The Doctor, Jennifer, Rose and Mickey were in the TARDIS. The Doctor, Jennifer and Rose were sitting together while Mickey was standing. "And that weird munchkin lady with the big eyes? Do you remember? the way she looked at you! And then she opens her mouth and fire comes out!" The Doctor said. "I thought I was going to get frazzled!" Jennifer said.
"Yeah. One minute she's standing there, and the next minute roar!" The Doctor said. "Where was that, then? What happened?" Mickey asked. "Oh, it was on this er, this er planet thing. Asteroid. It's a long story, you had to be there. Er, what're you doing that for?" The Doctor asked. "Because you told me to," Mickey said. "When was that?" The Doctor asked. "About half an hour ago," Mickey said. "Er, you can let go now," The Doctor said.
"I told you," Rose said to Mickey as she link arms with Jennifer. "Well, how long's it been since I could've stopped?" Mickey asked. "Ten minutes? Twenty? Twenty nine?" The Doctor said. "You just forgot me!" Mickey said. "No, no, no. I was just, I was, I was calibrating. I was just. No, I know exactly what I'm doing," The Doctor said. Then there was an explosion that came from the console. The TARDIS started shaking. "What's happened?" Jennifer asked. "The time vortex is gone. That's impossible. It's just gone. Brace yourself! We're going to crash!" The Doctor said.
The TARDIS come to a sudden stop, and the power was off. "Everyone all right? JJ? Rose? Mickey?" The Doctor asked. "I'm fine. I'm okay. Sorry. Yeah," Mickey said. "I'm good," Rose said. "Same," Jennifer said. "She's dead. The TARDIS is dead," The Doctor said. "You can fix it?" Jennifer asked. "There's nothing to fix. She's perished. The last TARDIS in the universe. Extinct," The Doctor said.
"Can't we get help?" Jennifer suggested. "Where from?" The Doctor asked. "We've landed. We've got to be somewhere," Jennifer said. "We fell out of the vortex, through the void, into nothingness. We're in some sort of no place. The silent realm. The lost dimension," The Doctor said. "No, actually we're in London," Rose said. She and Mickey, who were both at the doors, stepped outside.
"London, England, Earth. Hold on," Mickey said. He picked up a newspaper. "First of February this year not exactly far flung, is it?" Mickey asked. "So this is London," The Doctor said. "Yep," Mickey said. "Your city," The Doctor said. "That's the one," Mickey said. "Just as we left it," The Doctor said. "Bang on," Mickey said. "And that includes the Zeppelins?" The Doctor asked.
The four of them looked up. Massive airships pass overhead. "What the hell?" Mickey asked. "That's beautiful," Jennifer said. "Is there some kind of festival going on?" Rose asked. "This is not your world," The Doctor said. "But if the date's the same, it's parallel, right? Am I right? Like a parallel Earth where they've got Zeppelins. Am I right? I'm right, aren't I?" Mickey asked. "Must be," The Doctor said.
"So, a parallel world where-" Rose started. "Oh, come on. You've seen it on films. Like an alternative to our world where everything's the same but a little bit different, like, I don't know, traffic lights are blue, Tony Blair never got elected," Mickey said. "And he's still alive," Jennifer said. She was looking at a poster that had her father on it. "Rose, his still alive. A parallel world and our dad's still alive," Jennifer said. She and Rose started walking up to the poster. "Don't look at it, Rose, JJ. Don't even think about it. This is not your world," The Doctor said.
"But he's our dad," Rose said. Jennifer touched the poster, which was actually a screen. "Trust me on this," Pete said. "Well, that's weird. But he's real," Jennifer said. "Trust me on this," Pete repeated. "He's a success. He was always planning these daft little schemes. Health food, drinks and stuff. Everyone said they were useless. But he did it," Rose said with a smile. Jennifer smiled too.
The Doctor put his hands on Jennifer's shoulders. "JJ, if you've ever trusted me, then listen to me now. Stop looking at it. Your father's dead. He died when you were six months old and Rose were two years old. That is not your Pete. That is a Pete. For all we know, he's got his own Jackie, his own Rose and Jennifer. His own two daughters who is someone else, but not you two. You can't see him. Not ever," The Doctor said as he looked between the sisters.
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Jennifer and Rose were wandering off. They both sat down on a bench and watched one zeppelin slowly go by. Jennifer looked at Rose. "You know," Jennifer started. Rose looked at her. "The Doctor took me to see dad. When I started to traveling with him," Jennifer said. "How was he?" Rose asked. Jennifer smiled a little. "It turns out, he and mom usually fought," She replied. Rose and Jennifer laughed.
Jennifer's phone was ringing and she answered it. On the screen said. 'Welcome! Free Trial Period.' She got IE24 News. Jennifer and Rose looked at each other and then back at Jennifer's phone. "And it's good news for Great Britain as John Lumic returns to the country of his birth. Mister Lumic, the inventor of high content metal, has denied allegations of ill health," The news reporter said. "We're all flesh and blood, but the brain is what makes us human. And my mind is more creative than ever," A man, John Lumic said. "With shares in Cybus Industries doubling in price, Mister Lumic is -" The news reporter said.
Jennifer and Rose looked up at the zeppelin. The rotors were blocking out the words of the news cast. It ended. Jennifer and Rose looked at each other and they had the same idea. Rose nodded and Jennifer used the free trial to search up their father.
A few minutes later, The Doctor and Mickey walked in Jennifer's and Rose's direction. "There you two are. You all right? No applause. I fixed it. Twenty four hours, then we're flying back to reality. What is it?" The Doctor asked. He sat on Jennifer's side and Mickey sat on Rose's side. "My phone connected. There's this Cybus Network. It finds your phone. It gave me Internet access," Jennifer said. "JJ, whatever it says, this is the wrong world," The Doctor said. "We don't exist," Rose said.
"What do you mean?" The Doctor asked. "There's no Rose and Jennifer Tyler. We were never born. There's Pete and Jackie. They still married but they never had kids," Jennifer said. "Give me that phone," The Doctor said. Before he could grab it, Jennifer pulled it away. "They're rich. They've got a house and cars, and everything they want. But they haven't got us," Jennifer said. Then she and Rose looked at each other and Jennifer nodded. They both got up from the bench. "We've got to see him," Jennifer said.
The Doctor got up. "You can't," He said. "We just want to see him," Rose said. "I can't let you two," The Doctor said. "You just said twenty four hours," Jennifer said. "You two can't become their daughters, that's not the way it works. Mickey, tell them," The Doctor said. "Twenty four hours, yeah?" Mickey asked and he got up from the bench. "Where're you going?" The Doctor asked him. "Well, I can do what I want," Mickey said.
"We've got the address and everything," Jennifer said. "Stay where you are, all three of you. Jennifer, Rose, come back here! Mickey, come back here right now!" The Doctor said. "We just want to see him," Rose said. "Yeah, I've got things to see and all," Mickey said. "Like what?" The Doctor asked.
"Well, you don't know anything about me, do you? It's always about Jennifer. I'm just a spare part," Mickey said. "I'm sorry. I've got to go," Jennifer said. "Go on, then. There's no choice, is there? You can only chase after one of us. It's never going to be me, is it?" Mickey said. Jennifer had one final look at The Doctor. She took Rose's hand and they started to walk away. The Doctor looked back at Mickey. "Back here, twenty four hours!" The Doctor said and then he ran after Jennifer and Rose.
The Doctor had caught up to Jennifer and Rose. "Mickey's mum just couldn't cope. His dad hung around for a while, but then he just sort of wandered off. He was brought up by his gran. She was such a great woman. God, she used to slap him! And then she died. She tripped and fell down the stairs. It's about five years ago now. I was still in school," Jennifer said. "I never knew," The Doctor said. "You never asked," Jennifer said. "You never said," The Doctor said.
"That's Mickey. I suppose I, we just take him for granted. Do you think she's still alive, his gran?" Jennifer asked. "Could be. Like I said, parallel world, gingerbread house. We need to get out of here as fast as we can," The Doctor said.
There was a beeping sound and everybody stopped walking. "What're they all doing?" Rose asked. "They've stopped," The Doctor said. The three of them walked to a separate people. Every single person had an earpiece on each ear. "It's the earpieces. Like Bluetooth attachments, but everyone's connected together," The Doctor said.
Jennifer's phone beeped so she reached into her pocket and got it. "It's on my phone. It's automatic, look. It's downloading," Jennifer said. "Is this what they're all getting?" Rose asked. "News, international news, sports, weather," Jennifer said as she read from her phone. "They get it direct. Downloaded right into their heads," The Doctor said. "TV schedules, lottery numbers," Jennifer said.
"Everyone shares the same information. A daily download published by Cybus Industries," The Doctor said. A joke was download next and everyone laughed. After that, everyone started walking again. "You lot, you're obsessed. You'd do anything for the latest upgrade," The Doctor said. "Oi, not my lot. Different world, remember," Jennifer said.
"It's not so far off your world. This place is only parallel. Oh, look at that. Cybus Industries, owners of just about every company in Britain, including Vitex. Mister Pete Tyler's very well connected," The Doctor said. Jennifer looked up at him. She grabbed his arm and started batting her eyelashes at him. The Doctor thought she looked adorable. "Oh, okay. I give up. Let's go and see him," The Doctor said. Jennifer smiled and kissed his cheek. The trio made their way to see Pete.
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The Doctor, Jennifer and Rose were across the road from the Tyler House. "They've got visitors," The Doctor said. "February the first. Mum's birthday," Rose said. "Even in a parallel universe, she still loves a party," Jennifer said. "Well, given Pete Tyler's guest list, I wouldn't mind a look. And there is one guaranteed way of getting inside," The Doctor said. "Psychic paper," Jennifer said. "Who do you two want to be?" The Doctor asked.
The three of them posed as a waiter and waitresses. "We could have been anyone," Jennifer said. "Got us in, didn't it?" The Doctor said. "You're in charge of the psychic paper. We could've been guests. Celebrities. Sir Doctor, Dame Jennifer and Lady Rose. We end up serving. Did enough of this back home," Jennifer said. "If you want to know what's going on, work in the kitchens. According to Lucy, that man over there-" Jennifer cut The Doctor off. "Who's Lucy?"
"She's carrying the salmon pinwheels," The Doctor said. "Oh, that's Lucy, is it?" Jennifer asked. "Yeah. Lucy says, that is the President of Great Britain," The Doctor said. "There's a President, not a Prime Minister?" Rose asked. "Seems so," The Doctor said. "Or maybe Lucy's just a bit thick," Jennifer said.
"Excuse me! Thank you very much. Thank you if I could just have your attention, please?" A man said. Jennifer. Rose and The Doctor followed the voice to the front of the staircase. The man was Pete Tyler. Jennifer's and Rose's eyes grow wide. "Pete! Go on, Pete!" A man said. "Thank you very much!" Pete said. "It's about time you did some work," A man said. "I thought you liked them young," Another man said. Pete smiled.
"Um, I'd just like to say thank you to you all, for coming on this, this very special occasion. My wife's thirty ninth. And so, without any further ado, here she is, the birthday girl. My lovely wife, Jackie Tyler," Pete said. Jackie mad her entrance in skin tight black to general applause.
"Now, I'm not giving a speech. That's what my parties are famous for. No work, no politics, just a few good mates and plenty of black market whisky. Pardon me, Mister President. So, yeah, get on with it. Enjoy, enjoy," Jackie said. She and Pete passed Jennifer and Rose.
"You two can't stay. Even if there was some way of telling them," The Doctor said. "Course we can't. We've still got Mum at home. Our real mum. We couldn't just leave her, could we. It's just, they've got each other. Mum's got no one," Jennifer said. "She's got you and Rose. Those two haven't. All these different worlds, not one of them gets it right," The Doctor said. "Rose! Jennifer! There's my little girls! Come to mummy, come to mummy!" Jackie said. She picked up two little dogs. "Good girls, aren't you?" Jackie said. The Doctor laughed and Jennifer and Rose looked at him. "Sorry," The Doctor said and then he walked off.
Jennifer and Rose watched Jackie laughed with the President. Pete come up to them. "I remember her twenty first. Pint of cider in the George," Pete said. "Sorry. Champagne?" Jennifer asked. "Oh, might as well. I'm paying for it," Pete said with a smile. "It's a big night for you," Rose said. "For her. Still, she's happy," Pete said. "She should be. It's a great party," Jennifer said. "Do you think?" Pete said. "You can trust me," Jennifer said. "You can trust me on this," Pete said. The three of them laughed.
"That's it, sorry," Jennifer said. "How long have you two been married?" Rose asked. "Twenty two years," Pete replied. "No kids?" Jennifer asked. "We kept putting it off. She said she didn't want to spoil her figure," Pete replied. "It's not too late. She's only forty," Rose said. "Thirty nine," Pete said. Jennifer and Rose smiled. "Oh, right. Thirty nine," Rose said.
"It's still too late. I moved out last month, but we're going to keep it quiet. You know, it's bad for business. Why am I telling you two all this? We haven't met before, have we? I don't know, you two just seem sort of . . ." Pete said. "What?" Jennifer asked. "I don't know. Just sort of right," Pete said. Jennifer and Rose just looked at their dad before he walked away.
Jennifer went outside to where her mom was while Rose was looking around. "Missis Tyler, is there anything I can get you?" Jennifer asked. "The last twenty years back," Jackie said with a little smile. "I can manage a glass of champagne or a nice cup of tea?" Jennifer asked. "Oh, that'd do me," Jackie said with a smile. Jennifer smiled and sat next to Jackie.
"My mum loves that. End of a long night she never goes straight to bed, she always stays up just to have that last cup of tea," Jennifer said. "Oh, I'm the same," Jackie said. "Two sugars," Jennifer said. "And me. Pete always says, you know. Ah, never mind him," Jackie said. "I was talking to him earlier. He's a nice man. You know, bit of a Jack the Lad, I suppose, even if he has got money, but he's a good bloke. Better than most. He's worth a second chance," Jennifer said.
"Are you commenting on my marriage?" Jackie asked. "No, I was just-" Jackie cut Jennifer off. "Who the hell do you think you are? You're staff. You're nothing but staff. You're just the serving girl, for God's sake. And you are certainly not getting paid. Don't you dare talk to me." Jackie went back inside.
Suddenly, floodlights came on. There were figures marching towards the house. Jennifer went back inside. When she did, she saw The Doctor and they went over to the window, The figures were marching closer to the house. "It's happening again," The Doctor said. "What do you mean?" Jennifer asked. "I've seem them before," The Doctor said. "What are they?" Jennifer asked. "Cybermen," The Doctor replied.
The Cybermen smashed through a series of French windows in the other wall. Others marched in through the house. The guests were surrounded. The President's ear piece rang and he started talking to Mr. Lumic.
"Are they robots?" Jennifer asked. "Worse than that," The Doctor said. "Who were these people?" The President asked to his earpiece. "They're people?" Jennifer asked. "They were, until they had all their humanity taken away. That's a living brain jammed inside a cybernetic body, with a heart of steel. All emotions removed," The Doctor explained. "Why no emotions?" Jennifer asked. "Because it hurts," The Doctor said. "I demand to know, Lumic. These people, who were they?" The President asked.
A Cyberman walked up to him. "We have been upgraded," The Cyberman said. "Into what?" The Doctor asked. "The next level of mankind. We are Human point two. Every citizen will receive a free upgrade. You will become like us," The Cyberman said. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry for what's been done to you, but listen to me. This experiment ends tonight," The President said. "Upgrading is compulsory," The Cyberman said.
"And if I refuse?" The President asked. "Don't," The Doctor warned. "What if I refuse?" The President asked. "I'm telling you, don't," The Doctor said. "What happens if I refuse?" The President asked. "Then you are not compatible," The Cyberman said. "What happens then?" The President asked. "You will be deleted," The Cyberman said.
The Cyberman put his hand on the President's neck, and electrocutes him. The Doctor grabbed Jennifer's hand and ran. The guests screamed as they get grabbed and killed.
The Doctor and Jennifer made it outside. "There's nothing we can do," The Doctor said. "My mum and Rose are in there!" Jennifer said. At that moment, Rose came running outside. "There you two are," Rose said and she grabbed Jennifer's hand. "She is not your mother! Come on!" The Doctor said.
The three began running. There was a row of Cybermen marching towards the house. The trio took off in the opposite direction. Pete came out. "Quick! Quick!" Rose said. Pete followed the three. "Pete, is there a way out?" The Doctor asked. "The side gates. Who are you? How do you know so much?" Pete asked. "You wouldn't believe it in a million years," The Doctor said.
A row of Cybermen cut off their path. They all ran the other way. Two armed figures come running towards them. "Who's that?" Jennifer asked. "Get behind me!" One of the two called. It was Mickey and another boy. The four obeyed. Mickey and his friend began firing. But the bullets just bounce off. The Cybermen stopped. "Oh my God, look at you," Jennifer said and she hugged Mickey.
"I thought I'd never see you again," Jennifer said. "Yeah. No offence, sweetheart, but who the hell are you?" Mickey asked. The real Mickey came running towards the group. "JJ! That's not me. That's like the other one," The real Mickey said. "Oh, as if things weren't bad enough, there's two Mickey's," The Doctor said. "It's Ricky," The other Mickey said.
"But there's more of them," Mickey said. The Cybermen marched around them. "We're surrounded," Rose said. "Put the guns down. Bullets won't stop them," The Doctor said. Ricky's friend started shooting. The Doctor stopped him. "No! Stop shooting, now. We surrender! Hands up. There's no need to damage us. We're good stock. We volunteer for the upgrade program. Take us to be processed," The Doctor said.
"You are rogue elements," A Cyberman said. "But we surrender," The Doctor said. "You are incompatible," The Cyberman said. "But this is a surrender," The Doctor said. "You will be deleted," The Cyberman said. "But we're surrendering! Listen to me, we surrender!" The Doctor said. "You are inferior. Man will be reborn as Cyberman, but you will perish under maximum deletion," The Cyberman said. The Cybermen hold out their deadly arms towards the group. "Delete. Delete. Delete!"
