight, and a beautiful red- haired woman in armor
that still fit her curves well.. They looked more like something out of
a 20th century fantasy novel than anything actually medieval. "Who are
you?" asked the Doctor. "What do you want with us?"
Lord Fred was for a moment to disoriented to respond. All this
strangeness was a little much for him, and Astra seemed disoriented too.
Fred looked at Astra and felt a pleasant stirring...of course, he realized.
As he was no longer a Shoggoth, he could feel sexual desire again. And
Astra was very desirable, besides being very spiritually beautiful. Astra
saw him staring at her, and smiled at him. He realized that he had been
so distracted by his disorientation and by Astra that he hadn't answered
the Doctor. Luckily, Astra answered for them. "I'm Princess Astra of Aqualaria.
This is Lord Frederigo D'Honaire. We have a message that we must deliver
to Rassilon. It's imperative that we get to the Tomb of Rassilon."
"Why is that?" asked the Doctor. Lord Fred explained their story to
the best of his ability. The Doctor pondered these people. Their story
was strange, but you would expect that from people who appeared out of
nowhere. They also seemed to be quite in love with each other, and slightly
confused as well so they probably weren't evil. The Doctor knew the behavior
of young people in love, he remembered how Susan left, and he also remembered...but
that was a long time ago. And she was dead now. The Doctor pulled his concentration
to the moment at hand. Even Time Lords couldn't live in the past. "Yes,"
he said, "I'll help you deliver the message."
Then, some Sontarans appeared out of nowhere and fired on the Doctor.
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the Third Doctor...
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