"The TARDIS has tracked down the moment of intervention. Monday the 25th, one minute past ten in the morning. Your car was on Little Sutton Street leading to the Ealing Road, but you turned right heading towards Griffin's Parade. You need to turn left. That's the most important thing. You've got to go back, turn left. Have you got that, Donna? One minute past ten, make yourself turn left, heading for the Chiswick Highroad. Keep the jacket on at all times - it's insulation against temporal feedback." Spoke the woman with some real conviction making sure Donna understood how important that was, an officer put a kind of watch on Donna's wrist.
"This will correspond to local time wherever you land…..This is to combat dehydration." Spoke an officer giving her a cup full of water.
"How d'you know it's gonna work?"
"Hmm? Oh... yeah... we, we don't. We're just... we're just guessing."
"Yeah. Oh, brilliant!"
"Just remember, when you get to the junction, change the car's direction by one minute past ten."
"How do I do that?"
"It's up to you."
"Well, I just have to... run up to myself and... have a good argument."
"I'd like to see that! Good luck." Spoke the woman with a laugh
"I'm ready…Cos I understand, now. You said I was gonna die, but you mean this whole world, it's gonna blink out of existence. But that's not dying. Because a better world takes its place. The Doctor's world. And I'm still alive! That's right, isn't it? I don't die? If I change things, I don't die? That's... that's right, isn't it?" Looking at Rose for reassurance, Donna can see she is wrong.
"I'm sorry." Spoke the woman with genuine sympathy
"But I can't die! I've got a future! With the Doctor - you told me!" Spoke Donna with hope only to suddenly see sparks flying everywhere and Donna was engulfed in white light, then she disappeared. Donna reappeared on an ordinary street. She looked around, then threw her arms into the air, laughing in victory. But then, she took a better look at her surroundings.
"But... hold on... but this is... I'm not... this is Sutton Court! I'm half a mile away! I'm half a mile away!" She looked at her watch
"It's 9:57. Four minutes? Oh, my God..." She started to run. Donna was gasping, checking the watch in despair.
"I'm not gonna get there." Then she suddenly seemed to understand what the woman meant. Donna saw a large blue van driving up the road. She steped right in front of the van, the driver tried to stop but it was too late. A woman screamed in horror. the crash stopped the traffic: the jam was now reaching the junction, blocking the way to the right.
"The traffic's stopping." Spoke past Donna sat in the car with her mother she had already switched the indicator to the right but now that way was blocked.
"Something must have happened!"
The other Donna was lying on the ground, she opened her eyes and saw Rose leaning over her.
"Tell him this:" Two words. She whispered something in Donna's ear. Donna's eyes closed and her head fell to the side.
"Well, that decides it. I'm not sitting in a traffic jam. I'm going left." She switched the indicator back and turned to the left.
The word "left" echoed as Donna, sitting in the fortune teller's tent, screamed. Events of the alternate world rewound images flashing quickly through her head, then the beetle fell off her back, twitching weakly before it died. The fortune teller cowered in the corner, terrified.
"What the hell is that?"
"You were so strong. What are you? What will you be? What will you be?" Asked the fortune teller as she fled.
The Doctor and rest walked into the tent.
"Everything all right?"
"Oh, God...!" Donna ran to hug him first then the other two.
"What was that for?" Asked the Doctor laughing
"I don't know!" So happy to see them, she huged them all again. The Doctor, Master, Harry and Donna were sat in the tent looking over the dead bug well the Doctor and the Master were with their screwdrivers. Harry asked her if she could remember what went on. Something was wrong he just didn't know what.
"Can't remember. It's slipping away. You know, like when you try and think of a dream and it just sort of goes."
"Just got lucky, this thing. It's one of the Trickster's brigade. Changes a life in tiny little ways. Most times, the universe just compensates around it, but with you... great big parallel world!" Spoke the Doctor with pride
"Hold on, you said parallel worlds are sealed off. That to breach another universe would cause damage that took the closing of a universe to revert it."
"They are. But you had one created around you. Funny thing is, seems to be happening a lot. To you." Spoke the Dcotor with interest
"How d'you mean?"
"Well, The Library and then this..."
"Just... goes with the job. I suppose.
"Sometimes I think there's way too much coincidence around you, Donna. I met you once. Then Harry met your grandfather twice. I've met him once, Then I met you again. In the whole wide universe, I met you for a second time. It's like something's binding us all together."
"Don't be so daft. I'm nothing special."
"Yes, you are, you're brilliant." Spoke the Doctor with a smile while looking at her. His words remind Donna of Rose saying the same.
"She said that."
"Who did?"
"That woman... I can't remember."
"Well, she never existed now."
"No, but she said... the stars... she said the stars are going out."
"Yeah, but that world's gone."
"No, but she said it was all worlds. Every world. She said the darkness is coming, even here."
"Who was she?"
"I don't know."
"What did she look like?"
"She was... (flashback of Rose) blonde."
"What was her name?" The Doctor asked very seriously and with suspicion looking at the other two after speaking.
"I don't know! She never said she would never tell me I think"
"Donna, what was her name?" demanded the Doctor putting everything into it
"But she told me... to warn you. She said... Two words."
"What two words? What were they? What did she say?" Demanded the Doctor again pulling the information out of her
"Bad Wolf." He looked at her, shocked.
"Well, what does it mean?" She demanded But the Doctor, Master and Harry had all jumped up and ran out without answer, Donna rushed after them. As they looked around outside, "Bad Wolf" was everywhere: on the banners, the posters, even on the TARDIS itself, every piece of text was replaced by those two words. Terrified, the Doctor, Master and Harry entered the TARDIS followed by Donna. The interior was lit by red lights and the cloister bell was ringing.
"What's going on?" Demanded Donna again but now she was scared she could see all the timelords faces. Whatever it was wasn't good.
"TIME is returning, retuning to our universe, she has unfinished business" Spoke the Doctor in shock.
"This is what I saw, the message is not Bad Wolf itself. Donna try really hard every time you met her did she have a necklace with a big silver disk with yellow inside?" Demanded Harry at the end trying to force her to remember like the doctor had done.
"Erm…..I didn't notice at first I don't think, but yes at the end I think she did yes when she leaned over me to say those words it dangled down." She started off really unsure but at the end she seemed confident.
"What does it all mean though?" She asked again.
"It mean that we are in trouble and need to get back to Earth immediately it's still there we need to get a move on time is short and Death is coming from outside" Spoke Harry with such intensity it threw everyone into motion all three Timelords were running around the console pressing leavers and buttons until they suddenly started to move with the brakes still on but Harry really wasn't bothered about that the timeline was aligning into one and they could lose the earth.
Donna could see two Timelords were serious and worried the other the youngest was just plain scared it was as though even though he was busy, he knew more than the other two, but that wasn't possible Harry had admitted he didn't know everything but why did he look scared and panicked right now.
Some of that let up when the TARDIS stopped moving and Donna could regain her balance. The three Timelord ran from the TARDIS out on to the street it was daylight and after quickly talking to the local milkman found out it was a Saturday
"Good, good I like Saturdays nothing happens on a Saturday" said the Doctor in relief Donna had followed the other three out and could see them all looking more relaxed.
"So, I just met Rose Tyler then the Bad Wolf?"
"Yeah" Spoke the Doctor subdued, a look of worry still on his face it was also still on the Masters and she didn't think it was because of Rose.
"I thought she was locked away in a parallel universe you told me?" spoke Donna to the Doctor it was him she had travelled with then Martha before he had the Master and Harry.
"Exactly. If she can cross from her parallel world to your parallel world, then that means the walls of the universe are breaking down. Which puts everything in danger, everything! But how?!" Spoke the Master still with his look of worry, for some reason Harry was stood near the open doors of the TARDIS, as though he was scared to be too far away from it thought the Master, before realising and moving nearer to the TARDIS himself.
The Doctor looked over at the Master and saw where he was, he made for the TARDIS as well actually going on into her the others quickly followed him just as Donna shut the door the whole TARDIS rumbled and shook.
"What the hell was that?!" Demanded Donna of the three Timelords
"That came from outside." Spoke the Doctor in shock all three of them checking the same instruments
The three of them then ran to the door and yanked it open and looked out - they were in space, with nothing but several asteroids around. Donna joined them and they all stared at the empty space outside, confused.
"But we're in space. How did that happen?" Asked Donna totally shocked the other three Timelords looked at each other and ran back to the console
"What did you do?" She demanded of the three
"We haven't moved, we're fixed... Can't have! No!" spoke the Doctor in total shock while looking at Harry in disbelief, he ran back to the door.
"The TARDIS is still in the same place. But the Earth has gone. The entire planet. It's gone." Spoke the Doctor actually sounding really worried now as they gazed out in total shock.
"This is what I've seen, I said something had to happen to something, I never realised it before, your right Donna does move time not through it this is what I saw the earth disappearing the thing I couldn't see was the bug and what it would do to Donna, I couldn't see it none of us could until after it had just finished. It was as though it was meant to be. But the power to shift a whole planet, we're going to need help and maybe be able to wipe the slate clean."
"You want us to go to the Shadow Proclamation?" Spoke the Master with distaste.
"They could help us with our search, yes, it's the best line I can see to follow at the moment." Spoke Harry looking at the other two.
"Well Donna it looks like were taking you to the Shadow proclamation."
"Hold on what about my family my friends, if the earths just gone?"
"We will get it sorted Donna we knew this was a possibility a while ago we are prepared as we will be for this confrontation and that is what it will be, if someone is trying to bring death to every universe then they will meet the real deal, We are Lords of Time and nothing can hide from us we always eventually find them." Spoke the Master with conviction he truly believed that Harry would not let this stand and they would be with him all the way as they had promised.
"Doctor you do the talking they will remember us from before but this will wipe the slate clean with them from our past, You will have to tell them we're Timelords and not just a bed time story" Null informed the Doctor, it seemed his dad had caught on as well because he had a little smirk it seemed they wouldn't be indebted to them after all.
They arrived in a corridor they had used before and all four stepped out the Doctor in the lead, they were met by a party of Judoon
"Sco bo tro no flo jo ko fo. To to!" Spoke the lead one
"No bo ho sho ko ro to so. Bo-ko-do-zo-go-bo-fo-po-jo! (the Judoon lowered their guns) Mo ho." Replied the Doctor for all of them. They were led into a main room with consoles set up at a desk, one of the women working there looked at the three so called Timelords.
"Time Lords are the stuff of legend. They belong in the myths and whispers of the Higher Species. You cannot possibly be ones."
"Yeah, more to the point, we've got a missing planet!"
"Then you're not as wise as the stories would say. The picture is far bigger than you imagine. The whole universe is in outrage, Timelords. 24 worlds have been taken from the sky.
"How many?! Which ones?! Show me!" Demanded the Doctor going to their main computer on the desk and pulling the information up.
"Locations range far and wide. But all disappeared at the exact same moment. Leaving no trace." She spoke with a haughty voice
"Callufrax Minorr. Jahoo. Shallacatop. Woman Wept... Clom! Clom's gone! Who'd want Clom?!" Asked the Master reading the list along with the other two.
"All different sizes, some populated, some not. But all unconnected."
"What about Pyrovillia?" Asked Donna sitting down on the steps as the other three looked over the information
"Who is the female?" Asked the woman with a condescending voice
"Donna! I'm a human being. Maybe not the stuff of legend but every bit as important as Timelords, thank you." The Doctor watched her with a proud smile.
"Way back when we were in Pompeii, they said Pyrovillia had gone missing." Spoke Donna to the other three Timelords.
"Pyrovillia is cold case. Not relevant!" Spoke a Judoon
"How d'you mean, cold case?" She asked them
"The planet Pyrovillia cannot be part of this, it disappeared over 2,000 years ago." Spoke the Woman again contradicting Donna
"Yes, yes, hang on... But there's the Adipose breeding planet too, Miss Foster said that was lost, but that must've been a long time ago."
"That's it! Donna, brilliant! Planets are being taken out of time as well as space... Let's put this into 3-D... Now, if we add Pyrovillia... And Adipose 3... Something missing. Where else, where else, where else, where else... lost, lost, lost, lost... Oh! The Lost Moon of Poosh!" As he added the last one, the holograms suddenly moved and rearranged themselves.
"What did you do?" Demanded the woman who seemed to be in charge and had been talking with them all along.
"Nothing. The planets rearranged themselves into the optimum pattern. Oh, look at that! 27 planets in perfect balance. Come on, that is gorgeous!"
"Oi, don't get all spacemen, what does it mean?"
"All those worlds fit together like pieces of an engine. It's like a powerhouse! What for?" Explained then asked the Master.
"Who could design such a thing?" Demanded the woman
"Someone tried to move the Earth once before. Long time ago... can't be..." Spoke the Doctor to himself but the other two Timelords heard him and as the Doctor and Master looked at each other they looked suddenly as scared as Harry had.
"We need to find the Earth" Spoke up the Doctor.
"Donna was there anything strange going on back on earth during your time there" Questioned the Doctor trying to find answers.
"Nothing really….well none that I can think of….Although…There were the bees that were missing"
The bees were missing…..The bees were missing." Repeated the Doctor trying to work it out
"No, they were leaving to go home we need to find that trail" Spoke the Master with some urgency all three ran into the TARDIS and started to look for the Tandocca Scale, Donna was stood just outside the doors watching the three timelords run about the console unit.
"What is it?" She demanded when she saw them all looking at something
"The Tandocca Scale is the series of wavelengths used as a carrier signals by migrant bees. Infinitely small, no wonder we didn't see it! Like looking for a speck of cinnamon in the Sahara, but look! There it is. The Tandocca trail. The transmat that moved the planets was using the same wavelength, we can follow the path!" Explained the Doctor.
When they confirmed their findings to the Shadow Proclamation there was a bit of trouble, but the Doctor said instead of war being declared they would take care of it to wipe their slate clean. The woman in charge wasn't happy about this but wasn't given much time to consider it as the Doctor ran back into the TARDIS shutting the doors while the Master and Harry were working on the controls getting ready or follow the trail.
Back on Earth things were not going well, it had gone dark outside and looking up into the sky they could see all the other planets around them. All the local heroes were trying to work out was happening, Sarah Jane Smith and Luke were using Mr. smith the computer to find out what had happened, UNIT were panicking all over and declaring a code red, and Torchwood were tracking all the incoming ships that were heading their way from the centre of wherever they were.
As the ships moved closer all three sets of teams including the one with Martha Jones on it heard the broadcast first from the ships and all their blood froze now all they could do was pray.
"EXTERMINATE, EXTERMINATE, EXTERMINATE!"
Jack grabbed his team apologising to them, Sarah was holding Luke saying he was too young to die. Jack phoned Martha just as her commanding officer was ordering her to follow him to project indigo, once she had it on, he offered her a key and demanded that if needed she use the key. Jack begged her not to do it, but it was too late she pulled the cords on the machine and disappeared. When asked by his team what had happened to her Jack explained that her atoms had just been spread throughout space as they weren't ready for that project yet.
Donna's grandfather was out on the street with his bat and gun demanding his daughter go in.
"It's them aliens up above, you get inside love, they always want the women, WHAT DO YOU WANT YOU SWINES!" He shouted the last while moving his bat around ready to hit anything, his paintball gun in his other hand. They looked around a corner to see everyone being lined up by the metal machines one man lobbed a brick at one ushering his family back into the house. That house disappeared in a ball of flames when three Daleks shot it. His daughter had managed to pull him back into the side street off theirs when they were set upon by a dalek and Wilfred hit it in the eye only for it to burn the paint off as he was cheering, then they both looked terrified, suddenly the whole top of the dalek disappeared.
"Here you want to swap?" Asked Wilfred after seeing the damage
"You're Donna Nobles family, aren't you? I need your help." Spoke Rose as she hefted her gun.
They were back in the living room discussing things Wilfred was explaining that Donna was out there that Harry they had brought to meet them wasn't human he was the Doctors and Masters son.
"So, they are all together, the Son is with them?" Demanded Rose
"Yes but I can't get through I've tried ringing Donna but there's no answer, I was told I could always phone her!"
Wilfed was holding his sobbing daughter in his arms. Rose sat in the background, looking like she lost all hope too watching the television
"You will obey Dalek instructions without question. You will obey your Dalek ma.." The Dalek transmission was cut off by a beep and then a female voice from the computer.
"Can anyone hear me? The Subwave Network is open. You should be able to hear my voice... Is there anyone there?" A woman's voice came through
"...can anyone hear me?"
Luke and Sarah were arguing over not being able to help thinking it was just some pour soul looking for help
"Processing incoming sound wave." Spoke Mr. Smith. The screen was all white noise but slowly the outlines of a figure start to appear.
"This message is of the utmost importance. We haven't much time... Can anyone hear me?"
Jack looked at the transmission Gwen was working on
"The whole world's crying out. Just leave it."
"Captain Jack Harkness, shame on you! Now stand to attention, sir!"
"What?!" he asked as he ran to the terminal.
"Who is that?"
"Harriet Jones, former Prime Minister."
"Yeah, I know who you are."
Back at the Nobles house Rose had stood up looking at the computer
"Harriet! It's me, it's me. Oh, she can't hear me... Have you got a webcam?"
"No, she wouldn't let me, she said they're naughty."
"I can't speak to her then, can I?" spoke Rose sounding dejected
"Sarah Jane Smith, 13 Bannerman Road... are you there?" Demanded Harriet next and both Luke and Sarah were at the computer
"Yeah. Yeah I'm here! Yeah, that's me!"
"Good….Now, let's see if we can talk to each other." Harriet pushed some keys and the screen got divided into four parts, Harriet, the Hub and Sarah Jane appearing on one part each, while there's just white noise on the fourth place.
"The fourth contact seems to be having some trouble getting through…..I'll just boost the signal... " stated Harriet and Martha appeared on the screen.
"Hello?"
"Martha Jones!" Jack shouted in relief
"Martha, where are you?!" Jack demanded off her
"I guess Project Indigo was cleverer than we thought. One second I was in Manhattan...Next second... I'm at home Maybe Indigo tapped into my mind. Cos I ended up in the one place that I wanted to be. With my Mum!" Francine hugged her, Martha and Francine were sitting in front of her laptop.
"You came home... At the end of the world, you came back to me." Spoke her mother with tears running down her face
"But then all of a sudden, it's like the laptop turned itself on." Explained Martha
"It did. That was me. Harriet Jones, former Prime Minister."
"Yes, I know who you are."
"I thought it was about time we all met. Given the current crisis. Torchwood, this is Sarah Jane Smith."
"I've been following your work. Nice job with the Adipose." Spoke Jack while looking over to Sirius who was busy on his own phone.
"Yeah, well I've been staying away from you lot. Too many guns!" Sarah answered while looking at Luke.
"All the same, might I say, looking good, ma'am."
"Not now, Captain. And Martha Jones, former companion to the Doctor."
"But how did you find me?"
"This, ladies and gentlemen, this is the Subwave Network. A sentient piece of software, programmed to seek out anyone and everyone who can help to contact the Doctor."
"What if the Daleks can hear us?" Asked Martha in worry
"No, that's the beauty of the Subwave, it's undetectable."
"A-and you invented it?" Asked Sarah impressed
"I developed it. It was created by the Mr Copper Foundation." Spoke Harriet
"Yeah, but what we need right now is a weapon. Martha, back there at UNIT, what - what did they give you, what was that key thing?" Asked Jack puzzled he had never heard of it which was a bit of a shock
"The Osterhagen Key."
"That key is not to be used, Dr Jones. Not under any circumstances!" Spoke Harriet with the authority of a prime minister
"But what is an Osterhagen Key?" Demanded jack
"Forget about the key and that's an order! All we need is the Doctor." Demanded Harriet again
"Oh excuse me, Harriet, but, well the thing is, if you're looking for the Doctor... Didn't he depose you?" Spoke Sarah with worry in her voice
"He did. And I've wondered about that for a long time. Whether I was wrong, but I stand by my actions, to this day. Because I knew, I knew that one day, the Earth would be in danger, and the Doctor would fail to appear. I told him so myself. And he didn't listen."
"But I've been trying to find him. The Doctor's got my phone on the TARDIS, but I can't get through." Spoke Martha while holding her phone up to the screen
"That's why we need the Subwave. To bring us all together, combine forces. The Doctor's secret army."
"Wait a minute... we boost the signal! That's it! We transmit that telephone number through Torchwood itself, using all the power of the Rift..." Exclaimed Jack working it out looking over to Sirius.
"And we've got Mr Smith! He can link up with every telephone exchange on the Earth. He can get the whole world to call the same number, all at the same time! Billions of phones, calling out, all at once!" Spoke Luke
"Haha, brilliant! Who's the kid?" Asked Jack
That's my son, we've met them all the Doctor and his family!" Was Sarah's answer
"Excuse me, sorry, sorry, hello, Ianto Jones. Um, if we start transmitting, then this Subwave Network is going to become visible. I mean to the Daleks."
"Yes, and they'll trace it back to me. But my life doesn't matter. Not if it saves the Earth." Spoke Harriet with conviction
"Ma'am." Spoke Jack standing at attention and saluting her knowing what she was sacrificing for this to work
"Thank you, Captain. But there are people out there dying, on the streets. Now enough of words. Let's begin!" Spoke Harriet while everyone started to work frantically.
"Rift power activated! All terminals coordinated! National grid online... giving you everything we've got!"
"Connecting you to Mr Smith! All telephone networks combined!"
"Sending you the number... now!"
"Opening Subwave Network to maximum."
"Mr Smith... Make that call!"
"Calling the Doctor." Spoke the mechanical voice of Mr. Smith.
"Aaand sending! The signal is beaming out into space." Answered jack at the end
Inside the TARDIS, Martha's mobile rang snapping the Doctor and the other two out of their lethargy. The trail had just ended at the Medusa cascade nothing from there further and this was its weakest point.
"Phone!" Shouted Donna to the obvious
"Doctor, phone!" Spoke Harry demandingly
"Martha, is that you?! It's a signal!" Spoke the Doctor looking at Harry
"Can we follow it?" Asked Donna not seeing the look
"Oh, just watch us Donna we are good, lets follow it!"
"Dalek Emergency! Unknown network detected! Subwave frequency!"
"Find the point of origin. Find and exterminate!" spoke a dalek in red
"I warned you, Supreme One... Just as Dalek Caan foretold. The Children of Time are moving against us. But everything is falling into place." Spoke someone from an intercome
"I think we've got a fix!" Spoke Sirius looking up in relief
"Mr Smith, now at 200 per cent! Oh, come on, Doctor!" begged Sarah
Rose, Wilfred and his daughter were phoning too. Rose was holding her mobile high
"Find me, Doctor. Find me."
"Got it! Locking on" spoke Harry suddenly and he pulled a lever and the TARDIS shook violently The TARDIS was lit by red lights again and there were flames everywhere.
"We're travelling through time. One second into the future! The phone call's pulling us through!" Shouted the Doctor as the TARDIS continued to shake and more fire arupted in the control room
"Harriet! A saucer's locked on to your location, they've found you..." spoke Gwen monitoring the dalek spaceships and ground troops.
"I know. I'm using the Network to mask your transmission. Keep going!"
"Captain, I'm transferring the Subwave Network to Torchwood. You're in charge now. And tell the Doctor from me... he chose his companions well. It's been an honour." She stood up to face the three Daleks smashing their way into her house. Harriet flashed her id card
"Harriet Jones. Former Prime Minister."
"Yes, we know who you are." Came the metallic voice
"Oh, you know nothing of any human. And that will be your downfall."
"Exterminate!" Spoke one of the dalek's The others watched in horror as the part of the screen that was transmitted from Harriet's house turned into white noise.
"Three! Two! One!" One by one, the lost planets appear around the TARDIS. The console room turned back to normal, and they were all watching the screen now showing all twenty-seven planets with something at the centre
"27 planets, and there's the Earth! Why couldn't we see them?!" Asked Donna
"The entire Medusa Cascade has been put a second out of sync with the rest of the universe. Perfect hiding place, tiny little pocket of time. But we found them! Oh, oh, what's that? Hold on, hold on, some sort of Subwave Network..." The Subwave Network appeared on the TARDIS monitor, now with the Doctor, Master, Son and Donna where Harriet used to be.