A couple of days later the Doctor, Jo, and I found ourselves in the Tardis as the Doctor tried to override it; as it turns out the Tardis was under the control of the Timelords. So, the Tardis worked, she just wouldn't move; Jo and I tried to make ourselves useful as we tried to help the Doctor.

Suddenly, the door to the exit of the Tardis opened and the person who stood there made Jo and I stare in shock, "Yes, now I remember...look don't you worry my dears. I know you both are quite alarmed, but you needn't be", the other Doctor said in the doorway.

Then the Doctor at the console stood, "Yes well, I think that should do it. Why have I never realized that…" the Doctor said then turned his head around to see himself and Jo at the doorway.

"Oh no! What are you doing here", the Doctor at the console asked the other Doctor, "Well, I'm not here, don't worry…well that is in a sense…er, I am here but you are not there. Er…yes, well it's difficult to explain really", the other Doctor told the Doctor in the console room.

"Just say you're both…kind of sort of here and let that be the end of it, hm", I heard myself say as she appeared in the doorway.

"What the hell", I asked, "Yes, well…it's not important just now", the Doctor in the doorway told me as he looked between myself in the doorway and my actual self at the console, "No, this won't do at all! We can't have two of us running about", the Doctor said changing the subject.

"Yes well, don't worry; it will all be sur-", then they disappeared just as the Brigadier walked in and told us he needed our help from stopping a third war.

"But, first we need to help a man who believes he was almost assassinated by a ghost…come on", the Brigadier told us then shook his head before walking out. What the hell was that, I wondered as we drove to a politician's mansion.

After we entered the mansion, a woman explained to us what had happened; there was a man who suddenly appeared and tried to assassinate Sir Reginald before ultimately disappearing.

"You sure he used the word "ghost"", the Doctor asked the woman, "Oh yes, but afterwards he- ", "Miss Paget! What's going on here", Sir Reginald, I assume, yelled as he stormed into the large office. Miss Paget told Sir Reginald that we from Unit and we were here to help; but clearly, he didn't want us there at all.

Jo and I asked him what exactly had happened last night, and he went to tell us his story while not mentioning the "ghost" in his story, I noticed. My eyes narrowed at that and the Doctor told him that he had found muddied foot prints near the window, which were unlikely to be Sir Reginald's foot prints.

"Someone was in here, Sir Reginald, you know", the Doctor told him, "Are you accusing me of lying", Sir Reginald asked the Doctor angrily.

"The mind tells us something wasn't there, when in reality there was; no matter how impossible it may be, because we can't accept it ourselves", I commented, and Sir Reginald looked at me, before looking down and closing his eyes.

"Sir Reginald, you've obviously have been under considerable strain recently. Were you feeling at all unwell last night", the Brigadier asked the man.

"I felt and feel perfectly well; now if you excuse me, I've a lot to do and I'm due at the airport in a hour", Sir Reginald told us before looking at me.

"I do not take kindly to those who think me mad", he told me, and I was taken aback and quickly tried to reassure Sir Reginald, "I wasn't calling you crazy", I told him.

"No? You seemed to imply it", he retorted, "Please sir, she was only trying to help", Jo tried telling him before he huffed in annoyance.

"Be that as it may, you've no objection to my men searching the grounds", Brigadier asked, "None at all, though I don't know what you hope to find", Sir Reginald said, before storming off.

"What caused him to yell at her like that", Jo asked, "What she said might've been true and he took his anger out on Acacia", the Doctor explained. The Doctor and Brigadier left the office, so they could search around Sir Reginald's yard as Jo and I searched the inside of his mansion. When they returned, they told us they found some sort of ray gun and a time traveling device; the Doctor tried messing with the time traveling device, but it ultimately malfunctioned and fell apart in his hand.

The phone rang, and the Brigadier answered it, telling them they had found the very "ghost" Sir Reginald was talking about, but it had vanished. So the Doctor, Jo, and I were going to spend the night in Sir Reginald's house or "the haunted house" as the Doctor put it. As we waited in Sir Reginald's office, the Doctor decided to fix the time machine device.

After the Brigadier left, the Doctor decided to go down into the cellar to grab some cheese and wine; he brought two glasses for himself and Jo who refused. I was too young to drink, no matter if it was legal here...not that I minded.

Then he told us we ought to eat since it was going to be a long night. I sighed and sat next to him and ate some cheese, "Oh! This is really good", I exclaimed, "See, I told you, absolutely delicious", the Doctor said as he took another bite. We ate as Jo stood anxiously, "Why don't you sit", I asked, "Okay", she said quietly as she sat down.

Later that night, Jo and I fell asleep on the couch as the Doctor stayed awake to work on the hand held time machine; and the next morning when he woke us up, Jo woke with a fright.

"You alright Jo", I asked, and she nodded silently, I looked at her concerned as a man came in and tried to attack us. I managed to hit his head with a vase to knock him out and then the Doctor pinned him down on the couch, Jo left the room to get some help. That is until she came back in with another man and a woman holding her hostage as they pointed their ray guns at the Doctor and me.

"Now…turn off that machine", the woman ordered, gesturing towards the hand-held time machine that the Doctor held in his hand.

He turned off as the woman studies his face and finally said, "So...you are the man…quite innocent looking, but capable of such crimes…who would ever know…", "My dear lady, I'm afraid I haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about", the Doctor told her as the men held Jo and I in place.

"You have said and done enough", she said angrily, "The time has come for your execution", the woman exclaimed, "No", I shouted and attempted to stop her. However, the man that held me in place then twisted my arm behind my back, "Ow", I said in pain as the Doctor winced a little.

"There's no need to harm her", the Doctor told the woman, "Yes there is, if she tries to stop our orders from being fulfilled…she will die along with you", the woman said, and my eyes widened, then narrowed in anger.

"Now there's need for such violence! May I ask whose orders", the Doctor asked frantically, "It's no concern of yours- ", "But, he hasn't done anything! He's a scientist", Jo exclaimed cutting the other woman off as her gun was pointed at the Doctor.

"No last words of repentance, Sir Reginald", the woman asked, "No, only that you're making one fundamental mistake", the Doctor replied. "What's that", the woman asked curiously, "A question of mistaken identity, I am not Sir Reginald", the Doctor told her.

The woman lifted a brow, not believing what he had just said and asked, "Is that the best you can do", "But it's true", Jo told her, "You must believe him", I added upset.

"Sir Reginald is, at this very moment, many thousands of miles away-in Perking, to be precise", the Doctor told the woman, who automatically thought he was lying.

"You're lying", she told him, "I am not, he flew there yesterday", he old her confidently, "I do not believe you", she said stubbornly.

"It's all there in front of you. Why don't you take a look", he asked her, while gesturing towards Sir Reginald's desk. Reluctantly, she did as he said and looked at the papers on Sir Reginald's desk; turned out the Doctor was correct of course, but that didn't please the woman.

"I'm sorry to disappoint you. By the way that machine of yours is a bit antiquated, isn't it? Do you mind if I suggest some improvements some- ", "Shut up", the man, who had my arm twisted behind my back, barked. "It's a trick! Kill him", the man that held Jo captive yelled angrily.

I glared at both men, "So, you decide to ignore the evidence right in front you, then? You just see what you want to see is that it", I said angrily. Both men turned their head away from me as I glanced back at the Doctor, not noticing that Jo gave me a look of surprise.

"If you're not Sir Reginald Styles, who are you and what are you doing in his house", the woman asked the Doctor calmly, "Well, believe it or not, I came here to see you", the Doctor told her.

"We're wasting time", the man that held Jo said impatiently and then let her go to point his ray gun at the Doctor, "I'll do it."

"No, you won't", I said as I struggled I the man's grasp, who just pulled my arm even harder causing me to yelp in pain, "Don't try anything", he whispered angrily in my ear and I flinched away from his hot breath.

"Who is command of this mission", the woman demanded and the man next to her slowly lowered his gun, "We are soldiers, not murders; keep guard outside, I'll deal with these three", the woman ordered and the man beside her, reluctantly left.

"Now, answer my question: who are you and what are you doing here", the woman asked the Doctor and the Doctor told her everything that she needed to know after she had told us their names.

An hour later and she still had more questions, "I don't understand, how did you know we were coming", she asked, and the Doctor replied with, "Because you've already tried to kill Styles once and failed, it was only logical that you would try again", the Doctor told her.

Boaz, the man that had untwisted my arm a while ago, asked, "And you deliberately took this place?"

"That's right, I wanted to talk to you", the Doctor told them, "Why", Anat asked, "To find where you come from and more to the point, when", the Doctor replied, which took them by surprise.

"Two soldiers approach", said the man in the doorway, who was told to guard it, "Hide", Anat ordered; then both men grabbed Jo and I. We all left the office, walked down the hall, and went through a door that led to the basement.

"Doctor, Acacia, Jo", we heard the soldiers call out for us outside of the door; they tried calling out for us repeatedly, however the three people that held us captive in the basement had our mouths covered.

The soldiers then called the Brigadier over their radio, telling him that they thought were gone and the Brigadier told them to search the courtyard, which they did. Once they were gone, the woman ordered the two men to ties us up and gag us; then they left, leaving us in the basement. When they were gone, the Doctor managed to free himself of the gag in his mouth; soon after Jo and I managed to remove ours as well.

"Who were they", Jo asked, "On the face of it, three rather despite people", the Doctor replied, "Well, they're criminals-they must be", Jo exclaimed.

"Not necessarily", I told Jo, "Well aren't they. They did try to kill us and that man twisted your arm", she told me.

"That's not in their favor, I'll admit; you know you really shouldn't judge them until we find out why they're here, well come on! Jo, what about trying out some escapology of yours and Acacia you're flexible…I believe", the Doctor said.

"Look, just because I took one gymnastics class does not make me flexible…and quit poking in my mind will you! Trying to concentrate", I told the Doctor as I tried flexing my arms and legs.

Jo was having trouble untying herself since the rope was so tight, "Have a try of untying mine", the Doctor told her and then moved his tied-up hands towards hers. I managed to move my tied-up hands to the front of my body, I guess I was more flexible than I thought; the Doctor glanced back at me as I stood and hopped around to look around for something sharp.

I realized how silly I looked when I heard the Doctor and Jo chuckling silently, I blushed in embarrassment and glared back at them just as they looked around like nothing was happening.

"Where did they come from", Jo asked, "Well, technologically speaking, that gun of theirs is about two hundred years ahead of its time…your time that is. The twenty-second century visiting the twentieth…a planned expedition through time to meet and kill and important politician. Now, why", the Doctor wondered.

"Well, I'm the one who's supposed to be asking the questions", Jo commented, "Maybe he did something bad…perhaps illegal in their time and they came to assassinate him", I asked.

"Maybe he comes from the future", Jo added, "Those are some good points, but none we can actually prove…he's obviously not only important to us…he's also important to them. Or history, their history, must talk about Sir Reginald Styles, I think", the Doctor told us.

"You mean…they traveled back to our time to try and change history", Jo asked the both of us, "That's it, yes, how are you two doing", the Doctor asked, while looking at both Jo and I.

"Oh, not very well…these knots are...rock hard", Jo complained and I coughed, then sighed still looking around.

"The only thing I found sharp down here is a dull broken pipe", I told them, and they sighed in frustration, "Well, there's only one thing left to do", the Doctor said as I hopped over and sat down, "We wait", Jo said.

"You know, you looked rather silly hopping around in here", the Doctor told me, "Oh! Don't you start", I said in embarrassment and looked away as Jo giggled.

After a while, Jo sighed, "I don't understand, why don't they go back to September 12th if that's where they want to be…you know, have another go", Jo asked.

"Well, that's the Blinovitch limitation effect", the Doctor told her.

"On your feet, the three of you", Boaz, the man was so keen on killing the Doctor before, told us from the staircase. With a sigh, the three of us stood up, just as the man walked down the stairs to escort us. He looked at me suspiciously as he saw that my tied-up hands were in front of my body watching me closely as we walked upstairs.

Then we all walked upstairs and went back into Sir Reginald's office, the woman handed the phone to Doctor as the man pointed his ray gun at him.

"Hello", said the Doctor into the phone, "Ah, Lethbridge-Stewart…yes fine, Brigadier…yes, things couldn't be better…Did they? Oh yes, we were probably down in the cellar at the time. Old Styles keeps a remarkably good selection of wines, you know…look I…I don't think that's wise Brigadier", the Doctor said and then the Anat pointed her gun at me, and my eyes widened at this.

The Doctor saw this and said, "Well, you tell Captain Yates not to worry, everything's fine and tell old Styles too and the Minister. Oh, and Brigadier? Don't forget to tell the Marines, goodbye", the Doctor said and then the man took the phone then hung up.

"He's coming! Sir Reginald is coming here", Anat exclaimed. "That surprises you? Well, I should have thought with your insight of the future…oh no, in your case…it'd be the past wouldn't it", the Doctor stated worried.

Jo managed to escape from her bind and grabbed the hand-held time machine from the desk, "Right! Drop your guns! If you don't, I'll smash this to pieces", Jo exclaimed holding the device above her head.

"Jo, put that that down…I've only just got that in working order", the Doctor told her, "Really", I said quietly as I gave the Doctor a look of annoyance.

"I mean it", she said and again, what she was doing was a not the smartest plan since one of them was a little trigger happy.

"Stupid child", Anat yelled, "You don't understand what you're doing", "Oh yes I do, you're going to let us go or you're going to be stranded here forever", Jo told them.

Then they pointed their guns at her, "We don't need it, we have another one", the man told her, if they didn't need it…then why were they acting this way.

They're desperate and scared, "The man who owned that machine is dead, his body is back in our time zone", Boaz told her.

"You're…bluffing", Jo said unsure, "Put it down and don't be silly", Anat said, and I narrowed my eyes at that, it was clear to me that the machine was very important to them. If that machine was left behind now…in this time zone…it could set off a series of events that nobody would be ready for.

I gulped, then looked back up at both the Anat and Jo, "Maybe you should put it down…preferably on the desk", I said trying to sound nonchalant.

Jo looked at me confused before she dissapeared the Doctor asked, "Wasn't there something you could do", he asked Anat, "No, it's too late", she told him. "What happened", I asked, "She…disintegrated, dispersed around the time vortex", the woman told me, "If she was lucky", Boaz added.

"And if she wasn't", the Doctor asked curiously, "She would have been re-embodied into the twenty-second century", Boaz told the Doctor.

"Believe me, she would have been better off dead", the woman told us.

The man then brought the Doctor and I down to the basement, after he left the Doctor managed to move his body towards the wine cabinet and cut his binds using the sharp glass.

I lifted a brow…why didn't I notice that before, I wondered, "Maybe you weren't looking hard enough", the Doctor teased, and I narrowed my eyes as he came over to cut mine as well.

When we were both free, the Doctor and I went back upstairs and went straight to Sir Reginald's office; after knocking out the man, we heard the woman say that they had to go on his watch communicator. The Doctor grabbed my hand, but before we could leave a man came crashing through the window, "How do you do", the Doctor greeted the man calmly, which caused me to look at him exasperated as I chuckled.

At least I did, before the man pulled out a gun before us which the Doctor was quick to kick away before grabbing it rather quickly. Then he pulled me to his side as we backed out of the office, keeping an eye on the man while doing so. We ran into the courtyard where two men approached with ray guns pointed at us and I was surprised when the Doctor shot one of them with the ray gun that he was holding.

Brigadier drove up in his jeep and shot the other, before looking at us in confusion, "Sorry old chap, we're in a bit of a hurry", the Doctor told him as we entered in his jeep, leaving Lethbridge-Stewart behind.

We drove after the man and woman who ran away into a tunnel with Jo; when we were at our destination, we got out of the car and proceeded to enter the tunnel...or sewer. Then, we suddenly stopped, and the Doctor grabbed my hand; I gazed up at him confused before following his line of sight to see what he was looking at.

There was some sort of odd machine at the end of the tunnel; it was sort of oval, round mounds could be seen along the side of the machine, there was a plunger on one side, and what looked to be a laser on the other. It was looking at us with a long eye which shined a bright blue and my heart seemed to beat faster the longer I looked at it, "Dalek", a word that echoed in the mind of the Doctor, before we ran away…pulling me alongside him.

For some reason they seemed familiar and before I could ponder any longer on this, we had run into the man and woman from before with the "Dalek" close behind us.

"Exterminate", it said in a robotic voice; that sounded familiar as well, I thought as I fearfully looked at the Dalek in confusion. The man and woman grabbed us and then we were sent through a time vortex; I felt my mind being pulled forward and backward in time, before finally being flung forward.