The Doctor strode towards the door, tapping Jack on the shoulder as he passed behind him.

"Come on," He nodded his thanks to Neil, and then pointed at Noel. "You, we're going to need your decoding skills."

Noel shrugged and started to follow him. "Sure thing. Not up for blowing your way in, then?"

"Too risky. He'll be watching"

"Who's 'he'?" Jack asked, matching the Doctor's swift pace easily.

"Kosmos Kyrios," the Doctor scowled. "A name he gave himself. He was a computer genius named Vance, a long while ago. But before he died, he managed to upload his mind onto a computer. When his body died, he became part of the computer. It seems he's on a body hunt again." The Doctor sped increased his pace even more "And he's picked on the wrong body."

The TARDIS' door swung open as they approached, and the Doctor put the tiny collection of wires he had gotten from Neil on a panel that had appeared from the console at his request.

"You know what I'm looking for, girl," he encouraged her. While he talked to the ship, Jack turned to an amused looking Noel.

"You don't look surprised."

"No, I've known him for ages. His fashion sense has improved though, since I first met him."

"Oi!" The Doctor turned so he could see them "I liked that scarf, thank you very much."

However, as the TARDIS suddenly jerked into motion, and threw them about as it headed for its destination, the teasing ceased. When the ship landed, it was three grim-faced men who headed outside.

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Rose stood in front of the computer, perfectly still and attentive. Visible in her blank eyes were thin gold threads, pulsing faintly. She had both hands pressed to the metal panel in front of the machine. Gold lines led away from her hands and up to the computer, where a light flashed in time with the pulsing of the lines. A robotic voice gave an odd sigh of pleasure, as Rose's eyes started to slide shut.

"Upload...50 per centcomplete" the voice stated, sounding extremely smug. Neither realised that there were three men coming up the stairs.

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"Hurry up Noel!" Jack and the Doctor were leaning over Noel as he tapped furiously on the keypad on the door.

"I'm sorry, it's in 5 languages, and the pair of you are breathing down my neck like Raxacoricofallapatorians," Noel entered the code and added thoughtfully, "Don't you think it's odd that we haven't encountered any resistance so far?"

The door slid open, but two blast doors slammed down in its place, and the screen next to the door demanded two more codes to open the doors.

"Nice one, Noel," the Doctor said, scathingly.

"Sorry," Noel's sharp green eyes fixed on the screen again. "This may take a few minutes."

"Never mind. We might as well set off the alarms anyway; he probably knows we're here," the Doctor pulled out the sonic screwdriver and held it out to the screen, and as the doors slid back, the alarms went off.

"Why would he have an alarm specifically for the screwdriver?" Jack asked curiously. The Doctor's gaze was unreadable.

"Because he knows me."

The small blonde figure that greeted them in the next room made them stop. Blank eyes stared at them, while a smirk that didn't belong to her widened at the sight of their shock.

"Too late, Doctor," the voice no longer came from the computer, it came from Rose.