A crossover of the BBC Drama series Life on Mars and the popular Sci fi series Doctor Who.

Summary: When the Doctor and Martha land in 1974 in Manchester, they soon find themselves knee deep in mystery as the Doctor tries figure out how the Master could have survived the year that never was, and at the same time, Sam Tyler is trying to understand why a group of flying metal spheres are chasing him. And Gene Hunt is left to explain to this loony Doctor that his DI isn't dangerous.

Contains spoilers for series 3 of Doctor Who but probably no spoilers for Life on Mars. Here in Australia, we have only seen the first series and its been hard to catch as they kept changing the time slot.

Disclaimer: I don't own Life on Mars or Doctor Who but I would like to own John Simm, even just for a day.

Please be kind. This is my first ever crossover fic.

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The TARIDS materialised in the quiet street, the blue police box fading into the background as if it had always been there. Doctor Martha Jones stepped out, pulling the door closed behind her. She walked to the street corner and peered into the joining road. Then she turned and walked to the other end of the street, only stopping to jump out the steps on the faded hop scotch game. At the street corner she, again peered around the edge. The she rolled her eyes and headed back to the TARDIS, only stopping to open a rubbish bin and pull out a newspaper. The glanced at the head lines and smiled before tucking the paper under her arm. Then she lent against the TARDIS and knocked on the door. It opened and the Doctor stepped out, pulling his coat on and kicking the door shut. He raised an eyebrow at Martha.

"Well?" he asked.

Martha lazily held up the paper. "You said London, 1970, right?" she asked.

The Doctor nodded. Martha smiled and handed him the paper.

"Try Manchester, 1974"

The Doctor scanned the paper. Then he folded it up and threw it in the bin again. He caught Martha's gaze.

"I was only a few years off" he said defensively. He thought for a moment. "And at least we are on the right continent this time." he added.

Martha rolled her eyes again as the Doctor gave her a cheeky grin. She pushed herself away from the TARDIS.

"Well, come on then" she said, reaching down to grip his hand.

She noticed him jump and look down at there joint hands before slowly relaxing. He had been like that since that Masters death, Martha had noticed. It was almost like he was afraid to connect with people. At first Martha had believed it was because he was afraid the Master could come back and hurt everyone he cared for but now she wasn't so sure. She was beginning to suspect that the Doctors reluctance to connect was to do with the Masters death rather then his life. The Doctor had told her himself that he and the Master had been friends, and, while looking in the TARDIS, Martha had uncovered a few things that suggested that they had had an almost brother like relationship. That was why the Doctor could forgive the Master, why he mourned his death. Martha could understand. She would probably do the same thing if it had happened to Tish or Leo. Martha was shaken from her thoughts by the Doctor calling her name. She blinked several times.

"Sorry, zoned out there" she said.

The Doctor grinned. "Happens to the best of us" he said. "Come on. Lets had a look around."

Martha smiled and followed him, ready to explore all the sights and sounds that is 1974 Manchester.

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It wasn't long before Martha began to suspect that there was almost nothing in 1974 Manchester worth seeing. They had gotten fish and chips and walked around for a while, only stopping to look in a record store and a book store. Martha glanced over at the Doctor who, despite everything, was having a great time. She sighed and hoped that soon, they would leave for one of there grand adventures like normal, or at least, something would happen that would create an interesting and possibly dangerous situation. Her prayers were answered with the sudden sound of shouting. She didn't even look over at the Doctor but started to run, knowing that he would follow. She ran into a side street. A man wearing a black mask was running towards her, a bag in his hand. Behind him, and gaining were two men. One was a heavy set man in a caramel coloured coat. the other was a smaller man in a leather jacket. Martha started at his face, feeling her blood freeze. The man over took his partner, his eyes fixed on the masked man. Martha fought instant panic. She had hoped never to see that face again. She turned around to grab the Doctor and pull him away, hoping that he hadn't seen what she had seen. One look at his face and she knew it was too late. He had seen him. She gripped his hand and turned to watch as the masked man was brought down by none other then the Master.

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Well, thats it for now. If anyone wants me to continue, there is another chapter. Well, to be honest there are a few chapters, but i might never get around to posting them. Anyway, in the next chapter (if I ever post it) we get to see the whole situation from Sam Tylers point of view. Also please note that I do know that Life on Mars is set in 1973. I put this story in 1974 because i'm writing it as Sam/Annie pairing and their relationship needs time to grow.