Watching the Doctor

by RedRobyn2

The Doctor is stranded in prison, dealing with the revelations of the Timeless Child and the memories of her time travelling, all alone. Until the Tardis decides enough is enough and gathers her and some of her more recent companions to help her deal with her past and make some amends by watching her adventures. Characters watch the show, set after Timeless Child/Pre-Resolution.

14. The Eleventh Hour

Hello everyone!

Due to popular demand today is the Eleventh Hour. But this drew with several other episodes so my plan for the next few chapters is: The Doctor's Daughter next, then The Doctor's Wife after that possibly School Reunion but that is less concrete then possibly a Bill episode or Turn Left followed by The Stolen Earth two-parter. Thanks for all your suggestions! As one of my commenters pointed out - it is hard to find a non-emotional non two-parter but you all had so many good suggestions - please keep them coming!

Anyway, hope you enjoy this one ( I sat for 6 hours today to finish it then had to run to work so I need sleep now but hopefully it was worth it. For contexts sake the script was 17 pages on word and my final document is 40).

So as usual, thank you all for reading and hope you enjoy!

Please let me know what you think!

Robyn

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The Doctor shifted out of River's arms, settling herself on the edge of the sofa so she could face her wife's parents properly. This conversation had been a long time coming. She spent a few minutes just taking in the site of Amy and Rory, it had been so long since she had seen the pair of them and it hadn't exactly been a nice parting. She hadn't even got to say a proper good bye to Rory, he'd been there one minute and then gone the next with Amy choosing to follow him.

She took a deep breath as she saw Amy getting visibly annoyed at her silence. Rory and River were watching the pair carefully, ready to intervene if necessarily. "What do you want to know?"

"What happened to the pair of you after Manhattan? What happened to River? What did you do to our daughter to make her believe you didn't love her?" Amy rattled off questions, gaze never leaving the Doctor.

The Doctor glanced at River, who was frowning at her mother's questions, then turned back to Amy. "After Manhattan we separated for a while. As you know our timelines are going mostly in the reverse of each other, so the next time she saw me was Darillium like we just watched. As for your last question; I don't know, only River could answer that." She was purposely trying to keep her tone calm and sensible as she knew how quickly this could dissolve into shouting – she'd never done well with parents.

River decided to inject. "It was my decision, Mother. To separate after Manhattan, it was for the best at the time, neither of us were in the right mind set." She purposely didn't answer the question about the Doctor's love, that was far too complicated and something she didn't want to get into with her parents.

"I don't care if it was your idea River." Amy raised an eyebrow at her daughter, still not satisfied with the pair. "What happened after Darillium? What happened to our daughter, Doctor?"

The Doctor glanced at Rory who just levelled his own gaze on the Doctor, that was a question he also desperately wanted an answer too. "Amelia-."

"No, Doctor. No avoiding the question, we deserve to know what happened to our daughter! For once in your existence just be honest with us: what happened to River?"

The Doctor took a deep breath, she'd known this question was going to be asked as soon as she'd seen the scene on Darillium and she'd been avoiding telling Amy and Rory the truth almost as long as she'd known. "Our timelines are going backwards most of the time-."

"We know that and you just reminded us." Rory interjected.

"I'm getting there I promise. As I was saying, our timelines are backwards." She hesitated, knowing how quickly this conversation was going to derail. "When I was in my tenth face during my travels with Donna, I got a message on my psychic paper. It told me to go to the Library, when we arrived, we met with a group of archaeologists. Things quickly went wrong in a terrible way, and to save 4022 people, the leader of the group sacrificed herself. That person was Professor River Song, it was the first time I had met her but not the first time she'd met me."

Amy and Rory just watched her for a moment, taking that information in. She risked a glance at River who was staring at her parents, expression blank. Amy took a breath, likely to calm herself. "So, you're saying-."

"I'm saying, the first time I met River she died."

"Every time we met River, when we discovered she was Melody, you knew the whole time? You knew how our daughter would die?" Amy asked, tone icy.

"Yes." The Doctor declared bluntly, there was no way around it.

"Mum, dad. It has already happened for me. The Library wasn't the end for me. And you know the danger of interfering in timelines. She couldn't tell me, no matter how much she may have wanted to." River tried to defend the Doctor, no matter how time passed or what happened she still loved the Doctor, no matter how much of an idiot they could be.

"That doesn't make it right River." Rory declared; frustration clear.

"We lost you, our time with you, our daughter, because of him, her, them whatever. If we'd never met them, our Melody would have been safe." Amy exclaimed, anger overtaking her. She'd been comforted by the idea after Manhattan, that the Doctor and River had been together and here the pair were telling them they hadn't stayed together.

Silence reigned for several moments, all taking in what Amy had said. The Scotswoman seemed to finally register what she had actually said and her anger evaporated, hand coming up to her mouth in shock but eyes determined.

The Doctor's expression went blank at Amy's words, knowing how true they were. She ignored River, instead focussing on her little Amelia. "Do you regret leaving with me?" She asked quietly, honestly curious to know, almost desperate to know.

Amy's eyes softened slightly. "No, I don't regret travelling with you. No matter how much I want too sometimes, I can't." Her tone was equally quiet, sincere and honest. "What I do regret is missing half of my daughter's life, not getting to raise my child properly. Losing my child and having no clue what she went through. The pain of losing my child is a pain that nothing could ever compare to."

The Doctor's eyes drifted to the ground, relief blossoming at Amy's declaration quickly being overridden by horrible understanding. "I know the pain of losing a child. I have lost all my children, my grandchildren, my whole family. I know nothing compares to that pain and I don't have words for how sorry I am that you had to go through it because of me."

"I'm sorry too Doctor." Amy said softly, so many unspoken words transferring amongst the group.

The new silence only lasted a couple of minutes before Rory broke it. "You have a brother." The group all turned to him, bewildered by the sudden change of topic. "River, I mean. We adopted a son, Anthony. You're a big sister River."

"Anthony. Anthony Williams." River muttered to herself, turning the words over in her head. She'd checked in on her parents as much as she could (which wasn't much) and read all her mother's books but hearing about her brother was amazing.

"We looked for you River, in 1969. When you were on the streets in New York. We couldn't find you." Amy added, almost apologetic.

River was starting to look overwhelmed at the new information, she'd never gotten much time with her parents when they knew they were her parents, and knowing they had looked for her as a child? It wasn't a feeling she could describe. "Thank you." She said for a lack of anything better.

"Maybe we could spend some time together while we are here? Hear some more of your stories and we'll tell you some about your brother, if you want that is?" Rory offered River, a recognisable olive branch.

"I'd love that dad." River answered smiling wildly, she'd spent so long wanting her parent's attention and care, and here her dad was offering it on a silver platter.

Amy however was focused on the Doctor. "I don't regret travelling with you." She repeated. "But there is still more we need to talk about and I'm sure the videos will show us plenty we'll need to discuss, just not now. Let's just enjoy the moment of peace we've been given." The Doctor nodded, gaze drifting every so often to her wife who looked so hopeful it was almost painful. She knew she couldn't escape further questions but Amy had gotten the big answer she had wanted for now.

It took a while for everyone to start drifting back, all knowing to give the group some time to clear the air in peace. They came back in small groups, chatting away and sharing stories of both life with and without the Doctor.

They settled back down into their old seats, still talking until everyone had gathered again in the screen room. When everyone had sat back down and conversations slowly died out, they started to turn back to the screen, curious but nervous to know what they would be shown next. The screen turned black as the words 'The Eleventh Hour' appeared almost on queue.

"What do you think this one is about?" Clara asked, directing her words mostly at the Doctor (who was the reasons they were watching the videos in the first place). The Doctor just shrugged, there wasn't much clues in the title.

"Maybe it's one of your adventures during your time as Chinny? He was your eleventh face, right?" Bill suggested.

The Doctor nodded thoughtfully. "That's a good idea. I guess we'll just have to see." With that the group turned to the screen, apprehensive and curious about what they were going to see this time.

[Tardis]

(The Tardis is tumbling out of control and going Bang! inside. It flies over the Millennium Dome with the Doctor dangling from the threshold, sonic screwdriver between his teeth and trying to pull himself back inside. They are heading straight for the Parliament Clock Tower, so the Doctor sonics the controls and changes course just in time. He climbs back inside and shuts the doors behind him, exhausted, as the Tardis careers on its way.)

"Oh." The Doctor breathed out as she realised what the group was going to be seeing this time. She carefully edged a look at Amy and Rory who was watching the screen as curious as the rest of the group, no one else knew what the video was about yet, not that she would have expected them to. Her quiet words drew a curious glance from River and Jack who were the only ones that had heard her, but she offered no answers, they'd see.

[Bedroom]

(Night time. A pinwheel rattles in the overgrown garden of an old house. A little red-haired Scottish girl is saying her prayers.)

"Is this-?" Amy turned to the Doctor, recognising her younger self, Rory seemed to have also reached the same realisation based on the look on his face.

"Yes." The Doctor nodded. The rest of the group watched curious, all they could figure out was it was one of Chinny's adventures with Amy and Rory.

"Is that you?" Martha asked, squinting at the screen to try and match the little girl's face to grown-up Amy's.

"Yep." Amy grinned; she was sort of looking forward to seeing this again. The start was already raising feelings of nostalgia, it would be fun to see the beginning again in some strange way.

AMELIA: Dear Santa. Thank you for the dolls and pencils and the fish. It's Easter now, so I hope I didn't wake you, but honest, it is an emergency. There's a crack in my wall. Aunt Sharon says it's just an ordinary crack, but I know it's not, because at night there's voices, so please, please, could you send someone to fix it? Or a policeman. Or a

"You are adorable." Rose grinned, several of the other companions were smiling r chuckling at baby Amy's prayer to Santa. Amy was just laughing unashamed.

"You were praying to Santa at Easter?" Rory asked, grinning at his wife. The nostalgia at seeing Amy as a kid was very strong.

"Oh, leave me alone." Amy rolled her eyes at Rory.

(She hears the Tardis materialising outside, then a crash.)
AMELIA: Back in a moment.
(She grabs a torch and looks outside. The Tardis has crash-landed on its side, on the garden shed.)
AMELIA: Thank you, Santa.

"Wait, you met the Doctor when you were a kid?" Martha asked Amy, several of the other companions were also looking at her. They didn't know how that would work.

"Yes, but he's terrible at controlling the Tardis." She grinned as if that answered everything. The group didn't ask anymore questions getting the feeling they would find out what Amy meant soon. The Doctor just pouted.

[Garden]

(For only the second time ever, the Tardis doors open outwards - they are facing the sky - and a grappling hook is thrown out. A soaking wet Doctor clambers out.)

"Why are you wet?" Donna asked incredulous, face crinkled at the Doctor. The whole group was looking at the Doctor confused by the scene playing out in front of them. The Doctor was bad at piloting the Tardis but not usually that bad.

"Spoilers." The Doctor smiled.

DOCTOR: Could I have an apple? All I can think about. Apples. I love apples. Maybe I'm having a craving? That's new. Never had cravings before.

"You've just regenerated." The Master declared form his corner, recognising the symptoms of regeneration in the Doctor.

It was more of a statement than a question but the Doctor nodded with a small smile. Their conversation had drawn the rest of the group's attention, several of the companions nodding along now realising that it did make sense. Those she had seen (namely Martha, Mickey and Jack) realised it wouldn't have been long after they had last seen her (then him)

"What happened?" Rose asked. "I mean to make you regenerate." The Doctor frowned glancing at both Donna and the Master briefly, both looked confused upon seeing her gaze focussed on them.

"Radiation poisoning." The Doctor admitted with a shrug, facing Donna she added, "Wilf was with me." Then she glanced at the Doctor. "Just after you went back into the Time Lock." The Master's expression was slightly troubled to those that knew him well (aka The Doctor), he hadn't realised how quickly the Doctor had regenerated after their last meeting in those incarnations.

"Grandad? Why was grandad with you?" Donna exclaimed, utterly confused. She knew they had vaguely met but she didn't know they'd spent much time together.

"He was the one who found me to let me know some trouble was happening. He came along on a bit of adventure." The Doctor answered vaguely not wanting to get into details, if it was important, they'd probably see it later. Honestly, she missed Wilf sometimes, he'd been such a nice man, very grandfatherly. The Doctor mused that Graham would probably get along well with Wilf – maybe she should introduce the pair.

Donna narrowed her eyes at the Doctor's avoidance but let it go for the moment, she could ambush her later.

(He sits on the edge of the Tardis and looks inside.)
DOCTOR: Whoa. Look at that.
AMELIA: Are you okay?
DOCTOR: Just had a fall. All the way down there, right to the library. Hell of a climb back up.

"That doesn't explain why you are wet." Bill pointed out; face crinkled in confusion. The Doctor just grinned and waved at the screen.

AMELIA: You're soaking wet.
DOCTOR: I was in the swimming pool.
AMELIA: You said you were in the library.
DOCTOR: So was the swimming pool.

"Why was the swimming pool in the library?" Ryan asked very confused. He'd seen the library and there definitely wasn't a swimming pool in the room.

"Ask the Tardis." The Doctor shrugged; it wasn't like she controlled the Tardis layout.

AMELIA: Are you a policeman?

"She is absolutely not a policeman." Yaz grinned, the Doctor just grinned back.

DOCTOR: Why? Did you call a policeman?
AMELIA: Did you come about the crack in my wall?
What crack? Argh!
(He falls to the ground.)

The room glanced between the screen and the Doctor concerned. Those that had been with the Doctor during a regeneration or post-regeneration knew how bad it was on the Doctor and they were worried about how this time had went, especially with no (adult) around.

AMELIA: Are you all right, mister?
DOCTOR: No, I'm fine. It's okay. This is all perfectly norm
(A breath of golden energy comes from his mouth.)

"It's only normal for you, Spaceman." Donna snorted. The Doctor shrugged instead of pointing out that she was one of three people here that could regenerate and that wasn't touching the several other semi-immortals in the room.

AMELIA: Who are you?
DOCTOR: I don't know yet. I'm still cooking. Does it scare you?
AMELIA: No, it just looks a bit weird.

The Doctor smiled at Amy who rolled her eyes but grinned. Even if that hadn't been what she (the he'd) meant it was good to know she hadn't been scared.

DOCTOR: No, no, no. The crack in your wall. Does it scare you?
AMELIA: Yes.

"Do you always throw yourself into trouble moments after regeneration?" Clara narrowed her eyes at the Doctor who was suddenly not meeting anyone's eyes.

The question made the Doctor have a serious think – did she? Thinking back at least the last few regenerations - Tim Shaw, the Clockwork Droids and dinosaur, Prisoner Zero and Sycorax to name the last few post-regeneration adventures. Huh, guess she did. She winced, "Maybe?"

The room just groaned, several people rolling their eyes at her, but other were also noticeably holding back small smiles, glad to see nothing ever changed.

DOCTOR: Well then, no time to lose. I'm the Doctor. Do everything I tell you, don't ask stupid questions, and don't wander off.

"Ah, starting with the rules early." Jack grinned.

The Doctor nodded serious, "Yes. I hoped if I started quickly, she'd actually listen." She glanced at Amy, "Should have known there was never any hope of that." Amy just grinned proud of herself.

(The Doctor walks straight into a tree.)
AMELIA: Are you all right?
DOCTOR: Early days. Steering's a bit off.

There was a burst of laughter at seeing the Doctor walk into a tree. Amy and River laughing the hardest (like mother, like daughter apparently). "Your 'steering' was off for that whole regeneration. You were like a clumsy house cat, always falling off of things and running into others. And don't get me started on your dancing!" Amy shook her head fondly. Rory, River and Clara (who had known her in that incarnation) all nodded along solemnly.

"Hey! What was wrong with my dancing?" The Doctor protested.

"That's what you focus on?" Amy raised an eyebrow before sighing dramatically. "It was terrible! You looked like a drunk giraffe!" The Doctor continued to protest while the group all laughed.

[Kitchen]

AMELIA: If you're a doctor, why does your box say Police?

"Asking the serious questions." Bill grinned, thinking about some of the semi-similar questions she'd asked during the mess with Heather/the Pilot. Amy grinned back at the younger woman.

(The Doctor bites into an apple, then spits it out.)
DOCTOR: That's disgusting. What is that?
AMELIA: An apple.
DOCTOR: Apple's rubbish. I hate apples.

"An apple a day keeps the Doctor away." Rose laughed with several others joining in upon hearing her words.

"Manners Martian, seriously!" Donna exclaimed making the Doctor look a bit sheepish.

AMELIA: You said you loved them.
DOCTOR: No, no, no. I like yoghurt. Yoghurt's my favourite. Give me yoghurt.
(Amelia gets him a pot from the fridge. He pours it in his mouth and then spits it out.)

"That is disgusting." Yaz announced with a disgusted grimace.

DOCTOR: I hate yoghurt. It's just stuff with bits in.
AMELIA: You said it was your favourite.
DOCTOR: New mouth. New rules. It's like eating after cleaning your teeth. Everything tastes wrong. Argh!

"That's a vaguely good way to describe it, well done Sweetie." River considered, patting the Doctor's arm patronisingly. The Doctor just preened with the praise (to the enjoyment of the rest of the group). "Of course, as usual you're being very dramatic about it all though."

"Hey!"

(The Doctor twitches violently.)
AMELIA: What is it? What's wrong with you?
DOCTOR: Wrong with me? It's not my fault. Why can't you give me any decent food? You're Scottish. Fry something.
(So Amelia gets the frying pay out while the Doctor dries his hair with a towel.)

"Doctor! She's seven, you can't ask her to fry something!" Martha exclaimed shooting the Doctor a glare making her shrink down in her seat. Amy was just laughing at the Doctor.

DOCTOR: Ah, bacon!
(That gets spat out, too.)
DOCTOR: Bacon. That's bacon. Are you trying to poison me?
(A saucepan of baked beans gets heated up.)
DOCTOR: Ah, you see? Beans.
(Until he gets them in his mouth, that is.)
DOCTOR: Beans are evil. Bad, bad beans. Bread and butter. Now you're talking.

"Are you going to actually eat anything?" Mickey grinned.

Amy and the Doctor just exchanged a glance before laughing while Rory rolled his eyes used to their beahviour.

[Front door]

(The Doctor throws the plate of bread and butter out, hitting a cat.)
DOCTOR: And stay out!

The group burst out laughing at the Doctor's dramatics. "I can't believe you hit a cat!" Amy cackled, she was finding this particularly funny especially compared to the first time around where she'd been mostly confused.

[Kitchen]

AMELIA: We've got some carrots.
DOCTOR: Carrots? Are you insane? No. Wait. Hang on. I know what I need. I need, I need, I need fish fingers and custard.
(The Doctor contentedly dips the fish fingers into a bowl of custard and eats, while Amelia has ice cream.

"That looks so wrong." Bill complained, grimacing. The rest of the group seemed to share her opinion based on their expressions.

"Actually, it tastes a lot better than it looks, surprisingly." Amy admitted, making the Doctor smile brightly at the defence of her food choice. Rory reluctantly nodded along too but no one looked convinced.

AMELIA: Funny.
DOCTOR: Am I? Good. Funny's good. What's your name?

"You've raided her kitchen but never actually asked her name? Honestly Doc." Graham sighed fondly, he'd admit easily that it was still a bit weird seeing all these other blokes and knowing they were the Doctor but sometimes they'd say or do something and he could see his Doctor in them.

AMELIA: Amelia Pond.
DOCTOR: Oh, that's a brilliant name. Amelia Pond. Like a name in a fairy tale. Are we in Scotland, Amelia?
AMELIA: No. We had to move to England. It's rubbish.

"Hey!" Protested all the English people in the room (aka everyone but River, Jack, the Master, the Doctor, Nardole and Rory (who was used to his wife's antics).

"It's true and I ain't taking it back!" Amy argued, her Scottish accent coming out a bit stronger. She loved her heritage and she'd never lost her accent no matter how long she'd lived in other countries.

DOCTOR: So what about your mum and dad, then? Are they upstairs? Thought we'd have woken them by now.

The group suddenly realised how good a question that was, why hadn't they seen any adult. Surely, they would have heard all the commotion? Rory, River, Amy and the Doctor shared a glance all thinking about the crack.

AMELIA: I don't have a mum and dad. Just an aunt.
DOCTOR: I don't even have an aunt.
AMELIA: You're lucky.

Amy frowned at that comment, it had seemed fine as a little kid but knowing what she did now it was just sad. She glanced at the Doctor a bit worried but she was focused on the screen, expression never wavering.

DOCTOR: I know. So, your aunt, where is she?
AMELIA: She's out.
DOCTOR: And she left you all alone?

The group shifted a bit uncomfortable at that but several of them had grown up in single parent households and knew that sometimes there wasn't much other options as horrible as it seemed, plus no one was really prepared to comment on Amy's homelife with the way she was glaring at them all as if daring them to say anything.

AMELIA: I'm not scared.
DOCTOR: Course, you're not. You're not scared of anything. Box falls out of the sky, man falls out of a box, man eats fish custard, and look at you, just sitting there. So you know what I think?
AMELIA: What?
DOCTOR: Must be a hell of a scary crack in your wall.

Amy, Rory, River and the Doctor all shivered, that was an understatement to say the least. The rest of the group watched them, more nervous now having seen their reaction – clearly this crack was nothing good.

[Bedroom]

(The crack is about three to four feet long, and slightly w shaped.)
DOCTOR: You've had some cowboys in here. Not actual cowboys, though that can happen.
AMELIA: I used to hate apples, so my mum put faces on them.
(Amelia gives the Doctor an apple with a smiley face cut into it.)

Amy and the Doctor grinned at seeing the apple, it had been one of the hardest pieces of evidence to the Doctor's explanation of who he was after he came back.

DOCTOR: She sounds good, your mum. I'll keep it for later. This wall is solid and the crack doesn't go all the way through it. So here's a thing. Where's the draught coming from?
(He scans it with the sonic screwdriver.)

"The crack isn't just in the wall is it, Doctor?" Jack said slowly, suddenly getting much more nervous about the situation. All his senses were saying the crack was important and dangerous. The Doctor grimaced and waved back at the screen which really did nothing to reassure Jack.

DOCTOR: Wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey. You know what the crack is?

All the companions who had heard the phrase 'wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey' grinned at the familiar phrase despite the tension building in the room.

AMELIA: What?
DOCTOR: It's a crack. But I'll tell you something funny. If you knocked this wall down, the crack would stay put, because the crack isn't in the wall.
AMELIA: Where is it then?
DOCTOR: Everywhere. In everything. It's a split in the skin of the world. Two parts of space and time that should never have touched, pressed together right here in the wall of your bedroom. Sometimes, can you hear?
AMELIA: A voice. Yes.

"I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that's really not good." Bill declared looking worried.

Amy, Rory, River and the Doctor shared a look before answering in syn. "It's not."

The Master and Jack (and vaguely Nardole) who understood a bit more about space, time and technology than the rest of the group looked even more worried than the others. Declaring that 'not good' was putting it extremely lightly. The Master was scrolling through the list of things that could cause such a crack, the list was very short but very worrying. A glance at the Doctor offered no answers as she was avoiding his gaze.

(There is a vague growling from somewhere. The Doctor empties Amelia's nighttime glass of water and uses it to listen to the crack.)

There were a few sighs at the Doctor's continued lack of manners (regarding emptying the cup of water) but the room was too tense, most of them on the edge of their seats leaning forward to see what would happen. Rory and River who had heard the story of what happened, were inspecting he screen carefully. They knew broadly what was going to happen but it was a different matter to see it play out like this.

ATRAXI [OC]: Prisoner Zero has escaped.
DOCTOR: Prisoner Zero?
AMELIA: Prisoner Zero has escaped. That's what I heard. What does it mean?
ATRAXI [OC]: Prisoner Zero has escaped.
DOCTOR: It means that on the other side of this wall, there's a prison and they've lost a prisoner. And you know what that means?

"Where did the prisoner escape too?" Nardole muttered quietly, reaching a conclusion before most of the room. His words were too quiet and the room too tense so that most people didn't hear it, and those that did paid it no attention.

AMELIA: What?
DOCTOR: You need a better wall. The only way to close the breach is to open it all the way. The forces will invert and it'll snap itself shut. Or

"Or what? I don't like the sound of that Doctor." Donna snapped, concern obvious on her face, the Doctor speaking like that was never a good thing and here he was with a defenceless 7-year-old girl.

AMELIA: What?
DOCTOR: You know when grown-ups tell you everything's going to be fine and you think they're probably lying to make you feel better?
AMELIA: Yes.
DOCTOR: Everything's going to be fine.

"Doctor!" Rose (and several others) groaned, glad for the honestly but knowing exactly how unreassuringly that would have been for them let alone a 7-year-old girl unused to aliens and trouble. Amy was just smiling softly at the Doctor thankful for the honestly instead of trying to completely cover everything up like an adult normally would.

(The Doctor takes little Amelia's hand and aims the sonic screwdriver at the crack. It widens, flooding the bedroom with bright light.)
ATRAXI [OC]: Prisoner Zero has escaped. Prisoner Zero has escaped.
DOCTOR: Hello? Hello?
(A giant blue eye looks at them through the crack.)

"An eyeball! Why is it just an eyeball?" Martha muttered to herself with a sigh, she really shouldn't be surprised after all her travels with the Doctor.

AMELIA: What's that?
(A bolt of light goes to the Doctor, and he doubles over, then the crack closes again.)
DOCTOR: There, you see? Told you it would close. Good as new.

"But what was it? And what did it do to you?" Rose asked, frustrated by the lack of answers (like usual).

Amy, Rory and the Doctor shared a glance but offered no answers, the group would see soon, although he true extent of the cracks wouldn't be revealed in this video (they didn't think). Both Jack and the Master looked unconvinced by the easy 'closure' of the cracks – it was far too easy and something was nudging at their minds, they didn't think the matter was done with so simply.

AMELIA: What's that thing? Was that Prisoner Zero?
DOCTOR: No. I think that was Prisoner Zero's guard. Whatever it was, it sent me a message. Psychic paper. Takes a lovely little message. (reads) Prisoner Zero has escaped. But why tell us? Unless.
AMELIA: Unless what?
DOCTOR: Unless Prisoner Zero escaped through here. But he couldn't have. We'd know.

"But where did it go? Surely you would have seen him?" Yaz asked, face crinkled in thought. She'd immediately gone into policewoman/investigation mode upon seeing a mystery, her time with the Doctor had certainly helped better those skills. Once again Amy and the Doctor shared a look but answered no questions, it was starting to really frustrate the group.

[Corridor]

(The stairs go up. There is a door across the way and two at the far end where the staircase goes down again.)
DOCTOR: It's difficult. Brand new me. Nothing works yet. But there's something I'm missing. In the corner of my eye.

The Doctor winced, she'd been so close to figuring it out and if the Tardis hadn't started calling, she would have figured it out then and there. Amy frowned having reached the same conclusion, they'd been so close.

(The Tardis Cloister Bell tolls.)
DOCTOR: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!

[Garden]

DOCTOR: I've got to get back in there. The engines are phasing. It's going to burn!

"Always one situation after another with you Doctor." Ryan said, the Tardis burning really didn't sound good and the whole situation was frustrating and worrying the whole group.

AMELIA: But it's just a box. How can a box have engines?
DOCTOR: It's not a box. It's a time machine.
AMELIA: What, a real one? You've got a real time machine?

"It's like the opposite from me." Rose mused drawing the room's (confused) attention. "I mean when the Doctor first asked me to travel, he mentioned the space aspect but not time, and with little-Amy he mentioned time but not space." The Doctor blinked having not ever made the connection, he'd been so busy panicking at the time he hadn't really been focusing on much.

DOCTOR: Not for much longer if I can't get her stabilised. Five minute hop into the future should do it.
AMELIA: Can I come?
DOCTOR: Not safe in here. Not yet. Five minutes. Give me five minutes, I'll be right back.

Amy and the Doctor shared a glance and a silent conversation, it really hadn't been five minutes, not even close to five minutes. But watching the video like this and knowing what would happen, that was probably for the best, would everything have turned out alright if she'd travelled with the Doctor at 7? Would she have ever married Rory? Had River? Who knows how things would have ended up.

AMELIA: People always say that.
DOCTOR: Am I people? Do I even look like people? Trust me. I'm the Doctor.

"You say your name like it explains everything." Rory said, all too aware of rule 1 – the Doctor lies – and he couldn't help but think back to the hotel with the (alien) minotaur where Amy's faith in the Doctor had almost got her killed. The Doctor shot him an understanding look, face dark, as she thought about similar things.

(He jumps down into the Tardis.)
DOCTOR [OC]: Geronimo!
(Splash! The door close and the Tardis dematerialises. Amelia runs back to her room, gets a suitcase from underneath her bed and packs. The door across from hers is the bathroom. She doesn't notice that one of the doors at the end is now open. Dressed in duffel coat and wooly hat, Amelia sits on her suitcase in the garden and waits.

The group watched as the Doctor disappeared apprehensively, they had an odd feeling it hadn't been five minutes – between knowing Amy hadn't travelled with the Doctor at that age, the conversations that had occurred throughout their time in the room and the Doctor's ability to pilot the Tardis it didn't seem likely.

The tension in the room rose again upon seeing the open door at the end of the corridor, no one missing the look Amy and the Doctor shared upon seeing it, they had a funny feeling they knew where Prsioner Zero was and it was not reassuring.

The group couldn't help but smile at seeing little Amelia pack her suitcase and get dressed so eagerly, sitting in the garden waiting for the Doctor to come back, it was an endearing sight. Rory particularly smiled fondly at the young version of his wife, personally he was quite glad the Doctor hadn't arrived back in time – he might have never gotten to marry Amy otherwise.

(When the Tardis finally materialises, steaming, it is day and Amelia is not there. The Doctor stumbles out.)
DOCTOR: Amelia! Amelia, I worked out what it was. I know what I was missing! You've got to get out of there!

Amy smiled fondly at the Doctor's worry. It was nice to know that she'd been his first thought and he'd come tumbling out of the Tardis in a panic to save her. The rest of the group was on edge, the Doctor's panic together with knowing he was late was only making them more worried about what would happen.

[Hallway]

DOCTOR: Amelia? Amelia, are you all right? Are you there?
(He runs up to her bedroom door.)
DOCTOR: Prisoner Zero's here. Prisoner Zero is here! Prisoner Zero is here! Do you understand me? Prisoner Zero is
(A floorboard creaks behind him. He turns and gets knocked out by a cricket bat.)

"Doctor!" A few people shouted at seeing the Doctor suddenly knocked out, especially after having their suspicions confirmed in regards to Prisoner Zero's location. Amy was trying hard to hide her grin from the group, not wanting to ruin the surprise, unnoticed by the group the Doctor shot her a wounded look, vaguely rubbing the back of her head like she could still feel the phantom pain.

[Coma ward]

(At the Royal Leadworth Hospital, a lady doctor and a male nurse march into the ward.)
RAMSDEN: So. They all called out at once, that's what you're saying? All of them. All the coma patients. You do understand that these people are all comatose, don't you? They can't speak.

"You're a nurse." Martha blinked having not made the realisation yet. Rory smiled a bit shyly (he was a bit concerned about how he was going to be conveyed). Martha smiled back brightly. "God to have another actual medical professional around. God knows this lot is accident prone, the Doctor especially." Rory laughed at that, he had a feeling he would get along great with Martha and made a note to search her out next break for a conversation. Both medics ignored the Doctor's spluttering protests.

RORY: Yes, Doctor Ramsden.
RAMSDEN: Then why are you wasting my time?
RORY: Because they called for you.
RAMSDEN: Me.
BARNEY [OC]: Doctor.
(The male coma patient behind them is speaking.)
BARNEY: Doctor. Doctor.
WOMAN PATIENT: Doctor. Doctor
PATIENTS: Doctor. Doctor. Doctor.

"Wrong Doctor, Nina." Clara muttered; concern obvious. It was never good when things were getting odd and no one was sure how the coma patients played into the equation but it didn't look like anything nice. She got a few glanced from the group at the nickname but no one wanted to ask.

[Corridor]

(The Doctor revives with the tweeting of birds to see a young lady in a micro-skirted police uniform using her radio.)
AMY: White male, mid twenties, breaking and entering. Send me some back-up. I've got him restrained. Oi! You, sit still.

"I thought you said you weren't police?" Bill asked confused. Rory and the Doctor's snickers only made her (and the rest of the group) more confused. Amy was shooting the pair glares that would have terrified anyone else and huffed before waving to the screen in a mimic of the Doctor's usual avoidance of answers, she didn't want to answer at that moment.

DOCTOR: Cricket bat. I'm getting cricket bat.

"You deserved it for your obsession with cricket in your fifth face." The Master smirked from his corner, now that had been a Doctor he'd loved to annoy. He'd been part of their formation and had spent so long chasing the blond, sometimes he missed the Doctor's old regenerations (particularly ones from before everything went very bad, he had an especially soft spot for the Doctor's third face, not that he would ever admit it).

The Doctor glared at him; arms crossed with a humph but offered no comment.

AMY: You were breaking and entering.
(The Doctor is handcuffed to the radiator.)
DOCTOR: Well, that's much better. Brand new me. Whack on the head, just what I needed.

The group gave the Doctor bewildered looks, it was very typical Doctor behaviour if not slightly worrying. Yaz, Graham and Ryan couldn't help but think back to the Doctor getting hot against a wall by her newly made sonic device, she had seemed equally peppy about getting hurt back then too.

AMY: Do you want to shut up now? I've got back up on the way.
DOCTOR: Hang on, no, wait. You're a policewoman.
AMY: And you're breaking and entering. You see how this works?
DOCTOR: But what are you doing here? Where's Amelia?

The room turned to the Doctor, with expressions almost pitying. "You didn't figure out that she was Amelia?" Rose asked, they'd all made the connection (although they did have help with having Amy in the room with them).

The Doctor frowned, watching the video now it did seem a bit more obvious. "I hadn't been expecting to be so late and find a grown-up version of Amy, I was expecting a little kid." She tried to explain.

AMY: Amelia Pond?
DOCTOR: Yeah, Amelia. Little Scottish girl. Where is she? I promised her five minutes but the engines were phasing. I suppose I must have gone a bit far. Has something happened to her?

Amy was watching the screen, unable to deny the relief at seeing the Doctor so worried about her. She knew he hadn't meant to be so late but it was something else so see it like this.

AMY: Amelia Pond hasn't lived here in a long time.
DOCTOR: How long?
AMY: Six months.
DOCTOR: No. No. No. No, I can't be six months late. I said five minutes. I promised. What happened to her? What happened to Amelia Pond?
AMY: (into radio) Sarge, it's me again. Hurry it up. This guy knows something about Amelia Pond.

"Were you purposely messing with him?" Rory asked his wife with a fond smile; he couldn't deny he was slightly excited to see the whole adventure instead of hearing about the large parts he'd missed.

"He'd broken into my house and looked identical to someone from over a decade ago! What would you do?" Amy argued quietly so that no one else would overhear. Rory raised his hands in surrender at his wife's argument, she raised a fair point.

[Coma ward]

RAMSDEN: I don't think they were even conscious.
RORY: Doctor Ramsden, there is another sort of er, funny thing.
RAMSDEN: Yes, I know. Doctor Carver told me about your conversation. We've been very patient with you, Rory. You're a good enough nurse, but for God's sake.

"You've seen something weird and no one's believing you." Mickey declared knowingly. No one had ever believed his tales about the Doctor when Rose disappeared so he was all too familiar with that feeling. Rory nodded, glad that someone understood (although he got the feeling the whole group would, they all dealt with a special brand of weird, the Doctor being weird thing number 1).

RORY: I've seen them.
RAMSDEN: These patients are under twenty four hour supervision. We know if their blood pressure changes. There is no possibility that you could have seen them wandering about the village. Why are you giving me your phone?
RORY: It's a camera too.
(Doctor Ramsden's bleeper goes off.)
RAMSDEN: You need to take some time off, Rory. A lot of time off. Start now. Now.

"You had evidence and she wouldn't even see it." Donna snorted degradingly, that was just typical. Rory was just glad the group didn't even hesitate in believing him.

[Corridor]

DOCTOR: I need to speak to whoever lives in this house right now.
AMY: I live here.
DOCTOR: But you're the police.

The group just looked at the Doctor for several minutes. The Doctor looked back unblinking. Eventually Martha gave up and huffed at the Doctor. "Police are people too Doctor, they still have to live somewhere." The Doctor just smiled a bit sheepish; she'd been too focused on little Amelia to really be thinking properly.

AMY: Yes, and this is where I live. Have you got a problem with that?
DOCTOR: How many rooms?
AMY: I'm sorry, what?
DOCTOR: On this floor. How many rooms on this floor? Count them for me now.
AMY: Why?
DOCTOR: Because it will change your life.

"Could you not just tell her instead of being purposely cryptic?" Clara raised an eyebrow.

"Hey! She was being cryptic too!" The Doctor protested but was ignored in favour of the group chuckling.

AMY: Five. One, two, three, four, five.
DOCTOR: Six.
AMY: Six?
DOCTOR: Look.
AMY: Look where?
Exactly where you don't want to look. Where you never want to look. The corner of your eye. Look behind you.

"Perception filter." Jack declared; he'd been wondering how Prisoner Zero had stayed unnoticed so long.

The Doctor nodded with a grimace, especially with the knowledge of what was going to happen next.

AMY: That's, that is not possible. How's that possible?
DOCTOR: There's a perception filter all round the door. Sensed it the last time I was here. Should've seen it.
AMY: But that's a whole room. That's a whole room I've never even noticed.
DOCTOR: The filter stops you noticing. Something came a while ago to hide. It's still hiding, and you need to uncuff me now.
AMY: I don't have the key. I lost it.

"You lost it? But how's the Doctor going to get out of the cuffs?" Yaz asked, she still wanted answers about Amy not being police but the whole situation was suddenly taking a kind of horror movie turn.

Amy just grinned with a shrug while the Doctor pouted, she was glad at least someone was thinking about her.

DOCTOR: How can you have lost it? Stay away from that door! Do not touch that door! Listen to me, do not open that. Why does no-one ever listen to me? Do I just have a face that nobody listens to?

"Yes." River grinned. "You've had 14 faces that no one listens to." She did so enjoy teasing her wife.

(Amy goes inside the mystery room.)
DOCTOR: Again. My screwdriver, where is it?

[Room]

(Dirty, boarded up window, packing boxes.)

"Anyone else getting horror movie vibes?" Bill asked. "No, just me, okay."

DOCTOR [OC]: Silver thing, blue at the end. Where did it go?
AMY: There's nothing here.
DOCTOR: Whatever's there stopped you seeing the room.

[Corridor]

DOCTOR: What makes you think you could see it?

"Oh yeah that's absolutely helpful. Well done, Spaceman."

[Room]

DOCTOR [OC]: Now please, just get out.
AMY: Silver, blue at the end?
DOCTOR [OC]: My screwdriver, yeah.
AMY: It's here.

[Corridor]

DOCTOR: Must have rolled under the door.

[Room]

AMY: Yeah. Must have. And then it must have jumped up on the table.

"You need to get out of there now." Rose muttered. Like the rest of the group, she was on the edge of the seat, concerned with how things had suddenly got dangerous again. They kept glancing between the screen and Amy in the room to reassure themselves she was there safe.

[Corridor]

DOCTOR: Get out of there.

[Room]

DOCTOR [OC]: Get out of there! Get out!
(Amy picks up the screwdriver, which is nearly stuck to the table with gunk.)

A few people made disgusted faces at seeing the gunk but no one made any comments, the tension was too thick.

[Corridor]

DOCTOR: Get out of there!

[Room]

(Something snake-like with very long sharp teeth slithers down behind Amy.)

"That's Prisoner Zero?" Graham asked, turning to the Doctor and Amy who nodded with matching frowns. The Master, Jack and River were all scrolling through their mental index of alien species to try and identify it.

DOCTOR [OC]: What is it? What are you doing?
AMY: There's nothing here, but

[Corridor]

DOCTOR: Corner of your eye.

[Room]

AMY; What is it?
DOCTOR [OC]: Don't try to see it. If it knows you've seen it, it will kill you. Don't look at it. Do not look.
(Amy turns and finally stares it in the face. She screams.)

Amy grimaced at that, unable to deny it was at least partially her fault for not listening to the Doctor and just getting out. Plus looking back, it wasn't anywhere near the worst or weirdest things she'd seen, just the first. The tension in the room just increased, everyone's worry skyrocketing at seeing Amy in danger with the Doctro unable to reach them and no one else coming.

[Corridor]

DOCTOR: Get out!
(Amy runs to the Doctor.)
DOCTOR: Give me that.
(The Doctor grabs the sonic screwdriver and locks the door, then tries to free himself.)
DOCTOR: Come on. What's the bad alien done to you?

Clara sighed, "I think you should be more concerned with the imminent alien danger than your sonic being on the blink." The Doctor looked unrepentant.

AMY: Will that door hold it?
Oh, yeah, yeah, of course. It's an interdimensional multiform from outer space. They're all terrified of wood.

"No need for the sarcasm." Amy rolled her eyes, she was calmer than most of the room (the benefits of knowing what was going to happen) and frankly, enjoying seeing her first adventure with the Doctor. She loved Rory and even their new life (most of the time) but she did miss the Doctor sometimes, he'd been such a big part of her life for so long it was weird to not have him in it now.

(There is a bright light in the room.)
AMY: What's that? What's it doing?
DOCTOR: I don't know. Getting dressed? Run. Just go. Your back up's coming. I'll be fine.
AMY: There is no back up.

"Because you're not actually police." Yaz said unsure. Amy nodded in answer.

DOCTOR: I heard you on the radio. You called for back up.
AMY: I was pretending. It's a pretend radio.
DOCTOR: You're a policewoman.
AMY: I'm a kissogram!

The whole group seemed to make the same 'oh!" expression at once. Their comments suddenly made far more sense. Amy was glaring at the group again, daring them to make a comment.

(She takes off her cap and her long red hair falls down. The door falls down to reveal a workman in overalls and toolbelt, with a black dog, He looks just like Barney the coma patient.)

"That's how you keep seeing the comma patients." Martha realised; her words aimed at Rory who nodded.

AMY: But it's just
DOCTOR: No, it isn't. Look at the faces.
(The man barks.)

"That's kinda freaky." Bill frowned, leaning forward to get a better look at Prisoner Zero/the comma patient.

AMY: What? I'm sorry, but what?
DOCTOR: It's all one creature. One creature disguised as two. Clever old multi-form. A bit of a rush job, though. Got the voice a bit muddled, did you? Mind you, where did you get the pattern from? You'd need a psychic link, a live feed. How did you fix that?
(The coma patient has a photograph of a black dog by his bed, just to confirm the identification. The man in the corridor opens his mouth to reveal the long needle-like teeth.)

"He's stealing the appearance of comma patients, allowing him to walk around town without being noticed." Rose summarised earing a proud smile from the Doctor.

DOCTOR: Stay, boy! Her and me, we're safe. Want to know why? She sent for back up.
AMY: I didn't send for back-up!
DOCTOR: I know. That was a clever lie to save our lives. Okay, yeah, no back up. And that's why we're safe. Alone, we're not a threat to you. If we had back up, you'd have to kill us.

"Sorry Doctor." Amy grinned; she'd been so new to the whole thing it was kinda weird to see. The Doctor had been trying so desperately to get them out of there safe and she wasn't helping much. The Doctor just smiled back in understanding; it was easy to see how much Amy had changed when comparing the one in the room to the one in the video.

ATRAXI [OC]: Attention, Prisoner Zero. The human residence is surrounded. Attention Prisoner Zero. The human residence is surrounded.
AMY: What's that?
DOCTOR: Well, that would be back up. Okay, one more time. We do have back up and that's definitely why we're safe.

"How did they only just find Prisoner Zero? Surely he couldn't have been hiding for however long you've been gone." Clara asked the question that seemed to be on most of the group's minds. The Doctor just smiled a bit ruefully but waved to the screen, she was sure she'd explain it later.

ATRAXI [OC}: Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated.
DOCTOR: Well, safe apart from, you know, incineration.

"Oh yeah, nothing to worry about there. Just a light bit of incineration." Donna snorted, didn't that just sound familiar.

ATRAXI [OC]: Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated.
(The Doctor struggles with the sonic screwdriver.)
DOCTOR: Come on, work, work, work, come on.
ATRAXI [OC]: Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated.
(The Doctor finally frees himself from the handcuffs.)

The group smiled at seeing the Doctor finally free themselves, they had a better chance of getting away now they weren't literally chained to a radiator.

DOCTOR: Run! Run!
ATRAXI [OC]: Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated.

"Ah, the start of the running." Rose grinned with most of the group grinning too, it was definitely a staple when it came to the Doctor.

[Garden]

DOCTOR: Kissogram?
AMY: Yes, a kissogram. Work through it.
DOCTOR: Why'd you pretend to be a policewoman?
AMY: You broke into my house. It was this or a French maid. What's going on? Tell me. Tell me!

The group chuckled at that, the tension easing at seeing the pair out of immediate danger and bickering away. "Was my job really that important in that exact moment?" Amy complained, she really would have appreciated a better explanation though she'd long since given up on expecting that with the Doctor.

"Absolutely." The Doctor answered unashamed, grin bright on her face.

DOCTOR: An alien convict is hiding in your spare room disguised as a man and a dog, and some other aliens are about to incinerate your house. Any questions?
AMY: Yes.
DOCTOR: Me too. No, no, no, no! Don't do that, not now! It's still rebuilding. Not letting us in.

"Great so no Tardis but lots of aliens wanting to kill you." Martha sighed, wasn't that just typical.

ATRAXI [OC]: Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated.
AMY: Come on.
DOCTOR: No, wait, hang on. Wait, wait, wait, wait. The shed. I destroyed that shed last time I was here. Smashed it to pieces.

"Oh yeah. How long were you gone? I mean I know Amy's grown-up now but..." Bill asked, question not needing to be finished. Amy and the Doctor shared a look before smiling and waving to the screen in sync.

AMY: So there's a new one. Let's go.
DOCTOR: Yeah, but the new one's got old. It's ten years old at least. Twelve years. I'm not six months late, I'm twelve years late.

"Twelve years?" Jack whistled. "Wow, you really are a bad pilot."

"Hey!"

AMY: He's coming.
DOCTOR: You said six months. Why did you say six months?
AMY: We've got to go.
DOCTOR: This matters. This is important. Why did you say six months?
AMY: Why did you say five minutes!
DOCTOR: What?

"You still hadn't realised she was Amelia?" Rory asked, he would have thought the Doctor would have realised earlier.

"I was a bit busy with all the aliens and threats on incineration, Roman." The Doctor protested, she felt personally justified by her lack of recognition from her perspective of event in the video at least, but watching it from this view did make it more obvious.

AMY: Come on.
DOCTOR: What?
AMY: Come on!
DOCTOR: What?
ATRAXI [OC]: Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated.

The room was getting more nervous at the Atraxi's threat, the further the pair got from the house. Something was sitting right for them, something was wrong. And not just with the whole escaped prisoner out to get them thing.

[Village lane]

DOCTOR: You're Amelia.
AMY: And you're late.

"Frequently." Amy muttered to herself, it hadn't been the last time the Doctor had been late, nowhere near.

DOCTOR: Amelia Pond. You're the little girl.
AMY: I'm Amelia and you're late.
DOCTOR: What happened?
AMY: Twelve years.
DOCTOR: You hit me with a cricket bat.
AMY: Twelve years.
DOCTOR: A cricket bat.

"You're both very focused on this matter and I get that. But shouldn't you be at least a bit concerned for the whole alien threat?" Rose asked a tad awkwardly.

The Doctor and Amy shared a glance before answering in sync. "Nah." Rory just groaned at the pair, he really should have expected this upon their reunion.

AMY: Twelve years and four psychiatrists.
DOCTOR: Four?
AMY: I kept biting them.
DOCTOR: Why?
AMY: They said you weren't real.

"Feisty, I like you." Jack smirked flirtatiously at Amy who winked back.

"Oi! Married." Rory protested, earning a roll of the eyes from Amy.

"I like you two. I'm willing to share."

"Jack!"

ATRAXI [OC]: Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated. Repeat.
(It is coming from the Ice cream van speakers.)
AMY: No, no, no, come on. What? We're being staked out by an ice-cream van.

There were a few chuckles at that comment and the absurdity of it but the tension was starting to build again, that feeling of something being wrong was only getting stronger.

ATRAXI [OC]: Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated.
DOCTOR: What's that? Why are you playing that?
ICE CREAM MAN: It's supposed to be Claire De Lune.

"Doctor. Sweetie. Did you really think he was purposely playing that in an attempt to get people to buy ice cream?" River sighed in fond exasperation at her wife who's protests fell on death ears.

(It is also on the radio.)
ATRAXI [OC]: Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated. Repeat. Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated.
(It is also on a jogger's iPod and a woman's mobile phone.)
AMY: Doctor, what's happening?
ATRAXI [OC]: Repeat, Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated.

"I'm starting to think they don't mean Amy's house." Martha said worriedly. The glance shared between Amy, Rory and the Doctor only made her more concerned.

[Mrs Angelo's home]

(The big eyeball is on every channel on the television. An elderly lady keeps jabbing at the remote control.)
ATRAXI [on TV]: Repeat, Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated.
DOCTOR: Hello! Sorry to burst in. We're doing a special on television faults in this area. Also crimes. Let's have a look.

"You're just bursting into someone's house! That's how you got hit with the cricket bat lats time." Rose shook her head, exasperated. The Doctor never learned.

MRS ANGELO: I was just about to phone. It's on every channel. Oh, hello, Amy dear. Are you a policewoman now?
AMY: Well, sometimes.
MRS ANGELO: I thought you were a nurse.
AMY: I can be a nurse.
MRS ANGELO: Or actually a nun?
AMY: I dabble.

The room was chuckling at Amy's uncomfortable state. Clearly the old lady knew her but not her job and no one was willing to admit that they wouldn't have told her either. Rory was smiling at his wife's situation while Amy just sighed, a small smile twitching at the edge of her lips.

MRS ANGELO: Amy, who is your friend?
DOCTOR: Who's Amy? You were Amelia.
AMY: Yeah? Now I'm Amy.
DOCTOR: Amelia Pond. That was a great name.
AMY: Bit fairy tale.

The Doctor shifted uncomfortable, all too aware of how much she was to blame for that change. Amy had just repeated his own words back to him, twelve years later.

"But it was a brilliant fairy tale." Amy offered unusually soft at seeing the Doctor shift uncomfortable in her seat. The pair shared a silent conversation while the rest of the group looked away getting the feeling this was a very private conversation. Rory and River were the only ones who didn't look away, both far too involved ot pretend otherwise.

"It always is." The Doctor muttered back equally softly, twinged with a deep grief.

MRS ANGELO: I know you, don't I? I've seen you somewhere before.

"How would she have seen you before?" Ryan asked bewildered, the Doctor had literally only had that face for like half an hour and only met Amy. The Doctor just grinned far too amused while Amy groaned, she'd forgotten about that. Their reactions only confused the group more.

DOCTOR: Not me. Brand new face First time on. And what sort of job's a kissogram?
AMY: I go to parties and I kiss people. With outfits. It's a laugh.
DOCTOR: You were a little girl five minutes ago.
AMY: You're worse than my aunt.
(The Doctor speaks to Mrs Angelo rather than Amy.)
DOCTOR: I'm the Doctor. I'm worse than everybody's aunt. And that is not how I'm introducing myself.

"I'd hope not." Clara grinned while the rest of the group laughed at the Doctor.

ATRAXI [on radio]: Repetez. Le Prisonnier. Zero wird der menschliche.
DOCTOR: Okay, so it's everywhere, in every language. They're broadcasting to the whole world.

"Definitely not talking about the house." Bill declared, nervously. That was really not good, the whole group was getting more and more nervous especially with their growing suspicions on what the Atraxi were threatening to do.

(The Doctor looks out of the window.)
AMY: What's up there? What are you looking for?
DOCTOR: Okay. Planet this size, two poles, your basic molten core? They're going to need a forty percent fission blast.

The group all grimaced as their suspicions were confirmed, the Atraxi weren't focussed on the house ro even the town – they were planning to incinerate the Earth, just brilliant.

(A young man comes in and the Doctor speaks to him.)
DOCTOR: But they'll have to power up first, won't they? So assuming a medium sized starship, that's 20 minutes. What do you think, twenty minutes? Yeah, twenty minutes. We've got twenty minutes.

"Even better, a threat of incineration with a time limit, delightful." Martha announced with a sigh. The rest of the group seemed to share the same sentiment.

AMY: Twenty minutes to what?
JEFF: Are you the Doctor?
MRS ANGELO: He is, isn't he? He's the Doctor! The Raggedy Doctor. All those cartoons you did when you were little. The Raggedy Doctor. It's him.

The whole group started grinning as they realised what was happening. The Doctor was grinning wildly and Rory was trying to hide his grin (he was in elbowing distance of Amy after all) while Amy tried to hide her blush by putting her head in her hands.

AMY: (sotto) Shut up.
DOCTOR: Cartoons?
JEFF: Gran, it's him, isn't it? It's really him!

"You made cartoons about the Doctor?" Jack grinned, very entertained by the thought. The rest of the group seemed to share the sentiment; they could understand the obsession though none of them would admit it.

"Shut up, I was a kid." Amy glared.

"That wasn't all she made." Rory grinned before the grin faded as he was elbowed in the side, hard.

AMY: Jeff, shut up. Twenty minutes to what?
ATRAXI [on TV]: The human residence will be incinerated. Repeat.
DOCTOR: The human residence. They're not talking about your house, they're talking about the planet. Somewhere up there, there's a spaceship, and it's going to incinerate the planet.
ATRAXI [on TV]: will be incinerated. Repeat, Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated.
DOCTOR: Twenty minutes to the end of the world.
ATRAXI [on TV]: Repeat, Prisoner Zero will vacate 'the human residence, or the human residence will be incinerated.

"You've just regenerated, came back twelve years late and now you have twenty minutes to stop the world being incinerated. Do you ever stop Doctor?" Rose asked, concern clear in her voice alongside fondness, not everything seemed to change despite the face change.

The Doctor just shrugged with a blank look; it was true she didn't stop. Stopping meant letting all her thoughts catch up to her and she didn't want that. If she was busy, she wasn't focusing on the past.

[Space]

(The eyeball is one of may snowflake cum icicle type spaceships above the Earth.)
ATRAXI: Repeat. Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residence or the human residence will be incinerated.

"Great, there's lots of them." Nardole muttered. Amy and Rory shared a glance they hadn't realised how outnumbered they had been and things had got very close near the end.

[Leadworth]

(The Doctor and Amy walk down the middle of the road.)
DOCTOR: What is this place? Where am I?
AMY: Leadworth.

"Leadworth? That's a change from London." Martha declared; she hadn't even really heard of the place.

DOCTOR: Where's the rest of it?
AMY: This is it.
DOCTOR: Is there an airport?
AMY: No.
DOCTOR: A nuclear power station?
AMY: No.
DOCTOR: Even a little one?
AMY: No.
DOCTOR: Nearest city?
AMY: Gloucester. Half an hour by car.
DOCTOR: We don't have half an hour. Do we have a car?
AMY: No.
DOCTOR: Well, that's good. Fantastic, that is. Twenty minutes to save the world and I've got a post office. And it's shut. What is that?

"Lots to work with." Donna snorted. Amy and Rory shrugged, they'd both grown up there and even they could admit there wasn't much around.

AMY: It's a duck pond.
DOCTOR: Why aren't there any ducks?
AMY: I don't know. There's never any ducks.
DOCTOR: Then how do you know it's a duck pond?
AMY: It just is. Is it important, the duck pond?

"I don't think that's important at the minute Doc." Graham said, he was far more worried by the threat of incineration in twenty minutes than the duck-less duck pond.

(The Doctor clutches his chest.)
DOCTOR: I don't know. Why would I know? This is too soon. I'm not ready, I'm not done yet.
AMY: What's happening? Why's it going dark?
(A black disc covers the sun, like a total eclipse.)

"That's not good."

"Not at all."

AMY: So what's wrong with the sun?
DOCTOR: Nothing. You're looking at it through a forcefield. They've sealed off your upper atmosphere. Now they're getting ready to boil the planet. Oh, and here they come. The human race. The end comes, as it was always going to, down a video phone.

"Oh lovely, that's how I'd always wanted to die." Bill snorted.

AMY: This isn't real, is it? This is some kind of big wind up.
DOCTOR: Why would I wind you up?
AMY: You told me you had a time machine.
DOCTOR: And you believed me.
AMY: Then I grew up.

"You should never do that." The Doctor grinned at Amy who rolled her eyes at her.

DOCTOR: Oh, you never want to do that. No. Hang on. Shut up. Wait. I missed it. I saw it and I missed it. What did I see? I saw. What did I see? I saw, I saw, I saw
(People all over the village green taking photographs of the sun, except duplicate Barney and his dog, and Rory photographing the people. The time is 11:30)

The group watched fascinated at the insight into how the Doctor's mind worked, although only a few of them noticed what the Doctor had actually noticed. The tension was increasing again with the time limit counting down to certain doom and painful death.

DOCTOR: Twenty minutes. I can do it. Twenty minutes, the planet burns. Run to your loved ones and say goodbye, or stay and help me.
AMY: No.
DOCTOR: I'm sorry?
AMY: No!
DOCTOR: Amy, no, no, what are you doing?
(Amy drags the Doctor to a car that has just pulled up and slams his tie in the door, then takes the keys from the driver and locks it.)

The group burst out laughing at seeing the Doctor dragged around and then trapped again, it was completely contrary to what they had expected but seemed so in character for the fiery red head they started to get to now here in the room. Amy was cackling loudly at the Doctor's expression while the Doctor pouted, she'd been tyring to forget about this.

DOCTOR: Are you out of your mind?
AMY: Who are you?
DOCTOR: You know who I am.
AMY: No, really. Who are you?
DOCTOR: Look at the sky. End of the world, twenty minutes.
AMY: Well, better talk quickly, then.

The group watched the exchange in a mix of entertainment (mostly at seeing Amy dealing with the Doctor's dramatics) and worry (as they really didn't have the time to waste). It was interesting to see another introduction to the Doctor, both a different face and a different companion and overall, they were enjoying it despite the worry over the constant danger.

HENDERSON: Amy, I am going to need my car back.
AMY: Yes, in a bit. Now go and have coffee.
HENDERSON: Right, yes.
(Mister Henderson does as he is told.)

"Does everyone in town know you?" Rose asked upon seeing yet another person address Amy by name (and seem vaguely scared of the fiery Scotswoman).

"It's a small town, everyone knows everyone." Amy shrugged, with Rory nodding along next to her (everyone certainly knew Amy at least).

DOCTOR: Catch.
(He tosses her the apple with the face carved in it. It is still fresh.)
DOCTOR: I'm the Doctor. I'm a time traveller. Everything I told you twelve years ago is true. I'm real. What's happening in the sky is real, and if you don't let me go right now, everything you've ever known is over.

"You're so dramatic." River shook her head but the fondness was clear in her voice. The group had perked up upon seeing the familiar apple, it was certainly good proof he was who he said he was but Amy didn't look like the kind to just believe.

"But you love me anyway." The Doctor smiled, utterly besotted.

"Unfortunately." River teased while Amy rolled her eyes at her daughter's (equally) dramatic habits.

AMY: I don't believe you.
DOCTOR: Just twenty minutes. Just believe me for twenty minutes. Look at it. Fresh as the day you gave it to me. And you know it's the same one. Amy, believe for twenty minutes.
(Amy unlocks Mister Henderson's car.)
AMY: What do we do?

The group grinned at seeing Amy relent and free the Doctor, now they could finally start saving the world. Amy smiled softly mostly to herself, she hadn't been lying to the Doctor earlier, she didn't regret travelling with her, and she was very glad she had believed him then.

DOCTOR: Stop that nurse.
(He runs onto the village green and grabs Rory's phone.)
DOCTOR: The sun's going out, and you're photographing a man and a dog. Why?

"Oh." Ryan muttered having, like most of the room, finally figure out the reason the Doctor had been so focused on Rory. Rory was watching interested, things were making a lot more sense now seeing the full story. He was glad he'd helped save the world, even unintentionally as it had been.

RORY: Amy.
AMY: Hi! Oh, this is Rory, he's a friend.
RORY: Boyfriend.
AMY: Kind of boyfriend.
RORY: Amy.

Amy smiled at Rory who just sighed at his wife's behaviour, she really didn't change. The Doctor and River smiled fondly at the age-old dynamic between the pair, they were used to it and it wasn't odd to them as much as it was to the rest of the group. The others in the room however were shifting a bit uncomfortable, especially Rose and Mickey, it was a tad too like their situation to be comfortable, but clearly, there much have been something different seeing as the pair were happily married.

DOCTOR: Man and dog. Why?
RORY: Oh my God, it's him.
AMY: Just answer his question, please.
RORY: It's him, though. The Doctor. The Raggedy Doctor.
AMY: Yeah, he came back.
RORY: But he was a story. He was a game.

"A game? Does everyone in the town know about the Doctor?" Clara laughed.

"Everyone knew about Amy so everyone knew about her 'imaginary friend'" Rory shrugged with a small grin, he hadn't appreciated the danger they'd all been in at that moment, more focussed on the Doctor's sudden appearance. The rest of the group was chuckling while Amy glared at her husband.

DOCTOR: Man and dog. Why? Tell me now.
RORY: Sorry. Because he can't be there. Because he's
RORY + DOCTOR: In a hospital, in a coma.
RORY: Yeah.

"If you knew, why did you ask?" Martha sighed; the Doctor really did never change.

"I needed the confirmation." The Doctor shrugged with a smile.

DOCTOR: Knew it. Multiform, you see? Disguise itself as anything, but it needs a life feed. A psychic link with a living but dormant mind.
(The man barks at them.)
DOCTOR: Prisoner Zero.
RORY: What? There's a Prisoner Zero too?
AMY: Yes.

The room grinned at Rory's bewilderment and Amy's annoyance; it was weird to think about the Doctor being someone's childhood 'imaginary friend' in a way but it was certainly fun to watch the group's early dynamics. Although they were all still a bit nervous about the danger evolving. River was enjoying the video the most, she'd been told the story several times but it was a whole other thing to actually see the story play out like this.

(One of the pretty eyeball spaceships comes down.)
DOCTOR: See, that ship up there is scanning this area for non-terrestrial technology. And nothing says non-terrestrial like a sonic screwdriver.
(The Doctor makes all the streetlights explode, the car alarms go off and a poor woman's mobility scooter zoom off down the road. A fire engine goes past on its own, two tone blaring.)

"Doctor!" Several people berated upon seeing the poor woman in the mobility scooter lose control of it. The Doctor held her hands up in surrender.

FIREMEN: Oi, come back here! Come back!
DOCTOR: I think someone's going to notice, don't you?
(He blows up a red telephone box, then the screwdriver explodes.)
DOCTOR: No, no! No, don't do that!
RORY: Look, it's going.
DOCTOR: No, come back. He's here! Come back! He's here. Prisoner Zero is here. Come back, he's here! Prisoner Zero is

"I don't think they're gonna hear ya, Doc." Graham announced, mixed between entertained at the events and concerned over the still present danger and time limit. The Doctor just sighed; she'd been so frustrated by her sonic dying at the worst moment.

(Prisoner Zero goes squidgy and disappears down a drain cover.)
AMY: Doctor! The drain. It just sort of melted and went down the drain.
DOCTOR: Well, of course it did.

"Literally going done the drain." Bill snorted at the odd sight.

AMY: What do we do now?
DOCTOR: It's hiding in human form. We need to drive it into the open. No Tardis, no screwdriver, seventeen minutes. Come on, think. Think!

[Coma ward]

(Patient Barney is shaking.)
RAMSDEN: Barney? Barney? Barney? Can you hear me, Barney? Barney? Barney?
(The multiform slithers through an air vent above Barney's bed.)

The group watched the video, tensions rising again, as everything seemed almost hopeless and time was continuing to count down. They had no clue how the three had managed to stop the world getting incinerated in less than twenty minutes but they must have seeing as the world hadn't ended then and everyone was alive.

[Leadworth]

AMY: So that thing, that hid in my house for twelve years?
DOCTOR: Multiforms can live for millennia. Twelve years is a pit-stop.
AMY: So how come you show up again on the same day that lot do? The same minute!
DOCTOR: They're looking for him, but they followed me. They saw me through the crack, got a fix, they're only late because I am.

"I guess that's kinda good in a way, bar the multiform living in the house for that time. I mean, at least you didn't have to deal with this when you were seven." Yaz debated. The group was just glad for finally getting that explanation.

RORY: What's he on about?
DOCTOR: Nurse boy, give me your phone.
RORY: How can he be real? He was never real.
DOCTOR: Phone. Now. Give me.
RORY: He was just a game. We were kids. You made me dress up as him.

The group started chuckling at that while both Amy and Rory groaned in embarrassment this time, they'd never thought anyone else would learn about their games about the Doctor when they were kids but now the whole room new and the Doctor was grinning wildly. Mickey and Graham were nodding in commiseration with poor Rory's bewilderment at the whole situation, they hadn't believed either but still gotten dragged into everything anyway.

(The Doctor flicks through the images on the iPhone.)
DOCTOR: These photos, they're are all coma patients?
RORY: Yeah.
DOCTOR: No, they're all the multiform. Eight comas, eight disguises for Prisoner Zero.
AMY: He had a dog, though. There's a dog in a coma?

"Good question, what is with the dog?" Rose announced, pointing first at Amy then at the Doctor in search of an answer.

DOCTOR: Well, the coma patient dreams he's walking a dog, Prisoner Zero gets a dog. Laptop! Your friend, what was his name? Not him, the good-looking one.
RORY: Thanks.
AMY: Jeff.
RORY: Oh, thanks.

There were snickers at the exchange as well as a few pitying looks at Rory who just sighed, far too used to the pair doing that to him. Amy just grabbed his hand and squeezed it with a smile, she didn't need to say anything for him to know how much she loved him.

DOCTOR: He had a laptop in his bag. A laptop. Big bag, big laptop. I need Jeff's laptop. You two, get to the hospital. Get everyone out of that ward. Clear the whole floor. Phone me when you're done.
AMY: Your car. Come on.
RORY: But how can he be here? How can the Doctor be here?
(Amy and Rory get into a proper Mini, not a BMW oversized wannabe.)

The group watched with grins at Rory was still utterly bemused by the whole situation but still went along with Amy while the Doctor ran off, the group was finally starting to look like they may actually save the day (thankfully).

[Jeff's bedroom]

(Jeff is lounging on his bed, using his laptop.)
DOCTOR: Hello. Laptop. Give me.
JEFF: No, no, no, no, wait.
DOCTOR: It's fine. Give it here.
JEFF: Hang on!
(The Doctor takes the laptop and sees what Jeff was browsing.)
DOCTOR: Blimey. Get a girlfriend, Jeff.

The group burst out laughing at that, especially Amy and Rory who knew Jeff personally.

"You kinda deserve that Doctor for just bursting in and grabbing his laptop." Jack grinned while the Doctor nudged him in the side.

(Mrs Angelo enters.)
JEFF: Gran.
MRS ANGELO: What are you doing?
DOCTOR: The sun's gone wibbly, so right now, somewhere out there, there's going to be a big old video conference call. All the experts in the world panicking at once, and do you know what they need? Me. Ah, and here they all are. All the big boys. NASA, Jodrell Bank, Tokyo Space Centre, Patrick Moore.
MRS ANGELO: I like Patrick Moore.
DOCTOR: I'll get you his number. But watch him, he's a devil.

"Of course, you've met him." Mickey shook his head, who hadn't the Doctor met?

JEFF: You can't just hack in on a call like that.
DOCTOR: Can't I?
(Six faces come up on the screen, all labelled as above plus ESA and CSIRO. He shows them his psychic paper.)
PATRICK MOORE [on screen]: Who are you?

"How are you going to convince them you are trying to help?" Clara raised an eyebrow to which the Doctor just grinned, and wiggled her eyebrows making Clara sigh fondly.

MAN [OC]: This is a secure call, what are you doing here?
DOCTOR: Hello. Yeah, I know you should switch me off, but before you do, watch this.
PATRICK MOORE [on screen]: It's here too, I'm getting it.
DOCTOR: Fermat's Theorem, the proof. And I mean the real one. Never been seen before. Poor old Fermat, got killed in a duel before he could write it down. My fault. I slept in. Oh, and here's an oldie but a goodie. Why electrons have mass. And a personal favourite of mine, faster than light travel with two diagrams and a joke. Look at your screens. Whoever I am, I'm a genius. Look at the sun. You need all the help you can get. Fellas, pay attention.

The group watched with growing grins as the Doctor eased into their usual style and wowed a group of professionals all in search of saving the day in their typical (dramatic) fashion. It lifted their hearts to see the familiar behaviour even in a different face. Amy and Rory watched with wide grins, they'd missed this pat of the adventure (although Jeff had mentioned what had happened) and it was great to finally see it.

(Rory and Amy run into the hospital.)
NASA [OC]: Sir, what are you doing?
DOCTOR: I'm writing a computer virus. Very clever, super fast, and a tiny bit alive, but don't let on. And why am I writing it on a phone? Never mind, you'll find out. Okay, I'm sending this to all your computers. Get everyone who works for you sending this everywhere. Email, text, Facebook, Bebo, Twitter, radar dish, whatever you've got. Any questions?

"A computer virus? How is that going to help?" Martha asked bewildered, it didn't seem very relevant to catching Prisoner Zero and stopping the Atraxi.

"You'll see." The Doctor answered with a proud grin. Amy and Rory who knew what the virus did were grinning along too, glad to be in the know for once.

PATRICK MOORE [on screen]: Who was your lady friend?
DOCTOR: Patrick, behave.
MAN [OC]: What does this virus do?
DOCTOR: It's a reset command, that's all. It resets counters. It gets in the wifi and resets every counter it can find. Clocks, calendars, anything with a chip will default at zero at exactly the same time. But yeah, I could be lying, why should you trust me? I'll let my best man explain. (sotto) Jeff, you're my best man.

"You're going to get their attention. Tell them where Prisoner Zero is." Bill declared; eyes wide in realisation. The Doctor nodded proudly with a large smile.

JEFF: You what?
DOCTOR: Listen to me. In ten minutes, you're going to be a legend. In ten minutes, everyone on that screen is going to be offering you any job you want. But first, you have to be magnificent. You have to make them trust you and get them working. This is it, Jeff, right here, right now. This is when you fly. Today's the day you save the world.
JEFF: Why me?
DOCTOR: It's your bedroom. Now go, go, go.
(The Doctor runs out.)
JEFF: Okay, guys, let's do this.
DOCTOR: Oh, and delete your internet history.

The group chuckled at the last comment but were still mostly riding high on the Doctor's little speech. Having the Doctor's attention on you like that was an amazing thing and had inspired so many people over the years to do amazing things. Even those like Jeff who only briefly met the Doctor, they certainly left a lasting impression.

[Hospital]

RORY: Something's happened up there. We can't get through.
AMY; Yes, but what's happened?
RORY; I don't know. No one knows. Phone him.
AMY: I'm phoning him. Doctor? We're at the hospital, but we can't get through.
RORY: What did he say?
AMY: Look in the mirror. Ha ha! Uniform. Are you on your way? You're going to need a car.

"Good thing you're still dressed like a police officer." Yaz grinned, she didn't mind having the uniform abused like that for extreme situations like this, there wasn't much more extreme adventures than the world almost ending (again). Amy grinned back; it was good to have her old job be useful for other things for once.

[Fire engine]

DOCTOR: Don't worry, I've commandeered a vehicle.

"You're such a child." River laughed upon seeing her wife on the fire engine. The rest of the group was also lasting, none of them could deny that childish urge that said it looked like fun.

[Hospital corridor]

(Rory and Amy run up the stairs. The coma ward floor is a mess.)
AMY: Oh god.
(A woman with two girls meets them in the corridor.)
MOTHER: Officer.
AMY: What happened?
MOTHER: There was a man. A man with a dog. I think Doctor Ramsden's dead. And the nurses.

The group looked down for a minute for the people wo had died off screen because of Prisoner Zero. The group was all anxious to see how the final confrontation was going to end as time was still running out and they hadn't even found Prisoner Zero.

(Amy makes a phone call.)

[Fire engine]

DOCTOR: Are you in?
AMY [OC]: Yep.

[Hospital corridor]

AMY: But so's Prisoner Zero.

[Fire engine]

DOCTOR: You need to get out of there.

[Hospital corridor]

MOTHER [OC]: He was so angry. He kept shouting and shouting. And that dog. The size of that dog.
(But it is not the mother who is speaking.)

"Prisoner Zero's changed his appearance." Rose muttered worried, reaching the same conclusion as the rest of the room and Amy and Rory on screen. That was not good.

CHILD: I swear it was rabid. And he just went mad, attacking everyone.
(Rory and Amy back away.)
CHILD: Where did he go, did you see? Has he gone? We hid in the ladies.
MOTHER: Oh, I'm getting it wrong again, aren't I? I'm always doing that. So many mouths.
(She opens her mouth to reveal the needle teeth.)
RORY: Oh, my God!

"Fair reaction mate." Mickey nodded in commiseration to Rory who sighed, glad there were some semi-sane people in the room. He'd seen a lot since Prisoner Zero but the alien hadn't been a nice or gentle introduction to all of time and space.

[Fire engine]

DOCTOR: Amy? Amy, what's happening?
(Amy and Rory run into the ward and bar the doors with a broom through the handles.)
DOCTOR: Amy, talk to me!

"They're a bit busy to spend time chatting, Doctor." Donna said, eyes never leaving the screen.

[Coma ward]

AMY: We're in the coma ward, but it's here. It's getting in.
DOCTOR [OC]: Which window are you?
AMY: What, sorry?

[Fire engine]

DOCTOR: Which window?

"You're not-?" Jack asked but his grin was growing on his face. The Doctor's answering grin told him all he needed to know and he burst out laughing.

[Coma ward]

AMY: First floor, on the left, fourth from the end.
(The broom finally gives up.)
MOTHER: Oh, dear little Amelia Pond. I've watched you grow up. Twelve years, and you never even knew I was there. Little Amelia Pond, waiting for her magic Doctor to return. But not this time, Amelia.
(Amy gets a text from Rory's phone. Duck! They do, and the fire engine ladder comes crashing through the window. Enter the Doctor.)
DOCTOR: Right! Hello. Am I late? No, three minutes to go. So still time.

"Three minutes!" Martha blinked. "Cutting it a bit close Doctor." The Doctor shrugged; three minutes was nothing.

MOTHER: Time for what, Time Lord?

"Great, it knows what you are. That's usually never a good thing." Nardole grumbled.

"Shut up Nardole."

DOCTOR: Take the disguise off. They'll find you in a heartbeat. Nobody dies.
MOTHER: The Atraxi will kill me this time. If I am to die, let there be fire.
DOCTOR: Okay. You came to this world by opening a crack in space and time. Do it again. Just leave.
MOTHER: I did not open the crack.

The group shifted suddenly uncomfortable, the feeling of something being wrong hit them full force. The crack was important for some reason and not in a good way.

DOCTOR; Somebody did.
MOTHER: The cracks in the skin of the universe, don't you know where they came from? You don't, do you?
(She changes to a little girl's voice.)
MOTHER: The Doctor in the Tardis doesn't know. Doesn't know. Doesn't know!
(And back to the adult voice.)
MOTHER: The universe is cracked. The Pandorica will open. Silence will fall.

"What does that mean? Doctor, what does that mean?" Jack asked, tone suddenly serious. He'd heard a few rumours (it was hard not to) but nothing concrete and the things he had heard was worrying.

"It's okay Jack, we dealt with it all." The Doctor answered, equally serious. Her face was troubled and her hands were fussing with her trousers.

"Doctor-."

"Leave it, Jack." The Doctor shared a long look with Amy, Rory and River they'd dealt with the cracks, the Pandorica and the Silence but all had been painful and brought up bad memories that none of them were prepared to get into at the moment. If it was important, it would be shown.

DOCTOR: And we're off! Look at that. Look at that!
(The clock says 0:00.)
DOCTOR; Yeah, I know, just a clock. Whatever. But do you know what's happening right now? In one little bedroom, my team are working. Jeff and the world. And do you know what they're doing? They're spreading the word all over the world, quantum fast. The word is out. And do you know what the word is? The word is Zero. Now, me, if I was up in the sky in a battleship, monitoring all Earth communications, I'd probably take that as a hint. And if I had a whole battle fleet surrounding the planet, I'd be able track a simple old computer virus to its source in, what, under a minute? The source, by the way, is right here.

"Clever." River smiled at her wife who preened at the compliment while the rest of the room snickered at the interaction. None of them would deny there were impressed with the Doctor, but none of them would admit it (t would make her too smug).

(There is a bright light outside.)
DOCTOR: Oh! And I think they just found us!
MOTHER: The Atraxi are limited. While I'm in this form, they'll still be unable to detect me. They've tracked a phone, not me.

The group who had been finally starting to worry less at the almost clear victory were suddenly concerned again - Zero made a good point.

DOCTOR: Yeah, but this is the good bit. I mean, this is my favourite bit. Do you know what this phone is full of? Pictures of you. Every form you've learned to take, right here. Ooo, and being uploaded about now. And the final score is, no Tardis, no screwdriver, two minutes to spare. Who da man? Oh, I'm never saying that again. Fine.

"Please never say that again." Clara groaned. The Doctor said a lot of stupid things (like a lot) but there were some limits.

"Don't worry, no plans to." The Doctor smiled. The group was finally starting to feel like the situation was coming to the end, Prisoner Zero seemed trapped with no escape and in time just about.

MOTHER: Then I shall take a new form.
DOCTOR: Oh, stop it. You know you can't. It takes months to form that kind of psychic link.
MOTHER: And I've had years.
(Amy collapses.)
DOCTOR: No! Amy? You've got to hold on. Amy? Don't sleep! You've got to stay awake, please.
RORY: Doctor.
(Prisoner Zero has transformed into a gangly man with a ripped shirt and floppy hair.)
DOCTOR: Well, that's rubbish. Who's that supposed to be?

The group had leaned forward in their seats as Prisoner Zero took the Amy and the Doctor's form feeling like they really should have expected s twist like this at the last minute. They were all glancing between the group on screen and in the room worried.

At the Doctor's words they all turned to face her confused. "Did you not know what you looked like?" Bill blinked, head tilted in confusion.

"Hadn't exactly had a chance to look in the mirror yet. Bit busy with the world almost ending." The Doctor pointed out. The group nodded their concession to that point.

RORY: It's you.
DOCTOR; Me? Is that what I look like?
RORY: You don't know?

"Bet that confused you." Graham nodded. The Doctor's comments about being a man had confused him upon their first meeting, he couldn't imagine how confusing this had all been for Rory who thought the Doctor was Amy's imaginary friend.

DOCTOR: Busy day. Why me, though? You're linked with her. Why are you copying me?
(A little girl comes from around a curtain and holds the duplicate's hand.)
AMELIA: I'm not. Poor Amy Pond. Still such a child inside. Dreaming of the magic Doctor she knows will return to save her. What a disappointment you've been.
DOCTOR: No, she's dreaming about me because she can hear me. Amy, don't just hear me, listen. Remember the room, the room in your house you couldn't see. Remember you went inside. I tried to stop, but you did. You went in the room. You went inside. Amy, dream about what you saw.

The group was leaning forward in their seats as the tension increased once again, they were reaching the end (they hoped, they weren't sure what else could go wrong) and things were finally starting to look hopeful again.

AMELIA: No. No. No!
(She transforms.)
DOCTOR: Well done, Prisoner Zero. A perfect impersonation of yourself.
ATRAXI [OC]: Prisoner Zero is located. Prisoner Zero is restrained.
ZERO: Silence, Doctor. Silence will fall.
(Prisoner Zero disappears in a rush of wind.)

The room let out cheers at seeing Prisoner Zero disappear, glad that was dealt with finally, although they were all a bit unnerved by Zeros' last words, they really didn't like the sound of this Silence.

RORY: The sun. It's back to normal, right? That's, that's good, yeah? That means it's over.
(Amy wakes up.)
RORY: Amy. Are you okay? Are you with us?
AMY: What happened?
RORY: He did it. The Doctor did it.
DOCTOR: No, I didn't.

"Eh, yes you did?" Rose argued, looking as confused as most of the group. Amy and Rory just rolled their eyes knowing what was coming next. The Doctor waved to the screen in answer to Rose's question.

RORY: What are you doing?
DOCTOR: Tracking the signal back. Sorry in advance.
RORY: About what?
DOCTOR: The bill.
(The Doctor phones the Atraxi.)
DOCTOR: Oi, I didn't say you could go! Article fifty seven of the Shadow Proclamation. This is a fully established level five planet, and you were going to burn it? What? Did you think no-one was watching? You lot, back here, now. Okay, now I've done it.
RORY: Did he just bring them back? Did he just save the world from aliens and then bring all the aliens back again?

There was a burst of laughter at Rory's summary of the situation and appropriate disbelief, both Mickey and Graham were nodding in commiseration once again. The rest of the group was grinning, bursting with excitement for the interaction they knew was about to come.

The Master, in his little corner, rolled his eyes at the Doctor's dramatics. Of course, he wasn't going to let anyone get away with threatening to burn his favourite little planet. He would never admit it but he was enjoying the chance to get to see the Doctor's faces he hadn't met properly (during his time as O didn't count) as annoying as it was to watch her with all the annoying human pets. He was justifying his enjoyment of the videos as a chance for information gathering (who was he kidding).

[Hospital corridor]

AMY: Where are you going?
DOCTOR: The roof. No, hang on.

[Doctor's locker room]

AMY; What's in here?
DOCTOR: I'm saving the world - I need a decent shirt. To hell with the raggedy. Time to put on a show.

The group watched excitement building. Several of them suddenly thought back to the group's comments about stealing clothes from a hospital which made a lot more sense now.

RORY: You just summoned aliens back to Earth. Actual aliens, deadly aliens, aliens of death, and now you're taking your clothes off. Amy, he's taking his clothes off.

The room burst out laughing at poor Rory who couldn't seem to catch a break. Rory just groaned at his panic and the embarrassment at the Doctor undressing while Amy cackled.

DOCTOR: Turn your back if it embarrasses you.
RORY: Are you stealing clothes now? Those clothes belong to people, you know. (to Amy) Are you not going to turn your back?
AMY: No.

That made the group laugh all the more, they were enjoying the dynamic between the three. It was an odd dynamic but it did seem to work for them somehow.

[Roof]

(The Doctor walks out in a new shirt with several ties draped around his neck. The Atraxi is hovering overhead.)
AMY: So this was a good idea, was it? They were leaving.
DOCTOR: Leaving is good. Never coming back is better. Come on, then! The Doctor will see you now.

"How long have you been wanting to say that?" Clara sighed, shaking her head at his antic fondly. She was enjoying seeing her first Doctor again, as attached as she had gotten to her second. It was nice to see how he had regenerated and met Amy and Rory but she couldn't help but compare it to his regeneration into Eyebrows with her.

"Who says I haven't before?" The Doctor grinned which only made Clara sigh louder.

(The eyeball drops onto the roof and scans the Doctor.)
ATRAXI: You are not of this world.
DOCTOR: No, but I've put a lot of work into it.
(He looks at his selection of ties.)
DOCTOR: Oh, hmm, I don't know. What do you think?

The group just sighed collectively at the Doctor's split focus. Though, truthfully, none of them were fooled, as distracted by the ties as the Doctor seemed, they all knew he was focused on the threat of the Atraxi.

ATRAXI: Is this world important?
DOCTOR: Important? What's that mean, important? Six billion people live here. Is that important? Here's a better question. Is this world a threat to the Atraxi? Well, come on. You're monitoring the whole planet. Is this world a threat?

The group watched excited and eager to see wat would happen. They could feel a speech coming and the Doctor's speeches were always dramatic but brilliant. The Atraxi had said something stupid and they were eager to see the Doctor deal with them.

(There is a projection of the world between them.)
ATRAXI: No.
DOCTOR: Are the peoples of this world guilty of any crime by the laws of the Atraxi?
ATRAXI: No.
DOCTOR: Okay. One more. Just one. Is this world protected? Because you're not the first lot to come here. Oh, there have been so many.
(The projection shows the Daleks et al.)
DOCTOR: And what you've got to ask is, what happened to them?
(A run through of all the previous Doctors, then this Doctor steps through the projection with a jacket and bow tie.)
DOCTOR: Hello. I'm the Doctor. Basically, run.

"You're so dramatic." River announced but she was grinning wildly, just like most of the room. There was a reason so many people knew, loved or feared the Doctor. Seeing the Doctor like that was always a dramatic affair and so interesting and exciting to watch. Amy and Rory shared a glance, that had been their first proper introduction to the Doctor, was t really hard to believe they'd chosen to go with him?

(The eyeball zooms back to its ship and leaves, very fast. There is a brief materialisation sound, then the Doctor takes a glowing Tardis key out of his new jacket pocket.)
AMY: Is that it? Is that them gone for good? Who were they?
(The Doctor is already down the stairs and running out of the hospital.)

"Doctor, you can't just run off like that!" Donna berated. The Doctor was good at running; to, from and into trouble but this was an extreme. He hadn't even answered any questions!

Amy grumbled, shooing a glare at the Doctor who offered an apologetic smile, she'd been really late – twice.

[Garden]

(The Tardis is waiting for him.)
DOCTOR: Okay, what have you got for me this time?

[Tardis]

DOCTOR: Look at you. Oh, you sexy thing! Look at you.

The group watched the Doctor's expression upon seeing the Tardis, a bit frustrated to not get to see the new model themselves yet.

(Amy and Rory run up just at it dematerialises.

"Did you seriously leave without answering any questions or saying anything?!" Martha exclaimed, narrowing her eyes at the Doctor who looked very sheepish and guilty.

"Maybe?"

Night time. The sound of the Tardis wakes Amy up. She runs outside.)
DOCTOR: Sorry about running off earlier. Brand new Tardis. Bit exciting. Just had a quick hop to the moon and back to run her in. She's ready for the big stuff now.
AMY: It's you. You came back.

Clara glanced between the screen and group in the room before reaching a conclusion and turning to the Doctor to ask, "How long were you this time?"

The Doctor shrunk down in her seat a bit at the room's sudden attention on her, but she waved to the screen instead of answering.

DOCTOR: Course I came back. I always come back. Something wrong with that?
AMY: And you kept the clothes.
DOCTOR: Well, I just saved the world. The whole planet, for about the millionth time, no charge. Yeah, shoot me. I kept the clothes.

"You have a massive wardrobe, but kept the clothes you stole from a hospital?" Rory pointed out with a raised eyebrow.

"I liked them." The Doctor shrugged, unrepentant.

AMY: Including the bow tie.
DOCTOR: Yeah, it's cool. Bow ties are cool.

"No, they are not." Amy snorted, making the Doctor pout.

AMY: Are you from another planet?
DOCTOR: Yeah.
AMY: Okay.

"You're taking that very calmly." Rose smiled at the red-head.

"Him being an alien made sense and it didn't seem very crazy compared to everything else that happened that day." Amy shrugged, but smiled proudly of herself.

DOCTOR: So what do you think?
AMY: Of what?
DOCTOR: Other planets. Want to check some out?
AMY: What does that mean?
DOCTOR: It means. Well, it means come with me.
AMY: Where?
DOCTOR: Wherever you like.
AMY: All that stuff that happened. The hospital, the spaceships, Prisoner Zero.
DOCTOR: Oh, don't worry, that's just the beginning. There's loads more.
AMY: Yeah, but those things, those amazing things, all that stuff. That was two years ago.

"Two years!" Yaz blinked. "You're really bad at arriving back on time." The Doctor just pouted while the ret of the group grinned at the truth in Yaz's words.

DOCTOR: Oh.! Oops.
AMY: Yeah.
DOCTOR: So that's
AMY: Fourteen years!
DOCTOR: Fourteen years since fish custard. Amy Pond, the girl who waited, you've waited long enough.
AMY: When I was a kid, you said there was a swimming pool and a library, and the swimming pool was in the library.
DOCTOR: Yeah. Not sure where it's got to now. It'll turn up. So, coming?
AMY: No.

The room blinked at that, for some reason they'd always thought everyone said yes straight away and yet they'd seen Rose say no first and now Amy, plus Donna had admitted to saying no the first time too and the current fam hadn't planned to travel with the Doctor originally but instead got taken along by accident. Rory especially was a bit shocked, he hadn't realised that Amy had originally said no.

DOCTOR: You wanted to come fourteen years ago.
AMY: I grew up.
DOCTOR: Don't worry. I'll soon fix that.
(He opens the Tardis door and follows Amy in.)

"You're going anyway." Bill grinned, seeing Amy go in despite her words.

"Of course, I am." Amy grinned.

[Tardis]

The group watched fascinated at seeing yet another model of the Tardis, all doing the traditional thing of comparing it with the one they'd known. Amy and Rory grinned widely at seeing their version of the Tardis, although they were still annoyed at the Doctor's disappearance act (again).

DOCTOR: Well? Anything you want to say? Any passing remarks? I've heard them all.
AMY: I'm in my nightie.

The group laughed at their subversion of the expected comments, they hadn't even really realised that Amy was in her nightie. Amy blushed at that comment, unable to forget that during their first proper adventure on Starship UK she'd still been wearing her nightie.

DOCTOR: Oh, don't worry. Plenty of clothes in the wardrobe. And possibly a swimming pool. So, all of time and space, everything that ever happened or ever will Where do you want to start?
AMY: You are so sure that I'm coming.
DOCTOR: Yeah, I am.
AMY: Why?
DOCTOR: Cause you're the Scottish girl in the English village, and I know how that feels.

The group glanced at the Doctor concerned but the Doctor's eyes were determinedly focused on the screen, not looking away to meet their concerned gazes. There were so many layers to that comment and no one was prepared to start peeling away at them quite yet.

Amy watched the Doctor for several minutes, she really hadn't understood how much the Doctor understood back then, it was only now looking back with all the information she had that she really got it.

AMY: Oh, do you?
DOCTOR: All these years living here, most of your life, and you've still got that accent. Yeah, you're coming.
AMY: Can you get me back for tomorrow morning?
DOCTOR: It's a time machine. I can get you back five minutes ago. Why, what's tomorrow?
AMY: Nothing. Nothing. Just you know, stuff.

The group all narrowed their eyes at Amy, that comment and then the denial was suspicious to say the least. Now it was Amy's turn to avoid everyone's eyes. Rory squeezed their hands which were still joined, he knew what tomorrow was but they'd discussed and gotten over that mess a long time ago, they trusted and loved each other.

DOCTOR: All right, then. Back in time for stuff.
(A sonic screwdriver rises from a slot in the console.)
DOCTOR: Oh! A new one! Lovely. Thanks, dear.
(The Doctor uses an old typewriter wired into the console.)

The group grinned at seeing the Doctor get a new screwdriver and happily typing away on the console like normal, it was a very familiar movement even if both the Doctor and the Tardis had a different appearance.

AMY: Why me?
DOCTOR: Why not?
AMY: No, seriously. You are asking me to run away with you in the middle of the night. It's a fair question. Why me?
DOCTOR: I don't know. Fun. Do I have to have a reason?
AMY: People always have a reason.
DOCTOR: Do I look like people?
AMY; Yes.

The room watched quietly as Amy countered the Doctor well for having just met them, usually it was a skill that took them a while to learn – when to chase answers and when to let things go. They couldn't deny they were also curious – why any of them? Was it really just they were there at the perfect moment? Or was it something more? After all the Doctor met a lot of people but not many travelled with them.

DOCTOR: Been knocking around on my own for a while. My choice, but I've started talking to myself all the time. It's giving me earache.
AMY: You're lonely. That's it? Just that?
DOCTOR: Just that. Promise.
AMY: Okay.

Amy narrowed her eyes at that, sensing it wasn't the complete truth now that she knew the Doctor better. Oh, she didn't think he was lying, just that he wasn't telling the full truth. But did it really matter in the end?

DOCTOR: So, are you okay, then? Because this place, sometimes it can make people feel a bit, you know.
AMY: I'm fine. It's just, there's a whole world in here, just like you said. It's all true. I thought. Well, I started to think that maybe you were just like a madman with a box.
DOCTOR: Amy Pond, there's something you'd better understand about me, because it's important, and one day your life may depend on it. I am definitely a madman with a box. Ha ha! Yeah. Goodbye Leadworth, hello everything.

The group grinned at the Doctor's acknowledgment, excited to see the start of the Doctor and Amy's adventures. Amy and the Doctor shared a smile, both thinking back to all the great adventures they'd been on, things they'd done and seen when it was just the two of them.

(He sets the Tardis in flight. We watch it dematerialise in the garden, then we go back to Amy's bedroom with the wedding dress and its veil hanging up on the back of the door.)

"You were getting married!" Several people exclaimed, the comment about being back for tomorrow suddenly making a lot more sense.

Amy just shrugged, but had a small smile on her face at their shock while Rory just sighed exasperated with his wife. "Yes, I got back in time don't worry." Amy answered knowing full well that wasn't what the group had been asking and enjoying the power she suddenly had.

The Doctor just shook her head at Amy's antics before drawing the group's attention to herself. "Well, that was fun. Everyone ready to see what's up next?"