Series 1: Episode 8: Father's Day P1:

Valarie was in the console room, talking with the Doctor about fixed points and Time Lord biology again when Rose walked in, looking at a small picture of her father, Pete Tyler. "Hey Rose! What's up?" Valarie asked, oblivious to Rose's inner turmoil.

"Nothing much." Rose replied in a small voice, still looking down at the photo. She looked at the smiling face and wished she could've known him properly. She'd heard all the stories, some multiple time from her mother but she'd never really known him. She'd never had a proper relationship with, never heard him speak even. And if she did, she couldn't remember. But then she looked up and saw a human from the future and a Time Lord in a blue box that was bigger on the inside. Her smile widened at the sight and she let out a small sigh.

"So, where do you want to go? Valarie wants to go see Boudicca but I'm not sure that's a good idea." The Doctor informed her with a smile, about to get up when he saw Rose's face. "What's wrong?" He asked, his worry showing.

"7th November 1987. The day that Stuart Hoskins and Sarah Clark got married. The day my Dad died. He was always having adventures. That's what Mum always says." Rose reminisced out of nowhere, catching them all by surprise as she turned back into a shy teenager. "So I was thinking, could we? Could we go see my Dad when he still was alive?" Rose asked, finally plucking up the courage to say it. She looked at the Doctor who was eyeing her carefully while Valarie looked on in anticipation. She'd never have guessed what happened next. She would've thought that he would give Rose the same reply as he gave her, telling her about fixed points.

"Where's this come from, all of a sudden?" He asked, not completely blowing it out of the water like he had with her. Ok, exaggeration. He hadn't blown it out of the water but he had certainly dashed all thoughts of it happening. "First Valarie and now you." He elaborated as Rose looked at Valarie in surprise and the brunette looked away in awkwardness. It was obvious what the answer had been.

"Alright then, if we can't, if it goes against the laws of time or something then never mind, just leave it." Rose said, dismissing it as she looked away. She was more than a little disheartened, it was obvious and the Doctor rushed to console her.

"No, I can do anything." He told her, making Valarie raise her eyebrows in the background. She wondered where this was going and momentarily wondered if he was just saying that to please Rose. "I'm just more worried about you." The Doctor finished, getting up off of his chair to look at Rose whose entire face lit up at the prospect of seeing her father again.

"I want to see him." Rose nodded, her determination solidifying as she thought about it.

"Your wish is my command." The Doctor smiled, going to the console panel. "But be careful what you wish for." He warned as they took off, Rose with a grin on her face, the Doctor with steely determination and Valarie with a wary sigh. Soon enough, they landed and Rose ran out quickly, finding herself outside the registrar's office.

Valarie excused herself for a moment, going to change her clothes from a vest and leggings. She had a feeling that it wouldn't be very accepted at a wedding. Rose didn't care, wanting to spend any minute she could get in the presence of her lost father, her and the Doctor rushing to find seats as Valarie changed and walked out in a formal dress, fit for a wedding. She sat down next to Rose and watched as a blond curly haired woman in a wedding dress watched lovingly at the man opposite her. He was stumbling through his vows and Valarie smiled at the nerves. It just made it seem all the more human to her.

"I, Peter Alan Tyler, take you, Jacqueline Andrea Suzette Prentice…" The Vicar told Pete who seemed overwhelmed with the amount of names his soon to be wife had.

"I, Peter Alan Tyler, take you, Jacqueline, Suzan, Suzette… Anita?" Alan spoke, trying his best to remember all of those names.

"Oh just carry on. It's good enough for Lady Di." Jackie told the Vicar, seeming a little annoyed at his messing up but wanting to gloss over the fact on her special day.

"I thought he'd be taller." Rose commented, her eyes sticking to the man on the stage despite her words.

"To be my lawful wedded wife, to love and hold till death us do part." The Vicar spoke, going on with the vows as they repeated, still looking at each other. The ceremony ended but the trio didn't stay, going back to the TARDIS. Valarie sat Rose down in the chair and they both smiled and hugged, comforting each other.

"It was a hit and run driver. He was so close to home. Mum said," Rose was recounting only what he Mum had said, telling them both the story but she needed to stop, her voice choking up with emotion. "Mum said that he was dead when the ambulance got there." She finished the sentence, taking a deep breath. "He died alone. Mum only wished that someone could have been there with him." Rose told them, the tears obvious in her eyes as their hearts broke at the sight. "I want to be that someone, so he doesn't die alone." She pleaded, Valarie keeping her mouth shut as she simply watched, not wanting to interfere.

"November the 7th?" The Doctor asked, not hesitating. Valarie took a small breath, trying to be indiscreet as she tried to keep calm and not flip out. This entire line of events was infuriating her beyond belief. Of course, she kept trying to calm herself and remind herself that her life was not Rose's but every time she tried, it barely worked at all.

"1987." Rose finished, trying to keep herself calm as excitement filled her at the thought of seeing her father again.

"Off we go." Valarie murmured to herself, the rage monster inside her starting to stir. They took off and the brunette simply sat in the chair that Rose had evacuated, not moving, even as the TARDIS stuck a shaky landing. Rose walked out as soon as she could, looking up at the sky.

"It's so weird." She commented, looking around. Valarie took a moment to walk out, hoping to give them a hint although neither of them took it. "The day my father died, I thought it'd be all sort of grim and stormy. It's just an ordinary day." She spoke, almost confused as she walked.

"The past is another country. 1987's just the Isle of White." The Doctor told her, his unnatural wisdom showing as he looked at the rest of the world around them.

"Rose, are you sure about this?" Valarie asked, hoping to keep her breathing under control and not as short and angry.

"Yeah." Rose replied, determined as ever.

"Doctor? You sure this isn't a fixed point?" Valarie whispered as Rose walked around the corner.

"Valarie, I'm sorry." The Doctor apologised, understanding what she was talking about almost immediately. He began to try and explain before Valarie cut him off.

"These are different situations. I understand." She sighed, walking off after Rose and trying to keep her annoyance in check as she stood next to Rose who knew the way exactly.

"This is it. Jordan Road. He was late. He'd been to get a wedding present, a vase. Mum always said, "That stupid vase."" Rose explained, mainly talking to herself as she held both Valarie and the Doctor's hands for support. "He got out of his car," She narrated as Pete pulled up onto the side of the road. "And crossed the road." They watched as Pete Tyler get out of the car and another car start to drive down the road. "Oh God, this is it." She breathed as her father reached back into the car to reach for the vase.

They watched as the car came racing at the man, his hand holding up to cover his face before the car crashed into him. Like Rose had said, he ran him over and just drove off quickly. The vase lay in pieces on the road behind him and Peter Alan Tyler looked up at the sky alone.

Valarie let out a barely audible gasp while Rose flinched away from the scene. The ex-soldier had seen much in her time but she had hoped that that life was behind her. That she may never have to watch another death again, but it seemed that life with the Doctor only came with more.

"Go to him, quick." The Doctor urged as Rose watched in horror. Valarie couldn't help but let her mind wander to the amount of death she'd seen by merely being associated with the Doctor for one day, yet alone Eva and the countless others the Editor had enslaved. The Doctor may not remember them, but Valarie sure did. And she wasn't forgetting any time soon. And she couldn't help but be angry at the amount she'd let happen, without the tiniest thought of how they could be prevented.

"Rose-" Valarie began, all jealousy and anger gone as she looked at the distraught teenager. She was cut off by the 19 year old running off behind the brick wall with tears streaming down her face. "Rose!" She shouted, rushing after her with the Doctor.

"I'm sorry, I just couldn't." Rose apologised, wiping away the tears.

"It's ok, its ok. Don't worry." Valarie told her, hugging her and soothing the girl.

"It's too late now, he was dead when the ambulance got there." Rose recounted, more floods of tears blotting her face as they listened to the sirens. "He can't die on his own. Can I try again?" She asked, wiping them away.

"Doctor? Of course we can can't we?" Valarie nodded, all other emotions replaced with a fierce protectiveness of Rose again. Before, she still did love Rose as one of her best friends yet the past events of almost betrayal from the Doctor had almost severed that. But seeing her now, the young girl in all her emotional capacity, Valarie silently vowed to always protect her. The Doctor himself, saw that and released a sigh, knowing he had no chance of arguing against the two.

So off to the TARDIS it was, to go back into their timeline, a few moments ago. They stood by the brick wall, looking over at their former selves. "Right, that's the first us. It's a very bad idea, two sets of us being here at the same time. Just be careful they don't see us. Wait till she runs off and he follows, then go to your dad." The Doctor told them, trying to make sure they properly knew the consequences of getting caught.

"Oh God, this is it." The Rose from before spoke, looking straight ahead.

"I can't do this." Rose from now breathed, her nerves getting the best of her.

"You don't have to do anything you don't want to, but this is the last time we can be here." The Doctor told her, trying to persuade her, telling her exactly what was happening. That there couldn't be another chance at this. She had to decide now.

"Rose, Rose look at me. You can do this." Valarie told her, trying to coach her as she heard the other car driving down the road again. Rose looked away at her father and started to move, her hand slipping out of Valarie's who tried to grab it again to stop her. "Rose!" She shouted at the same time as the Doctor as she ran into Pete, moving them out of the way of the car.

"Rose no!" The Doctor shouted as she completed the deed. The car drove on and the two people on the road lived. The vase stayed intact and Valarie's heart broke instead.

"I did it. I saved you." Rose breathed on the road as Valarie rushed over, helping them up.

"Rose! Are you ok?" She asked the girl who was beaming from ear to ear.

"I'm fine. I did it." Rose repeated, unable to believe herself.

"Yeah." Valarie agreed but with a less optimistic tone as she looked behind her at the Doctor who was barely fighting anger on his face. She let out a sigh, looking between a man who should be dead and isn't and a daughter glad to have her father back. "You did it." She admitted, a sense of dread weighing down on her. They all went back to Pete's house, Rose having convinced Pete that they were going to Sarah Clark's wedding as well. Valarie and the Doctor both felt the uneasiness. The Doctor seemed angrier than anything else and Valarie was constantly looking around as if someone would come and reprimand them.

Her mind was racing over all of the knowledge she'd read in the books about changing fixed points and what it meant for the very fabric of time. She only snapped out of it when the Doctor closed the door with a little more force than usual. "There you go. If you want a cup of tea, kitchens down there, milk's in the fridge. Well it would be, wouldn't it? Where else would you put the milk?" He asked, joking a little.

"Mind you, there's always the windowsill outside. I always thought that if someone invented a little windowsill with special compartments; you know, one for milk, one for yoghurt; you could make a lot of money out of that, sell it to students and things. I should write that down." He spoke, mainly to himself as he walked away. "Anyway, never mind that. Excuse me for a minute, I've got to go and change." He smiled, going past them into another room.

"All the stuff Mum kept. His stuff." Rose pointed out, walking over to things. "She kept it all packed away in boxes. She used to show me when she'd had a bit to drink. Here it is, on display. Where it should be. Third prize at the bowling. First two got to go to Didcot. Health drinks! Tonics, Mum used to call them. He made his money selling this Vitex stuff. He had all sorts of jobs, he was so clever." Rose smiled, bending down to appreciate the work her father did. "Solar power! Mum said he was going to do this, now he can." She smiled, still putting off the obvious as the Doctor continued to glare at her. "Ok look, I'll tell him you're not my boyfriend." Rose soothed, getting the wrong idea.

"When we met, I said, "Travel with me in space." You said no." The Doctor spoke suddenly, recounting their first adventure. "Then I said "Time machine"" He finished, making it clear what he thought.

"It wasn't some big plan." Rose began. "I just saw it happening and I thought, "I can stop it."" She defended, not being very eloquent against the Doctor.

"I did it again. I picked another stupid ape! I should've known. It's not about showing you the universe, it never is. It's about the universe doing something for you." He glared, annoying Rose.

"Hey, we're not all stupid apes." Valarie half-heartedly defended, her voice quiet in the midst of their raging argument. Her whole time on the TARDIS had led up to this, she was always a passenger, trying to learn and study and keep quiet, but now. Now she wanted to do this for herself. She wanted to show the Doctor that she was worthy of travelling with him and in the TARDIS. She was worthy of seeing time and space and she wanted to prove that to not only the Doctor, but herself.

"So it's ok when YOU go to other times and YOU save other people's lives but not when it's me, saving my dad?" Rose accused, her temper flaring up.

"I know what I'm doing. YOU don't! Two sets of us being there made that a vulnerable point." The Doctor clarified, bringing up a thought to Valarie's mind. A very dangerous, potential life-ending thought.

"But he's alive!" Rose shouted as if that solved everything.

"My entire planet died; my whole family. Do you think it never occurred to me to go back and save them?" The Doctor challenged back, getting personal.

"Doctor. The TARDIS." Valarie tried to calm him down, looking him in the eye. "If there's anything good about this is that maybe I can test out that theory." She joked a little as the Doctor understood what she meant. Of course, Valarie felt a little sore from the 'stupid ape' comment but she could understand where the Doctor was coming from.

"But it's not like I've changed history. Not much." Rose defended, not seeing their whole conversation. "I mean, he's never going to be a world leader. He'd not going to start World War 3 or anything."

"Rose, there's a man alive in the world who wasn't alive before." The Doctor told her, taking the calm approach as he tried to get her to understand why this was so bad. "An ordinary man. That's the most important thing in creation. The whole world's different, because he's alive!" He finished.

"What, would you rather him dead?" Rose challenged, making Valarie cringe in the background. This was just getting worse and worse. Calming the Doctor down worked, for a moment. Now it just seemed like Rose's temper was going to start him up again.

"I'm not saying that." The Doctor defended.

"No, I get it. For once, you're not the most important man in my life!" She shouted at him, pushing the Doctor over the edge.

"Let's see how you get on without me then. Give me the key." He demanded, shocking her. "The TARDIS key. If I'm so insignificant, give it me back." He told her, holding out his hand as Rose reached into her pocket and slammed it down into his palm.

"Alright then I will." She finished, looking at him defiantly.

"Valarie, take the key. Get to the TARDIS and call me when you get there." The Doctor turned to the fellow time traveller who was just as shocked at the line of events that had just unfolded as they were. She looked at them with her mouth gaping wide open, taking the key in her hand. He turned back to Rose who was watching him hand over her key to someone else and tried to stand tall and defiant through it all. "You've got what you wanted so that's goodbye then." The Doctor told her, moving back as he gave up on her.

"Doctor-" Valarie begun, hoping to save their relationship.

"No Valarie. I'm not going to make the same mistake twice. I'm not going to travel with another stupid ape. You seem to be the only exception to that rule." He complimented, looking at Valarie who was staring at Rose and the Doctor. She was torn between saving their only way out of the place and the Doctor and Rose's relationship.

"You don't scare me!" Rose stated, rushing after him as he went to the entrance of the flat. "I know how sad you are. You'll be back in a minute." She told him brashly, only prompting him to not do what she said. "Or you'll hang around outside the TARDIS waiting for me." She added as the Doctor ignored her, pulling Valarie out the door with him. "And I'll make you wait a long time!" She shouted after them as she slammed the doors in their faces. The Doctor was already pulling Valarie along as she grasped the key in her hand. Once they were far enough away, she looked at the alien.

"Doctor, are you really going to leave her there?" She asked, horror written on her features.

"Of course not, I have to put her back in her right time and place and then we're done. No more. She is not travelling with us anymore." He finished, storming off.

"Just wait for her. Please. Promise me you'll do that. She might surprise you." She tried to persuade him, looking him in the eyes.

"She already did." The Doctor replied and Valarie sighed before looking up in front of her, seeing flashes of some creature.

"Did you see that?" She asked the Doctor distractedly, looking up at the creature again.

"Yes, am I'm pretty sure it isn't good." The Doctor told her, both of them increasing their paces as they began to jog to the blue box. "Run!" He shouted as they both sped up, racing to the blue box. Valarie got to the TARDIS first, having had a head start and opened the doors, running in to see the TARDIS with red alarms ringing all around her. The shocked Valarie tried to run out of the room quickly but the doors shut as the Doctor got there.

"Doctor!" Valarie screamed, banging on the door.

"Valarie!" The Doctor shouted back, fumbling in his pockets to find his key. "Hold on!" He told her, trying to calm down the frantic woman as she smashed her fists into the wood doors repeatedly.

"Doctor!" She yelled again, the alarms getting louder. She had no idea if it was just her but she swore they were getting louder and quicker, scaring her more. Suddenly she was thrown back, away from the doors as the TARDIS took off. She had no idea what had happened but when it calmed down and the red lights dimmed, she ran to the doors, throwing them open and seeing a void of darkness.

"Valarie!" The Doctor called and for some reason she couldn't fathom she could still hear it in the darkness.

"Doctor!" She shouted back, her voice letting slip a questioning tone.

"Valarie?" He asked, confused as to how he could still hear her when the box was empty. "Where are you?" The Doctor shouted, hoping to make it through. His voice was audible but still sounded like it was going through water and she had to strain to hear him properly.

"I don't know. Some sort of void of darkness. There's nothing outside the walls. Nothing." She told him, her voice a little clearer than his but not enough to make a proper difference.

"What does the TARDIS look like?" He asked, knowing there was a lot to tell about the situation by how the TARDIS was reacting.

"Red lights everywhere. They've dimmed a bit from when the TARDIS was still on Earth but the whole TARDIS is still red." Valarie described, not knowing what importance it served but trusting the Doctor. "Doctor?" She asked while he processed the information. "What about Rose? Something's wrong with time, something especially went wrong in that time. That's where it all started. Something's going to happen there. Go find her now. At the church." Valarie ordered, refusing to let anything happen to her new friends.

"Yeah, Rose. I need to find Rose." He told her, sonicing the empty box to keep the signal with him.

"Go. Go quickly!" Valarie shouted, urging him along as he ran off. Valarie sat in the box, looking around at the new place she was stuck in. She closed the doors behind her, not wanting to scare some poor person looking for help in a police box. The silence was deafening and after a while, Valarie found herself going over to the doors again and tentatively stretching her arms out of the box to see what was out there. A cold, tingling feeling overtook her hand as she stretched further and further. She closed her eyes to move it around and see what else could be there.

She was reluctant to leave the bubble of safety and pulled her hand back in when she felt some sort of tree or branch. She stood, waiting by the side of the doors, looking out into the darkness before closing the doors and setting off resolutely down the corridors of the TARDIS and pulling out a torch from under her pillow in her room. She ran back and opened the doors again, shining it into the darkness and seeing a horrifying face. It had piercing red eyes, as if to eat and they were currently positioned with a horrifying smile, ready to swallow.

Valarie screamed and dropped the torch, falling backwards and using her hands to propel her back. She kicked the doors closed and breathed hard, trying to keep calm like she knew the Doctor and Rose needed her to.

Meanwhile, the Doctor had been running full speed and had finally found the church, running down the road towards it. "Rose!" He shouted, getting her attention as she turned around with a triumphant smile on her face. "Get in the church!" He urged as she turned to see a monster with its wings open hissing at her. She screamed and before it could attack, the Doctor pulled both of them to the ground and rushed them to the entrance of the church where the bride and family were waiting.

"Get in the church!" He shouted again to the people as another monster materialised out of thin air in the middle of the path.

"Oh my God. What are they? What are they?" A woman screamed, terror getting the best of her.

"Inside!" The Doctor shouted, pointing to the entrance as he led the group. The monster opened its wings as to attack again and the groom tried to run to his bride.

"Sarah!" He yelled, rushing to her before the Doctor shouted new orders.

"Stay in there!" He pointed to the church, making him rethink but sadly, the groom's father decided to run and attracted the attention of the monster, making it attack him. He fell to the floor and the monster's wings closed around him and a sickening crunching sound could be heard along with screaming. While it was distracted, the bride tried to make a run for it, only stopping in her tracks when another monster materialised and stopped her. This one targeted the Vicar who was devoured in the same way as the groom's father. "In!" The Doctor shouted, pushing everyone towards the church. He closed the doors as everyone inside freaked out.

"They can't get in. Old windows and doors ok? The older something is, the stronger it is." The Doctor spoke, mainly to himself as he looked around. "What else?" He asked, making sure they were secure. He'd just lost Valarie, he wasn't going to lose anyone else. "Go and check the other doors. Move!" He shouted to the people standing around as they worried over what had happened.

"What's happening?" A woman asked, rushing after him. "What are they? What are they?!" She repeated frantically, grabbing his arm.

"There's been an accident in time. A wound in time. They're like bacteria, taking advantage." The Doctor explained, moving from door to door.

"What d'you mean time? What you jabbering on about, time?" She asked, not understanding.

"Oh, I might've known you'd argue." The Doctor told her, looking at a younger version of Jackie Tyler. The same woman who'd slapped him on their 1st proper meeting. "Jackie, I'm sick of you complaining-"

"How'd you know my name?" She asked accusingly.

"I haven't got the time for this." The Doctor moaned as she drowned him out.

"I've never met you in my life!" She shouted and he saw his chance to cut in.

"No, and you never will unless I sort this out. Now if you don't mind, I've waited a long time to say this. Jackie Tyler, do as I say! Go and check the doors!" He ordered, pointing at the far side of the church as Rose's mother stood there, finally subdued in her temper as she stared at the Doctor.

"Yes sir." She finished, shaken from everything that had happened as she went to go do what he said.

"I should've done that ages ago." The Doctor smiled to himself, almost bouncing on the spot. The groom took Jackie's place in front of the Doctor and began to talk.

"My dad was out there." He stated and the Doctor interrupted.

"You can mourn him later. Right now, we've got to concentrate on keeping ourselves alive." The Doctor instructed, hoping he would listen.

"My dad had-" He began but was again interrupted by the Time Lord. "No!" The groom spoke louder to subdue the Doctor this time. "But he had this phone thing. I can't get it to work. I keep getting this voice." He told the Doctor, handing him a brick phone and putting it against his ear to listen to the same sentence over and over again.

"Watson, come here. I need you. Watson, come here. I need you." It repeated, like a broken record.

"That's the very first phone call. Alexander Graham Bell." The Doctor smiled at the groom, educating him. "I don't think the telephone's going to be much use." He told him, dashing his hopes as he jumped off.

"But someone must've called the police!" He shouted after him.

"The police can't help you now. No one can. Nothing in this universe can harm those things. Time's been damaged, and they've come to sterilise the wound, by consuming everything inside." He told everyone as he walked around over to them.

"Is this because…?" Rose asked, trailing off as the guilt of what had happened to those other people set in. "Is this my fault?" She asked again, revising the question. The Doctor didn't answer, simply walked away. They went to discover another part of the church, securing those with the keys as well. Pete went with the Doctor, leaving the baby with Jackie.

"There's smoke coming up from the city but no sirens. I, I don't think it's just us. I think those things are all over the place." He told the Doctor, putting the keys down on the table. "Maybe the whole world." He suggested as the Doctor watched a car drive into the window view from nowhere and then drive back out into nowhere. "Was that a car?" Pete asked, looking outside as well.

"It's not important. Don't worry about it." The Doctor dismissed, walking away.

"Excuse me, Mr um…." Stuart asked politely, walking up to him.

"Doctor." He corrected.

"You seem to know what's going on." He stated.

"I give that impression yeah." The Doctor replied as he drew back a few curtains to reveal another door to lock and keep shut.

"I just wanted to ask-" Stuart started politely but Sarah interrupted.

"Can you save us?" She asked, fear and terror laced in her voice, the combination stopping the Doctor as he soniced the door. She reminded him of Valarie. Brown hair and eyes and the terror never stopping her from speaking how she needed to. He'd failed Valarie back in the TARDIS, he wouldn't fail this woman. He got the sense that if she hadn't gone with them, this would've been her wedding. Not right there and then but, the life she could've led. A nice marriage, a child on the way. A normal life, not the one she'd been pulled into with the TARDIS.

"Who are you two then?" He asked, moving up towards them.

"Stuart Hoskins."

"Sarah Clark." They spoke in order.

"And one extra." The Doctor stated, looking down at the small bump growing on Sarah. "Boy or girl?" He asked.

"I don't know. I don't want to know really." She told him, massaging her stomach.

"How did all this get started?" The Doctor asked.

"Outside the Beatbox club, 2 in the morning." Stuart started, smiling affectionately at Sarah.

"Street corner, I'd lost my purse, didn't have money for a taxi." Sarah added on.

"I took her home." Stuart smiled, looking down at his feet like a schoolkid.

"Then what? Asked her for a date?" The Doctor asked, genuinely interested in how these relationships worked. He pictured Valarie in the exact same position. The same story, could've been her and another Stuart. Someone she could've been with instead of lost on a TARDIS.

"Wrote his number on the back of my hand." Sarah smiled, looking at her hand as if picturing the number.

"Never got rid of her since!" Stuart smiled, looking at Sarah with such love in his eyes that the Doctor felt as if he was intruding. "My dad said…" He trailed off, remembering what had happened to his dad and Sarah placed a hand on his arm, comforting him. A screech from outside echoed through the church and they all looked up.

"I don't know what this is all about, and I know we're not important-" Sarah began, cut off by the Doctor.

"Who said you're not important?" The Doctor asked, almost offended that she'd say something like that. "I've travelled to all sorts of places, done things you couldn't even imagine, but... you two." He smiled at the confused couple. "Street corner, two in the morning, getting a taxi home." He quoted in awe, making them smile as they looked at each other. I've never had a life like that." He told them sincerely, the sadness obvious as he made them feel special about their story. Because it was theirs, and it was something they had together.

He knew that if Valarie had gotten married and this had happened to her, she would probably have said something similar to that and he never wanted that to happen. He wanted her to know and to see how special she was. How special humanity was and why he kept coming back to Earth. "Yes. I'll try and save you." He replied in order to their initial question. He was saying that to Sarah and Valarie. Yes, he would try and save them. Yes, he would try and save them all. As many as he could.

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