You walk back to the control room dressed a little more cuter than normal. Normally you feel like wearing jeans because you don't really know what you and the Doctor are getting into next but today you were feeling great and a little flirtatious so you put on a cute tardis blue dress with a gold belt in the middle that stops a few inches above your knee and your favorite gold shoes.

You pull your hair up with a gold pin and let a few tendrils frame your face. You smile at yourself once more in the mirror and jauntily approach the Doctor who has stopped messing with the controls and is just leaning against the tardis staring off into space.

You sneak up behind him since he's facing the door and wrap your arms around his middle. He jumps and you laugh. He turns around and his eyes sweep over your outfit appreciatively, lingering on the fair amount of leg showing.

"Is this okay with where we're going?" you ask blushing, hoping he doesn't notice.

"Hmm? Oh yeah it's fine" he replies straightening his suit jacket, the brown pinstriped suit you love so much, and holds out his hand for you to take.

His hand is large and warm and comforting and you may hold it a bit tighter than friendship would permit. He leads you to the tardis door and gives you a quick grin before pulling you outside.

You're parked on a hill that overlooks a city bustling with life down below. It appears to have a street market and many quaint houses. Farther in the land is more rolling hills and scattered villages.

"Welcome to the Planet Sto!" the Doctor declared. "Located in the Casivanian belt and inhabited by a species quite similar to yours"

You start bouncing excitedly and return the Doctor's infectious smile as you pull him with you down the hill towards the nearest city. The inhabitants appear to be human as they sell things in stands on the sides of the road. A big banner is hung up at the entrance to the village proclaiming "Vernum Festum".

"What does it mean?" you ask the Doctor.

"Spring Festival. Oh that's right! The people of Sto hold a festival every spring harvest for a week praying to their gods to deliver a plentiful year."
"They actually believe it works?" you ask

"It seems to. They have no reason to believe otherwise." he says with a shrug.

They are selling everything from produce, fresh breads, and flowers to little trinkets and bobbles and what appear to be machine parts. You notice that the inhabitants are avoiding one of the venders on the right at all cost.

"What's wrong with that guy?" you question.

"Dunno. Let's go ask!" he urged and pull you'd with him through the crowd, still holding your hand subconsciously you guess but you're not protesting.

"Hello good fellow." he greets the middle aged looking man with bad posture and well-calloused hands from obvious labor. You try not to laugh at the Doctor's choice of wording and focus on observing.
"Might I ask what you sell?"

The man looked startled to see someone actually approached and stuttered "W-Well I uh sell parts for umm any of your cyborg needs.

"Cyborg?" you query.
"Oh that's right" the Doctor mutters.
"Well thank you for your time. If I need anything I assure you I'll come back" the Doctor remarked and pulled you with him to a quiet side of the street.

"Cyborgs have been discriminated against on Sto for centuries" the Doctor explains upon seeing your confused look.
"So a cyborg is…"
"Part machine-part whatever species you originate from"

"Well that's not very fair" you huff.
The Doctor's lip quirk into a smile and you say "What?"

"After all you've seen and you still don't know that everything is pretty much unfair"

"Hey I'm a optimist. I believe everything can be worked out eventually. Maybe this can too"

The Doctor's gaze softens and he replies "I know. It's one of the many things I enjoy about you."
"Many?" you say with a nervous swallow.

He just nods in reply and looks off to the side as his cheeks turn a faint pinkish color.
"Well you can assure that I'll be asking for that list later" you say with a smirk.

He looks back at you with his eyebrow raised and you tug his hand signaling for him to follow you. "Come on. We got a whole festival to see!" He chuckles but follows you nevertheless.

You take time wandering the cobbled streets and even try an odd looking green fruit that taste a bit like a kiwi-orange mix. Your favorite part of the day is the fact the Doctor is still holding your hand though. His thumb occasionally rubs circles on the back of your hand and you try not to get too nervous but he really doesn't know what he does to you.

After a day of smiling and trying new exotic foods, and luckily no danger, the Doctor pulls you with him back to the tardis.

"Thanks for today" you say smiling up at him. His hair is ruffling in the wind and his brown eyes are gazing warmly at you. He's still holding your hand and he brings it up to his lips and kisses the back of it.

"My pleasure" he murmured and you walked through the tardis door first hoping he doesn't notice how flustered you are.

"I'm gonna go get some tea. Be right back" you remark and start walking towards the tardis hallway. You don't get to the kitchen though before the tardis jolts and you fall against the wall. You dash back to the control room to see the Doctor picking himself up off the floor.

"What the hell was that?" you exclaim.

"I don't know" he says rubbing the tardis worriedly . Normally you would laugh at the affection he shows his ship but now you just wanna find out what happened. He calmly walks to the tardis door and looks out. He closes it quickly though with a very baffled look on his face.

You walk over to stand beside him and ask" What is it?"

He wordlessly opens the door and you see that you're underground it seems up on a ledge and out of sight at the back of a enormous cave. Down below there are at least a few hundred people gathered and chatting animatedly.

"Where are we?" you ask looking up at the Doctor for answers.

"Sto." he replies closing the door and going back to the control screen to check something.

"But I thought we left." you questioned.

"The tardis came back for something." he says, his brow scrunched in concentration. "We must be part of the events somehow and can't leave until it's over"
You huff in frustration and bite your lip in thought.

The Doctor whirls around and strides to the door.

"What are you doing?" you question.

"Well come on!" he says grinning. "We can't just sit here while all the fun is going on" and you follow him out onto the ledge, closing the tardis door behind you.

Before you can start your descent, one of the people climbs up onto a higher rock and everyone instinctively quiets down. The Doctor and you exchange merry glances in anticipation for what happens next.

The man holds his arms out in welcome and proclaims "Welcome to this gathering, my fellow cyborgs. Let us plan our revolution, for justice!" and all the people below roared with agreement.