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Time Lord of the Rings: Chapter one

Martha Jones stood in front of the control panel at the centre of the TARDIS, watching her tall, shaggy haired companion mess about with the hundreds of controls. She watched the TARDIS' bright, blinking lights flash and whirl as it spun into action, pummelling them somewhere into time and space.

The Doctor leaned back against the panel, smiling. He looked quite sneaky. Martha was suspicious. "Where are we going this time?" she pressed. Knowing the Doctor, he might have decided to travel to some strange, ridiculous world. Like a giant jelly mountain, or go to watch some mud pie competition, or even to a fun park. I guess a fun park would be OK, Martha thought to herself, But not a jelly mountain. She looked questioningly at the Doctor. "Well?"

"Somewhere you know. Well, I think you know. Well, you should know if you have any sense but knowing you humans..."

"DOCTOR!"

The Doctor grinned, and reached into his overcoat pocket, which always held strange and wonderful things. He pulled out a giant, thick book and tossed it to Martha, who caught it, amazed at how heavy it was. She glanced at the cover, looking at the Doctor, puzzled. "The Lord of the Rings?"

"Uh-huh!" he adjusted a tiny knob on the control panel as the TARDIS spun a bit off track. "Great story."

Martha looked confused. "Right. So you like Lord of the Rings. So do I. But what does this have to do with where we are going?" She watched the Doctor's excited face, and suddenly it clicked. "No. No no no no no."

"Hey! Repeating 'no' hundreds of times is my thing!" protested the Doctor jokingly. Martha ignored him. "No. Don't say we're going to Middle Earth. No."

"Why not? OK. I won't say it." He pulled out his sonic screwdriver, which he took everywhere with him, and played around with it. Martha began feeling a little annoyed. "Doctor! Come on, be serious. So, you're taking us to Middle Earth. But that's fiction. Made up by Tolkien. It doesn't exist, surely!"

"Well, the TARDIS thinks it does, so it must." The Doctor grinned again, a large, Cheshire cat type grin. "And we are going to visit it."

Martha looked down at the book's cover, at the black riders which were plastered on the front, a scene from the famous movie. "What are we gonna do there? Find magic rings?"

The Doctor laughed. "Maybe. I don't know myself, but I think it will be a great adventure."

Martha relaxed a little, feeling more excited and anticipating. Visit Middle Earth! Meet the characters! Her brother Leo would be amazed when she found out all the details for the story. He was crazy on Lord of the Rings, and had often scoffed at her for being rather ignorant towards the subject. The Doctor guessed her thoughts.

"Mind you, I can't guarantee all the characters will be there."

"What?"

"We're visiting Middle Earth, but that's just a place. Tolkien put all the characters in himself. They may not really exist."

"Oh." Martha was disappointed. "Well, what's there then?"

The TARDIS suddenly landed, the engines slowing to a halt. The Doctor looked up, thrilled. "I don't know. But here we are!"

To be continued...

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