Doctor Whooves: Episode 1
The Doctor in the Box
Prologue
Canterlot Castle, Canterlot, Equestria, Gaia, Spring, 1000 C.E.
The night was cool and the sky was glistening with an infinite number of stars. The brightest light in the sky, obviously, was the Moon. It's radiant, eerie light covered the land below in a mystical blanket of secrets and magic. Princess Celestia sat calmly by the window sill. She stared up at the Moon with great concentration. She looked at the celestial body as if there was something...or somepony looking back at her. Only she knew this fact to be true. There, indeed, was somepony up there. It had been difficult to keep the truth from the rest of Equestria. It pained her to keep the secret buried within her but it was unavoidable. If the citizens of Equestria, and the world for that matter, found out that the Tale of the Regal Sisters was true, then all hell would break loose. Then again, it was only a matter of time before she returned to Equestria. She would have to face her once again. But, by this point, even Celestia herself was foggy on the subject of the return of her sister. She turned away from the Moon and looked back at it again.
"I...I'm sorry, Luna," Celestia breathed. "If only things had worked out differently."
She held back the ancient tears inside her and turned away from the glowing orb. She walked further into her room and fell upon the bed. She looked around the room and, once again, examined the seemingly endless rows of pictures of her predecessors. Other ponies looked at them and saw the countless ancestors of Princess Celestia. All Princess Celestia saw was herself. Many different looks and names. Too many to count and remember immediately. Luckily there was a library to keep track so she didn't have to worry about forgetting her past "lives".
She turned towards the calender and looked at the date. It was now only a few weeks until the 1000th Summer Sun Celebration. 1000 years since her solo reign began. 1000 years since Luna was banished. She tried to block the thought from her head but, no matter what she tried, she couldn't forget that day. That moment. The moment that Luna was sent away to the Moon to live out the rest of her never-ending life.
Celestia shook her head and tried to think of other things. Like her faithful student, Twilight Sparkle. A sharp pony indeed. Definitely had a bright and fantastic future ahead of her...if only she'd come out of that library every once in awhile and try to make some friends. Well, at least she had Spike so that was better than nothing. But still, there had to be something she could do for that antisocial unicorn. Then her mind drifted back to the Moon. To the face of her sister. Her lovely sister. Her powerful sister. Her vengeful sister.
She turned her thoughts away from the Moon again and went back to her plans for the Summer Sun Celebration.
"Hmm...so I've got to choose a town for the celebration again," she said out loud. "Manehattan's too busy. Fillydelphia looks like an option, though."
Suddenly, the room was filled with a strange, foreign sound that Celestia had never heard before. Or had she? It sounded so familiar. She must had heard something like it before. It was a sound too wondrous and weird to explain in words. She watched in amazement as a strange blue box appeared in the middle of her room.
The box was made of wood, had windows on its sides, and had the words Police Public Call Box printed on the top. Celestia climbed off her bed and slowly approached the box. She had definitely seen this box somewhere before. Somewhere in her past. Somewhere in her clouded, long, confusing past.
The door to the box flung open and Celestia stepped back. Through the door appeared a male earth pony with a chestnut coat, dark brown mane, an hourglass cutie mark, a dark blue suit, and a red tie.
"I wonder if I've finally made it back to the right time," said the stallion. The stallion saw Celestia and their eyes met in an awkward stare. "Ah! Princess! So nice to see you!" The stallion emerged completely from the box and approached the Princess. He casually shook her hoof and walked over towards the window. "Nice night, isn't it?"
"I...I think I know you from somewhere," said Celestia.
"Why of course you know me! We've seen each other enough times!"
"I'm sorry but...I don't think I truly know you."
The stallion turned around and faced the Princess. He walked towards her until he was only a few feet from where she was standing.
"Tell me, Princess Celestia. What is the time?" he asked.
"Well it's almost nine o'clock," she replied.
"No, no, no! I mean the year! Time of year! That sort of thing."
"It's the spring of 1000 if that's what you're asking."
"Spring of 1000. Damn! I'm a few years off! Oh...sorry for the intrusion, Princess. I shall be out of your hair...er...mane in a flash!"
The stallion began walking towards the box but the Princess stopped him.
"Wait!" she stated. The stallion turned around to face her once again. "Who are you?"
"I'm the Doctor," replied the stallion. "You'll come to know me very well quite soon."
"I think I've seen you somewhere before."
"Well you have. Many times in fact. We just won't be properly introduced for another couple years."
"What are you? A time traveler?"
"Pretty much, though I do have more under my belt than just traveling through time."
"Amazing. I've never met a time traveling pony before!"
"Well technically you have since we have met before."
"Oh...yes...that's true."
"Well, I apologize Princess but I must be off. Places to go, people and ponies to see!"
The Doctor broke free from the Princess's grasp and walked towards the box. Just before entering it he turned around to face the Princess one final time.
"By the way," he said. Celestia was all ears. "Spring of 1000 is what you said?"
"Yes," she replied.
"Spring of 1000. Ah! You have a very special Summer Sun Celebration on the way! Might I suggest you have it take place in Ponyville this year."
"Ponyville?"
"Yes! Oh and make sure that Twilight Sparkle is involved in it."
"Twilight Sparkle? My student?"
"Yes! Trust me. She's going to help out a lot and this is going to be one Summer Sun Celebration to remember! Goodbye, Princess Celestia!"
"Goodbye...Doctor."
The Doctor then turned away from the Princess and yelled, "Allons-y!", as he went through the doorway leading into the box. The Princess watched as the box began emitting the strange sound again. The light on the top of the box flickered as the box slowly vanished into thin air. The Princess walked back towards her bed and stood next to it, dazed by what had just happened.
"Hmm...Ponyville," she breathed. "Sounds promising."
She then started rummaging through some old town files as the Moon slowly vanished behind a wall of clouds.