Alyssa smiled, pulled open the door and stepped out. Steve followed and took in his surroundings. "This is so cool! We've actually moved"

"Yes we have. I hope this isn't going to be like the last ship we were on", she said kicking a bit of broken equipment.

"Nah I'm sure it won't be ", the Doctor said "you know what, I'll just have a quick scan, in case there's anything dangerous", he quickly added when he saw Alyssa's expression. He went over to a control panel and started typing.

"So, what's the date?" Martha asked.

"About three thousand years into your future, give or take", the Doctor replies. He pulls a switch and the lights turn on. Part of the roof opened to show a view of the stars.

"Fifty first century. Diagmar Cluster, you're a long way from home, Steve. Two and a half galaxies"

Steve heads to a porthole and looks out. "Like what you see?" Alyssa asked putting her arm around him.

"It's amazing!"

The Doctor noticed a screen with a diagram on it. "Now that's odd. Look at that. All the warp engines are going. Full capacity. There's enough power running through this ship to punch a hole in the universe, but we're not moving. So where's all that power going?" he asked Martha.

"And where did all the crew go?"

"Good question. No life readings on board", the Doctor replied tweaking the knobs on the control panel. "Can you smell that?" he asked sniffing.

"Yeah, someone's cooking", Martha replied also smelling the air. The Doctor presses a button on the console and a door opened behind them. The Time Lord called Alyssa and Steve over.

"There's something you don't see every day", Steve commented seeing the ornate fireplace complete with a fire. The Doctor scanned it with his screw driver. "Not a hologram. It's not even a reproduction. This actually is an eighteenth century French fireplace. Double sided. There's another room through there", he said.

Interested, Alyssa crouches down and looks through the fireplace. A young blond haired girl was looking back at her. The woman smiled and said "hello".

"Hello", the girl said.

"What's your name?"

"Reinette"

"That's a beautiful name"

"Madame, what are you doing in my fireplace?" Reinette asked.

"Oh, it's just a routine fire check. Can you tell me what year it is?" the Doctor said suddenly crouching down next to Alyssa.

"Of course I can. Seventeen hundred and twenty seven"

"Oh that's one of my favourites! August is rubbish though"

"Don't mind him he's a little mad. Enjoy the rest of your fire. Good night", Alyssa said.

"Goodnight Madame, Monsieur"

"You said this was the fifty first century", Steve said as the Doctor and Alyssa stood up.

"I also said this ship was generating enough power to punch a hole in the universe. I think we just found the hole. Must be a spatio-temporal hyperlink"

"What's a spatio-temporal hyperlink?" Steve asked.

"No idea. Just made it up. Didn't want to say magic door", the Doctor said inspecting the fireplace.

"And on the other side of the magic door is France in 1727?" Martha asked.

"Well, she was speaking French. Right period French, too"

"She was speaking English, I heard her", Steve said.

"The TARDIS translates it for you", Martha explains.

"Pretty cool right?" Alyssa said leaning against the fireplace. Without realising she'd triggered something that made the wall rotate taking herself and the Doctor along with it.

Upon hearing a noise Reinette wakes up. "It's ok Reinette. It's just me and the Doctor. We spoke earlier remember?" Alyssa said to the girl wanting to keep her calm.

"But Madame that was months ago"

"Really?" the Doctor asked surprised at that. The pair approached the bed but Alyssa stopped when she sensed something else was in the room.

"Ali whats wrong?" the Doctor asked.

"Something else is in the room, under the bed", she replied. The young girl immediately tensed up, looking afraid.

"Reinette stay in the middle of the bed. Don't move", the Doctor instructed and Reinette nodded. The Time Lord pulled out his sonic and continued towards the bed with Alyssa. He crouched down but before he could use his sonic, something smacked him backwards.

"Um Doctor?" Alyssa said seeing a figure stand up on the other side of the bed as the Doctor sat up.

"Reinette don't look round", he whispered to the girl who was trembling. Alyssa didn't take her eyes off the figure with its creepy clown like mask. She was ready to pull Reinette away at a moment's notice.

"Why are you here? What could you possibly want from a child?" Alyssa asked the figure who didn't answer. The Doctor put his hands of the girl's head and looked into her eyes.

"You've been scanning her brain!" he said shocked that whatever this thing was had travelled so far just to scan a child's brain. "What could there be in a little girl's mind worth blowing a hole in the universe?" the Doctor asked but again the figure didn't answer. Alyssa's eyes widened at that.

"You want me?" Reinette asked turning around to look at the figure.

"Not yet. You are incomplete", the figure said in a robotic like voice.

"What do you mean incomplete?" the Doctor asked. Again the robot didn't answer. He stood up while the red head stayed kneeling by the little girl.

"You can answer her, you can answer me. What do you mean, incomplete?" the Doctor demanded pulling out his sonic screwdriver. The robot didn't answer him either. Instead it walked jerkily around the bed. Alyssa flinched when a metal blade slides out of the robot's arm near the Doctor's face. The Time Lord calmly moved his head way.

"Monsieur, be careful", Reinette said afraid for the man.

"Just a nightmare, Reinette, don't worry about it. Everyone has nightmares", the Doctor said backing away. The robot went after him.

"Madame what are you doing?" Reinette asked as Alyssa stood up.

"Going to help him. Stay on the bed", the woman instructed. She raised her hand at the robot's back and focused. The robot jerked trying to move but the red haired woman had him stuck in one place. It was flung to one side by Alyssa. She walked to stand in front of the robot as it struggled to stand. "Doctor stay back", she said seeing him move at the corner of her eye. The woman backed towards the fireplace with the robot going after her instead. Alyssa jumped to the side as the robot swiped at her, its blade now stuck in the mantelpiece. The Doctor wasted no time finding the place Alyssa had accidently knocked to turn the fireplace around.

The second the fireplace had finished turning, the Doctor quickly grabs tube from a nearby rack and fires its contents over the android. It seizes up from the cold. "Where did that thing come from?" Martha asked.

"Here", the Doctor replied.

"So why is it dressed like that?" Alyssa asked rubbing her head from the headache she received courtesy of using her abilities.

"Field trip to France. Some kind of basic camouflage protocol", the Doctor explained. He removed the wig and admired the head which was made of plastic. It housed an ornate clockwork mechanism. The Doctor was very reluctant to destroy it but he couldn't afford to have it running around being a threat to Reinette. Before he could use his sonic on it, the robot teleported away.

"Scotty beamed him up", Steve joked making Alyssa chuckle despite her head hurting.

"Where are you going?" she asked the Doctor who was going back to the fireplace.

"I've got to make sure Reinette is ok. You want to come?"

Alyssa shook her head "I'm gonna stay here"

"Alright. Don't wander off"

"We won't Doctor", Alyssa said.

"And don't go looking for it" the Doctor said seriously.

"We won't look for it, I promise", Alyssa assured him "now don't you have a little girl to check on?" the Doctor didn't say anything, just turned the fireplace around again.

"Is it bad that I want to go look for it?" Steve asked.

"Well I kinda promised him that we wouldn't", Alyssa replied.

"We don't have to look for the droid, we could have a look around the ship instead?" Martha suggested.

"You really want to look around the ship?" Alyssa asked and her friend nodded eagerly. "Ok. Martha go with him and if you get into any trouble…"

"I'll call you"

Steve frowned "how is she supposed to call you Ali? We're in space. You won't get a signal", he said confused.

"Don't need one", Alyssa replied "I'll stay here and keep an eye on the Doctor. I'll take the blame for you guys wandering off. Just stay together ok?"

"We will Ali", Martha said. Steve picked up the fire extinguisher from the floor.

"Just in case we come across that thing again", he said explaining his reasoning.

"Good idea", Alyssa said. The moment her friend and Martha had left, she leant against a wall and closed her eyes hoping the headache would fade.

She opened her eyes when she heard the fireplace moving. "Ali where are Steve and Martha?" the Doctor asked noticing that she was alone.

"They're uh exploring the ship"

"You promised that you three weren't going to wander off"

"I know, I know. I'm sorry Doctor", Alyssa said "Martha was going to call me if there… Doctor why is there lipstick on your lips?" she asked finally noticing.

"Reinette kissed me", he replied looking ashamed. He'd been surprised when Reinette kissed him but he certainly didn't kiss her back as she wasn't the woman he would rather be kissing.

"Reinette is a little girl Doctor. I saw her just minutes ago"

"Well she's kinda grown up now"

"And you kissed her"

"No! She kissed me"

"Really? You never kissed her back?"

"No", the Doctor replied "I'm not interested in her"

"Sure you aren't", Alyssa said. She felt slightly jealous about the thought of another woman kissing the Doctor especially after she'd remembered what he'd told her while she'd been possessed by the sun. The Doctor stopped her from walking off.

"Ali I'm not interested in her, honest". He wanted to tell her how he felt but he was worried that she didn't feel the same way.

"Ok. Let's go find Steve and Martha", Alyssa said and she walked off.