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The King and Max
Story (C) 2007 C. Meli.
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Story occurs post-SURVIVAL (final classic series Doctor Who episode).
SPOILER:
WhoSliders #13 - when Remmy had stayed behind leaving the
WHOSLIDERS...
What you need to know:
"
The Doctor is a Time Lord - a time-traveller from the alien
world called Gallifrey [Universe-777, the Stargate Universe] who
travels in space and time thanks to his TARDIS which looks like a
police box, bigger inside than outside. When the Doctor is severely
injured or even killed, he will regenerate into a new appearance
and body. He is currently in his seventh incarnation (6th
regeneration).
The Doctor is currently travelling with Ace. He is on a crusade to
champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless and the powerless
throughout the whole multiverse of multiple universes.
"
Chapter 1
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Many thousands of years ago on an unspecified planet in Universe-777
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The Tok'ra (previously Osiran) Horus had lived on Mars for a large number of years, but had moved to another
planet which had a stargate on it. He was wearing Osiran robes and looked sad. He had been part of the
Tok'ra rebellion for some time now, and he was tired now.. his symbiote had grown old and was going to die.
He wanted to have it removed as that might mean he would be able to live further but there was no
known and safe way to do this. He began to think of his past, his previous life as Max (or Alt-Max as he was
the alternate reality Max) in Roswell, his
meeting the WHOSliders and the Doctor, how he had trapped the mad Osiran Sutekh, his brother (well
brother of his symbiote).. he thought this was the end, until he heard the sounds of.. yes, it was
the Doctor's TARDIS! It had materialised right here, in this time, on this planet..
The door of the TARDIS opened slowly.. An odd-looking man with a white hat and an umbrella in the form of
a question mark looked out. His jersey was filled with question marks. Horus recognised his presence - it
was him! The Doctor! In a different body, that was for sure, but it was him!
"Doctor! You have returned!"
"Max! Or should I say Horus!"
"I am dying doctor.. well my symbiote is dying. Can you do anything to help me, old friend?" Horus asked.
"Well I happen to have something that can help you - perhaps. We can try this procedure but it's risky" the
Doctor looked at Horus with a serious look.
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The TARDIS
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Horus was strapped to the couch with black straps for fear that he may move throughout the procedure and
hurt himself. Ace, who was currently travelling with the Doctor, was here too. She was wearing a dark black
jacket full of badges. She talked to Horus, who
kept regaling her with stories about life in Roswell when he was a young boy. Call me Max again he told
her. I want to be Max again.
The Doctor explained the procedure he would be using. Removing a symbiote is difficult because a dying
symbiote releases a deadly toxin. If the symbiote is healthy enough, and not dying, the symbiote can
avoid killing its host. So this was not Max's case.
The Doctor prepared a close range transmat beam.. it would cleanly beam the dying symbiote out of Max's
body. The Doctor recalled how the granolith, Gallifreyan technology, was left by him so that Max in
his alternate future would use it to travel to the past and change the timeline which had gone haywire
with an alien invasion. That had gone well, thanks to Liz Parker's help too.
The beam did its job.. the poison had not been released, so Max would live. He would need to recover,
though. And the Doctor knew the best place to do this. "It's in another parallel universe.
I'm taking you there.." he explained.
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Earth-820, circa 2007
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The TARDIS materialised in an open field, in a city known for the best relaxation centre on this world.
The place featured many forms of entertainment, including live singing.. this would be the best place
for Max to recover his health. The Doctor thought it would beat many other similar places on other
worlds and universes. Plus he hadn't been here for a long time. Not since his fifth incarnation. He had
been here with the WHOSliders once...
The Doctor, Ace and a very tired Max walked towards the centre. They passed several buildings, and some
people smiled and waved at them. The Doctor explained that this earth had a tv show called WHOSLIDERS,
about the dimensional travelling of the Doctor and the WHOSLIDERS. A fiction about what was reality.
Apparently now there was going to be WHOSLIDERS: THE MOVIE. It was being written by the show's creator,
a certain Stravinsky Brombos.
"I want to have a talk with him. So I see where he's getting his storylines from", the Doctor said.
"Meanwhile let's go to eat at this restaurant", Ace suggested. They stopped at a restaurant called
"D'Alessio's". Not many people were there, well just two persons who looked familiar. They looked like
Tegan and Quinn Mallory from the WHOSLIDERS. "How's that possible", Ace enquired.
"They are lookalikes. On this world it is popular for people to try and imitate famous WHOSLIDERS from
their tv show", the Doctor explained as they found a table.
After deciding to try the Bombay Duck, the Doctor gave the order to a waitress. They kept on discussing
the past, the time Max had travelled with the WHOSliders, and other things.
Time passed. An hour had passed, and this bombay duck hadn't arrived. Other people had come and left, with
their orders, but the duck was still nowhere to be seen.
The Doctor stood up and found the waitress again, he asked her "Are you getting the Bombay duck from china?"...
Time passed and finally what was called a bombay duck was brought to them. It didn't really look like a duck,
it was pieces of a duck if anything.
"Perhaps they went to get the duck from another shop, as in that Fawlty Towers episode!", Ace remarked.
"'Gourmet Night'!", Max said.
"Well at least they didn't get us a trifle!". Ace looked at a passer-by and asked the Doctor "Isn't that
Remmy who used to travel with you?"
"Yes, it is him!" the Doctor and Max exclaimed.
"He's the King here! The King of Rock 'n' Roll!" the Doctor told Ace.
At this comment Max felt a hurt in his stomach.
He had been the King, of his homeworld, though.
Memories came back to him once more. The Doctor called out to Remmy, whose face lighted up as he recognised
Max. He didn't recognise the other two. How did they know him?
His curiosity got the best of him, and he approached them. Max recognised that he didn't know Ace, of course,
and he didn't know the Doctor, at least in this incarnation.
"Boy you sure look different, Doctor" Remmy said, once he recognised him! Ace guessed that the Doctor hadn't
explained regeneration to him yet... Remmy was happy but confused with this change in appearance.
"Where are the others? Are they well and alive at all?" Remmy asked.
"It's a long story. I dropped Professor Arturo, Quinn, Maggie and Wade on their parallel earth. The
rest on Earth-777.
If Wade needs to, she can contact me using her mobile phone. Hasn't yet.
Hindle is back in the future, he's part of the Stargate SG-1 team of his time.
Adric... died a tragic death saving the world from the evil cybermen.
Tegan stopped travelling with me, she was sick of all the deaths. First her Aunt Vanessa, then all the
others..
Nyssa is staying on a space station called Terminus.
A lot of time has passed, for me, you know."
"Wow I'm really sorry to hear all this. A few years passed for me here too. I'd like to leave, perhaps
I could rejoin Quinn and the others" Remmy seemed quite saddened, and he said "Poor Adric".
"Sure Remmy, but first Max needs to rest a bit in this centre. Also, I wish to visit a certain writer.
I need to see where he's getting all these stories from."
"You know what happened to me here, Doctor?" Remmy asked.
"I have an idea, but do tell us", the Doctor replied.
"On this world, Elvis Presley never became a singer. He was totally unknown! Here people knew me on the
WHOSLIDERS tv show as a fictional character who became the King of Rock 'n' Roll on a parallel earth
with no Elvis... until I showed up and became the real King of Rock 'n' Roll! It's my dream come true
all again, only this time there was no duplicate here to steal my glory!"
"Indeed" the Doctor commented.
"I tried to find my old manager Artie Feld here, and even Captain Jack Brim.. but they don't have duplicates
here. Not with those names at least. Instead I found a new manager, Terry Antike from the famous trio of Tocks, Antike
and Manewart! They're famous here anyway. He used to manage famous acts like Kylie Megoinu from Managra and Rick Teasly.
"
"Great.." the Doctor said while lots of people started queueing for autographs. "We'd best be on our way now.."
* * * * * * *
Brombos' Office
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The Doctor knocked on Brombos' office.. His secretary thought he was another imitator, and since he
had an appointment, she let him in.
He entered and Brombos offered him a seat. "So are you here for the audition?"
"No. I'm the Doctor. The real deal. I want to know where you are getting your stories from!"
"Hahaha. good one. You're an impersonator, a really good one, I must say."
"Stop the joking. I'm the REAL Doctor", the Doctor looked sternly towards Brombos, close enough to
give him a real heart attack.
To be continued...
Continued in
The King and Max - Chapter 2 .. coming soon
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The Sliders are Fox/Universal/Sci-Fi Channel's
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Showtime/Viacom, MGM/UA.
Liz Parker, Max Evans are Jason Katims Productions and The WB
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