Hi again sorry about the wait I've been kind of obsessed with drawing David Tennant, Billie Piper and others that I've kind of forgotten to update so here we go again

previously

"Yes. sorry, hello big fella." the doctor said

The Doctor looked at the leader of the Sycorax who said "Who exactly are you?"

The Doctor thought about that one, Rose thought that if you looked hard enough you'd be able to see the cogs turning in his head and he said. "Well... that's the question"

The leader of the Sycorax was getting angry and he roared "I DEMAND TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE!"

The Doctor imitated him "I DON'T KNOW!" he paused "I'm the Doctor, but beyond that I just don't know. I literally do not know who I am. It's all untested. Am I funny? Am I sarcastic? Sexy?" he winked at Rose who blushed and went into the Tardis for goodness only knows what reason she came out a few moments later with Emma who was crying quietly for attention and for her daddy. The Doctor continued with his rant and would spend time with his daughter when this was over. "A right old missery? Life and soul? Right handed? Left handed?" he walked around "A gambler? a fighter? a coward? a traitor? a liar? a nervous wreck? I mean judging by the evidence I've certainly got a gob." He looked to his left and pointed "and how am I going to react when I see this, a great big threatening button" he ran up the stairs to the button and everyone followed him he noticed that Harriet Jones was now holding Emma. "A great big threatening button which must not be pressed unter any circumstances, am I right?" he didn't wait for an answer "Some sort of control matrix" he looked down at the collumn the button was on and said. "But what's feeding it, hold on" he bent down and opened the pannel on the side what have we got here then? blood?" he tasted it "Yep definitely blood, human blood, A positive with just a dash of iron arrgh" he wiped his finger on the dressing gown he was wearing and thought for a second " but that means blood control, blood control. oh I haven't seen blood control for years, you're controlling all the A positives which leaves us with a great big problem, cause I really don't know who I am, I don't know when to stop so if I see a great big threatening buttin which should never ever,ever be pressed then I just want to do this" He pressed the button and all around the world the people standing on the roofs stepped forward as thought they were going to jump and then the same blue light from before appeared and they all got off the roofs and went home.

"You killed them" Alex said, sounding incredibly shocked, but the Doctor ignored him and said to the Sycorax. "What do you think big fella are they dead?"

"We allow them to live." he answered simply.

"Allow, you've no choice, that's all blood control is, a cheap bit of voodoo. scares the pants off you, but that's as far as it goes, you see it's like hypnosis, you can hypnotise someone to walk like a chicken or sing like Elvis, you can't hypnotise them to death. Survival instinct is too strong."

The Sycorax leader interrupted the lecture but that didn't seem to bother the Doctor. "Blood control was just one form of conquest. I can summon the armada and take this world by force."

"Yeah, you could do that. Of course you could, but why? look at these people these human beings consider their potential from the day they arrive on the planet and blinking step into the sun, there is more to see than can ever be seen, more to do than- hold on, sorry that's 'the Lion king'. But the point still stands. Leave them alone"

"Or what" challenged the leader

"Or" the Doctor grabbed the sword off of the nearest Sycoraxans belt and ran to stand infront of the Tardis "I challenge you" All of the Sycorax on the ship started to laugh at him " Well that struck a chord". The leader of the Sycorax came towards him and he said "Do you accept my challenge or are you just a crannak pel cassakree salvak" he cocked his eyebrows at the leader as he stopped in front of him.

"You stand as this world's champion?"

"Thank you. I've got no idea who I am but you've just summed me up." the Doctor said "Am I right that the sactified rules of combat still apply?"

"For the planet?"

"For the planet" the two of them went on the offensive and the Doctor nearly fell. The Sycorax laughed at him again and the Doctor and the Leader started their sword fight again. The Doctor stumbled again and Rose shouted "look out!"

"I got that. I wouldn't have thought of that otherwise. Thanks" he stood up and headed for a door and pressed the button to open it a said "bit of fresh air" he ran outside with the leader of the Sycorax hot on his heels, they fought for a few more minutes although to Rose it felt like forever, as she watched her husband fight this new foe she noticed certain similarities that this new Doctor had with the old Doctor, well for one thing he swanned in just in the nick of time to save her world from slavery or the human race from extinction. She didn't know if she could accept that this man who had been wearing her husbands clothes was really the Doctor, but, she knew that she would have to give him a chance to prove to her that he was the same man, the man she married, just with a new face and a new accent, which was now scottish but with a few London tones that were obviously picked up from her. She watched on with fear all over her face, this man was still her husband and Emma's father and she didn't want to loose him again, not when she had just gotten him back, she watched horror struck as the Sycorax leader knocked the Doctor over and cut his hand off, when this happened she gasped in horror.

This part is the Doctor's P.O.V of the fight from after he led the alien outside.

'What in the world possessed me to go outside on a spaceship I mean it could have been in outer space for all I knew. I've got to stop doing these things, otherwise Rose will probably have a nervous breakdown and I'll definitely get slapped by Jackie again' I turned and charged at the leader of the Sycorax and when I reached him our swords banged together and he elbowed me in the nose 'Ouch' I thought 'that hurts' I looked to my left and saw Rose step forwards and I knew I had to stop her from helping me so I said "If you help it'll invalidate the challenge and he wins the planet" I watched for her reaction and it was to simply turn around and take Emma from Harriet Jones, I was proud of her then, she knew that I was in danger but she stayed back like I asked her to, thank God because I did not want my wife to hate me for the rest of her life. I knew that all the trust she had had in me would need to be built back up again and what better way to start than to save her home planet. The leader and I locked swords again and we fought until somehow he floored me and then he cut off my right hand 'thank God it wasn't my left hand, cause Rose would kill me for loosing my wedding ring' " You cut my hand off" I stood up and continued "and now I know what sort of man I am. I'm lucky because quite by chance I'm still within the first fifteen hours of my regeneration cycle, which means I have just enough residual cellular energy to do this" I made a new hand grow where the old one had been and watched as the leader of the Sycorax tried to process what I had just done.

"Witch craft" he said. I resisted the urge to laugh and said "Time Lord" Rose called to me and flung me a sword which she had taken from another of the Sycorax and I said "So I'm still the Doctor then?"

"No arguments from me" my hearts swelled at the knowledge that she believed that I was the Doctor, now I all I had to do was to see if she thought that I was the same man, which I am, but I need to know what she really believes. I had to stop thinking about Rose for the moment and get on with saving the world again. "And do you want to know the best bit? This new hand...it's a fighting hand" I charged at the Sycorax before me and our swords clashed and banged together and eventually I got the upper hand and I elbowed him in the gut and grabbed his sword and pulled it out of his hand and knocked him to the ground and said"I win"

"Then kill me." how could I do that, I knew that if I killed him Rose would probably never forgive me and that I couldn't cause by deliberately killing another sentient being even if it had invaded her planet

"I'll spare your life, if you'll take this champion's command- leave this world and never return. What do you say?" I watched as the creature in front of me thought quickly about what I had said and then when he finally answered I was relived "Yes" he said

"Swear on the blood of your species"

"I swear" the leader said almost choking on the word.

The Doctor grinned and stuck his sword into the ground and said. "Right, then. Thanks for that big fella"

Harriet Jones spoke first. "Bravo" Rose handed Emma to Mickey and stepped forwards and walked towards the Doctor and said. "That says it all. Bravo" she stopped beside him and handed him the dressing gown that she'd been holding since he challenged the sycorax. The Doctor grinned at Rose who couldn't help grinning back at him. She noticed that he was the same as before just a littl different, she could tell because the smile that he had just given her was the same smile just on a different, slightly younger face. It would take some getting used to but Rose would accept this man as her husband sometime soon.

"Not bad for a man in his jimjams. Very Aurthur Dent, now there was a nice man." before Rose could stop herself she started giggling. The Doctor tied the dressing gown and felt something in the pocket and said."Hold on. What have I got in here" he put his hand into the pocket in question and pulled out a satsuma. "A satsuma. Oh that friend of your mother's, he does like his snacks doesn't he" Rose laughed again. she was starting to like this new version of her husband. "Doesn't that just sum up Christmas, you go through all those presents and then at the bottom of the pile there's a satsuma. Who wants a stupid old satsuma" the Doctor heard a movement behind him and he instinctively threw the satsuma at a button and the leader of the Sycorax fell from the ship to his death many thousands of feet below. "No second chances" he said "I'm that sort of a man" The Doctor followed by Rose and the other three entered the ship again and stopped in front of the Tardis. The Doctor addressed the Sycorax "By the ancient rights of combat I forbid you to scavenge here for the rest of time, and when you go back to the stars and tell others of the Earth, when you tell them of its riches, its people, its potential, you make sure you tell them this. It. Is. Defended" after the Doctor finished talking they were transported back to Earth.

Sorry about the wait I keep forgetting to post this plus I haven't been able to get on the computer lately, but no I've finally got my own laptop updates should be as frequent as they were before. There are only about three chapters at the most left to write for this story so look out for my version of Rose which should be up a few days after I finish this or I might even continue with the rest of season two haven't decided yet.

Review please as usual constructive critism welcome.

And that's chapter 10 edited now. let me know if there's any improvement.

Julie20007

17/8/08