"Aliens!" Holly rolled her virtual eyes. Since the crew had been stuck together much of their lives went round in circles, and Rimmer had come full cycle to his bi-monthly extra-terrestrial obsession. "It's got to be!" Arnold continued, the look of misinformed confidence radiating from him.
"Well it would be a pretty safe bet seeing as everyone else is dead!" Holly was trying to hold back her irritation. "Hang on, message from Kryten. He says he's found someone down by the engine rooms. Looks like some old bloke….Well he's not really old, maybe middle aged….well his hairs sort of dark….but he has got a hat on…"
"Be quiet Holly! Ask him what he wants! And then tell him we surrender!"
"He says he's The Doctor."
A small wave of relief washed over The Doctor as he entered the drive room finding that Ace was already there and settled in with the crew. The Doctor knew the feeling wasn't mutual as he saw Ace's beaming smile. She wasn't scared of anything these days. Lister jumped up from one of the twirling chairs and shook his hand. "Nice to meet you Doctor, Ace here has already told me everything about you!"
"Really? Everything?" The Doctor asked doubting it. "I must admit, we weren't expecting to find many people down here."
