No Earth
Setting note: this is set before the events of the
New Series and the Time War.
Player-Characters
The Potter
A young Time Lord. Appears just 17 years old wearing
round glasses, a duffle coat, mittens (attached with
string) and carrying a schoolboy satchel. He knows
how the TARDIS works but has not idea how to pilot
it!
Gadgets - Sonic Potter Wheel (miniature one)
Terry McCloughan
A technician working for UNIT.
Gadgets - Utility belt with assorted tools
Dean Riley
Security guard from an Arctic research station
Barbie
A bimbo model from a reality TV show
Opening scene: The TARDIS flies through the
space/time vortex. The Potter decides he wants to go
see the first extra-galactic space flight from
Earth. He sets toe co-ordinates and in moments the
TARDIS is drifting through space, buffeted by
asteroids, precisely where the Earth should be!
The Potter does a few checks, goes to the door to
gather some asteroid dust, checks that, and confirms
that it is the Earth. The Earth has gone. Destroyed!
Ah, but it’s supposed to be here, and The Potter is
detecting a time disturbance. Only one thing for it,
go back and see what happened....
I’m a Celebrity OMG Why Did I Sign Up For This Trash
Reality Show is the new TV sensation, it has at
least 4 viewers if you include the cameraman. The
theme of the show is Space. All the rooms are
designed to look like a tacky 70’s sci-fi spaceship,
hello Blake’s 7 & Doctor Who. The no-name
celebrities include the usual weirdo and whack jobs,
amongst which is Barbie, the latest superficial
addition to the modelling profession. In her latest
‘Task’ she must juggle three packets of dried space
food, but make it look like she is juggling in zero
gravity. While Barbie scored high for the juggling
it was decided that she did not make enough effort
to make it look like she was in zero gravity so as a
punishment would spend four hours in solitary in the
airlock.
...The TARDIS is off once more, supposedly landing
on the Earth. The monitor shows just a metal wall
outside. Some kind of spaceship perhaps? The Potter
decides to check outside, but the shed door opens
outwards and it’s blocked. Okay, a little side-step
should do the trick, and moments later the TARDIS is
orbiting the Earth and the view screen was now
showing fleet of starships, a Judoon destructor
fleet! Meanwhile both The Potter and Terry had
failed to realise they had a passenger, a blonde
haired woman they had inadvertently picked up when
the TARDIS landed in the Airlock TV set. Barbie sat
quietly looking about thinking, ‘that was good, I
wonder if they did that with mirrors?’
After a few minutes failing to contact the Judoon
Riley spots the woman. The Potter gets out his sonic
potters wheel to examine her. Some kind of silicon
based life form is his theory. And she asks if she
has to do a Task? So The Potter sends her to make a
cup of tea.
Ten minutes
and tea later it’s decided they confront the Judoon,
with Barbie in tow.
The shed (TARDIS) lands on the bridge of the Judoon
lead ship. The Potter advises Dean leave his rifle
in the TARDIS as Judoon tend to shoot first then
shoot later just to be sure. They exit and sure
enough they are greeted by four heavily armed Judoon
and the Fleet Captain. The Potter argues the
legality of the Judoons plan to destroy Earth. The
Judoon Captain says it is all legal, Earth is to be
destroyed to make way for a new Hyperspace by-pass
as per the Alpha Centauri edict confirmed by the
Shadow Proclamation. The Captain advises that he
will continue with the plan to destroy the Earth
unless he hears otherwise from the Shadow
Proclamation within the hour.
So the crew pile back into the TARDIS and set course
for the Shadow Proclamation.
"That was impressive, much better than the house
set," says Barbie. "Great masks. Was that spaceship
all done green screen or what?!" external image
The Shadow Proclamation. The Potter is met by
representative Mistryl.
GM note: I was so loving getting the chance to GM
this character again. The distain. The Sorrow. The
flailing of the arms as she speaks in her dull tones
as if the whole universe was all too much effort.
After
listening to The Potter Mistryl agrees that Earth
should not be destroyed but only the commissioner
can rescind the order. The commissioner is actually
in a meeting with Mr. Smith, who made the actual
destruction order, on Alpha Centauri.
Back into the shed and a short trip to Alpha
Centauri, the TARDIS landing in the huge lobby of
the Hyperspace Bureau. A squeaky voiced Alpha
Centauri directs the group to floor 500, Mr. Smiths
office. Once there though Mr/ Smiths secretary
advises he is busy and flatly refuses to let them
in. Being the persuasive lot they are they just
decide to barge in, the large human looking
secretary following them in complaining. In the
office is just Mr. Smith sat in the bare room behind
a plain desk with just a small computer console on
it.
"I have an official notice here form the Shadow
Proclamation ordering you to stop the destruction of
the Earth," says The Potter.
"No," replies Mr. Smith.
"Millions of lives will be lost!"
"Yes," agrees Mr. Smith. "I know."
"Where is the Commissioner?"
"I am the Commissioner. But you ask too many
questions."
"Okay, you are not the Commissioner. Who exactly are
you?"
"Mrs. Smith, show him."
Mrs. Smith, the secretary grins evilly. She runs her
nail across her forehead, tearing the skin revealing
an eerie blue light. She rips off her skin suit to
reveal herself as a Slitheen!
"That meddling Time Lord killed my family," says Mr.
Smith as he too starts to tear away his skin suit.
"This is our revenge, and we get to kill another
Time Lord too, sweet."
The
Potter reaches for his Sonic potters wheel and emits
a sound that stuns the Slitheen. Barbie runs, Dean
follows. Terry runs to reception to try and contact
the Shadow Proclamation. The Slitheen fight off the
sonic effects and give chase, with The Potter
constantly holding them off with his sonic attack.
Mrs. Smith lands a glancing blow on Terry who
decides to get out of there and runs. The Potter
trips but just manages to roll out of the way of a
deadly clawed attack from Mr. Smith.
Meanwhile Barbie has somehow managed to open the
lift door without the lift being there and nearly
falls down the lift shaft were it not for Dean
saving here. Moments later the lift arrives along
with several armed Judoon. Mrs. Smith is injured by
a laser shot, at that the Slitheen surrender and the
destruction of the Earth is averted.
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