Everyone continues to listen to the news reporter through Roses phone
"Our technicians can, baffle, the alien probes. But not for long. We are facing extinction. Unless we strike first. The United Kingdom stands directly beneath the belly of the mother ship. I beg the United Nations - pass an emergency resolution. Give us the access codes! A nuclear strike at the heart of the ship is our only chance of survival. Because... from this moment on... it is my solemn duty to inform you... planet Earth is at war."
"He's making it up. There's no weapons up there, there's no threat. He just invented it."
"Do you think they'll believe him?" Harriet asks
"They did last time." Rose answere
"That's why the Slitheen went for spectacle. They want the whole world panicking, because you lot, you get scared, you lash out."
"They release the defence codes... "
"And the Slitheen go nuclear."
"But why?"
No one notice Abby once again leaning againt the back wall holding her head as the pain continues not as strong as before but painful enough that everything is still slightly blurred.
The Doctor opens the metal shutters. The Slitheen are still standing outside the door.
"You get the codes, release the missiles. But not into space because there's nothing there. You attack every other country on Earth, they retaliate, fight back. World War Three, whole planet gets nuked.
Margaret Slitheen, still in her skin suit, stands before the Doctor.
"And we can sit through it in our spaceship waiting in the Thames. Not crashed. Just parked. They'll be two minutes away."
"But you'll destroy the planet, this beautiful place. What for?" Harriet asks.
As Harriet asks this questions the pain start to dull everything once again in more clearer. Abby steps forward to answer.
"Profit. That's what the signal is beaming into space, an advert" everyone.
looks at Abby with confusion and surpise on their face as to how she knew this answer.
Margaret looks at Abby.
"Oo clever one arent we. Sale of the century. We reduce the Earth to molten slag, then sell it. Piece by piece. Radioactive chucks capable of powering every cut-price star liner and budget cargo ship. There's a recession out there, Doctor. People are buying cheap. This rock becomes raw fuel."
"At the cost of 5 billion lives" says the Doctor
"Bargain." Margaret chuckles
"Then I give you the choice: leave this planet or I'll stop you." the Doctor warns
The Slitheen all burst out laughing.
:What? You? Trapped in your box?:
The Doctor does not look remotely abashed. He stares her out.
"Yes. Me."
Margaret laughs again, but nervously. The Doctor fixes her in his gaze and closes the shutters. Abby grabs a nearby trash can and being to vomit. Once she done she grabs a cloth a wipes her face. She turn around and everyone is looking at her.
"What? Never seen a girl be sick before"
"What the hell was that, How did u know what the signal is for" Rose ask
"I dont know I just did"
"But Abby how it was all just noise."
"I dont know okay I just did"
The tension is cut when Jackie is heard back on the phone.
"Alright, Doctor. I'm not saying I trust you, but there must be something you can do".
The Doctor is standing quietly with his arms folded, leaning against the wall away from the others. He is deep in thought.
"There's a way out."
"What?" says Rose
Rose turns to face him incredulously.
"There's always been a way out."
"Then why don't we use it?"
The Doctor strides over to the table and leans over to speak into the phone.
" Because I can't guarantee your daughters will be safe." the Doctor says to Jackie
"Don't you dare. Whatever it is, don't you dare"
"Do it!" says Abby.
'That's the thing, if I don't dare, everyone dies."
"Do it" agrees Rose.
"Please, Doctor. Please! they are my daughters. they are just kids!"
" Mum please, stop no more this need to be done, " Abby says
"this is my life, Jackie, it's not fun, it's not smart, it's just standing up and making a decision because nobody else will.
"Then what're you waiting for?" Rose states as Abby comes to stand next to her holding her hand. The Doctor looks at them both.
"I could save the world but lose you." says The Doctor.
"Except it's not your decision, Doctor. It's mine." Harriet interupts
"And who the hell are you?" Jackie shout angrily down the phone
"Harriet Jones, MP for Flydale North. The only elected representative in this room, chosen by the people, for the people, and on behalf of the people I command you. Do it."
The Foctor looks back at them all and grins.
"How do we get out?" Rose asks
The Doctor opens the briefcase containing the emergency protocols.
"We don't. We stay here. mickey use the buffalo password, it overrides everything."
"We're in. Here it is, uh... H.M.S. Taurean, Trafalgar Class Submarine, 10 miles off the coast of Plymouth."
"Right, we need to select a missile."
"We can't go nuclear, we don't have the defence codes."
"We don't need it, all we need is an ordinary missile. What's the first category?"
"Sub Haffoon, UGMA4A. "
" That's the one. Select.Ready for this?"
" Yeah."
" Mickey the Idiot. The world is in your hands. Fire."
Harriet taps the steel shutters.
"How solid are these?"
"Not solid enough, built for short range attack, nothing this big. "
"Alright. Now I'm making the decision. I'm not gonna die, we're gonna ride this one out. It's like what they say about earthquakes, you can survive 'em by standing under a doorframe. Now this cupboard's small so it's strong. Come and help me! Come"
Harriet hurries to help her. before Abby could go help. The Doctor grabs her hand and turns her towards him
"You sure your alright"
"Im fine just a headache as usual"
"That was some headache"
"Ill take some tablets when we get out of here, now lets give them a hand"
Abby gives the Doctors hand a reassuring squeeze and lets go. She proceeds to help Harriet and Rose empty the small cupboard. Mickeys voice once again come over the speaker.
"It's on radar. Counter defence 556."
"Stop them intercepting it."
"I'm doing it now."
"Good boy."
"556 neutralized."
tThey all bundle into the cupboard. The crouch in a corner, Rose and Abby either side of the Doctor and Harriet next to Rose.
"Nice knowing you." Harriet says
They all hold hands. They brace themselves for impact.
Within moments the missile hits, severely shaking the cupboard and them in it. Then it stops suddenly. Its over.
They all wait a moment to make sure the coast is clear before they all try to clear a path out. Within moments a clear path is made. they emerge from the wrackage.
The Sergeant hurries over to them.
"Are you alright?"
" Harriet Jones. MP, Flydale North. I want you to contact UN immediately, tell the ambassadors the crisis is over and they can step down. Go on, tell the news!" harriet says flashing her badge.
"Yes, ma'am."
He hurries away again. Harriet turns to the rest.
"Someone's got a hell of a job sorting this lot out. Oh, Lord! We haven't even got a Prime Minister!"
"Well, maybe you should have a go." the doctor suggests
"Me? I'm only a back-bencher."
"I'd vote for ya!" Rose says
"Now, don't be silly. Look, I'd better go and see if I can help." Harriet turns and stumbles toward the crowd of people.
Abby turns to the doctor.
"Recognise her name yet."
"Harriet Jones, future Prime Minister. Elected for three successive terms, the architect of Britain's Golden Age."
They watch her fondly from a distance. Then they turn and walk away heading towards the Powell estate.
The Doctor and alAbby enter the TARDIS, the Doctor is looking very pleased with himself. He starts the engines and grins up at it. Abby once again runs her hand along the coral, with a familar hum under her palm.
"Hello beautiful"
"Why do you keep doing that"
"I feel like shes listening"
"How come you didnt want to go up and see your mum with Rose."
"Had enough of my mum for one night thank you very much"
They both laugh
Suddenly and shooting pain shoots through Abby head. Painful enough to make her gasp and her legs buckle beneath her. Her head starts spinning.
Before she even touched the floor the Doctor has grabbed her but Abby screams out in pain. The pain gets to much and the next thing she knows shes blacked out.
The Doctor started to panic and carries her to the med room, he preforms numerous test each one comes back clear. Unsure of what else to do the Doctors grabs a chair. Frustration evident in his face and holds Abbys hand. Hoping for her to stir.
20 minutes later Abby starts to stir, she groggily sits up with the Doctors hand still in hers she turns to the Doctor.
"What happened"
"Im not sure, you gasped then your legs give and then you started screaming and passed out"
"Oo not much then" Abby says jokingly
"Abby i run all the test i could think of and it all.came back clear. I dont understand whats happening."
"You and the rest of the world I've had tests done before and same issues as you they all came back clear... can i have some painkillers my head is pounding."
"Yeah sure... you sure you're okay"
"Fine and dandy. Rose not back yet" Abby says swinging her legs over the side of the bed.
"No was about to phone her, you okay to get up"
"Yeah seriously I'm fine"
The Doctor turns and grabs the phone.
"Hello?"
" Right, I'll be a couple of hours, then we can go.",
"You've got a phone?"
"You think I can travel through space and time and I haven't got a phone? As I said, a couple of hours... I've just got to send out the dispersal. There you go. That's cancelling out the Slitheen's advert in case any bargain hunters turn up."
"My mother's cooking."
"Good! Put her on a slow heat and let her simmer. "
"She's cooking tea. For us."
"I don't do that and Abby is shaking her head no," the Doctor said whilst lookingnat Abby who was ferociously shaking her head
"She wants to get to know you."
"Tough! I've got better things to do!"
"It's just tea."
"Not to me, it isn't."
"She's my mother."
"Well, she's not mine!"
"That's not fair!"
"Well, you can stay there if you want! But right now there's this plasma storm brewing in the horse head nebula. Fires are burning 10 million miles wide. I could fly the TARDIS right into the heart of it then ride the shock wave all the way out - hurtle right across the sky and end up anywhere"
The Doctor hangs up the phone.
Its night time. when Abby leaves the tardis Mickey is sitting reading a newspaper on a bin outside the TARDIS. A small boy who graffitied the TARDIS the previous day with the words BAD WOLF is now busy cleaning it off again.
The Doctor pokes his head around the door.
"Good lad. Graffiti that again and I'll 'ave ya. Now, beat it"
The little boy scurries off.
"Hi Abby"
"Hi, Tim been naughty again.",
"No" he shouts back as he pedals away on his bike
The Doctor grins. Mickey glances after him. The Doctor walks over to Mickey.
"iI just went down the shop. And I was thinking, you know like the whole world's changed. Aliens and spaceships are all in public. And here it is."
He shows the Doctor the front page of the newspaper, headlined "Alien Hoax?". The Doctor gives a small smile.
"How could they do that? They saw it!"
"They're just not ready. You're happy to believe in something invisible, but if it's staring you in the face, nope! Can't see it! There's a scientific explanation for that. You're thick."
Mickey laughs and says
"We're just idiots."
"Well, not all of you."
"Yeah?"
The Doctor nods.
"I hope that means me too" Abby joins in, walking closer to the pair. They all share a laugh. Before the Doctor turns back to Mickey
"Present for you, Mickey. That's a virus. Put it online, it'll destroy every mention of me. I'll cease to exist." The Doctor hand Mickey a disk
"What do you want to do that for?"
"'Cos you're right. I am dangerous. I don't want anybody following me."
Jackie and Rose emerge from the flats to the side where the 3 were standing.
"How can you say that, and then take her with you?"
He gestures to Rose.
"You could look after her. Come with us."
"can't. This life of yours... it's just too much, I... I couldn't do it. Don't tell her I said that." the 3 laugh quietly.
The Doctor shouts over to Rose
"Got enough stuff?"
"Last time I stepped in there, it was a spur of the moment."
She walks closer to the Doctor and throws an enormous bag into the Doctor's arms.
"Now I'm signing up. You're stuck with me. Haha."
Rose goes up to Mickey - Jackie looks the Doctor up and down.
"Come with us. There's plenty of room."
Mickey gestures to the Doctor to save him from the awkward conversation. The Doctor takes the hint.
"No chance, he's ah, a liability, I'm not having him on board.".
"We'd be dead without him."
"My decision is final."
Rose turns back to Mickey.
"Sorry."
Abby walks up to her mum.
"You're stuck with just me for while mum"
"At least I got someone to keep me company" Jackie shouts loud enough for the doctor and Rose to hear
In the corner of her eye, Abby could see Mickey and Rose having their usual farewell make-out session. Abby walks up to the Doctor and whispers in his ear.
"Thank god he isn't coming, imagine seeing that all the time" Abby pulls back and looks at the Doctor. their eyes meet for what feels like a couple of minutes before they both broke away blushing.
"Still sure you don't want to come"
"Ask me again on your next visit. I'll have everything in place then, ill see you soon" the Doctor nods and walks off.
Jackie walks over
"You still can't promise me. What if she gets lost? What if something happens to you, Doctor, and she's left all alone standing on some moon a million light-years away - how long do I wait then?"
Rose hears the conversation and begins to walk over
"Mum You're forgetting, it's a time machine. I could go travelling around suns and planets and all the way out to the edge of the universe and by the time I get back, yeah, ten seconds would have passed. Just ten seconds. So stop worrying. See you in ten seconds. Hmm?"
She hugs her. The Doctor steps into the TARDIS.
Rose follows and shouts to Abby.
"Hey your not coming"
"Not at the moment gonna get things squared away with work first then ill be all you.".
Mickey gives a small wave and Rose closes the doors
the tardis starts to dematerialise they hang around for about 10 seconds as Rose advises.
"So much to 10 seconds eh!"
They all walk off together towards Jackies flat.