The Doctor, Rose and Piper stepped out of the Tardis. "Right," the Doctor said looking at Rose. "It's the year 200,000, it's a spaceship, no, hold on. Space station, go and try that gate over there." He said, pointing at a gate. "Off you go." He leaned against the Tardis and waited. His companions always thought his favourite part was the travelling and saving people but it wasn't. It was seeing his companions faces as they saw something new. He loved it.

Rose turned to him. "200,000?" She asked.

"200,000," he confirmed.

"Okay," Rose nodded, looking around. The Doctor grinned and moved to stand next to Piper.

"Adam, out you come!" Rose called. The Tardis doors opened and Adam stepped out, looking around in awe.

"Oh my god," he said, awestruck. Rose grinned.

"Don't worry, you get used to it."

"Where are we?"

"Good question," Rose said, getting ready to impress him. "Let's see. Judging by the architecture, I'd say we're in the year...200,000."

Adam nodded, looking at her like she knew everything. Piper had to turn to the Doctor in an effort to supress her laughter at Rose's attempt.

"If you listen to the engines...we're on some sort of space station. Yep, definately a space station."

Piper could supress it anymore and the Doctor noticed. He grinned as an idea came to him. He could tell she was about to burst so he moved to stand behind her, covering her mouth with his hand. Rose and Adam didn't seem to notice this. They went over to try the gate, the Doctor releasing Piper who turned to smile at him. "Thanks for that. I don't think I would have been able to hold it in anymore."

He smiled back. "Anytime," he said warmly. He took her hand in his and moved to follow the others. They entered the gate to see the Earth.

"And this is..." Rose trailed off, staring at the Earth. The view was beautiful and it reminded Piper of the Doctor.

"I'll let the Doctor describe it," Rose said, stunned.

"The fourth great and bountiful human empire, at its height. Population 96 billion. The hub of a galactic domain, stretching across a million planets, a million species, with mankind sitting right in the middle."

Adam stood beside Rose. He opened his mouth but no words came out. Piper jumped when he suddenly fainted.

"He's your boyfriend," The Doctor half teased, half stated.

"Not anymore," Rose sighed in disappointment. She didn't even glance at Adam. The Doctor didn't want to wait for Adam but Rose insisted. He told her if she wanted to wait for him, she could, but he wanted to explore. He changed his mind, however, when Piper said she wanted to wait too.

Once he woke up, they went exploring. "You're gonna love this," the Doctor was saying. "The human race, at its most intelligent. Culture, art, politics. This era has fine food, good manners-" The Doctor was interrupted rudely when a man bumped into him.

"Out of the way!" The man snapped rudely. Piper was not amused by the man's manners - or lack of. She scowled at the man's back.

"Fine cuisine?" Rose asked, looking at the food.

The Doctor frowned and looked down at his watch. "My watch must be wrong. No, it's fine, that's weird."

"That's what happens when you show off," Rose smirked. "You're history's not as good as you thought it was."

"My history's perfect," he scoffed.

"But they're all human. What about the millions of planets? The species? Where are they all?" Adam asked in wonder.

"Good question," the Doctor said sounding slightly surprised. "Actually that is a good question." He looked at Adam and put his arm around the boy's shoulders. "Adam, me mate, you must be starving."

"No, just a bit homesick."

"Nah, what you need is some grub." The Doctor called to one of the men that seemed to be selling food. "Oi, mate. How much is a cronk burger?"

"Two credits thirty, sweetheart. Now join the queue," he told them.

The Doctor patted his coat. "Money, we need money. Have to use a cash point." The watched as he pulled out his sonic screwdriver and used it on what looked like an ATM. A metal strip fell out and Rose stared at it in disappointment. Was that it? The Doctor handed the strip to Adam. "There you are, pocket money. Don't spend it all on sweets."

Adam watched in confusion as the Doctor began to walk away. "How does it work?" He called.

The Doctor walked back and sighed. "Go find out. Stop nagging me! The thing is, Adam, time travels like visiting Paris. You can't just read the guide book, you've got to throw yourself in. Eat the food, use the wrong verbs, get charged double and end up kissing complete strangers!"

Piper burst out laughing. The Doctor frowned. "Or is that just me? Stop asking questions! Go and do it!"

Adam walked away and Rose made to follow him. "Off you go then. Your first date," the Doctor smirked.

"You're gonna get a smack, you are!"

The Doctor grinned as she walked away. While he didn't exactly like the boy, he was happy that Rose had someone else to spend time with.

"And what about me?" Piper crossed her arms. "Where do I go?"

"You're coming with me." The Doctor was happy to spend time with her. This was his chance to get to know her more. He grabbed her hand. "Right, c'mon. This way." They stopped in front of two women. One had dark skin, her hair was braided. The other had short, light brown hair and looked more friendly than her friend. She smiled at them kindly.

"This might sound daft, but could you tell us where we are?"

They looked at him strangely. "Floor 139. Could they write it any bigger?" The dark skinned woman said sarcastically. Piper frowned. She didn't like her attitude.

"Floor 139 of what?" The Doctor asked.

"Must've been one hell of a party," the woman said.

"You're on Satellite 5," the kind looking woman said.

"And what's Satellite 5?"

"Oh, come on. How can you get on board without knowing where you are?"

"Look at me. I'm stupid."

"Hold on a second. Are you a test? A management kind of test?" The brunette asked.

"You've got me. Well done. You're too clever." He whipped out his phsychic paper and showed them. The girl's eyes widened.

"We were warned about this is basic training."

The Doctor crossed his arms. The dark skinned girl looked excited. "Right, fire away. Ask you're questions. If it gets me to floor 500, I'll do anything," she told them, playing with her hair.

The Doctor frowned. "Why, what happens on floor 500?"

She gave him a strange look. "The walls are made of gold. And you should know, Mr. Management."

It took Piper everything she had not to laugh at her desperate attempts to get what she wanted.

"So," she continued, walking off. "This is what we do."

They followed her to some screens. Piper and the Doctor listened as she explained what was happening on each of the screens.

"I get it, you broadcast the news."

The girl frowned. "We ARE the news. We're the journalists. We write it, package it and sell it. 600 channels all coming out of Satelite 5 broadcasting everywhere."

Up on floor 500, a pale man with pure white hair looked at a screen showing the Doctor and the others. "Something is wrong. Something fictional."

He bent over beside a frozen black man and pointed to the screen. "Those people. Security check. Go deep." He told him.

"Now, everybody behave. We have a management inspection. How'd you want it? By the book?"

"Oh right from scratch thanks," the Doctor said.

"Okay, so, ladies, gentlemen, multi-sex, undecided or robot, my name is Cathica. That's Cathica with a C in case you were wondering. Now please feel free to answer any questions, the process of news gathering must be open, honest and beyond bias. That's company policy." She turned to smile widely at the Doctor.

"Actually, um, it's the law," Suki said.

"Yes, thank you Suki," Cathica said, glaring at her. "Okay, keep it calm, don't show off for the guests and here we go," she said lying down on a chair.

Piper rolled her eyes at the obvious display. If anyone was showing off it was her.

"And engage safety..." She clicked her fingers and her forehead opened revealing her brain. Everyone placed their hands out in front of them. The walls around them lit up. "And 3...2...and spike." A blue light hit Cathica's forehead.

"Compressed information streaming into her. Reports from every city, every country, every planet and they all get packaged inside her head. She becomes part of the software, her brain IS the computer," the Doctor explained.

"If it all goes through her she must be a genius," Rose said.

"Nah, she wouldn't remember it. There's too much, her head will blow brain's the processer and as soon as it closes, she forgets."

"So what about all these people around the edge?" Rose asked pointing to them.

"They've all got tiny little chips in their heads connecting them to her and they transmit 600 channels. Every single fact in the empire beams out of this place. Now that's what I call power."

Piper coughed. "Ahem," she said, her eyebrows raised.

The Doctor looked at her frowning. "What?"

"If you want power, you got me!" She pouted.

The Doctor let out a chuckle. "I know that."

"You alright," Rose asked Adam.

"I can see her brain."

"You wanna get out?"

"No, no. this...this is technology. Its amazing."

Piper glanced at the Doctor. He didn't look happy. "This technology's wrong," he stated.

"Trouble?" Rose grinned.

"Oh yeah."

Suddenly, Suki pulled her hands away. She gasped.

"Come off it Suki! I wasn't even half way. What was that for?" She snapped.

"Sorry," she muttered. "Must've been a glitch."

"Her information's been tampered with. There's a second biography hidden underneath."

A voice from above began talking.

"Yes sir...absolutely sir...yeah, well her data was encrypted so there was no way we could have found her sooner. Yeah...sorry sir...absolutely. Get her up here. Now!"

The words promotion suddenly appeared on a screen in the room. "Come on, this is it. C'mon!" Cathica pleaded desperately. "My God, make it me. C'mon say my name, say my name."

Promotion for: Suki Macrae Cantrell the voice said. Suki was stunned. Cathica was annoyed.

"I don't believe it. Floor 500,"

"How the hell did you manage that? I'm above you!"

"I don't know, I just applied on the off chance. And they said yes!"

"That's so not fair. I've been applying to floor 500 for three years."

"What's floor 500?" Rose whispered.

"The walls are made of gold."

"Cathica, I'm gonna miss you. Floor 500, thank you."

"I didn't do anything," the Doctor protested.

"Well you're my lucky charms," she smiled. Piper couldn't help but smile too.

"Alright, I'll hug anyone," he said pulling the brunette into a hug.

"Come on, it's not that bad," Rose said to Adam.

"What with the...the head thing?"

"Yeah well she's closed it now."

"Yeah but it...it's everything. It freaks me out. Maybe I can just go and sit on the observation deck? Would that be alright?"

"Do you want me to come with ya?"

"No, no. You stick with the Doctor. You'd rather be with him."

Rose didn't know what to say to that so she said nothing. Instead, she pulled out the Tardis key. "Here you go. Take this, just in case it gets too much."

Adam nodded and took the key. Rose watched as he walked away. She didn't see the smirk on his face.

Rose, the Doctor, Piper and Cathica watched as Suki walked into the elevator. "Say goodbye to Steve for me," she said before the doors closed. "Goodbye!"

"Good riddence," Cathica muttered.

Piper glared at her coldly. What the hell is it with this chick? "What's your problem?" She demanded coldly.

Cathica looked at her in surprise. "What do you mean?"

"I mean you and your attitude. The way you've been acting towards Suki the whole time we've been here. I can smell the desperation and jealousy from all the way across the room. You're really that upset that she got what you wanted? Your not really much of a friend are you?"

Cathica looked stunned. Rose's eyes widened. The Doctor watched on in amusement and slight surprise. Rose felt awkward. The Doctor either didn't notice or ignored the tension between them. Cathica ignored Piper's question.

"You're talking like you'll never see her again. She's only going upstairs."

"We won't. Once you go to floor 500, you never come back."

After talking to Cathica, the Doctor had gone to a control panel. Rose and Piper stood by watching him. Cathica was uneasy. She didn't want to get caught. But she couldn't just leave him to mess around with it either. "It's nothing to do with me. I'm going back to work," she tried to threaten.

"Go on then, see ya."

This made her stop and turn around. "I can't just leave you, can I?"

"If you wanna be useful, get them to turn the heating down. What's wrong with this place? Can't they do something about it?"

"I don't know, we keep asking. Something to do with the turbines."

"Something to do with the turbines," he said mocking her.

"Well I don't know."

"Exactly. I give up on you Cathica. Now Rose, look at Rose. Rose is asking the right kind of questions."

"Thank you."

"Why is it so hot?"

"One minute you're worried about the empire, the next it's the central heating!"

"Never underestimate plumbing. Plumbing's very important."

He pulled out what could have been mistaken for a small television screen. "Here we go, Satellite 5. Pipes and plumbing, look at the layout."

He moved so Cathica could see. "This is ridicules. You've got access to the computer's core. You could look at the archive, the news, the stock exchange...and you're looking at pipes?"

"But there's something wrong," he pointed out.

She turned back to the screen. "I suppose."

"What's wrong?" Piper asked.

"The ventilation system. Cooling ducts, ice filters all working flat out channeling massive amounts of heat...down."

The Doctor nodded. "All the way from the top."

"Floor 500," Rose said.

"Something up there is generating tons of heat."

"Well I don't know about you but I feel like I'm missing out on a party. It's all going on upstairs. Fancy a trip?"

"You can't, you need a key."

"Keys are just codes and I've got the code right here," he leaned forwards and pressed a few buttons. The code came up on the screen.

"How come it's giving you the code?" Cathica demanded.

"Someone up there likes me."

They waved goodbye to Cathica. "Don't mention my name. When you get into trouble, don't involve me."

"That's her gone, Adam's given up. Look's like it's just us."

"Yep."

"Good."

As soon as the doors opened and they stepped out, they frowned at the sight. It was like a winter wonderland. The floors were covered in snow. It was freezing!

"The walls are not made of gold. You two should go back downstairs," he said.

"Tough," Rose said. Piper nodded in agreement.

It didn't take them long to find what they were looking for. He was waiting for them. "I started without you," he said. He chuckled. "This is facinating."

Piper spotted Suki and grabbed Rosse's arm to get her attention. Rose looked over and saw her too. "Suki? Suki! Hello? Can you hear me? Suki? What have you done?"

"I think she's dead."

"She's...working."

"They've all got chips in their heads and the chips keep going. Like puppets."

"Oh, you're full of information but it's only fair we get some information back because apparently you're no one. It's so rare not to know something. Who are you?"

"It doesn't matter cause we're off. Nice to meet you, c'mon." He turned to leave but was stopped by two people. Rose turned to get up but was grabbed by Suki. Piper was the only one free.

"Tell me who you are."

"Since that information's keeping us alive, I'm hardly gonna say, am I?"

"Well perhaps my editer in chief can convince you otherwise."

"And who's that?"

"It may interest you to know that this is not the fourth great and bountiful human empire, in fact it's not actually human at all. It's merely a place where human's happen to live."

He stopped suddenly, as if he were listening to someone. "Yeah...sorry...yeah...sorry...it's a place where human's are allowed to live by kind permission of my client." He snapped his fingers and pointed upwards. They looked up to see a slimey monster with sharp pointed teeth. The thing didn't have any eyes or a nose.

"What is that?" Rose asked nervously. Piper could hear the slight fear in her voice.

"You mean that thing's in charge of Satellite 5?"

"That thing as you put it, is in charge of the human race. For almost a hundred years mankind has been shaped and guided. His knowledge and ambition strictly controlled by its broadcast news edited by my superior, your master and humanity's guiding light, the mighty Jagrafess of the Holy Hadrojassic Maxarodenfoe. I call him Max."

Downstairs, Cathica wondered around, thinking about the previous conversations she had with the Doctor. She couldn't help but feel the doubt that came with his words. She walked back to the screen, quickly typing the code into the lift. The doors closed behind her.

Upstairs, the Editer had trapped Rose and the Doctor in manacles. They had tried to do the same with Piper but she had created a shield around her, preventing them from getting close.

"So all the people on Earth are like slaves?" Rose asked.

"Well, now, there's an interesting point. Is a slave a slave if he doesn't know he's enslaved?"

"Yes!" Piper and the Doctor said at the same time.

"Oh, I was hoping for a philosophical debate. Is that all I'm gonna get, yes?"

"Yes."

The Editer laughed. "You're no fun."

"Let me out of these manacles, you'll find out how much fun I am," the Doctor replied, holding up his wrists.

"Ohh, he's tough isn't he? But c'mon, isn't it a great system? You've got to admire it just a little bit."

"You can't hide something on this scale. Somebody must have noticed."

"From time to time someone, yes. But the computer chip system allows me to see inside their brains, I can see the smallest doubt and crush it!"

The Doctor's eyes caught something and he looked to see Cathica. He turned his gaze back to the Editer, hoping he hadn't seen her. "What about you, you're not a...jagra...belly-"

"Jagrafess," he interrupted her helpfully.

"Jagrafess. You're not a Jagrafess, you're human."

"Yeah well, simply being human doesn't pay very well," he scoffed.

"But you couldn't have done this on your own."

"No. I represent a consortium of banks. Money prefers a long time investment. Also the Jagrafess needed a little hand to um, install himself," he wispered the last part of the sentence.

"No wonder a creature that size. What's his lifespan?"

"3000 years."

"That's one hell of a metabolism generating all that heat. That's why it's so hot. You pump it out the creature, channel it downstairs, Jagrafess stays cool, stays alive. Satellite 5 is a great big life support system."

The Editer sent shockwaves to the Doctor. "Leave her alone. I'm the Doctor, she's Rose Tyler and that over there is Piper Rose Halliwell."

"Tell me who you are!" The Editer insisted.

"I just told you!" The Doctor insisted.

"Yeah but who do you work for? Who sent you? Who knows about us? Who exactly-" he stopped talking, cutting himself off. He paused for a moment before holding his hands towards the Doctor, smiling. "Timelord."

This shocked the Doctor. How did he know what he was? "What?"

"Ohh yes! The last of the Time lords and his travelling machine. Oh with his little human girlfriend from long ago."

"I don't know what your talking about," he lied.

"Time travel."

"Someone's been telling you lies."

"Young master Adam Mitchell," he clicked his fingers and an image of Adam appeared on the screen.

"Oh my God, his head."

The Doctor was furious. "What the hell's he done? What the hell's he gone and done?! They're reading his mind, he's telling them everything!"

The Editer nodded. "And through him, I know everything about you. Every piece of information in his head is now mine. And you have infinite knowledge Doctor. The human empire is tiny compared to what you've seen in you S, Tardis. "

"Well you'll never get your hands on it! I'll die first!" He vowed.

"Die all you like I don't need you. I've got the key."

"You and you're boyfriends," he snapped at Rose.

"Today, we are the headlines. We can rewrite history, we can prevent mankind from ever developing."

He was cut of by a dark laugh. He turned to look at Piper. "Something funny?" He asked her.

"Of course, there are problems with your little plan there."

"And what would they be?" He questioned, amusement in his voice.

The Doctor and Rose stared at her nervously.

"One, you'll only end up killing yourself by doing that. Two, the Doctor would never allow it," as she was talking she began to glow. Her eyes glowed bright and getting brighter by the second. "Three, you really think the Tardis can't defend herself? And there's one one reason why you can't."

"And what would that be?" The Editer asked, fear in his voice.

"Me!" She said darkly. Her shield disappeared but the glowing didn't stop. Everyone had to close her eyes and it filled the room. They tried to stop her but when they touched her, their bodies exploded.

Piper couldn't stop herself, she was losing control! Her power was taking over and she couldn't stop it! The room began to shake violently causing the Jagrafess to hiss at her.

Cathica quickly ran, a plan forming in her mind. She pushed the skeleton off of the chair and sat down. "Disengage safety. Maximum access, override floor 139 and...spike."

"Someone's disengaged the safety. Who's that?"

An image of Cathica appeared. Rose couldn't open her eyes. The light was too bright. The Doctor could only manage to just see. He grinned at Cathica. "It's Cathica and she's thinking. She's using what she knows. She's reversing it. It's getting hot."

Piper cried out in pain.

The shackles holding them broke, allowing them to escape. Unfortunately, the Doctor couldn't get anywhere near her without risking his death. "Piper, stop!" He yelled. "You control your power, don't let it control you. Push it down. Don't let it take over! We're fine now, you can stop." He pleaded desperately.

To his relief, the light slowly died down. Piper fell to her knees panting from the effort. The Doctor grinned and ran over to her. He picked her up and carried her out of the room as it began to fall apart, leaving the Editer behind with an exploding Jagrafess. They stopped to get Cathica.

"We're just gonna go. Hate tiding up, too many questions, you'll manage," the Doctor told Cathica.

"You have to stay and explain it, no one's gonna believe me," she protested.

"Oh, they might start believing a lot of things now, the human race should accelerate. All back to normal."

"What about your friend?" Cathica's eyes strayed to Adam who stood by the Tardis.

"He's not my friend," he replied darkly, standing up and walking towards him.

"Now don't-" Rose started.

"I'm alright now. Much better. I've got the key. Look it's-" Adam said nervously.

The Doctor snatched the key from him, shoving him inside the Tardis. He pressed a few buttons and grabbed Adam pushing him back out of the Tardis. Adam was shocked to find them in his house. "This is my house. I'm home, oh my God I'm home."

The Doctor stared at him in disbelief. "Is there something you want to tell me?"

"No," Adam lied.

The Doctor walked over to the house phone. "One second of this message could have changed the world." He destroyed it using his sonic screwdriver. Adam wanted to protest but wisely kept his mouth shut. After all, it wasn't just the Doctor that scared him. Piper did too.

"That's it then. See ya."

"How'd you mean see ya?"

"As in goodbye," he snapped.

"But what about me? You can't just go, I've got my head, I've got a chip type 2. My head opens."

"What? Like this?" He clicked his fingers and Adam's head opened.

"Don't!" Adam clicked his fingers and his head closed.

The Doctor ignored him and clicked his fingers again. "Don't do what?"

"Stop it!" Adam clicked his fingers.

"Alright now Doctor, that's enough. Stop it." Rose said.

"Thank you."

Rose smirked and clicked her fingers.

"Oi," he protested.

"Sorry, I couldn't resist," she chuckled.

"The whole of history could have changed because of you," the Doctor said quietly.

"I just wanted to help."

"You were helping yourself."

"And I'm sorry, and I've said I'm sorry and I am, I really am but...you can't just leave me like this."

"Yes I can cause if you show the head to anyone they'll dissect you in seconds. You'll have to live a very quiet life, keep out of trouble, be average, unseen. Good luck."

"But I wanna come with you."

"I only take the best. I've got Piper and Rose." With that, he walked into the Tardis.

"Rose, Rose. Oh my God," he said panicking as someone walked through the door.

"It's me mum, wait there a minute."

Rose grinned at him.

"Rose, take me with you," he begged.

Rose just grinned and walked into the Tardis.

Seconds later it disappeared with a wheezing, groaning sound.