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.

15. The Doctor's Daughter

Hello everyone!

This time - The Doctor's Daughter, a highly anticipated episode which I hope my writing lives up to your expectations and hopes.

Next time - The Doctor's Wife. After that it is a bit less concrete. Please keep your suggestions rolling in!

Thank you for all the support and comments, you guys are brilliant!

As always, thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy.

Please leave a comment to let me know what you think, your comments always make my day!

Robyn

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The group watched as the screen turned black and the words 'The Doctor's Daughter' appeared on screen. Almost as soon as the group registered the words, they all turned to the Doctor, mostly in confusion. The Doctor's face was crinkled in thought, she wasn't quite sure what the video title could be referring too and she wasn't sure she wanted to watch this video (but like always she wasn't going to get a choice).

Martha and Donna, however, seemed to be the only people in the room who had an idea of what the video could be about, sharing a concerned look unseen to the rest of the group.

"Doctor? Do you know what this is about?" Amy asked, confusion obvious in her tone and on her face. Most of the group was aware the Doctor had children at one point but they'd never thought they'd hear or see anything about them.

"I'm not sure…" The Doctor said, expression concerned. There were so many things this video could be about and none of them would be nice to watch.

"Doctor." Donna started. Voice unusually calm and quiet, setting the Doctor on edge immediately. It took a few seconds for her to be able to meet Donna's gaze only to find Martha giving her a similar look which only made her all the more on edge. "Do you think this could be about Jenny?"

The Doctor's hearts froze and stuttered. Jenny. She hadn't even considered her youngest child who'd died so soon after being born. Based on the videos they had seen so far, that would make much more sense than going back to her original days on Gallifrey or most of her other ideas.

"I guess we'll see." She answered, schooling her face blank. The group all shot her a concerned look, most of them had no clue what they had been talking about with Jenny but based on their reactions it wasn't going to be a nice video.

[Tardis]

(Everyone is hanging on to the console.)
DONNA: What the hell's it doing?
DOCTOR: The control's not working.

"That's worst than your normal piloting. And that's saying something." River raised an eyebrow at the clearly out of control Tardis. The Doctor pouted while Donna and Martha nodded enthusiastically.

Unnoticed to the rest of the group Donna and Martha shared another look – this was definitely going to be about Jenny.

(He gets thrown about and gets a look at the jar at the base of the time rotor.)
DOCTOR: I don't know where we're going, but my old hand's very excited about it.

"Hand! Why do you have a hand in a jar!" Yaz exclaimed at seeing the jar, most of the group looked equally concerned/disgusted.

"Wait did you say it was yours?" Ryan added, having caught the last part of the Doctor's sentence.

Jack, Rose, Mickey, Martha and Donna were the only ones that knew anything about the hand and all had their own reactions to it. Jack and Rose looked mostly nostalgic upon seeing it, thinking back to their own travels with Pinstripes. Martha and Donna both were too worried about the video itself to focus much about the hand – it had been weird enough at the time but they were used to the Doctor's Doctor-ness at this point. Mickey just shook his head; he'd been around for all the nonsense with the hand (both it getting cut off and then the meta-crisis) and he'd been hoping to never have to deal with it again.

The Doctor focused on the rest of the group who had no idea about the hand. "Well, it's a long story involving a sword fight on Christmas Day and them Jack finding my severed hand and well, like I said long story." The Doctor tried to explain in a ramble before giving up when faced with the group's disbelieving looks. Those that knew the story were snickering at the rest of the group's expressions.

DONNA: I thought that was just some freaky alien thing. You telling me it's yours?
DOCTOR: Well.
MARTHA: It got cut off. He grew a new one.

"Like a lizard!" Bill announced looking far too excited. The Doctor hid her hands under her legs, suddenly nervous Bill might try to experiment.

"It was only because I'd just regenerated. I can't normally." She quickly explained, not wanting to give any one any ideas.

DONNA: You are completely impossible.
DOCTOR: Not impossible. Just a bit unlikely.

Donna sighed loudly and dramatically, rolling her eyes at the Doctor while Martha grinned. "Not the point, Spaceman."

(There's a bang, and sparks, then stillness and peace. The Doctor runs outside.)

"So, you two were travelling with him?" Clara asked Martha and Donna. It would explain some things as they had seemed to know each other before arriving in the room.

"No." Martha snorted. "Donna was travelling with him but I'd helped deal with an incident on Erath and the Tardis essentially kidnapped me." That earned a few raised eyebrows but no further comments, they'd heard weirder.

[Tunnel entrance]

(It looks like a junk yard in a railway arch at night.)
DOCTOR: Why would the Tardis bring us here, then?

"Why does the Tardis bring us anywhere she does?" Amy snorted. Everyone knew the answer to the question though – because someone needed help.

MARTHA: Oh, I love this bit.
DONNA: I thought you wanted to go home.
MARTHA: I know, but all the same, it's that feeling you get.
DONNA: Like you swallowed a hamster?

The pair grinned at each other, despite the adventure being unplanned they'd enjoyed each other's company. The rest of the group were also grinning, all of them understanding exactly what the two were talking about – they all got a similar feeling no matter how long they had travelled with the Doctor. The Doctor just smiled softly at the group; glad they were getting on.

CLINE: Don't move! Stay where you are! Drop your weapons.
(Three men are pointing rifles at them, so they raise their hands.)

"Why does that happen so often? Like we arrive somewhere and usually end up being threatened at some point." Bill asked the group collectively.

"It's absolutely the Doctor's fault." Rose announced.

"Yea – Hey!" The Doctor protested as she realised what Rose had actually said, making the group burst out into giggles.

DOCTOR: We're unarmed. Look, no weapons. Never any weapons. We're safe.
SOLDIER: Look at their hands. They're clean.
CLINE: All right, process them. Him first.

"That does not sound good." Ryan declared.

"Yeah, what does your hands being clean have to do with anything, Doc?" Graham asked, adding onto his grandson's words.

"Just watch, please." The Doctor muttered in answer, eyes never leaving the screen as she realised what was about to happen. Donna and Martha shared a concerned glance, they both knew exactly what was about to happen.

(Two soldiers take the Doctor.)
DOCTOR: Oi, oi. What's wrong with clean hands?
MARTHA: What's going on?
(The Doctor is taken to a machine and his right arm is pushed inside it.)

"What are they doing? What does the machine do?" Mickey asked face crinkled in thought. He wasn't liking the looks Martha and Donna were sharing. No one answered his question, the Doctor just waved back to the screen.

DONNA: Leave him alone.
(Something inside grabs his arm.)
DOCTOR: Something tells me this isn't about to check my blood pressure. Argh!
(It clearly hurts.)

"Doctor!" A few people exclaimed at seeing the Doctor with his arm trapped in the machine and clearly hurting. The group was glancing worriedly between the screen and the Doctor in the room.

"I'm alright." The Doctor reassured, smiling at their concern before focussing back on the screen.

DONNA: What are you doing to him?
CLINE: Everyone gets processed.
DOCTOR: It's taken a tissue sample. Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow. And extrapolated it. Some kind of accelerator?
(The Doctor is released.)

Jack, River and the Master looked thoughtful, slowly putting together the clues in the video title and what was happening on screen together. None of them voiced their ideas but both River and Jack glanced concerned at the Doctor – the way she, Donna and Martha reacted to the video suggested it didn't end well. The Master had a thoughtful look on his face mixed with some pity and understanding, he was the only on to have known the Doctor's first family and children and knew the pain of losing your children all too well himself.

The rest of the group just looked puzzled by the machine but relieved the Doctor had been released.

MARTHA: Are you all right?
(There is a graze on the back of his hand.)
DOCTOR: What on earth? That's just
(A pair of glass and metal doors open and a figure steps out from the steam of the brightly lit interior. She is a skinny blonde woman in combat boots and trousers, and a khaki t-shirt.)

"What the-? Where did she come from?" Rory asked blinking at the woman just appearing out of the machine.

Donna, Martha and the Doctor shared a glance before the Doctor answered. "Please just watch, I'll explain soon I think."

CLINE: Arm yourself.
(He hands the newcomer a rifle.)

The group shifted suddenly nervous about seeing the armed group grow and still having no answers. No one made a comment, the tension in the room rising as the group waited on an explanation.

MARTHA: Where did she come from?
DOCTOR: From me.
DONNA: From you?. How? Who is she?
(The woman checks the rifle is ready for use.)
DOCTOR: Well, she's, well, she's my daughter.

"What!" Half the group seemed to exclaim at once, glancing quickly between the group in the room and the screen.

"I think we're going to need more of an explanation than that Doctor." Amy demanded, not leaving any options.

The Doctor still hesitated before sighing and giving in. "It's a bit like asexual reproduction – there is only one parent. They take samples of cells, my cells in this case, and rearrange them and make a person rapidly. Basically, kinda, well – yeah that's what happens. Mostly."

She got a few exasperated looks for the end of her explanation but the group was more focussed thinking back on Donna, Martha and the Doctor's initial reactions. The video title made a lot more sense now but they had a sinking feeling in the pits of their stomachs that it wasn't going to end well – between the trio's reactions and the fact they had never met or heard of the girl before.

(The real-life daughter of 5th Doctor Peter Davison smiles and speaks.)
JENNY: Hello, Dad.

"Is it just me or doesn't she look a bit like Rose's daughter might?" Jack said, eyeing the Doctor, who was looking anywhere but him, Rose and the screen.

"Jack!" Rose hissed, blushing. She couldn't deny that she'd had that thought too, that this girl looked like the child of her and the meta-crisis Doctor (who had started going by Corin) but she would have never said it.

CLINE: You primed to take orders? Ready to fight?
JENNY: Instant mental download of all strategic and military protocols, sir. Generation five thousand soldier primed and in peak physical health. Oh, I'm ready.

The group shifted uncomfortable again, it was very weird and unsettling seeing the Doctor's 'daughter' as a soldier when the Doctor was well known for hating guns and soldiers.

(She takes her place with Cline and the other soldiers at a barricade.)
DONNA: Did you say daughter?
DOCTOR: Mmm. Technically.
MARTHA: Technically how?

"Why do you always do that?" Clara sighed exasperated with the Doctor's antics which apparently never changed.

"What?"

DOCTOR: Progenation. Reproduction from a single organism. Means one parent is biological mother and father. You take a sample of diploid cells, split them into haploids, then recombine them in a different arrangement and grow. Very quickly, apparently.

The Doctor nodded along with her on screen exploration while the rest of the group watched on, mentally comparing the two explanations (and Doctors).

JENNY: Something's coming.
(There are shadows on the tunnel wall. As they come into view, the figures start firing.)
CLINE: It's the Hath!

"Hath?" Jack asked, he recognised the name. "I didn't think they were particularly aggressive?"

"There's exceptions in every species, but most of this mess was built on misunderstandings." The Doctor answered, expression dark with thought in remembrance of what the misunderstanding had lost her.

Donna and Martha shared a glance which didn't go unnoticed by Jack who was already worried by the Doctor's darkened expression.

(They return fire.)
JENNY: Get down!
(The Doctor, Martha and Donna take cover. The Hath are wearing breathing masks, but we can see they have big fish eyes and very wrinkled necks.)

"That's an … interesting look." Bill said. "Not that I'm judging!" She added quickly. The Hath were an interesting species but hardly the weirdest any of them had seen.

CLINE: We have to blow the tunnel. Get the detonator.
DOCTOR: I'm not detonating anything.
(The Doctor goes to help a wounded soldier. The Hath breach the barricade and one grabs Martha. Jenny takes on another hand to hand, then gets the detonator.)

"Martha!" Mickey exclaimed, glancing worriedly at his wife next to him. Most of the room had turned to her with concerned looks upon seeing her get separated from the others, as if they were checking she was still safe with them.

Despite knowing they were okay; it was always worrying to see one of their own in trouble on screen. Martha just smiled, nudging Mickey slightly in reassurance, she was happy to see that everyone was worried about her. They were all really starting to bet to know each other, spending time chatting during breaks and it was nice to know they cared about her.

CLINE: Blow the thing! Blow the thing!
DOCTOR: Martha! No. Don't.

Martha smiled softly at the Doctor; she couldn't deny the joy at seeing him so worried about her on screen. They'd had their troubles during their travels (both with their relationship and due to where they landed in the Tardis) so it was always relieving to know the Doctor really had cared for her (even if not in the way she wanted at the time). The Doctor offered her own smile back, understanding shining in her eyes.

(Jenny hits the button. A klaxon sounds and everyone runs before the big KaBOOM brings down the roof.)

The group shot another round of concerned looks at Martha upon seeing the roof come down.

DOCTOR: You've sealed off the tunnel. Why did you do that?
JENNY: They were trying to kill us.
DOCTOR: But they've got my friend.
JENNY: Collateral damage. At least you've still got her. He lost both his men. I'd say you came out ahead.
DONNA: Her name's Martha. And she's not collateral damage, not for anyone. Have you got that, GI Jane?

"Thanks Donna." Martha smiled at Donna, glad for the defence from the fiery ginger. She's got on so well with Donna during the occasions they'd met and she'd considered the other woman a close friend before she lost her memories, but it was nice to see Donna defend her so soon after their first meeting which was only (during the Atmos mess just before this).

"It's was true then and still is now." Donna smiled back, firm in her defence. She really did like Martha, and one benefit of getting her memories back was getting a real friendship back with the other woman.

DOCTOR: I'm going to find her.
CLINE: You're going nowhere. You don't make sense, you two. No guns, no marks, no fight in you. I'm taking you to General Cobb. Now, move.

"When does the Doctor ever make sense?" Yaz grinned.

"Yaz!" The Doctor whined while the rest of the room laughed and nodded in agreement. The rest of the group were starting to rub off on her current companions, and she didn't like it (she did).

(On the other side of the tunnel blockage, Martha wakes up and hears a bubbling sound. It is an injured Hath.)
MARTHA: Hold on, I've got you. Is it your arm, yeah?

"Been kidnapped and just woken up but you still go straight into Doctor mode." Mickey grinned besotted at his wife who just grinned back. Donna and the Doctor had both perked up at seeing Martha and the Hath, they'd never known the full story and were very interested to see Martha's side of everything.

(The Hath bubbles its green breathing liquid.)
MARTHA: Is that a yes? Let me examine it. Keep still. Still, yeah? No move.
(The Hath nods.)
MARTHA: Half fish, half human? How am I supposed to know? Is that a shoulder? Feels like a shoulder. I think it's dislocated.

"Feels like a shoulder?" Donna snarked, good naturedly, grin prominent on her face.

"What else was I supposed to go off of?" Martha grinned back.

(More armed Hath arrive.)
MARTHA: I'm trying to help him. I am a doctor and he is my patient, and I'm not leaving him. Now, this is going to hurt. One, two, three.
(Martha puts the shoulder back into its place. The Hath cock their weapons, then the injured one intervenes, bubbling the explanation. Everyone relaxes again.)
MARTHA: Now, then. I'm Doctor Martha Jones. Who the hell are you?

The group sighed in relief at seeing Martha safe and in her element. They'd all gotten nervous upon seeing all the weapons aimed at her but were glad to see the injured Hath intervene to protect Martha. Mickey grinned proudly at her wife while Martha just rolled her eyes at her husband's behaviour but couldn't hide a grin.

[Tunnel]

(Deeper underground.)
DONNA: I'm Donna. What's you name?
JENNY: Don't know. It's not been assigned.
DONNA: Well, if you don't know that, what do you know?
JENNY: How to fight.

The group shifted uncomfortable at the reminder of the Doctor's new daughter who only apparently knew how to fight, not even having her own name.

"That's all she knows?" Amy looked troubled; this was starting to remind her too much of her daughter's situation. Little Melody was raised to kill the Doctor and here all the Doctor's daughter knew was how to fight.

The Doctor's face was equally troubled. "They were grown in the machine rapidly as soldiers so are imbedded with military tactics and fighting skills." Amy nodded, distracted with her own thoughts, that did nothing to reassure her.

DONNA: Nothing else?
DOCTOR: The machine must embed military history and tactics, but no name. She's a generated anomaly.
DONNA: Generated anomaly. Generated. Well, what about that? Jenny.
JENNY: Jenny. Yeah, I like that. Jenny.

The group smiled at Donna glad to see the girl get a name, they were all a bit concerned with the way the Doctor was acting but no one knew what to say about it.

In the corner, unnoticed to almost everyone, the Master snorted degradingly. Raising an eyebrow at him, the Doctor initiated contact across their dormant mental link. "What?"

"Jenny? Not a very Time Lord name, though I shouldn't expect anything better from a human naming it."

"Jenny was not an it. And it doesn't matter, she liked the name and that is all that mattered, Susan was the same." The Doctor faded off slightly at the end at the reminder of Susan, who preferred the human name to her actual name. She didn't mention that despite being grown from her cells, Jenny hadn't been a Time Lord (or whatever she actually was).

She felt the Master hesitate, both for the mention of Susan and the way she had referred to Jenny in the past tense, no matter their current relationship they both knew all too well the pain of losing their children. And knew the pain the other had gone through, knew the other's children. There were a small number of topics they never touched even during their worst fights and their lost children was one of them.

"Your family has always had a way of ignoring Time Lord convention." The Master finally settled on, possibly the most neutral but also nicest thing he could say to her at the moment. This was one thing he was not going to mock her for.

DONNA: What do you think, Dad?
DOCTOR: Good as anything, I suppose.
DONNA: Not what you'd call a natural parent, are you?
DOCTOR: They stole a tissue sample at gunpoint and processed it. It's not what I call natural parenting.

The group glanced between the screen, and Donna and the Doctor in the room with them, they weren't liing where this was heading or the Doctor's behaviour. The Doctor's expression was dark upon watching the interaction on screen, she'd tried so hard to deny her connection with Jenny until it was too late. Donna just looked sad, glancing at the Doctor with almost pitying looks. Martha on the other hand understood more than the rest of the room but still looked a bit confused.

DONNA: Rubbish. My friend Nerys fathered twins with a turkey baster. Don't bother her.
DOCTOR: You can't extrapolate a relationship from a biological accident.
DONNA: Er, Child Support Agency can.
DOCTOR: Look, just because I share certain physiological traits with simian primates doesn't make me a monkey's uncle, does it?
JENNY: I'm not a monkey. Or a child.

"Okay, that's enough! What's up with you?" Rose turned on the Doctor, fed up of their behaviour on screen, especially when faced with Jenny's innocent reactions. The rest of the group seemed to agree, fixing hard eyes on the Doctor in the room, eager for an explanation. The only ones not watching the Doctor like that was Donna and the Master. Jack and River both looked on the fence, they wanted answers but they already suspected what answers they would get.

The Doctor eyes the group, assessing, she knew they all wanted answers (they always did) but was she prepared to give them? (usually, no). Base don how they were watching her, she knew she wouldn't get out of this without some kind of answer. Taking a deep breath to steady herself she started, "I've had children before and the pain of losing them is something I wouldn't wish on anyone. If I opened my heart to Jenny, what were the chances it wouldn't get broken again?" Her voice was soft and seemed to take the anger out of the group, their expressions softening.

The younger members of the group (Yaz, Ryan and Bill) understood the least but those like Jack who knew the pain of losing children too, understood all too well. He reached out and pulled the Doctor sideways across their sofa into a hug, the pair silently mourning their lost children and grandchildren, offering comfort to each other. The rest of the group had glanced away, feeling that they were watching something so private. The sinking feeling in the pit of their stomachs only got heavier, they all suspected that Jenny didn't get out of this alive and they figured that Donna probably wouldn't let the Doctor get away with this behaviour for much longer.

[Camp]

(A large room with a slightly domed roof and a gallery. There are more clone chambers here. The ambient lighting is red.)
DOCTOR: So, where are we? What planet's this?
CLINE: Messaline. Well, what's left of it.

"That doesn't sound promising." Nardole muttered. A few people glanced at him but didn't say anything, they'd all been thinking the same thing.

TANNOY: Six six three seventy five deceased. Generation six six seven one, extinct. Generation six six seven two, forty six deceased. Generation six six eight zero, fourteen deceased. Generation six

The room gaped at the level of dead, so many generations deceased and now Donna, the Doctor and Martha were in the midst of everything and separated, because things couldn't get worst. Donna, Martha and the Doctor shared a glance, that may generations made it seem like the war had been going on for a long time but perceptions could be deceiving.

DONNA: But this is a theatre.
DOCTOR: Maybe they're doing Miss Saigon.

"The pair of you are so sarcastic and sassy together." Clara sighed fondly at the pair who grinned wildly.

Martha snorted in agreement, having been one of the few to truly experience the chaos the pair created. "Heavens know how the universe is still standing when faced with the pair of them."

DONNA: It's like a town or a city underground. But why?

"Good question." River nodded thoughtful, that had been bugging her too. She could swear she'd heard something about Messaline but couldn't quite remember why.

(A man with a neatly trimmed white beard approaches.)
DOCTOR: General Cobb, I presume.
COBB: Found in the western tunnels, I'm told, with no marks. There was an outbreak of pacifism in the eastern zone three generations back, before we lost contact. Is that where you came from?
DOCTOR: Eastern zone, that's us, yeah. Yeah. I'm The Doctor, this is Donna.

"I love it when they provide a backstory for you without any prompting." Bill grinned.

"It's definitely always helpful." Yaz nodded along with Bill, also grinning.

JENNY: And I'm Jenny.
COBB: Don't think you can infect us with your peacemaking. We're committed to the fight, to the very end.
DOCTOR: Well, that's all right. I can't stay, anyway. I've got to go and find my friend.
COBB: That's not possible. All movement is regulated. We're at war.
DOCTOR: Yes, I noticed. With the Hath. But tell me, because we got a bit out of circulation, eastern zone and all that. So who exactly are the Hath?

"Are you finally going to get some answers?" Rory asked the Doctor and Donna. He, like most of the group, was already eager for answers (like what happened with most of these videos). All they'd heard was they were at war with these Hath, and were using machines to grow generations of soldiers.

The Doctor and Donna shared a glance before nodding. "Kinda. Remember there's always several sides to a story." That did not reassure the group.

(The Hath take Martha to a very similar room, complete with clone chambers, but the ambient lighting is blue.)

"So, the Hath are doing the same with the machines?" Graham asked Martha, as she had been the one taken by the Hath. Martha nodded in answer. The group were relived to catch a glimpse of Martha, still safe with the Hath.

COBB: Back at the dawn of this planet, these ancient halls were carved from the earth. Our ancestors dreamt of a new beginning. A colony where human and Hath would work and live together.
DOCTOR: So what happened?
COBB: The dream died. Broken, along with Hath promises. They wanted it all for themselves. But those early pioneers, they fought back. They used the machines to produce soldiers instead of colonists, and began this battle for survival.

The group listened carefully to Cobb's side of the story, they were already thinking that not everything he was saying was the truth based on what they'd seen so far and what the trio had said in the room.

DONNA: There's nothing but earth outside, why's that? Why build everything underground?
CLINE: The surface is too dangerous.
DONNA: Well, then why build windows in the first place? And what does this mean?
(601707 something on a plaque.)

The Doctor grinned proudly at Donna, no matter what she said to the contrary, Donan would always be amazing. She asked all the right questions, the important ones that led to the truth when they had actually been able to answer them.

COBB: The rites and symbols of our ancestors. The meaning's lost in time.
DOCTOR: How long's this war gone on for?
COBB: Longer than anyone can remember. Countless generations marked only by the dead.
DONNA: What, fighting all this time?
JENNY: Because we must. Every child of the machine is born with this knowledge. It's our inheritance. It's all we know. How to fight, and how to die.

The group shifted uncomfortable with Jenny's declaration; it would be bad enough coming from anyone but from the Doctor's (essentially new-born) daughter? It was terrible. They really weren't liking the way anyone was acting or what was being said, things seemed to be about to escalate badly. It didn't help that no one was actually answering the pair's questions, they were just avoiding and talking about everything being lost to time.

[Hath camp]

(The Hath show Martha a holographic map of the tunnels and chambers.)
MARTHA: Right. So we're here?

"At least you got a map." Mickey pointed out to his wife who nodded, honestly watching this, she almost preferred spending the time with the Hath then Cobb.

[Camp]

(The same thing is going on.)

"Okay, so you're both getting to see a map. That's good." Ryan declared; it was always nice to get your bearings during this kind of mess.

DOCTOR: Does this show the entire city, including the Hath zones?
COBB: Yes. Why?
DOCTOR: Well, it'll help us find Martha.

Martha smiled at the Doctor, glad to know she was still the Doctor's priority. They'd both been trying so hard to meet back up despite the chaos going on around them. The Doctor smiled back, in some ways not travelling together had been the best thing for their relationship, it had given them both the distance needed to realise and deal with their feelings (Martha's crush and the Doctor's grief at Rose's loss).

CLINE: We've more important things to do. The progenation machines are powered down for the night shift, but soon as they're active, we could breed a whole platoon from you two.
DONNA: I'm not having sons and daughters by some great big flipping machine. Sorry, no offence, but you're not. Well, I mean, you're not real.

The Doctor waved triumphantly at Donna, she'd had her own reasons for not wanting to get close to Jenny, but she was eager to point out that Donna hadn't liked the idea either. Donna just rolled her eyes at her, ready to argue that it was an entirely different matter (Jenny was already alive, she was protesting the procedure), but the video continued before she could (to the relief of many in the room).

JENNY: You're no better than him. I have a body, I have a mind, I have independent thought. How am I not real? What makes you better than me?

The room shifted uncomfortably, they kind of agreed with Jenny, but most of them were 21st century humans and seeing Jenny grown so quickly in the machine was weird.

COBB: Well said, soldier. We need more like you, if ever we're to find the Source.
DOCTOR: Ooo, the Source. What's that, then? What's a Source? I like a Source. What is it?

"You're so excitable." River shook her head at her wife, who just smiled up at her unapologetic.

COBB: The Breath of Life.
DOCTOR: And that would be?
CLINE: In the beginning, the great one breathed life into the universe. And then she looked at what she'd done, and she sighed.
JENNY: She. I like that.
DOCTOR: Right. So it's a creation myth.

"It's probably not a good idea to call it a myth to the people who believe it." Jack raised an eyebrow pointedly.

"That sounds like you know from experience." The Doctor argued back.

"Wouldn't you like to know."

COBB: It's not myth. It's real. That sigh. From the beginning of time it was caught and kept as the Source. It was lost when the war started. But it's here, somewhere. Whoever holds the Source controls the destiny of the planet.
(The Doctor makes the map buzz.)

"You've decided the myth was nonsense and started messing around. Typical." Rose rolled her eyes at the Doctor's behaviour. She'd known this Doctor well and was very familiar with their behaviour, even after she wasn't travelling with him.

"It wasn't nonsense, there's usually some good information in myths, but extreme believers like Cobb aren't the kinda people you can argue with." The Doctor shrugged; she'd paid attention but their was a lot of non-useful information surrounding the vaguely useful information.

DOCTOR: Ah! I thought so. There's a suppressed layer of information in this map. If I can just
(He uses his sonic screwdriver on it, and up come more tunnels and chambers.)
DONNA: What is it, what's it mean?
DOCTOR: See? A whole complex of tunnels hidden from sight.

Several people just sighed exasperated with the Doctor, who was so happy with himself for finding the tunnels. It was good to know, as it gave them more options for getting to Martha but it was such typical Doctor behaviour.

[Hath camp]

(They appear on the Hath's map, too.)
MARTHA: Hold on. Look.

"Well, that explains that." Martha grinned at the Doctor.

[Camp]

COBB: That must be the lost temple. The Source will be inside. You've shown us the way. And look, we're closer than the Hath. It's ours.

[Hath camp]

MARTHA: That's a new map. There's a different set of tunnels.

[Camp]

COBB: Tell them to prepare to move out. We'll progenate new soldiers on the morning shift, then we march. Once we reach the Temple, peace will be restored at long last.
DOCTOR: Er, call me old-fashioned, but if you really wanted peace, couldn't you just stop fighting?
COBB: Only when we have the Source. It'll give us the power to erase every stinking Hath from the face of this planet.

"Okay, that escalated quickly." Amy raised her eyebrows at the screen. None of them were liking Cobb's attitude but this had gone from winning a war to straight up genocide. The group was glancing at the Doctor out of the corner of their eyes, there was no way they were going to let that happen.

DOCTOR: Hang on, hang on. A second ago it was peace in our time. Now you're talking about genocide.
COBB: For us, that means the same thing.
DOCTOR: Then you need to get yourself a better dictionary. When you do, look up genocide. You'll see a little picture of me there, and the caption will read, over my dead body.

The Master snorted in his corner, smirking. "There's another reason for your picture to be there, dear."

The Doctor glared at the Master; hands clenched as she tried to avoid flinching at the Master's accusations. The rest of the group glared at the Master; they were constantly trying to forget he existed but the Time Lord made it very hard to do.

COBB: And you're the one who showed us the path to victory. But you can consider the irony from your prison cell. Cline, at arms.
DONNA: Oi, oi, oi. All right. Cool the beans, Rambo.

The Doctor got a few looks for her comment on screen but most were getting nervous as things were building quickly. Cobb was going to war and the Doctor was about to be put in a cell and Martha was still missing with very little idea of the trouble coming her way. Things weren't looking good.

COBB: Take them. I won't have them spreading treason. And if you try anything, Doctor, I'll see that your woman dies first.
DOCTOR: No, we're, we're not a couple.
DONNA: I am not his woman.

The group spluttered a few laughs at the pair's rapid denials, both of them in the room pulling faces at the very thought.

"Priorities, Doctor." Clara shook her head.

Amy added on to Clara's words. "Shouldn't you be protesting the jail thing and not your relationship?"

Donna and the Doctor shared a look, before turning to the room at large. "No."

CLINE: Come on. This way.
DOCTOR: I'm going to stop you, Cobb. You need to know that.
COBB: I have an army and the Breath of God on my side, Doctor. What'll you have?

"Friends."

"A sonic screwdriver."

"Sarcasm."

"Experience."

"A life."

"A brain."

The group offered answers, some more serious than others. None of them liked Cobb and were all eager to take a chance to mock him (even though he was on screen and none of them would ever meet him).

DOCTOR: This.
(His brain.)
COBB: Lock them up and guard them.
CLINE: What about the new soldier?
COBB: Can't trust her. She's from pacifist stock. Take them all.

"Awkward." Bill sang quietly. It wasn't quiet enough as the rest of the room heard her and several people snorted in agreement. Between the Doctor ignoring Jenny, and Donna being there, things were absolutely going to get awkward.

[Hath camp]

(The Hath are celebrating something.)
MARTHA: But I didn't do anything.
(The Hath congratulate her nicely.)
MARTHA: I think I just started a war.

Martha sighed in relief, glad to know she wasn't actually responsible for the war suddenly escalating. The Doctor and Donna had given her an overview of everything from their side but it was good to actually see the full story. Half the room gave her understanding looks, they'd all been there and thought they'd done something terrible.

[Cell]

(A large cage, numbered 60120716.)
DONNA: More numbers. They've got to mean something.

The Doctor grinned at Donna again, proud of her for realising the numbers were important and then not letting go of that thought. She was so much more brilliant than she thought she was.

DOCTOR: Makes as much sense as the Breath of Life story.
JENNY: You mean that's not true?
DONNA: No, it's a myth. Isn't it, Doctor?
DOCTOR: Yes, but there could still be something real in that temple. Something that's become a myth. A piece of technology, a weapon.

"That's usually the way it usually ends up." River nodded along with the Doctor's theory. As an archaeologist she knew that better than most people, so many stories that were passed along through time and became myths usually had some basis. The Doctor smiled at her wife, all too aware of River's train of thoughts.

DONNA: So the Source could be a weapon and we've just given directions to Captain Nutjob?

The rest of the group nodded along worried with Donna's declaration, turning to the Doctor worried about her answer. The Doctor just smiled at them, "In this case we were lucky it wasn't exactly a weapon, but they already had enough of those to cause trouble." Her expression turned troubled at the end of her sentence. Donna and Martha shared a sad look, all too aware of what kind of trouble Cobb had caused, the irreparable damage he had done with the weapons he already had.

The others however were unaware of that, and missed the look Martha and Donna had shared, so they were relieved to know they hadn't just given directions to a weapon.

DOCTOR: Oh, yes.
DONNA: Not good, is it?
DOCTOR: That's why we need to get out of here, find Martha and stop Cobb from slaughtering the Hath. What, what are you, what are you, what are you staring at?

The group was nodding along with the Doctor's plan, smiling fondly at the familiarity of the adventure (bar Jenny). When the Doctor started asking about Jenny watching her, the room glanced between the screen and the Doctor – also curious why she was watching them.

JENNY: You keep insisting you're not a soldier, but look at you, drawing up strategies like a proper general.
DOCTOR: No, no. I'm trying to stop the fighting.
JENNY: Isn't every soldier?
DOCTOR: Well, I suppose, but that's, that's. Technically, I haven't got time for this. Donna, give me your phone. Time for an upgrade.
JENNY: And now you've got a weapon.
DOCTOR: It's not a weapon.
JENNY: But you're using it to fight back. I'm going to learn so much from you. You are such a soldier.

The Master was cackling in his corner, "Oh my dearest Doctor, she's figured you out perfectly so quickly. She's really your kid, you should be proud." The Doctor shot him a glare but only met a raised eyebrow. She turned her gaze to the floor; she'd been so uncomfortable with Jenny's accusations as they'd hit too close to the truth. She'd been trying to run so hard from her past as a soldier during the Time War but it just kept coming back to haunt her no matter what she did and how far she ran.

The rest of the group watched uncomfortable, stuck between glaring at the Master (on principal) and enjoying the sight of Jenny reading the Doctor so well. It was tinged with the knowledge of the Doctor's past as a soldier, which did take away some of the enjoyment, but it was still entertaining to watch the Doctor deal with his daughter.

DOCTOR: Donna, will you tell her?
DONNA: Oh, you are speechless. I'm loving this. You keep on, Jenny.

The group snorted at Donna's enjoyment of the situation, but couldn't deny they would be the same in the situation. It was always fun to see the Doctor ruffled and thrown in these kinds of situations, when the danger wasn't immediate.

(The Doctor sonics Donna's phone and calls Martha.)

"Took you a while to think of that." Martha raised an eyebrow teasingly at the Doctor who just sighed, feeling very attacked at the moment.

"First of all, it wasn't like we'd had much time before. Second, I didn't want Cobb to know we could communicate. Third, you could have also called me." The Doctor argued, a pout on her face (which she would deny if anyone said anything).

"I'll agree to your first two points but I only have the Tardis's phone number which is unhelpful in this instance, I didn't have Donna's, so your last point is mote." Martha smirked, enjoying teasing the Doctor and the good spirits for the small time they would last. The Doctor just pouted more.

[Hath camp]

MARTHA: Doctor?

[Cell]

DOCTOR: Martha, you're alive!

[Hath camp]

MARTHA: Doctor! Oh, am I glad to hear your voice. Are you all right?

"I think they should be asking about that seeing as you are the one that got kidnapped." Rose pointed out, to which Martha just shrugged.

[Cell]

DOCTOR: I'm with Donna. We're fine. What about you?
DONNA: And, and Jenny. She's fine too.
DOCTOR: Yes, all right. And, and Jenny. That's the woman from the machine. The soldier. My daughter, except she isn't, she's, she's. Anyway. where are you?

"You were really struggling with Jenny, weren't you?" Amy asked the Doctor softly, understanding her struggles in some way. Her issue was almost the opposite, she hadn't known who her daughter was for so long and then discovered her baby had been taken to become a weapon. While the Doctor was struggling to accept their daughter despite knowing who she was.

The Doctor just nodded; expression sad but understanding the underlying message in Amy's question.

[Hath camp]

MARTHA: I'm in the Hath camp. I'm okay, but something's going on. The Hath are all marching off to some place that's appeared

[Cell]

MARTHA [OC]: On this map thing.
DOCTOR: Oh, that was me. If both armies are heading that way, there's going to be a bloodbath.

"At least you know about the trouble now though." Rory said. It was better to be aware of how terrible the situation was then to get surprised and have to deal with it completely unprepared. Not that any of their preparations usually worked, it was just the principal of things.

[Hath camp]

MARTHA: What do you want me to do?
DOCTOR [OC]: Just stay where you are.

[Cell]

DOCTOR: If you're safe there, don't move, do you hear?
MARTHA [OC]: But

The room turned on the Doctor. "You know there is no way she's just going to stay there knowing there's trouble brewing, right?" Clara raised an eyebrow.

"I don't think any of us would just stay there and do nothing." Bill added pointedly, the rest of the group nodding along. Martha smiled, glad for the defence while Donna just shook her head at the Doctor's stupidity.

[Hath camp]

MARTHA: I can help.

"Oh Martha, I never doubted that. I know you could help, you're brilliant at helping. I was just worried, especially after you got separated from us." The Doctor focussed on Martha; expression guilty as she realised what her words had suggested to Martha. She'd been so focussed on the mess with Jenny and the war, and worried about Martha that she hadn't realised how it all had sounded. Something she had often done with Martha as she was starting to realise.

"Thank you, Doctor." Martha answered softly. She'd definitely doubted it at the time, mostly with her history with the Doctor but watching the video like this, spending time with everyone was making her more comfortable and self-assured with her relationship with the Doctor (not that she was anything less without that, that was something important she'd learned after her time with the Doctor).

(Martha's battery goes flat.)
MARTHA: Doctor? Doctor.

Half the group sighed and shook their head at the Doctor's stupidity. Of course, Martha's phone died right at that moment, the universe seemed to ate the sometimes.

[Camp]

COBB: The doors that have been closed will be open to us now. The door to the Temple, to the Source, and to victory.
(Cheers.)
COBB: Come the dawn cycle, we march.

The group watched Cobb start his preparations for war nervously, the reminder of the feeling of something being wrong building again – this was not going to end well.

[Cell]

SOLDIERS [OC]: To war!
DOCTOR: They're getting ready to move out. We have to get past that guard.
JENNY: I can deal with him.
DOCTOR: No, no, no, no. You're not going anywhere.
JENNY: What?
DOCTOR: You belong here with them.
DONNA: She belongs with us. With you. She's your daughter.

"You tell him Donna." Mickey cheered, Donna smile wavered however. She was conflicted about pushing the Doctor to actually accept Jenny. It was absolutely the right thing to do, but it had caused the Doctor so much pain in the end.

DOCTOR: She's a soldier. She came out of that machine.
DONNA: Oh yes, I know that bit. Listen, have you got that stethoscope? Give it to me. Come on.
JENNY: What are you doing?
DONNA: It's all right. Just hold still.
(Donna listens to Jenny's chest.)
DONNA: Come here. Listen, and then tell me where she belongs.
DOCTOR: Two hearts.

"She's a Time Lord?" Yaz asked, blinking at the Doctor whose expression had turned dark again.

"Not really, more like River than anything else." The Doctor answered, thoughts stuck on the fact that despite Jenny having two hearts, she hadn't been Time Lord (or whatever she was) enough to save her in the end.

River gave her a soft look, squeezing her hand in comfort. The dreadful suspicion of Jenny's ultimate fate was only getting stronger with each comment and she had very little idea how to actually comfort the Doctor on this matter. During their time on Darillium the Doctor had had some nightmare about her lost family and she'd always struggled to comfort her after them. The only kind of experience she had with this kind of grief was with her own parent's loss of her, she'd never had the parent's side of things.

DONNA: Exactly.
JENNY: What's going on?
DONNA: Does that mean she's a, what do you call a female Time Lord?

"A Time Lady technically, but gender is irrelevant. Human languages don't really have the pronouns to express anything but your boring two or three genders. You're a very backwards species." The Master rolled his eyes at the offended sounds some of the humans made.

"I hate him." Bill started. "But he's unfortunately kinda right."

JENNY: What's a Time Lord?
DOCTOR: It's who I am. It's where I'm from.

The Doctor's expression darkened in thought, neither of those things were true. She didn't know who she was or where she was from. No, she was the Doctor. That was who she was now, did her past really matter all that much? (yes, a little voice argued in the back of her head. It did matter, it may not define her, but it did matter to her).

JENNY: And I'm from you.
DOCTOR: You're an echo, that's all. A Time Lord is so much more. A sum of knowledge, a code, a shared history, a shared suffering. Only it's gone now, all of it. Gone forever.
JENNY: What happened?
DOCTOR: There was a war.
JENNY: Like this one?
DOCTOR: Bigger. Much bigger.

That was an understatement, the war on Messaline was a week-long tussle, but the Time War crossed history, realities and galaxies. The pair weren't even comparable by any stretch of imagination.

JENNY: And you fought, and killed?
DOCTOR: Yes.
JENNY: Then how are we different?

The room went silent at that declaration, but all were thinking the same thing. Jenny was a new-born soldier who hadn't actually ever seen any sort of battle or had any sort of life experience. The Doctor was a millennium old alien who had more experience than anyone could imagine, who had killed and fought but strived to be better, strived to help people despite everything the universe threw at them. The pair may be daughter-father/parent but they had little other similarities in that moment.

[Hath camp]

(One Hath has stayed behind with Martha.)
MARTHA: I need to charge it up. I need power. Do you understand?
(The Hath rotates the map into 3 dimensions. The circular Temple now has a pointed roof and goes down a very long way.)
MARTHA: There's even more? In 3D. Oh, you're a clever Hath. So this is where everybody's headed? But look, those tunnels sort of zig-zag. If I went up and over the surface in a straight line, I'd get there first.

"Eh, based on the fact that everything is underground and that no one has mentioned going above surface, that likely isn't a good idea." Rory pointed out awkwardly. Martha just shrugged at her fellow medic; it was a fair point but she didn't have much choice.

(Bubble, bubble.)
MARTHA: Why not?
(He brings up a graph.)
MARTHA: Are these readings for the surface? Well, it doesn't look too bad. Nitrogen and oxygen about eighty twenty. That's fine. Ozone levels are high, and some big radiation spikes. But as long as I'm not out there too long.

"That's roughly similar to Earth levels, right?" Graham asked the Doctor and Martha. He'd been a bus driver not a scientist, but he knew some basics and had definitely become more aware of the environment since their time on Orphan 55 and the Praxeus virus.

"Yes, Earth has similar nitrogen/oxygen levels but low ozone concentrations. Those radiation spikes are worrying but Martha is right, she'd be okay in the short term." The Doctor answered Graham but most of her focus was on Martha, she knew she was okay but it was still something different to see it rather than just hear about it.

(Bubble.)
MARTHA: I have to find my friends.
(Bubble.)
MARTHA: Come on, then.

"Aw, you made a friend." Clara smiled while Martha just grinned back. She absolutely had made a friend, her thoughts saddened at the reminder of Peck's fate.

[Cell]

JENNY: Hey.
CLINE: I'm not supposed to talk to you. I'm on duty.
JENNY: I know. Guarding me. So, does that mean I'm dangerous, or that I need protecting?
CLINE: Protecting from what?
JENNY: Oh, I don't know. Men like you?
(Jenny kisses Cline through the bars whilst taking his pistol.)

Jack whistled, "Wow, I was wrong. She's not Rose's daughter. Jenny is absolutely River's daughter with a move like that." River just grinned proudly at that comment, glad her reputation had spread so far while the Doctor dropped her head into her hands and groaned.

JENNY: Keep quiet and open the door.
DONNA: I'd like to see you try that.

The Doctor was stuck between protesting that she could absolutely do that and being offended that she would need to do that to escape. She ignored the groups chuckles at the weird offended noise she squeaked out, and she was definitely ignoring the Master's snickering in his corner.

[Stairs]

(There is a guard on the lower flight of metal stairs.)
DOCTOR: That's the way out.
(Jenny raises the pistol.)
DOCTOR: Don't you dare.
DONNA: Let me distract this one. I have picked up a few womanly wiles over the years.
DOCTOR: Let's save your wiles for later. In case of emergency.

"Oi!" Donna protested while the rest of the group laughed at the pair's interactions. They were certainly an interesting pair, and their dynamic was a bit unusual but it worked for the pair of them.

(The Doctor rummages in his coat pockets, and a few moments later a clockwork mouse grinds to a halt behind the guard. He picks it up and Jenny karate chops him from behind.)
DOCTOR: I was going to distract him, not clobber him.
JENNY: Well, it worked, didn't it?

"To be fair, the guard would probably notice your disappearance and raise the alarm." Amy pointed out, completely unapologetic for doing so. She was absolutely seeing River in Jenny which was affecting her opinion of the girl. The Doctor pointedly ignored the look most of the group was giving her (they largely agreed with Amy). She didn't want to admit they were right; she'd been just so affected by Jenny's existence.

DOCTOR: They must all have a copy of that new map. Just stay there. Don't hurt anyone.

[Staircase]

(The Hath start to batter down a doorway as Martha and her friend arrive at a brick-build set of stairs up to a hatch in the roof.)
MARTHA: You can stay down here and live your whole life in the shadows, or come with me and stand in the open air. Feel the wind on your face. What's it going to be? It's up to you. But nothing's going to stop me.

Martha felt guilt swirl in her stomach. If she hadn't gone up there, he wouldn't have died but she'd been right it was the only way to get to the others in time. Mickey squeezed her wife's arm noticing her expression, he'd been about to make a comment about how similar her little speech was to the Doctor's kinds thing but now was clearly not the moment for that kind of teasing.

[Planet surface]

(Martha pushes open the heavy hatch and climbs out onto a cold, dark, windswept planet lit by the reflected light of three moons. The Hath follows her.)
MARTHA: I knew you couldn't resist it.
(Bubble.)
MARTHA: Er, language. Come on.

"Wait you can actually understand what they are saying?" Bill asked, she'd just thought Martha was guessing based on their expressions and actions, but that comment suggested she could actually understand them.

"Yes, mostly. Think it was a residual effect from the Tardis translation circuits." Martha answered with a nonchalant shrug. She'd been thinking it was weird there was no translation in the video.

[Cell]

(Cline has been tied up with rope, and gagged. A soldier removes it.)
CLINE: It was the girl. She tricked me. They, they got away. I'm sorry.
COBB: I've waited all my life for this moment. No one's going to get in my way. Certainly not this Doctor. At arms! We march to war.

"That's really not good." Rory muttered.

"At least you've got a head start." Rose said with a sigh, things never went their way.

[Tunnel]

(The Doctor checks the map he took from the guard.)
DOCTOR: Wait. This is it. The hidden tunnel. There must be a control panel.
DONNA: It's another one of those numbers. They're everywhere.
(60120714.)

"Why are the numbers important?" Ryan asked, they'd been bugging him and Donna kept bringing them up.

"You'll see." The Doctor grinned, proud of Donna for being able to deal with her nonsense and keep badgering them about it, as the numbers had turned out to be the answer to so much.

DOCTOR: The original builders must have left them. Some old cataloguing system.
DONNA: You got a pen? Bit of paper? Because, do you see, the numbers are counting down. This one ends in one four. The prison cell said one six.

"That's brilliant, Donna." Jack grinned at Donna. She'd been the only one to notice them, even with Donna bringing them to their attention several times.

JENNY: Always thinking, both of you. Who are you people?
DOCTOR: I told you. I'm the Doctor.
JENNY: The Doctor. That's it?
DONNA: That's all he ever says.

"It's all you'll ever get." The Doctor answered.

"Aha, Theta." Donna snarked. None of them had forgotten the Master and Doctor's slips earlier but at the Doctor's requests they hadn't brought them up again. Donna felt a bit guilty for bringing it up now when she noticed the Doctor flinch.

JENNY: So, you don't have a name either? Are you an anomaly, too?
DOCTOR: No.
DONNA: Oh, come off it. You're the most anomalous bloke I've ever met.

The Doctor's expression darkened again; oh, she was anomalous alright. Apparently to an extent that no one could understand.

The room collectively shared a look, all of them trying to think of something to say to distract the Doctor from her depressive thoughts. No one could come up with anything though so they were grateful when the video continued.

(The Doctor gets into the control panel.)
DOCTOR: Here it is.
JENNY: And Time Lords. What are they for, exactly?
DOCTOR: For? They're not, they're not for anything.

"Does a species have to be for something?" Yaz asked a bit confused about Jenny's questions.

"No, Jenny was just grown with the knowledge she was a soldier for war and therefore didn't understand that others weren't born for a purpose like she was." The Doctor answered with a sigh, understanding Yaz's confusion.

JENNY: So what do you do?
DOCTOR: I travel through time and space.
DONNA: He saves planets, rescues civilisations, defeats terrible creatures. And runs a lot. Seriously, there's an outrageous amount of running involved.

"That there is, Donna." Martha nodded along. There was a stupid amount of running but they would be liars if they said they hadn't grown to love it.

Doctor just watched the group grin thoughtfully. It said a lot those two statements. She'd claimed to just travel, which was what she'd always wanted to do. While Donna had talked about saving people and places which is what she usually found herself doing during her travels, mostly unintentionally.

(The door opens.)
DOCTOR: Got it!
COBB [OC]: Squad five, with me.
DOCTOR: Now, what were you saying about running?

"You jinxed them Donna." Mickey grinned at the red head who sighed dramatically in false annoyance.

[Passageway]

(The Doctor stops running just before the array of laser beams criss-crossing the passage.)
DONNA: That's not mood lighting, is it?

That comment got a few snorts of amusement. "Bit hopeful there." The Doctor grinned.

(The Doctor tosses the clockwork mouse into the lasers. It gets disintegrated.)

"What, are you in a spy movie now? Don't tell me someone is about to do a set of complicated manoeuvres through the laser beams." Bill grinned (honestly despite her dismissal, she did kinda want to see that).

Donna and the Doctor shared a glance which did not go unnoticed by anyone. It got Bill, all the more excited. "Wait, did you? Please Doctor tell me it was you, that would be hilarious!"

"Hey!"

DONNA: No, I didn't think so.
DOCTOR: Arming device.
(He works on a blue box nearby.)
DONNA: There's more of these. Always eight numbers, counting down the closer we get.
(60120713.)

"Definitely important." Nardole muttered thoughtfully. Which was an impressive feat for him.

DOCTOR: Right, here we go.
DONNA: You'd better be quick.
COBB [OC]: Corridor.
JENNY: The General.
DOCTOR: Where are you going?
JENNY: I can hold them up.
DOCTOR: No, we don't need any more dead.
JENNY: But it's them or us.

"That is a bad mentality." Rose frowned.

"It's the one Cobb and people like him always have." The Doctor nodded in agreement; her own frown prominent on her face.

DOCTOR: It doesn't mean you have to kill them.
JENNY: I'm trying to save your life.
DOCTOR: Listen to me. The killing. After a while, it infects you. And once it does, you're never rid of it.

The group shifted, suddenly uncomfortable with the reminder that despite how many people the saved, they had actually killed people. A lot of people.

JENNY: We don't have a choice.
DOCTOR: We always have a choice.

But that was the thing with the Doctor, wasn't it? The ability to make choices. Bad things happen, no one in the universe could deny that, but it was your choices, it was how you react to things, that mattered most. Choices were important.

JENNY: I'm sorry.
DOCTOR: Jenny.
SOLDIER [OC]: This door, now.
(Jenny runs around the corner and readies a machine gun at the approaching voices.)
SOLDIER [OC]: There she is. At arms. Fire!
(Jenny exchanges gunfire with Cobb and his soldiers.)

The group watched increasingly worried as they watched the two sides exchange gunfire. They all had suspicions about Jenny's fate and they all couldn't help but think was this it?

DOCTOR: I told you. Nothing but a soldier.
DONNA: She's trying to help.
(Jenny ducks out of sight to think.)
DOCTOR [OC]: Jenny, come on.
JENNY: I'm coming.
COBB: Cease fire. Cease fire.
(The lasers go out.)

The group was on the edge of their seats watching everything suddenly happening all at once. They were glad that Jenny was no longer in the line of fire and that the Doctor had disabled the lasers but Cobb and his soldiers were still far too close and things never tended to go this well for long with the Doctor. They were waiting apprehensively and nervous for it all to start going drastically wrong.

DONNA: That's it.
DOCTOR: Jenny, leave it! Let's go.
(The Doctor and Donna run down the corridor.)

The room was relieved to see Donna and the Doctor safely across the corridor but were all the more nervous about Jenny, especially as she was now alone with Cobb.

COBB: You're a child of the machine. You're on my side. Join us. Join us in the war against the Hath. It's in your blood, girl. Don't deny it.
(Jenny stands and takes aim, then shoots a hole in a steam pipe above Cobb before running back.)

The group couldn't deny they let out a breath they didn't know they'd been holding upon seeing Jenny chose not to shoot and kill Cobb. Clearly the Doctor really had rubbed off on her, or as Cobb had tried to say, it was in her blood to try to do the right thing.

DOCTOR: Jenny, come on. That's it.
DONNA: Hurry up.
(The lasers reappear.)

Several people in the room bit back swears upon seeing the terrible timing of the laser beams come back up. As predicted, there were the things they were expecting to go wrong, things could never just go easily for the Doctor.

DOCTOR: No, no, no, no, no, no. The circuit's looped back.
DONNA: Zap it back again.
DOCTOR: The controls are back there.
JENNY: They're coming.
DOCTOR: Wait. Just. There isn't. Jenny, I can't

The room was stuck between being nervous about Jenny being trapped on the other side of the room and the Doctor's parental urges finally getting the better of him. It would only make everything worse if what they suspected was going to happen, did.

JENNY: I'll have to manage on my own. Watch and learn, Father.
(Jenny throws away the weapon and somersaults her way through the laser beams.)

Bill grinned at seeing her prediction come true, she couldn't deny the fact that she might have had a crush on Jenny if they'd ever gotten the chance to meet and Jenny had gotten the time to actually experience life. The rest of the group also watched in awe as Jenny flipped her way through the corridor.

DONNA: No way. But that was impossible.
DOCTOR: Not impossible. Just a bit unlikely. Brilliant! You were brilliant. Brilliant.

"Just like you." Jack muttered softly, knowing the Doctor was far too gone with Jenny, everything was going to be all the more painful now. Both he and River were keeping a close eye on the Doctor, both aware of the pain Jenny's loss would cause her (even just watching the video of the loss) and knowing the kind of spiral it was likely to send her into.

JENNY: I didn't kill him. General Cobb, I could have kill him but I didn't. You were right. I had a choice.
(Cobb and the soldiers appear at the other side of the lasers. Donna and Jenny run.)

"Brilliant news but not the time to celebrate it." Clara announced. Clearly badly timed celebrations also ran in the blood.

COBB: At arms.
DOCTOR: I warned you, Cobb. If the Source is a weapon, I'm going to make sure you never use it.
COBB: One of us is going to die today and it won't be me.
(The Doctor runs away from the hail of bullets.)

The Doctor, Donna and Martha shared a glance. Cobb had been right, someone had dies and it hadn't been him. It just hadn't been the Doctor like he had wanted.

[Planet surface]

(The ground is rough and hard going.)
MARTHA: It can't be much further.

The group glanced between Martha and the screen. They were ashamed to say they'd almost forgotten she was undertaking her own journey to the Source, far too distracted by Donna, Jenny and the Doctor's situation.

(She falls down a slope and lands with a splash in a bog. The Hoth goes to help her.)
MARTHA: Help me! I'm sinking. I'm sinking. Help me, Peck. Help me. Help me, Peck. I'm sinking. I'm sinking.
(Hath Peck cannot reach her hand, so he jumps in beside her and pushes her to solid ground before sinking below the porridge-like surface himself.)
MARTHA: Oh no! No!

The group watched terrified at how close to death Martha had gotten, the horrifying idea that no one would have ever known. The Doctor would have likely never found her body if she died there. Mickey glanced between his wife and the screen worriedly, holding her close to him to comfort himself with the reminder she was safe. Both Donna and the Doctor shared a glance, they'd never known how close they'd gotten to losing Martha too.

The group looked down, giving Hath Peck a moment of silence for his sacrifice, they hadn't known him long but he'd saved Martha several times and seemed very friendly the brief moments they'd seen him on screen.

[Corridor]

JENNY: So, you travel together, but you're not together?
DONNA: What? No. No. No way. No, no, we're friends, that's all. I mean, we're not even the same species. There's probably laws against it.

"There absolutely is … Was." The Doctor snorted degradingly, dampened slightly by the reminder of the fate of Gallifrey. The Time Lords had practically banned everything when it came to other species. Sighting that they were only there to watch not intervene. Not that she'd ever actually listened to them after leaving Gallifrey and starting her travels with Susan, Barbara and Ian.

The companions shared a concerned look but made no comments, knowing that was not a bear they wanted to poke at the minute, no matter how friendly the bear or how long the stick.

JENNY: And what's it like, the travelling?
DONNA: Oh, never a dull moment. It can be terrifying, brilliant and funny, sometimes all at the same time. I've seen some amazing things though. Whole new worlds.

"Dull is certainly not the word for it." Amy snorted.

The group all nodded, grinning wildly. Donna's words were certainly true for all of their experiences with the Doctor. They were all stick in the memories of their travels and the things they'd seen until the video started playing again.

JENNY: Oh, I'd love to see new worlds.
DONNA: You will. Won't she, Doctor?

Donna, Martha and the Doctor looked down. Jenny had never gotten the chance to see anything in the end. The rest of the group watched the trio with the dread building higher in their stomachs, their actions and reactions only seemed to confirm their suspicions.

DOCTOR: Hmm?
DONNA: Do you think Jenny will see any new worlds?
DOCTOR: I suppose so.
JENNY: You mean. You mean you'll take me with you?
DOCTOR: Well, we can't leave you here, can we?

The group smiled bittersweet at seeing the Daughter-father duo finally starting to build a relationship. They could almost see the Doctor start to hope for a new chance of a family and their suspicions told them he'd never get that chance with Jenny.

JENNY: Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you. Come on, let's get a move on.
DOCTOR: Careful, there might be traps.
DONNA: Kids. They never listen. Oh, I know that look. I see it a lot round our way. Blokes with pushchairs and frowns. You've got dad-shock.
DOCTOR: Dad-shock?
DONNA: Sudden unexpected fatherhood. Take a bit of getting used to.

Donna frowned, she'd never forgotten this little conversation (bar when she had forgotten everything but that was a given) and she'd regretted how much she'd misread the situation. It wasn't hard with the Doctor; they were very complex and had a mass of history that she would never know or understand but on this occasion the mix up had been painful but very revealing. It had explained quite a bit about the Doctor's behaviour towards Jenny.

DOCTOR: No, it's not that.
DONNA: Well, what is it then? Having Jenny in the Tardis, is that it? What's she going to do, cramp your style? Like you've got a sports car and she's going to turn it into a people-carrier?

Any other time the group would have been entertained by Donna's words but on this occasion, they had read the atmosphere and it wasn't very joyful. The Doctor had hinted to several of them that they'd had a family before, had children. Even in the room here she'd mentioned grandchildren. Most times the Doctor acted so childish they could never picture them as a parent but on a rare occasion, usually when faced with children, they could see it in them.

They had an idea about where this conversation was going and they were all bracing themselves. Jack and River shared a worried look over the Doctor's head and shifted closer to the Time Lady, offering silent support. The Master watched the Doctor quietly from his corner, he knew all too well what was coming, but unlike everyone else in the room he knew the details. He would deny it until his dying days but he silently offered his own form of support across their mental link, unable to forget how the Doctor had held them and let them cry and scream when their own children had died.

DOCTOR: Donna, I've been a father before.
DONNA: What?
DOCTOR: I lost all that a long time ago, along with everything else.
DONNA: I'm sorry. I didn't know. Why didn't you tell me? You talk all the time, but you don't say anything.
DOCTOR: I know. I'm just. When I look at her now, I can see them. The hole they left, all the pain that filled it. I just don't know if I can face that every day.
DONNA: It won't stay like that. She'll help you. We both will.
DOCTOR: But when they died, that part of me died with them. It'll never come back. Not now.
DONNA: I tell you something, Doctor. Something I've never told you before. I think you're wrong.

The group was almost relived for Jenny to interrupt them. As much as they loved learning more about the Doctor, that topic (and conversation) was so private and painful for the Doctor that it didn't feel right to watch it like this.

Yaz, Graham and Ryan shard a glance, the Doctor's comment about losing her family after they'd just met just kept making more sense and kept getting sadder with each loss they discovered.

The Doctor had watched the screen, expression schooled carefully blank even while her mind cried and screamed and grieved her lost children and grandchildren, Jenny included.

(Gunfire. Jenny runs back.)
JENNY: They've blasted through the beams. Time to run again. Love the running. Yeah?
DOCTOR: Love the running.

"Always love the running." River murmured softly to the Doctor, who finally met her eyes, appreciation shinning in them for the distraction.

(Up on the surface, Martha can see the protruding construction of the Temple.)

"You're getting close." Mickey said to his wife who nodded, she'd definitely missed a lot during her time with the Hath.

DONNA: We're trapped.
DOCTOR: Can't be. This must be the Temple. This is a door.
(60120712.)
DONNA: And again. We're down to one two now
DOCTOR: I've got it!
JENNY: I can hear them.
DOCTOR: Nearly done.
DONNA: These can't be a cataloguing system.

"I think you're right Donna and that's amazing but this is bad timing. Like Doctor level, bad timing." Rose said, watching the screen nervously. Everything suddenly seemed to be happening all at once, as was the way with the Doctor.

"Oi! What does that mean!?" The Doctor complained, only to be met with chuckles.

JENNY: They're getting closer.
DOCTOR: Then get back here.
DONNA: They're too similar. Too familiar.
JENNY: Not yet.
DOCTOR: Now! Got it.
(The Doctor gets the plain door open and they go through. A similar door opens for Martha on the surface.)
JENNY: They're coming. Close the door.

The group let out a breath at seeing them safe for the moment, leaning forward in anticipation of their reunion with Martha and the discovery of both what the Source was and what the numbers meant.

"The door isn't going to keep them out for long." Rory said worriedly.

"No need to be a pessimist, Rory the Roman."

[Spaceship]

(The Doctor locks the door.)
JENNY: Oh, that was close.
DOCTOR: No fun otherwise.

The room turned to the Doctor; exasperation clear on most of their faces.

"Doctor, repeat this for me. 'Narrowly escaping danger is not fun'. Now, your turn." Clara ordered; gaze locked with the Doctor's.

"Narrowly escaping danger is not fun." The Doctor repeated as ordered.

"Wow, you could have at least put some emotion into that." Amy shook her head.

DONNA: It's not what I'd call a temple.
JENNY: It looks more like
DOCTOR: Fusion drive transport. It's a spaceship.
DONNA: What, the original one? The one the first colonists arrived in?

"A spaceship, really?" Ryan asked, honestly at this point a temple would have been more exciting. They'd all seen a lot of spaceships (but new ones were still a bit exciting).

"Like we said, myths usually hold some grain of truth." The Doctor shrugged.

"How does it still have power after all this time?" Bill asked, demonstrating another example of her companion's, sometimes, startling perceptivity. "I mean they were talking about generations of soldiers, surely the ship doesn't still have power." She explained her thinking when she'd caught several people turn to her.

"Very well one Bill, ten points." The Doctor grinned.

"Please Doc, stop with the points." Graham begged, while Yaz and Ryan both groaned, they'd started to get hopeful that they'd escaped the Doctor's points but it seemed they'd had no luck and it was in fact spreading instead.

DOCTOR: Well, it could be, but the power cells would have run down after all that time. This one's still powered-up and functioning. Come on.

Bill grinned at seeing the Doctor onscreen agree with her comment. But it did just add more questions to the mystery of Messaline.

(They head up a flight of stairs to see someone is cutting their way through another door.)
JENNY: It's the Hath. That door's not going to last much longer. And if General Cobb gets through down there, war's going to break out.
DOCTOR: Look, look, look, look, look. Ship's log.

"Oh good. That might actually tell you what really happened." Jack said. Personally, he was eager for answers and he suspected everyone else in the room felt the same.

(The screen says Messaline Leader One mission log designation XG2482942-372.)
DOCTOR: (reads) First wave of Human/Hath co-colonisation of planet Messaline.
(Core subterranean deployment successful. Online and active. Phase one initiated. Construction drones deployed. Construction of sections 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3C & 3D complete. Phase one in progress. Construction drones active. Construction of sections 1C, 1D, 2C, 2D, 3A & 3B complete.)
JENNY: So it is the original ship.
DONNA: What happened?
DOCTOR: Phase one, construction. They used robot drones to build the city.

"Okay, that explains the tunnels and why they were here but not the spaceship still having power or anything about the war." Amy declared, looking between the trio and the screen for answers.

"Spoilers." The Doctor answered, purely for the purpose of annoying Amy. It was very successful, based on the glare she received.

DONNA: But does it mention the war?
(The Doctor scrolls down through Phase One in progress. Construction of western quadrant complete. Phase two initiated. Commencing colonisation protocol 0.7. Designated pioneer progenation in progress. Mission commander quarantined due to eruption of byzantine fever. Prognosis negative.
DOCTOR: Final entry. (reads) Mission commander dead. Still no agreement on who should assume leadership. Hath and humans have divided into factions. That must be it. A power vacuum. The crew divided into two factions and turned on each other. Start using the progenation machines, suddenly you've got two armies fighting a never-ending war.

"That still doesn't explain everything though. What about the numbers and the spaceship? How long have they all been there and what is the Source?" Rose asked, rapidly losing any sense of patience she had in the face of partial answers.

The Doctor just waved at the screen knowing that would be quicker then trying to explain everything here.

JENNY: Two armies who are now both outside.
DONNA: Look at that.
(60120724 on a display above a screen showing the whole planet.)
DOCTOR: It's like the numbers in the tunnels.
DONNA: No, no, no, no. But listen, I spent six months working as a temp in Hounslow Library, and I mastered the Dewey Decimal System in two days flat. I'm good with numbers. It's staring us in the face.

No one had figured it out based on the looks they all gave Donna, but no one actually said anything far too eager for the explanation they could see she was building up too. Martha was especially enjoying hearing this; she'd missed it the first time around and only gotten the summary.

JENNY: What is?
DONNA: It's the date. Assuming the first two numbers are some big old space date, then you've got year, month, day. It's the other way round, like it is in America
DOCTOR: Oh! It's the New Byzantine Calendar.

"Oh!" Jack and River's eyes both widened in realisation, they felt quite stupid for not having connected the dots earlier. The humans got a partial pass for not knowing about different dating systems across the universe but they absolutely should have realised quicker.

DONNA: The codes are completion dates for each section. They finish it, they stamp the date on. So the numbers aren't counting down, they're going out from here, day by day, as the city got built.
DOCTOR: Yes. Oh, good work, Donna.
DONNA: Yeah. But you're still not getting it. The first number I saw back there, was sixty twelve oh seven seventeen. Well, look at the date today.
DOCTOR: Oh seven twenty four. No.

"But that's only seven days?" Yaz announced, eyes widening.

"But it would explain how the ship still has power." Clara weighed in on the matter, gaining thoughtful nods from the rest of the group, who were slowly piecing everything together.

"And we saw at the start how rapidly Jenny was grown." Bill added. Collectively they turned to the Doctor in search of confirmation. Her grin was answer enough but she still waved them back to the screen to see the end of the video.

JENNY: What does it mean?
DOCTOR: Seven days.
DONNA: That's it. Seven days.
DOCTOR: Just seven days.
JENNY: What do you mean, seven days?
DOCTOR: Seven days since war broke out.
DONNA: This war started seven days ago. Just a week. A week!
JENNY: They said years.

"No, they didn't." Rose said, face scrunched up in thought. "They only ever talked in generations, no one mentioned time." For the group it was the final piece of evidence, they'd all made assumptions but here they were being proven wrong.

DONNA: No, they said generations. And if they're all like you, and they're products of those machines
DOCTOR: They could have twenty generations in a day. Each generation gets killed in the war, passes on the legend. Oh, Donna, you're a genius.

"And don't you ever forget it, Spaceman." Donna grinned, high on the momentary enjoyment that came from relieving their detective session.

"I would never dare, Donna Noble." The Doctor grinned back.

"Oi! That's Donna Temple-Noble, Mrs."

JENNY: But all the buildings, the encampments. They're in ruins.
DOCTOR: No, they're not ruined. They're just empty. Waiting to be populated. Oh, they've mythologised their entire history. The Source must be part of that too. Come on.

"Are we finally going to find out what this Source is?" Mickey asked, glad to finally have some answers but worried about his wife and the oncoming armies.

"Patience, Ricky."

(Further along, they meet up with Martha for a joyous reunion.)

The group cheered upon seeing Martha finally reunite with Donna and the Doctor, they were glad the group was finally all back together. They needed everyone they could get to be able to stand up to both oncoming armies. Not that four against many was much better than three versus many.

MARTHA: Doctor!
DOCTOR: Martha! Oh, I should have known you wouldn't stay away from the excitement.
MARTHA: Donna.
DONNA: Oh, you're filthy. What happened?.
MARTHA: I, er, took the surface route.

Donna and Martha grinned at each other, glad to finally know the details of what had happened with each other during their time split. But mostly happy to finally be reunited again on screen, they'd been so relieved to see each other again unhurt but it hadn't been the time to celebrate.

COBB [OC]: Positions.
DOCTOR: That's the General. We haven't got much time.
DONNA: We don't even know what we're looking for.
MARTHA: Is it me, or can you smell flowers?

"Flowers?" Ryan asked, face utterly bewildered.

Jack and River however seemed to have come to some sort of realisation, turning to the Doctor with wide eyes who only nodded in confirmation with their silent questions.

COBB [OC]: Maintain defensive positions.
DOCTOR: Yes. Bougainvillea. I say we follow our nose.
COBB [OC]: Squads seven to ten, advance. With me.

[Hydroponics]

(It's on a spaceship and it is filled with plants. What else should I call it?)
DOCTOR: Oh, yes. Yes. Isn't this brilliant?

"It's like a botanical garden." Bill muttered in awe upon seeing the room. The rest of the room had matching expressions, leaning forward in their seats to try an properly take in the sight on screen.

(They walk up to a glowing globe on a pedestal with wires running to it. There is a control panel and screen nearby.)
DONNA: Is that the Source?
JENNY: It's beautiful.
MARTHA: What is it?
DOCTOR: Terraforming. It's a third generation terraforming device.

"That was the plan." Jack announced. "They were going to terraform the planet for them to live on." The Doctor nodded despite it being a statement and not a question.

DONNA: So why are we suddenly in Kew Gardens?
DOCTOR: Because that's what it does. All this, only bigger. Much bigger. It's in a transit state. Producing all this must help keep it stable before they finally
(The Hath and the soldiers run in from opposite sides.)

The tension raised in the room upon seeing both armies arrive in the garden. The group was now desperately outnumbered and out armed and the chance of anyone listening to the Doctor's (inevitable) explanation wasn't high. Trouble was about to break out.

DOCTOR: Stop! Hold your fire!
COBB: What is this, some kind of trap?
DOCTOR: You said you wanted this war over.
COBB: I want this war won.

The group exchanged looks; Cobb was going to be a problem. There was no way he was going to listen to anything the Doctor said, no matter how many impassioned speeches they made. That sinking feeling in the pit of their stomachs only got worse.

DOCTOR: You can't win. No one can. You don't even know why you're here. Your whole history, it's just Chinese whispers, getting more distorted the more it's passed on. This is the Source. This is what you're fighting over. A device to rejuvenate a planet's ecosystem. It's nothing mystical. It's from a laboratory, not some creator. It's a bubble of gases. A cocktail of stuff for accelerated evolution. Methane, hydrogen, ammonia, amino acids, proteins, nucleic acids. It's used to make barren planets habitable. Look around you. It's not for killing, it's bringing life. If you allow it, it can lift you out of these dark tunnels and into the bright, bright sunlight. No more fighting, no more killing.
(The Doctor takes the globe.)
DOCTOR: I'm the Doctor, and I declare this war is over.

The room watched conflicted. As always, they loved the Doctor's impassioned speeches but they couldn't deny how on edge the whole conflict made them. This wouldn't be over just because the Doctor said it was on this occasion. Cobb wouldn't let it be.

"I don't think that's going to work this time, Sweetie." River muttered nervously. The lack of answer form the Doctor only made her more worried.

(He throws the globe onto the floor, where it smashes and releases gas and energy. Everyone watches it slowly rise up, then they start to put down their weapons. All except Cobb.)
JENNY: What's happening?
DOCTOR: The gases will escape and trigger the terraforming process.
JENNY: What does that mean?
DOCTOR: It means a new world.

The group grinned at that. It was one of the things they loved about travelling with the Doctor, ending wars, seeing the start of civilisations and the rebuilding of planets.

Donna and Martha exchanged concerned looks, unable to get distracted by the awe-some sight of the terraforming, far too aware of what was about to occur. Martha was trying desperately to convey everything across to Jack and River who were better positioned to deal with the oncoming fall out, but the pair were too busy watching the screen like the others. Neither noticed the Doctor's darkening expression as she curled in on herself in anticipation.

JENNY: No!
(Jenny takes the bullet Cobb intends for the Doctor. He lays her on the ground.)
DOCTOR: Jenny? Jenny. Talk to me, Jenny.
DONNA: Is she going to be all right?
(Martha shakes her head.)

The group gasped, several people's hands darting up to cover their mouths in shock upon seeing Jenny take the bullet for the Doctor. They'd all anticipated it but it was a whole other matter to actually watch Jenny die, and Martha's silent confirmation on screen confirmed that was the fate of the Doctor's daughter. They were all glancing at the Doctor out of the corner of their eyes, unmasked concern prominent in their expressions. The Doctor themselves just curled up on themselves further, expression blank but cracking.

The Master watched the screen silently and expressionless in the corner but unknown to everyone else he was pushing feelings of comfort-understanding-sorrow across their mental link. The Doctor's side was practically screaming with grief-pain-sorrow-agony that could only ever be felt by losing family, losing a child. He could feel her reflect on all her lost family, all her children and grandchildren, Jenny only being the latest on a painful list.

JENNY: A new world. It's beautiful.
DOCTOR: Jenny, be strong now. You need to hold on, do you hear me? We've got things to do, you and me, hey? Hey? We can go anywhere. Everywhere. You choose.
JENNY: That sounds good.
DOCTOR: You're my daughter, and we've only just got started. You're going to be great. You're going to be more than great. You're going to be amazing. You hear me? Jenny?
(Jenny dies in the Doctor's arms.)

The room's hearts broke upon seeing Jenny die in the Doctor's arms while he desperately begged her and promised her everything. They looked down, to give young Jenny a moment of silence, everyone purposely giving the Doctor privacy as she finally gave in to River and Jack, turning her head into Jack's shoulders (Jack, who knew the grief of lost children all too well) and cried. Jack just tightened his hold on her, tucking her head under his chin as he rocked her. River shuffling over closer to keep holding the Doctor's hand in a silent show of comfort and love.

The video didn't restart for several minutes, not until the sound of the Doctor's sobs finally started to trail off. She finally turned back to the screen, staying leaned against Jack, with red eyes. She had to see the end, she had too.

DOCTOR: Two hearts. Two hearts. She's like me. If we wait. If we just wait.
MARTHA: There's no sign, Doctor. There is no regeneration. She's like you, but maybe not enough.
DOCTOR: No. Too much. That's the truth of it. She was too much like me.

The group had felt a swell of hope in their stomachs upon the reminder that Jenny was born of the Doctor who was a Time Lord that could regenerate, but it didn't last long between the Doctor's reaction in the room and Martha's words on screen.

Both Martha and Donna watched the screen, their own pain and grief clear on their faces. Donna especially had just started to get to know the young girl and having to watch her die in her father's arms had been agonising. Their earlier conversation about the Doctor's previously lost children and his explanation for why he didn't want to get close to her only made it all the worse. She'd pushed them together and the Doctor had still lost Jenny and had to suffer that pain all over again.

(The Doctor lays Jenny down and kisses her forehead, then goes over to Cobb. Cline and another soldier are holding his arms and making him kneel. The Doctor picks up the pistol and points it at Cobb's head for a very long time before putting the safety back on.)
DOCTOR: I never would. Have you got that? I never would. When you start this new world, this world of Human and Hath, remember that. Make the foundation of this society a man who never would.

The group watched the screen silently, tension rising at seeing the Doctor aim the pistol at Cobb. In their hearts they knew he wouldn't do it but none of them could deny that if anyone deserved it, Cobb would. The older members of the group couldn't help but think about what they would do if it was their child in that situation. Amy and Rory especially knew how far they would go and had gone for their daughter when she was missing.

[Camp]

(Jenny is lying in state when sunlight beings to stream through the stained glass windows.)
MARTHA: It's happening. The terraforming.
DONNA: Build a city, nice and safe underground, strip away the top soil and there it is. And what about Jenny?
CLINE: Let us give her a proper ceremony. I think it'd help us. Please.

The group watched in a sort of saddened awe as the terraforming continued. The sight felt bittersweet, beauty tinted with an indescribable grief. In one way they couldn't help but be glad the Doctor wasn't the one dealing with Jenny's body. Both Martha and Jack couldn't help but think back to how the Master had died in the Doctor's arms and the similarities between the two situations. They didn't think the Doctor could have dealt with giving Jenny a ceremony.

[Tardis]

DOCTOR: Jenny was the reason for the Tardis bringing us here. It just got here too soon, which then created Jenny in the first place. Paradox. An endless paradox. Time to go home?
MARTHA: Yeah. Home.

"She sensed Jenny's existence?" Amy asked softly, seeking clarification but mostly just wanting to get the Doctor to speak. When they'd discussed their shared grief over lost children before last video, she'd never expected to see the death of one of the Doctor's children so soon after (if ever).

It was terrifying for her because she knew that could have easily been her, it almost had been in fact. Just finding River in Berlin, shortly after finding out River was their Melody, only for her to almost be killed by the Teselecta. She was glad she'd never have to see her daughter die; it wasn't something any parent should have to go through. But the Doctor had gone through it several times and it broke her heart.

[Street]

DONNA: Are you sure about this?
MARTHA: Yeah, positive. I can't do this any more. You'll be the same one day.
DONNA: Not me. Never. How could I ever go back to normal life after seeing all this? I'm going to travel with that man for ever.

Both the Doctor and Donna flinched at that comment. She hadn't gotten to travel with the Doctor forever, she hadn't even been able to remember everything she'd seen and done with him. She understood Martha's words a bit better now, but ultimately it hadn't been her decision to stop travelling with the Doctor, unlike with Martha.

Martha's words rung true with many of the others though, both those that had been left by the Doctor and those that had left. They all had to stop travelling with the Doctor one day, some like Jack though got to visit and re-experience it on occasions. The Doctor was temporary but that wasn't necessarily a bad thing, that was just life.

MARTHA: Good luck.
DONNA: And you.
(The Doctor walks on with Martha.)
DOCTOR: We're making a habit of this.
MARTHA: Yeah. And you'd think it'd get easier. All those things you've been ready to die for. I thought for a moment there you'd finally found something worth living for.
DOCTOR: Oh there's always something worth living for, Martha.

The group grinned at the pair, glad for an uplift in the mood (although it was still heavy and tinged with that grief). It was interesting to see the dynamic between Martha and the Doctor now they weren't travelling together and nice to see them remain friends.

(They hug.)
MARTHA: Bye, Doctor.
DOCTOR: Goodbye. Doctor Jones.
(Donna and the Doctor walk back to the Tardis. Martha looks at her engagement ring then goes into her home.)

"Wait, you were already engaged to Mickey at that point? When was this?" Rose asked confused. She'd thought this had taken place before she, Micke and Jackie had jumped across dimensions during the planets in the sky fiasco, but based on the ring she was wrong, but that made no sense with Donna.

"No." Martha answered quickly, shaking her head rapidly as she eagerly tried to clear up the confusion. "I was engaged to a guy called Thomas Milligan. It fell through though, and then I met Mickey and we connected after spending some time together." She explained, smiling at her husband at the end who smiled back besotted.

[Camp]

The Doctor watched the screen silently as it showed Messaline again, it could only be about to show one thing – Jenny's funeral and she didn't know if she could see that, but she felt like she needed too. Jenny deserved that.

(Cline and a Hath are putting a pillow under Jenny's head and a sheet over her body when her mouth opens and golden energy comes out. She gasps and her eyes open.)
JENNY: Hello, boys.

The room gaped upon seeing the regeneration energy come out of Jenny's mouth. It hadn't been enough for her to change faces but it had been enough to save her life. The Doctor sat up suddenly in her seat, gaping at the screen, disbelief mixing with an overwhelming burst of joy.

"She's alive." She said, eyes wide. "She's alive." Her breath came out in shudders, uneven as the truth finally started to actually sink in.

"She was Time Lord enough to use regeneration to heal, just not change her body. It just took some time to actually work." River muttered, eyes darting between the screen and the Doctor, who looked like her world had been shaken.

"But where did she go? What happened to her?" Donna asked, grief being overtaken by hope. Maybe, just maybe she was out there somewhere. She was ignoring how long it had been for them since then, but then again time lines were different of reach of their perspectives and Jenny had no way of time travelling.

"Let's watch. Maybe it will show us." Martha tried to reason, the whole room on high alert and high emotions. Jack was quietly coaching the Doctor back into normal breathing and she latched onto Martha's words with feeling, eyes suddenly locked to the screen, desperate to know the fate of her daughter. Hopeful that one member of her family had survived.

[Corridor]

CLINE: The shuttle. Jenny?

[Shuttle]

CLINE [OC]: What're you doing? Come back.
JENNY: Sorry. Can't stop. What you going to do

[Corridor]

JENNY [OC] Tell my dad?
CLINE: But where are you going?

The group watched in a state of shock at seeing Jenny just leap to her feet after dying. They could suddenly see how the pair were daughter-parent as Jenny displayed very Doctor-like behaviour.

[Shuttle]

JENNY: Oh, I've got the whole universe.
(The shuttle takes off into the sky.)
JENNY: Planets to save, civilisations to rescue, creatures to defeat, and an awful lot of running to do.

"She's like a mini-you." The Master muttered in his corner upon seeing Jenny steal a ship to run across the universe. The Doctor however ignored him, instead leaping to her feet.

She started pacing a few feet back and forth, muttering quietly to herself, arms waving as she started planning. The rest of the room watching on worried by the behaviour. She suddenly stopped pacing and started shouting at the ceiling. "Sexy! Let me out of here! I need to find her. Please, please, I need to find her!" Her shouts started dissolving into begs, "Please, she is my daughter. The last member of my family who might be alive, I need to find her. Please just let me out. Please"

She received no answer and the room just watched on, hearts breaking all the more at the state the Doctor was working herself into. At that point, River had had enough of seeing her wife suffering. Getting to her feet, she pulled the Doctor back into a hug, holding her tight even as she struggled and continued to beg. Eventually her knees gave in and River had to gently lower them both to the floor, kneeling still embraced.

The rest of the room could hear as the Doctor finally gave in and dissolved into sobs for the second time that video. She cried for Jenny, she cried for all her lost children, she cried for her family, she cried for her lost friends and companions. She cried for herself and the loss of her identity. Crying into her wife' chest as River mumbled reassurance into her ear, the rest of the room broke into small discussions quietly where they sat to give the pair some semblance of privacy.

It was over fifteen minutes later when the Doctor had cried herself out, she kept her head hidden in River's chest as River turned to the rest of the room. "I think we should take a break." Her statement drew the attention of room, who all hesitated.

"No." The Doctor pulled herself away from River's grasp, wiping the tear tracks off her face which did nothing for the red blotches but allowed her to put on a brave face. "No, let's keep going."

"Doctor-." Jack started softly; he'd been one of the few to keep his gaze on the pair the entire time just in case he was needed. The rest of the group had purposely focused on their conversations with only the rare glances at the Doctor.

"No, no." The Doctor interrupted, pulling herself to her feet and dusting away invisible dust from her trousers and coat. Expression carefully schooled. "I need the distraction, please. Let's just watch another video."

The companions all shared concerned glances which annoyed the Doctor, but did eventually agree, knowing it would help the Doctor deal with the roller-coaster of a video they'd just watched. And it was a rollercoaster, they'd watched it expecting jenny to die, then Jenny did die and then they had discovered Jenny was alive but no one knew where she was or even if she'd survived out in space alone. A distraction was a good idea. With that in mind, they settled back onto their seats and turned expectantly to the screen, apprehensive about what would be shown next.