A Whovian Figbarf (Sort Of)
I
don’t write fan fiction any more, but my wretched obsessive/compulsive brain
still makes me think the stuff up. So
when The Brothers Brick announced their “ChronoCon 10,000 BC” collaborative
build for last year’s BrickCon, one of the first time-travel MOCs I decided to
build was from the depths of my brainload of unwritten fanfic.
Taking
place in the years leading up to (along with the opening years of) The Last Great
Time War, the following characters are from the story of the Doctor. But not the one you’re used to…
“The Doctor”
Phoelix
von Pendragkon is a shape-shifting, time travelling con artist who decided to
pull off the greatest scam in all of time and space. After studying the legends of the most famous
(/infamous) of all the Time Lords of Gallifrey, he selected the perfect
wardrobe (complete with hat, purple scarf, and question-mark emblazoned
jacket), made some new friends that were willing to travel, and got himself a
transport that appeared to be nothing more than a big blue wooden box.
Said
transport is a dual-transmat landing pod covered in wooden panels and decorated
with question marks and the words “Authority Box” in psychic paint, lending it
readability in all languages. Phoelix’s
massive cloaked starship has a transmat pad that teleports the landing pod to
the surface, then teleports anyone who steps onto the pad through the pod’s
door, making it seem for all the world like it’s a massive vehicle crammed
inside of a box that’s bigger on the inside.
Armed
at all times with a sonic multitool and a pocket full of gel-candies, “the
Doctor” travels throughout time and space, helping people out when a minimal
effort will do so, and outright scamming people into believing they’ve been
rescued from horrible fates. Unlike the
real Doctor, Phoelix accepts rewards for the deeds he does. He’s raking in a fortune, and is never
bored.
Gretchah
Gretchah
is a member of one of the universe’s various felinoid races. Rescued from a planet under Cybermen attack
because she fit Phoelix’s profile of ‘sexy alien girl’, she is completely loyal
to “the Doctor”, and unaware that he’s not really the Time Lord of legend.
She’s
a natural hand-to-hand combat expert, one with nature, and more than just a
little naïve.
SCOUT
Phoelix’s
original “Doctor” companion is a robot dog he had built, based on the Jalovian
Springfighting Hound. Often
underestimated as a simple quirky petbot, SCOUT is packed with processing power
and his chassis is brimming with extendable gadgetry. His capacity for speech is typically utilized
only when he and Phoelix are alone.
Otherwise, he communicates with electronic barks and growls. He has absolutely no issues with Gretchah,
but has adopted an antagonistic attitude towards her because it seemed like the
right thing to do. Cats and dogs, you
know.
Erwin the Ood
The
final member of “the Doctor’s” crew is his manservant, Erwin. “The Doctor” actually won Erwin in a card
game. Which suited the Ood just fine, as
the large spaceship masquerading as the Authority Box interior is a much larger
dwelling to clean than his previous owner’s household, and “the Doctor” has
more needs to be tended to than the average individual.
Lord Guzarmil
Sent
out from Gallifrey to investigate conflicting reports of “the Doctor’s”
interference when none of the resulting scans pick up signs of the Doctor’s
bio-imprint, the Time Lord Guzarmil sees this Doctor impersonator as a mystery
– and less a serious investigation than an entertaining hobby.
Cor Ta
Cor
Ta is the former chief of security at Throrgenal Station, fired when an object
that con-man Phoelix failed to steal twice before the legendary “Doctor”
finally made off with it. He has his
suspicions about the connection between the two men, and has placed small
bounties on the heads of both Phoelix and the Doctor to satisfy his Judoon
sense of the law. With a bounty officially
placed on his-or-their heads, he is fully justified in his decision to become a
bounty hunter to track them down.
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