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Ep 1: Pilot

He pushed the lever of the console, and he walked around pushing and pulling a few levers, his sadness soon turned to joy, and he discovered he was in 1969, NASA. ''Apollo 11, moon landing!'' he said, with delight. He was then curious as to whether it was real or not, he stumbled out of his TARDIS which took the shape of a jukebox inside an abandoned building. He would walk around, greeting the people he had met. Everything seemed normal, he saw a rocket blast off into space, he was too late, he thought he was generally lucky to have witnessed such an event, he stumbled back to his TARDIS, taking off into the vortex. He'd flip the year 100 years later, it was now 2069, he walked out, noticing a lot of changes, and his TARDIS took the shape of a trash can. He walked around, once again greeting people, he found an elderly man and asked him what year it was ''Excuse me, mate! But could you tell me what the current year is? I've lost track of time!'' He said, ''Well, it's the 31st of December 2069!'' Said the old man. ''Thank you!'' Said the Helmsman, he now walked along noticing a man with a gun ''Excuse me, sir. But is there any need for violence?'' The man turned to him, pointing the gun, and the Helmsman ran at him with great force. He had knocked down the man, and he had dropped his gun, the other man had run off. The gun wasn't any normal gun ''Is that... Impossible! But that's a Low-Power Electron Gun, manufactured in the year 2099! How have you got your hands on that!?'' The man looked at him, running off, afraid and unarmed, the Helmsman looked at the gun and picked it up, ''The casing is a bit off, but wonderful! Developed by Alhan Jagex in the year 2082, and published in 2099, most notably used to blast a victim into, well, atoms! What's a man in the 2060's doing with this sort of tech, and what else could he have!?'' He placed the gun in his bag, and began running, he eventually came to a bar called The Oceanic Salt Inn, which was filled with people, the clothing choices had certainly changed, but the attitudes haven't. He sat down at the bar and asked for a pint of lager ''No more than 180 calories, I'm soon to start a diet.'' He said ''I'm sorry sir, but we don't do 'lager,' can I offer you our special, we call it the forest horn.'' Said the man at the bar ''Don't mind if I do!'' He said, eagerly. The man put together the perfect drink. ''Thank you very much!'' said the Helmsman, placing money on the counter ''Sorry sir, we don't take this sort of payment.'' The man said, pushing away the money ''Hm, very well, I suppose I have this'', he pulled out a small square device and used that to pay. ''Always handy!'' he shouted. He then finished his drink and noticed the man who had previously had the gun was sitting in the bar, laying a device on his wrist, the Helmsman stumbled over and said ''What's that you've got there then?'' The man was startled and dropped the device, only to see the man who has attacked him prior. ''I- Uh... It's nothing,'' He said, nervously. ''Looks to me like a vortex manipulator! Used by the Time Agency in the 51st century!'' The man took a big gulp, picking up the vortex manipulator, he then barged passed the Helmsman and he'd run off. The Helmsman ran after him, thrilled. He'd eventually catch up to the man ''So, I'm guessing you've been hopping around time, meddling with things, I suppose that's where you got the Low-Power Electron Gun. I suppose you've been abducted by the power of the vortex manipulator, and you become addicted. Enough successive time hops could kill.'' The man eventually spoke ''I found it, I found it and thought it was cool, it was something I hadn't seen before, so I messed with it, and ended up in 2099...'' He said ''Well, that's why you never pick up strange objects! So, where do you come from?'' He said. ''I come from the year 5010!'' He shouted ''Well, you're a long way away from home, young man.'' He said. ''I don't care! He now pulled out an odd-looking device. ''Wait, wait! That's a Trajectory Carver! Hold on... one more thing. You know, the first ever Low-Power Electron Gun was still in BETA, thus making its model boundless to any object it sees, so... I can do this!'' He pulled out the Low-Power Electron Gun, blasting the Trajectory Carver, reducing its atoms until there was nothing left. ''Ta-da!'' He shouted, he put the Low-Power Electron Gun in his bag and then glanced at the man ''So your plan was to kill me!? Eliminate my very existence! Well, it didn't succeed, did it?!'' The man began running, and the Helmsman began chasing him. He'd tried using the vortex manipulator but it was no use, he kept running, but the Helmsman was too fast and caught up with him ''Hold your horses, where were you gonna run, why were you running?'' Asked the Helmsman ''You were going to take me back, take me to them!'' Shouted the man ''To who!?'' Said the Helmsman, fearsomely ''The Time Agency!'' He brawled ''Well, you committed a felony!'' He said with a stormy voice ''I know, which is why I ran!'' He replied ''Well then, bottoms up!'' He yelled as he began walking off ''What!?'' Shouted the man ''Coming or not!? Said the Helmsman. ''Who are you?!'' Asked the man ''Well, I'm known as the Helmsman!'' He said with a friendly tone ''Well, I'm Koba Knox!'' Said Koba ''Nice to meet you, Koba.'' Said the Helmsman ''Now then, where did I park it? Ah yes, here we are!'' He then walked up to the bin, and put a key in it, Koba looked confused and asked ''Why on Earth does a bin need a key!?'' The Helmsman walked in, rushing to the console, Koba followed, amazed by the interior ''It's much bigger than I expected!'' He said with amazement. ''Yeah, thought so!'' Replied the Helmsman ''Right! Now then, where shall we start... Hm, how about taking you home!'' He shouted ''H-home...?!'' He replied, stuttering ''But I'm having too much fun, travelling the universe!'' Said Koba ''Fine, one trip, one trip only, then you're going home!'' He shouted, flicking switches and pulling levers ''But what about my punishment!?'' He stated. ''Not my problem.'' The Helmsman simply replied. The TARDIS had landed, and Koba stepped outside, the TARDIS had taken the form of a barrel, ''Where are we?'' Said Koba, interested. ''London, 1892.'' Replied the Helmsman ''Woah! I've never been this far back!'' He'd say with excitement ''Mhm.'' Mumbled the Helmsman calling for a horse and carriage, they would be inside, talking ''So, why here?'' Said Koba curious ''I wanted to show you something.'' He said, sternly. ''What is it?'' He said, eagerly ''The invasion of the Subil. The Subil are a superior race, especially compared to that of a human. Their plans are to take over Britain, and even the world.'' He said ''Wait, but, that never happened, did it? I mean, we aren't all being controlled by alien species!?'' He panicked ''No.'' Said the Helmsman ''But, someone stops it, and that someone must be us! So come on!''
They get off the horse and carriage and begin running to Buckingham Palace ''Now, the security isn't going to be the easiest to bypass, but I have a plan!'' They run to the side of the castle, the Helmsman pulled out a device, removing the wall and window from the side ''What on Earth is that!?'' Asked Koba ''An Optic Surger,'' Replied the Helmsman
They ran in, and he would place the wall back, a tall alien confronted them, he pointed the Optic Surger at the alien, but the alien blasted it, turning it to dust ''Go, run!'' Shouted the Helmsman. The two ran from the alien, only to run into another one. They blasted at them, they both ducked and the beams would hit each other causing a sonic boom, knocking out the aliens, and even Koba, but the Helmsman was fine. He carried Koba to a safe room, and woke him up ''We need to do something about the aliens.'' He said. ''Like what?'' Said Koba ''I don't know... C'mon!'' He shouted as they ran out into the corridor. They saw one of the Alien ready to eat the Queen, ''Oi! Ugly! Over 'ere!'' Shouted the Helmsman The Alien dropped the Queen and started chasing him, he eventually ran by a window, ran up the wall and flipped over the alien causing it to fly out of the window ''Woah! H-how did you do that?!'' Shouted Koba ''It just comes to me, I suppose.'' Replied The Helmsman ''C'mon!'' Shouted the Helmsman running towards the screams coming from downstairs ''Right then...'' He cracked his neck and fingers ''Here we go!'' He ran grabbing the Queen and carrying her unconscious body to the kitchen, he heard the aliens running towards them ''Quick, I need coffee!'' He shouted ''Coffee, now?! At this time!?'' Koba yelled ''No! Not for me! The Subil's tentacles are sensitive to coffee beans!'' He said ''Well that's convenient!'' Replied Koba, searching for coffee ''Yes! I found it!'' He shouted in excitement ''Great! Now make a good cup of coffee!'' He yelled. They finally finished making the tea... ''You see, the mix of the beans and the configuration of energy in the boundary of a thermodynamic system by the incorruptibility of a temperature difference covering the boundary causing the flesh of a Subil to dissolve into a gooey substance.'' He shouted, not making sense ''Right! So heat makes them melt, got it!'' Shouted Koba, confused. The Helmsman opened the door seeing the aliens ''Bottoms up!'' He'd now covered the Aliens in the coffee causing them to screech, the Helmsman watched as they slowly melted into the substance he had previously stated ''Goodness! Are they- Dying...'' Asked Koba in horror ''Yes. They'll slowly melt into nothingness, their forms will die, but it's believed their souls live on in another realm.''
Said the Helmsman, with a terrifying tone. ''C'mon!'' Shouted the Helmsman ''What about the Queen!?'' Replied Koba. The Helmsman sighed, grabbed her majesty the Queen and carried her once more, this time to the bedrooms, as they were walking and drinking their coffee, they heard more screams, they ran, and they saw a maid being killed ''Back off!''
Shouted the Helmsman the alien turned, screeching at the smell of coffee and running ''Go! I'll help the girl!'' Yelled the Helmsman. Koba ran after the alien it hit him knocking him into a wall and would carry on running, the coffee spilt, but there was some left, he picked up the cup and would carry on chasing the alien, he hit the alien with the coffee, watching as it melted. He ran back to the Helmsman ''Is she ok!?'' He asked ''She's gone...'' Said the Helmsman, closing the woman's eyes ''Are the aliens all gone?!'' Shouted the Helmsman ''I think so!?'' Replied Koba ''Good.'' He said, turning to the door ''An alien busted through the door, and was holding a device that could kill any living organism in sight
''Go!'' Shouted the Helmsman. They both ran into the room, and as the wall crashed down, they dived, covering themselves ''What will we do!?'' Asked Koba
The Helmsman got up slowly, walked out and confronted the alien, he'd have his hands raised, staring it in the eyes, and it would go to blast, but it did nothing ''Not working?'' The Helmsman said, smirking ''The device has a limited amount of uses, and I suspect it isn't yours, since it was manufactured in the year 10 billion, so you didn't know, see that red glowing beam, that isn't any old red glowing beam... That's a vertical-retrace pulse, it tells you once the uses have been... Well, used! So, your device is down, you're useless, a pointless existence, how depressing... You can either leave or, I'll make sure this will be the last place you'll ever visit... Your choice.'' The alien dropped the weapon now pulling out a pen-looking device ''What is...'' It now shot a laser beam, but the Helmsman jumped out of the way, assuming it would do something like that, he'd crawl away, finding a safe place to hide. He'd look around to find a candle, he would fill a cup of water putting the cup above the candle until the water was boiling, he'd stop out ''Mr... What was it again? Ah, that's right, Mr Ugly! Oi!'' He'd chuck the water over it, and it then started to melt, turning once again into the gooey subtence. He'd find Koba and they would close the door and would catch a horse and carriage, they would find the TARDIS and he would take off into the vortex ''What time did you leave exactly,'' said the Helmsman ''Well, roughly 8th of October, 5010 at around 10:06 am.'' He said, saddened ''Right, 3126 years to go!'' Said the Helmsman, placing the coordinates ''Thank you...'' Says Koba ''For what?'' Replied the Helmsman ''Well, for everything.'' Said Koba ''Can I ask one question?'' Said the Helmsman, intrigued ''Of course, anything!'' Replied Koba ''Why were you pointing your gun at that man, from before?'' Said the Helmsman ''I was afraid, he was trying to rob me...'' Said Koba, sounding unsure ''Right... You best be off... I had fun... Goodbye.'' Said the Helmsman. He then set the coordination for his next adventure ''Yes, goodbye... Where will you go next?'' Said Koba, with a sad expression ''Wherever this old thing takes me...'' He said, with a light smile
Koba walked outside, to see a Metal box, he walked away with his head down, knowing he was going to get punished, probably jailed for his actions, a crime like this was life in prison, and he waved goodbye as the TARDIS dematerialised.

THE END