Author's Note: Well, if anyone's still following this story (sorry it lay forgotten for a while), here's the next part. Probably one, maybe two chapters left after this. As always, reviews are greatly loved!

Rose paced slowly around the TARDIS (the female Doctor had called it "he", Rose noted with a smile), taking it all in. But, since the new TARDIS was identical in every way to her own, she soon found herself bored.

"Can't the TARDIS just take us back to our own universe?" she asked. Her Doctor straightened up from where he was studying a monitor, and looked towards where she stood.

"The TARDIS gets its energy from the universe," he explained. "This TARDIS runs on the power from this universe. We can't take it into ours."

Rose nodded. "So...how do we get back?"

"Not to be rude or anything," said the female Doctor, "But that's sort of what we were working on before you interrupted."

Rose rolled her eyes. "Right, fine," she said, "Sorry. I'll get out of your way." She thought one Time Lord was big-headed. Two together were threatening to be unbearable.

"Could you go and tell the others," her Doctor added, "That it's going to take about 10 hours to get the Holly Hop drive functional again."

Rose frowned as she left the Doctors. What on earth were they going to do for the next 10 hours?


"Who...what is that?" Rose asked as she entered the ship's disco. She was speaking to Rowan, but gesturing towards the sort of humanoid creature standing with the Cat, engaging in something that was almost but not quite entirely unlike dancing.

"Oh," Rowan said with a laugh. "That's the Dog, apparently."

"His double isn't a girl?"

"Guess not."

Rose giggled as she watched the Cat and Dog continue to bicker, then she turned her attention to the rest of the room. Dave was heading towards them. "Hi, Rose," he said sheepishly, "I'm going to the bar, can I get you a drink?"

She shook her head, "Thanks though." Rowan joined Dave as he headed to fill his drink, passing by Arnold and Arlene as they went. Arlene was attempting to lick Arnold's brain, judging by how far her tongue was stuck his ear. He did not seem to be enjoying it, and shoved her off, taking the opportunity to rush up to the two boys at the bar. Arlene left and approached Deb, and Rose joined the two women at a nearby table.

"How are you getting on?" Deb asked Arlene as she sat down.

"Well, put it his way," she replied. "There'll be two pairs of shoes under the bed tonight."

Rose's eyes widened as Arlene talked about Arnold like he was a piece of meat. Sexual attitudes must be different in this universe, too, she thought. She had dated plenty of guys who thought just that way about women.

"He's not interested," Deb told Arlene, and Rose agreed.

"Maybe not now, but wait until I hit him with the wormdo line," Arlene combated, and Rose had to get up before she started laughing, realizing that Arlene really was exactly the same as Arnold.

She joined Dave, Arnold, and Rowan at the bar, instead. "How long have we got to stay here?" Rimmer was complaining. He kept throwing nervous glances towards Arlene.

"Oh," Rose said, remembering her task. "10 hours before we can get back, the Doctors said."

"Great," Rimmer groaned. "Listen," he turned to Dave. "I'm going to bed now, by myself, on my own, alone. If she comes back, tell her I've got a headache or something."

"Where are you going to sleep?"

"I can't tell you, it's too risky."

Rose smiled. "It must be hell," she said, her voice betraying her amusement, "Having someone treat you like an object like that."

"You have no idea," Rimmer said, obliviously, before making his getaway.


"Where's Jack?" Rose wondered as she headed to bed an hour or so later. She had been so amused by the antics of the Red Dwarf crew that she had barely noticed his absence. Deb had been trying unsuccessfully to woo Rowan, Cat and Dog had gotten in some kind of territorial fight and stalked off to mark their territory—which Rose was trying not to think about—and Dave had gotten so drunk, he was currently asleep in the middle of the disco dance floor. But now, in the quiet, she realized that both Jack and Jaclyn had been mysteriously absent all night. She yawned, realizing how tired she was, and all thoughts were pushed aside as she crawled into a bunk in an unused bedroom, falling asleep almost instantly.