Author's Note: Yay! Today's a twofer!

My state of ownage hasn't changed in the last ten minutes.

The Doctor stood there dumbfounded as Jack Harkness ran by him carrying Rose Tyler over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. He heard the stomping of the dinosaurs and shook his head as his gang ran by him with varying degrees of panic. He couldn't help the manic grin that spread across his face as he looked over at Amy.

Amy was pulling on his arm, "Doctor!"

His grin widened as he answered, "I know! Dinosaurs! On a spaceship!" He went along as she pulled him after the others and they followed as Nefertiti led them into an alcove to hide from the creatures.

There was no sign of Jack and Rose, and the Doctor spent a brief second hoping he hadn't imagined them when he noticed Riddell brandishing a knife, "No! We just found dinosaurs in space. We need to preserve them."

Riddell looked over his shoulder doubtfully, "Then who's going to preserve us?"

Amy shushed them as the dinosaurs got closer and they all fell silent as the beasts ran past them to

gallop farther down the corridor.

They all stood there for a moment when there was a slight crash and the Doctor looked around the corner to see Rose and Jack had fallen over a bush into a pile of jumbled bits and bobs from the spaceship.

He strode to them quickly and pulled Rose to her feet, ignoring the American completely in favor of looking at her carefully.

She smiled at him goofily and then gasped, "Wait! This is an older you!" She jumped up and down and almost fell again before he caught her and she threw her arms around him, kissing him aggressively. She pulled back and hung onto his jacket as she continued to smile, "I told you you'd figure it out you daft old alien."

The Doctor smiled down at her, able to feel the flush in his cheeks from his reaction to her kissing him, her words finally sank in and he sobered. "Well, I had a lot of encouragement." He licked his lips then narrowed his eyes suspiciously. "Rose Tyler, are you drunk?"

Jack had managed to stand and gripped Rose's arm for support as he reached a hand out to pat the Doctor on the shoulder. "I believe at this point Doc, somewhat inebriated would be more accurate. Adrenaline you know." He glanced at the rest of the group, smiling widely. "Hello there. Captain Jack Harkness."

"Not now Jack." Looking between the two of them the Doctor's eyebrows drew downward, "Well captain cheesecake. Not really a surprise then. I remember the first time the two of you got into the hypervodka."

Amy's voice rang out, "Gonna introduce us then Doctor?" She was frowning at the Doctor standing there snogging some blonde. As she got closer though, she stumbled to a stop. "You!"

Rose looked over the Doctor's shoulder and smiled as she saw Amy, only weaving a little as she made her way over and the two women hugged. "Amy!" She pulled back and patted her shoulder a couple of times before stepping back and hitting the Doctor who had followed her over. She glanced up at him then back to Amy, still smiling at her, "I'm so happy you're here and all right! Rory too!" She waved at him, "Hello!"

Rory waved back, smiling uncertainly. Then he remembered. He had definitely seen this woman before, in Utah. That seemed like a million years ago now. He looked over at the Doctor and cleared his throat. "So. Dinosaurs on a spaceship!"

The group of them started down the corridor again, the Doctor keeping Rose's hand tightly in his as they headed for some kind of computer access point.

Brian Williams spoke up, "Sorry, sorry. Are you saying dinosaurs are flying a spaceship?"

The Doctor shook his head as he answered briskly, "Brian please, that would be ridiculous. They're probably just passengers." He noticed Rose mouthing the word 'rude' at him and decided to change the subject, "Did I mention missiles?"

"Missiles?" Brian's voice had gotten higher as he questioned that rather alarming statement.

Nodding slowly as he approached a computer, the Doctor answered him, "Didn't want to worry you. Anyway, six hours is a lifetime. Not literally a lifetime. That's what we're trying to avoid. And we're all really clever." He smiled as he got to the computer, "Ooo, let's see what we can find out. Come on."

Amy ran her fingers along some gouges in the walls and glanced over at the Doctor, "How many dinosaurs do you think are on here?"

The Doctor looked at Rose curiously as she pointed her sonic at the computer and it winked to life. He filed that question away for later as the controls came up, "Oh, well done, whoever you are. Looking for engines. Thank you, computer." He eyed the read out then pointed at the display. "Look at that. Different sections have engines, but these look like the primary clusters. Where are we now, computer? We need to get down to these engines."

There was a flash of light as Rory, Rose, Brian and the Doctor were teleported from the room.

Jack rushed forward too late, "Rosie! Damnit!"

Nefertiti exclaimed, "What happened?"

Looking at the empty spot the others had disappeared from and then at the three strangers, Amy muttered, "Oh, great."

The Doctor was finishing his statement, "Find out..." He stopped then and looked around curiously, "What?"

Brian was staring out at the ocean, and his voice was disbelieving as he said, "We're outside. We're on a beach."

"Teleport." The Doctor made a face, "Oh, I hate teleports. Must have activated on my voice."

Rose looked at the older man with concern as the man muttered, "Ah, yes, well, thank you, Arthur C Clarke. Teleport, obviously. I mean, we're on a spaceship with dinosaurs. Why wouldn't there be a teleport? In fact, why don't we just teleport now?"

She quietly spoke to Rory, "Is he all right?"

Rory shook his head. "No. That's my dad. He hates travelling. Makes him really anxious. He only goes to the paper shop and golf."

The Doctor frowned over at him, "What did you bring him for?"

"I didn't!" Rory's voice was exasperated as he exclaimed, "Why can't you just phone ahead like any normal person?"

Brian seemed to snap out of it a little, "Somebody tell me where we are, now."

Sticking his tongue out and looking at the ground contemplatively before meeting Rose's eyes and seeing her lifted eyebrow. He remembered then the obsession his last self had had with licking things. He coughed slightly, "Well, it's not Earth. Doesn't taste right. Too metallic."

After watching the Doctor apparently taste the air, Brian seemed to be trying to find some sense of normalcy in the situation, he pointed at the sky. "Is that a kestrel?"

Rose squinted as she looked where Brian was pointing, "I sure do hope so."

Staring down at the ground beneath his feet, Rory said in an uncertain voice, "The beach is humming."

The Doctor looked down at his feet and tilted his head to the side, "Is it? Oh yes. Right, well, don't just stand there, you two. Dig." He grabbed Rose's hand and started pulling her towards the rock face, "We're going to look at rocks. Love a rock."

Rory looked after them as the Doctor pulled Rose towards the rocks, "Dig with what?" He looked over at his father as Brian pulled a collapsible trowel from his pocket and started to dig, "Wait, did you just have that on you?

Brian looked up at him in disbelief, "Of course. What sort of man doesn't carry a trowel? Put it on your Christmas list."

"Dad, I'm thirty one. I don't have a Christmas list any more." Rory looked up after the Doctor as he stopped whatever conversation he had been having with Rose to call out the fact that he had a christmas list. He shook his head and was about to comment on that when he heard metallic tapping.

"There's a floor under this beach." Brian looked up as Rory ran off towards the other two.

"Doctor!"

The Doctor had pulled Rose after him towards the Rocks and looked down at her, taking in for the first time what she was wearing. He felt his hearts constrict, but tried to hide it, "So. Drinking with Jack?"

Rose looked up at him and wondered at his facial expression for a moment. It wasn't disapproval, she thought it might be fear and she wondered what it was about her clothing that frightened him. At his question she shrugged and reached for a loose thread on her shirt, twirling it around and around her finger. "Well, it seemed appropriate at the time. I –had- just watched you die." She grinned then and poked him in the shoulder, "I told you so Doctor! I told you you would figure something out."

"Well, your wish…" He trailed off as he answered her smile, then looked back at Rory and his dad and yelled, "I do!" At Rose's questioning look he said, "Have a Christmas list. Right now at the top of my list is... Look there!"

He moved past Rose to a computer panel and she shook her head and smiled as she leaned against the rocks while he worked. The smile widening to a grin at his excitement when he started to realize what this beach was, as Rory and Brian joined them.