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WhoSliders #23 - ROSE'S SLIDERS: KEYQUEST 1 - HAZY SHADE OF WINTER
This is the crossover fanfic in my fan-series featuring Rose from Doctor
Who (the new BBC tv series) - and a new Sliders team.
Story (C) 2007 Mr SciRev
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For the Dr Who Timeline Related to this Fanfic, or to read what
happened just before this fanfic, please see WhoSliders 22. It occurs during the 3rd series of the new Dr Who
SPOILER: the Key to Time arc, Logopolis, Last Of The Time Lords
What you need to know:
"
What if you could go to different earths? Same planet, different dimension and universe. Rose
Tyler has found the gateway.
The Doctor is currently travelling with Martha. He is on a crusade to
champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless and the powerless
throughout the whole multiverse of multiple universes. He has lost
Rose to Earth-776. Interdimensional travel seems impossible so he can
never meet her again.
Rose Tyler has formed a Torchwood team of Who-Sliders - Computer specialist and expert Jade Wells, Quantum
Physicists Professor Arthur Maximillian and Conn Mallory, Police
Liason Jeff Slade and Medic Liz Parker. Together they slide from parallel
earth to parallel earth, trying to find Earth-777, where the Doctor is located...
The Doctor is a Time Lord - a time-traveller from the alien
world called Gallifrey [Universe-777, the Stargate Universe] who
travels in space and time thanks to his TARDIS which looks like a
police box, bigger inside than outside. When the Doctor is severely
injured or even killed, he will regenerate into a new appearance
and body. He is currently in his tenth incarnation (9th
regeneration). He is the survivor of the Time War which saw his
homeworld Gallifrey destroyed completely.
The original who-Sliders, after having managed to travel
back to Earth-001, have kept experimenting with dimensional travel.
Years have passed since the Sliders returned. They are no longer
able to slide and have lost contact with the Doctor.
"
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P10X-920-776, 2007
* * * * * *
After some time, the team decided to try to find another reality to go to. Perhaps they would find Earth-777
and the Doctor this time. Rose set her mobile phone, run the sliding midlet and a wormhole opened. They leapt
through it and...
* * * * * * *
P10X-920-231, 2007
* * * * * *
.. when they landed, they could see they were on Conaxia. The signs littered across the landscape said so, at least.
'Conaxia, the land of plenty'. Only it was quite barren and cold now.
"Hello, Rose Tyler!" Rose and the others heard this voice quite clearly.
"Welcome to Conaxia! I am the White Guardian!"
In the distance Rose could kind of hear singing.. like angels singing.. it was an old song she remembered from her childhood:
Time.. Time.. Time.. See what's become of me
Seasons change with the scenery
Weaving time in a tapestry
Wont you stop and remember me?
Rose's thoughts when back to the time when the Doctor tried to contact her from his universe... when he
was going to tell her how he felt.. at least that was what she thought he was going to do.. with tears
in their eyes as the connection was lost..
The White Guardian sighed and thanked Rose for getting here. "
It is important that you understand me.
Time, Space and the Multiverse are under attack by the Black Guardian once more.
The Doctor was once sent by me to recover the six pieces of the Key to Time, so I could restore the
balance of the universe to its right place. Then the Black Guardian attempted to impersonate me and
steal the completed key from the Doctor and Romana. This would have remade the universe in his image.
The Doctor scattered the key into its component pieces once again, to keep the Black Guardian from doing this.
The Doctor disassembled the key too early, causing various problems including the fall of Logopolis as a result.
Unfortunately, the balancing operations I wanted to carry out with the Key, were never done completely. I did
manage to fix some things, also with the help of the Doctor and the first WhoSliders... However things in
the Multiverse have simply gone from bad to worse. The Council of Guardians has decided that I must balance
out the universes or they will not survive. This may also make all forms of sliding possible once again.
Only the Doctor dispersed them across the Multiverse. So since nobody is at present able to slide across
the universes, except for your team, it you who must find them.
Rose Tyler I hand you the mission to retrieve the six segments once more."
"I have to accept I guess.. Will you help me find the Doctor though?"
"
Your destiny awaits you, Rose. I have guided the formation of your team from the start. Do not despair.
Take this tracer module, attach it to your mobile and
it will guide you to your next destination where you will find a segment. Beware the Black Guardian. She will try
to stop you from completing your quest!" the Guardian answered as he disappeared.
"What happened?" Liz asked Rose, who had been ignoring all that everyone had been saying.
"That was the White Guardian" Rose replied.
"White who? There is nobody here. This place is long dead." Professor Arthur commented, sighing. "I guess you are really tired"
"No I spoke to him. He gave as an important task" Rose looked at the others and began to show her mobile to them.
"Oh he did?" Arthur looked annoyed now.
"Yes he attached a tracer module to my mobile phone. It can take us to the segments of the key to time which
he wants us to retrieve." Rose showed the module to the others. Conn confirmed that this looked like some
technological device but it was not clear how it operated or what it was in fact. He would have had to open it,
which Rose would not allow.
Soon enough they discovered that Jeff Slade was missing. He had disappeared into this air. After some time,
they saw someone else appear out of thin air. It was Captain Jack! The Captain had just faced the Master
together with the Doctor and Martha, on earth-777 in 2008 (here it was still 2007). The White Guardian had
taken Jeff back to Earth-776 and brought the Captain to join this team, well this was what Jack claimed.
"Rose! It's extraordinary to see you are doing fine!" the Captain said as he hugged her. She was still surprised
and could not find the words.
After a bit, she muttered "How is he? How is the Doctor?"
"He had a run in with the Master, was feeling a bit old, but we solved that now.. I was on my way back to Torchwood HQ
when I just disappeared.."
After quite a bit of explanations and introductions, they decided then to leave this world, return back to
P10X-920-776 where they would slide to the universe with the first segment of the key.
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P10X-920-776, 2007
* * * * * * *
The team was ready to leave to find the first segment. So Rose operated her sliding phone and the usual
wormhole opened in thin air. They jumped through it and...
* * * * * * *
P10X-920-1001, 2007
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.. when they landed, they found the usual stargate. They entered the dialing sequence on the DHD and the gate did its
usual woosh! They gated to earth and found themselves in a park.
* * * * * * *
Earth-1001, 2007
* * * * * * *
The Stargate was out there in the open!
Rose asked a passer-by where the place was.. The man replied that this was Sliema, thinking they were tourists.
Professor Arthur said what kind of name is that? Rose saw a newspaper on a newstand, she read it and told the others
they were in a country called Malta. In front of them there was a big sign saying "LAZARUS: THE REGENERATION OF AN AREA,
FROM RED TO GREEN".
THE END...
Continued in the next Fanfic Who Sliders 24 "KEYQUEST": "MARY STREET" !
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The Sliders are Fox/Universal/Sci-Fi Channel's
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Commander Caldwell, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate SG-1 (including
Sam) are the property of Stargate (II) Productions,
Showtime/Viacom, MGM/UA.
Liz Parker, Max Evans are Jason Katims Productions and The WB
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Updates
10/8/2008:
Added new gallery for X-Files: I Want To Believe Movie Covers
7/8/2008:
Added new fic: WhoSliders #28.
This story leads into the conclusion of Rose's WhoSliders KeyQuest saga. Starring: a parallel earth
Quinn Mallory! Where will the final two segments of the Key to Time be found?
4/8/2008:
In time for the 1st anniversary of the first part of The King and Max, here's the
second part and the
third part. It continues in WhoSliders 29 which is the conclusion of
the Rose's WhoSliders saga, guest starring Mulder, Scully, Stargate SG-1, the First Ones - the original
WhoSliders!
28/7/2008:
Something new, for a change. Here's an X-Files Myspace Pictures page for you myspace
folks, with codes you can use too. Enjoy!
27/7/2008:
Site was under a denial of service attack by the guy who was hotlinking a picture.. but like Malta it resisted
the siege.
25/7/2008:
The ċuċ as we call them here is up to his games again stealing bandwidth from this site. Like a spammer
he does not know one thing about internet netiquette. If I'm paying for the images they will do my switcheroo
bidding...
23/7/2008:
Updated Malta X-Files page Other Characters with information on
Monica Reyes, Skinner, etc.. found some new stupid hotlinkers too.
3/7/2008:
Added new fic: WhoSliders #27.
Popular actor Don S. Davis, who is best known for his role as Major General George Hammond
in Stargate SG-1, as well as other appearances such as Scully's father in X-Files,
passed away last Sunday from a massive heart attack at the age of 65.
21/5/2008:
Added new fics: WhoSliders #26 & WhoSliders #25.
6/12/2007:
Added a Photo Galleries List page.
Latest fics added are WhoSliders #22,
WhoSliders #23 and
WhoSliders #24, which introduce the new KEYQUEST arc where
Rose's Sliders have to find the segments making up the Key to Time once again...
Latest news is that Billie Piper is returning to Doctor Who, playing Rose again. Good stuff!
Earlier updates..