Okay my lovely peeps, these episodes when written out and, well, a bit long so I'm putting them up in parts. There will be some switching between views, just so you know. :)

Adding Rose in is...well, not entirely easy. So, hopefully it comes out well.

Rose smiled as she watched the Doctor and Amy. He was holding her out the TARDIS doors as they floated through space. This regeneration was more of a kid than the last one had been. Not that she minded.

He kept glancing back at her every once in a while and she knew he was wondering why she wasn't joining in, but she was giving them time together. Giving Amy time with her imaginary friend. Plus, she knew that he enjoyed the excitement and wonder other people felt.

As she watched them that nagging feeling returned. She'd felt it off and on since she woke aboard the TARDIS. It made her feel as if she'd forgotten something, like leaving her flat and then thinking she might've left a burner on. Only, no matter how much she tried she couldn't remember what she forgot.

"Come on Pond," the Doctor said, drawing Rose out of her thoughts.

He pulled Amy back inside. She was laughing, making Rose smile.

"Now do you believe me?" he asked.

"Okay, your box is a space ship. It's really, really a space ship," Amy said in amazement. "We are in space!" she yelled out the doors. Then she paused. "What're we breathing?"

"I've extended the air shell," he said, leaning out the doors. "We're fine."

He glanced down. He seemed to have noticed something because he crouched down quickly. Rose crossed the room toward them wondering what he was looking at. Amy crouched down next to him.

"Now that's interesting," he said.

"What is?" Rose asked, setting her hand on his shoulder while she leaned over him to find out what it was.

A city! An entire city floating in space! He shifted and she stepped back, but he caught her hand and held it as he stood up and raced over to the console, dragging her along with him. She couldn't help smiling because he was acting so much like the Doctor she remembered.

"Twenty ninth century," he said as he pulled her along. "Solar flares roast the Earth," he stopped at the console and released her hand as he began fiddling with some of the buttons and levers, "and the entire human race packs its bags and moves out till the weather improves. Whole nations."

He gave Rose a smile and she knew she was smiling like an idiot. Truth be told she'd been a bit worried that he would be different and he was, but he was also the same. Still her Doctor.

"Doctor!" Amy called, sounding a bit muffled.

Rose glanced around the control room.

"Migrating to the stars," he continued.

"Doctor!" Amy called again.

She wasn't in the control room.

"Isn't it amazing!" he went on.

Rose glanced at the closed doors.

"Doctor!" Amy yelled and she realized where the girl was.

"Doctor! Amy's still outside!" she exclaimed.

"Sorry?" the Doctor asked, stopping his speech as he looked at her, as if he wasn't sure what she was talking about.

"The doors shut and Amy's still outside," Rose said, grabbing his hand and pulling him across the room.

"What's she doing out there?"

She laughed. Yes, he was definitely still the Doctor.

"Probably clinging to the door."

"No, I mean…oh, never mind," he said, opening the doors. And there she was, clinging to the top of the doorframe looking very scared. "Well, come on. I've found us a spaceship." He reached out and pulled her inside.

"Are you all right?" Rose asked, putting a comforting hand on the girl's shoulder.

"Yeah," Amy said, still breathing a bit hard from her fright. "I…I think so."

"Well, come on you two. I've brought up a picture," the Doctor called from the console.

Rose joined him with Amy following, still looking a bit out of sorts, but she was coming round.

"This is the United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland," he explained as they watched the image. "All of it bolted together and floating in the sky. Starship UK. It's Britain, but metal. That's not just a ship. That's an idea. That's a whole country living, and laughing, and shopping. Searching the stars for a new home."

"Can we go out and see?" Amy asked, all excited.

"Yeah, can we?" Rose asked, her own excitement barely held in check.

The only place she'd been in a little over two years was aboard the Crucible and that had been one of the worst days of her life. She wanted to get back into the traveling and seeing new things as soon as possible and a city floating in space was a good place to start.

"Course we can," he said, glancing from her to Amy. "But first there's a thing."

"A thing?"Amy asked.

"What sort of thing?" Rose inquired.

She followed him to the console. Amy walked up next to her.

"An important thing for Amy to know. In fact," he picked up a magnifying glass and gazed at the girl through it. Where did he get that? "thing one. We are observers only. That's the one rule I've always stuck to in all my travels." What? That was soooo not true. He always got involved. Rose smiled because he was acting all serious. "I never get involved in the affairs of other peoples or planets."

And that was it, she started laughing.

"What?" he asked eyeing her.

"You never get involved?" she laughed. "You?"

She practically doubled over laughing so hard.

"Oh, shut up," he snapped, but she could hear the teasing lilt in his voice, the same one that was in hers when she said it to him. He glanced at the monitor. "Ooo, that's interesting." He flipped a few small levers.

Rose's laughter died down as she caught sight of the little girl on the monitor. She was crying.

"So, he does get involved then?" Amy asked.

"Well, it's not like he intends to, but if someone's in trouble…" Rose trailed off as the Doctor appeared on the monitor with the little girl. He was talking to her or trying to, but she ran away.

"Hang on. Didn't he just say he didn't get involved?" Amy asked.

Rose gave her a smile.

"What'd I tell you?"

The Doctor turned, facing the camera and motioned for them to come out. She glanced at Amy and they shared a smile before heading across the room. When she reached the door Rose opened it and looked at her.

"This is your first," she said.

"My what?" Amy asked.

"I've traveled with the Doctor before, but this is your first trip so you ought to be the first one of us to step out the door. That's not just a spaceship out there it's a future spaceship. So, go on."

Amy gave her an excited smile and then stepped out the door. Rose followed, but almost ran into her when she stopped, looking around in amazement.

"I'm in the future," Amy said.

Rose could see the Doctor standing a few feet away. She gave him a smile that he returned.

"Brilliant, isn't it?" Rose asked.

"Like hundreds of years in the future." Amy gazed around at everything and everyone as she walked toward him. Rose followed, with her smile still in place. Amy stopped and eyed the Doctor. "I've been dead for centuries."

"Oh, lovely," he said, stepping toward Amy and catching her eye. "You're a cheery one." Rose giggled. He glanced at her, giving her a half smile and then took Amy's arm and turned around. "Never mind dead." He led Amy down the road…if road was the right way to describe a street in a city on a ship floating in space. Rose kept pace, walking next to him. "Look at this place. Isn't it wrong?" he asked, excitedly.

"What's wrong?" Amy asked, as if something might jump out and bite her.

Rose looked around. This version of the Doctor seemed to be quicker at picking up on things than the last two. She couldn't really see anything out of place, well, there were some machines with creepy plastic figures inside them. They reminded her of those store mannequins. She shivered. There was something though.

"Come on. Use your eyes. Notice everything. What's wrong with this picture?"

A feeling. That's what it was. A feeling that told her something was off.

"Is it the bicycles?" Amy asked, pointing at one and turning around as someone rode past. "Bit unusual on a spaceship, bicycles."

"Says the girl in the nightie."

"Oh, my God, I'm in my nightie."

Amy glanced down at her clothes. Rose laughed, drawing her attention.

"You look fine," she said.

"Now come on, look around you, actually look," the Doctor said, pausing.

And that's when Rose realized what it was. A feeling that should be there, but wasn't.

"It feels like we're standing still," she said.

She'd been on ships before and on all of them, even in the TARDIS, when they were moving she could feel it, but this ship didn't feel like it was moving. There was no rumbling below her feet that told her the engines were working.

The Doctor took her hand and gave it a squeeze as he eyed her, giving her that smile that told her he thought she was clever, making her grin like an idiot, but she didn't care. Then he turned back to Amy, trying to get her to see what he saw.

"London Market is a crime free zone," a voice called over the speakers.

"Life on a giant starship. Back to basics. Bicycles, washing lines, wind-up street lamps. But look closer, secrets and shadows, lives led in fear. Society bent out of shape, on the brink of collapse. A police state. Excuse me."

He ran over to a table with a couple sitting at it. He picked up one of the glasses of water, sat it on the floor, and crouched down, watching it for a moment. The water was still, which, Rose knew, was something that shouldn't happen, but there it was.

"What're you doing?" the man at the table asked.

The Doctor glanced from the woman at the table to him.

"Sorry." He sat the glass back on the table. "Checking all the water in this area." He stood up, eyeing the couple. "There's an escaped fish." Rose laughed. And escaped fish? Seriously? He spun around, giving her a confused look. She just shook her head. He was completely mental. "Where was I?" he asked.

"Why did you just do that with the water?" Amy asked.

"Don't know. I think a lot. It's hard to keep track. Now, police state. Do you see it yet?"

He was so full of it. He knew exactly what he was doing, he always did…unless he didn't, but he usually made something up.

"Where?" Amy asked.

"There," he said, snapping his fingers and pointing at the little girl.

"The little girl?" Rose asked. The girl was sitting alone on a bench crying. People passed her by without even glancing at her. "What's wrong with everyone? Why hasn't anyone helped her?"

"Exactly," the Doctor replied walking toward the bench. Rose followed, close behind.

-0-

Rose followed the Doctor over to the bench Amy was sitting on. He sat next to the girl and she sat down on his other side. She tried talking to the little girl, but she got up and moved again. The Doctor thought there might be rules against that sort of thing so Rose didn't try again, although she wanted to. She didn't like standing by while a child was hurting. It wasn't who she was, but she didn't want to get the little girl in trouble. So, they went with the Doctor's plan, which worked, after a few attempts.

"One little girl crying. So?" Amy asked.

"Crying silently. I mean, children cry because they want attention, because they're hurt or afraid. But when children cry silently, it's because they just can't stop. Any parent knows that."

"Are you a parent?"

Was. He was a parent. She remembered the first time she found it, back when they helped another little girl. He didn't elaborate, but knowing what happened to his people she put it together. His family, his children, were gone. All of them. Everyone. He stared at Amy for a moment. Rose reached over and took his hand. He glanced at her. She tried to tell him with her eyes that she was there, that he wasn't alone. He turned back to Amy.

"Hundreds of parents walking past who spot her and not one of them's asking her what's wrong, which means they already know," he continued, "and it's something they don't talk about. Secrets. They're not helping her, so it's something they're afraid of, it's nowhere to be seen, which means it's everywhere. Police state."

Oh, he was more than clever.

"Where'd she go?" Amy asked, sitting up.

Rose glanced around the area. The little girl was gone.

"Deck two oh seven. Apple Sesame Block, dwelling 54A." Amy eyed him, confused. "You're looking for Mandy Tanner. Oh, uh," He reached into his inside pocket and pulled out a colorful wallet. "this fell out of her pocket when I…" He handed Amy the little girl's wallet. "…accidentally bumped into her."

"Took him four goes, and that was with my help," Rose said, grinning.

"Could've done it on my own," he sniffed, a bit indignantly, making her laugh. He eyed her. "What?"

"You," she said, bumping his shoulder.

His eyes softened and he smile, then he turned back to Amy.

"Ask her about those things. The smiling fellows in the booths. They're everywhere."

Rose glanced at one of those smiling figures and shivered. She didn't like them, not one bit.

"But they're just things," Amy said.

"They're clean. Everything else here is all battered and filthy. Look at this place. But no one's laid a finger on those booths. Not a footprint within two feet of them. Look, ask Mandy, why are people scared of the things in the booths."

He was right. Why hadn't she seen it? They were the cleanest things on the ship. He was definitely more than clever.

"No, hang on, what do I do? I don't know what I'm doing here and I'm not even dressed," Amy protested

"It's this or Leadworth. What do you think?" He eyed Rose. "Let's see. What will Amy Pond choose?" He turned back to Amy. She looked from him to Rose and then sat back, resigned. He smiled. "Ha, ha, gotcha!" He looked at his watch. Wait. Did he have a watch before? "Meet us back here in half an hour."

"I could go with her," Rose suggested.

"Nope, I need your help," he insisted.

"What're you two going to do?" Amy asked in an, I'm not really happy that you roped me into this voice.

"What we always do," he replied, mocking her voice and then he stood up. Rose got to her feet. "She tries to stay out of trouble. Badly," he began, nodding in her direction.

"And he gets me out of it in the last minute," Rose finished, grinning as she took his hand.

He turned around and started walking away, taking her with him.

"So, how's this work Doctor?" Amy called. They turned around. "You never interfere in the affairs of peoples or planets unless there's children crying?"

"Yes," he replied, smiling.

Amy returned his smile and then turned around and walked toward the lifts.

"Come on then," he said, giving Rose's hand a squeeze before turning back. "Rose Tyler." He gave her a smile.

"Where are we off to then?" she asked, grinning at him.

"To find the truth," he replied, hurrying down the road with his hand in hers. Yep, he was definitely still the same.

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