Charlotte stood by the kettle waiting for it to boil. As she did so, she could feel the Doctor's eyes on her. He'd been watching her pretty closely ever since she'd somewhat recovered from her ordeal at the museum. Not that she didn't blame him but she felt it was unnecessary. "You don't have to keep watching me, I feel fine", Charlotte said as the kettle clicked off.

The Doctor moved over from where he was standing to next to her "I know, I shouldn't", he admitted "I'm just still worried about you".

"And that's very sweet of you but aside from a bit of a lingering headache, I really do feel fine", Charlotte assured him.

"Have you taken anything for it?" the Doctor asked, ready to whisk her to the med bay if she hadn't.

"I took a couple of tablets for it about half and hour ago", Charlotte replied "so can't take anything else for another few hours".

"Ok. Good", the Doctor said "want some help?"

"Sure", Charlotte answered. She went over to the fridge to get out the milk while the Time Lord poured out hot water into two mugs and adding a tea bag to each. She held out the carton of milk which the Doctor took and added a dash to each of the mugs.

They took their mugs and sat down on at the kitchen table. "How's Adam settling in?" Charlotte asked taking a sip of her drink.

"I think he's settling in fine", the Doctor replied "I don't know. Rose has been helping him adjust".

"Uh huh", Charlotte said "so um…I'm kinda eager to carry on travelling. Think we've all been cooped up in here long enough".

"We'll keep going with the trips but one condition", the Doctor said "the second you feel dizzy or sick or unwell, you tell me".

"I will", Charlotte promised.


An hour later saw the Doctor, Charlotte and Rose stepping out of the TARDIS into a large room. "It's a bit hot", Charlotte remarked shrugging her jacket off "not me", she added when the Doctor checked her temperature by placing the back of his hand on her forehead "the room".

"She's right, it's a bit warm out here", Rose agreed unzipping her own jacket "so where are we this time?"

"It's a space station…year 200,000", the Doctor replied.

"200,000?" Rose repeated.

"Yep", the Doctor confirmed.

"Right", the blonde nodded and opened the TARDIS' door "Adam? Out you come", she called and the British boy complied.

"Oh, my God", Adam breathed, gaping at his new surroundings.

"Don't worry, you'll get used to it", Rose assured him.

"Where are we?" Adam asked.

"Good question. Let's see. So, um…judging by the architecture, I'd say we're around the year 200,000. If you listen…" she paused for dramatic effect "engines. We're on some sort of space station. Yeah, definitely a space station. Tell you what…let's try that gate. Come on!"

The blonde opened the gate, the Doctor, Adam and Charlotte follow her into the room beyond. "Here we go! And this is…."she trailed off, rather awestruck by the sight of her home planet through the large window "…I'll let the Doctor describe it".

"The Fourth great and bountiful Human Empire. And there it is, planet Earth at it's height. Covered with mega-cities, five moons, population ninety six billion. The hub of a galactic domain stretching across a million planets, a million species, with mankind right in the middle", the Doctor explained.

"It's beautiful", Charlotte murmured taking in the blue and green marble that she calls home. Behind the trio, Adam faints with a girlish sigh. Charlotte glanced down at him while the Doctor and Rose didn't even bother to turn around.

"He's your boyfriend", the Doctor stated.

"Not anymore", Rose muttered. Charlotte knelt down beside Adam and patted him on the face.

"Wakey, wakey Adam", she said, shaking his shoulder when her face taps didn't make him stir.

"Wha? What happened?" Adam asked blearily, blinking up at Charlotte.

"You fainted", she helped him sit up "seeing the world from space can be a little overwhelming, huh?"

"You can say that again", Adam agreed. Charlotte tugged him to his feet.

"Why don't we go back to the TARDIS?" she suggested.

"No, I'll be ok", Adam assured "I want to explore".

"Good!" the Doctor said suddenly turning around, slinging an arm around his shoulders "Come on, Adam. Open your mind. You're going to like this" he left the observation deck, Rose and Charlotte following "This is a fantastic period of history", the Doctor declared as they entered Floor 139 "The human race at its most intelligent. Culture, art, politics. This era has got fine food, good manners-"

He was abruptly broken off when a man shouted, rather rudely "Out of the way!" shoving past Charlotte in the process.

"Watch where you're going!" she shouted after him before the entire floor sprung to life, vendors appearing with their carts and stations, customers milling about.

"Fine cuisine?" Rose said raising a brow at the food at was behind one of the cases. It was reminiscent of the fast food that they have at home.

"My watch must be wrong", the Doctor checked his watch and frowned "No, it's fine. It's weird".

"That's what comes of showing off. Your history's not as good as you thought it was", Rose teased.

"My history's perfect", the Doctor insisted.

"I hate to say it but maybe you got it a little wrong this time", Charlotte said "and that's ok. We all make mistakes".

Before he could argue, Adam spoke up "They're all human", he stated, eyeing everyone "What about the millions of planets, the millions of species? Where are they?"

"Good question", the Doctor agreed "Adam, me old mate, you must be starving". He turned to the nearest chef "Oi, mate - how much is a kronkburger?" he asked.

"Two credits twenty, sweetheart", the chef answered "Now join the queue".

"Money", the Doctor muttered "We need money. Let's use a cashpoint". He went over to one that was mounted on a wall, flashing his sonic over it to make the machine release a metal strip. He handed to Adam. "There you go, pocket money. Don't spend it all on sweets", the Doctor said.

"How does it work?" Adam asked.

"Go and find out! Stop nagging me! The thing is, Adam, time travel's like visiting Paris. You can't just read the guide book, you've got to throw yourself in. Eat the food, use the wrong verbs, get charged double and end up kissing complete strangers…" Charlotte raised her eyebrows while Rose laughed. Adam on the other hand just stared at him, frowning. "Or is that just me? Stop asking questions, go and do it!" the Time Lord shooed him away "Off you go, then. Your first date", he said to Rose with a grin.

"You're going to get a smack, you are", the blonde, pointing at him warningly before heading off to join Adam.

"What are we gonna do?" Charlotte asked.

"We are going to find out exactly where we are", the Doctor replied. They walked over to a pair of women who were chatting away. "This is going to sound daft, but can you tell me where I am?" The Doctor asked them.

"Floor 139", the black woman, Cathica, answered "Could they write it any bigger?"

Charlotte glanced up at the large numbers she indicated to "We're on floor 139 of what?" she questioned.

"You're on Satellite Five", the slightly shorter, Caucasian woman, Suki told her.

"What's Satellite Five?" the Doctor queried.

Cathica scoffed "Come on, how could you get on board without knowing where you are?"

"Quite easily", Charlotte replied "plus its more fun that way, right Doctor?"

The Doctor nodded "Right", he said agreed.

"Hold on, wait a minute. Are you two a test?" Suki asked "Some sort of management test kind of thing?"

"You've got us", the Doctor confessed "Well done". The Time Lord showed his psychic paper to the two women. Suki and Cathica exchanged glances.

"We were warned about this in basic training. All workers have to be versed in company promotion", Suki informed Charlotte and the Doctor.

Cathica straightened her blazer "Right, fire away, ask your questions. If it gets me to Floor five hundred I'll do anything", she said. This time the Doctor and Charlotte exchanged looks.

"Why, what happens on Floor five hundred?" the Time Lord asked.

"The walls are made of gold", Cathica stated as if it were obvious "And you should know…Mr and Miss…Management. So, this is what we do" the woman led Charlotte and the Doctor over to a set of screens "Latest news...sandstorms on the new Venus archipelago. 200 dead. Glasgow water riots into their third day...space lane 37 closed by sunspot activity. And over on the Bad Wolf channel, the Face of Boe has just announced he's pregnant".

"So…you guys broadcast the news", Charlotte surmised from what she was saying.

"We ARE the news", Cathica corrected "We're the journalists. We write it, package it and sell it. 600 channels. All coming out of Satellite Five, broadcasting everywhere. Nothing happens in the whole human empire without it going though us".

"Surely you can't see everything", Charlotte said "every now and again something must slip through the cracks".

Cathica shook her head "It's impossible for that to happen. The system we have doesn't allow for anything to go unnoticed", she said adamantly.

"No system is perfect. Theres always a way around it. Always", Charlotte insisted.

"You speak like you have experience Miss Jones", Suki remarked, having seen the name, Charlotte Jones on the Doctor's psychic paper. But the curly haired brunette didn't answer her, instead she was looking at her or rather past her to a random spot over her shoulder. "Miss Jones?" Suki repeated, looking at her with concern.

The Doctor placed a hand on Charlotte's shoulder, startling her "huh, what?" she said confused.

"Miss uh… what's your name?" the Doctor asked.

"Cantrell. Suki Macrae Cantrell", Suki supplied.

"Suki was just saying it sounded like you have experience about getting around the 'system'", the Time Lord said.

"Oh, yeah…I uh…do have some", Charlotte said.

"Then I'd like to invite you both to a broadcasting in a few minutes to prove that we can in fact see everything", Cathica said.

"We'd like that", the Doctor said.

"Alright, we will see you in the newsroom. It's clearly marked, you can't miss it", Cathica said and with that she and Suki left. As soon as they were gone, the Doctor turned to Charlotte.

"Are you alright?" he asked "you kinda spaced out there".

"Yeah I'm fine", Charlotte replied "I just…" she trailed off, reaching up and rubbing her temples, making a face as she did so.

"Your head?" the Doctor questioned and Charlotte nodded "Do you want to go back to the TARDIS?"

"No, I'll be fine", Charlotte assured him.

"You sure?" the Doctor asked.

"Yeah, I'm sure", Charlotte replied.

"Alright. But if it gets any worse I'm taking you straight back to the blue box", the Doctor said firmly.

"Ok", Charlotte agreed.