Depth of Despair: A Dave Geraint Mystery

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Everytime that Amy and Rory go away with the Doctor, they become a part of his life; however, he has never stuck around long enough to become a part of theirs ; until now. As Amy and Rory sleep, a mysterious black cube materialises in their room. They're awoken the next morning by Rory's father, Brian , who gets them to notice that many black cubes are filling the streets.

Amy and Rory are shocked. They go outside and find the Doctor examining a cube in the park right across the street; "Invasion of the small cubes. Got to admit, didn't see that one coming. Several news reports show that the cubes are all over the world, and every specialist in the unusual and alien are trying to figure out what the cubes are. Regardless, people have started taking them home, despite the fact the could be dangerous; governments have been collecting them as well, hoping to put the cubes through tests to determine what they are and if they pose a threat. Some speculate that this could be the most clever marketing campaign ever.

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Brian makes several possible guesses as to what the cubes could be, such as spaceships, bombs, hardrives, and pieces of a puzzle; impressed, the Doctor congratulates Brian on being very thorough with his theories. Rory goes to dress for work, surprising the Doctor; Amy reminds him his scrubs are in the lounge. Amy asks what he thinks they're doing when not travelling with him; the Doctor retorts, "mostly kissing, I guess". Setting up his equipment, the Doctor learns Amy now writes for a travel magazine, having given up her modelling job, and that Rory works part-time at a hospital.

Amy explains that she can't settle on a job as she's always waiting for him to show up; she then adds that including present day years and the time in the TARDIS, she guesses they have travelled for over a decade.

As they continue talking, a UNIT strike team breaks into the flat, bringing a trouser-less Rory into the kitchen with them. Amy jokes about being envious of Rory's situation. A woman named Kate Stewart walks in and apologises for the rudeness of the UNIT soldiers; "all this muscle and they still don't know how to knock. Kate goes on to explain that a spike in artron energy tipped them off to his presence. They need the Doctor's expertise to deal with alien threats they haven't dealt with.

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She continues, saying that they've tried destroying the cubes by several means; the cubes survived plus and minus Celsius, simulated five miles of water depth, being dropped out of a helicopter at 10, feet , and being rolled over by their best tank. The Doctor decides that the best thing to do is observe the cubes. Needing to be constantly busy or risk the loss of his sanity, the Doctor performs several different tasks; he paints the Ponds' fence, practices with a football , and vacuums their flat. Seeing that it only took him an hour to do these things, the Doctor prepares to go off and have a few adventures to restore his sanity.

Brian laughs, saying that time flies when you're alone with your thoughts. The Doctor hands him the cubes, telling him, Amy and Rory to continue monitoring them; if they need him, they know his phone number. Amy is not sure he should leave, so the Doctor reassures her by explaining that he will program the TARDIS to monitor all news channels from this day onward; if anything changes with the cubes, he will be updated immediately and return to deal with it.

As time goes on, Amy and Rory live their normal lives, taking on commitments. In October , Amy promises to be a bridesmaid at her friend Laura 's future wedding , while Rory agrees to work full time at the hospital. Both tell each other what they did, finding it a bit odd as they're so used to travelling with the Doctor. In the meantime, Brian has been keeping a log; he watches a cube when he's awake and records it when he's asleep.

Rory mocks him for near- religiously following the Doctor's orders, but Brian remains adamant and continues his log. At this time, the cubes have become part of everyday life, being used for multiple different tasks. During December , Rory deals with a repeat patient while a small girl appears to be possessed by her cube. An old man is in his room, waiting to be given his medication and discharged as an orderly enters, asking if he needs anything. He says no as a second enters; the old man asks this orderly to have the other leave.

Despite his protests that he doesn't need help, the orderlies try subduing him. In the middle of his struggle, he removes one of their masks, revealing their inhuman nature. As the old man screams, the little girl who had also entered the room looks on with an expressionless face. During the Ponds' anniversary, 26 June Amy phones the Doctor, wondering where he is; she's left several messages.

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He arrives with a bouquet just as she finishes her call, telling her to collect Rory as he has a present for them. He takes Amy and Rory with him to the Savoy Hotel 's opening night in as his anniversary gift to them. However, despite his promise that nothing would go wrong, they ended up having to stop Zygons , who had replaced half the staff, from trying to remove their spaceship from underneath the hotel. Eventually, the Doctor takes them back home to finish their anniversary with friends and family. Brian, noticing that Amy and Rory are wearing different clothes from before they left with the Doctor, asks him how long they've been gone.

Explaining that it's been seven weeks, the Doctor is asked what happened to all his previous companions. With a look of regret, the Doctor explains that most of them have left willingly or he purposely left them behind, and very few have died. However, he promises to Brian that he will do everything he can to make sure Amy and Rory don't die while travelling with him. Admitting to Amy that he misses them, the Doctor asks if he can stay with her and Rory. During July , exactly one year after the cubes appeared, Brian prepares to take a nap while his camera records for him; the cube spins slightly after he closes his eyes.

Noticing this, he tricks it into thinking he's asleep, catching it spinning. At the Ponds' flat, Rory sees a cube open on the side opposite of him. He tries to see what's inside of it, only to have the device toy with him and open on sides he can't see. Amy sees one glow and touches it, only for it to prick her hand with needles and take her pulse. Playing a tennis game on the Ponds' Wii , the Doctor sees a cube float in front of the screen; he dismisses it at first but realises the severity of what's happening.

He threatens that if the ones who created it wish to harm humanity, he will defend them to his last breath; it fires a laser, forcing him to flee into the hall. Brian arrives just as everyone meets and talks over each about what their cubes are doing. The Doctor looks back to see that his cube surfed the web and that there are news reports saying that some of the cubes have caused injuries all around the world.

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