DISCLAIMER: I own DVDs. Lots and lots of DVDs, but not the rights to their characters.

Sorry this has taken a while but I've had a really busy week (plus I went to see Desolation of Smaug on Tuesday and literally couldn't think of anything else for three days) but here you go.

There was a moment of silence and everyone in the room stared at the Doctor. Sherlock looked the two men up and down, sizing them up. He saw the wars they had been through, Julian's professionalism and the Doctor's eccentricity, and that they were both truthful men. He had no choice but to believe them.

'I suppose we better get to work fixing it then' said Sherlock efficiently. The Doctor was surprised how calm everyone was considering they were standing in a room of people they barely knew, discussing how to get a bigger-on-the-inside time travelling police box back to its universe.

'Well, first we'll need to hook her up to some sort of power source. I don't want to risk using her engines. Out of curiosity, what year is it? And where are we?'

'2012 and this is 221B Baker Street, London' answered Watson. He was the only one who still seemed to be slightly unnerved by their situation.

'London, that's Earth, OK good I know a lot about Earth. 2012; limits our technology quite a bit but we can manage. Do you have some sort of power supply?'

'We can plug it into the mains but I doubt it'll be much good' suggested Sherlock.

'It's better than nothing. Julian, come with me, I need some stuff to connect it all up.' He gestured to John and Sherlock as he and Julian walked into the TARDIS. 'You two are welcome to come and look around if you like.' They looked at each other for a moment before John smiled and made a 'you go first' gesture before following Sherlock into the TARDIS. A lot of the lights had gone off so it was quite dark but they could still get a sense of the size and impressiveness of the main console room. Sherlock immediately started walking around everywhere, looking at every corner and detail, fascinated by the Doctor's time-ship. John, on the other hand, stayed pretty much in the doorway, turning in circles looking around. After several minutes, he just said,

'Wow.' He chuckled and walked to the controls where Julian and the Doctor were waiting as did Sherlock. Watson put his hands on the console.

'Well… this is really remarkable. And it is beautiful, this ship. But all the same, I'm gonna leave you to it; not sure how I feel about staying in an apartment which could collapse if we do something wrong.' He took one last look around before turning back towards the door.

'John…' started Sherlock but he interrupted.

'No, it's fine; there are enough doctors here already. I'm going out with Sarah tonight anyway I'll just ask to stay a few nights. It was nice meeting you two.' he said to Julian and the Doctor before stepping out of the TARDIS and heading out of the building. The three other men gathered around the controls. Sherlock looked over the variety of different things attached to the hexagonal panel. He had a million different questions spinning through his head about how this ship worked, where it came from; he had to fight to stop himself blurting them all out in one long stream and just pick one.

'How does it work?' he asked.

'It would take a long time to explain' sighed the Doctor.

'We have time' pointed out Julian.

'That's true. Follow me; we can get it hooked up while I explain.' And with that he bounded off into the depth of the TARDIS, the others following along behind him.

Xxx

Several hours later and the Doctor was still talking. A long bundle of multi-coloured wires tumbled out of the TARDIS and coiled around the apartment, eventually making its way to an extension lead in the kitchen. The ends of the wires were stuffed precariously into all four sockets of the lead and sparked every now and then as power surged through them to the TARDIS. There was enough power to have the top light and most of the inside lights back on. The Doctor was crouching by the wall socket with his sonic, fiddling with the power switch trying to get enough power to work from the console without affecting the entire building. Julian was just leaving the TARDIS holding a cardboard box full of cable ties, a ball of string and an assortment of other seemingly random items. He walked over to the kitchen table where the Doctor had paused his explanation of the TARDIS and was in a heated discussion with Sherlock, trying to get him to move some of his science equipment.

'We're going to need a clear surface!'

'You've already covered the apartment with cables!'

'Like it makes a difference; it's so messy anyway!' Julian rolled his eyes and put the box down on the edge of the table, carefully pushing a set of test tubes out of the way.

'What's all this for?' asked Julian, interrupting the argument, pulling a roll of duct tape and a broken set of headphones out of the box and holding them up.

'Various bits and pieces I've picked up. I don't know how well the TARDIS will hook up with this power; some of that might be useful. In fact…' He dropped his sonic and leapt up, rummaging through the box. 'They always end up at the bottom…' he muttered. Eventually he let out a triumphant 'Aha!' and pulled out a handful of Kirby grips. Crouching back down, he pulled two of the hair grips out of the bundle, holding the rest between his teeth. He stuck them into the socket and started poking around, grabbing his sonic in the other hand. As he fiddled with the socket, Julian examined the extension cord.

'Do you want me to switch the fuses while you're doing that?' he asked. The Doctor paused what he was doing and turned to look at him. He frowned and took the hair grips
out of his mouth.

'What?'

'Well, I thought you'd probably need the fused switched or the negative charge could… overload…' he trailed off as the Doctor continued to frown. 'That is what you're doing isn't it?'

'No, you're right but you don't know anything about this kind of technology, how did you work that out?' Julian gave a kind of embarrassed smile and tapped his head.

'Genetical enhancements. My parents had them done when I was a kid. Very illegal, very dangerous but it does give me some advantages.' Sherlock and the Doctor looked at him for a moment.

'Yes, switching the fuses would be helpful, thank you' said the Doctor simply, not asking any more questions. He picked out two more Kirby grips and offered them to Julian who smiled and took them. Sitting himself down cross-legged on the kitchen floor, Julian pried the back off the plug and started uncrossing and re-crossing the coloured wires. Sherlock stood over his shoulder for a few moments, watching him work and deducing which enhancements he had. Obviously eyesight and mental capacities and, as Sherlock watched him carefully hook the wires through the bent hair grips, hand-eye coordination it seemed as well. He found it fascinating, the idea of modifying a person's genes to enhance their abilities. Sherlock opened his mouth to speak but he looked up as he heard the Doctor cough quietly. The Time Lord gave him a warning look and shook his head and, although Sherlock was confused, he stayed quiet. Satisfied Sherlock wasn't going to start questioning Julian about his abilities, he flicked his sonic closed and dropped the remaining grips into his pocket.

'I'm just going to get something from the TARDIS and then we can give this a try! Don't go anywhere.'