"Where to now?" Jackie asked, while kneeling by the unconscious form of Rose.
"I don't know about you, but I could do with a cup of tea. I need time to think as well so we're going back to your flat." The seventh Doctor replied. He fiddled about with the switches and the consoles and everything starting moving. They were travelling.
Jackie was stroking her daughter's hair. Her skin was so cold.
"How many of you can there be?" Jackie asked.
"About 13. But the one who took Rose before was my ninth self. It's always interesting changing. You never what you look it. Of course, some of our traits get carried over in each generation. Jelly baby?" The Doctor asked, holding out a paper bag full of brightly coloured sweets.
"No thanks. What happens after the unlucky thirteenth?" Jackie asked.
"Death. You don't want to meet my thirteenth self. Not a nice one at all. He tried to take all the rest of my lives in my sixth self and he altered history with my seventh self. He was Jack the Ripper, you know. Tried to kill Ace but she was too feisty to be killed." The Doctor replied.
Jackie tried to keep up with all this, but all the information was overwhelming. Instead, she just kept watching Rose, hoping she would wake up.
The console stopped moving. They had arrived.
"Here we are. A nice cup of tea and biscuit will do us good." The Doctor said. He had changed as well. Gone was the leather jacket and instead was cream jacket and hat, an umbrella, checkered trousers and a sweater vest. This suited him more than the leather jacket anyway which was far too big for him.
Jackie lost her temper. "Hello! We have a situation here! My daughter is dead! When are you going to sort this out?" She screamed.
"My dear Jackie, Rose is linked to me. When I get sorted out, she comes back alive. For now it's easier trying to solve my problem than trying to bring her back from the dead. Do not worry yourself. She will survive." The Doctor said in a calm voice. If this had been the ninth Doctor, he would have lost his temper with her.
The Doctor opened the TARDIS door.
Something was wrong.
It was too quiet. There was no sound of birds singing. No sounds of children playing. No sound of traffic.
"Jackie quick! Something is wrong!" The Doctor cried. Jackie came running out of the TARDIS and noticed the same thing. It's too quiet.
"Let's go back to the flat." Jackie said.
"Nothing," Jackie said. "There's no stationworking at all." She was flicking through the TV. Nothing on the BBC or ITV. Just their logos.Where Channel 4 and Channel 5 should be there was just static.
The Doctor was tuning the radio. Again just static.
"I think, whatever has happened to myself and Rose, has affected the Earth." The Doctor said, "Try phoning someone."
Jackie picked up the receiver and tried dialling Mickey. Nothing. She tried numbers in the yellow pages and nothing. She tried 999 and nothing.
"There's nothing. Not even with the police." Jackie said.
"Maybe UNIT is still working. We need to find out what has happened." The Doctor said while stirring the teapot. Jackie got some biscuits out of the cupboard. She put the yellow pages on the counter. She had agreed with the Doctor eventually that a cup of tea would be nice.
There was a hiss.
They both turned around and there, on the table, was a spider. Not your average spider. A huge one and an alien one at that,
"What is that Doctor?" Jackie asked.
"Something that should not be here." The Doctor said. The spider looked ready to jump. Jackie automatically grabbed the yellow pages and slammed it down on the spider. Yellow liquid came oozing out of the sides. Just to make sure it was well and truly dead, Jackie added the TV, Radio and her collection of Hello magazines on top of the yellow pages.
"Let's go quickly. They should not have arrived back here." The Doctor said.
"What was it?" Jackie asked.
"A giant spider from Metabilis III. I tried taking over the earth in the 70's. During my third body. I stopped them but it cost me a body. If there is one here, there must be others. There's always a queen." The Doctor said while running down the stairs of the estate building. Jackie followed in pursuit and saw some people.
"Look Doctor, there's some people, maybe they can help us," Jackie said.
"I think not! The spiders are able to control humans. It is likely that they have spiders attached to their backs." The Doctor said and sure enough as they turned, the spiders were clear enough.
The TARDIS was in sight. Only it was surrounded by spiders and people alike.
"How we going to get back?" Jackie asked.
"Not sure on that yet. Get something to defend yourself with." The Doctor said while picking up a broken branch. How it got there the Doctor will never know. Jackie found a cricket bat. This reminds me so much of Shaun of the Dead, Jackie thought.
"They must have been ruling this planet for years. Since they first came here I guess." The Doctor said while running towards the TARDIS.
"What makes you say that?" Jackie said running right beside him.
"Channel 4 and Channel 5 weren't made in the 70's. I don't think my third self destroyed these spiders." The Doctor said. The spiders turned and saw them and launched a powerful attack. Jackie managed a few good hits which killed a few of them, but there were too many. The Doctor was swinging like there was no tomorrow, but the people kept on coming. It was as if they couldn't feel anything.
Jackie went down. The Doctor felt a sharp pain to his neck and the world went black.