Melody cried and Amy carried her out of the TARDIS, rocking her gently.

"What's wrong?" Rory asked, running up to her and looking closely at the crying baby.

"She doesn't like the TARDIS noise," Amy explained "I asked him to turn something off, but it was all, but I don't want to punch a hole in the space-time continuum."

"Actually he could try turning off the brakes. No hole in the continuum and less damage to the poor TARDIS." Aderyn said cheerfully.

There was hurried footsteps and a happy shout made them look round "Addy! Look, the Clerics have been escorted out of the quadrant. Spitfires have returned to their own time. Captain Avery and his men are going," Jenny was walking quickly towards them. She looked at the screaming baby and frowned "Is she alright?"

Amy nodded as she began to pace a small circle with the baby. Strax stomped toward them "Give her to me, human fool," he demanded "She needs changing."

"Hey, don't be so insulting." Aderyn told him.

"I've just changed her," Amy sighed "I think she needs a feed."

"A feed, of course. I'll take care of everything," they stared at him. Not sure who should have the discussion about humans with him. He saw their frowns "I have gene-spliced myself for all nursing duties. I can produce magnificent quantities of lactic fluid." He thumped his chest proudly.

The Doctor sighed and rolled his eyes as he walked out of the TARDIS carrying a cot.

"She's not hungry, she's tired," he put the cot down and peered over Amy's shoulder at the baby, who's cries had lessened in volume "Sorry Melody, they're just not listening." He took Meldoy from Amy's arms and placed her in the cot. It was old looking, the blue wood was faded. A mobile hung above it and the Doctor spun it slowly. Melody stopped crying.

"What's this?" Amy asked, walking quickly around the cot to take it all in.

"Very pretty according to your daughter," the Doctor turned his attention from Melody and looked up at Aderyn "Madame Vastra is in need of your assistance." Aderyn gave a half hearted attempt to salute and walked quickly away.

"Doctor, this cot is really old," Amy said, then a sudden thought struck her "Do you have kids?"

"No." The Doctor replied quietly.

"Have you ever had children?" Rory asked.

The Doctor looked down at Melody again and ran his fingers through his hair, pushing his fringe out of his face "No it's not, it's my real hair."

Aderyn's voice boomed out over the tannoy system "Oi, Spaceman. I need you to grab my vortex manipulator," there was a click as she switched off the tannoy. Then another cick as she switched it back on "Oh and bring it up to me. Thanks."

"I really wish she wouldn't call me that." the Doctor muttered as he ducked into the TARDIS and retrieved the manipulator from the TARDIS console. As he made his way across the hangar Amy called out to him.

"This is where I was? The whole time I thought I was on the Tardis, I was really here?"

The Doctor looked at Rory and stood up straight "Centurion, permission to hug?"

Rory nodded "Be aware I have a sword."

"At all times," he thrust the vortex manipulator into Rory's hand, leaving him free to hug Amy. "You were on the Tardis, too. Your heart, your mind, your soul. But physically, yes, you were still in this place."

When the Doctor let her go he could see tears welling up in her eyes again "But when I saw that face looking through the hatch, that woman looking at me."

"Reality bleeding through."

Rory threw the manipulator back to the Doctor "So her Flesh avatar was with us all that time. But that means they were projecting a control signal right into the Tardis wherever we were in time and space." he said.

The Doctor nodded "They're very clever." He tried to walk away again but was stopped by Amy.

"Is there anything you're not telling us?" She pleaded "You always hold out on us. Please, not this time. Doctor, it's our baby. Tell us something. One little thing."

"It's mine," the Doctor said eventually. For a split second, Rory looked panicked. "The cot is mine." he clarrified and was finally able to break away from them to see what Aderyn was up to.