Rose stands near him, Tommy and Rita are close together behind the Doctor, and Mr. Connolly remains completely outside of the room with a grim expression.

"Her face is completely gone." Gasps The Doctor. He scans it with the sonic screwdriver, and Rose still looks uneasy.

"Scarcely an electrical impulse left. Almost complete neural shutdown, she's ticking over, like her brain has been... wiped clean." He puts the sonic screwdriver away, but still examines her face.

"What're we gonna do, Doctor? We can't even feed her!" Tommy bursts out, looking very worried for his Gran. I walk over and he looks at me "She can't die. Is there something you could do?"

"I don't know." I answer quietly "But I will do everything I can." I promise

"Thank you." He answers, and I pat him on the shoulder.

We are interrupted by the crash of someone entering the house.

"We've got company..." Rose says, grimly

"It's them, they've come for her" cries Rita

Mr. Connolly appears to be the only one pleased by this.

"What was she doing before this happened? Where was she?" demands The Doctor

Rita hesitates as the policemen clamber up the stairs.

"Tell me, quickly, think!" yells The Doctor

"I can't think! She doesn't leave the house! She was just..." Tommy is cut off by the entrance of a big, burly man and some supporting officers. The Doctor tries to buy some time.

'Hold on a minute! There are three important, brilliant, and complicated reasons why you should listen to me. One..." Much to our horror, the burly man punches the Doctor in the face, hard. He collapses, unconscious. "Doctor!" Rose and I chorus. I leave Tommy's side and dive for the Doctor, my hand on his quickly swelling cheek. The men take the opportunity to throw a blanket over Tommy's gran and usher her to the stairs.

"Doctor, wake up!" orders Rose as I shake him, and eventually resort to slapping him across the face

"Leave her alone!" Rita cries, but the men barge Rita aside, leaving Tommy to catch her. Mr. Connolly just pushes the men away, encouraging them to leave quicker.

They all go down the stairs apart from Rose and I who are left trying to rouse the Doctor.

"Mum!" I hear Rita yell

"Doctor! Doctor!" I beg

"Don't hurt her!" Rita yells

"Back inside, Rita!" I hear Mr. Connolly yell

"She's my mother!" sobs Rita

"Back inside now, I said!" Mr. Connolly orders

Rose still slaps the Doctor's cheeks, and he suddenly sits up as if nothing had happened.

"Ah, hell of a right hook! Have to watch out for that!" He quickly stands and bolts down the stairs. Rose and I struggle to run after him, in our heels. We arrive in time to see the Doctor push past Mr. Connolly and run to the moped. Eddie restrains Tommy and Rita.

"Rose, Wolfe come on!" yells The Doctor

Rose and I pause at the entrance to the living room, noticing red, buzzing tendrils of electricity coming out of the television. T "But Dad, they took her!" Tommy yells,

"Wolfe!" The Doctor urgently calls out again, "Wolfe, we're gonna lose them again!"

"Nice to meet you Tommy, Mrs Connolly. And as for you, Mr Connolly, only an idiot hangs the Union Flag upside-down. Shame on you!" I grin cheerfully before I run out of the house.

Rose pauses at something behind me, but I keep going and I hop into the side car.

"Rose!" The Doctor urgently calls out again, "Rose, we're gonna lose them again!"

She doesn't show, and after a moment, the Doctor gives up waiting for her and rides off on his scooter, in pursuit of the car.

We ride at top speed, and I am holding on for dear life as we screech around corners following the car. We skid to a stop in front of the same barricade as before, the men still sweeping the hay, just as they were several hours earlier, as its now nightfall.

"Ooh, very clever." Grins the Doctor as we slow down "Do you see Wolfe?"

I look at the wall and the Doctor's grin in confusion for a second before it dawns on me.

"It's not a normal wall. It's an entrance. A secret entrance to hide away the people who lose their faces!" I whisper to him.

"Very good!" He compliments. "Now let's go see what's behind it!"

We drive the moped down the next street and park it in an abandoned alley.

I follow the Doctor as we creep back around the street walls, looking for a way in.

"Here Doctor." I hiss as I catch sight of a red panel no taller than I am on the wall. It looks like a maintenance entrance.

"Well done." The Doctor grins, and he discreetly unlocks it with his sonic.

"Follow me." He says as he ducks and shuffles in. I follow him down the rusty hall until he is able to straighten up. He sonics open another door and we're now in a brick and metal building. We walk lightly down another corridor before the sound of metal unlocking ahead makes us hurry and peek through a partly open door. A heavier set man is following a very professional, tall thin man amongst rows of metal cages. They leave the dimly lit room and the Doctor and I go in, heading towards the cage they just exited. We are careful to avoid the few patches of light in the room. I stumble backwards when I see that the cage is full of people, all of the faceless like Tommy's Gran. I cover my mouth to hid my squeak of horror as the Doctor grimly opens the cage door with his sonic. He slowly removes the chain and we enter, walking along a small corridor within the cage before unlocking another cage, full of faceless humans. There have to be at least forty of them, all milling about like cattle.

I whimper as they start to press the Doctor and I against the bars of the cage.

Suddenly a bright light shines on us and a loud voice booms "Stay where you are!"

They restrain us with rope and lead us out of the cages and down a few more corridors until we reach an office. One of the men, a soldier of some sort, holds onto my shoulders, while the other sits the Doctor down, unties him and begins interrogation.

I wriggle in the uncomfortable ropes.

"Doctor-" I start

"Silence." Hisses the man interrogating the Doctor and I fall silent.

"Start from the beginning tell me everything you know." demands the man, glaring at the Doctor.

"Well, for starters," the Doctor says, not at all fazed by what is happening " I know you can't wrap her hands around you elbow and make your fingers meet." He says, straight faced to the man.

I snort with laughter

"Don't you get clever with me!" orders the man, annoyed "You were there at Forizel Street and now you're breaking into this establishment! Oh, you're connected with this, make no mistake!"

"Well the thing is, detective Inspector Bishop-" Starts the Doctor

" How do you know my name?" demands the man

"It's written inside your collar." Answers the Doctor.

The Detective Inspector, straightens his collar, trying to keep some dignity.

"Bless your Mum." The Doctor starts talking again "but I can't help thinking, Detective Inspector, you're not exactly doing much detective-inspecting, are you?"

"I am doing everything in my power-" The man starts, looking annoyed

"All you're doing is grabbing those faceless people and hiding them as fast as you can. Don't tell me it's orders from above." The Doctor looks up, dramatically. "Coronation Day, the eyes of the world are on London Town, so any sort of problem just gets swept out of sight."

"The nation has an image to maintain." The Detective Inspector tries to defend his actions feebly.

"But doesn't it drive you mad, doing nothing?" the Doctor asks, leaning forward "Don't you want to get out there and investigate?"

"Course I Do." Answers the Detective Inspector "But with all the crowds expected, we haven't got the manpower." He sinks into his chair, "Even if we did, this is beyond anything we've ever seen." He looks down in defeat. "I just don't know anymore." He raises his head to look at the Doctor. "Twenty years on the force, and I don't even know where to start."

The Doctor leans forward, crossing his arms

The DI continues "We haven't the faintest clue what's going on."

"Well, that could change." The Doctor answers

"How?" demands the DI

"Start from the beginning. Tell me everything you know." The Doctor says, as he stands. "and I need you to untie my daughter. She's only a little girl and does not deserve to be tied up."

My chest fills with warmth at his words.

"You are in no position to be making demands." The man says, weakly

"Oh yes I am." The Doctor says, leaning close to the DI's face "Because I'm the Doctor and the only chance you have of figuring out what's happening to these people."

There is a pause, before the DI mutters "Untie the girl."

The man holding me unties the rope. I flex my wrists for a moment, before running over to the Doctor. He scoops me up and sits me on his lap.

"As I said before, Start from the beginning and tell me everything you know." The Doctor orders.

"We started finding them about a month ago. Persons left sans visage." The DI indicates to a map, where red dots are placed all over it, indicating to where the people were found.

"Heads just…blank" The DI continues, as the Doctor sets me down and walks over to stand beside him, studying the map.

"Is there any sort of pattern?" asks the Doctor as he turns around and starts digging through the files.

"It's spreading out from North London, all over the city. Men, women, kids, grannies. The only real lead is there's been quite a large number in-"

"Florizel street." Chorus the DI and the Doctor

There is a knock at the door, and it opens.

"Found another one, sir." A police man says, bringing in a blanket covered figure. My stomach flips as I see a familiar pink voluminous skirt with matching pink shoes.

"Oh, er, good man, Crabtree. Here we are, Doctor..." the Detective inspector says

The Doctor drops the files on the table and walks slowly towards the woman, not wanting to believe it.

"Take a good look. See what you can deduce." Detective inspector Bishop says,

The policeman takes the blanket off the woman's head.

The Doctor's eyes widen with horror as he approaches her.

Tears build in my eyes, my voice failing me.

"Rose." The Doctor murmurs, sounding broken.