Mini ep. 1: Christmas Claws

Starring: The Doctor
And Georgia
With: Elizabeth and Colin
And the hand

Georgia woke up early in the morning to find that she was in her bed and not some bed in the TARDIS. She saw that her parents did not think she was too old for stockings. At the end of her bed was a red stocking, full of small presents.
“Yayyyyyyyy”, Georgia exclaimed, “It’s Christmas!”

“Morning Georgia”, Colin, Georgia’s father said as he walked into her room, “Your mothers been up since 7, she put the Turkey in. Then she went to church leaving me in bed. I think she thought I scared the Vicar last time we went. Although I’m sure she’s the scary one”.

“What’s the time?” Georgia asked.
“Its 9 am”, Colin replied.
“That is the latest I’ve ever been up on Christmas Day!” Georgia replied.
“I know”, Colin said, “When you were a child you used to get up at 5am, you woke Richard and Rob. Poor Rob”. Georgia gave a sad smile and got out of bed. Colin went downstairs and made 3 cups of coffee, Georgia began to open the presents in her stocking. Looking out of the window she saw the TARDIS standing alone outside the house. Elizabeth had been trying to persuade the Doctor to move the TARDIS as she said it looked an eye sore. Georgia got changed and went downstairs.

“Where’s the Doctor?” Georgia asked Colin. Then the doorbell rang and Georgia opened the front door to find the Doctor carrying presents.
“Merry Christmas Georgia!” the Doctor exclaimed. Georgia took a few of the presents from the Doctor and brought them into the front room. In the front room there was all ready a pile of presents.

“So when did you get all these presents?” Georgia asked the Doctor.
“I have a time machine remember”, the Doctor replied.
“Is there one for me?” Georgia asked, excited.
“Maybe”, the Doctor answered, “When did you get yours?”
“Last night I went for a short walk to the street where I used to work”, Georgia explained, “I got loads of presents!”
“How did you carry them all home?” the Doctor asked.
“Mum came with me”, Georgia replied, “She was pointing to the posh expensive shops and forcing me to go inside”. Just then the doorbell rang and Elizabeth appeared at the door wearing smart dress.

“You see we’ve all ready got a new door”, Elizabeth commented, “Bethany asked where you were by the way. One of your old friends who you haven’t spoken to since you failed your GCSE’s”.
“Mum its Christmas”, Georgia replied, “Stop moaning”. About half an hour later the four of them had gathered in the lounge to open presents.

“Dad you open that one from me”, Georgia said and the opening began. Georgia bought Colin a new suit, three new ties, a new pair of sunglasses and new aftershave. Georgia had been bought a new hat from the 18th century, the Doctor had bought Elizabeth a statue from Roman times and for Colin, a bottle of anti-annoyance from the future, anything you sprayed it at would stop being annoying.
“Mum, are you OK?” Georgia asked, for some strange reason her mum wasn’t saying much, and everything she did say was nice not annoying.

“Here’s another present for you Georgia”, the Doctor said, giving her a box, “I bought them from a stall in an early 20th century market.
“Doctor, stop boasting about the presents you’ve bought!” Georgia replied, as she’d only bought the Doctor a tie with Christmas Puddings on it and a box of chocolates. Georgia opened the box and a look of disgust appeared on her face.

“What’s wrong?” the Doctor asked, “Do you not like the gloves?”
“They aren’t gloves, there’s a clawed hand in here!” Georgia exclaimed, “And its disgusting”.
“Oh no!” the Doctor said, “I must’ve got the boxes mixed up, I caught that clawed thing ages ago and kept it in that box. The hand can’t get out of that box, it can only be opened from the outside”.
“But it’s just a clawed hand”, Georgia replied, “It’s not like it can move by itself”. But then the hand stood up on its clawed fingers and jumped out of the box. Elizabeth screamed and ran around with her hands in the air, the anti-annoyance spray had lost its effect, while Georgia grabbed Colin and pushed him through the door into the hall. The Doctor got out its sonic screwdriver and started chasing it around the living room, knocking over a bottle of wine and accidentally breaking Colin’s new sunglasses. Elizabeth fled the room too and ran upstairs.

“Quick upstairs!” Georgia said to her father and he followed Elizabeth up the stairs, followed by Georgia. The hand rushed into the hall and followed Georgia up the stairs, who was screaming. The Doctor chased the clawed hand through the hall and followed it. The hand grabbed Georgia’s slipper and pulled it off. Georgia tripped over as the Doctor rushed onto the landing. The hand made a squealing noise and it scuttled into Georgia’s room.
“Hands can’t squeal”, Georgia said, as the Doctor rushed into Georgia’s room.
“It’s jumped out of the window”, the Doctor called from Georgia’s room.
“Oh great!” Elizabeth replied, “If the neighbours see the claw and find out it comes from here, we’ll be looked down upon!”

“Do you have any pork chops?” the Doctor asked.
“We’re having traditional Roast Turkey for Christmas dinner”, Elizabeth answered, “What do you want pork chops for?”
“The claw loves a pork chop”, the Doctor explained, “Strangely so does a Hoix”.
“But how can it eat?” Colin asked.
“It’s got jaws on the palm of the hand”, the Doctor replied, “Dangerous jaws”.
“Well yes we do have two pork chops in the fridge”, Elizabeth explained, as the Doctor rushed downstairs.

“Good”, Georgia said, “I want the real pair of gloves as soon as possible”.
“But the chops will need heating”, Elizabeth called after the Doctor as Georgia followed the Doctor down stairs. By the time Elizabeth and Colin had got to the kitchen. The Doctor had all ready attached the chop to a piece of string.
“As I’ve all ready said, it will need heating!” Elizabeth said loudly.
“No, the claws like raw flesh”, the Doctor explained, “They can’t eat hot stuff, it makes them sick”.
“But Doctor how are we gonna attract it, I mean the hand won’t be able to smell the raw flesh”, Georgia said.
“It’s got an amazing sense of smell”, the Doctor replied, “You know its probably on its way back here right now!”
“But it doesn’t have a nose!” Colin said.

“Doctor, what’s that slurping noise?” Georgia asked.
“It sounds like something getting eaten”, the Doctor said and Elizabeth rushed into the dining room. She found that the sausages that had been defrosting for Christmas Dinner were being eaten by a hand. The Doctor ran into the living room, grabbed the box which the claw had been in, ran into the dining room, grabbed the only sausage the hand hadn’t eaten and put it in the box. The hand scuttled off the table and jumped into the box the Doctor was holding. The Doctor put the lid on the box and everyone gave a sigh of relief.

“So we didn’t need the chop after all”, Elizabeth said as a slurping noise was heard from inside the box, as the hand ate the last sausage.
“So you’re gonna keep it in that box?” Colin asked.
“Yeah I’ll have to keep an eye on it though”, the Doctor replied, “Now its been opened, it may be easier for it to escape".
“It’s not very handy is it”, Georgia joked.

Two hours later Georgia, Colin and Elizabeth sat down for Christmas dinner. Elizabeth had again been sprayed with the anti-annoyance spray and Georgia had now got her early 20th century gloves. Colin was serving potatoes and the Doctor was carving the meat.
“I’m sure anyone can carve the meat better than Colin”, Elizabeth had said, “He drops bits on the floor, and eats the nicest bits while no-ones looking. I know Doctor, why don’t you carve the meat”. This had resulted in Colin spraying Elizabeth with the anti-annoyance spray, when she wasn’t looking.

“This meat looks delicious”, the Doctor said putting on a Santa Hat.
“I’ll get the crackers!” Georgia called from the Living room as she found a large box of crackers and put them on the table. Everyone was smiling and chatting as they ate the Christmas Dinner, pulling crackers and reading out jokes. Colin and Elizabeth had both got the same joke and the Doctor had got a comb in his cracker.
“Not that I need a comb”, the Doctor said.
“Yes, you do!” Georgia replied, “Theirs a tuft of hair sticking up at the back!” Later, the whole family and the Doctor sat down and sang carols and Christmas Songs. Christmas had been saved this year, but the Earth was soon to be faced with more alien threats.

THE END
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