A/N: hope this makes sense... Borrowed from transcripts again - II don't own Doctor Who, though I wish I did... I'd love to get my hand on the doctors sonic screwdriver!! (Mind is a sewer lol)

Rose opened her eyes and found herself lying down in the autopsy room with Alex holding her hand.

"Are you okay?" he asked staring at her with concern,

Rose stared at him suddenly remembering the voice in her mind, "You were in my mind"

He shrugged, "Your link with the Doctor is strong, we had to protect you"

"We?" Rose sat up and looked in Alex's eyes, "What's going on, how can you enter my mind like that?"

Alex sighed, "I'm slightly telepathic, have been since I was a child," he chuckled sadly, "It was hard growing up hearing other peoples thoughts; people can be so loud. My parents were advised to take me to a doctor at Torchwood, they helped me. I was educated at Torchwood and naturally started to work for them. When you came into my office I sensed such power emanating from your mind – it reached out to me. It's still here" he pointed to his head, "the wolf"

"Bad Wolf" Rose stared at him in shock and he took her hand in his.

"Don't be afraid, she wants to keep you safe; you and the baby are important. Trust us"

Alex and Rose looked up as Jackie rushed into the room, followed by an anxious Mickey "Sweetheart, I was so worried" Jackie pulled Rose into her arms and stared at Alex, "is she okay"

"She'll be fine, she just needs to rest"

Jackie nodded, "Then rest is what she will have"

Rose turned to look at Mickey who stood apart from them anxiously chewing his lip.

"What's happened Mickey?" asked Rose

He glanced at Alex, and Alex shrugged, "The nuclear rockets are scheduled to be launched tomorrow at 8.02am"

Jackie gasped, "I thought you said they wanted the baby first,"

Mickey shrugged, "Seems they've grown impatient"

Rose stood up, "We have to do something, we can't let them destroy the planet"

Alex shook his head, "There is nothing we can do"

Rose put her hands on her hips, "I can't sit here and do nothing"

"For the sake of your baby, you must" Alex took hold of Rose's shoulders, "the wolf will come through for you in the end"

"Wolf?" Jackie and Mickey stared at them in confusion. Alex gave Rose a comforting smile and suddenly Rose felt the wolf rush into her mind, You must rest Rose Tyler, tomorrow you will have far to travel

Rose muffled a yawn and Jackie placed an arm around her, "You need to rest my girl" she turned to Alex, "help me get Rose to the main room"

"I can get myself there," moaned Rose trying to take a step, but she found herself swaying under the effort.

Jackie tutted as she and Alex escorted Rose into the main room, "now rest, you can't do anything while you're tired like this"

Alex and Jackie helped Rose onto the sofa whilst Rose mumbled, "Wake me up in a few hours"

Alex raised an eyebrow, "Of course" not really meaning it, and he watched as Rose fell into a deep sleep.

The Doctor, Martha and Jack are running through the corridors of a ship. The DOCTOR opens a set of doors to reveal the TARDIS

"Oh, at last!" sighs the Doctor with delight

"Oh yes" Martha laughs in relief

Jack stares at the Tardis in confusion "What's it doing on the Valiant?"

They open the doors to the TARDIS to find the cloister bell ringing and its interior bathed in red light, the console had been stripped of certain parts and caged off; Rose could feel the ship singing sadly with pain

"What the hell's he done?" cried Jack as he took a step towards the console

The Doctor grabbed Jack and pulled him back, "Don't touch it"

"I'm not going to"

Martha stared at the ship, "What's he done though? Sounds like it's… sick"

The Doctor stared in disbelief, "It can't be. No, no, no, no, no, no, it can't be"

"Doctor, what is it?" asked Martha

"He's cannibalised the TARDIS"

Jack shook his head and pointed to the console, "Is that what I think it is?"

"It's a paradox machine" remarked the Doctor, "As soon as this hits red, it activates. At this speed, it'll trigger," he glanced at Jack's watch, "two minutes past 8:00.

"First contact is at 8:00 and then two minutes later…"

Martha stared at the two men in confusion, "What's it for? What's a paradox machine do?"

"More importantly, can you stop it?" asked Jack

The Doctor frowned, "Not until I know what it's doing. Touch the wrong bit and blow up the solar system"

Rose feels time slip by and she see's a large room. Martha and Jack stand to one side staring at an old shrivelled man in a brown suit, breathing heavily. Rose sensed it was the Doctor and her heart broke seeing the man he'd become.

Standing above him stood a thin, wiry man with dark hair and an malevolent grin. Three metallic spheres float above him,

"Is it time?" asks one

"Is it ready?" asks another

"Is the machine singing?" asks the third

The man checks his watch, "Two minutes past" the man walks up some steps to stand beside a blond woman, "So! Earthings. Basically, um, end of the world" he holds up his screwdriver "Here…come…the drums!"

Rose watches as the paradox machine activates, she feels the Tardis protest at its misuse. The scene fades away, she's in Torchwood one, a clock on the wall reads 8:02. Rose watches as a rocket falls from the sky – the windows shatter as a shockwave crashes through the building and the sky fills with bright light, she shields her eyes. When she opens them again she finds she's back on the ship with the Doctor. Everyone is staring out of the window as a rift opens and thousand Toclaphane exit the rift.

At two minutes past eight tomorrow it will be time.