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Bored [[Ordinary High School Student]] Meredith Foster finds her normal life shattered when an alien [[Starfish Aliens|resembling a lump of Jell-O]] blasts its way into her classroom and takes her prisoner. She gives it a pseudonym in an effort to escape, but the fake name only makes matters worse, and she's knocked unconscious. Upon awakening, she finds herself imprisoned on an alien ship, only to be promptly rescued by two of her old friends from school - Zack Thompson and Dallas Kean. Things quickly get complicated when it's revealed that Zack is in possession of a working TARDIS and a sonic screwdriver, but he dodges all questions about his identity and plunges the three of them into 1911. They board the steamship ''S.S. California'' and set out to prevent the aliens, identified as the Helaran, from killing all of mankind. Along the way they meet [[Lady of War|Irene Norton]] and [[The Chick|Jenny Plum]], and the five of them work together to uncover a convoluted plot to brainwash humanity. Unfortunately, the Helaran aren't planning on giving up easily...

* [[Clockwork Creature]]: Sent after Irene and Dallas to distract them from the meeting with the Rose family

* [[Cool Boat]]: The ''S.S. California''

* [[Curse of Babel]]: The captured Helaran scout does this on purpose to foil the protagonists.

* [[Despite the Plan]]: The original idea was to talk the Rose family out of dealing with the Helaran, but when that fails Dallas and Meredith/Mary send messages forward in time to enlist their friends' help in stopping the aliens.

* [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]]: Meredith/Mary and Dallas in 1911, {{spoiler|Irene}} in 2011.

* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: Dallas and Edmund, Meredith/Mary and Irene

* [[Sapient Ship]]: Zack's TARDIS. She apparently likes [[Metallica (Music)|Metallica]] and [[Sylvia Plath]].