The Doctor had misjudged.
He did not, as he thought, get one hell of a slap.
He, in fact, got a beating of a lifetime.
"You promised me you'd keep her safe! And look what you done!" Jackie Tyler screamed at the Doctor while slapping him across the face. The Doctor did not resist. He deserved it. He took a young girl for a trip of a lifetime without thinking of the consequences. It was just as Margaret the Slitheen had said. And now, his two companions were dead, and he had regenerated into one of his former selves.
"This can be fixed." The Doctor shouted, trying to be heard over Jackie's rage. It was amazing how quickly Jackie had got over the fact that the Doctor had changed. Then it again, it was her daughter that had died in his care.
"How? How can you bring someone back from the dead? You pluck her away from me, then sent her back to me and you broke her heart when you did that! What gives you the right to play God like that?" Jackie was in tears now.
The Doctor let Jackie carry on with her rant. Sooner or later, she'll calm down. For now, he was going to sort this mess about his regeneration.
The Doctor got up from his seat in Jackie's flat and made for the door. He paused for a second at Rose's room.
"Where do you think your going?" Jackie said.
"To fix this mess." The Doctor replied, and walked out the door towards his TARDIS.
It was a beautiful November morning. It looked as if nothing could go wrong. But it had already. The TARDIS was sitting where he always left it when he brought Rose home. It's a wonder no-one has really noticed it too much. It was here throughout the whole Slitheen fiasco and when aliens made a game where humans were fighting for their lives. The Doctor knew he would find the answer to this mess in the TARDIS.
As he approached the TARDIS, he could hear running footsteps behind him. He turned and saw Jackie running after him.
"I'm coming with you whether you like it or not." Jackie said. The Doctor didn't refuse. As much as he didn't want Jackie as a companion, he had let her daughter die.
He entered the TARDIS and Jackie followed. He expected her to be in awe but then remembered she had been in here many times. Just not travelled.
"Where are you going to sort this out?" Jackie asked.
"You can always find an answer to a question within you. It just so happens I got 9 of me I can go and visit to try to answer that question. I think I'll go back to the beginning. Let's go and meet Mr Grumpy Boots himself!" The Doctor replied.
Leaves starting blowing away and anyone within the area would stop suddenly and listen. It was like no sound they heard before. A groaning sound. Anyone who went looking for the sound would only find nothing as the TARDIS had just left London.