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Chapter 1

The Christmas Invasion

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Suddenly, the TARDIS appears out of thin air, about 20 feet above their heads. It crashes against the buildings on either side as it falls to Earth. Jackie screams and grabs onto Mickey. It finally skids to a halt, smashing into a post van and knocking over some dustbins on the way. The Doctor throws the doors open and peers out with his mouth wide open.

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Rose and Ben come out of the TARDIS and notice that The Doctor on the ground.

Rose then asked "What happened? Is he all right?"

Mickey then said "I don't know, he just keeled over! But who is he? Where's the Doctor?"

Ben then said "That's the Doctor."

Jackie then asked "What d'you mean, "that's the Doctor"? Doctor who?" The Doctor lies on the ground, as still as if he were dead.

DWDWDWDWDWDWDWDWDWDWDWDWDWDWDWDWDWDWDWThe Doctor is tucked up in bed, wearing a pair of stripy pyjamas. Rose is sitting on the edge of the bed looking at him when Jackie enters the room, holding a stethoscope.

Jackie then said handing the stethoscope to Rose and sitting on the bed "Here we go. Tina the Cleaner's got this lodger, medical student. And she was fast asleep, so I just took it."Rose starts to put the stethoscope in her ears. "Though, I still say we should take him to hospital.

Rose takes the stethoscope out again.

Rose then replied "We can't. They'd lock him up. They'd dissect him. One bottle of his blood could change the future of the human race." Jackie opens her mouth to say something. "No! Shush!" Jackie stops. Rose puts the stethoscope back in her ears and places it on one side of the Doctor's chest. We hear his steady heartbeat. She then places it on the other side and hears the same. "Both working."

Jackie then said "What d'you mean 'both'?"

Rose then said "Well, he's got two hearts."

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In the kitchen Rose opens the fridge and picks up a pork pie.

Jackie then said "How can he go changing his face?

Rose shuts the fridge door. "Is that a different face or is he a different person?"

Rose then replied frustrated "How should I know?!"

Ben then asked "are you?"

Rose then replied "what."

Ben then said "are you the same person now than you were when you met The Doctor. I know the answer but do you."

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Distracted, Rose turns her head towards the direction of the TV.

Rose then said "Is that Harriet Jones?!"

She leaves the kitchen and goes into the living room.

Jackie then said "Oh, never mind me..."

Rose staring at the screen said "Why's she on the telly?"

Jackie replied "She's Prime Minister now. I'm eighteen quid a week better off." Rose smiles incredulously. "They're calling it 'Britain's Golden Age'. Keep on saying "my Rose has met her"."

Rose then said "Did more than that. Stopped World War Three with her. Harriet Jones..."

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Rose, desperate, leans right down close to the Doctor's ear.

Then Rose said "Help me."

Rose draws back slightly. The Doctor sits up very suddenly and points his sonic screwdriver at the tree. It explodes. The Doctor lowers the sonic screwdriver.

The Doctor then said "Remote control. But who's controlling it?"

He gets out of bed. The Doctor goes out onto the balcony, securing a dressing gown around him. Rose, Ben, Jackie and Mickey follow him. Outside on the ground stand three of the Santas.

Mickey then said "That's them. What are they?"

Rose then said "Shush!" She looks at the Doctor, who raises his sonic screwdriver and points it at the Santas threatening. They back away, standing closer to each other. Then, they teleport themselves away.

Mickey then replied "They've just gone! What kind of rubbish were they? I mean, no offence, but they're not much cop if a sonic screwdriver's gonna scare them off."

The Doctor then said "Pilot Fish"

Rose then replied "What"

All but Ben look at him.

The Doctor then said "They were just Pilot Fish." He coughs and throws himself backwards against the wall, clearly in pain. They all hurriedly kneel down to him.

Rose then asked "What's wrong?!"

The Doctor replied panting "You woke me up too soon." breathes heavily "I'm still regenerating. I'm bursting with energy." More of the vortex escapes through his mouth. "You see? The Pilot Fish could smell it. A million miles away. So they eliminate the defence - that's you lot - and they carry me off. They could run their batteries on me for a couple of year—" He lurches forward, groaning.

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Mickey staring at the laptop said "Here we go, Pilot Fish.

Rose gets up to look. "Scavengers, like the Doctor said. Harmless - they're tiny, but the point is, the little fish swim alongside the big fish."

Rose then said "Do you mean like sharks?"

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Rose then said "I don't understand what they're saying. The TARDIS translates alien languages inside my head, all the time, wherever I am."

Mickey then asked "So, why isn't it doing it now?"

Rose quietly, lost and upset said "I don't know. Must be the Doctor. Like he's part of the circuit, and he's... he's broken."

Mickey looks at her.

The Doctor breathes heavily in his sleep.

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Jackie sits beside the restless Doctor.

Jackie then said gently "Oh, come on, sweetheart. What do you need? What is it you need, tell me...

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Jackie has fallen asleep beside the Doctor, her head on a pillow she has put next to him. Rose watches the pair of them, leaning against the doorframe. Mickey comes and stands next to her. She glances at him and then back at the Doctor.

Rose then said "The Doctor wouldn't do this. The old Doctor. The proper Doctor. He'd wake up. He'd save us."

Mickey then said "You really love him, don't you?" Rose closes her eyes and sighs, putting her arms around Mickey.

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Harriet Jones then said "He's talking English."

Rose then said "You're talking English."

Sycorax Leader then said "I would never dirty my tongue with your primitive bile!"

Rose then said pointing at him "That's English."

She turns to Harriet Jones, Ben Mickey and Alex. "Can you hear English?" They all nod.

Mickey then said "Yeah, that's English."

Alex then said "Definitely English."

Sycorax Leader then replied angrily "I speak only Sycoraxic!"

Rose then said to herself "If I can hear English... then it's being translated. Which means it's working. Which means..."

She turns slowly around to look at the TARDIS. Mickey, Ben, and Harriet Jones follow suit. The doors open and there, standing smiling in his stripy pyjamas and dressing gown, is the Doctor.

The Doctor then said "Did you miss me?"

Rose smiles in delight. The Sycorax Leader roars in fury and lashes his whip at the Doctor, who simply catches the end and pulls it away from him. He discards it. The Doctor then continued speaking "You could have someone's eye out with that!" The Sycorax Leader roars again and tries to attack the Doctor with his staff, but the Doctor snatches it off him and snaps it over his knee. He chucks the broken pieces on the floor. "You just can't get the staff. Now, you, just wait. I'm busy." The Sycorax Leader stares at him incredulously. The Doctor points at him warningly, then goes over to Mickey. "Mickey! Hello!" turns to Harriet "And Harriet Jones MP for Flydale North! Blimey, it's like 'This Is Your Life'!" to Rose, beaming—"Tea! That's all I needed! A good cup of tea! Superheated infusion of free radicals and tannin. Just the thing for healing the synapses..." seriously, lowering his tone "Now... first thing's first... be honest. How do I look?"

Rose then said "Um... different."

The Doctor then asked "Good different or bad different?"

Rose then said "Just... different."

The Doctor deadly serious asked "Am I... ginger?"

Ben then said "sorry Doc but that's a no.

The Doctor then said turning away, put out "Aww, I wanted to be ginger. I've never been ginger." turns back, pointing at Rose violently "And you, Rose Tyler, fat lot of good you were - you gave up on me- oh, that's rude. That's the sort of man I am now, am I? Rude." ponders this "Rude and not ginger."

Harriet Jones "I'm sorry - who is this?"

The Doctor then replied "I'm The Doctor."

Rose then replied "He's The Doctor."

Harriet Jones then asked "But what happened to my Doctor? Or is it a title that's just passed on?"

Ben then said "same guy with new face and a different personality."

The Doctor walking towards her "I'm him. I'm literally him. Same man, new face - well, new everything."

Harriet Jones then replied "But you can't be."

The Doctor then responded "Harriet Jones. We were trapped in Downing Street, and the one thing that scared you wasn't the aliens... wasn't the war... it was the thought of your mother being on her own."

Harriet Jones then said "Oh, my God."

The Doctor asked bending down slightly "Did you win the election?"

Harriet Jones smiling, rather pleased said "Landslide majority."

Sycorax Leader then said "If I might interrupt!" They all spin around, having seemed to have forgotten him.

The Doctor then replied "Yes! Sorry! Hello, big fella!"

Sycorax Leader then asked "Who exactly are you?"

The Doctor then answered with a fixed grin "Well. That's the question."

Sycorax Leader then said "I demand to know who you are!"

The Doctor imitating the Sycorax's rough voice replied "I DON'T KNOW!" relaxes "See, there's the thing. I'm the Doctor, but beyond that, I- I just don't know. I literally do not know who I am. It's all untested." walks around, addressing everyone "Am I funny? Am I sarcastic?" looks at Rose "Sexy?" winks cheekily - she smiles shyly

Ben then muttered "I thought that was the TARDIS."

The Doctor then said "Right old 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." notices the button "And how am I gonna react when I see this?" points up at the button with an insane smile "A great big threatening button." runs up the stairs, laughing "A Great Big Threatening Button Which Must Not Be Pressed Under Any Circumstances. Am I right? Let me guess, it's some sort of control matrix? Hmm? Hold on, what's feeding it?" He bends down and pulls open a small door in order to access the controls underneath the button. He notices the red liquid inside. "And what've we got here? Blood?" dips his finger in it and tastes it "Yeah, definitely. Blood. Human blood. A Positive. With just a dash of iron." waggles his tongue around at the nasty taste and wipes his finger on his dressing gown "Ahh. But that means... blood control—" positively delighted "Blood control! Oh! I haven't seen blood control for years! You're controlling all the A Positives!" The Sycorax's grimace falters slightly. "Which leaves us with a great big stinking problem. 'Cos... 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 Be Pressed... then I just wanna do this." He whacks the button hard.

Rose and Harriet Jones then said "No!"

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Alex then said "You killed them!"

The Doctor then said "What do you think, big fella? Are they dead?"

Sycorax Leader "We allow them to live."

Ben then said "wrong answer."

The Doctor then replied "Allow? You've no choice! I mean, that's all blood control is. Cheap bit of voodoo. Scares the pants off 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. Survival instinct's too strong."

Sycorax Leader then said "Blood control was just one form of conquest. I can summon the armada and take this world by force."

The Doctor then said "Well, yeah, you could, yeah, you could do that - of course you could. But why? Look at these people." gestures the humans, speaking passionately "These human beings. Consider their potential. From the day they arrive on the planet and blinking step into the sun. There is more to see than can ever be seen. More to do than- no, hold on..." pauses, thinking "Sorry, that's 'The Lion King'. But the point still stands. Leave them alone!"

Sycorax Leader then said "Or what?"

The Doctor then replied "Or..." He grabs a sword from one of the Sycorax guarding Rose and the others, runs down the steps into the empty floor space in front of the TARDIS and raises it into the air. "I challenge you." The Sycorax Leader and the other Sycorax burst out laughing again. "Oh, that struck a chord. Am I right that the sanctified rules of combat still apply?"

Sycorax Leader then said coming down the steps and unsheathing his sword "You stand as this world's champion."

The Doctor replied shrugging off his dressing gown "Thank-you. I've no idea who I am, but you just summed me up." He tosses his dressing gown to Rose, who catches it. "So - you accept my challenge? Or are you just a cranak pel casacree salvak?"

The Sycorax Leader hisses. They both kneel by their swords dand the Sycorax Leader then said "For the planet?"

The Doctor replied "For the planet." They stand up and face each other, holding their swords at the ready. They then run at each other and begin to fight. After a few seconds, the Doctor is thrown aside, and the Sycorax Leader laughs. The Doctor, however, straightens himself up and they begin to fight again. The Sycorax Leader swings his sword at the Doctor.

Rose then said "Look out!"

The Doctor then replied "Oh, yeah, that helped. Wouldn't have thought of that otherwise, thanks." They begin to fight again, Rose watching them, terrified. The Doctor leads the fight up the stairs. "Bit of fresh air?" He hits a button and a door opens, leading to a platform on the outside of the spaceship.

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They continue their fight. Rose, Ben, Mickey, Harriet Jones, Alex and a few of the Sycorax follow them. The swash-buckling continues. The Sycorax Leader manages to catch the Doctor slightly on his nose, and he groans. Rose begins to run forward, but the Doctor raises a hand to stop her. The Doctor then said "Stay back! Invalidate the challenge and he wins the planet.: He wipes his nose, and he and the Sycorax Leader run towards each other, clashing swords. They both grimace with the effort, and the Doctor is knocked backwards to the ground. Taking advantage, the Sycorax Leader slashes at the Doctor's wrist, succeeding in chopping his hand off, up to the elbow. It falls off the side of the spaceship, sword and all. The Doctor watches it drop, and looks back at the Sycorax Leader, looking rather stunned and annoyed.

Ben then whispers to him self "Merry Christmass Jack."

The Doctor then said "You cut my hand off."

Sycorax Leader then said triumphantly "YAH! Sycorax!"

The Doctor then said getting to his feet "And now I know what sort of man I am. I'm lucky. 'Cos quite by chance... I'm still within the first fifteen hours of my regeneration cycle. Which means I've got just enough residual cellular energy... to do this." He holds up his stump of an arm, and before the eyes of the observers, it grows right back.

Sycorax Leader then said "Witchcraft."

The Doctor then said "Time Lord."

Rose takes one of the Sycorax's swords out of its sheath and said "Doctor!" The Doctor turns and she tosses it to him. He catches it by the handle and spins it around.

The Doctor then said "Oh, so I'm still the Doctor, then?"

Rose then replied smiling "No arguments from me!"

The Doctor turning back to the Sycorax Leader "Wanna know the best bit? This new hand..." He switched to a Texan accent and said "It's a fightin' hand!" The Doctor runs at the Sycorax Leader, and the fight commences once more. They clash swords for a few more moments, then the Doctor jabs him hard in stomach with the handle of the sword. The onlookers wince, and the Sycorax Leader groans. The Doctor does the same twice more, causing the Sycorax Leader to fall to the ground. The Doctor points his sword at his throat. "I win."

Sycorax Leader having difficulty speaking said "Then kill me."

The Doctor then said "I'll spare your life if you'll take this champion's command: leave this planet, and never return. What do you say?"

Sycorax Leader then replied "Yes."

The Doctor then said as angry and serious as we have yet seen him, jabbing the sword closer "Swear on the blood of your species."

Sycorax Leader then said labored "I swear."

The Doctor then replied lightly "There we are, then! Thanks for that! Cheers, big fella!" He jabs the sword into the ground.

Harriet Jones clapping "Bravo!"

Rose then said rushing forward "That says it all. Bravo!"

The Doctor then replied "Yeah! Not bad for a man in his jim-jams!" Rose puts the dressing gown back on the Doctor. "Very Arthur Dent. Now, there was a nice man. Hold on, what have I got in here?" He takes a satsuma out of his pocket. Rose giggles. "A satsuma. Ah, that friend of your mothers - he does like his snacks doesn't he? But doesn't that just sum up Christmas?" They begin to walk back to the door. The Doctor throws the satsuma in the air and catches it again. "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?" Behind them, the Sycorax Leader gets to his feet. He picks up his sword, roaring, ready to charge. Without even turning around, the Doctor lobs the satsuma at a switch on the side of the ship, causing the ground beneath the Sycorax Leader to open. He tumbles to Earth, screaming. The Doctor's smile has faded from his face. "No second chances. I'm that sort of a man."

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The Doctor stands in front of the TARDIS with Rose and the others. The Doctor addresses the remaining Sycorax "By the ancient rites of combat, I forbid you to scavenge here for the rest of time. And when go you back to the stars and tell others of this planet... when you tell them of its riches - its people - its potential. When you talk of the Earth, then make sure that you tell them this: It - is - defended."

The TARDIS, the Doctor, Rose, Ben, Harriet Jones, Mickey and Alex are all teleported away.

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The group materialise. Rose then asked "Where are we?"

Mickey then said "We're just off Bloxom Road. We're just round the corner, we did it!" He laughs and jumps up and down in glee. The Doctor holds his hand out as the spaceships engines start up. The Doctor then said "Wait a minute... wait a minute..." The ship takes flight, back to the skies. The Doctor grins.

Mickey then said gleefully "Go on, my son! Oh, yeah!"

Rose then jumps on Mickey's back "Yeah! Don't come back!"

Mickey then said "It is defended!"

They laugh happily, and Rose jumps off his back and hugs him. She hugs Ben and then runs up to a very surprised Alex, and throws her arms around him as well. The Doctor and Harriet Jones face each other. Harriet Jones raises her arms, grinning and said "My Doctor."

The Doctor then replied "Prime Minister." They hug happily.

Harriet Jones then said "Absolutely the same man." The Doctor smiles. Then they both turn to look up at they sky. "Are there many more out there?" The Doctor then replied "Oh, not just Sycorax. Hundreds of species. Thousands of them. And the human race is drawing attention to itself. Every day you're sending out probes and messages and signals - this planet's so noisy. You're getting noticed... more and more." looks at her "You'd better get used to it."

Then they heard Jackie's voice said "Rose!"

Rose then said "Mum!"

The Doctor then replied "Oh! Talking of trouble...!"

Rose runs up to her mum who has just come down the street and hugs her.

Jackie then said "Oh, my God! You did it, Rose! Oh!"

The Doctor smiles. Alex's communication device bleeps. Mickey, and Ben join Rose and Jackie. "You did it too! It was the tea! Fixed his head!"

The Doctor then said "That was all I needed - cup o' tea."

Jackie then said "I said so!"

Rose then replied smiling happily "Look at him!"

Jackie then replied "Is it him, though? Is it really the Doctor?" notices Harriet Jones "Oh, my God! It's the bleeding Prime Minister!"

The Doctor then said "Come here, you."

He holds out his arms to Jackie, who throws her arms around him. Rose, Ben, and Mickey join in the group hug.

Jackie then asked "Aww...! Are you better?"

The Doctor then said "I am, yeah!"

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Rose then said "I'm sorry!"

Jackie then replied "I had all the food!"

The Doctor turns and gives Harriet Jones a brief smile, which she feebly tries to return.

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Rose then said gasping "What is that? What's happening?"

Jackie puts her hand over her mouth. The Doctor looks unsmilingly from the sky to Harriet Jones. He walks toward her slowly. The Doctor then said angrily "That was murder."

Harriet Jones then replied "That was defence. It's adapted from alien technology. A ship that fell to Earth ten years ago."

The Doctor then said still angry "But they were leaving."

Harriet Jones then said "You said yourself, Doctor. They'd go back to the stars and tell others about the Earth. I'm sorry, Doctor, but you're not here all the time. You come and go. It happened today - Mr Llewellyn 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."

The Doctor then said disdainfully "Britain's Golden Age."

Harriet Jones then replied, "It comes with a price."

The Doctor then said "I gave them the wrong warning. I should've told them to run - as fast as they can, run and hide because the monsters are coming: the human race."

Harriet Jones then said "Those are the people I represent. I did it on their behalf."

The Doctor then said "Then I should've stopped you."

Harriet Jones then said "What does that make you, Doctor? Another alien threat?"

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The Doctor enters Jackie's flat, shutting the door behind him. Rose looks up. The Doctor stands before her, and she smiles. He smiles back.

Rose screams as the Christmas cracker she pulled with the Doctor bangs. The Doctor wins but he gives it to Rose anyway.

The Doctor then said "Oh, that's yours..."

Rose takes a pink paper party hat out of the cracker.

Rose then replied "It's pink! Mum, it should be yours!"

The Doctor then replied "Pink! Lovely!"

She puts the hat on, and the Doctor watches her, smiling. Rose points to the television and said "Look, it's Harriet Jones!" They all turn to look at the television, the Doctor taking a pair of glasses from his pocket.

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Jackie then said "It's Beth. She says go and look outside." The Doctor takes his glasses off and turns back to the others.

Rose then said "Why?"

Jackie then said "I dunno, just go outside and look. Come on, shift!"

They all get up.

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There are lots of others outside too, as it appears to be snowing. They laugh in delight. It looks as though there are meteors in the sky. The Doctor and Rose stand beside each other, Jackie and Mickey a short way behind them.

Rose then said "Oh, that's beautiful. What are they, meteors?"

The Doctor then said "It's the spaceship breaking up in the atmosphere. This isn't snow, it's ash."

Rose then said "Okay, not so beautiful."

The Doctor then said "This is a brand new planet Earth. No denying the existence of aliens now - everyone saw it. Everything's new."

Rose then said avoiding his eye "And what about you? What are you gonna do next?"

The Doctor replied "Well... back to the TARDIS... same old life."

Rose then said tentatively "On- on your own?."

The Doctor then said "Why, don't you, and Theron wanna come?"

Ben then said "I never said I didn't."

Rose then said "Well, yeah.'

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Author's Note: welcome to Journey to a New World 2 : Season 2