This is the most complex story I have ever tried to put into words. Initially this entire plot came from a dream I had and it's been developing more in my head ever since. So here is my shot at writing it all out.

Since this is the very beginning, for now I'm trying to figure out how exactly I'll be writing it all out as far as point of views. For now though, the story starts out with Sarah Jane's perspective.


It was another day for Sarah Jane Smith on 13 Bannerman Road. She was up in her attic examining another alien artifact that she had recently found at a quarry nearby. It glistened in her hands as the sunlight fell upon it through her open window above her desk. A casual observer would see it as nothing else, but a small clear plastic box.

Yet Sarah knew otherwise. She had a basic understanding that it was definitely alien and most definitely not a threat, thanks to her computer in the wall. Yet, she still had no idea what it truly was.

Did it contain something? Was it an alarm? Was it a scattered piece from an alien ship?

This was one of the first times that Mr. Smith had no knowledge of it, so it must be something super important in Sarah's eyes. Right now her mission was to find out its secrets. Up until she heard a knock at her door downstairs.

"I got it mum!" called her son, Luke from down below. Sarah Jane enjoyed the short time Luke was able to come home from University. It was good for him and Sky, her newly adopted daughter, to have some time together and she liked it when it was all three of them together. They were a family again.

As Sarah studied the small box, she didn't even hear Luke walking up the stairs to the attic.

"Mum I think you need to come downstairs," Luke said standing in the doorway.

"Why?" Sarah asked not taking her eyes away from examining the box under a magnifying glass, "Who is it this time?"

"UNIT" Luke responded.

That one word caught Sarah's attention away from the small box. She looked back at Luke with a curious gaze. Lately her encounters with UNIT had not been the best, especially the last time they came to her home. So this time she had a feeling this wasn't to be any different.

Placing the box down on her desk, she followed Luke downstairs to the front door. As she opened it she suspected to see the usual UNIT officer with gun in hand, yet this time this figure was an old friend.

"Hello Sarah Jane! I hope you remember me," greeted the figure with a pleasant smile.

Sarah Jane would have never expected to see this person ever again, since their last encounter was during a time of dire crisis. But here she was and with the same smile that she was greeted with last time.

"Of course I remember you!" Sarah Jane replied as she embraced the her, "Martha Jones. My goodness this is a surprise!"

"Yes this was definitely not planned, I know," Martha replied after their embrace.

"Oh well come on in please. No need to stand outside then," Sarah offered as she escorted Martha inside.

They all gathered in the living room as Luke brought in some tea.

"Luke why didn't you tell me it was Martha? You know who she is after all," Sarah questioned Luke as they all sat down.

"That was me," Martha answered on behalf of Luke, "I didn't know if you remembered me or not so I just told Luke to say I was UNIT, which of course isn'tentirely a lie."

"How could I forget you though? Goodness we saved the Earth together, not to count a number of other planets together," Sarah replied with a laugh at the memories that started to flood her mind.

"Also have to add in that we flew the TARDIS together too," Martha added in with a smirk.

It was such a pleasant surprise for Sarah Jane to see Martha again. It had been a few years since their last unexpected adventure occurred and seeing her was like seeing the Doctor again. She was an old friend who shared the same experiences with her. After having a cuppa and chatting for a bit though, the smiles and laughter came to a close as Martha got to the point of her sudden visitation.

"It's the Doctor, Sarah Jane," Martha brought up.

"What about him? What's wrong?" Sarah insisted as she tensed up.

"We don't know. That's the problem. He's gone," Martha answered setting her cup of tea down.

"Well that's his job isn't it? I mean he's gone and then he comes back. I don't understand."

"No it's not the usual. A few days ago, UNIT found the TARDIS. She was all alone in a park in central London with the doors unlocked, but the Doctor wasn't there. The TARDIS is dead," Martha explained, "She's not alive anymore. I don't know what's wrong but something is not right."

"How can she be dead?" Sarah Jane asked, her heart was pounding now and her brain was going full speed as she was trying to understand all this information being put in front of her.

"I don't know. No one does. But that's not the only problem," Martha began, "Nobody remembers the Doctor. At least no one in UNIT does, all except me and Mickey. From what I understand myself, it seems that the only people who remember him are those of us who have traveled with him. Everyone else, even if they have seen him or the TARDIS before, they don't remember anything."

Sarah Jane shook her head in disbelief. None of this made sense.

"Even all his files stored in UNIT have disappeared. Anything and everything about him is gone. It's like he never existed."

Sarah could tell in Martha's eyes that she was desperate and just as confused as she was. How could the Doctor not exist? That can't be possible.

"But then why do we remember him?" Sarah pointed out.

"I don't know. I know for sure that Mickey and myself remember. So does Captain Jack, yet his other Torchwood members have no recollection of him. They didn't travel in the TARDIS just like the rest of UNIT hadn't. So that's the only connection I have right now. Plus with you remembering him, that's another plus," Martha said with a little sigh of relief.

"Should I be knowing this Doctor?" Luke asked looking at his mum.

"Wait a minute, Luke you should remember him. You've been in the TARDIS remember? At my wedding, you helped the Doctor save me. Please tell me you remember," Sarah Jane began to plead to her son hoping he would say yes.

"I remember you're wedding, but no Doctor. It's all a blur," Luke responded holding his head trying his best to help his mum, yet nothing about this man and his blue box came to mind, "Is this bad?"

"Oh Luke, yes I think this is bad," Sarah replied as she went to sit next to him and hug him, "Wait but do you remember Martha then?"

"Yeah I remember Martha," Luke replied.

"Tell me how you remember her then," Sarah Jane asked him. She pondered how if he remembered Martha then how could he not remember the Doctor. That day they saved the Earth should still be engraved in his memory.

"When we saved the Earth a while back, I remember seeing her on Mr. Smith along with some other people."

"But you don't remember the Doctor on that screen as well? You don't remember your conversation?"

"No. I don't know anything about this man. My memories of that day don't consist of anything with him. I remember how we all saved the Earth but there was no Doctor involved."

"Well that changes things a bit," Martha said as she was thinking out loud, "I thought it had to do with people who have been in the TARDIS, yet with Luke not remembering then that doesn't make sense."

"What could it be then? Does it have to do with just us that time we brought Earth back home?"

"Maybe. Right now your guess is as good as mine," Martha responded.

Suddenly Sarah Jane had a plan. An idea popped in her head. Why she didn't think of this initially, she didn't know. But luckily it came to mind finally.

"Wait a minute! I think I have someone who can help us! Martha, come with me upstairs. I have to introduce you to someone properly this time."