The Beast Bellow

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In a class room on a ship going across space the children where standing in a line as timmy was sitting on his seat. As his friend nodded for him to join the line "Well done, Mabel. Well done, Alfie. Good girl, Tabitha. Very well done, Ranjit. Good girl, Chloe. Well done, Ben. Well done, Mandy.Bad boy, Timmy. Zero" "You got a zero, didn't you?" mandy said frowning at him "Yeah? So" "You'll have to walk home then"she said knowing what happened "Walk to London? That's twenty decks" "You can't ride a Vator with a zero. You know what happens. You'll get sent below I'll wait for you." she said as she goes home he goes to the other lift and goes in "Welcome to Vator Verse, sponsored by McLintock's Candy Burger"" London, please." he said a bit scared "A horse and a man, above, below. One has a plan, but both must go. Mile after mile, above, beneath. One has a smile, and one has teeth Though the man above might say hello, expect no love from the beast below.""Help! Help me!" he said as the floor opens and he falls down as the face turns to angry and it goes into the theam tune. 




The tardis fly through the vortex and it introduces the cast of the show. And the title and then we arrive in space as amy is floating as Andrew holds into her foot "My name is Amy Pond. When I was seven, I had an imaginary friend. Last night was the night before my wedding." "Come on, Pond" Andrew said pulling her in as the others watch "And my imaginary friend came back" "Now do you believe us " Andrew said as Charlotte looked up at the doctor who smiled and kiseed her head"Okay, your box is a spaceship. It's really, really a spaceship. We are in space! What are we breathing" "I've extended the air shell. We're fine." the doctor said as Andrew looked down "Now that's interesting. Twenty ninth century. Solar flares roast the earth, and the entire human race packs its bags and moves out till the weather improves. Whole nations." "Doctor" rose said " Migrating to the stars."" Doctor" clone Rebecca said trying to get Andrew attention "Isn't that amazing" "Doctor" amy called as he saw her hanging on the tardis roof "Well, come on. I've found us a spaceship. This is the United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland. All of it, bolted together and floating in the sky. Starship UK. It's Britain, but metal. That's not just a ship, that's an idea. That's a whole country, living and laughing and shopping. Searching the stars for a new home""Can we go out and see?" Charlotte said looking at it "Course we can. But first, there's a thing.""A thing" amy said"An important thing. In fact, Thing One. We are observers only. That's the one rule I've always stuck to in all my travels. I never get involved in the affairs of other peoples or planets.""oh yeah like that never happened "the doctor said frowning as they always rub into trouble" Ooo, that's interesting""So we're like a wildlife documentary, yeah? Because if they see a wounded little cub or something, they can't just save it, they've got to keep filming and let it die. It's got to be hard. I don't think I could do that. Don't you find that hard, being all, like, detached and cold""Doctor?" amy said looking at Andrew on the scanner as she ran off "she calling him doctor""yeah well get ust to it I'm sure it be like this for a bit" the doctor said holding Charlotte hand as they walk out "Welcome to London Market. You are being monitored"" I'm in the future. Like hundreds of years in the future. I've been dead for centuries." amy said in shock as Andrew frowned "Oh, lovely. You're a cheery one. Never mind dead, look at this place. Isn't it wrong" "apart from you being rude nothing "rose said frowning as they walk" What's wrong""Come on, use your eyes. Notice everything. What's wrong with this picture" Andrew said looking round,"Is it the bicycles? Bit unusual on a spaceship, bicycles"" Says the girl in the nightie" Charlotte said as amy looked impressed "Oh my God, I'm in my nightie.""Now, come on, look around you. Actually look. " he said as they look up we the sky " London Market is a crime-free zone" "Life on a giant starship. Back to basics. Bicycles, washing lines, wind-up street lamps. But look closer. Secrets and shadows, lives led in fear. Society bent out of shape, on the brink of collapse. A police state. Excuse me" he said runing off and placed a glass on the floor and look at it. And it did not move "What are you doing" "Sorry. Checking all the water in this area. There's an escaped fish. Where was I?" he said heading back to them "Why did you just do that with the water" "Don't know. I think a lot. It's hard to keep track. Now, police state. Do you see it yet " Andrew said as she wonder what he looking at" Where""There." the doctor said pointing to mandy "Are you sure?" "Saw it myself Are you going to tell her? " Peter said in the phone" We're under orders to tell her.Well done. Keep tabs on him.Sorry to interrupt. There's been a sighting. London block, Oxford Street. A man."" Did he do the thing "LIZ asked" Apparently."" I'll have a look on the monitors."she saud taking the mask and walked off "One little girl crying. So" "Crying silently. I mean, children cry because they want attention, because they're hurt or afraid. But when they cry silently, it's because they just can't stop. Any parent knows that" the doctor said as they all sit down "Are you a parent?" " yes I am I got Rebecca "the doctor replied as he held Charlotte hand as Andrew sighed not awnser the question"Hundreds of parents walking past who spot her and not one of them's asking her what's wrong, which means they already know, and it's something they don't talk about. Secrets. They're not helping her, so it's something they're afraid of. Shadows, whatever they're afraid of, it's nowhere to be seen, which means it's everywhere. Police state."" Where'd she go? " clone Rebecca wonder"Deck two oh seven. Apple Sesame block, dwelling 54A. You're looking for Mandy Tanner. Oh, er, this fell out of her pocket when I accidentally bumped into her. Took me four goes. Ask her about those things. The smiling fellows in the booths. They're everywhere.""But they're just things." Charlotte said looking at them "They're clean. Everything else here is all battered and filthy. Look at this place. But no one's laid a finger on those booths. Not a footprint within two feet of them. Look. Ask Mandy, why are people scared of the things in the booths?" "No, hang on. What do I do? I don't know what I'm doing here and I'm not even dressed." amy said looking at Andrew "It's this or Leadworth. What do you think? Let's see. What will Amy Pond choose? Ha ha, gotcha. Meet me back here in half an hour.""What are you lot  going to do? "she asked" What we always do. Stay out of trouble. Badly.""So is this how it works, Doctor, Charlotte, Rebecca and Andrew You never interfere in the affairs of other peoples or planets, unless there's children crying?""Yes" Andrew said smiling as he walked off wife his brother and family "You're following me. Saw you watching me at the marketplace" "You dropped this. " amy gave her something" Yeah, when your friend kept bumping into me.""What's that?" amy asked seeing a tent "There's a hole. We have to go back.""A what? A hole" she said frowning looking at it "Are you stupid? There's a hole in the road. We can't go that way. There's a travel pipe down by the airlocks, if you've got stamps. What are you doing" "Oh, don't mind me. Never could resist a keep out sign. What's through there? What's so scary about a hole? Something under the road?" she wonder what's under the road "Nobody knows. We're not supposed to talk about it""About what " amy asked "Below""And because you're not supposed to, you don't? Watch and learn" she said as she picked the lock"you sound Scottish"" I am Scottish. What's wrong with that? Scotland's got to be here somewhere" she said as she carried on " No. They wanted their own ship""Hmm. Good for them. Nothing changes." she smiled" So, how did you get here"" Oh, just passing through, you know, with a guy and his mates "" Your boyfriend?" mandy said as amy said sighing "Oh""What?" mandy asked "Nothing. It's just, I'm getting married. Funny how things slip your mind"" Married" she looked shocked at her"yeah, shut up, married. Really, actually married. Almost definitely"" When" she asked when it was "Well, it's kind of weird. A long time ago tomorrow morning. I wonder what I did? Hey, hey. Result! Coming" "No!" she said shaking her head as the face turned "Suit yourself""Stop! You mustn't do that!" she tried to warn her but it was to late she was already in there"Oh, my God. That's weird. That's." she saud as she nearly got striked by something so she moves back but there's people there and she falls asleep. 




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