The Tyler Women
There were no other women in the world like Tyler women.
Tyler women are a strange race. Yes they nag, and shop and talk for hours about 'that girl down the co-op's latest hair-do', or 'why multi-tasking is restricted to only one gender', (me being a Time Lord and all means I can multi-task but they never let me pled my case.) My point is that they are just women.
I've travelled with women for over eight hundred years. Different species and from different centuries, and I still don't understand them any better. (Even Romana and she was at least half my species) But Tyler women are a different race altogether, brave, brutally honest and terrifying, but would rather lick a Slitheen then say their scared.
Pete Tyler was a good man, in this universe and in the other. That's why he put the void hopper 'round Jackie's neck. Because he knew that she would have never left Rose (even if he got her name wrong at their wedding). Jackie Tyler was a good woman, a brilliant mother a good tea-maker and had an excellent slapping hand, though I am quite glad she didn't slap me again as I rather like this body (strangely though I think Rose might too, improvement from big ears anyway).
Rose Tyler is reason. Which is strange really as when I look at her I lose all sense of it. Rose is the reason I survived as long as I had and I'm not talking about the Autons either. After the Time War Rose was the reason to live again and to enjoy doing it. To live, and to save people because it eases the pain to see her smile. It's not the first time I've sent her away she'll be happy really when she sees it's for her own good. She can have everything she's ever wanted and after two years of trying I've even given her, her dad back. Rose Tyler will be happy and have a fantastic life.
And I am so proud of her.
The Tyler women area fantastic race. Brave, strong and above all utterly stupid, I gave her everything I couldn't give her myself. This is it the 'Battle' of my nightmares the one where I lose Rose. Pictured in so many ways but never has anyone chosen me over family, not when I've tried so hard to give it to her.
This is it Rose Tyler no chance of going back never see your mother again, torn up over Mickey how will it be with the woman who raised you that utterly fantastic woman who raised you. Last chance Rose go back now and have a good life, because all I can give you is death, you know that. Turn around and you will have a life what I can never give you but have always wanted to. Turn back Rose this is it, no day trips back home, or homemade Sheppard's pie, just me and you and your version of forever. Its ok Rose everyone leaves me in the end I didn't believe you when you said forever.
Do you really want to stay with me?
So as Daleks and Cybermen wiz past my earlobes and I look over at Rose I realise. The Tyler women are truly fantastic.
I watch as the void closes and Rose is on the other side.