It might be quite helpful to have read or read Rose Tyler at Torchwood before you start this chapter, because this chappie and my previous fic have some very close ties, that are made clear here. Enjoy!

As Rose, Heidi and the Doctor walked through the halls, the conference room in the main sector was filled with people chattering with excitement. They had no idea who their new Commander was, and they were interested to see how Rose Tyler would react. They all remembered how they had reacted when she had been introduced…

…Flashback…

All of Torchwood had been summoned to the large conference room by the Director. They knew it was about Rose Tyler, and assumed that the Director would want to show his daughter his place of work and possibly offer her a job, but if that was the case, they had no idea what rank she would be getting. They had all been shocked when the young nineteen year old, with no proper qualifications got the title rank of Commander and very angry after, when she showed no emotion. She didn't speak to the various lieutenants or commissioners, she didn't say that she aimed to make Torchwood better and she had none of the charismatic qualities of her father. Instead she simply nodded, her back rigid, and her eyes empty, turned on her heel and walked out of the room. Pete looked sad, and had whispered something to Mickey, who ran out after her.

Rose behaved in her cold, uncommunicative way for a long time and Torchwood's opinion was always very negative- Until the day she single handed saved the earth from an invading race and almost gave up her life to do it. Their opinion of her changed.

…Flashback…

Zarim Mayran moved closer to one of his fellow employees, remembering the day Rose Tyler had been introduced clearly. He was extremely curious.

"I wonder how Commander Tyler will react to this new Commander" he said to Mira. Mira simply smiled and shrugged.

"She is the Director's daughter" she said. "I am sure he would have informed her by now."

"Do you think she agrees with it? It's a big and very important rank after all and one has to have excellent knowledge on aliens to get it."

Mira agreed. "From what I have seen of Commander Tyler, I believe she will try to make sure that the new Commander is up to scratch. I doubt he could possibly be cleverer than her, but he still ought to know a lot…" She trailed off.

Zarim nodded in agreement just as the doors burst open and Pete Tyler walked in with Lieutenant Max Rogers, who had a sour look on his face. Pete had a stern expression but his eyes were twinkling. Talking to Max had been brief; he had simply assured him that the Doctor was not a threat, that he knew the Doctor well, and that he was overjoyed to see Rose so happy. Max had sat through the short lecture and it was clear that he didn't agree, but didn't object.

And so Pete Tyler had left the meeting in a fairly positive mood, ready to introduce the Doctor to Torchwood.

Their eyes were all fixed on him as he entered the room, and he quickly realised that Rose and the Doctor hadn't arrived yet. He nodded at people as he passed making his way over to Eddie, who was standing near the podium looking at a clipboard. He put it away as he saw Pete.

"Director" he greeted. Pete smiled.

"Good morning Lieutenant Jones. I see you're ready?"

Eddie nodded. "I have to say, these readings amaze me." He said, pulling the clipboard forward again.

"It says here that the Doctor is telepathic to some degree, his brain activity reaches beyond limits we would have thought possible, but his appearance is so very human".

Pete Tyler nodded. "He is a spectacular man" he said. "I very much look forward to working with him."

Eddie nodded, knowing that such huge praise from the Director meant that this Doctor was very very good. Eddie had to admit that he looked forward with working with the Doctor as well and very much hoped that he had forgiven them all for that nasty incident yesterday.

Several people had inched closer during their conversation, but none of them could completely understand what the two were saying over all the noise in the room.

At that moment Rose entered, but it went mostly unnoticed as Pete had already climbed the stairs leading to the podium and was addressing the crowd.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you all for coming. You are here because I wish to introduce a new Commander to Torchwood. This Commander also has excellent knowledge of aliens and I very much look forward to working with him. He will not have his own team yet, instead he will be working very closely with our other Commander and my daughter Rose Tyler."

All this time Rose held the Doctor's hand and was trying to manoeuvre through the crowd, Heidi behind them. Rose let out a long breath as they finally reached Eddie.

"God, that's a lot of people!" she said, tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear.

"Morning Eddie" she added, smiling at her fellow team member. Eddie smiled back, loving the changes in his Commander. They surprised him, but pleasantly. He also put forward his hand for the Doctor to shake and the Doctor accepted it with a smile.

"I apologise for that whole fiasco yesterday" he said politely to his new Commander.

The Doctor laughed and shook his head. "It's fine; you were just doing your job. I suppose I should have mentioned Rose earlier but…"

He trailed off, not needing to finish his sentence, Eddie got it and smiled. Pete motioned them to come up. Rose grabbed the Doctor's hand and dragged him up, Eddie following closely behind with his clipboard.

Rose smiled brightly at the sea of faces. She was greeted by very surprised looks, simply because she was smiling and also because she was holding hands with a person they could only assume was their new Commander.

"Good morning" she said in a loud, clear and confident voice. "I wish to introduce you all to your new Commander, Mr John Smith."

The crowd stood still, interested. This new man was totally different to how they imagined the commander to look like. Somehow they had all thought him to look calm and clever, with a strong muscular body and a business like demeanour. This man was grinning enthusiastically, and was extremely skinny and dressed in a brown pinstripe suit.

What shocked everybody the most was his obvious attachment to Rose. The two of them were grinning and holding hands. Several people wondered if this man was only Commander because he was close to Rose, but most of them dismissed the thought, remembering how wrong they had been about their first Commander.

Rose cleared her voice. "In case you haven't noticed, John Smith is an extremely close friend of mine, and many of you have heard about him."

A whisper went through the crowd, Torchwood had never heard of him.

"In fact, this is the Doctor" Rose said proudly and listened to several people gasp in recognition. She smiled, satisfied.

Torchwood was shocked. Everyone at the organisation had at least heard the word once; many heard it almost every day. This mysterious Doctor was the only man Rose really ever talked about. She had apparently learned all she knew from him and had travelled the universe with him. She had not gone into more detail, but enough for Torchwood to speculate that Rose had loved him, though they weren't sure if it was a romantic or platonic love.

Of course, the Doctor was trapped in another universe. Everyone with clearance level 1 and 2 who had signed the secrecy agreement knew that Rose was from another universe, and that the Doctor was too. And that meant that the Doctor had come back with her.

Rose cleared her throat, and immediately the room was once again silent. "I believe that many of you are under the impression that the Doctor is human. "She began. "However, this is not the case." She ignored the gasps and mutterings but instead stepped back and beckoned to Eddie, who came forward with his clipboard.

"The Doctor is a Time Lord" he began. "The only one left in this universe. He has two hearts, a respitory bypass system, and an increased amount of brain activity. He is also telepathic to a degree."

Rose nodded and stepped forward. "The Doctor fully deserves the rank Commander" she said again. "I learnt from him, and I don't even know a fraction of what he knows. He is an expert on anything and everything alien, can speak over two hundred languages, identify most alien tech, work in the lab but is also excellent in the field."

"I very much look forward to working with him" Eddie added.

Rose nodded again. "Feel free to ask me or the Director any questions" she said. "We are prepared to take full responsibility." With that she stepped of the podium, ready to face and answer everybody's questions. She sighed to herself slightly. It was going to be a long day, but completely worth it.

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Oh, and sorry if everybody was a bit OOC in this chapter. Writers block.