Hello, readers from all planets and timelines! So those of you who have read my stories before are probably starting to see a certain pattern here. I really, really like rewrites. There is a perfectly good explanation for this. See, I have what you might call a...overactive imagination. Whenever I'm watching tv or reading a book, no matter how much I may be enjoying the story, I never quite feel satisfied until I can do something else with it. This usually involves creating a new character, often a girl but not always, and inserting them into the story while I'm watching/reading. This simply increases my own personal entertainment. But every once and a while I become really fond of one of these characters, and end up expanding their backstory so they have a greater purpose. And then I really like the backstory, so I write it down. And it turns out really well, so I feel compelled to post it. But, ladies and gentleman, I have never been more excited about one of these rewrites than I am this one.

If you've never seen classic Doctor Who, no problem. Although classic who is referenced a lot, the characters are always explaining it to each other, and by extension to you, so you should get it anyway. If you have seen classic Doctor Who, then you'll like it even more. The story will, for the most part, be explained during the story, so I'll just shut up and let you get on with it. Well? Get on with it. Get on with it!

Disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who.

Rose

Rose flattened herself against the wall, staring at the moving shop dummies in terror. She closed her eyes and waited for them to kill her (she still couldn't believe she was being murdered by shop dummies) when she felt someone grab her hand. She opened her eyes and looked to her left. A man was there, holding her hand. "Run." he said, and pulled her after him as he started running down the hall.

"Wait!" Rose cried as she ran with him. "What are those things?"

The man didn't answer. He pulled her onto the elevator with him, and started going up. "You haven't answered my question." Rose said. "What were those things?"

"What do you think it was?" the man asked.

"I don't know...students."

"Interesting theory. Why?"

"Because...students love pulling stunts. It must be students."

"Very logical, good work. You're smart. But it's not students."

"Then what are they?" Rose cried as the elevator doors opened.

"Took you long enough." a female voice said flatly. Rose turned and found herself face to face with a very strange young woman, probably about her age, maybe a few years older.

The first thing that was unusual about this woman was that her hair was a violent shade of magenta pink. It was completely magenta, it didn't even look dyed. Her eyes, in contrast, were a startling fierce blue. She was wearing a skin tight body-suit uniform type outfit, which was a dark purple color, and looked rather uncomfortable to be perfectly honest. She was wearing a necklace with a light blue pendant hanging on a cord around her neck, and Rose could have sworn it was glowing. Her hair was rather long and was hanging loosely around her shoulders, slightly in front of her eyes.

She didn't seem to notice Rose staring at her. She was scowling at the man. He rolled his eyed at her. "If I was dead, you'd know, wouldn't you? So stop worrying."

"I wasn't worried about you being dead, you know I don't care! I just don't want to be stuck in this awful department store for the rest of my life." the girl retorted coldly. She turned to Rose. "Who's the stray?"

"She was almost killed by the shop dummies." the man replied. "And mind your manners."

"Don't tell me what to do. And shouldn't we be running away right about now?"

"Yes. Come on." The man led Rose and the strange girl through the store. "You," he looked directly at Rose, "Need to get out of here. Now."

"But what is going on?" Rose insisted.

"Not very bright, is she?" the girl said.

"Allanara!" the man scolded irritably.

"Sorry." the girl, Allanara, replied with a roll of her eyes.

"To answer your question," the man said, turning back to Rose, "I'm going to blow up this building."

"What?" Rose cried. "You can't do that!"

"I have to. Otherwise they'll get out onto the streets, and then what will we do?"

"You're insane!" Rose told him.

Allanara laughed. "Never mind what I said earlier, I like her."

"Shut up." the man snapped at her.

"And what about her?" Rose asked, pointing at Allanara. "Is she escaping with me? What are you doing to Alla...Ella...whatever her name was?"

"Allanara." Allanara said slowly and clearly. "A-L-L-A-N-A-R-A."

"She's going to help me. Don't worry about her, she's more than capable. You, on the other hand, need to get out."

"But-"

"Now!" he opened the door and pushed her outside. Then he closed the door again. Rose hadn't even had time to move when he opened the door yet again. "I'm the Doctor, by the way. What's your name?"

"Rose."

"Nice to meet you, Rose. Run for your life!"

Rose ran across the street, desperate to get away. No sooner had she reached the other side then the whole building exploded behind her. Rose looked down and realized she was still holding the plastic arm she had grabbed in the basement.

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The Doctor burst into the TARIDS, holding an unconscious Allanara in his arms. She had been badly burned in the explosion. It was his fault. He hadn't been paying close enough attention. He should have noticed she was in the danger zone. He had to be more careful if he was going to keep her with him. His job was to protect her. He owed that to...

No. Not a good mental place to go to right now.

He laid Allanara down on the seat next to the console and tried to get a closer look at the burn. He was jerked out of concentration when she suddenly spoke. He hadn't even realized she was awake yet.

"I know it's bad."

"Don't worry, you'll be fine." the Doctor told her. "You've had worse."

"Oh, don't think I've forgotten." she replied, the icy tone returning to her voice. The Doctor winced. "Anyway, you wouldn't have to worry at all if you'd let me do it myself."

"Allanara..." the Doctor began warningly.

"Oh please, Doctor. You really think medical care is going to get out of hand? You and I both know I'm badly burnt and this is my best bet."

The Doctor sighed, knowing she was right. "Fine. But just this once. And I'm restricting it again once you're healed."

"Yes, yes, I know the drill, old man, just get on with it."

The Doctor sighed again held up his left wrist, revealing a glowing bracelet that matched Allanara's necklace. He pressed a button in the center and mumbled something to it, too quietly for Allanara to hear him. The bracelet glowed brighter, and the necklace did the same. Allanara closed her eyes, and the Doctor watched as her wounds started healing rapidly, and her clothes started to repair themselves. Allanara smiled slightly. "Thank you." she said curtly. "I needed that. I'm going to...going to rest..." she frowned and shifted slightly in her seat.

"Allanara?" the Doctor asked, concerned.

"I'm fine...I just..."

Her head was swimming as a feeling she hadn't felt in a long time came over her. The Doctor's voice was fading away. She groaned as the outside world melted away. She opened her eyes, but she wasn't seeing the TARDIS console room anymore.

Two men, both Time Lords, stood at the front of a dark room. They watched the three people before them with a mix of contempt and interest.

The first of the three was a man, the second incarnation of the Doctor. He looked at the two other Time Lords with mistrust; he clearly didn't want to be there with them.

The second was a girl, appearing to be somewhere in her late teens. She had curly blond hair and was wearing a blue dress. Her name was Eleanor, but everyone called her Ellie.

The third was a boy, about the same age as Ellie. He had sandy brown hair and mismatched eyes, one of which was green and the other blue. His name was Andrew. The two younger people stood closely to the Doctor, and though worried he would disappear.

"Now, then." the Doctor said. "What about us?"

The first of the Time Lords at the front spoke. "We have accepted your plea." he told the Doctor. "That there is evil in the universe that must be fought, and that you still have a part to play in that battle. We also accept your right to guardianship of Eleanor and Andrew Chameleon, as their own species has cast them out and you have been looking after them for many years as a parent-like figure, the closest thing to family either of them has, and they will be permitted to stay with you."

Ellie and Andrew both visibly relaxed. The Doctor, however, didn't look completely convinced. "What? What, you mean that you're going to let us go free?"

"Not entirely." the Time Lord said, with a slight smile that made Andrew shiver.

Ellie tensed. "What are you going to do to us, then?" she asked. She was understandably wary of Time Lords besides the Doctor. They were the reason she and Andrew no longer had a home planet, after all.

"We have noted your particular interest in the planet Earth." the Time Lord said. "The frequency of your visits must have given you special knowledge of that world and it's problems."

The Doctor, Ellie, and Andrew all glanced at each other cautiously. "Yes, I suppose that's true." the Doctor said. "Earth seems more vulnerable than others, yes."

"Then you will be sent back to that planet."

"Oh, good." the Doctor said.

Andrew breathed a sigh of relief. "Could have been worse." he muttered into Ellie's ear.

"In exile." the Time Lords finished.

The Doctor's frown deepened, and there was an unmistakable anger in his voice as he said, "In exile?"

"You will be sent to Earth in the Twentieth Century, and will remain there as long a we deem proper. Eleanor and Andrew will be sent there with you and will be able to remain with you as your wards during you exile. And for that period, the secret of the TARDIS will be taken from you all."

"But...but you can't exile me on one primitive planet, in one century in time!" the Doctor yelled. "Besides, I'm known on the Earth! It could be very awkward for me!"

"Your appearance has changed before, it will change again, and that is part of the sentence."

"Oh, now, wait just one minute-" Ellie began, but the Doctor cut her off.

"You can't just change what I look like without consulting me!" the Doctor shouted.

"You will have an opportunity to choose your appearance." the Time Lord said calmly.

The Doctor thought about it. "Oh. Well that's...that's not so bad. But I warn you I'm very particular!"

"That's a massive understatement." Andrew mumbled. Ellie elbowed him in the arm.

"Here is your first choice." the Time Lord said. The Doctor, Ellie, and Andrew all turned to look at the screen.

"Oh, he's too old!" the Doctor cried. A different face appeared on the screen. "Well he's too fat, isn't he?" A third face appeared. "No, he's too thin!" Ellie rolled her eyes. A fourth face appeared. "That one's too young!"

"Really?" Andrew asked, frowning as he looked at the face.

"Oh no, that won't do at all!" he turned back to the Time Lords. "This is ridiculous!"

"You're wasting time, Doctor." the Time Lord said, sounding rather annoyed.

"Well it's not my fault, is it? Is this the best you can do? I've never seen such an in-creditable bunch!"

"Since you refuse to take the decision, the decision has been taken for you."

"No, no, I never said that." the Doctor said hastily as Ellie and Andrew whirled back around in shock (having been studying the picture of the "too young" one on the screen). "But I maintain I have the right to decide what I look like. It could be very important on the Earth! I...I...people on Earth tend to...to..." he made a noise like he was being strangled. Ellie suddenly felt light-headed and fell to the ground, unable to keep her eyes open. Andrew moved to help her when the same happened to him and he fell to the ground next to her.

As they both began drifting into unconsciousness, they heard the Time Lord say, "The time has come for you to change your appearance, Doctor, and begin your exile." They last thing they could hear was the Doctor shouting, "What's happening?" and "You can't do this to me!" before they completely blacked out.

Allanara snapped back into the present with a start. She looked around and saw the Doctor looking at her with concern. "Allanara?"

"I'm ok." Allanara said, sitting up. "I'm fine. I just...that kind of power..."

Understanding crossed the Doctor's face. "You had a vision."

Allanara nodded. "I'm a Stareen, Doctor, it's what we do. But I haven't had one since you brought me on the TARDIS. That was the first in a long time."

"What did you see?"

"The past." Allanara said shortly. A moment later she quietly added, "Mum and Dad. And you."

"Oh." the Doctor said.

"It must have been really early. They were so young." She sighed unhappily. "Take it back. Now."

"What?"

"The power, Doctor. Take it back, please. I think you triggered the vision when you gave it to me. That extra spark."

The Doctor nodded, pressed a button on his bracelet, and watched as it glowed along with the matching necklace. "There."

Allanara got up. "I'm going to take a nap. Call me when things get interesting." She walked out of the console room.

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A few hours later, Allanara entered the console room to find the Doctor yelling at the console. "I keep telling you that you have anger issues." she said cooly as she sat down.

The Doctor looked up and glared at her. "We've got a problem."

"Excellent, what kind?"

"The Nestene base wasn't in that shop. There are more of them. We've got to find a way to track it down."

"And how do you suggest we go about doing that?"

"Well I am attempting to track down a signal I am picking up that's the same as the one we found at the shop before. I think at least part of one of them escaped."

Allanara nodded slowly, following his train of thought. "If we find it we can hook it up to the TARDIS..."

"And it'll take us straight to the Nestene." the Doctor finished for her. "I'm just having trouble...ah, here we go! Fantastic!"

He materialized the TARDIS, and Allanara followed him as he ran out the door, sonic screwdriver in hand. They were at some sort of apartment complex. "It's not coming from one of the apartments, is it?" Allanara asked, slightly alarmed.

"It is." the Doctor realized. "That's not good. Come on." He led her up the stairs and down the hall, scanning each door with the screwdriver. He stopped suddenly. "This one." he said. He scanned the door again, and Allanara started inspecting the hinges.

"I could break this down." she said. "It wouldn't be too difficult."

"That would be rude." the Doctor retorted. He got on his knees and looked through the cat flap. He stood up again quickly as the door suddenly opened. The girl from the shop, Rose, appeared behind it, staring at them in disbelief.

"What are you doing here?" the Doctor asked.

"I live here." Rose said.

"Well what'd you do that for?"

She looked at him incredulously. "Cause I do!"

Allanara pushed past them both and went inside. Rose ran after her. "This is my house; you can't just walk in here!"

"You'll thank me later." Allanara said absentmindedly as she started looking through the kitchen cupboards.

"And why is that?"

"Because if I don't, you'll be dead. Happy?"

The Doctor walked in. "We're looking for something. Mind if we look around?"

Rose sighed. "Fine, whatever. Do you want some tea?"

"Yes, that'd be very nice." the Doctor said. "Allanara, come."

Allanara turned to glare at him. "I'm not a dog." she said.

It was the Doctor's turn to sigh. "Allanara Chameleon, would you please come over here right this instant."

She grudgingly obeyed. They went into the living room and started looking under the furniture. The Doctor was the one who spotted it. He picked up the plastic arm that Rose had torn off the dummy. "Is this from the shop?" he called to Rose.

Rose came in from the kitchen with a tray of tea things. "Oh, yeah. I thought I told Mickey to throw that out." As she spoke, she and Allanara didn't see the hand suddenly come to life and start strangling the Doctor. "It's always the same." she went on. "Give a man a plastic hand..."

It was a moment before Allanara looked up and saw what was going on. "Doctor!" she cried, dropping her cup and grabbing onto the plastic arm. Rose helped her, and the two of them were able to pull it off of the Doctor. The Doctor immediately zapped it with his sonic screwdriver. He picked it up.

"Harmless now." he said, examining it. "You hold on to it." he added, tossing it to Allanara. "We should be going."

"No, now, wait a second!" Rose cried, following them as they walked out the door. "You can't just appear and do weird stuff like that and then leave me without an explanation!"

The Doctor stopped. Allanara noticed and turned around. "Doctor?"

"Go hook the hand up to the console." the Doctor told her. "I'll be there in a minute." She didn't move. "Go!" He yelled, and the necklace around Allanara's neck sparked. She turned and started running back to the TARDIS as the Doctor turned back to Rose.

Allanara burst into the TARDIS and started hooking the arm up to the console's sensors. She was almost done when she suddenly stopped and grabbed her head with one hand while clutching the console with the other. She suddenly had gotten very dizzy. A second later, she fainted. A new scene formed in her mind...

"Come on." Andrew said quietly. He took Ellie's hand and started walking back in the direction of the TARDIS. They were much older now, adults instead of teenagers. Behind then, the Fifth Doctor nodded to their other two companions, Tegan and Turlough.

Turlough nodded and followed the Doctor and the Chameleons through the rubble. Tegan, however, said, "I'm not coming with you."

The Doctor froze for a second. Ellie turned around, letting go of Andrew's hand. She could see the instant hurt and pain in the Doctor's eyes. "Doctor," she said quietly, "She's had a hard day, we all-"

The Doctor brushed past her and walked over to Tegan. "I beg your pardon?" he asked.

"I'm tired of it." Tegan said, close to tears.

The Doctor sighed. "What's the matter?" he asked. Ellie bit her lip as she joined them, along with Andrew and Turlough.

"A lot of good people have died today." Tegan said miserably. "I think I'm sick of it."

"You think I wanted it this way?" the Doctor said. He spoke calmly, but Ellie and Andrew both knew him too well to be fooled. He was upset over how many people had died that day, he was hurt that Tegan wanted to leave, and his voice was discreetly layered with some anger, but mostly pain. Ellie gently rested her hand on his shoulder, but he brushed her off.

"No." Tegan said softly, and the Doctor relaxed a bit. "It's just...I don't think I can go on."

"You want to stay on Earth." the Doctor said. It wasn't a question.

"My Aunt Vanessa said," Tegan began, "When I became an air stewardess...if you stop enjoying it, give it up."

"Tegan-" the Doctor began, but Tegan cut him off.

"It's stopped being fun Doctor!" she yelled. She lowered her eyes to the ground. "Goodbye." she whispered, holding out her hand. The Doctor hesitantly shook it. "Turlough." Tegan said.

Turlough stepped forward and shook her hand. "Goodbye." he said.

Tegan turned to Andrew shook his hand as well. "Goodbye, and good luck." she said quietly. Andrew nodded and gave her a sad smile.

Ellie stepped forward gave Tegan a hug. "We'll miss you." she said. "I'm sorry you'll miss the wedding. We'll save you a piece of cake anyway. Goodbye."

"I'll miss you all." Tegan said, and she turned and started running away.

"No!" the Doctor cried out, starting after her. "You can't leave, not like this!"

"I must, I'm sorry!" Tegan sobbed, and ran outside.

The Doctor moved to follow her, but Andrew grabbed his shoulder. "Doctor." he said quietly. "Let her go."

The four remaining travelers looked sadly at one another. "It's strange." the Doctor said finally. "I left Gallifrey for similar reasons. I'd grown tired of their lifestyle...it seems I must mend my ways." He looked away for a minute, lost in thought. Then he looked back at the others. "Come on." he said, and opened the TARDIS door. Turlough, Andrew, and Ellie followed him inside.

Ellie joined him as the console. "You sure you're ok?" she whispered.

"I'll be fine, Ellie." the Doctor said matter-of-factly. "She wasn't the first companion to leave me and she won't be the last." After a moment, thought, he added, "I'll miss her."

Ellie nodded. "Me too." she said. She wrapped her arm around him and buried her face into his shoulder.

"Allanara? Allanara! Can you hear me?"

Allanara opened her eyes. The Doctor was leaning over her, looking concerned. "I'm fine." Allanara said automatically. "Must have dozed off."

"You were saying things." he said, watching her suspiciously as she pulled herself off the ground.

"Was I?"

"Yes. You said, 'Tegan'."

"Interesting."

"Yes." the Doctor said, still watching her closely. "You couldn't have been thinking about Tegan Jovanka, by any chance?"

"Your old companion? I don't know, maybe."

"Did you ever meet Tegan?" he asked casually.

"Once or twice, yeah." Allanara replied absentmindedly. "She was on Earth, Mum and Dad visited her a couple of times after they stopped traveling with you." She didn't feel like telling the Doctor she'd just seen a scene from her dead parent's lives long before she was born. This was the second vision she'd had in a matter of hours. There was no particular need to tell the Doctor this particular ability was coming back. He'd try to find a way to block it from her mind. She wasn't sure she wanted him too.

She looked at the plastic arm lying on the console. "What are you waiting for? Hook the thing up. The sooner we find the Nestene, the sooner we can get off this dreary planet."

"Don't be like that." the Doctor replied, turning back to the console. "You were born on this planet."

"Yeah, and whose fault was that?" Allanara returned icily.

"Your parents wanted to be on Earth. I could have taken them back to Stareen, but they chose Earth."

"You shouldn't have made them choose at all."

The Doctor sighed. "Allanara, I-"

"I don't want to have this conversation again. Get going with the tracker thingy."

They were silent for the next few minutes. Suddenly the Doctor cried, "No! No, no, no, no, no!"

"What'd you do?" Allanara sighed.

"The arm's not a strong enough signal to track it with. We need something stronger."

"So find a stronger signal." Allanara said.

"I was planning on it." the Doctor replied, slightly annoyed. As much as he cared about this girl's safety, she was very tiring to deal with some days.

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"It's in there?" Allanara asked for about the dozenth time, peering into the restaurant window.

The Doctor sighed, and responded, about for the dozenth time, "Yes, Chameleon, it's in there. Why is that so hard to believe?"

"Well, what's it doing in there?"

"How should I know?"

"I thought you knew everything."

"Is that a compliment?"

"Actually it was sarcasm." She squinted through the window again. Suddenly she said, "Hey, look who it is."

"Who?"

"Rose."

"Again?" the Doctor joined her in looking through the window. "This is getting too far to be a coincidence."

"That guy she's sitting with." Allanara began slowly. "Does he look...odd, to you?"

"Yeah." the Doctor replied, leaning in closer. "Yeah, he does. He looks like...oh, you have got to be kidding me."

"What?"

"Why is it always the nice ones whose lives get ruined?"

"What?!"

"I mean, this is just a bit too much."

"Doctor, what?!"

"Her boyfriend. It's not really him. It's a Nestene copy."

Allanara's eyes widened. "Oh."

"We need a plan." the Doctor muttered.

"You sneak in that back, I go in the front?" Allanara suggested.

"I make the plans here." the Doctor said indignantly.

Allanara rolled her eyes. "Well what do you think we should do?" she asked.

The Doctor smiled. "Exactly what you said. Nice plan." Allanara rolled her eyes again. The Doctor turned to her seriously. "Now, when you walk in there, you need to be an angel until we're ready to go. You got that? An angel. No one is going to suspect that you've ever killed anyone or tried to destroy a planet or anything like that because you are an absolute angel. Understood?"

Allanara gave him a salute. "Yes sir, captain tight-pants."

"Shut up." the Doctor said shortly, and went around the building. Allanara grinned and went inside.

A waiter came up to her immediately. "Can I help you, miss?"

"I'm supposed to meet some friends of mine here." Allanara said, giving him a charming smile that had gotten her through at least two dozen restricted areas in the past. "I'm sure they're here already."

"Are you sure I cannot be of any assistance?"

"No, I already see them. I'll be sure to call you if we need help." She smiled again and walked away. She looked around and saw the Doctor at Rose's table with champagne. The Nestene stood up as he realized it was the Doctor. Allanara frowned and ran back over to the waiter. "On second thought, can I borrow your tray?" she took the empty tray he was holding from him. "Thank you."

She snuck up behind the Nestene. The Doctor saw her but didn't say anything. "Leave these people alone." he told the Nestene.

"Or what?" the Nestene asked.

Allanara swung the tray at him and knocked his head clean off. The Doctor caught it. Allanara looked at him. "Angelic enough for you?"

"Good girl." he replied. "Unfortunately, it still works without the head."

"What?" Allanara looked down and saw the body stand up and grab her arm. "Oh, you have got to be kidding me." she groaned, and then the Nestene threw her across the room.

"Run!" the Doctor told Rose, grabbing her hand and pulling her behind him as he headed for the kitchen. "Come on Allanara!"

"I'm coming." Allanara moaned as she stood up. She ran over to the Nestene and grabbed it from behind, then threw it into the wall. "That's what you get."

The people in the restaurant were cowering against the walls. The waiter Allanara had talked to yelled, "What is that thing?"

"Here" Allanara dug into her practically invisible pocket (which was bigger on the inside) and pulled out a small white paper bag, which she then threw at him. "Have a jelly baby, and don't forget to brush your teeth!" And with that, she ran after the Doctor and Rose.

"Took you long enough." the Doctor grumbled when she caught up to them.

"I delayed it but it's still coming." Allanara said. "We need to hurry."

They ran outside, and the Doctor and Allanara headed straight for the TARDIS. "What are you doing?" Rose cried when she saw them going inside the box. "It'll catch us!"

"Come on then, inside." the Doctor called to her. Allanara watched with amusement as Rose reluctantly came inside, and as her eyes widened in shock. Rose turned and ran back outside.

"Well don't go back, you moron!" Allanara shouted.

"Must you be rude to everyone?" the Doctor asked.

Rose came back in. "It's bigger on the inside." she said.

"Obviously." Allanara retorted, sitting on one of the split stone pillars. The Doctor hooked the Nestene's head to the console.

"What happened to Mickey?" Rose asked tearfully. "Is he dead?"

"Who?" the Doctor and Allanara said together.

"My boyfriend." Rose said angrily. "The one whose head you just ripped off. Is he dead?"

"Oh." the Doctor said. "I forgot...yeah. I'm sorry, but most likely he is dead."

Rose covered her face with her hands. "How could you just forget about him?" she cried.

"Well don't blame us!" Allanara cried defensively. "We were a bit busy trying to make sure this whole planet doesn't drop dead, thank you very much!"

"The...the whole planet?" Rose repeated.

"Don't mind Allanara." the Doctor sighed. "She's a bit blunt about things."

"Who are you?" Rose asked. "Who are either of you?"

"I'm her godfather." the Doctor said, nodding to Allanara.

"No you're not!" Allanara cried.

"I would have been if your parents hadn't been angry with me the day you were born." The Doctor retorted. "And I'm the one who's taken care of you since they died."

"Only because you sent me back to Staliance." Allanara mumbled.

"Where?" Rose asked.

"It was the best place for you." the Doctor insisted.

"And a fat lot of good it did for me, didn't it?" Allanara responded, fingering her necklace.

"Enough!" Rose shouted, causing the other two to look at her. "Look at you two, you've just gone and forgotten about me! And you forgot about Mickey and now you're letting him melt!"

"Melt?" the Doctor turned around. "Oh, no, no, no, no!" he shouted, running over to where the head was melting on the console. "Oh, we were so close!" He sighed. "I'm materializing." he told Allanara.

"Right." she agreed, getting up and heading for the doors.

"You can't go out there, the headless plastic thing will get you!" Rose cried.

"Relax." Allanara replied. "A, it will have melted with the body, and B, we're plenty far away now." She went outside, the Doctor right behind her. Rose walked out a moment later.

"But..." Rose looked around. "We were behind the restaurant!" They were now just a short ways away from the London Eye. She turned around and looked at the TARDIS. "What is that thing?"

"It's called the TARDIS." the Doctor said. "It means Time and Relative Dimension in Space."

"It's...it's a spaceship?" Rose asked uncertainly.

"Yeah."

"And you two are aliens."

"That's right." Allanara sighed.

"Well if you really are an alien then how come you sound like your from the north?"

"Lot's of planets have a north!" the Doctor cried indignantly.

"And what's a police box?" Rose asked, pointing to the TARDIS.

"It's a disguise." the Doctor said, grinning.

Rose laughed. "Ok."

"I hate to interrupt the 'Give the random human all of our secrets' fest." Allanara said. "But we're kind of in a hurry, in case you've forgotten. Nestene, remember Doctor?"

"What's a Nestene?" Rose asked curiously.

"The thing that's causing all this." The Doctor explained. "See, it's actually just one alien that's able to take control of anything made of plastic. It's trying to invade this planet, so we have to stop it."

"And how do we do that?"

The Doctor pulled a vial out of his pocket. "Anti-plastic." he said. "You pour this on it and it dies. The trouble is, we have to find it first. I was trying to use the head to track down the signal it's sending to the plastic, but now the head's gone a melted. It's definitely close by but I don't know where."

"The transmitter would be something big." Allanara cut it.

"Probably round." the Doctor added.

Rose suddenly got an amused look on her face. "Uh..." she pointed behind them.

The Doctor and Allanara both turned to look, and then turned back to Rose. "What?" they asked together.

Rose pointed again. They both looked, and this time Allanara's eyes widened. "Oh." she said.

The Doctor, however, still didn't get it. "What?" he asked, looking between the two girls in confusion. Rose pointed a third time, and this time he spotted it. "Oh." he said. "The London Eye. Fantastic!" He grabbed Rose's hand with one hand, Allanara's hand with the others, and the three of them went running up the street.

When they reached the Eye, the Doctor started looking around. "It'll have to be hiding somewhere big and out of the way." he said.

"Right." Allanara agreed, looking around. "If I were a large mass of gell-like goo, where would I hide...?"

"Could it be under here?" Rose asked. The other two looked and saw her pointing to a hatch that led to an underground maintenance area.

"Yeah, that'll work." the Doctor said.

The three of them crept inside. Allanara nodded when she got in. "Oh yeah. That's a Nestene."

"So how do we get the anti-plastic on it?" Rose asked.

"We don't." the Doctor said.

"What?"

"I have to offer it a second chance first, try to negotiate with it. If it refuses, then I kill it."

"That's his way." Allanara said.

"She should know." the Doctor added darkly. Not for the first time since meeting them, Rose wondered exactly what the story was behind why Allanara was with the Doctor, seeing as she didn't seem happy to be there. Now didn't seem like the best time to ask, though.

"Approach with caution." Allanara warned.

Rose, however, saw something that made her forget Allanara's warning. "Mickey!" she yelled, running over to where her boyfriend was huddled up in terror.

"Or, go running over there like an idiot." Allanara sighed. "Whatever takes your fancy. No need to listen to me. I only have a ton of experience with this sort of thing."

"He's alive!" Rose yelled.

"Yeah, that was always a possibility." the Doctor said. "Keep him alive to keep the copy up."

He and Allanara stood on the platform in front of the Nestene. "Nestene!" the Doctor yelled. The mass rose up and did was Rose had to assume was look at them. "Under Article 15, Section 7 of the Shadow Proclamation, I demand that you leave this planet without causing anymore harm to it's inhabitants!" The mass made a gurgling noise, which the Doctor and Allanara seemed to understand. "Oh, don't try to give me that. You have no claim over this planet." the Doctor retorted. The mass gurgles again. "Look, I'm sorry about what happened to your planet, but-" the Doctor began, but was cut off by more gurgling, which was starting to sound angry.

"You can't blame us for that!" Allanara shouted. "We were there, it wasn't our fault!"

"I fought in the war!" the Doctor yelled. "No one knows better than us the devastation it caused, but-" More gurgling.

"Ambush?" Allanara practically laughed. "What about this situation makes you think we could possibly be ambushing you?"

Suddenly a door opened behind them, and two autons brought in the TARDIS. "No!" the Doctor shouted. "I swear it's only transport."

"Oh, now we're in trouble." Allanara muttered under her breath.

"I know it's Time Lord Technology." the Doctor said frantically. "Yes, I am a Time Lord...I know, but what happened to your planet wasn't our fault! No, she's not. She's a Stareen. An exiled Stareen. Um, no...I'm sure you haven't heard of her..."

"Here we go." Allanara groaned.

"No, we aren't! Yes, she did...she admitted to those crimes...but she's changed, really, I'm in charge of her! No, please, you can't...the Time Lords...there was nothing I could do...stop!" Suddenly one of the autons grabbed him from behind and pulled the anti-plastic out of his pocket. The mass roared angrily. "It was just insurance!" the Doctor insisted. "Just back up!"

Suddenly the whole room shook. Allanara lost her balance and slid across the platform, almost falling over the edge. The Doctor grabbed her arm just in time and pulled her up. "Are you ok?" he yelled over the noise.

"I hate you!" Allanara shouted.

"Yeah, you're fine."

"What's going on?" Rose yelled.

"It's launching the attack. It thinks we're trying to attack it." the Doctor replied.

The autons grabbed Allanara as well. "Get your hands off me, you pieces of garbage." she snarled.

"That's not going to help!" the Doctor yelled at her.

"This is a very undignified way to die." Allanara commented nervously. "Couldn't you have just killed me?"

"That's...not...funny!" the Doctor grunted as he struggled against the autons.

"It wasn't supposed to be."

Suddenly, much to both of their surprise, Rose swung up behind them on a cord and kicked the auton holding the anti-plastic. It fell onto the Nestene, and a second later, the autons holding the Doctor and Allanara fell to the ground. The Doctor grabbed Rose as she swung back, steadying her. "Get your boyfriend and both of you get into the TARDIS." he told her. He grabbed Allanara's hand, and everyone rushed inside the big blue box as the Nestene died behind them.

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The TARDIS materialized on an empty street not far from where they started. Mickey ran out immediately, terrified. Allanara found this very amusing. Rose went out after him, and the Doctor stood in the doorway. Allanara stayed inside but leaned against the door, listening.

"Thank you." the Doctor said. "You saved me."

"No problem." Rose said. She sighed. "Back to ordinary life for me, I suppose."

"Yeah." the Doctor said. "Or...you could come with me."

"Seriously?"

"Sure. I could use someone like you. It's not easy dealing with Allanara all by myself. Ow!" he cried as Allanara kicked him.

"Is it always this dangerous?" Rose asked.

The Doctor grinned and nodded. "Yeah."

"You can't go!" Mickey cried, holding onto Rose's leg.

"I can't." Rose sighed. "I've got Mickey and my Mum to look after."

"Right." the Doctor said, trying to pretend he didn't care.

"I'm sorry."

"No, I understand. Well, goodbye Rose Tyler." he closed the door and walked over to the console, starting to dematerialize.

"Just as well." Allanara said, joining him. "I don't know if I could handle someone else around here like you." A small smile flickered across the Doctor's face. "Although, you know," Allanara began casually, playing with on of the levers on the console, "I wonder of you ever mentioned to her that it travels in time." the Doctor looked up at her. She shrugged. "Just saying." she said as she headed over to sit down on the seat. The Doctor grinned and frantically started taking them back.

He ran over to the door and opened it. "Oh, and did I mention it also travels in time?" he asked.

And a moment later, Rose Tyler ran inside the TARDIS.

Okay! So I know that Allanara's story is still confusing and concealed. But you find out more, I promise. Within the next couple of episodes, more and more is unveiled. In the meantime, what do you think happened? Seriously, tell me if you have a guess. I'm curious to see if any of you can figure it out. Oh, and yes, her species that was mentioned, Stareen, I made them up. They're original.

So the two flashback scenes were from The War Games (1969) and Resurrection of the Daleks (1984). Also, did anyone pick up the line borrowed from a different (but also very awesome) science fiction show?

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