The Christmas special

It was Christmas eve and the four timelords where getting things prepared for tomorrow because it would be hectic with the guests from the party coming back for Christmas dinner and Nine was being he usually grumpy self because the old man who tried to force them to stop the party had refused him access to the elevators because they were for old people only.

"You know what, I really feel like complaining about that old man, he thinks he runs the building" Nine pointed out "first he tries to make us stop our party and now he didn't let me use the elevator."

"Hey, do you remember the time we got stuck in the elevator for about three hours and we had to climb up the cables" the Master said with an amused expression whilst Nine huffed and sulked.

"Don't remind me" he grumbled. Meanwhile, Ten was baking some Christmas cookies and Eleven was helping him out like he did on Halloween, by checking the oven.

"How long until the first batch are done?" Ten asked as he poured the flour into the bowl to make the second batch. Eleven stated that the first batch would be ready in about ten minutes before heading to the cupboard to get the icing sugar just as the Master entered the kitchen and looked over Ten's shoulder to see what he was doing.

"What are you making?" he asked.

"Christmas cookies" Ten replied as he concentrated on what he was doing.

"Are you going to leave them out for Santa claus with a glass of milk like the kids do?" the Master asked.

"Maybe" Ten replied, not looking up from what he was doing. The Master then pointed out that Santa was fat because of all the cookies he eats when children leave them out for him on Christmas.

"I'm a little busy here if you don't mind" Ten said as he concentrated.

"Suit yourself" the Master replied before sauntering out of the kitchen and into the front room where Nine was flicking through the channels with a bored expression on his face.

"Anything good on?" the Master asked as he sat down next to Nine who shook his head and said there wasn't anything remotely interesting on, just some old fashioned Christmas movies from possibly the 1930s and he put the remote down on the coffee table with a bored sigh before deciding he was going to help Ten and Eleven with the baking.

"Wow, you must be bored" the Master said with an amused expression "oh well, seeing as everyone else is baking, I'll join in aswell and possibly make a big mess." Later that evening, Eleven was putting some Christmas cookies on a plate and placed them on the coffee table with a glass of milk and Nine asked him what he was doing.

"Leaving them out for Santa" Eleven replied with a grin. Nine rolled his eyes and announced he was going to bed. The other three stayed up for another couple of hours before finally going to bed themselves and about half an hour later, the Master crept towards the presents and hid them all in the cupboard before going back into his room.

The next morning, Eleven who was too excited to sleep any longer, bounded into the front room like a child and rushed towards the Christmas tree but became disappointed to discover that there were no presents there.

"No way" he moaned just as the other three arrived to see that all the presents were gone and Ten was puzzled because he could have sworn that he had put them there the night before.

"Looks like the Grinch paid us a visit last night" the Master suggested as he tried not to laugh as Eleven looked around to see if they were hidden anywhere but couldn't find them so he went into the kitchen to make a coffee and as he opened the kitchen cupboard, a bunch of coloured boxes all came tumbling out , causing Eleven to fall to the floor.

"I have found the presents" he called from underneath the pile of presents before pulling himself up off the floor and walking back into the front room.

"How on earth did they end up in there?" Ten asked with a puzzled expression as the Master burst out laughing hysterically and the other three all turned to look at him suspicioulsy.

"Do you have something to do with this?" Ten asked suspicioulsy "is this one of your pranks that you've pulled off?." The Master nodded with a grin and pointed out that he was just playing a christmas joke on them.

"Right well at least we can now open our presents" said Ten before heading into the kitchen to bring them back into the living room. Soon after all the presents had been opened, Ten was getting things prepared for the Christmas dinner, Nine was building up a 3-D Jigsaw puzzle and the Master and Eleven were competing against each other on Mario kart on the Wii.

"I'm in first place" Eleven yelled "I'm gonna win."

"You wish" the Master replied before over taking Eleven "ha ha, take that Luigi."

"Alright, this means war" Eleven said in a menacing voice, eyes narrowed before going at full speed.

"Hey that's not fair" the Master complained as Eleven over took him "you may have won this round but the next round is mine."

"Will you two be quiet, I'm trying to concentrate here" Nine told them in a rather annoyed tone as he attempted to finish his 3-D jigsaw puzzle.

"Sorry Niney, but this is some serious game playing me and Eleven are doing and we don't have time to be quiet" the Master replied, eyes still fixed on the tv screen. Nine rolled his eyes and continued to built his jigsaw but was now finding it hard to concentrate with the shouting coming from the two timelords who were playing on the Wii so he basically gave up and decided he would try again later. About an hour later, the people who came to the Christmas party had arrived for the Christmas dinner, the Master and Eleven were still competing against each other on Mario kart until Eleven got bored of playing and decided to help Ten with the Dinner.

"Happy Christmas sweetie" River said as she held a mistletoe over them and planted a big kiss on him "come on then, shall we help your previous incarnation with the dinner." Back in the front room, the Master was still playing on Mario Kart but now he had Charlene, Emily and Sarah Jane's daughter Sky competing against him.

"Come on you pathetic mushroom" the Master yelled at the tv "it's a really fast vechile you should be able to overtake Bowser." The three girls giggled at him and Charlene managed to overtake Emily who jokingly declared revenge upon her older sister. Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Ten, Eleven and River where busy getting the christmas dinner ready and Ten kept telling her that she was a guest and that she didn't have to help out.

"Oh I don't mind helping out my two sweeties" River said before kissing the two doctors "right, shall I go check on the turkey?." A couple of hours later, everyone in the flat was sat around the table, tucking into Christmas dinner.

"This is really good, I really like the turkey" Emily said "last year, my daddy burnt the christmas dinner so we had to have ham sandwiches instead."

"Really?" Ten asked the eight year old girl "and how did he manage to do that then?."

"Because he drank loads of beer" Emily said "he was always drinking last christmas and mummy had to send him to a special hospital to help him get better and when he came out, he didn't drink again." James was shocked when Emily started talking about his incident with the Chrismtas dinner last year and told her not to talk about it anymore.

"But it's true though, mummy told you to watch the dinner while she helped me and Charlene set up the dancemat but you started drinking about ten bottles of beer, fell asleep on the sofa and forgot about the Christmas dinner" Emily protested.

"Yes thankyou that's enough now Emily" James told his youngest daughter. The little girl nodded and continued to eat her Christmas dinner while Eleven was quite annoyed that he had sprouts because he didn't like them so he sneakly slipped them into the dustbin which was next to him and pretented that he was eating them.

After Christmas dinner had finished, everyone had gathered into the front room to sing some Chrismtas songs before playing some Christmas games.

"Ok ok, we have our first game coming up is called pin the nose on rudolph so everyone put on their blind folds while rudolph comes out" Ten told everyone before they put on their blindfolds and Nine emerged from his room, dressed as a reindeer.

"I don't know why I even agreed to do this?" Nine whispered in a rather annoyed tone.

"It's just abit of fun" Ten whispered back "just play along and you'll be fine." He then placed Nine in the middle of the room and the first person to have a go was Eleven and the Master was giving him the directions on where to put the nose, delibratly trying to get him to stick it on his foot.

"Master, you are not supposed to give the player directions" Ten told him "so can you please stop doing that." Unfortunatly, Eleven had stuck the nose on Nine's foot and he was now holding his foot whilst hopping around in pain.

"Ok, shall we have the next person" Ten said after Nine had finished hopping around. Later in the day, everyone was now going home and River was determined to get one more kiss from Eleven underneath the mistletoe, so she grabbed him by the lapels of his jacket and planted one big sloppy kiss on his lips before wishing him a very merry Chrismtas and then leaving.

"Ooooooooh, she really likes you" the Master told him "just wait until easter, shell probably bring you a large easter egg saying something like, happy easter my snuggly bunny bun bun sweetcheeks." Eleven blushed in embarresement and pointed out that he was going to have another go on Mario Kart.

"Ok well I'm playing aswell" the Master said "and this time, I will win on all rounds. Oi, Nine and Ten, fancy a game of Mario kart." Both Nine and Ten nodded and pretty soon, the four timelords were competing agaisnt each other on Mario kart whilst singing Chrismtas carols.

"Dashing through the snow, on a one horse open sleigh, over the fields we go, laughing all the way, bells on bob tails rings, making spirit fly, want fun it is to laugh and sing on a sleigh and song tonight" they all sang.

"Hit it" Ten called out.

"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, oh waht fun it is to ride on a one horse open sleigh, hey, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, oh what fun it is to ride on one horse open sleigh" all four of them sang cheerfully until the Master started adding his own lyrics, all to which were pretty innapropriate.

"I don't think anyone would be blinded if they saw rudolph's nose" Ten pointed out.

"But it's so damn bright, if he ever came right up to you with his nose you will be blinded" the Master protested. After spending a good couple of hours on the Wii, the four timelords decided to turn in for the night.

"Hey just think you guys, in a couple of weeks we'll be in the new year" Eleven said.

"Yeah, it doesn't seem two minutes since we first moved here" Ten replied.

"Oh when me and Nine got stuck in the elevator for about two hours" the Master said with a grin "and we climbed up the cables to get out." Nine sighed in annoyance and told the Master not to mention that ever again because it was the worst experience he had ever had before they all went to bed.

Coming next, the timelords take part in sports day at the local part along with many other residents of london, that's all to come next.