"Go to your room", the Doctor said when the patients where within touching distance. The patients stand still. "Go to your room!" the Doctor commanded again. They watched all the patients tilt their heads in unison "I mean it! I'm very, very angry with you. I am very, very cross! Go… to… your… room!" the Doctor shouted pointing with his free hand in no particular direction. They all relaxed when the patients hung their heads and moved away from them, back to their respective beds.

"I'm really glad that worked", the Doctor said relieved.

"Yeah. Those would have been sucky last words", Melanie said with a smile.

"How was your con supposed to work?" the Doctor asked turning to Jack.

"Simple enough, really. Find some harmless piece of space junk…let the nearest Time Agent track it back to Earth, convince him it's valuable, name a price. When he's put 50% up front, oops! A German bomb falls on it, destroys it forever. He never gets to see what he's paid for, never knows he's been had. I buy him a drink with his own money, and we discuss dumb luck. The perfect self-cleaning con"

"Yeah. Perfect", the Doctor said sarcastically.

"The London Blitz is great for self-cleaners. Pompeii's nice if you want to make a vacation of it though, but you've got to set your alarm for volcano day" Jack laughed at his own joke. Both the Doctor and Melanie looked at him clearly not impressed. "Getting a hint of disapproval"

"20,000 men, women and children died when Vesuvius erupted. It's considered to be one of the worst eruptions in European history. How dare you make a joke out of it", Melanie snapped "take a look around the room Jack Harkness, This is what your harmless piece of space-junk did" and with that she stormed out. The Doctor looked at him darkly and left the ward. He was seriously considering punching the guy for upsetting Melanie.

"It was a burnt-out medical transporter. It was empty. I even programmed the flight computer so it wouldn't land on anything living. I harmed no-one. I don't know what's happening here, but believe me, I had nothing to do with it", Jack called following after them.

The Doctor stopped and turn to him "I'll tell you what's happening. You forgot to set your alarm clock. Its volcano day", he said angrily.

A siren went off in the distance "What's that?" Melanie asked looking up.

"The all clear", Jack replied.

"I wish", the Doctor muttered.

They eventually reached room 802 where Jack used his blaster to fire a square shaped hole around the lock. "Sonic blaster, fifty first century" the Doctor said making Jack look at him in surprise "Weapon Factories of Villengard?"

"You've been to the factories?" Jack asked.

The Doctor took the blaster from Jack to have a look at it "Once", he replied.

"Well, they gone now, destroyed. The main reactor went critical. Vaporized the lot", Jack explained.

The Doctor gave the blaster back "Like I said, once. There's a banana grove there, now. I like bananas. Bananas are good" he smiled pleasantly at the man and walked into the room, Melanie following. He flicked on the light to reveal a vandalized room. Filing cabinets tipped over, electronic equipment broken. The observation window across the room was smashed.

"Looks like something got out", Melanie commented taking it all in as Jack joined them "something powerful and angry".

Jack entered through the open door that lead to the room behind the broken observation window. The walls and floors were covered with child's drawings. "A child? That explains 'mummy'"

"How could a child do this?" Melanie asked joining him in the room. The Doctor turned on a tape machine.

"Do you know where you are?" Doctor Constantine asked

"Are you my mummy?" the little boy asked.

"Are you aware of what's around you? Can you see?" Constantine questioned.

"Are you my mummy?" the boy repeated.

"What do you want? Do you know…"

"I want my mummy. Are you my mummy? I want my mummy! Are you my mummy? Are you my mummy? Mummy? Mummy?"

"Doctor, we've heard this voice before", Melanie said recognising it.

"Mummy?"

"Always 'are you my mummy?' Like he doesn't know", she continued.

"Mummy?"

"Why doesn't he know?" Melanie asked voicing the question on all their minds.

"Are you there, mummy? Mummy?"

The recording continued with the child still asking for its mummy. "Can you sense it?" the Doctor asked pacing around the child's room.

"Sense what?" Jack asked.

"Coming out of the walls. Can you feel it?" the Doctor continued.

Melanie glanced around the room but she couldn't feel whatever it is the Doctor could feel.

"Mummy?"

The Doctor stopped pacing and looked at Melanie and Jack. "Funny little human brains, how do you get around in those things?" he asked, looking pointedly at Jack to show he wasn't insulting his Bonded.

"Mummy, please?"

"Suppose, they were there when this thing, whatever it was, landed?" the Doctor asked.

"It was a med-ship. It was harmless", Jack insisted.

"Yes, you keep saying 'harmless'. Suppose one of them was affected, altered?" the Doctor questioned.

Melanie was about to say something when she heard a crackling. She moved out of the small room and saw that the tape had run out. "I'm here!" the child shouted behind her. Melanie turned quickly to see the boy standing in the door way. She edged back towards the doorway to the child's room without taking her eyes off the child.

The Time Lord darted forward and grabbed Melanie's wrist, pulling her backwards as the child advanced.

"On my signal make for the door. Now!" Jack produces a banana from his belt and points it at the child like a weapon. The Doctor grins and pulled the sonic blaster from his own belt. He uses it on the wall and ushered Melanie through.

"Don't drop the banana!" the Doctor said to Jack as he hopped though.

"Why not?!" Jack questioned as he followed the Time Lord.

"Good source of potassium!"

Jack snatched his blaster back from the Doctor and repaired the wall. "Digital rewind" he explained. Jack then tossed the banana at the Doctor who caught it "Nice switch"

"It's from the groves of Villengard. I thought it was appropriate", the Doctor stated.

The child thumped on the wall on the other side, making it crack. They hurried along the corridor and down a flight of stairs. The three of them didn't make it very far until they encountered gas-masked patients bursting out of the ward calling mummy. The trio hastily backtracked but they find another group of gas-masked patients. Jack, Melanie and the Doctor found themselves back at the wall where the child was trying to break through. "It's keeping us here till it can get at us", the Doctor said.

"It's controlling them?" Jack asked pointing his blaster at every direction.

"It is them", the Doctor corrected "It's every living thing in this hospital". He was not liking this situation at all. He was pretty sure that he could feel fear coming from Melanie. She was scared. He had to get her out of here!

"Okay. This can function as a sonic blaster, a sonic cannon, and as a triple-enfolded sonic disrupter. Doc, what you got?"

The Doctor got out his sonic screwdriver from his pocket "I've got a sonic, er… Oh, never mind"

"What?" Jack asked.

"It's sonic, okay? Let's leave it at that" the Doctor said turning to face the second group of gas-masked people turning his sonic on and pointing it at them.

"Disrupter? Cannon? What?" Jack pressed.

"It's sonic! Totally sonic! I am soniced up!"

"A sonic what?!" Jack demanded.

"Screwdriver!" the Doctor shouted.

Jack turned to him as the child breaks through the wall. Melanie grabbed Jack's wrist and makes him point his blaster at the floor. "Going down!" she warns before firing the weapon.

The trio fell through the hole and landed in a messy heap. Jack quickly got to his feet and used his sonic blaster to repair the ceiling. "Quick thinking Elle", the Doctor said getting up and helping Melanie to her feet.

"Thanks", Melanie said, trying to ignore the pain in her ankle. She must've twisted it when she landed.

"Who has a sonic screwdriver?" Jack asked.

"I do", the Doctor said defensively.

"Lights", Melanie said looking around for a light switch in the ward they'd fallen into.

"Who looks at a screwdriver and thinks, 'ooo, this could be a little more sonic?'" Jack said sarcastically.

"What, you've never been bored?" the Doctor said indignantly "Never had a long night? Never had a lot of cabinets to put up?"

Melanie managed to find the light switch and turned the lights on. The patients is the beds sat up and started calling mummy.

"Door", Jack said and the three of them ran towards it. Melanie had to bite her lip as she ran due to the pain. The American tried to blast the door open but the weapon doesn't work. He moved back to allow the Doctor to open the door with his sonic.

"It's the special features. They really drain the battery", Jack said annoyed that his gun no longer worked. The Doctor got the door open and the three hurry through. "I was going to send for another one, but somebody's got to blow up the factory", Jack grumbled looking at the Doctor who was locking the door with the sonic.

"Okay, that door should hold it for a bit", the Doctor said.

"The door? The wall didn't stop it!"

"It's got to find us first", Melanie pointed out leaning against the wall, lifting her foot up slightly to take the weight off of it.

"Come on, we're not done yet! Assets, assets!" the Doctor urged.

"Well, I've got a banana, and in a pinch you could put up some shelves", Jack said leaning on the wall.

"Window", the Doctor said going to it.

"Barred, Sheer drop outside. Seven stories", Jack told him.

"And no other exits", the doctor SAID.

"Well, the assets conversation went in a flash, didn't it?" Jack commented settling himself comfortably in a chair.

"We'll figure something out, right?" Melanie asked looking at the Doctor.

"Course we will. Okay, One, we've got to get out of here", the Doctor stated "Two, we can't get out of here. Have I missed anything?"

Melanie looked in Jack's direction and was surprised to see that he was gone "Yeah…Jack just disappeared". The Doctor spun around to see that the chair Jack once sat in was empty.

"Okay, so he's vanished into thin air. What do we do now?" she asked.

"I don't know", the Doctor replied. He then noticed the way she was leaning against the wall, avoiding putting weight on one foot. "Are you ok?" he asked.

Melanie shook her head "no, I think I twisted my ankle", she confessed. The Doctor went over to her and helped her into the wheel chair in the corner.

"Why didn't you say something before?" the Doctor asked kneeling down and checked her ankle.

"I didn't want to make a fuss", Melanie said and winced when the Doctor touched the tender part of her ankle.

"Sorry", he said apologetically.

"Wait, what are you doing?" Melanie asked seeing his hands start to glow with a golden light.

"Healing your ankle", the Doctor replied. He didn't want to tell her that he was using his regeneration energy as she'd probably tell him off for it. About a minute later, he moved his hands away from her ankle. "How does that feel?" he asked.

Melanie wiggled her ankle and smiled when it didn't hurt. "It feels much better. Thank you", she replied thankful to him.

"You're welcome", the Doctor said.

"Um…Doctor? Do you think we could make a run for it?" Melanie asked.

"We wouldn't get very far before they caught us" the Doctor said reluctantly "I've trapped you here. I'm sorry Elle". He hated the fact that they were stuck in this place. It was his job to keep her safe and he failed.

"Hey, it is not your fault", Melanie said softly "it's Captain Flirt's" she shook her head "royal beauty indeed", she scoffed.

"While I don't agree with him flirting with you, I do agree with him on that", the Doctor said "you are a royal beauty. And all mine".

Melanie glanced around the room "you know since we're not going anywhere anytime soon, we could…" she held out her hand, wiggling her fingers.

"You sure you want to do this now?" the Doctor asked knowing she wanted to form the Bond after the trip.

"100% sure", Melanie replied confidently. The Doctor reached out and took her hand. The moment their hands touched, they received a shock which made them gasp. The Time Lord stared wide eyed at Melanie as he felt the rush of warmth through his body. Finally they were forming the Bond and it felt fantastic! No more resisting the urge to hold her hand! He could now hold her hand whenever he wanted.

Everything just seemed to fade away as the Doctor's brown eyes gazed into Melanie's. He could lose himself in those eyes of hers forever. Slowly Melanie moved forwards, resting her head against his chest and closed her eyes. The Doctor also closed his eyes, his other hand coming up to rest in the small of her back. For the first time in a very long time, he felt at peace.

The Doctor and Melanie pulled away when an old radio in the room suddenly crackled to life. "Melanie? Doctor? Can you hear me?" Jack called. The Doctor went over to it, Melanie following him "I'm back on my ship" the Doctor picked up the radio "Used the emergency teleport. Sorry I couldn't take you" the Time Lord stared in confusion at the torn wires of the radio "It's security-keyed to my molecular structure. I'm working on it. Hang in there".

"How are you speaking to us?" Melanie asked also a little confused. It shouldn't be possible for him to talk to them through the radio. The wires weren't even connected.

"Om-Com", Jack replied "I can call anything with a speaker grill".

"Now there's a coincidence", the Doctor muttered "The child can Om-Com, too".

"That's how he spoke to us through the TARDIS phone", Melanie said and the Doctor nodded.

"Precisely", he said.

"And I can hear you. Coming to find you. Coming to fiiiind you", the child spoke in a sing song voice through the radio.

"Doctor, can you hear that?" Jack asked.

"Loud and clear", the Doctor replied.

"I'll try to block out the signal. Least I can do", Jack said.

"Coming to find you, mummy!" the child cheered.

"Here's a treat for you two", Jack said and Moonlight Serenade started to play through the radio, blocking out the child.

"Fancy a dance?" Melanie asked.

"Sure", the Doctor replied. He stepped forward and took her hand "I'm really glad I can hold your hand now", he remarked, placing his other hand on her waist "honestly I don't know how much longer I could've resisted", he admitted.

"And I'm really glad I decided to form the Bond with you", Melanie said "can't wait to see if we'll have the same mental and emotional connections as those Bonded couples you mentioned".

"Me too", the Doctor agreed.

"Do you think Captain Jack will get us out of here?" Melanie asked after a moment of them slow dancing on the spot.

"Oh, we're calling him 'Captain Jack' now are we?" the Doctor asked "What happened to 'Captain Flirt'?"

"He's still Captain Flirt but his name is Jack and he is a captain…" Melanie began.

"If he was a captain, he's been defrocked", the Doctor cut in.

"Actually, I quit" Jack cut in "Nobody takes my frock". The Doctor and Melanie looked over, surprised to find that they were no longer in the store room. "Most people would notice when they've been teleported. You guys are so sweet" Jack said looking pointedly at them. Instead of moving away, the Doctor wrapped his arm around Melanie's waist glad that Jack was at least realising that they were more than just friends. "Sorry about the delay", Jack said apologetically "I had to take the nav-com offline to override the teleport security".

"You can spend ten minutes overriding your own protocols?" the Doctor remarked "Maybe you should remember whose ship it is".

"Oh, I do. She was gorgeous. Like I told her, be back in 5 minutes" Jack ducked into a compartment under the console.

"This is a Chula ship", the Doctor said looking around.

"Yeah, just like that medical transporter. Only this one is dangerous", Jack called from the compartment. The Doctor snaps his fingers and the golden glow envelopes one of his hands.

"They look like little fireflies", Melanie remarked watching them dance around the Doctor's hand "what are they?" she asked.

"Nanogenes. Sub-atomic robots. There's millions of them in here, see? Burned my hand on the console when we landed. All better now" the Doctor explained "They activate when the bulk head's sealed. Check you out for damage, fix any physical flaws". The Doctor waved his hand and the nanogenes disappeared. He then turned to Jack "Take us to the crash site. I need to see your space junk"

"As soon as I get the nav-com back online", Jack said as if he was being nagged "Make yourself comfortable" Melanie moved away to go sit on the bed "but not too comfortable", Jack added giving the Doctor a look. He didn't say anything, just went to go join Melanie.

~bomb site~

The Doctor, Melanie and Jack peer over the barbed wire at the soldiers on duty. "There it is" Jack spotted Algy pacing up and down "Hey, they've got Algy on duty. It must be important".

"We've got to get past", the Doctor stated.

"I could distract him", Melanie suggested.

"I don't think that'd be such a good idea", the Doctor said shaking his head.

"Why not? Is he gay or something?" the Doctor and Jack looked at her a little surprised by her bluntness "what? One of my best friends is gay", Melanie said with a shrug.

"Right", Jack said slowly "Don't wait up, you two". The Doctor and Melanie watched as Jack walked over to Algy. "Hey, tiger. How's it hanging?" Jack called.

"Mummy?" Algy asked.

"Algy, old sport, it's me", Jack said starting to get confused.

"Mummy?" Algy repeated.

Jack's smile faded when he realised that something was wrong with the man "It's me, Jack"

"Jack?" Algy tilts his head, observing Jack with child-like curiosity "Are you my…mummy?"

The Doctor and Melanie rush over when Algy's face turned into a gas mask "The effect's become air-borne, accelerating", the Time Lord stated.

"What's keeping us safe?" Melanie asked worried about that new development.

"Nothing", the Doctor replied.

An air-raid siren sounded and Jack looked up "Ah, here they come again", he said.

"Didn't you say a bomb was going to land…here?" Melanie asked worriedly.

"Never mind about that. If the contaminants airborne now, there's hours left", the Doctor told her.

"For what?" Jack asked.

'Til nothing. 'Til forever. For the entire human race", the Doctor said seriously "And can anyone else hear singing?" he asked, his ears picking up a faint tune.

"Yeah, I can", Melanie replied. They followed the singing to a small shed. Inside was Nancy who was singing to a transformed soldier. The Doctor quickly freed her from the handcuffs and then Jack led them to the med-ship.

"You see? Just an ambulance", Jack said nodding to it.

"That's an ambulance?" Nancy asked eyeing it.

"It's from another world", Melanie told her.

"They've been trying to get in", Jack said looking at the controls, noting the scratches on it.

"Of course they have", the Doctor said rolling his eyes. They weren't exactly going to leave it alone where they? "They think they've got their hands on Hitler's latest secret weapon…." Jack started pressing buttons on the keypad "What're you doing?" he asked the man.

"The sooner you see this thing is empty" Jack said, still pressing buttons "the sooner you'll know I had nothing to do with it" the controls explode with sparks and they all jump backwards. "Didn't happen last time", he said.

"It hadn't crashed last time. They're the emergency protocols", the Doctor told him as an alarm blared.

"I'm guessing that's what the flashing red light is for", Melanie said nodding to it. Before the Doctor could say anything the gates at the other side of the bomb site started shaking.

"Captain, secure those gates!" the Time Lord ordered.

"Why?" Jack asked.

"Just do it!" the Doctor shouted. Jack nodded, clambered down from the ambulance and ran over to the open gates. The Time Lord turned to Nancy, "how'd you get in here?" he asked.

"I cut the wire", Nancy replied.

"Show Elle" he tossed his sonic to the woman in question who caught it "Setting 2,428D".

"Reattaches barbed wire?" Melanie guessed.

"Got it in one. Now go" Melanie nodded and left with Nancy.

Jack opens the hatch of the med-ship "It's empty. Look at it"

"What do you expect in a Chula medical transporter?" the Doctor asked turning to Melanie and Nancy as they joined them "Bandages? Cough drops?"

"Nanogenes", Melanie answered.

"It wasn't empty, Captain. There was enough nanogenes in there to rebuild a species"

Jack paled, rather shaken by that fact. It really was all his fault "Oh, God", he breathed.

"Getting it now, are we? When the ship crashes, the nanogenes escape. Billions upon billions of them, ready to fix all the cuts and bruises in the whole world" the Doctor explained "But what they find first is a dead child, probably killed earlier that night, and wearing a gasmask".

"And they brought him back to life? They can do that?" Melanie asked.

"What's life?" the Doctor asked "Life's easy. A quirk of matter. Nature's way of keeping meat fresh. Nothing to a nanogene. One problem, though. These nanogenes, they're not like the ones on your ship. This lot have never seen a human being before. Don't know what a human being's supposed to look like. All they've got to go on is one little body, and there's not a lot left. But they carry right on. They do what they're programmed to do. They patch it up. Can't tell what's gasmask and what's skull, but they do their best. Then off they fly, off they go, work to be done. Because, you see, now they think they know what people should look like, and it's time to fix all the rest. And they won't ever stop. They won't ever, ever stop. The entire human race is going to be torn down and rebuilt in the form of one terrified child looking for its mother, and nothing in the world can stop it!"

"I didn't know", Jack said defiantly although his was still rather shaken. The Doctor fixed him with a cold stare for a few seconds before turning to examine the med-ship.

Melanie watched him work until, she noticed Nancy staring at something, looking terrified. She rushed to her side and saw what was making her so afraid, the gas masked people were coming their way. She took Nancy's hand and led her back to the Doctor and Jack. "We've got gasmask people incoming", she told them.

"The ship thinks it's under attack. It's calling up the troops. Standard protocol", the Doctor explained looking up from his work.

"But…the gas mask people aren't troops…" Melanie frowned.

"They are now" the Doctor corrected her "This is a battle-field ambulance. The nanogenes don't just fix you up, they get you ready for the front line. Equip you, programme you…"

"That's why the child's so strong. Why it could Om-Com", Melanie finished.

"It's a fully equipped Chula warrior, yes" the Doctor nodded "All that weapons tech in the hands of a hysterical four year old looking for his mummy. And now there's an army of them".

The gasmask people surround the fence. "Why don't they attack?" Jack asked eyeing them.

"Good little soldiers, waiting for their commander", the Doctor replied.

"The child?" Jack asked.

"Jamie", Nancy corrected him.

"So how long until the bomb falls?" Melanie asked Jack.

"Any second", he answered looking up worriedly.

"What's the matter, Captain?" the Doctor looked at Jack "A bit close to the volcano for you?"

"He's just a little boy", Nancy breathed.

"I know", the Doctor said softly.

"He's just a little boy who wants his mummy", Nancy said tearing up. Melanie put an arm around her.

"There isn't a little boy born who wouldn't tear the world apart to save his mummy…" the Doctor began.

"And this little boy can", Melanie finished. If she was in the child's place, she would do the exact same thing. She'd tear the world apart to save her mother, to save both her parents. She'd do it for anyone she cared about. Rose…Jackie…her best friends Kat, Alex and Sam. She would even do it for the Doctor. If anyone she loved was in danger, there was nothing she wouldn't do to save them.

"It's my fault", Nancy said quietly. She sounded to Melanie like she was on the verge of tears.

"No" the Doctor shook his head.

"It's you", Melanie said when it hit her. She knew why Nancy was so upset. The little boy wasn't her brother, it was her son. She was the one the child was looking for "you're Jamie's mother aren't you?" Melanie asked and Nancy nodded in confirmation.

"Doctor, that bomb. We've got seconds", Jack warned as bombs landed nearby.

"So it's volcano day" the Doctor stated "Do what you've got to do". The former Time Agent vanished.

The gate opens and Jamie stands there "Are you my mummy?" he asked.

"He's going to keep asking, Nancy. He's never going to stop", the Doctor said.

"Mummy?" Jamie asked again.

"Tell him Nancy", Melanie said "trust me".

Nancy nodded and walked forward as does Jamie. "Are you my mummy?"

"Yes, I am your mummy", Nancy told him.

"Mummy?"

"I'm here", Nancy said stopping.

"Are you my mummy?"

"I'm here", she repeated kneeling down in front of Jamie.

"Are you my mummy?"

"I am your mummy. I will always be your mummy. I'm so sorry. I am so, so sorry", Nancy said sincerely, tears in her eyes. The young woman then took the boy into his arms and a cloud of Nanogenes surround them.

The Doctor watched what was happening excited. Melanie looked equally happy "Come on, please. Come on, you clever little Nanogenes. Figure it out!" he urged "The mother, she's the mother. It's got to be enough information. Figure it out".

Nancy fell away from Jamie as the nanogenes disappeared. Melanie and the Doctor rush over. "Oh, come on. Give me a day like this", the Doctor said hardly daring to hope "Give me this one". He removes Jamie's gas mask, revealing a little boy underneath. He laughed ecstatically picking the boy up "Ha-ha! Welcome back! Twenty years till pop music - you're going to love it".

"What happened?" Nancy asked looking at her son in wonder.

"The Nanogenes recognised the superior information, the parent DNA. They didn't change you because you changed them!" the Doctor explained, still grinning.

"Mother knows best", Melanie said with a big smile on her face.

"Oh, Jamie", Nancy said happily as the Doctor set him down on the ground. She hugged him again. A bomb fell nearby bringing them back to reality.

"Doctor, that bomb…" Melanie said.

"Taken care of it", the Doctor assured Melanie.

"How?" she asked.

"Psychology", he replied gesturing at Nancy and Jamie.

The bomb hurtles towards them and is suddenly stopped when it got caught by a blue force field. A moment later, Jack appeared sitting astride the bomb. "Doctor!" he called down to him.

"Good lad!"

"The bomb's already commenced detonation. I've put it in stasis but it won't last long", Jack explained.

"Change of plan. Don't need the bomb. Can you get rid of it, safely as you can?" the Doctor asked.

Jack nodded and bid Melanie farewell. The remaining humans and time lord watched Jack's ship fly away. "What are you doing?" Melanie asked as the Doctor summoned the nanogenes.

"Software patch. Going to email the upgrade", the Doctor replied. He threw the nanogenes away, towards the gas mask people. He grinned as they all fell to the ground, nanogenes surrounding them. "Everybody lives!" he hugged Melanie, lifting her off her feet. She laughed as he spun around "Just this once, everybody lives!" the Doctor said ecstatically.

He set her back down on her feet and they walked over to Doctor Constantine. "Doctor Constantine. Who never left his patients. Back on your feet, constant doctor. The world doesn't want to get by without you just yet, and I don't blame it one bit" the Doctor gestured to the former gas masked people "These are your patients. All better now".

"Yes, yes…so it seems. They also seem to be standing around in a disused railway station. Is there any particular reason for that?" Doctor Constantine asked confused.

"Cut backs", Melanie explained simply.

"Listen, whatever was wrong with them in the past, you're probably going to find that they're cured. Just tell them what a great doctor you are. Don't make a big thing of it. Okay?"

The Doctor took Melanie's hand and walked quickly back to Nancy and Jamie. He let go of Melanie's hand and climbed on top of the Chula ambulance "Right, you lot. Lots to do. Beat the Germans, save the world. Don't forget the welfare state!" the Doctor said loudly to Doctor Constantine who smiles. The Time Lord jumped down and went to work on the control panel. "Setting this to self-destruct, soon as everybody's clear. History says there was an explosion here. Who am I to argue with history?"

"Usually the first in line", Melanie pointed out.

The pair entered the TARDIS, the Doctor still extremely happy. "The Nanogenes will clean up the mess and switch themselves off, because I just told them to. Nancy and Jamie will go to Doctor Constantine for help, ditto. All in all, all things considered, fantastic!" he said happily.

Melanie couldn't help but grin at his enthusiasm and she could've sworn that she felt his happiness. It was kind of making her feel giddy but not in a bad way. "Look at you beaming away like a kid at Christmas", she laughed.

The Doctor threw out his arms "And everybody lives! Everybody lives! I need more days like this Elle!"

"Doctor…" Melanie began but the Doctor continued as though he hadn't heard her. Which was probably the case.

"Go on, ask me anything. I'm on fire!"

"What about Jack?" Melanie asked, the Doctor's grin faded.

"What about him?"

"Shouldn't we save him?" Melanie asked "He did put his life on the line stopping the bomb".

Jack was surprised to hear Moonlight Serenade playing behind him. He spins his chair around to see Melanie and the Doctor in a rather awkward position. The Time Lord had told her that he could do more than a slow dance but when she asked for a demonstration…it became clear that he couldn't.

"Oi Captain Flirt! Get in here!" Melanie shouted at him. Jack leaps to his feet and runs out of his ship and into the TARDIS.

"Right and turn" the Doctor spins Melanie around, getting her arm all twisted. "Okay, okay, try and spin me again, but this time don't get my arm up my back!" the Doctor looked sheepish "No extra points for a half-nelson".

"I'm sure I used to know this stuff", the Doctor said rather put out. He turned his attention to Jack "Close the door, will you. Your ship's about to blow up, there's gonna be a draft", he said. Jack hurried over to the door and closed it.

The Doctor flicks a switch and the engines start up. "Welcome to the TARDIS", Melanie said leaning against the console.

"Much bigger on the inside…" Jack commented.

"You'd better be"

"I think what the Doctor's trying to say is…" Melanie was cut off when the Doctor suddenly blurted out.

"I've just remembered!"

"What?" Melanie asked. The music changes to In The Mood, playing out on all the speakers around the console room. The Doctor dances on the spot to it, snapping his fingers.

"I can dance!" he said happily before grabbing Melanie's hands, pulling her to him. Jack watched as the pair danced around the console room. The Doctor suddenly dipped his Bonded making her laugh in delight.