The alarm clock rang for 7AM, and James ''Jimmy'' Greaver opened his eyes. He reluctantly hauled himself out of bed, before heading to the bathroom. After using the bathroom, having a shower and brushing his teeth, he headed to the kitchen, where his mother, Valerie, was having breakfast with his younger brother, Adam. Jimmy made his usual breakfast of cerial, before heading to his room to eat it.

Returning to his room, Jimmy switched on his computer and began to surf the internet. Jimmy had few friends, so he spent most of his time at home on the computer reading whatever website took his fancy. However, he caught the time, and realised that he needed to get ready for school. He quickly finished his breakfast before changing into his school uniform. He was about to leave when Valerie stopped him.

''Jimmy, I need you to pick up some things from Henricks,'' she said, handing him a long shopping list and some money.

''Mum, that's ages away from school,'' he pointed out, trying to get out of having to make another journey after school.

''Please, James. I'd go myself, but I promised your brother I'd come and watch him play football.''

Jimmy looked at his 7 year old brother who was standing behind his mother. His brother looked at him imploringly, and Jimmy reluctantly said ''Alright then, I'll go after school.''

Jimmy opened the door, and set off on his daily journey to school. As he lived on a tall block of flats, he had to go down several staircases in order to exit the council estate. There was a lift too, but the bloody thing never worked! Before he began the first staircase, he stopped to admire the impressive London skyline, which the altitude of his flat gave a perfect view.

After finally exiting the block, he made his way to the already crowded bus stop. He was greeted by the usual mocking stares, and tried not to draw any attention to himself. When the bus finally arrived, the seats were filled out almost instantly. Although some of the passengers were adults on their way to work, most were pupils at Jimmy's school. As usual, Jimmy had to stand on the crowded bus, and was constantly pushed aside by people moving around and getting on or off the bus.

Jimmy grunted as Ian Roberts pushed him aside, ''Oi Greaver, get out the way, mate,'' he jeered mockingly. Roberts was of average height, well built, handsome and popular, yet Jimmy hated him, mostly because he would use almost any reason to bully and annoy Jimmy. The fact that Jimmy was not really into what most other teenagers liked, as well as the fact that was quite unattractive - being tall and scrawny and having a face full of spots – made him an easy target for bullying at school, making every school day a chore for him.

When Jimmy finally got to school, registration went by quickly, and he soon found himself entering his first lesson of the day, science with Mr Carter. This lesson was boring and uneventful, which set the tone for the next 3 lessons, where the only noteworthy thing to happen was Roberts sticking chewing gum in some poor boy's hair, which earned nothing but laughter from the class, with Jimmy being the only person with the decency to stick up for the boy, which in turn earned him a barrage of taunts and mocking comments.

After the usual 1 hour lunch break, Jimmy walked in to his final lesson of the day, which was Maths with Mr Owen. The sad thing about Mr Owen was that he was a nice man, but in his old age his teaching ability was not quite up to scratch, which meant that the class – which was meant to be a top set – did not learn much and rather spent the lesson either listening to Mr Owen droning on and on or completing work which a child years below their age could complete.

There was one positive side to being in this lesson, though, and that was that in the seating plan Jimmy was sat next to Olivia Alison. Although nobody knew, Olivia was the only girl whom Jimmy had ever taken interest in. She walked into the room and sat down next to Jimmy. She was of average height, very pretty with long blonde hair and green eyes, and a beautiful face. She was blissfully unaware of Jimmy's affections for her, though Jimmy knew it was better that way, as he knew there was no way anything would ever come of his affections, she was too attractive for him and much more popular, being friends with the likes of Ian Roberts and Alice McGowan, both of whom annoyed the hell out of Jimmy.

After Mr Owen set the work, which Jimmy and Olivia completed within minutes, they then began chatting amongst themselves, Olivia droning on about what new designer clothing she wanted or what she had read in the latest celebrity magazine. Jimmy was more than happy to just listen and add his input whenever she wanted it, and before he knew it, the lesson was over.

Jimmy knew he would have to take a different bus from his usual one to get him to Henricks in central London, and so he embarked on a much more peaceful bus journey.

After reaching Henricks, Jimmy started on the long shopping list his mother had given him, grabbing several items only to find that one of the things he needed was on the next floor up. Jimmy entered the lift, but clumsily pressed the wrong button and the lift began to move downwards towards the basement.

''Oh, shit,'' he muttered to himself.

When he reached the basement, he briefly stepped out of the lift to see if there was anyone there, only for the doors to slide shut and the lift to immediately go back up.

''Brilliant,'' he said sarcastically.

Jimmy looked at his watch, and realized that it was closing time. He needed to get back up there. That very moment, he heard a sound from the other room. Curiosity got the better of him, and he went to see what it was. It was one of the plastic dummies for clothing displays. It was followed by another, and another, and soon several of them were making their way towards Jimmy.

''What the hell is this?'' Jimmy shouted at the dummies. There was no reply, and the dummies continued advancing upon Jimmy. Finally, they had him backed against the wall, and the lead Dummy raised its arm in order to clobber him. But right then, a hand grabbed Jimmy's arm.

''Run.'' It was a man wearing a leather jacket. He and Jimmy ran through the basement, the man having let go of Jimmy's arm. The dummies were close behind them, until they finally managed to get to a lift. Just before the doors shut, one of the dummies got it's arm caught in the doors. The man pulled against the arm until it ended up breaking off the dummy.

''Plastic!'' the man said, handing the arm to Jimmy.

''Serious?'' Jimmy said, studying the arm and realising this wasn't some stupid people wearing plastic suits, but rather a fully plastic arm.

''Yeah. Was there anyone else down there?''

''I don't know.''

''If there were, I'm afraid they're dead.''

''What?''

They exited the lift, and the man pointed a tube like device at the lift mechanism.

''Mind your eyes,'' he said.

The device emitted a bright blue light from its tip and produced a whirring noise.

''What are those things down there?'' Jimmy asked, more curious than scared. The man explained as the made their way towards the exit.

''They're made of plastic. Living plastic creatures. They're being controlled by a relay device on the roof, which would be a great big problem if I didn't have this,'' he said as he got out a small explosive device. ''So, I'm going to go up there and blow them up, and I might well die in the process, but don't worry about me. No, you go home, go and have your lovely beans on toast. Don't tell anyone about this because if you do, you'll get them killed.''

He shut the door, but reopened it and asked ''I'm the Doctor, by the way, what's your name?''

''Jimmy. Jimmy Greaver.''

''Nice to meet you, Jimmy. Run for your life!'' The Doctor commanded before slamming the door shut.

Jimmy stuffed the plastic arm in his school bag and made his way away from Henricks, but when he looked back, he saw the building suddenly explode. As people around the area panicked, Jimmy fled the scene, not noticing the blue police telephone box as he walked past it...

When Jimmy finally returned home, he was met by tearful hugs from his mother and brother, and his mother began making phone calls to let people know he was all right.

''I need to get some sleep, Mum,'' he said weakly.

''Alright then. I'll see you in the morning,'' She said, and she gave him another tearful hug.

The next morning, Jimmy woke up and performed his normal morning routine, before heading off to school. The only thing on his mind was the events of yesterday, but he was happy to remember that he had maths first. Sadly for him, when he walked into the classroom he saw that Mr Owen was not teaching. They had a sub teacher instead. Any other lesson, and this would have been a good thing, not this one, as it meant that nobody would sit in the seating plan, which meant that Olivia would probably sit with her stupid friends rather than with him, while he would be on his own. Sure enough, Olivia walked into the room along with Alice McGowan.

Alice had blonde hair like Olivia, but had cold blue eyes and wore glasses due to being badly short-sighted. She was as beautiful and popular as Olivia, but she was nowhere near as nice. There was a reason Jimmy referred to her as 'the biggest bitch in the school'. Like Ian Roberts, she would do whatever she could to annoy him. As she walked past Jimmy, her eyes swept over him as though he was some kind of inferior being.

Jimmy simply sat down on his own, earning a slightly apologetic look from Olivia and smirks from Ian and Alice. He was certainly not a well-liked individual. He would not dare mention that he had been involved in the explosion at Henriks, lest he be called 'mad' and 'a bullshitter'. He sat there doing absolutely nothing throughout the lesson, preferring to spend it brooding over what happened yesterday. That was when Ian decided to have some fun and nick Jimmy's bag, as he knew that people touching his things were one of the things that annoyed Jimmy the most.

Jimmy chased Ian across the classroom, not in any mood for this kind of trouble.

''Settle down, now'' the sub teacher, Mr Bews tried to say, though nobody seemed to listen. Ian unzipped Jimmy's bag and began removing the contents, mostly school books and things like that, and throwing them on the ground. It was then that Alice noticed something, she put her hand in Jimmy's bag and pulled out the plastic arm. 'I forgot I put it in there' Jimmy thought to himself.

''Oi, give that back!'' he shouted at her as he attempted to snatch the arm, which she avoided easily.

''What the hell is that thing?'' Ian questioned.

''Looks like some kind of lifesize doll arm. Aww, does Greaver have a thing for dolls?'' she jeered. The class laughed at this.

''SHUT UP AND GIVE IT BACK!''

''What if I don't?'' she said smugly, knowing that Jimmy would never hit a girl.

Jimmy thought for a moment. ''I could make you.'' Hitting her was out of the question, so he had to think of another way to make her return the arm.

''Go on then, what you gonna do?'' she challenged. Finally he thought of something. It was harsh, and he didn't really want to do it, but Jimmy knew it would not have the same consequences as hitting her, and he needed to get that arm back.

So, he reached out quickly. Naturally, Alice assumed he was going for the arm, so she moved the hand with which she was holding the arm away, but Jimmy was not going for the arm.

Instead, he grabbed her glasses and pulled them right away from her face. Olivia let out a slight giggle at this, but quickly composed herself before her friend could notice. Alice's expression turned from smug to panicking. Jimmy smirked knowing that he had gained the upper hand, as he recalled her once mentioning that her eyesight was extremely poor. Jimmy was standing close to Alice, yet his face was quite blurred to her.

''Oi, give them back!'' she said.

''I'll give you your glasses if you give me the arm,'' he said.

At that moment, Ian started to speak. ''Give her glasses back!'' he shouted.

''I'll give them back if I get the arm,'' Jimmy replied, growing increasingly angry.

Ian started advancing towards Jimmy. The whole class became silent as they observed the spectacle.

''No. I told you to give her the glasses. I don't care about your stupid arm,'' he was now standing right in front of Jimmy.

Any other time, Jimmy would have backed down as he did not like fighting, but right now he was filled with pure anger and would beat the hell out of Ian Roberts if he had to. He stood his ground.

''Go on Ian! Knock him out!'' one of Ian's mates shouted from behind.

Mr Bews stood up ''Settle down now, lads,'' He was ignored.

''Go on then, hit me,'' Ian jeered mockingly.

At that moment, Jimmy flipped. He grabbed Ian's shirt and dragged the other boy to the floor. He jumped onto him - his knee hitting Alice's glasses in the process - and began delivering punch after punch into Ian's face. The class all started shouting as Olivia ran up to the fight and tried to tell Jimmy to stop, but her pleas barely registered in Jimmy's mind.

At this point, Mr Bews sprung into action and grabbed Jimmy from behind. He pulled him away from Ian before letting him go, but standing directly in his path in case he tried to attack him again. Instead, Jimmy walked the other way, storming right up to a now scared looking Alice, and snatching the plastic arm out of her hand. He shoved it into his school bag along with everything else Ian had emptied out of it.

Alice then hesitantly walked to near where Ian was lying and picked up her glasses. They had become damaged when Jimmy's knee landed on them, with a cracked lens.

''I'll tell my parents about this. They'll give you hell,'' she promised. Jimmy knew she was a spoiled brat and got whatever she wanted.

''Oh, I don't care,'' he responded. He had had it with this school and all the stupid fucking people in it. He felt tempted to storm out of school that very moment, but knew he was in enough trouble as it is.

Meanwhile, The Doctor walked through the school gates and into reception. The receptionist began to say something, but he showed her his psychic paper, so she fell silent and allowed him through.

He looked around until he found the right classroom. He walked in without knocking. Evidently there was some kind of confrontation going on, as a boy lay on the ground - just starting to regain consciousness - with cuts and bruises on his face, while the boy he had met yesterday, Jimmy Greaver, was standing there with red marks on his hands. It was obvious that Greaver had hit the other boy. An older man, most likely a teacher, was standing there trying to diffuse any further tension. The rest of the class remained seated, with the exception of two blonde-haired girls, one of whom was standing beside the injured boy, while the other stood in the middle of the room clutching a damaged pair of glasses and desperately trying to see clearly without them.

''What's going on here then?'' he asked.

''YOU!'' Greaver shouted. Greaver clearly did not have what he was looking for, so heturned to leave.

''I must have got the wrong signal. You're not plastic are you? Nope. Bonehead. Bye then.'' he said as he made his way back out the door.

Greaver grabbed his arm and pulled him ''Wait''.

''We need to go to the police.'' the teenager told him at last.

''Not sure that's a good idea.'' he replied.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of something unzipping. It was coming from Greaver's bag. After a large enough gap had been unzipped, the plastic arm jumped out and started to strangle Greaver. The whole class gasped as the arm throttled Greaver.

The teacher along with one of the two blonde girls grabbed the arm and tried to pull it off. The Doctor quickly tried to help as well, but the arm jumped off Greaver, instead attacking the girl.

''Olivia!'' Greaver shouted and he too tried to pull against the arm. But this time, The Doctor was prepared. He went and jabbed the sonic screwdriver into the arm, and it powered down.

''It's all right, I've stopped it. There you go, you see? Armless.''

He then walked out of the classroom, only for Greaver, along with the girl, Olivia to follow him out into the corridor, despite protests from the teacher.

''Hold on a minute!'' Greaver exclaimed.

''What do you want now?'' he asked.

''That arm thing just tried to kill us,'' Olivia said.

''Ten out of ten for observation.'' he quipped.

''Could you at least explain what's going on?'' Greaver asked.

''No,'' was his simple reply.

The Doctor opted to use one of the exits into the front of the school rather than go through reception. He was becoming increasingly irritated that the two teenagers were still following him around even after they had left school grounds.

''What are you actually called?'' Greaver questioned.

''The Doctor.''

''Doctor who?'' Greaver pressed.

''Just the Doctor.''

''Odd name,'' Olivia muttered.

''So who exactly are you then? Are you from the police? Or the government?'' Greaver asked.

''No, I was just passing through. I'm a long way from home,'' he replied.

''Why did that plastic thing try to kill us?'' Olivia asked.

''It was after me, not you. Jimmy here blundered in at Henricks yesterday, and he must have kept it in his bag after. I was tracking it down, it was tracking me down, then it decided to attack when I was nearby. It only attacked Jimmy because he met me.''

''Hang on a minute,'' she said, ''Doesn't that mean you two were at Henricks last night when it blew up?''.

''It was me that blew it up. I had to stop the Auton threat before ayne else got hurt. That arm was just a remnant.''

''Oh my God,'' Olivia said, shocked.

''Does anyone else know about this stuff with the plastic?'' Greaver asked.

''Just me.''

''And how did you manage to stop it back there?''

''The thing controlling it projects life into the arm. I cut off the signal, dead.''

''What is it? Some kind of remote control?'' Olivia asked.

''More like thought control.''

''Who's controlling it?''

''Long story.''

''And what do they want?'' Greaver asked.

''They want to overthrow the human race and destroy you.''

''Who are you though Doctor, really?'' Olivia questioned.

At this point, they were nearing a blue wooden box which read 'Police Public Call Box'

The Doctor explained himself to the two teenagers, ''Do you know what Humans say about the Earth revolving? It's like when you were a kid. The first time they tell you the world's turning and you just can't quite believe it because everything looks like it's standing still. I can feel it. The turn of the Earth. The ground beneath our feet is spinning at a thousand miles an hour, and the entire planet is hurtling round the sun at sixty seven thousand miles an hour, and I can feel it. We're falling through space, all of us, clinging to the skin of this tiny little world, and if we let go. That's who I am. Now, forget me, both of you. Go home.'' He began to walk towards the blue box.

Jimmy and Olivia started to walk back to school. They felt a gush of wind and hear an odd sound coming from where the Doctor was headed. They both ran back, only to find that both the Doctor and the blue box were gone. Jimmy and Olivia began a silent walk back to school, with neither speaking to the other.

Walking out of school had serious consequences for both Jimmy and Olivia, as they had both been given detentions as well as had their parents informed. Thankfully, Olivia's parents were quite lenient, and although she was punished, it was not severe. She was still allowed to use the computer, which was just what she needed. She usually spent most of her time on the computer going on the website of clothes shop to look for designer clothing, nothing like what she was doing now. She had never been interested in this kind of thing before, but then, that was because she had never witnessed anything like it first hand.

She considered typing 'Doctor' on the search engine, but she knew that would not get what she needed. She instead tried 'Doctor living plastic', that came up with a bunch of irrelevant results. She then tried 'Doctor blue box', and the first result interested her. It said 'Do you know this man?' he clicked on it, only to find a picture of the Doctor on the screen with the caption 'Doctor Who' above, and 'Have you seen this man? Contact Clive' underneath. This was what she was looking for. She sent an email to Jimmy saying she had found a man with information about the Doctor. They agreed to go and see him together.

Olivia met Jimmy outside her house on Saturday. Olivia's house was on the other side of the area they lived in. Her family lived in the more affluent part of the area.

''So how are we gonna get to Clive's house?'' Olivia asked.

''My dad said he'd drive us,'' Jimmy's mother and father were divorced, and he did not have much contact with his father. However, he knew the man was there for him when he needed. His mother had refused to help him with anything after the school had informed her of him assaulting one fellow student and damaging the property of another – neglecting to inform that he had been provoked into both actions – so he had turned to his father.

Sure enough, a car pulled up beside Jimmy and Olivia, and the window opened to reveal Jimmy's father, Joshua Greaver.

''Alright lad?'' Joshua said.

''Do you know where this place is, Dad?'' Jimmy asked. He had informed his father of what had happened with the Doctor and who Clive was. Joshua was skeptical but knew his son was not lying.

''Yeah. I know the place, drive down that road on the way to work sometimes. In you get!'' he gestured for Jimmy and Olivia to enter. Jimmy sat in the front seat next to his father, while Olivia sat in the back.

As they drove along, Joshua tried to make conversation. ''So how do you two know each other?''

''We don't really. The only time we really speak is maths where I'm next to him in the seating plan. Then we both met the Doctor, and we both wanted to find out more,'' Olivia replied.

Jimmy nodded in agreement, but inside he couldn't help feel a bit upset that she had said they didn't really know each other.

When they finally reached Clive's street, Jimmy and Olivia were about to get out of the car, when Joshua tried to point something out.

''Wait, should I come in with you? Are you sure you trust this guy?''

''It's fine. He's married with kids. He won't hurt us,'' Jimmy replied.

''Yes, but HE told you that. How do you know he's telling the truth?''

''Don't worry, Dad. We'll be fine,'' Jimmy assured as he and Olivia got out of the car.

Jimmy and Olivia walked up to Clive's house and knocked on the door. A boy a few years younger than them answered the door.

''We're here to see Clive. We've been emailing,'' Jimmy explained.

The boy called for his father. ''Dad, it's your nutters. Two of them this time,'' Jimmy and Olivia shared a look.

A man in his late 30s came out of the front room to greet them. ''Hello. You must be Olivia and Jimmy. I'm Clive, obviously. Please come through, I'm in the shed.''

''Who is it?'' the voice of a woman - Clive's wife – said from upstairs.

''It's something to do with the Doctor. They've been reading the website.'' he replied.

Clive's wife came downstairs to shut the door, and was surprised to find that not only were Clive's latest 'nutters' two teenagers, one of them was a girl!

Once they had entered the shed, Clive began to explain, ''A lot of this stuff's quite sensitive. I couldn't just send it to you. People might intercept it, if you know what I mean. If you dig deep enough and keep a lively mind, this Doctor keeps cropping up all over the place. Political diaries, conspiracy theories, even ghost stories. No first name, no last name, just the Doctor. Always The Doctor. And the title seems to have been passed down from father to son. It appears to be an inheritance. That's your Doctor there, isn't it?'' he said pointing to a computer displaying his website.

''That's the one,'' Jimmy replied.

''I tracked it down to the Washington public archive just last year. The online photo's enhanced, but if we look at the original...'' he said as he showed pictures of John F Kennedy's assassination.

''November the 22nd, 1963. The assassination of President Kennedy. You see?''

''Could it have been his father?'' Olivia asked.

''Going further back. April 1912. This is a photo of the Daniels family of Southampton, and friend,'' he said as he produced a photo of the family standing alongside the Doctor, ''This was taken the day before they were due to sail off for the New World on the Titanic, and for some unknown reason, they cancelled the trip and survived,'' Jimmy and Olivia were becoming increasingly mesmerized in the Doctor.

''1883. Another Doctor,'' he showed them a sketch of the Doctor, ''and look, the same lineage. It's identical. This one washed up on the coast of Sumatra on the very day Krakatoa exploded. The Doctor is a legend woven throughout history. When disaster comes, he's there. He brings the storm in his wake and he has one constant companion...''

''Who's that?'' Jimmy asked.

''Death.''

''If the Doctor's back, if you two have seen him, then one thing's for certain. We're all in danger, and if he's singled you out, then God help you.''

''But I still don't understand,'' Jimmy said, ''Who exactly is he?''

'I think he's the same man. I think he's immortal. I think he's an alien from another world,'' Clive replied.

''Right, we'd better be off,'' Jimmy said, ''Thanks for the info Clive, email us if you find out anything else.'' He and Olivia walked out of the shed and out of Clive's house.

''That bloke's off his head'' Jimmy said to Olivia as they walked back down the street.

''He is,'' she replied. The stuff he showed them at the start was interesting, but once he started talking about aliens and immortals, it was clear that he would be of no help.

When they reached Joshua's car, Jimmy started speaking. ''I hate to admit it, but you were right. The bloke is a complete loony,'' Jimmy and Olivia entered the car.

''I'm starving,'' Olivia muttered.

''So am I.'' Jimmy agreed, ''Can we pick something up to eat, Dad?''

''Of course!'' his father replied, sounding a lot more excited than usual.

Joshua had taken them to the first restaurant he could find and remained mostly silent while they made conversation.

''So what did your parents do about you walking out of school, Liv?'' Jimmy asked.

''Nothing really. I'm not allowed on my phone, but I took it anyway,'' Olivia replied.

''Is that it? You're parents are nice!'' he joked.

''What about you?''

''Well, considering that I walked out of school, I beat Ian up and I broke Alice's glasses, I'm not in my Mum's good books right now.''

''What's she done?''

''I'm not allowed out for a week, not allowed on my computer or watch telly either.''

''Your mum's strict!''

''Very.''

''Ian and Alice hate you even more than they did before.''

''I hate them too. Ian's just a stupid prick who thinks he is the hardest kid around, and Alice is a stuck up, spoiled bitch whose parents have probably never said 'no' to in her entire life.''

''You're harsh!''

''Well, It's true. And the rest of the people you three hang around with are just as bad.''

''They're not that bad, really,'' Olivia said, though she did not sound convinced about this herself.

''So where did you meet this 'Doctor'?'' Joshua suddenly said.

''Can we not talk about him?'' Jimmy said wearily. Although they were both very curious about the Doctor, they realised that Clive may be right about the Doctor being dangerous, considering that he had blown up a building the first time he met Jimmy.

''Because I reckon it started back at the shop, am I right? Was he something to do with that?''

''Don't worry, Dad.''

''What was he doing there?''

''I really don't want to talk about it.''

''But you can trust me, 'lad/son/boy/mate/lad','' he pronounced the last five words in a very creepy way, ''You can tell me anything. Tell me about the Doctor and what he's planning, and I can help you. Because that's all I really want to do, 'lad/son/boy/mate/lad'.''

''Why do you keep saying that?'' Olivia asked, growing increasingly frightened.

A waiter arrived at the table ''Your champagne.'', none of the three even bothered to look up.

''We didn't order any champagne,'' Joshua said, before continuing ''Where's the Doctor?''

The waiter turned to Olivia, ''Madam, your champagne.''

''It's not ours. I'm underage anyway,'' she said, still not looking up.

''I need to find out how much you know, so where is he?'', Joshua said, now sounding angry.

''Doesn't anybody want this champagne?'' the waiter asked.

''Look, we didn't order any ch-'' Joshua looked up and saw that this waiter was in fact the Doctor, holding a bottle of champagne!

''Ah, gotcha!'' Joshua said.

''Don't mind me, I'm just toasting a nice father-son moment. ON THE HOUSE!'' he shouted, before shaking the bottle heavily and releasing the cork, which went flying right into Joshua's head, only for him to spit it right out.

''Anyway,'' Joshua said, as he turned his hand into a sharp weapon. He began swinging for the Doctor. Olivia screamed and backed away along with Jimmy. However, The Doctor grabbed Joshua and pulled his plastic head off.

''Don't think that's gonna stop me!'' the plastic Joshua's head said as his body started smashing things up. Jimmy hit the fire alarm and shouted ''Everyone out, now!'' and ushering all the customers and staff outside.

The Doctor, still carrying the Plastic Joshua's head, ran out of the restaurant along with Jimmy and Olivia. He sealed the door with the tube-like device he used on the lift before, while Jimmy ran to the gate, only to find that it was padlocked.

''Use that tube thing to open the gate!'' Olivia suggested.

''It's called a sonic screwdriver. Nah, lets go in here,'' he replied, walking into a blue phone box identical to the one they had seen near the school.

''You can't hide inside a wooden box!'' Jimmy said.

The plastic Joshua's body was destroying the sealed door, they needed to get away from here! Jimmy and Olivia realised that the only way to survive this was to trust the Doctor, so together they stepped into the blue box, and what they saw next would change their lives completely.

'It's not possible' Jimmy thought to himself. Olivia was thinking exactly the same thing. They both stepped outside, walking all around the box to see if this was in any way physically possible. That second, the plastic Joshua smashed through the door, and Jimmy and Olivia ran back into the box in order to get away.

They both marvelled at the sight before them. This police phone box was bigger than the inside! They were inside the box, yet they were in a huge, spacious room.

''Could that thing follow us?'' Olivia asked, concerned about the plastic Joshua following them into this place.

The Doctor replied ''The assembled hoards of Genghis Khan couldn't get through that door, and believe me, they've tried. Now, both of you shut up a minute.''

He started to explain what he was doing. ''You see, the arm was too simple, but the head's perfect. I can use it to trace the signal back to the original source.'' He realised that they were probably very confused right now. ''Right. Where do you want to start?''

''The inside is bigger than the outside,'' Jimmy stated.

''Yes''

''Are you alien?'' Olivia questioned.

''Yes I am. It's called the Tardis, this thing. S. That's Time And Relative Dimension In Space.''

''Oh my God'' she said, almost bursting into tears.

''Did they kill my Dad?'' Jimmy asked.

''Ah. I didn't think of that.''

''That's my Dad, you prick! Those plastic people made some copy of him, you pulled his head off, and now he's fucking melting!'' The Doctor panicked at this, turning to the TARDIS console and seeing the plastic head melt.

''Oh, no, no, no, no, no!'' He started up the machinery, ''Following the signal. It's fading. Wait a minute, I've got it. No, no, no, no, no, no, no! Almost there. Almost there. Here we go!'' The machinery stopped and the Doctor ran out of the door. Jimmy and Olivia followed him outside, only to find that they were on the other side of the city!

''I lost the signal, I got so close,'' The Doctor said.

''We'e moved. How does that work?'' Olivia enquired.

''Disappears there and reappears here. Neither of you would understand.''

''What about the body of that plastic thing?'' she said.

''It melted with the head. Are you gonna witter on all night.''

''I'll have to tell my Gran,'' Jimmy mused to himself. The Doctor looked at him, confused.

''My Dad! I'll have to tell Gran he's dead. And you just forgot him AGAIN!''

''Look, if I did forget your father, it's because I'm trying to save the life of every stupid ape blundering on top of this planet, all right?''

''If you are an alien, how come you sound like you're from up north?'' Olivia questioned.

''Lots of planets have a north,'' he replied.

''What does this living plastic thing want with us?'' Jimmy asked.

''It loves you. You've got such a good planet. Lots of smoke and oil, plenty of toxins and dioxins in the air, perfect. Just what the Nestene Consciousness needs. It's food stock was destroyed in the war, all its protein plants rotted, so Earth, dinner!

''Is there any way of stopping it?''

The Doctor produced a small tube of liquid, ''Anti-Plastic,'' he explained, ''But first I have to find it. How can you hide something that big in a city this small?

''Hide what? Jimmy asked

''The transmitter. The Consciousness is controlling every single piece of plastic, so it needs a transmitter to boost the signal.''

''What does it look like?'' Olivia asked.

''Like a transmitter. Round and massive, slap bang in the middle of London. A huge metal circular structure. Like a dish. Like a wheel. Radial. Close to where we're standing. Must be completely invisible,'' Olivia and Jimmy both noticed something that was round and massive, and 'slap bang in the middle of London', namely the London Eye, which was right behind the Doctor. The two teenagers started staring at the vast wheel behind him.

''What?'' he asked, not realizing what they were looking at. They indicated to behind him, and he looked behind but still didn't get it.

''What?''

They again indicated to the vast wheel behind him, but he just wasn't getting it.

''What is it? What?''

He took one last look behind him, and finally realised what the two teens were getting at.

''Oh,'' He smiled, ''Fantastic!'' and the three of them ran off towards the London Eye.

Once they had crossed the bridge, the Doctor started to speak. ''Think of it. Plastic. All over the world. Every artificial thing waiting to come alive. The shop window dummies, the phones, the wires, the cables. Still, we've found the transmitter. The Consciousness must be somewhere underneath''.

Olivia took a look below, noticing a manhole. ''What about down here?'' she suggested. The Doctor and Jimmy came to have a look.

''Looks good to me,'' he said, and Jimmy nodded in agreement. They ran down and the Doctor opened the manhole cover, revealing bright red light inside. The trio entered the manhole into a room with lots of chains. They went through a door and a staircase to enter a chamber with a vat of what appeared to be thick, red liquid.

''The Nestene Consciousness,'' the Doctor explained, ''That's it, inside the vat. A living plastic creature.''

''Can't you just throw in your Anti-Plastic and leave?'' Olivia asked.

''I'm not here to kill it. I've got to give it a chance.'' the Doctor replied. He then proceeded to address the creature directly.

''I seek audience with the Nestene Consciousness under peaceful contract according to convention 15 of the shadow proclamation. The creature growled at him.

''Thank you. If I might have permission to approach?''

Jimmy spotted someone on the lower levels, and soon realised that it was his father. He ran down there followed by Olivia. ''Dad!''

''Alright, lad. Listen, what are you doing here? That thing down there's alive!''

''Doctor, they kept him alive!''

''Yeah, that was always a possibility. Keep him alive to maintain the copy,'' The Doctor replied.

''And you never said,'' Olivia commented. The three of them walked back to the higher levels.

The Doctor walked downwards until he was on a platform directly above the vat.

''Am I addressing the Consciousness?'' he asked. The consciousness simply growled at him.

''Thank you. If I might observe, you infiltrated this civilisation by means of warp shunt technology. So, may I suggest, with the greatest respect, that you shunt off?'' The creature released another growl, this time angrier.

''Oh, don't give me that. It's an invasion, plain and simple. Don't talk about constitutional rights!'' Followed by another roar, the Doctor finally lost patience.

''I AM TALKING!'' he shouted, silencing the consciousness.

''This planet is just starting. These stupid little people have only just learnt how to walk, but they're capable of so much more. I'm asking you on their behalf. Please, just go.''

Two of the plastic Auton dummies came up behind him. ''Doctor!'' Olivia shouted. But it was two late, as they had already grabbed him. One of them drew the Anti-Plastic from his pocket. The consciousness roared angrily.

''That was just insurance. I wasn't going to use it.'' he tried to assure the consciousness, but was met with another deafening roar.

''I was not attacking you. I'm here to help. I'm not your enemy. I swear, I'm not,'' The creature continued to growl and shriek.

''What do you mean?'' the Doctor asked as a door opened to reveal the TARDIS.

''No. Oh, no. Honestly, no. Yes, that's my ship,'' The creature shrieked loudly.

''That's not true. I should know, I was there. I fought in the war. It wasn't my fault. I couldn't save your world! I couldn't save any of them!'' The Consciousness began to move around uncontrollably.

''What's it doing?'' Jimmy asked.

''It's the TARDIS! The Nestene's identified it as superior technology. It's terrified. It's going to the final phase. It's starting the invasion! Get out, all of you! Just leg it now!''

Jimmy turned to Olivia. ''Can I borrow your phone?'' he asked. She nodded and handed her mobile phone to him. He dialled his mother's number.

''Mum?''

''James Anthony Greaver! I phoned home, and it turns you've decided to go out. Didn't I say you were not to go out for the whole week?'' she ranted.

''Where are you, Mum?''

''I'm still in town. Just finishing off the shopping.''

''Mum, go home!''

''Don't go telling me what to do! You're in enough trouble as it is. Just get yourself home!' she shouted and hung up the phone.

''Fuck!'' Jimmy shouted furiously, before giving Olivia back her phone.

A blast of energy came from the consciousness. ''It's the activation signal. It's transmitting!'' the Doctor shouted, as everything plastic began to come to life.

''Get out, all of you!'' Jimmy realised the stairs had gone, but Olivia ran up to the TARDIS followed by Jimmy and Joshua. However, it needed a key to open. Jimmy paced around looking for a possible escape, when he noticed something. He grabbed an axe, and used it to release one of the chains from the wall. He was never an athletic person, but he figured he could pull this off. He ran out with the chain and swung forward, kicking the two dummies into the vat, and also tipping the Anit-Plastic in, which immediately began to affect the consciousness. He immediately swung back to safety.

''Now we're in trouble!'' the Doctor said with a smirk. The signal stopped and the plastic life began to die. The Doctor, Jimmy, Olivia and Joshua all boarded the TARDIS and departed as the room exploded.

The TARDIS materialised in an alleyway and the three humans exited followed by the Doctor.

''Can I use your phone again?'' Jimmy asked Olivia. She handed it to him and he one again called his mother.

''Jimmy! Did you manage to get back to the house? There were these plastic things! They had guns and every-'' Jimmy chuckled and ended the call.

''Nestene Consciousness? Easy!'' The Doctor said with a grin on his face.

''Mate, you would be dead if it wasn't for us,'' Jimmy replied.

''Yes, I would. Thank you. Right then. I'll be off, unless, I don't know, you could come with me. This box isn't just a London hopper, you know. It goes anywhere in the universe free of charge.''

''Are you sure this is a good idea?'' Joshua asked, concerned.

''What do you think? You could stay here, fill your life with work and food and sleep, or you could go anywhere.''

''Is it always this dangerous?'' Jimmy asked.

''Yeah!'' the Doctor replied.

''I can't. I have family and friends here. I can't just leave them,'' Olivia said.

''And I've got to my Mum and brother, not to mention this one here,'' Jimmy said, pointing at his father.

''OK. See you around.'' the Doctor said, trying not to show the sadness in his voice. He stepped back into the TARDIS, and it disappeared.

Jimmy, Olivia and Joshua started to leave, only to hear the sound of the TARDIS again. They turned around to see the ship appear before them once more. The Doctor stepped out. ''By the way, did I mention, It also travels in time.''

Jimmy turned to his father and placed a hand on his shoulder. ''Thanks for everything, Dad.''

He then turned around and began walking towards the TARDIS. Olivia stared at him for a moment, before she too made her decision and began running after Jimmy. Together they entered the time-travelling spaceship to begin the adventure of a lifetime.

Authors notes: Well, that's episode one folks. What did you think? Was it good, OK, terrible? Was it so bad that I should never write again? Please review and tell me what you think. Ideas for the story and constructive criticism always welcome.