Prologue

Rose Tyler looked up as the door opened and Dani walked in, followed by a brunette who looked about 19. Dani grinned at her. The brunette started going around the stuff.

'Rose, this is Carly,' Dani said. 'She's the Sovereign of the 21st Century, so don't mind her snooping about. She knows everything. And she's got some good news for us.'

'Good news?' Rose asked.

'Very good news,' Carly agreed. 'You know that this is an alternate from your birth dimension. Well, in this dimension, the Time War lasted longer, but with the same outcome.'

'So, it's still going on?' Rose asked, standing up.

'Not anymore,' Carly said. 'The Doctor should be regenerating into the form you first met…right…about…now.'

'When will he show up in Hendrick's?' Rose asked.

'Same date—month and day, that is—and around the same time as in your dimension,' Carly answered.