Chapter 1.

'Dial, pump -'

'Co-ordinates!'

'Dial, co-ordinates, pump, lever.'

'You see? Nothing to it.'

'Easy for you to say, you've only been doing it, what, 900 years?'

'Well, are you gonna give it a go or what?'

'What, now?' Rose stared wide-eyed at the Doctor. He grinned.

'No time like the present.'

Rose took a deep breath and stepped towards the TARDIS controls, whispering to herself - dial, co-ordinates, pump, lever.

'Where to?' She asked.

'Wherever you like,' the Doctor replied.

'Right. Well, here goes nothing.' Nervously, she spun the dial, tapped in a few co-ordinates, pushed the pump a few times and pulled the lever down. She held on as the TARDIS sprang to life. The central column glowed and pulsed. They were in flight.

Barely seconds later, the noise from the TARDIS faded and it came to a shuddering halt, throwing the Doctor and Rose unceremoniously to the floor. Rose rolled over and sat up, pulling a face at the Doctor.

'Can't you fix that?'

The Doctor just grinned and jumped up, holding out a hand to Rose. She grabbed it and pulled herself up.

'Where have you brought us then?' Inquired the Doctor.

'Egypt, fourth Dynasty.' She paused. 'Hopefully. I wanted to see the Great Pyramid being built.'

'Ah, good choice.' He went to walk towards the door, but Rose put a hand to his chest to stop him.

'I'll go first. If I've got it wrong, which I no doubt have, I want to be the first to know.' She looked him in the eyes. 'Wait here.'

Rose turned and strode towards the door. She pushed it open and bright sunlight and a suffering heat burst in. She turned to face the Doctor and grinned.

'All hail me,' she said.

The Doctor looked shocked. 'You mean, you actually did it? First time?'

Rose's face fell. 'Thanks for having such confidence in me.'

The Doctor came up behind her and stared out the door. His eyes fell upon the beautiful, glistening waters of the Nile and a half finished Great Pyramid. He looked at Rose proudly and smiled.

'I'm sorry I doubted you.'

'So you bloody well should be.' She punched his arm playfully.

'Ouch!'

'Baby.' Rose went to step outside the door but the Doctor's hands grabbed her shoulders and hastily pulled her back.

'Might want to change your outfit first.'

Rose looked down at her jeans. 'Good point.'

'Off you go then.'

'What about you? You'll boil in that jacket.'

'I'll put a t-shirt on.'

'And the rest, Mister.' She pondered for a moment, then looked at him with a twinkle in her eyes. 'Loin cloth, isn't it?'

The Doctor regarded her with narrow eyes. 'Not bloody likely. Go on, shift!'

Rose stuck her tongue out at him and sauntered off. Why did he always get away with not changing? She walked up the stairs and followed the maze of corridors until she reached the wardrobe. She thought about what the Doctor would look like in a loin cloth and smiled. 'Shame,' she said out loud. Opening the wardrobe doors, she found a beautiful, sheer white sleeveless dress with gold trimming round the edges and a pair of gold coloured sandals. On one of the shelves was a shoulder length black wig with a gold and turquoise head band. On another was a collection of gold and turquoise jewellery. She was dreading the wig because of the heat, but 'needs must' she told herself.

Ten minutes later she stood admiring herself in front of the mirror. The dress was quite close fitting and fell down to her ankles. Her arms were adorned with the most exquisite bangles and a rather expensive looking necklace holding an Eye of Horus decorated her neck. Not bad at all, she decided, and headed back to the control room.

The Doctor, now wearing a cream, v-neck t-shirt, was tinkering with something under one of the panels and didn't notice Rose until she walked over to him and prodded his leg with her foot. He sat up and his eyes widened as her took her in.

'Will I do?' Rose asked coyly, as the Doctor got to his feet.

'You look like a princess,' he said, then caught himself and cleared his throat. 'Well, you know…'

Rose smiled and held out her hand. 'Come on then.'