Doctor Whooves: Savior of the Universe - Series 1

by veeSheep

Episode 3

It was a calm and sunny day in Ponyville, many ponies were walking around with places to go. Meanwhile, Twilight was in her library organizing all of the books by genre and shelf, while Spike sat back and enjoyed a comic book.

“Should Daring Do go under mystery or adventure?” She asked herself.

“I don’t know, I think adventure would be better,” Spike replied, Twilight agreed and placed the book in the adventure shelf.

“Speaking of adventure, I wonder what The Doctor has been up to, I haven’t seen him in four days,” Twilight thought out loud.

“If you keep worrying about him, you won’t get this done, and if I keep chatting, that’s another few minutes that it’ll take for me to see how the Power Ponies defeat the bad guy in this issue,” Spike joked, but Twilight did not react. Out of nowhere, the TARDIS materialized in the library, blowing around paper and messing up Spike’s reading. The doors opened and The Doctor showed up dressed like a stereotypical pirate (eye patch, big hat, parrot on his shoulder, etc.) and grabbed Twilight’s foreleg.

“Costume New Year’s party a few years from here, no time to explain, get in and dress up matey,” The weird brown stallion quickly said, confusing Twilight and Spike, but the purple unicorn agreed, got off of the ladder and entered the TARDIS.

“…What?” Was Spike’s only reaction as the blue police box disappeared into the air.

2023, Middle of the sea

The Doctor and Twilight arrived at the costume party on a large boat, the TARDIS being parked in a supply closet. The two of them got out, The Doctor dressed as a pirate and Twilight as a shark, and got to the deck, it was a starry night outside and the firework cannons were ready to fire at midnight.

“Arr mateys! Care for one of me home-made drinks?” A mare, who was also dressed like a pirate, offered, Twilight declined but The Doctor took a sip of the drink, it tasted like average root beer, so he took an entire glass and drank it.

“Are you enjoying yourself already, Twily?” The Doctor asked.

“It’d be better if my shark costume could’ve just been a set of fins and bit-store plastic fangs, but, yeah, it’s pretty fun,” Twilight replied, “What time is it anyway?” She added.

“It’s eleven fifty five, just a few minutes to midnight, this is gonna be so much fun!” The Doctor said, Twilight found it odd that he was acting so cheerful, he never seemed like the type of pony to wear pirate garb and be excited for this type of celebration, but she just rolled with it, “I’ll go fetch some drinks at the ship’s kitchen, I’ll be right back,” He said.

He headed to the kitchen and Twilight tried to party like any other pony there, but she wasn’t too used to doing so. She soon heard a scream from the kitchen and rushed to check on The Doctor. Once she got there, she saw a horrific scene, a blue stallion was laying on the floor next to an open closet, his mane was pale and he had claw marks on his neck, there was no blood coming out of the wounds, and he was clearly dead.

“Doctor, what happened here?!” Twilight shouted.

“I had nothing to do with this, she just opened the closet to get something and that guy fell out, dead!” He replied, defending himself.

“I know you wouldn’t do this, but then, who was it?” Twilight continued.

“Clearly not a pony, unless you know a mare or stallion with claws around here,” The Doctor said, he scanned the corpse with his sonic screwdriver, the results said that the cuts went a lot deeper than they thought.

“Whatever sliced at him cut right through his neck, but it looks like it just scratched the poor guy!” Twilight remarked.

The clock struck midnight and the firework show began, but it was swiftly stopped by The Doctor and Twilight bringing in the corpse from the kitchen. Everyone gasped in horror at what they saw there.

“We found this stallion dead in the kitchen, we don’t know how he died or what killed him, but one thing’s for sure,” Twilight said.

“This boat isn’t safe, we have an other worldly guest among us and we must figure out who it is before everyone else suffers the same fate,” The Doctor finished the sentence.

“W-What do you g-guys mean by ‘other worldly’?” A mare dressed as a clown asked.

“It means there’s some sort of alien in this exact ship and we need to find where or who it is before it’s too late,” The Doctor explained.

“Wait, how do you two know it was an alien? It could’ve been a wolf or some other clawed animal that sneaked on board,” A stallion in a tiger costume said.

“If it wasn’t a shape-shifting monster from space, how do you explain the fact that we have yet to see it or hear it?” The Doctor said, silencing the tiger stallion. The Doctor went into the TARDIS and got a magnifying glass, he also swapped his pirate hat for a detective cap. He walked back outside and took the corpse inside to examine it for any clues, he found odd particles around the claw wounds, he took a few and put them in the TARDIS to be scanned.

“Approximate time for scan completion: One hour,” The ship’s computer said, “Enjoy some: smooth jazz, as you wait for completion,” It continued, the ship’s speakers then began to play a calm, jazzy song. The Doctor went back outside, where Twilight was questioning the pirate mare at the bar, who completely denied any involvement with the crime, claiming she was giving out drinks all the time.

“Did you find anything out, Twilight?” The Doctor asked.

“Nothing, everyone denied to have done anything, at least everyone I questioned,” She replied, “I’m suspicious about that mare dressed like a sea monster,”

“That’s far too obvious, no self respecting monster would give themselves away like that,” The Doctor said, “If you excuse me, I need to go check on the TARDIS,” He added and left to the supply closet where he parked the ship.

The Doctor checked on the computer, the results of the scan were in, “DNA Samples successfully scanned, species identified: Knycobus,” The computer said.

“Okay, what’s a Knycobus?” The Doctor asked.

“Knycobi are the main species found in the planet Kayko, they have the ability to disguise as other beings, copying most, if not, all aspects of their target,” The Computer said. The Doctor said nothing and ran to Twilight.

“Twilight!” The Doctor shouted, he got closer to her and continued, “Twilight, I found out what we’re searching for!”

“Really? What type of alien is it then?” Twilight asked.

“It’s a Knycobus, I was right in thinking that it was a shape-shifter, these things can copy the appearance and other traits of their victims,” The Doctor explained.

“So it could be anyone in this ship?” The mare dressed as a sea monster stepped up.

“They’re also very sensitive to loud frequencies, so the sonic screwdriver is the perfect weapon,” The Doctor whispered, pulling the screwdriver from his red pirate sash.

The sea monster mare removed her costume and revealed herself to be wearing a jacket, she also had an odd, large bracelet or watch and a purple sonic screwdriver hanging from her pocket.

“I am Agent Chrome from the Centurion Alliance, I was sent here to investigate the intrusion at this party,” She introduced herself.

“Oh, thank goodness, I thought you were the monster and you were about to kill everyone,” The Doctor said in relief.

“So you’re on our side?” Twilight asked, worried.

“Depends on what you two are, if you’re actually the Knycobi, I am far from your side,” Chrome said. She scanned The Doctor and Twilight with her sonic screwdriver and identified them as Equestrian and Gallifreyan, “Not sure what I am thinking, a physical scan will do nothing, those creatures can copy every part of another being’s body,” She said.

“Well, I can assure you that I’m not the killer here, and neither is my friend, Twily,” The Doctor replied.

“They copy everything except for the blood and its composition,” Chrome finished her sentence.

“So what? Are you gonna test everyone’s blood? There are at least a thousand ponies in this ship, good luck, weirdo,” The tiger stallion said.

“Hm…” Chrome hummed, looking at the pony that just replied to her, “That sounds very suspicious,” She continued, like when The Doctor spoke before, the stallion was silenced, “Plus, I have other methods of figuring out who is the Knycobus,”

“This is already boring, I’ll go to the bathroom,” The Doctor said, he did as he promised and headed into the ship, a scream was heard from the bathroom and Twilight, along with Chrome, went to check. A white mare was laying on the floor with the same dried claw marks on her neck as the first victim.

“I knew it, our killer is The Doctor!” Chrome said, pointing at him with her sonic screwdriver.

“I swear, it wasn’t me,” The Doctor claimed.

“So how about we check the security footage,” Chrome said with a smirk on her face.

They headed to the security room of the ship and asked to see the tape for what just happened in the bathroom, the tape began. It showed the pirate mare from the bar entering the bathroom with The Doctor almost directly behind her, The Doctor went into one of the stalls the pirate mare washed her hooves, a rather big bug crawled form underneath one of the stalls and morphed into a massive creature with no eyes, a large mouth and large claws, it attacked the mare and transformed into her before taking her costume and walking out of the bathroom.

“So, currently, the bar girl is the monster?” Twilight asked.

“Well, shoot, I’m sorry I accused you earlier, Doctor,” Chrome said.

“It’s alright, we have to go and get that beast before it attacks again,” The Doctor replied, they rushed out to the deck and got to the bar to question the pirate mare.

“I did nothing, mateys, I’m pretty sure you got the wrong pony,” The pirate mare claimed, she was shivering slightly and sweating, it was clear that she was lying. The Doctor and Chrome pointed their screwdrivers at her and played a very loud frequency, this made the mare shiver and sweat even more, her eyes were also twitching.

“Just show yourself, Knycobus, we know it’s you,” The Doctor said. Surely enough, the monster’s disguise faded away and the mare became a large, scaly creature with no eyes. It roared and scared the party goers into hiding, it attacked the tiger stallion and morphed into him before chasing the heroes into the ship. They all ran into the lower decks of the ship, where it threw Chrome into a closet and transformed into her to fool The Doctor and Twilight, but the real Chrome walked out of the closet and called out for them.

“Two Chromes?” Twilight said.

“One of them is the monster, and we know exactly how to find them out,” The Doctor said, he got his screwdriver and emitted a high frequency to mess up the Knycobus. It’s disguised faded away and the real Chrome ran off with The Doctor and Twilight. They climbed back to the upper deck and the Knycobus followed.

“How do we defeat this thing?!” Twilight asked.

“These things are also sensitive to the elements in sea water, so this guy chose the perfect type of party to try and go on a killing spree,” Chrome answered. The heroes were backed against the bar, where they started, with a firework cannon nearby, the Knycobus swatted away Chrome and The Doctor, turning into the latter. Thankfully, The Doctor dropped his screwdriver when he was flung away, so Twilight picked it up and used it on the monster in front of her.

“Twilight, that cannon next to you never went off!” The Doctor yelled. Twilight turned the cannon towards the Knycobus and lit the fuse, keeping the monster stunned with the loud sound, the cannon soon went off and pushed the Knycobus into the air, the weight of the beast bringing it back down ino the sea, where it dissolved into nothing.

The Doctor got up and walked to the edge to see the Knycobus dying, “I don’t like killing people and creatures, or other people doing that, but man am I glad that you ended that monster,” He said.

“I’d love to stick around, but now that the Knycobus is gone, I have to go,” Chrome said, “See you weirdos later,” She said as she pressed a few buttons on her large bracelet and disappeared into thin air. The pilots of the boat ultimately decided to head back to land, and The Doctor decided to take Twilight back home so she could clean up the library.

“Wait, don’t you think you could take me somewhere else first? You can always take me back a few minutes after we left from Equestria, so why not?” Twilight tried to convince The Doctor, and it worked.

“Yeah, you’re right, let’s go to one other place before we get back, choose from this star map and make sure it’s worth it,” The Doctor said, the computer’s screen became a map of the entire galaxy with several planets marked, from Ceotis Alpha, to Earth, and a mysterious dark blue planet with a gray label saying ‘Trenzalore’, but Twilight did not want to go there yet.

“How about this tiny green one, Xlyy…” Twilight tried reading the odd name.

“Xlyzo’foriuz? Sure, I haven’t been there before, could be fun,” The Doctor replied, he turned off the monitor and got to the TARDIS’ controls, taking off immediately to the bizarrely named world.