Angela shushed the Doctor, but Madame Vastra shook her head at her.
"We must speak normally to give them to illusion that we have not detected them, dear," Madame Vastra said.
Lewis and Angela racked their brains for conversation-starters as Madame Vastra ordered Strax and Jenny to sneak up stairs.
"May I bring the grenades, Madame?" Strax, the potato-like alien, asked.
"No, Strax," Madame Vastra reprimanded. "We have no need of grenades."
Angela and Lewis had to stop themselves from laughing.
"So, er, Madame Vastra. How did you and the Doctor meet?" Lewis asked.
They were interrupted by another crash from upstairs and they all heard faint hissing.
"Hurry, dear," Madame Vastra said to Jenny, ignoring Lewis's query.
The Doctor had shuffled to the opposite side of the room to inspect the mantelpiece. He ran the bottom of his nose along the top of it, sniffing.
He scrunched his face at one scent, and then retreated back to the others.
"Shall we have more tea, Jenny?" the Doctor asked.
"That sounds splendid!" Angela said, joining on the Doctor's pretence.
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What seemed like an hour later (which was probably only fifteen minutes), Madame Vastra grew concerned for her wife and dear comrade.
"I'm going up to look," she decided, jumping to her feet.
"No!" the Doctor snapped. "We need to wait––"
"I'm sorry Doctor, but this is my house and I shall do whatever I please."
Madame Vastra left the room on her own, grabbing a pair of swords crossed above the door on her way out.
The Doctor looked at Lewis, and then Angela. He rolled his eyes.
"Come on, gang. We've got intruders to catch," he said, and the pair of time-travellers followed the time-lord out of the room.
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The door of the room above the drawing room (where they were previously having tea) was ajar and Madame Vastra was standing outside it, trying to listen to who was inside.
As the Doctor, Lewis and Angela tiptoed over to her, a floorboard creaked, and she almost immediately sprang into action. She kicked open the door and jumped into the room.
To find three Silurians holding Jenny and Strax with knives to their throats...
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Doctor Who Fanseries: Season 1: Episode 3
FanficWhen the Doctor takes Lewis and Angela to 1896 to visit some old friends, a group of three Silurians far from home arrive with some bad news. There is a Silurian fleet on its way to Earth, with one aim: to reclaim their home planet. However, when an...
