Prologue
Claire Harper looked at her watch. It was half past three on a sunny Monday afternoon and she was standing outside Borders. She glanced over at the two shiny silver balls and saw some Japanese tourists taking pictures with their very expensive digital cameras. It was just a typical day in the city of Adelaide and it felt like the perfect time to go home to the house that she lived in with her two best mates.
I'm dying for a coffee she thought as to try to distract her from any discouraging thoughts. She walked into Borders and grabbed herself a coffee from Gloria Jeans. As she walked back across Rundle Mall she looked up at the sky and thought about how it was just a regular Monday afternoon in the city
Or was it?
"Why are we getting a distress signal?" Donna Noble asked, well it was more like a scream coming from her.
"I have no idea" The Doctor answered her
"Do you know where it is coming from?"
"Well the TARDIS is telling me it's not coming from Britain, strange I was so looking forward to taking you to Hyrathon for a holiday. It seems that we have to follow the signal" The Doctor smiled.
"So we are going to the middle of no where, great I was looking forward to a holiday. It better be a good place, mister"
"Well I can't guarantee it, as the signal could be coming from anywhere in the universe, but mind you it does seem to be coming from Earth"
"And why is that a good thing?" Donna asked him
"Well it will be great to see the human race in a different country, now where could it be coming from America? France? Or even Australia? Come to think of it would be nice to visit the great land down under"
"Ok, we could just follow it then, I'm sick of your ranting"
"Alright" The Doctor smiled and flicked the lever and the TARDIS lunged into a race to find the distress signal.
Captain Jack Harkness looked at his watch. It seemed to glow a reddish colour. Mauve he thought, was that the colour. Yes but why was it glowing when it didn't even work anymore. Oh god, a distress signal, in the middle of Adelaide? Or is it me who is giving it off?" He thought as he started to walk across the mall towards the balls. No that's impossible, I can't be it hasn't worked since I left the Doctor, nice arse, not again, ok focus.
"Are you alright?" the girl with the nice arse asked him