"Back to the TARDIS?" asked Rory.

"Yes. Back to the TARDIS." Replied the Doctor, smiling.

"You have a TARDIS?" said PC Charles in amazement.

"You've heard of TARDISes?" said the Doctor, stunned.

"No. It just rang a bell. I don't know why." PC Charles said.

"I think there's more to you than meets the eye, Charles." Said the Doctor.

They ran back to the blue box sat waiting for them.

"Hang on. I believe you said 'TARDIS' not 'some random, blue police box'." Pointed out Charles,confused.

"Chamelion circuit. No, not the band!" the Doctor replied. "It's supposed to blend into it's surroundings but it stopped working and now it's stuck as a police box."

"You're not part of the police, are you?" he realized.

"Oh, well done! 50 points for Gryffindor! I'll throw in a brownie,too." The Doctor said, sarcastically.

The Doctor,Amy and Rory walked inside,but PC Charles noted this as a load of nonsense. He decided it best not to get too excited over the presence of something extraordinary just to be disappointed, so watched.

"Come on, Charles!" The Doctor called. "First one in the swimming pool wins a bowtie. Bowties are cool!"

PC Charles shrugged and let the curiosity get the better of him. He entered and gasped in amazement at the massive room surrounding him.

"This is breathtaking." Gasped Charles. "I'm sorry,I'm gonna have to leave. This surely must be too good to be true."

"You're going nowhere,Charles." Said the Doctor sternly.

"No,you can't kidnap him." Protested Amy.

"Why not? I've done it before. I'll happily do it again." The Doctor said in response.

"No, raggedy man. Please. It's wrong." Amy screamed.

The Doctor clicked he's fingers and the TARDIS doors clunked shut behind him.

"Ponds, show Charles to the bedrooms. I've got a police station to find." He ordered.


Amy and Rory led PC Charles into a massive room. In the room,rows and rows of beds laid waiting for their inhabitants and next to each one was a wardrobe and a table on which a desktop lamp stood on top. There were also shelves full of books after books under various childish labels such as "cool" and "Too lovey dovey".

"I don't need a bed." PC Charles said. "I don't need sleep. Never have, never will."

"That's not possible." Amy muttered. "No way is that possible."

"More plausible than waiting two thousand years dressed as a roman centurion." Rory said back. "I never want to do that again. Mental torture."

"We'll leave you here. You need some sleep." Amy decided. "Night!"

Amy and Rory left.


Charles was about to run after them when he saw a woman hovering a few centimetres from he's bed.

"Doctor's new companion?" she asked.

"Seems I have no choice." He groaned.

"Make sure you keep him busy for me." She joked. "Hi, I'm Romana. Listen. I need you to tell him something."

"Why should I? I don't trust him. He kidnapped me!" Charles complained.

"Because it's important. Not just for you, but for the protection of the human race." She responded. "You must tell him this: the Zorgs have stolen your planet's emergency services. Not one bit of protection remains on Earth. Your planet is defenceless and vulnerable to all sorts of diseases." She told him.

"What can we do about it?" asked PC Charles.

"Oh, don't worry. The Doctor will think of something." She said confidently.


"Charles has been an age up there." The Doctor pointed out.

"He must have finally decided to get some sleep." Amy said. "I knew it! I knew it was impossible for him to need no sleep. I hate to say I told you so,Rory."

Rory shrugged.

All of a sudden,PC Charles charged in, looking quite white.

"What's wrong, Charles? Seen a Gelth?" the Doctor wondered.

"Gelth?" asked Charles, he's face scrunched up in puzzlement.

"Ghostly species. Not very polite. I offered them a cup of tea once but somehow they refused it." The Doctor replied. "I mean, how can you refuse a cup of tea? That's impossible."

"I didn't see a ghostly species, but I saw a ghost." PC Charles told them. "She was barking mad. A bit like you,Doctor,only she was a woman. Called herself Romana."

"Romana? Not seen her in ages!" the Doctor said excitedly. "That wasn't a ghost,Charles. It was a hologram."

"She told me to tell you something." PC Charles continued. "Some people called the Zorgs have stolen Earth's emergency services. Earth is vulnerable to all sorts."

"Wonderful! Planet Zog it is. Home to the most ruthless thieves. Don't blame them,really,with their planet's lack of nearly everything. There isn't even a McDonald's." exclaimed the Doctor,operating the TARDIS controls.

The TARDIS took off,and PC Charles collapsed onto the floor.


It arrived on a flat,grey surface not unlike the moon. A dark shadow descended upon the TARDIS. A hand swooped down under the TARDIS and picked it up. It then headed down the planet's surface to a group of fierce looking naked giants surrounding a fire.