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Alliance ship: Interrogation room: Perspective: The Doctor

He looks about the room, thinking less of his TARDIS, and more about the now of the situation. He’d been taken from the cell, relieved rather swiftly of his sonic screwdriver, taken through some standard big-government-spaceship nondescript hallways, and to another room of middling size. In this room, he found a well-dressed member of the Alliance sitting at a table, waiting for him. In the man’s hands, there was an open folder, with a few sheets of electronic paper. He noticed an empty chair at the other end of the table, but decided against it, and stood off the end of the table.

When the man sitting down at the other end of the table nodded at the man at the door, and he left off, leaving the two of them alone. When alone, the Alliance officer cleared his throat. “You’re different,” the man said, flatly.

“Yes, I am. I’m –“

“You’re not human. You,” he said, continuing his interruption, “aren’t from here. You, whatever else you are, are alien. And you’re the first alien the Alliance has met. And as such, I’m bound by the Parliament to start an investigation.”

The Doctor’s face sank visibly; this was a common enough thing when he was recognized as alien, but, he thought, slightly more upbeat, this time, it appeared he had a chance to stop it. Except to do so, he’d need his sonic screwdriver, and he’d just remembered they’d taken it. He sighed, and sat in the chair, thinking about how he’d get out of it this time. As the Alliance officer sat at the other end of the table, reviewing his files in the newfound silence, he pressed a button set into the table.

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Serenity : Feds searching the engine room

As the group enters the engine room, the first thing they notice is the blue box off to the right. The second thing is that it’s not a standard part of the Firefly class, and doesn’t appear to be a part of this one, either. And the third thing is that it’s open. ((Cue the “Mystery of the TARDIS” theme. And you who’ve seen enough of the