Previously:
She stepped away from the door giving room for Rose to run in, her hand out stretched to the Doctor.
"Don't have any money" the Doctor grumbled.
"Don't worry I'll just add it to account of money you owe me" Donna said smirking. "The rate you're going you'll owe me a million pounds before Christmas"
Rose ran in with a huge grin on her face, shutting the door behind her and stepping up beside Donna who looked like the cat who got the cream.
"Right then Rose Tyler where do you want to go?" the Doctor asked trying to look impressive. "Forwards or backward in time, it's your choice. What is it going to be?"
"Erm forwards" Rose said trying to look casual.
"Yes!" Donna hissed happily. "Haven't had a proper chance to see the future yet"
"How far?" the Doctor questioned putting the time rotor back on the console.
"Erm...100 years?"
"Done" the Doctor started the sequence up and to Donna's surprise the TARDIS actually moved smoothly. "Outside those doors is the 22nd century"
"You're kidding me" Rose said.
"He's not" Donna butted in.
"But that's a bit boring though" the Doctor said. "Wanna go further"
"Hell yes!"
"I was asking Rose Donna not you" the Doctor scolded Donna who merely stuck her tongue out at him.
"Fine by me" Rose shrugged. The Doctor started up the sequence again.
"10,000 years in the future. Step outside it's the year 12005, it's the new Roman Empire" the Doctor said smugly.
"You think you're so impressive" Rose said laughing.
"I am so impressive!" the Doctor protested.
"You wish" Donna and Rose said in unison.
"Right the pair of you asked for it, I know exactly where to go" the Doctor started the sequence, only moving a bit faster than usual. "Hold on" he warned them. The pair held onto the console tightly until the TARDIS finally slowed her engines, the Doctor rung the bell for no other reason than to look impressive.
"Where are we?" Rose asked the Doctor only held his hand out to the door. "What's out there?" the Doctor didn't answer, he only grinned goofily. Donna beamed back and herded Rose to the door.
"Go on open it" she encouraged the young girl. "It's going to be literally a whole new world out there and you're going to love it"
Rose slowly opened the door and slowly stepped out; Donna followed her and eyed the room suspiciously. It looked like a spaceport or something. The Doctor came out and used the sonic screwdriver on the controls pulling down the shutters on the window down to reveal...Earth. Rose looked astounded while Donna took a sharp breath of amazement, Earth looked beautiful.
"You lot spend most of your time thinking you're going to die by beef, eggs, global warming or even asteroids" the Doctor said crossing his arms. "But you never think of the impossible, that you're going to survive. This is the year 5.5/apple/26 five billion years in your future. And this is the day, hold on" he paused to look at his watch when suddenly there was a bright flash of light. "This is the day the sun expands...welcome to the End of the World"
Rose looked scared and shocked while Donna took a different approach.
"You're kidding me" she shouted. "Oh this is awesome! Me Donna Noble at the End of the World!"
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"Shuttle five and six are now docking. Can all guests be reminded that on Platform One it is prohibited to use weapons, teleportation and religion. Earth's death is scheduled for 15:39 followed by drinks in the Manchester suite."
"So when they say guests...do they mean people?" Rose asked.
"Depends what you mean by people sweetheart" Donna said thoughtfully. "Could be human, could be android, could be a rabid Weevil thinking you're dinner..."
"Oh...so what are they doing on this spaceship? What is it all for?" Rose asked.
"Not really a spaceship" the Doctor said taking his sonic screwdriver out to work on a door. "More like an observation deck. The great and the good have gathered to watch the planet burn"
"And by the great and the good he means the snobby lords and ladies" Donna elaborated.
"What for?" Rose asked.
"Fun!" the Doctor replied as the door opened and he strolled in.
"Hang on, they did this on Newsround, the sun expanding...that takes hundreds of years" Rose said.
"Millions" the Doctor corrected her. "But the Earth was on a national trust. They had been keeping it safe for years. See that there" the Doctor pointed to something and both Rose and Donna stood on their tiptoes to see it. "Gravity satellites."
"The planet looks the same as ever though" Rose said. "I thought the continents were supposed to shift and things"
"So did I actually...go on Space-Man tell us about it" Donna said grinning as she elbowed the Doctor in the ribs.
"The trust shifted them back. That's a classic Earth down there...but now the money has run out, nature takes over" the Doctor said acting as if Donna never elbowed him.
"How long as it got?" Rose asked.
The Doctor peered at his watch. "About half an hour and then it gets roasted"
"You're enjoying that idea a bit too much" Donna said eyeing the Doctor suspiciously. "Is that why we're here so you can get off of the Earth being burnt?"
"NO!" the Doctor burst out.
"Are we here to save it then? Save all the people" Rose asked quickly before a full blown argument grew between the Doctor and Donna.
"We're not saving it, times up. The planet is empty"
"Just me and Donna then" Rose said quietly.
"Who the hell are you?" The three turned round to see a small blue man in robes holding a clipboard stroll up to them.
"Oh that's nice thanks" the Doctor said sarcastically.
"Lovely manners you have" Donna added just as sarcastically.
"But how did you get in?" the blue man pressed. "This is a maximum hospitality room. The guests are on their way, they just disembarked. They'll be here any min-"
"Look I'm a guest see" the Doctor interrupted waving a leather wallet at the man. "The Doctor and his plus two. I'm the Doctor and this is Rose Tyler and Donna Noble, they're my plus two is that all right?"
"Well apologies obviously, etc." The man said looking stern, the Doctor nodded trying to look serious. "And since you're here I guess we can start" the man walked away while the Doctor explained the uses of psychic paper to Rose.
"He's blue!" Rose exclaimed.
"Yeah" the Doctor grinned.
"Ok" Rose murmured obviously overwhelmed.
"We have in attendance the Doctor, Rose Tyler and Donna Noble" the Doctor shot the man a wave. "Thank you, all staff in positions" the blue man clapped his hands and smaller blue people in lumber suits strolled out and got into position by the doors. "And now may I present from the Forest of Cheen, we have trees! Namely the Jabe, Ute and Copper" the doors opened to reveal a beautiful female tree dressed in red and yellow silk with two men dressed in black. "There will be an exchange of gifts to incorporate peace if you can keep the room circulating, thank you." The man paused as the doors opened again. "Next from the solicitors Jaco, Jaco we have the Mox of Baloo" a blue chubby man in a robotic circular chair rolled in. "Next we have from the Financial Family of Seven we have the Imperial Repeated Mean" a group of black cloaked people walked in. "the inventors of Hypo-Sniff Travel Systems"
The blue man continued his introductions as more and more weird looking aliens came strolling in. Suddenly Jabe walked up to them holding a pot plant.
"A gift of peace" she said in a strong accent. "I give you a cutting of my Grandfather"
"Thank you" the Doctor said sincerely taking the pot plant. He handed it to Rose and began to pat himself. "Now gifts...erm...I give you in return, a hair of ruby red" he plucked a hair out of Donna's head.
"OW!" Donna squawked. She slapped the Doctor's arm. "Give a girl some warning next time and use your own hair"
"What hair?" the Doctor asked as Jabe took the strand of Donna's hair and stared at it in awe.
"A beautiful colour" she admired before strolling away.
"The sponsor of this great event, the Face of Boe" the blue man announced as a large face in a tank filled of smog came rolling in. Donna met his eyes and swore to god he winked at her, was a giant face hitting on her or did he know her in her future? She shook her head as the Mox of Baloo rolled to them and tuned into the conversation just in time to see the blue man spit on Rose's forehead.
"Thank you very much" the Doctor said grinning.
"Ew" Donna muttered pulling out a pack of tissues and handing them to Rose. The Doctor yanked out another strand, this time she didn't yelp but she still winced. Glaring at the Doctor she decided that he'll pay for this very shortly.
The cloaked men handed them a silver metal ball after the Doctor gave them a strand of Donna's hair. Donna was beginning to get very agitated and Rose was looking very, very overwhelmed.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, and Trees and Mantivores. Consider the Earth below, in memory of this dying world we call forth the last Human" the door opened up for what looked like a trampoline with two men in white medical full on body outfits. "the Lady Cassandra O'Brian Delta 17"
Donna's mouth fell open. "My god Michael Jackson can't die!" she yelped. The Doctor groaned in embarrassment while Rose stared in disbelieve.
"Now, now don't stare" Cassandra said smiling. "I know its shocking isn't it? I had my chin taken away completely and look at the difference, look at how thin I am! Thin and dainty, I don't look like a day over two thousand. Moisturise me, moisturise me" the man sprayed her with what looked like water. "Truly I am the last Human"
Rose went off to inspect Cassandra more carefully while the Doctor couldn't stop grinning. "Sure she's not a relative of yours Donna?" he asked. Donna's answer came in the form of a kick in the shins causing the Doctor to grunt.
"My father was a Texan, my mother came from the Arctic desert they were born on the Earth and they were the last to be buried in its soil" Cassandra said in an almost mournful voice. "I have come to honour them and to come and say goodbye" one of the other white medical men pulled out a hankie and wiped away her tears. "I'm ok, no tears, I'm sorry" she said quietly. The doors behind her opened and a blue person walked in carrying a large brown egg. "But behold, I bring gifts from Earth itself, the last remaining ostrich egg. Legends said it had a wing span of fifty feet and blew fire from its nostrils...or was that my third husband?" Donna laughed loudly at that. "Oh don't laugh, I'll get laughter lines!" the door opened again and two small blue people came pushing in a 1950's juke box. "And here is another rarity according to the archives this was called an I-Pod" Donna was leaning on the Doctor laughing her head off while the Doctor stood there with his arms crossed staring at Rose. "It stores classical music of humanities greatest composers, play on!"
Suddenly the sounds of Tainted Love came on and Donna managed to stop laughing only to start again at the sight of the Doctor bobbing along the music.
"Refreshments are served, Earth's death in thirty minutes" the blue announcer said.
Rose then ran.
Before the Doctor and Donna could leave the room to go after her Jabe took what Donna assumed a photo of them, saying thank you before strolling away.
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Before they found Rose they saw the blue people push the TARDIS away.
"Oi you be careful with that I don't want any scratches!" the Doctor shouted after them.
"Yeah the TARDIS would kill you" Donna said smirking. A small blue person gave the Doctor a small paper stub and squeaked at him before leaving. Donna peered over the Doctor's shoulder. "HA! You got a parking ticket, try getting out of paying that sunshine"
The Doctor shot Donna a glare before storming off back to the room they were in when they landed.
"Rose are you in there?" he called before walking in, they found her sitting by herself. "Hiya!" he sat himself opposite her while Donna sat on the stairs between them. "So what did you think then?"
"Yeah, great, fun" Rose said trying to sound enthusiastic. "Once you get past the slightly psychic paper" the Doctor chuckled. "They're just so...alien. The aliens are so alien...you look at them and they're alien"
The Doctor looked rather uncomfortable. "Good thing I didn't take you to the deep south" he said.
"Where are you from?" Rose asked.
"All over the place" the Doctor shrugged.
Donna snorted. "Trust me Rose you will not get a straight answer out of him so don't bother"
"They all speak English" Rose said suddenly.
"No, you're hearing English-" Donna suddenly covered the Doctor's mouth with her hand. She knew exactly where this was going, having the same argument with him, accusing him of using his ship to manipulate her to come with him, slapping him. There was no way she was letting this happen all over again, not if Rose argued like her, the Doctor would be dead within five minutes if she did.
"Doctor can you leave me and Rose to talk on our own?" she asked sweetly.
"What? Why? What's wrong?" the Doctor asked looking mildly concerned.
"Human girl things Doctor, you wouldn't understand" Donna said calmly.
"Oh come off it I'm over nine hundred I can handle a tampon conversation though this is completely the wrong time to have one" the Doctor said scowling.
Donna stood up and grabbed him by the ear, she dragged him to the door, pressed on the button to open it and threw him out. Throughout this the Doctor kept moaning in pain, Rose couldn't help but giggle slightly.
Donna sighed. "He'll be out there sulking now just you wait. Do you have your phone on you?" Rose nodded and held it out to her. Donna snatched it up and opened the door again passing it to the Doctor. "Do some jiggery pokery with this if you're going to sulk. Can't have Rose not having an contact with us in case she gets separated"
She closed the door shut firmly before the Doctor could retort.
"Jiggery pokery?" Rose asked raising an eyebrow.
"Basically he makes your phone into a super phone so you can talk to anyone, any time, anywhere" Donna explained plonking herself next to Rose. "I almost freaked at first, thinking he was going to make it blow up or something." She grinned before sighing. "Listen Rose don't accuse him of manipulating you with his ship because it ain't like that. All the TARDIS does is translate everything for you"
"What?"
"She's not reading your mind, she doesn't invade people's privacy like that. It's just simple telepathy" Donna said hurriedly. "Your thoughts are safe"
Rose stared at Donna thoughtfully before nodding. "It's all right, I trust you" she said smiling up at Donna.
The Doctor popped his head back in and held the phone out. "Done" Donna snatched it up and passed it to Rose.
"Call you Mum" she advised the younger woman. "That's what I do when it gets overwhelming...well not my Mum but my Granddad"
"Thank you" Rose said to both Donna and the Doctor before calling her mother. After a short, brief conversation she hung up with a look of wonder on her face.
"If you think that's amazing wait till you get the bill" the Doctor said grinning.
"Come on, lets get back to the party" Donna said now beaming. "I want to see if the Face of Boe was actually hitting on me or if it was all a mere coincidence"
"Donna you think any man hi-" the observation deck shuddered interrupting the Doctor's sentence. "That's not supposed to happen" the Doctor said thoughtfully.
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The Doctor was checking out the gravity satellites when Jabe walked up behind them. both Donna and Rose felt like slapping the woman when she accused them of being concubines, the Doctor had to actually pull Donna's hand down. He introduced Donna as his annoying sister and Rose as a friend before questioning about maintenance Both Donna and Rose voted to stay away to talk to Cassandra.
"Don't start a fight" he warned them.
"I wouldn't!" Rose protested.
"Not you Rose, Donna, she's been known to start a fight with a germ" the Doctor said rolling his eyes and avoiding Donna's glare. "I'm all yours" he told Jabe lending his arm out to her. As the pair began to walk out Donna's voice could be heard.
"I want you home before midnight!"
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"Soon the sun will blossom into a red giant and my home will die" Cassandra said sadly. "That's where I used to live when I was a little boy down there"
"What?" Donna choked out trying not to laugh.
"Mummy and Daddy had a house built in the Los Angeles crevasse" Cassandra carried on ignoring Donna. She sighed. "Oh I had so much fun"
"What happened to everyone else?" Rose asked. "The Human race, where did it go?"
"They say mankind has touched every star in the sky" Cassandra said with a snooty expression on her face.
"So you're not the last Human" Rose said slowly.
"I am the last pure Human" Cassandra corrected getting more and more snooty. "The others mingled. Oh they call themselves New Humans, Digi-Humans, Humaniations but do you know what I call them?" she paused before whispering. "Mongrels"
"My god you're a racist trampoline" Donna blurted out. "A bitchy racist trampoline. You're not human, you're a bit of skin with lipstick on!"
"Excuse me! You have no right to speak to me like that" Cassandra snarled back. "I am Lady Cassandra O'Brian Del-"
"Do I look bothered?" Donna said, hands on her hips, eyebrow raised up. "Because I'm not, I don't even care if you're skinny with no chin because unlike you I can have sex" she then stormed off leaving Rose with the bitchy trampoline.
"Would you like the number of my plastic surgeon dear, you got a bit of chin sticking out" Cassandra said sweetly to Rose, whose reply was to walk away quickly out of the room.
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Donna grumbled under her breath when she tripped over something and landed on her backside.
As graceful as ever Donna Noble a voice vibrated through her mind with a chuckle.
"OI! I don't know who you are but that is an invasion of privacy" Donna snapped.
I'm not reading your thoughts Donna, I'm broadcasting mine there is a difference. A telepathic sigh. It's been such a long time since I have seen you like this.
"Like what?" Donna asked nervously.
Young, care free and ginger. Such a long time.
"Who are you?" Donna asked.
I am the Face of Boe
"The face in the tank that winked at me? I knew there was something about you! You weren't hitting on me were you, because no offense you're not my type" Donna wrinkled her nose. "I like something to grab hold onto"
Don't I know it the Face of Boe laughed. It was good seeing you Donna, I have missed you so much.
"But wait how do you know me?" Donna called out ignoring the strange looks she was receiving.
There was no answer.
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"The planet's end, come gather, come gather" Cassandra said calling all the alien people round. "Bide farewell to the cradle of civilisation. Let us mourn her with a traditional ballad"
Britney Spears Toxic came on.
"Oh you have got to be kidding me" Donna moaned blocking her ears.
Suddenly Jabe came running in shouting that there was an attack on the platform and that the steward was dead. Everyone panicked when Donna shouted for them to shut up and listen to the tree.
Jabe did a scan and proved that it was the spiders that infiltrated the platform, Cassandra was claiming that was impossible when the Doctor stormed in.
"Where's Rose?" Donna demanded.
"Trapped, if we don't stop this she's going to die" the Doctor said darkly.
"Well why aren't you doing anything!?" Donna shrieked.
"I will" the Doctor promised. "someone brought this little pet onboard" he said holding up the robotic spider.
"I bet this is the Face's fault" Cassandra sniped.
The Face of Boe shook his head and Donna whirled round to face Cassandra. "Leave him alone you trampoline" she snarled before facing the Doctor. "But who though?"
"No idea, lets send it back to its master" he placed the spider on the floor and it crawled up to Cassandra, scanned her and then scuttled towards the Repeated Means family.
"The Imperiance of the Repeated Means!" Cassandra crowed. "shackle them!"
"That's all fair and well, and rather obvious actually" the Doctor said strolling to the Repeated Means. "But if you think about it..." a hand shot out to hit the Doctor but he grabbed hold off of it and yanked it off to show that it was robotic. "But they are just an idea..." he pulled out a wire causing them all to collapse. "Nice little droids to cover up the real troublemaker. Go on Jimbo" he lightly kicked the spider. "Go on"
The spider slowly crawled to Cassandra.
"I bet you were the school swot and never got kissed" Cassandra said spitefully to the Doctor.
Donna snorted. "You aren't half wrong there love" she muttered.
"At arms!" Cassandra ordered her men who held up their moisturising guns up.
"Oh what are you going to do? Moisturise him?" Donna said sarcastically while laughing.
"With acid" Cassandra said causing Donna to stop laughing. "You Doctor ruined everything, but it's all too late now my spiders have infiltrated the main system and you lot all carried them as pretty gifts past the code wall." She tutted. "I'm not just a pretty face"
"Sabotaging a ship while still inside it how stupid is that?" the Doctor said raising an eyebrow.
"Manufacturing a hostage situation, the compensation would be enormous" Cassandra said.
"Five billion years and it still comes down to money" the Doctor said rolling his eyes.
"And plastic surgery" Donna added disgustedly.
"I am the last Human Miss Noble, not you or that little freaky kid of yours" Donna noticed the Doctor's expression darkened when Cassandra insulted Rose. The others began to kick up a fuss. "Oh shut up, I still have my final option" Cassandra snapped.
"Earth's death in three minutes"
"And here it is" Cassandra said happily. "You're all dead and I have shares in your rival companies which will triple the moment you're dead. My spiders are primed and ready to destroy the safety systems. How did that old Earth song go?" she paused before saying darkly. "Burn baby burn"
"Well if I'm going down, I'm taking you with me" Donna spat out.
"Oh I'm sorry, I know teleportation is forbidden but I'm such a naughty thing" Cassandra said coyly. "Spiders activate!"
There was several explosions that shook the observation deck. Cassandra left and the Doctor began to plot a plan. He grabbed hold of Donna firmly by the shoulders.
"Listen to me Donna Noble" he growled. "You are going to stay here. Keep an eye out for these people, be that annoying girl who cares and attaches herself to people. I and Jabe will sort this out. I'll save Rose, I promise"
"If you die" Donna hissed. "I will keep my promise, I will murder you"
"Just chill" the Doctor said before walking out with Jabe.
"Just chill" Donna mimicked in a squeaky voice and flapping her hand. The Face of Boe was laughing at her.
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Rose walked slowly back in the guest room with her hair in a complete mess and her clothes rumpled. She can see some of those amazingly alien aliens lying dead on the floor and she feels pity, she sees some of them coughing their lungs out and over by the side she can see Donna sitting by a giant face chatting quietly to it, when Donna spotted her she smiled sadly and pulled the blonde into a tight hug.
"I was terrified for you" she admitted. "But the Doctor promised that he'll save you and he did"
Suddenly the Doctor walked past them and talked quietly to the Cheen men, from their sad expressions Donna could guess what happened to Jabe.
"You all right?" Rose asked the Doctor softly.
"Yeah I'm fine" the Doctor said bitterly. "Full of ideas, I'm bristling with them"
Donna watched the Doctor carefully as he brought Cassandra back and yelled at her. She watched in horror as Cassandra began to dry out, she watched in amazement as Rose who would have died because of Cassandra pleaded with the Doctor to save her...he didn't and Cassandra died. Donna had to duck to avoid trampoline guts hit her.
The Doctor strolled away and Rose followed quietly. As Donna began to walk away she heard the Face of Boe speak to her one last time.
Goodbye Donna, we will see each other again...soon.
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Donna watched quietly as Rose cried for their planet...Donna didn't even think about it because people were dying and needed to be saved...she felt tears run down her cheeks but didn't say anything as she watched that beautiful red ball of flames glow. The Doctor took Rose's hand and tugged at Donna's elbow leading them to the TARDIS.
He took them to their present time. He told them how this wasn't going to last forever, he then proceeded to tell Rose about how his planet is gone.
"I am a Time Lord, I am the last of the Time Lords. My people...they're all gone. I'm the only survivor, I travel alone because there's no one else left"
"There's me and Donna" Rose reminded him quietly. "Donna refuses to leave your side"
The Doctor smiled softly at her. "You seen how dangerous it is...do you want to go home?" he asked Rose.
"I don't know...I want..." she sniffed. "Oh can you smell chips?"
The Doctor and Donna laughed.
"yeah, yeah" the Doctor grinned goofily.
"I want chips" Rose said seriously.
"Me too!" the Doctor said.
"Me as well" Donna added not letting herself be pushed to the side like she did a moment ago.
"Well then before you two drag me back in that box we'll get chips, you can pay Doctor" Rose said.
"No money" the Doctor shrugged.
"What sort of date are you?" Rose asked. "Dragging your sister along, not paying, come along tight wad chips on me, only got five billion years till the shops close"
The Doctor and Rose grinned at each other and Rose looped her arm through the Doctor's and rested her head against his shoulder occasionally. Donna slipped her arm through the Doctor's other arm and leaned into whisper in his ear.
"You soooooooooo fancy her"
The Doctor's glare was priceless.