DOCTOR WHO 1963 JDD Version

The Underwater Menace

Last time, the Doctor and the Toon kids were on the planet Vulcan, where they encountered the Daleks and the Demon trio once again, but they were able to beat them by setting the Dalek ship to self-destruct and saving the planet. Now, after getting back to the TARDIS, they were traveling through time and space, off to their next adventure. Melody: "Hey Doctor... where are we going now?" Doctor: "Not sure yet... but I'm sure it'll be something exciting." Jokey: "Um... weren't the places we went to before exciting as well?" Doctor: "Fair enough..." said the Doctor, before the TARDIS finally makes a landing, and then the group exit out to see where they were. Melody: "Um... shouldn't we have looked into the monitor first?" Doctor: "Oh right... almost forgotten about that... but we're already here so let's see it wit our own eyes... [seeing the city around him] hmm... looks like some sort of ancient city..." Jokeo: "That's underwater?" Tommy: "What makes you say that?" Jokeo: "There are fish swimming above us..." said Jokeo, pointing at the fish swimming above them. Turns out that they were in some sort of city that had a large bubble around it, and both of them were at sea level. Doctor: "Interesting... a city underwater..." Gidget: "Um... Doctor... I think we got company..." said Gidget, before an army of what looked like humanoid fish-people came to the scene, and pointed their spears at the group. Jokey: "Uh... we come in peace?" Jokeo: "Really?" Jokey: "What?, I always wanted to say that." a few moments later, the group were taken to what looked like a throne room, and inside was a man named Professor Zaroff (played by Joseph Furst), and he was a scientist, and the current king of this underwater city. Zaroff: "Well this is a surprise... another human and some pets..." Gidget: "Pets?!, we are not pets!, we're Toons!, and they're people too!" Zaroff: "And they can talk too... interesting..." Doctor: "They can do a lot more than that... but tell me... who are you?" Zaroff: "I am Professor Zaroff, scientist and the king the city of Atlantis." Tommy: "Wait... this is Atlantis...?" Melody: "The legendary lost city of Atlantis?!" Jokeo: "I thought it was a myth..." Zaroff: "Oh it's no myth... she's as real as they can be... as for being lost... well it get lost... it was hidden when the sea rose up over time... and the people here were drowning... all of them that is except for me... for before the disaster came, a trio of reptilian creatures with pitch forks gave me some interesting technology to work on, and given me the ability to breathe underwater, allowing me to work down here without drowning... sure it took some time... like a few centuries or more... but I was able to create this air bubble that allowed the city to have a chance of being dry again..." Jokeo: "Wait... centuries?, how old are you?" Zaroff: "Not sure... I lost count after the first hundred years..." Doctor: "How could you be alive after all that time?" Zaroff: "When the creatures gave me the ability to breathe underwater... they also gave me the ability to live as long as this city exist... in other words, as long as Atlantis exists... so will I." Melody: "Um... these creatures that gave you the ability to breathe underwater and the technology... did they came in red, blue and black... and all three had pitch forks?" Zaroff: "Yes they did... I take it that you know them?" Tommy: "Yeah... we do... listen... I don't really know what kind of offer they gave you exactly... but trust me... their offers never end well..." Zaroff: "Oh yes... that's right... you're the ones they told me about... and speaking of which..." said the professor, before the Demon trio came to the scene, followed by more fish-people. ScreamClaw: "Ah... look who has come at last..." ThunderSmacker: "We've been waiting for you..." SpaceWarp: "Y-y-yeah... what they said..." Gidget and Melody: "Demon trio!" Tommy: "But how?, didn't you get blown up with the Daleks?" ScreamClaw: "We don't get killed, we're immortal, and besides, fire can't hurt a creature from the fiery Underworld itself... now then... it's time we do some soul collecting." Zaroff: "Not yet boys, I want them to witness this historical event first." Doctor: "What would that be?" Zaroff: "You'll find out soon enough... until then... take them to the dungeon." ScreamClaw: "Fine..." said ScreamClaw, before he and the other two demons take both the Doctor and the kids to the dungeon, where they meet a human that was a soldier and was tied up in ropes. The man in question was named Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart (played by Nicholas Courtney), and he was surprised by the sight of the Toon kids. Alistair: "What in... first fish-people, then lizards with pitch forks... and now a fox, a cat, a rabbit and two dalmatians?" Jokeo: "We're not dalmatians, we're hyenas." Alistair: "And... you can talk..." Doctor: "Yes, and they can do more than that... but tell me, who might you be?" Alistair: "Um... Coronal Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart... I was sent by the Britain government to investigate the disappearance of sailors that came to this part of the sea... when these fish-people and demons appeared and captured me and brought me here..." Tommy: "Well we don't know much about the fish-people... but we do know the demons... they're a mean bunch... I'm Tommy by the way." Melody: "I'm Melody." Gidget: "And I'm Gidget." Jokey and Jokeo: "And we're Jokey & Jokeo, we're twins!" Doctor: "And I'm the Doctor." Alistair: "Um... Doctor who?" Doctor: "Just the Doctor." Alistair: "Seriously?" Tommy: "He's telling the truth." Alistair: "Oh... well... that's nowhere as insane as to what I heard or saw down here..." Gidget: "Like the fish-people?" Alistair: "Yeah... it turns out... they were really people that the Professor have captured and mutated to do his bidding..." Melody: "What?!" Jokeo: "Then the missing people you mentioned..." Alistair: "Yes... they became one of them... and not only that... I learned that the professor is planning on draining the Earth's sea so Atlantis could be on the surface again..." Doctor: "What?!, but if he does that... it would destroy the very Earth itself!, the planet can't survive without it's oceans!" Alistair: "I tried to tell that to the Professor... but he didn't listened... nor did he cared... all he wants is for this city to rule over the planet... and to turn everyone into those fish creatures so they would do his bidding..." Jokey: "Whoa... he sounds like a real bad guy..." Jokeo: "He is a bad guy!" Jokey: "Oh..." Gidget: "We got to stop him!" Tommy: "Yeah, but how will we do that?" asked Tommy, before the Doctor pulls out his recorder and begins playing it to help him think, until he stopped playing and then an idea came into his head. Doctor: "Look... the keys are next to us... hanging on the wall... if I could get my recorder to reach them... then maybe..." said the Doctor, before he uses his recorder to reach and gets the keys, which he then uses to unlock the cell door, freeing himself and the others. Alistair: "I don't believe it... getting freed by a man who uses a recorder for more than just playing music..." Doctor: "Of course, you can a lot of things with certain things, you just need to use your imagination... if you have any of course." said the Doctor, before he and the others begin to make a run for it, looking the evil professor and stop him and his plan before it's too late. Speaking of the Professor, he was looking at what looked like a giant laser cannon which was aiming at the ocean floor. Zaroff: "Soon... once I press this button... the laser will blast a hole deep enough to reach the planet's core... allowing the sea to be drained like a sink or a tub... and then Atlantis will finally be on the surface again!" ScreamClaw: "Yes, and once that is done, we'll finally get the brats' souls." ThunderSmacker: "Which was part of the deal we made so long ago... you help us capture them in return for this moment." SpaceWarp: "Y-y-yeah... what he said..." Zaroff: "Oh speaking of those kids... we should bring them and the other prisoners here to witness this..." Doctor: "Don't bother... cause we're right here!" said the Doctor, as he, Alistair, and the Toon kids, came to the scene, surprising the professor and the Demon trio very much. ScreamClaw: "What the?!" ThunderSmacker: "Impossible!" SpaceWarp: "B-b-but how?!" Zaroff: "Ah... so you have arrived... but you're too late, I already started the countdown, in a matter of minutes, the city shall rise again, and the human race will fall, while I rein supreme!" Alistair: "Not on my watch!" shouted Alistair, before he runs over to the Professor and pushes him away from the controls of the laser. The kids tried to get to the controls, but the Demon trio stops them, and begins chasing them in order to get their souls. Jokey goes over to the controls, trying to see which button would start the laser from making the hole. Jokey: "Uh... [noticing a big red button] I wonder what this button does..." said Jokey, before pressing it, and then the alarms went off, and computer voice said 'Alert!, alert!, city of Atlantis is set to self-destruct in 5 minutes', much to everyone's shock. Zaroff: "No!, you fool!, what have you done?!" Jokey: "Uh... oops..." Alistair: "Why was there even a self-destruct button in the first place?" Zaroff: "How should I know?!" Doctor: "What do you mean?, you spent centuries building the technology in this city!" Zaroff: "Yes, but I don't remember setting up a self-destruct system!" SpaceWarp: "Uh..." ThunderSmacker: "SpaceWarp... what did you do?" SpaceWarp: "Well... I-I-I was still mad that t-t-they tried to b-b-blow us up back in the Dalek s-s-ship... so I s-s-set up a self-destruct system to get even with t-t-them..." ScreamClaw: "And blowing us up with them?!" SpaceWarp: "Y-y-yeah... I didn't t-t-thought it through..." ScreamClaw: "You idiot!, let's get out of here!" shouted ScreamClaw, before he and the other Demons used their pitch forks to teleport out of the city and out of the scene. Doctor: "Come on!, we better get out of here too!" Alistair: "But where can we go?, we're at the bottom of the sea!, we won't hold our breath long enough to swim back up!" Tommy: "Who said we're gonna swim out?" Gidget: "Come on!" Doctor: "Follow me!" said the Doctor, before he, the Toon kids and Alistair, ran off to who knows where, while the professor was trying his best to cancel the self-destruct system, but kept on failing on it. Soon, the Doctor and his group arrived to the TARDIS, and they went inside, and it wasn't long before the TARDIS vanishes from the scene, just before the city of Atlantis blew up, destroying itself, the fish-people and the mad professor with it. When the TARDIS reappears, it was on a beach, and soon the Doctor and his group got out, while Alistair had his mouth opened in shock on what he just saw inside the TARDIS. Alistair: "I don't believe it... that box... how did..." Doctor: "Yeah... bigger on the inside, amazing, isn't it?" Alistair: "But it's unheard of... it's so... alien..." Doctor: "Yes... I suppose it is..." Alistair: "Wait... Doctor... are you... um... don't mean any offense... but... are you an... alien by any chance?" Doctor: "Yes... I am... but don't worry... I mean you no harm... otherwise I wouldn't have saved you back there." Alistair: "Okay... fair enough... and for that... I thank you... I am forever in your debt..." Doctor: "Oh it was nothing really, just thought I could help a life... and to keep this amazing planet safe from harm." Alistair: "Yes... um... well I better be off now... and tell the government that I couldn't find any survivors... though I'm not positive that they'll believe the story about me being in Atlantis and all that..." Doctor: "Probably not..." Alistair: "But I will tell them that I was able to survive... when a man who calls himself the Doctor, came to help." Doctor: "Well... I'm not one who likes to be known really." Alistair: "Not a big fan of getting fame and glory?" Doctor: "No... I prefer a life of exploring..." Alistair: "I see... Doctor... will I ever see you again?" Doctor: "Well... if you're lucky... maybe..." Tommy: "We could see you at any place and any time... for the TARDIS isn't just a spaceship, it's also a time machine." Alistair: "Right... of course... well... I better get going... until we meet again... Doctor... kids..." said Alistair, before he gives them a salute, which made the Doctor and the kids to smile, before they went back into the TARDIS, which vanishes without a trace, surprising the soldier once again, but he was able to make a smile and walked away to who knows where.