Sorry it's taken so long to start the next season, I've had a lot going on. I don't own Doctor Who or any of the characters.
The Doctor was running round the console as Rose watched on. Rose suddenly remembered that she should look scared but it's hard when she sees the way he's acting. The Doctor on the other hand was watching her carefully, there was still a difference between hearing about regeneration to actually experience it.
"Barcelona 5003, dogs with no noses." He runs around the console flying the TARDIS. "Now," he turns to her. "What do I look like?"
Rose opens her mouth to speak.
"No, no, no, no," the Doctor stops her. "Legs," he touches his legs. "Arms," touching arms. "Hands," he holds up. "Face," he touches before running his hands over his scalp. "Hair, I've got hair and sideburns and hang on I can feel a mole. Great, love the mole." The Doctor grins at her as he moves closer. "So go on, how do I look?"
Rose was left speechless, until she sees the Doctors face start to fall. Grabbing his jacket, she pulls him to her and snogs him.
Every concern the Doctor had about her not accepting the new him was wiped from his mind as he comes to his sense and realises that she's snogging him. He does the only thing he can think of doing, he snogs her back.
Rose feels herself stumbling backwards and feels a coral strut at her back. The Doctor pushes closer to her while she wraps her legs around his waist. Before they get too far into each other the Doctor pushes back suddenly then starts gagging.
Rose disengages from the Doctor as he stumbles backwards and falls on his knees gagging. The Doctor jumps up suddenly with a manic grin and runs back to the console. "Forget Barcelona go, Powell estate, December 24th, 2006. An early Christmas present."
"Doctor," Rose calls.
The Doctor looks at her and reason returns. "The regenerations gone a bit wrong. I can't stop," he gags again then jumps back up even more manic than before. He spots a lever then, "oh, I haven't used this one in years." He pulls it and the TARDIS lurches suddenly.
Rose can feel the TARDIS moving at incredible speed as the Doctor urges her on. All Rose can do is hold on for dear life.
Rose was wondering why she can now feel the TARDIS more keenly. Even in the previous timeline she couldn't. Cause, Bad Wolf explained, I've been helping you which means almost constant contact. It also means more contact with the vortex so you've absorbed more.
Rose feels it when the TARDIS pops out of the time vortex. She feels it when the TARDIS hits first one building then another, then a third building before narrowly missing what sounds like a van before sliding to a stop. Rose was just picking herself up when she sees the Doctor running for the doors.
The Doctor, realising they landed jumps up and runs to the doors to poke his head out. "Here we are then, London, Earth, the solar system. I did it," he leaves the TARDIS and spots Jackie and Mickey standing in front of him. "Jackie, Mickey blimey. No, no, no hold on." The Doctor walks around them. "What was I going to say? There was something I had to tell you. Something important, what was it," he grabs both their shoulders," no, hold on. Shh, shh, shh, shh. Oh, I know, merry Christmas." Mickey catches the Doctor as he collapses.
Rose finally manages to get to her feet and races to the door to poke her head out. She sees the Doctor collapsed on the ground with her mother and Mickey leaning over him. "What happened, is he alright?"
"I don't know he just keeled over," Mickey replies. "But who is he, where's the Doctor?"
"That's him," Rose replies as she bends down to check on him. "Right in front of you, that's the Doctor."
"What do ya mean, that's the Doctor?" Jackie asks. "Doctor Who?"
Rose and Mickey carefully carried the Doctor upstairs and into the flat where they placed him on Roses bed. Rose watches over the Doctor while her mother runs to a neighbours house to grab something.
Her mum comes back with a stethoscope. "Here we go. Tina the cleaners got this lodger, a medical student and she was fast asleep so I just took it. I still say we should take him to hospital."
Rose puts the ear pieces in her ears. "We can't, they'd lock him up. They'd dissect him, one bottle of his blood could change the history of the human race." Her mother goes to say something and Rose shushes her as she uses the stethoscope to listen to both hearts. "Both working."
"What do ya mean, both?" Her mother asks.
"He's got two hearts," Rose replies.
"Oh, don't be stupid," her mother scoffs.
Rose ushers her mother out of the room. "He has."
"Anything else he's got two off?" Her mother questions.
Rose rolls her eyes as she closes the door once her mother leaves. "Leave him alone."
They miss the breathe the Doctor takes and the gold dust cloud that escapes The Doctors mouth as he breathes out.
Rose heads to the kitchen while she tries to remember what happened last time. Sorry Rose, Bad Wolf stats. You can't remember too early. Well that would be why she can't remember.
Her mum follows her to the kitchen. "How can he go changing his face? Is that a different face or is he a different person?"
"He's the same person mum," Rose tries to assure her. "Different outside but the same on the inside. He's not human mum," Rose reminds her. "The big question is, where did you get a pair of men's pyjamas from?"
Jackie sighs. "Howard's been staying over."
"What Howard from the market?" Rose questions. "How longs that been going on?"
"A month or so," Jackie shrugs. "First of all he starts delivering to the door and I thought, that's odd, next thing you know it's a bag of oranges."
She needs to stop her mother or she'd go on and on. Rose looks to the telly and sees a distraction. "Is that Harriet Jones?" Rose interrupts.
"Oh," Jackie mutters. "Never mind me."
Rose walks towards the telly. "Whys she on the telly?"
"She's prime minister now," Jackie answers. "I'm 18 quid a week better off. There calling it Britains golden age, keep on saying my Rose has meet her."
"Did more than that," Rose grins. "Stopped world war three with her. Harriet Jones."
"Prime minister, what about those calling the Guinevere one space probe a waste of money?" A reporter calls.
"Now that's where your wrong," Harriet replies. "I completely disagree if you don't mind. Guinevere one space probe represents this countries limitless ambitions. British workmanship sailing up there among the stars."
Rose laughs quietly, still as polite as ever.
Someone else comes on then. This is Christmas, birth and rejoicing, and the dawn of a new age and that is what we're achieving 50 million miles away. Our very own miracle.
The unmanned probe Guinevere one is about to make its final descent. A reporter explained. Photographs of the Martian landscape should be received by midnight tonight.
After the news had finished Jackie urges Rose to go Christmas shopping with Mickey. "I'll look after him," Jackie assures Rose.
So after kissing the Doctor on his forehead she heads out Christmas shopping.
"20 quid," Mickey hands over.
"Do ya mind?" Rose questions. "I'll pay ya back."
Mickey shrugs. "Call it a Christmas present."
"God," Rose comments. "You just forget about Christmas and things in the TARDIS."
"Oh go on, Rose tell us another one cause I swear I could listen to it all day. TARDIS this, TARDIS that." Mickey complains.
Rose laughs, "shut up."
"Oh and one time," Mickey continues, "the TARDIS landed in a big yellow garden."
"I'm not like that," Rose insists.
"You are, you so are," Mickey counters.
"Must drive you mad," Rose jokes.
"But that's the thing isn't it," Mickey stats. "You can rely on me. I don't go changing my face."
"He'll be alright Mickey," Rose insists.
"Okay," Mickey stops her. "Just let it be Christmas could you do that?"
"Okay," Rose agrees.
"Promise," Mickey insists.
"Yes," Rose rolls her eyes.
"Ok, so what ya gonna get your mum?" Mickey asks.
Rose tunes him out as she notices the brass band dressed up as Santa. Something else Bad Wolf made her forget as they moved closer. Suddenly the trumpet threw flames and Rose grabbed mickeys arm. The rest fired bullets as Rose and Mickey ran.
"It's us," Rose realises. "There after us."
"What's going on?" Mickey asks as they run. "What have we done wrong? Why would they be after us?"
"Taxi," Rose yells. As soon as the taxi stops Mickey and Rose jump in. "There after the Doctor."
"I can't even go shopping with you and we get attacked by a brass band," Mickey complains.
Rose pulls out her phone and dials her mum.
"Who ya phoning?" Mickey asks.
"My mum," Rose answers.
The phone just keeps ringing and ringing. "Get off the phone." Rose cries frustrated.
"Who were those Santa things?" Mickey asks.
Rose ignores the question. "But think about it," Rose hints. "They were after us, what's important about us. Nothing except the one thing we've got tucked up in bed. The Doctor."
Rose and Mickey jump out of the taxi and run all the way to the flat. "Get off the phone," Rose cries as she barges through the door. "Get off the phone."
"It's only Bev," Jackie answers confused. "She says hello."
Rose grabs the phone off her mum. "Bev, yeah look it'll have to wait." Rose hangs up and turns to her mother. "Right, it's not safe, we've got to get out. Where can we go?"
"My mate Stan, he'll put us up," Mickey points out.
Rose shakes her head. "That's only two streets away. "What about Mo? Where's she living now?"
"I don't know," Jackie replies. "Peak District."
"Well we'll go to cousin Mo's then," Rose suggests.
"Oh, it's Christmas Eve," Jackie complains. "We're not going anywhere. What are you babbling about?"
"Mum," Rose starts only to see the Christmas tree. "Where did you get that tree?" In all the problems with robot santas Rose had forgotten about the tree.
"I thought it was you?" Jackie questions.
"How can it be me?" Rose counters.
"Well, you went shopping," Jackie explains. "There was a ring at the door and there it was."
"No that wasn't me," Rose replies as she starts to move her mother away from the tree.
"Then who was it?" Jackie asks fearfully.
The lights on the tree suddenly light up.
"Oh your kidding me," Rose sighs.
Jiggle bell music starts to play as the branches start spinning. It begins to move closer to them as they move back, destroying anything in its path.
"Go," Mickey yells. "Get out." As he holds up a wooden chair to fend the tree off.
Rose and Jackie run down the hall. Rose runs into her room as Jackie runs to the front door.
"We've got to save the Doctor," Rose yells.
"What are ya doing?" Jackie questions.
"We can't just leave him," Rose answers.
"Mickey," Jackie yells as she waits in Roses bedroom door. "Mickey get out, get out."
"Mickey," Rose calls.
Mickey who finally realises the tree won't be stopped throws what's left of the chair at the tree and runs into Roses room to help with the Doctor.
"No leave him," Jackie cries. "Just leave him."
"Get in," Mickey calls. Mickey closes the door and he and Jackie moves a wardrobe in front of the door.
Rose runs to the bed. "Doctor wake up," she calls.
She grabs the sonic screwdriver from the pocket of his jacket and runs back to the Doctor placing it into his hand. She falls back as the tree makes its way into the room.
"I'm gonna get killed by a Christmas tree," Jackie cries.
Rose leans down and whispers in the Doctors ear, "help me."
The Doctor sits up suddenly and points his sonic screwdriver at the tree. Pushing down on the button the tree blows up.
"Remote control," the Doctor realises. "But who's controlling it?" The Doctor grabs a dressing gown that's lying on the end of the bed and puts it on as he heads out the door and looks over the balcony to see three figures dressed in Santa costumes.
"That's them," Mickey informs the Doctor. "What are they?"
"Shh," Rose quiets him.
The Doctor points his sonic screwdriver at them and the figures move together before teleporting away.
"They've just gone," Mickey scoffs. "What kind of rubbish were they, I mean no offence but there not much cop if a sonic screwdrivers gonna scare them off."
Now the Doctor knows their in trouble. "Pilot fish, they were just pilot fish." The Doctor falls backwards as pain hits him.
Rose rushes to grab him. "What's wrong?"
"You woke me up to soon," he explains. "I'm still regenerating, I'm bursting with energy," he breathes out a gold gas cloud. "See, the pilot fish could smell it, million miles away. They eliminate the defence, that's you lot and they carry me off. They could run there batteries off me for a couple of years." He finishes as another burst of pain runs through him and he lands on the balcony railing.
"Oh, oh, oh," Jackie cries as she catches the Doctor.
"My head," the Doctor cries in agony. "I'm having a neural implosion I need."
"What do ya need?" Jackie starts panicking.
"I need," the Doctor tries again.
"Just say it, tell me, tell me, tell me," Jackie interrupts.
"I need," he tries again.
"Painkillers," Jackie starts guessing, "aspirin, codeine, paracetamol, oh I don't know, pepto bisamol, liquid paraffin."
"I need," he starts.
"Vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E." Jackie interrupts.
"I need," he tries frustrated.
"Is it food? Something simple, bowl of soup, nice bowl of soup. Soup and a sandwich, soup and a little ham sandwich." She panics.
"I need you to shut up," the Doctor finally gets out.
Jackie calms down slightly. "Oh, he hasn't changed that much."
Another burst of energy sends him back over to Rose. "We haven't got much time, if there's pilot fish then," he feels something in his dressing gown. "Whys there an apple in my dressing gown?" He pulls out.
Jackie looks sheepish, "oh, that's Howard. Sorry."
The Doctor stares at her confused. "He keeps apples in his dressing gown?"
"He gets hungry," Jackie explains.
"What he gets hungry in his sleep?" The Doctor continues.
"Sometimes," Jackie confirms.
The Doctor drops the apple suddenly as another burst of pain goes through him. He won't be able to stay awake much longer but he needs to warn Rose. "Brain collapsing." He grabs Roses hand and stares into her eyes. "The pilot fish," he emphasis. "The pilot fish mean, something's, something's coming," he finally gets out as he collapses in Roses arms.
Rose and Mickey carry the Doctor back to bed and Rose grabs a bowl of water and a cloth. She starts wiping his face as he develops a fever.
She sees Mickey enter as he stares at them sadly before moving onto the lounge. "Jackie, I'm using the phone line, is that alright?" She hears Mickey ask.
"Yeah, keep account of it," Jackie replies as she takes a cuppa to Rose. "It's midnight, Christmas Day. Any change?"
Rose follows her mum back out to the lounge. "He's worse, just one heart beaten." Rose has been trying to get Bad Wolf to tell her what he needs but she refuses.
The news is still on in the background as Rose waits for Mickey to log onto the Internet.
"Here we go, pilot fish," Mickey stats. Rose moves to join him at the laptop. "Scavengers like the Doctor said. Harmless, there tiny but the point is the little fish swim along side the big fish."
"You mean like sharks?" Rose clarifies.
"Great big sharks," Mickey confirms. "So what the Doctor means is we had them now we get that."
Rose moves back a bit as an animation of a shark appears on the laptop screen. "Something is coming," Rose repeats. "How close?"
"There's no way of knowing," Mickey replies. "But the pilot fish don't swim far from the daddy."
"So it's close," Rose finishes.
"Funny sort of rocks," Rose hears her mum complain.
Looking at the telly Rose sees a face, "that's not rocks." She informs them. The thing on the telly roars suddenly and they all jump back in fright. Rose had seen it before and it still scared her.
The telly is now buzzing with news of an alien life form as Rose moves to sit on the bed and watch over the Doctor.
"Rose," Mickey calls.
Rose leaves the Doctors side to watch what Mickeys doing on the laptop.
"Take a look, I've got access to the military." Mickey gloats. "Their tracking the space ship, it's big, it's fast and it's coming this way."
"Coming for us?" Rose hints.
"I don't know," Mickey shrugs, "possibly."
The alien shows up on the laptop screen. It starts speaking yet Rose can't seem to understand them.
"Have you seen them before?" Mickey asks.
Rose shakes her head. "No, I don't understand what there saying. The TARDIS translates alien languages inside my head all the time, wherever I am."
"So why isn't it doing it now?" Mickey questions.
"It's the Doctor, like he's part of the circuit and he's broken." She explained. Sorry Rose, I've blocked your connection to the TARDIS.
Rose frowned as she walks back into the room and crawls into the bed beside the Doctor, she snuggles up to him as her mother watches from the doorway. Rose wakes up as the sun starts to rise and gets up to change. She hears her neighbour calling so she and Mickey head out to investigate.
"Sandra," Rose calls.
"He won't listen," she cries. "He's just walking, he won't stop walking. It's this sort of light thing."
Rose looks over the balcony to see hundreds more people with the same blue light. They follow them to the roof where the people stop on the edge.
"What do we do?" Mickey asks as he looks around at everyone.
"The Doctor will help," Rose assured him.
Rose heads back to the flat and stands in the doorway of her bedroom as she watches the news on the telly. She hears Harriet call out to the Doctor as she turns to watch him.
"You really love him, don't you?" Her mum asks.
Rose nods her head as she insists, "he will come right. I know he will."
Her mum gives her a sympathetic look as she hugs her. Jackie thinks Rose is kidding herself cause the Doctors only getting worse.
A loud booming noise is heard as the windows shatter. Running outside they look up to the sky as the spaceship enters the atmosphere. The spaceship, shaped like a floating rock, stops over the middle of London.
Rose runs back inside followed by her mother and Mickey. "Mickey," Rose calls. "We're gonna carry him. Mum come on, we're going." Rose calls as she places the Doctors dressing gown on.
"Where to?" Mickey questions.
"The TARDIS," Rose answers. "It's the only safe place on earth."
"What we gonna do in there?" Jackie questions.
"Hide," Rose replies.
"Is that it?" Jackie scoffs.
"Mum, look in the sky," Rose insists. "There's a great big alien invasion and I don't know how to wake him. Now all we can do is run and hide and I'm sorry, now move."
Mickey helps Rose carry the Doctor while her mum starts piling food into bags. They carry him out and down the stairs while her mum struggles with bags of food.
"Mum," Rose cries. "Will you just leave that stuff and give us a hand."
"I thought we might need food," Jackie stats defensively.
"Just leave it," Rose cries.
Rose and Mickey finally make it to the TARDIS and Rose manages to open the doors so they can carry him in. They place the Doctor on the grating by the console as Jackie follows them in.
"No chance you can fly this thing?" Mickey asks.
"Not any more, no," Rose responds.
"Well you did it before?" Mickey questions.
"Yeah I know," Rose agrees, "but it's been wiped outta my head. The Doctor had been teaching me but I've never flown her by myself. Try it and I could have the universe ripped in half."
"Aah, better not then," Mickey stats.
Rose sits on the grating next to the Doctor. "Maybe not."
"So what do we do, just sit here," Mickey suggests.
"That's as good as it gets," Rose responds sarcastically.
"Right," her mother interrupts. "Here we go, nice cup of tea."
"Oh," Rose responds. "The solution to everything."
"Now stop ya moaning," Jackie warns. "I'll get the rest of the food." Jackie runs out the doors.
"Tea," Mickey complains. "Like we're having a picnic while the worlds coming to an end." Mickey notices the monitor. "How does this thing work? Cause it picks up TV maybe we could see what's going on out there. Maybe we've surrendered. What do you do to it?" Mickey pushes a button and a bleeping noise starts.
"I don't know," Rose mutters. "It sort of tunes itself."
Rose can feel Bad Wolf stirring, pour a cup of tea in the circuits next to the Doctors head.
Rose grabs the flask off Mickey and pours a cup full before walking over and sitting next to the Doctor again. She discreetly pours the tea next to the Doctors head and sees a cloud of vapour rising.
"Maybe the bleeping is a distress signal," Mickey suggests.
"Maybe," Rose agrees.
"And where stuck in here with your mums cooking," Mickey complains.
Rose suddenly realised she's not there. "Where is she? I better give her a hand, it might start raining missiles out there."
"Tell her anything from a tin, that's fine," Mickey yells.
"Why don't you tell her yourself," Rose suggests.
"I'm not that brave," Mickey remarks.
"You will be one day," Rose grins back.
She walks out before remembering what happened next. She lets a small scream out as a Sycorax grabs her from behind. She sees Mickey run out after her.
"Get off, get off me," she sees Mickey standing in front of the open door of the TARDIS. "Shut the door," she yells.
Mickey runs back and manages to shut the doors just before another Sycorax grabs him.
Rose and Mickey are escorted to where Harriet is waiting. "Rose, I've got you, my lord oh my precious thing." Rose is shoved into Harriet's arms. "The Doctor, is he with you?"
"He will be soon," Rose assures her.
The leader starts speaking in his native language while Harriet's assistant Alex interprets. "The yellow girl, she has the clever blue box therefor she speaks for your planet.
"But she can't," Harriet argues.
"Yeah, I can," Rose responds.
"Don't you dare," Mickey warns.
"Someone's got to be the Doctor," Rose responds.
Harriet grabs her arm. "They'll kill you."
Rose brushes her off. "Never stopped him."
Rose looks around at the Sycorax. "I would give you a big speech about leaving this planet but I'm just gonna give you a warning. Inside that box is a man with the biggest gob I know. He can send armies running from him in terror so I'm giving you a warning, leave or he'd make you leave."
The Sycorax stare at her stunned before the leader followed by every other Sycorax starts laughing at her. "You are very, very funny. And now your going to die."
"Leave her alone," Harriet demands.
"Don't touch her," Mickey yells at the same time.
The leader continues to speak as Alex translates. "Did you think you were clever, trying to scare us off. We are the Sycorax, we live inside the darkness. Next to us you are but a wailing child. If you are the best your planet can offer as a champion then your world will be gutted and your people enslaved." The leader finishes in English.
Rose starts grinning as she realises what that means.
"Hold on, that's English," Alex realises.
"He's talking English," Harriet exclaimed.
"Your talking English," Rose gloats.
"I would never dirty my tongue with your primitive bile," the leader spits out.
"That's English," Rose insists. "Can you hear English?" Rose asks the others.
"Yeah, that's English," Mickey agrees.
"Definitely english," Alex concurs.
"I speak only sycoraxic," the leader yells.
Roses grin broadens. "If I can hear English then it's being translated, which means it's working which means," she turns to look at the TARDIS as everyone else does the same.
The doors open and Rose sees the Doctor standing there. "Did you miss me?" The leader uses his whip on the Doctor who closes the TARDIS doors and grabs the whip mid air and pulls it out of the leaders hand. "You'll take someone's eye out with that," the Doctor complains. He walks up to the leader as he holds his staff over his head. The Doctor grabs the staff out of the leaders hand and snaps it over his knee. "Just can't get the staff, now you just wait," the Doctor orders him. "I'm busy." He turns back to look at the others. "Mickey hello, and Harriet Jones, MP for Fly Dale North. Blimey it's like this is your life." He walks back up to Rose. "Tea that's all I needed, good cup of tea. Super heated infusion of free radicals and tannin just the thing for heating the synapses." He turns serious suddenly. "Now, first things first, be honest. How do I look?"
Rose decides to tease him. "Different."
The Doctor sees the teasing in her eyes and grins, "good different or bad different?"
"It's hard to say," Rose teases. "Just different."
"Am I ginger?" He asks seriously.
Rose rolls her eyes. "No, your just brown."
"Oh, I wanted to be ginger," the Doctor whined. "I've never been ginger before and you Rose Tyler," the Doctor turns suddenly to pointed at her. "You never gave up on me. Oh, that's rude, is that what I am now, rude. Rude and not ginger."
"I'm sorry who is this?" Harriet questions Rose.
"I'm the Doctor," the Doctor tells them.
"He's the Doctor," Rose assures her as the Doctor grins at her.
"But what happened to my Doctor?" Harriet exclaimed. "Or is it just a title that's passed on?"
"I'm him," the Doctor assures her. "I'm literally him, same man new face, well new everything."
"But you can't be," Harriet tries to deny.
"Harriet Jones," the Doctor stated. "We were trapped in Downing Street and the one thing that scared you wasn't the aliens, it wasn't the war, it was the thought of your mother being on her own."
The Doctor sees when she finally accepts that it's him. "Oh my god."
"Did you win the election?" He grins at her.
"Landslide majority," Harriet grins back.
"If I might interrupt," the leader was sick of being ignored.
The Doctor turns back to him. "Yes, sorry. Hello big fella."
"Who exactly are you?" The leader asks.
"Well that's the question," the Doctor grins at him.
The leaders anger rises. "I demand to know who you are?"
The Doctor loses his grin. "I don't know," the Doctor mimics the leaders voice. "See that's the thing, I'm the Doctor but beyond that I just don't know, I literally do not know who I am." He starts walking slowly back towards the leader, "it's all untested. Am I funny, am I sarcastic, sexy," he winks at Rose and grins broadly when he sees her blush. "Wild misery, life and soul, right handed, left handed, a gambler, a fighter, a coward, a traitor, a liar, a nervous wreck. I mean judging by the evidence I've certainly got a gob," then he notices the big red button. "And how am I going to react when I see this." He points to the big red button. "A great big threatening button." He moves to stand behind the button as everyone else moves so they can still see him. "A great big threatening button, which must not be pressed under any circumstances, am I right? Let me guess it's some kind of control matrix, hmm. Hold on what's feeding it," the Doctor bends down and opens a panel. "Well what have we got here?" He dips his finger in the liquid. "Blood?" He questions as he tastes the amount on his finger.
Rose screws up her nose, I hope he washes his mouth out before you kiss him again. Bad Wolf comments.
"Yeah definitely blood, human blood, A positive with just a dash of iron." He makes a disgusted face as he wipes his finger on his robe. "But that means, blood control, blood control." He stats happily. "I haven't seen blood control for years. Your controlling all the A positives. Which leaves us with a great big stinking problem, cause I really don't know who I am, I don't know when to stop. So if I see a great big threatening button, which should never, ever, ever be pressed then I just want to do this," he slams his hand down on the button.
"No," everyone but Rose yells.
"You killed them," Alex cried.
The Doctor turns to the leader. "What do you think big fella. Are they dead?"
"We allow them to live," he stats.
"Allow," the Doctor scoffed. "You have no choice. See that's all blood control is, cheap bit of voodoo. Scares the pants offa you but that's as far as it goes. It's like hypnosis, you can hypnotise someone to walk like a chicken or sing like Elvis, you can't hypnotise them to death," the Doctor explained. "Survival instincts to strong."
"Blood control was one form of conquest, I could summon the armada and take this world by force." The leader cries.
"Well, yeah you could," the Doctor agreed. "Yeah course you could but why, look at these people. These human beings, consider their potential. From the day they arrive on a planet, blinking step into the sun. There is more to see than can ever be seen, more to do then. No," he cuts himself off. "Hold on, sorry that's the lion king, but the point still stands. Leave them alone."
"Or what," the leader challengers.
"Or," the Doctor grabbed a sword of a nearby Sycorax a runs down to stand in front of the TARDIS. "I challenge you."
The leader and all other Sycorax start laughing as he moves down to face the Doctor.
The Doctor looks around. "Oh, that struck a cord. Am I right that the sanctified rules of combat still apply?"
The leader draws his own sword. "You stand as this worlds champion?"
"Thank you," the Doctor takes of his dressing gown. "I've got no idea who I am, but you've just summed me up." He throws his dressing gown to Rose who catches it and gives him her special grin. "So you accept my challenge or are you just a calic pelka saca creselvic."
The leader hisses at him as they both hold up their swords. Then kneel with the points facing down.
"For the planet," the leader stats.
"For the planet," the Doctor agrees.
They stand there ready to fight as worry runs through Roses mind. Their swords clash and Rose clutches the dressing gown much tighter. The leader laughs as the Doctor stumbles before they clash once again.
The Doctor ducks as the leader swings at him. "Look out," Rose can't help but call out.
"Oh yeah that helps," the Doctor responds sarcastically. "I wouldn't of thought that otherwise, thanks."
Rose rolls her eyes, definitely rude, Bad Wolf comments.
They clash again and the leader manages to hit the Doctor in the stomach with his elbow. The Doctor staggers back while he dodges the swings made by the leader. He notices a button on the wall. "A bit of fresh air," he stats as he pushes the button and runs through to find himself standing on the wing of the spaceship.
The leader follows him and they clash again while Rose and the others follow with a few of the Sycorax.
They continue clashing till the leader manages to knock the Doctor in the nose, Rose moves to help. "Stay back," the Doctor warns. "Invalidate the challenge and he wins the planet."
The leader comes at him again and managers to knock the Doctor over, before slicing off the Doctors right hand holding the sword. Both hand and sword fall to earth.
"You cut of my hand," the Doctor stats. The leader starts celebrating as the Doctor stands up. "And now I know what sort of man I am, I'm lucky cause quiet by chance I'm still within 15 hours of my regeneration cycle which means I've got just enough cellular residual energy to do this." They all watch as his hand grows back.
"Witch craft," the leader stats.
"Time lord," the Doctor tells him.
Rose grabs a sword from a nearby Sycorax. "Doctor," she calls as she throws him the sword.
"Rose, so I'm still the Doctor then?" He asks.
"No arguments from me," Rose agrees.
The Doctors hearts lift as he hears that. He swings the sword around, "you want to know the best bit? This new hand, it's a fighten hand." The Doctor finishes in a terrible American accent.
They clash once more and this time the Doctors put the leader on the defence. The Doctor managers to take the sword off the leader and hits him in the stomach with the hilt of his own sword. The leader falls to the ground.
"I win," the Doctor stats.
"Then kill me," the leader demands.
"I'll spare your life if you take this champions command. Leave this planet and never return," the Doctor offers. "What do you say?"
"Yes," the leader agrees.
The Doctor thrusts the sword closer to him. "Swear on the blood of your species."
"I swear," the leader vows.
"Well there we are then, thanks for that," the Doctor places the sword in the wing. "Cheers for that big fella."
"Bravo," Harriet calls.
"That says it all," Rose agrees as she helps the Doctor into his dressing gown. "Bravo."
The Doctor grins at her. "Not bad for a man in his jim jams. Very Arthur Dent, now there was a nice man," the Doctor places his hands in the pockets. "Hold on, what have I got in here," he pulls out another fruit. "A satsuma, ah that friend of your mothers he does like his snacks doesn't he? But doesn't that just sum up Christmas, you go through all those presents and right at the end, tucked away at the bottom there's always one stupid old satsuma. Who wants a satsuma," the Doctor hears the leader get up and charge at them. He throws the satsuma at a button on the outta wall and they hear the leader fall to earth. "No second chances, I'm that sort of man." He doesn't mind when they come after him, but he won't let anyone put Rose in harms way.
They all renter the spaceship and move to stand in front of the TARDIS.
The Doctor turns to face the rest of the Sycorax. "By the ancient rights of combat, I forbid you to scavenge here for the rest of time. And when you go back to the stars and tell others of this planet, when you tell them of its riches, it's people, then make sure you tell them this. It is defended."
All of them plus the TARDIS are teleported back to earth as the Sycorax prepare to depart.
"Where are we?" Rose questions.
"We're just of Bloxem road, we're just round the corner. We did it," Mickey starts jumping.
"Wait a minute, wait," the Doctor warns.
They watch as the ship leaves the earths atmosphere.
"Go on my son," Mickey yells. "It is defended."
Rose runs up and hugs Alex in her excitement before turning back to the Doctor.
Harriet walks up to the Doctor. "My Doctor."
"Prime Minister," the Doctor greets. The Doctor hugs her as they celebrate.
"Absolutely the same man," Harriet exclaims. "Are there many more out there?"
"Oh, not just Sycorax," the Doctor agrees. "Hundreds of species, thousands of them, and the human race is drawing attention to itself. Everyday your sending out probes, messages and signals, this planets so noisy. Your getting noticed, more and more. You better get use to it?"
"Rose," the Doctor hears Jackie calling.
"Mum," Rose cries.
"Oh, here's trouble," the Doctor comments as he moves to stand in front of Jackie.
"Oh my god," Jackie yells as she hugs Rose.
"He did it mum," Rose answers. "You did it to, it was the tea."
"That's all I needed," the Doctor grinned. "A cup of tea."
"I said so," Jackie gloats. "Is it him though? Is it really the Doctor?" Jackie finally notices who else is with them. "Oh my, it's the bleedin prime minister."
"Come here you," the Doctor lifts his arms and hugs Jackie as Rose and Mickey hug them as well.
A green beam suddenly appears in the sky, followed by four more. They met in the middle then a larger beam shots up from the joining point and destroys the Sycorax ship.
Rose stares on horrified, she was so caught up in celebrating she forgot about this part.
The Doctor turns to face Harriet with anger. His anger increases when he feels Roses guilt through their connection. "That was murder."
"That was defence," Harriet insists. "It's adapted from alien technology, a ship that fell to earth 10 years ago."
"But they were leaving," the Doctor spat in disgust.
"You said it yourself, Doctor," Harriet tried to reason. "They'd go back to the stars and tell others about the earth. I'm sorry Doctor but your not here all the time, you come and go. It happened today, Mr Luwellen and the Major, they were murdered. They died right in front of me while you were sleeping. In which case we have to defend ourselves."
"Britain's golden age," the Doctor stats angrily.
"It comes with a price," Harriet continues.
"I gave them the wrong warning," the Doctor realised. " I should've told them to run, as fast as they can. Run and hide cause the monsters are coming, the human race."
"Those are the people I represent," Harriet insists. "I did it on their behalf."
"And I should've stopped you," the Doctor ground out.
"What does that make you, Doctor?" Harriet questions. "Another alien threat?"
The Doctor moves closer to her. "Don't challenge me, Harriet Jones, cause I'm a completely new man. I can bring down your government with a single word."
"Your the most remarkable man I've ever met," Harriet agreed. "But I don't think your quiet capable of that."
"No your right," the Doctor agreed. "Not a single word, just six."
"I don't think so," Harriet scoffs.
"Six words," the Doctor taunts.
"Stop it," Harriet demands.
"Six." The Doctor stats as he moves to Alex, takes of his blue tooth headset and leans close to his ear. "Don't you think she looks tired?"
Alex looks at him confused as they move off. Leaving Harriet yelling behind them.
Rose follows her mum to the flat to help with dinner while the Doctor moves the TARDIS to her usually spot next to the Powell estate. He then heads to the wardrobe room to find something to wear.
His thoughts wander to Rose and what she really thinks of his new look. He wants to find something that she would like, something to reflect the person that she changed him into.
Rose, her mum and Mickey are setting the table while they wait on the Doctor.
The Doctor finally notices a brown suit with a light blue shirt. Picking it up he knows Rose will like it. He then notices a brown trench coat which would be perfect with it. Putting them on he adds a tie, then sees a pair of trainers poking out of a pile of clothes. Placing them on he checks his face again to make sure it was smooth before heading to Roses flat.
Rose looks to the front door as the Doctor closes it behind him. She looks him up and down before noticing his grin. She blushes when she realises what she's doing.
The Doctor, liking the response he got from Rose sits down and enjoys the meal. Well the meal itself is ok, but this is the first time since even before he lost his people that's he's felt apart of a family and he has Rose to thank for that.
Later the news starts on the telly with Harriet on, "look it's Harriet Jones," Rose points out.
"Prime minister is it true, your no longer fit for office? One reporter asks.
"No, now can we talk about other things, Harriet insists.
The Doctor moves towards the telly as he puts some glasses on. Rose watches him as she tunes out the telly. He really does look cute in those glasses. I agree, Bad Wolf pipes up.
That's when Jackie and Mickey see how much Rose loves the Doctor.
The phone rings startling Rose out of her thoughts. "It's Bev," Jackie tells everyone. "She says go and look outside. Come on shift."
The Doctor takes off his glasses as he follows everyone outside. They stop near the TARDIS as Rose sees the ash from the spaceship. Everyone else thinking it's snow.
"It's the spaceship," the Doctor explained. "Breaking up in the atmosphere, this isn't snow, it's ash. This is a brand new planet earth, no denying the existence of aliens now. Everyone saw it, everything's new."
"And what about you?" Rose questions. "What are you gonna do next?"
"Well," the Doctor hedges. "Back to the TARDIS, same old life."
"On your own?" Rose still has the fear he might not want her any more.
"Why don't you want to come?" The Doctor counters, shearing the same fear.
"Well yeah," Rose replied.
"Do you though?" The Doctor wants to make sure.
"Ya," Rose grins.
"Well, I just thought cause I'd changed," the Doctor voices.
"Yeah, I thought cause you changed, you might not want me anymore." Rose voices her fear.
"Oh I'd love you to come," the Doctor grins in relief.
"Your never gonna stay are you?" Mickey pouts.
Rose turns to Mickey, "there's just so much out there, so much to see, I've got to." Rose tries to explain.
"Yeah," Mickey finally agrees.
"Well I reckon your mad the pair of ya, it's like you go looking for trouble," Jackie questions confused.
The Doctor bounds over to her and places his arm around her shoulders. "Troubles just the bits in between, it's all waiting out there Jackie, and it's brand new to me. All those planets, creatures and horizons. I haven't seen them yet, not with these eyes." He walks back over to Rose as he sees her staring at him fondly. "And it is gonna be, fantastic."
Rose grins back at him as the Doctor holds out his right hand. "That hand of yours still gives me the creeps." Rose explains as he wiggles his fingers, Rose finally takes his hand and moves closer. Brushing ash of his shoulder, "so where we gonna go first?"
The Doctor looks at the night sky. "Um, that way," he points. "No, hold on that way." He changes direction slightly before looking back at Rose.
"That way," Rose points in the same direction. "Yeah," Rose agrees. "That way."
Rose turns to look back at the night sky while the Doctor continues to stare at her.
That's when Jackie and Mickey see the true depth of his feelings for Rose. They thought he did, but now they know exactly how deep those feelings are. The Doctor looks at her like she's his entire universe.