Journey to a New World 2: Season 2

by clhpfan12341234567

Ben and Rose have just saw the doctor regenerate and they continuing traveling with him through time and space. Also Ben learning that he did not leave everything behind. (Completed)

2. Chapter 2: New Earth

Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor who only Ben

Chapter 2

New Earth

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Rose closes the door behind her, shrugging the rucksack from her shoulders. The Doctor and Ben notice her and they beam at each other. The Doctor pulls a lever with extra vigor.

The Doctor. Ben and Rose are operating the controls.

Rose then asked "So, where are we going?"

The Doctor then replied grinning "Further than we've ever gone before." Rose grins back.

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Rose and the Doctor step out of the TARDIS onto a windy stretch of grass. Rose's mouth drops open.

The Doctor then said "It's the year five billion and twenty three... we're in the galaxy M87, and this... this is New Earth." They are looking upon a futuristic city, with flying vehicles zooming to and fro.

Ben then said "don't tell me in the year ten billion and forty six there's a planet out their that's called New New Earth."

Rose then said "That's just... that's—"

She bursts out laughing, in wonder.

The Doctor then said nodding "Not bad. Not bad at all!"

Rose then said "That's amazing. I'll never get used to this. Never. Different ground beneath my feet!" She jumps up and down excitedly. "Different sky...! What's that smell?"

The Doctor bends down and pulls some grass up. He shows it to them and said "Apple grass."

Rose then said "Apple grass...!"

The Doctor then said "yeah, yeah"

Rose then replied "That's beautiful!"

She gazes up at the Doctor with a wide smile. "Oh, I love this. Can I just say..." She links her arm through his. "... travelling with you... I love it."

The Doctor then replied "Me too." Rose laughs and the Doctor grins. "Come on!" He grabs her hand and they dash off. Then Ben follows behind them.

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The Doctor then said "So anyway, planet gone, all rocks and dust, but the human race lives on, spread out across the stars. Soon as the Earth burns up - oh, yeah, they get all nostalgic - big revival movement... but find this place!"He sits up for a better look at the view. "Same size as the Earth... same air... same orbit... lovely! Call goes out, the humans move in!"

Rose then asked "What's the city called?"

The Doctor replied "New New York."

Rose then said skeptically "Oh, come on."

The Doctor then said "It is! It's the City of New New York!" He pauses, thinking. "Strictly speaking, it's the fifteenth New York since the original. So that makes it New New New New New New New New New New New New New New York."

Rose smiles down at him, reminiscing. He notices.

Ben then said "on New New Earth there is a city called New New New York.

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Rose then said getting up "Can we go and visit New New York - so good they named it twice?"

The Doctor then said also getting up "Well - I thought we might go there first."

He nods towards a large building in the distance, on the coast.

Rose then said "Why? What is it?"

He has trouble getting his coat on because of the wind, so Rose helps him. The Doctor then said "Some sort of hospital. Green moon on the side - that's the universal symbol for hospitals."

Rose then replied "Hmm!"

The Doctor then said "I got this. " He pulls out his psychic paper. "A message on the psychic paper. " The words 'Ward 26 - Please Come' scrawl across the paper. "Someone wants to see me." He tucks it back in his pocket.

Rose then said "Hmm! And I thought we were just sight-seeing. Come on then! Let's go and buy some grapes." She links her arm through his. Ben then follows behind them.

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Ben, Rose and the Doctor walk through the hospital doors and into the reception. Rose then said "Bit rich coming from you."

The Doctor then replied "I can't help it! I don't like hospitals - they give me the creeps!"

The PA said "The Pleasure Gardens will now take visitors carrying green or blue identification cards for the next fifteen minutes. Visitors are reminded that cuttings from the gardens are not permitted. "

Rose then said looking around "Very smart. Not exactly NHS."

The Doctor then said "No shop. I like the little shop!"

Rose then said "I thought this far in the future, they'd have cured everything."

The Doctor then replied "The human race moves on, but so do the viruses. It's an ongoing war."

A cat nurse walks by and nods politely to Rose, who stares at her. Rose then said pointing "They're cats."

The Doctor then said "Now, don't stare... think what you look like to them, all..." He looks her up and down. "Pink and yellow. That's where I'd put the shop!" He points over Rose's shoulder. "Right there!"

Whilst Rose is looking, Ben and The Doctor walk over to the lift and step inside. "Ward 26, thanks!"

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Rose then said "Hold on! Hold on!"

She rushes to the lift, but too late - the doors have closed.

The Doctor then said through the doors "Oh, too late – We're going up."

Rose then said "It's all right, there's another lift."

She rushes to the other lift and presses the button.

The Doctor calling down "Ward 26. And watch out for the disinfectant."

Rose calling up "Watch out for what?"

The Doctor replied "The disinfectant!"

Rose then responded "The what?"

Then The Doctor said "The di- oh, you'll find out."

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The speaker then said "Commence stage one - disinfection."

Green lights flash on and The Doctor and Ben our soaked in a shower of disinfectant. The Doctor is perfectly calm about this and so is Ben.

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The Doctor smoothes his hands through his hair. Ben then just stands there not moving.

A white powder is puffed onto The Doctor, and Benwho barely reacts.

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A blow-dryer engages. The Doctor looks as though he is enjoying the experience immensely, spreading his coat out to dry and smiling happily. Ben Just lets it dry himself off.

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The lift doors slide open at ward 26 and The Doctor steps out, looking very well groomed. His hair is perfectly tidy for once. Ben then steps out looking like he did when he first stepped into the lift.

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The Doctor and Ben our lead into the ward by Sister Jatt.

The Doctor then said looking around "Nice place. No shop, downstairs. I'd have a shop. Not a big one - just a shop. So people can shop."

Sister Jatt then said looking surprised "The hospital is a place of healing."

The Doctor then replied "A shop does some people the world of good. Not me. Other people..." They start to walk. The Doctor and Ben see a patient who is completely red.

Sister Jatt then said "The Sisters of Plentitude take a lifelong vow to help. And to mend." They pass a bed holding an extremely fat man. The Duke of Manhattan looking as though he is about to turn to stone. By the bed is a very prim woman - Frau Clovis.

Frau Clovis then said indignantly "Excuse me!" She approaches the Doctor and Ben. "Members of the public may only gaze upon the Duke of Manhattan with written permission from the Senate of New New York." The Doctor then said nodding to the Duke "That's Petrifold Regression, right?"

The Duke then said "I'm dying, sir. A lifetime of charity and abstinence. And it ends like this."

Frau Clovis then said "Any statements made by the Duke of Manhattan may not be made public without official clearance."

Then the Duke replied "Frau Clovis!" She rushes to his side. He grasps her hand. "I'm so weak!"

Frau Clovis outraged said "Sister Jatt! A little privacy, please!" Sister Jatt leads the Doctor and Ben away.

Sister Jatt then said "He'll be up and about in no time."

The Doctor then replied "I doubt it. Petrifold Regression? He's turning to stone. There won't be a cure for... oh... a thousand years? He might be up and about, but only as a statue..."

Sister Jatt responded "Have faith in the sisterhood. But is there no one here you recognize?" The Doctor looks around. His eye is caught. Ben also follows The Doctor sight. "It's rather unusual to visit without knowing the patient."

The Doctor then said "No. I think We've found him."

Sister Jatt follows their gaze. The Face of Boe is in the corner of the ward by the window. They approach him and the nurse he is with. She then said "Novice Hame - if I can leave these gentlemen in your care?

The Doctor then said "Oh, I think our friend got lost. Uh - Rose Tyler. Could you ask at reception?"

Sister Jatt then said "Certainly, sir." She leaves. Novice Hame, Ben and The Doctor look at the Face of Boe.

Novice Hame then said "I'm afraid the Face of Boe's asleep. That's all he tends to do these days. Are you a friend, or...?"

The Doctor then replied "We met just the once on Platform One. What's wrong with him?"

Novice Hame then replied "I'm so sorry. I thought you knew. The Face of Boe is dying."

The Doctor then said "Of what?"

Novice Hame then said "Old age. The one thing we can't cure. He's thousands of years old. Some people say millions. Although, that's impossible."

The Doctor then responded smiling "Oh, no... I like impossible."

He kneels before the Face of Boe. "I'm here. I look a bit different, but it's me... it's the Doctor..." He places a hand on the tank. The Face of Boe sighs.

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The PA then said "Hope, harmony and health. Hope, harmony and health." The Doctor crosses the ward and gives Novice Hame a glass of water.

Novice Hame then said "That's very kind. But there's no need."

The Doctor then replied going to the window "You're the one working."

Novice Hame then said "There's not much to do. Just maintain his smoke. And I suppose I'm company. I can hear him singing, sometimes. In my mind... such ancient songs..."

The Doctor then asked "our we the only visitors?"

Novice Hame then said "The rest of Boe-kind became extinct. Long ago. He's the only one left. Legend says that the Face of Boe has watched the universe grow old." The Doctor smiles. Ben smirks knowing who he actual was. "There's all sorts of superstitions around him. One story says that just before his death, the Face of Boe will impart his two great secrets. That he will speak those words only to two like himself."

The Doctor then said "What does that mean?"

Novice Hame then replied, "It's just a story."

Ben then replied, "who doesn't love a good story."

The Doctor then said "Tell us the rest."

Novice Hame then said "It's said he'll talk to two wanderers. To the man without a home and another man who has the key to his home which is far away." The Doctor recognizes himself in this sentence. Ben also found himself in that sentence. "The lonely Gods."

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The Doctor then said "Where've you been? How long does it take to get to Ward 26?" "You'll never guess. I'm with the Face of Boe! Remember him?" The Doctor distracted by something happening at the Duke's bed "I'd better go. See you in a minute." He replaces the receiver. The Duke is laughing. He and Frau Clovis both have a glass of champagne. The Duke then said "Didn't think I was going to make it!" The Doctor and Ben step into view. "It's those men again!" The Doctor smiles, scratching his ear absent-mindedly. Ben also smiles. "they're my good luck charms! Come in! Don't be shy!"

Frau Clovis then said "Any friendship expressed by the Duke of Manhattan does not constitute a form of legal contract." The Doctor nods.

Then the Duke said "Winch me up." He gives the Doctor the thumbs up. Frau Clovis presses a button on a remote and the bed tilts forwards. "Ah! Look at me! No sign of infection!" The waiter then said to The Doctor and Ben "Champagne, sirs?"

Ben then said "no thanks."

The Doctor then said "No thanks. Uh... you had Petrifold Regression, right?"

Then the Duke said happily "That being the operative word! Past tense! Completely cured." He laughs joyfully.

The Doctor then said "But that's impossible."

Matron Casp then said "Primitive species would accuse us of magic, but it's merely the tender application of science."

The Doctor then replied staring at her "How on Earth did you cure him?"

Matron Casp then said "How on New Earth, you might say."

Then The Doctor asked nodding to the drip "What's in that solution?"

Then Matron Casp answered with " A simple remedy."

The Doctor then said challenging her "Then tell me what it is."

Matron Casp then said "I'm sorry. Patient confidentiality. I don't believe we've met. My name is Matron Casp."

Then Ben said "Theron Star."

The Doctor then said "I'm the Doctor."

Matron then said "I think you'll find that we're the Doctors here."

Then Sister Jatt said to Matron Casp "Matron Casp - you're needed in intensive care."

Matron Casp then said to the Doctor and Ben

"If you would excuse me." The Doctor and Ben nod to her and she leaves with Sister Jatt. He watches them walk away.

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The Doctor noticed Rose and said "There you are! Come and look at this patient!" He takes her arm and shows her a patient whose skin is completely red. Ben is right behind them. taking his glasses off "Marconi's Disease. Should take years to recover. Two days. I've never seen anything like it - they've invented a cell washing cascade - it's amazing. Their medical science is way advanced. And this one!" He leads them to another bed sporting a man who is completely white. "Pallidome Pancrosis. Kills you in ten minutes, and he's fine!" He waves cheerily to the patient. "I need to find a terminal. I've got to see how they do this." They walk off, Rose walking rather differently. "Because if they've got the best medicine in the world... then why's it such a secret?"

Then Cassandra/Rose stopping said "I can't Adam and Eve it."

The Doctor replied confused "What's- what's with the voice?"

Cassandra/Rose then replied looking up at him "Oh, I don't know... just larking about New Earth... New me..." She looks him up and down. He finally seems to notice that most of the buttons on her shirt are undone.

The Doctor then said "Well, I can talk. New New Doctor." He grins.

Cassandra/Rose then said "Mmm... aren't you just..." She very suddenly pulls his face towards her and plants a smacking kiss on his lips. When she finally pulls away, he looks extremely shocked and she's slightly breathless. He stares at her. "T... terminal's this way."

She walks off, exhaling slightly. He watches her go looking extremely dazed and tousled.

The Doctor then said in a high-pitched voice "Yep... still got it..."

He follows her, smoothing his hair down. Ben then follows them.

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The Doctor, Ben, and Cassandra/Rose are looking at details of the hospital on a screen. The Doctor then said "Nope... nothing odd... surgery... post-op... nano-dentistry... no sign of a shop... they should have a shop."

Cassandra/Rose then said walking around them "No, it's missing something else. When I was downstairs, those Nurse/Cat/Nuns were talking about Intensive Care. Where is it...?"

The Doctor then replied "You're right, well done."

Cassandra/Rose then asked "Why would they hide a whole department?" The Doctor takes his sonic screwdriver out of his pocket. "It's gotta be there somewhere. Search the sub-frame."

The Doctor then said "What if the sub-frame's locked?"

Cassandra/Rose then replied "Try the installation protocol..."

The Doctor then said scanning screen "Yeah, course. Sorry. Hold on."

He clicks his sonic screwdriver off and the entire wall moves downwards, revealing a secret corridor behind. Cassandra/Rose smiles and walks straight into it. The Doctor and Ben follow, knowing something isn't quite right about her. "Intensive Care. Certainly looks intensive."

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The Doctor, Ben, and Cassandra/Rose go down metal steps into Intensive Care. They find themselves in the huge cavernous chamber, looking upon row and row of green doors. The Doctor walks along one of the rows and opens a door with his sonic screwdriver. A man, covered in boils and surrounded by smoke looks back at them.

Cassandra/Rose then said "That's disgusting. What's wrong with him?"

Ben then replied "everything."

The Doctor then said to the man, horrified "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

Cassandra/Rose holds her nose whilst the Doctor closes the door gently. He opens another.

Cassandra/Rose then asked looking at the woman inside "What disease is that?"

The Doctor replied quietly and disgusted "All of them. Every single disease in the galaxy, they've been infected with everything."

Cassandra/Rose then asked "What about us? Are we safe?"

The Doctor then said "The air's sterile. Just don't touch them."

He shuts the door and then leans over the railing, looking upon the rows of doors. Ben and Cassandra/Rose follows.

Cassandra/Rose then asked "How many patients are there?"

Ben then said "none."

The Doctor then replied "They're not patients."

Cassandra/Rose then said "But they're sick."

The Doctor then said in an angry voice "They were born sick. They're meant to be sick. They exist to be sick. Lab rats. No wonder the Sisters have got a cure for everything. They've built the ultimate research laboratory. A Human farm."

Cassandra/Rose then asked "Why don't they just die?"

The Doctor then replied "Plague carriers. The last to go."

Novice Hame appearing at the end of the row then said "It's for the greater cause."

The Doctor then said "Novice Hame. When you took your vows, did you agree to this?"

Novice Hame then replied "The Sisterhood has sworn to help."

The Doctor then said shouting "What, by killing?"

Novice Hame then said gently "But they're not real people. They're specially grown. They have no proper existence."

The Doctor then said advancing dangerously "What's the turnover? Hm? Thousand a day? Thousand the next? Thousand the next? How many thousand? For how many years? How many?"

Novice Hame then replied "Mankind needed us. They came to this planet with so many illnesses. We couldn't cope. We did try. We tried everything. We tried using clone-meat and bio-cattle... but the results were too slow. So the sisterhood grew its own flesh. That's all they are. Flesh."

The Doctor then responded, "These people are alive."

Novice Hame then said "But think of those Humans out there... healthy... and happy, because of us."

The Doctor then said "If they live because of this, then life is worthless."

Novice Hame then asked "But who are you to decide that?"

The Doctor then said stepping forward "I'm The Doctor. And if you don't like it... if you want to take it to a higher authority, then there isn't one. It stops with me."

Cassandra/Rose then said peering over the Doctor's shoulder "Just to confirm... none of the Humans in the city actually know about this?"

Novice Hame then said "We thought it best not—"

The Doctor then said "Hold on. I can understand the bodies. I can understand your vows. But one thing I can't understand - what have you done to Rose?"

Novice Hame then replied "I don't know what you mean."

The Doctor replied deadly quiet "And I'm being very, very calm. You wanna beware of that - very, very calm. And the only reason I'm being so very, very calm is that the brain is a delicate thing. Whatever you've done to Rose's head, I want it reversed."

Novice Hame then said "We haven't done anything."

Cassandra/Rose then said "I'm perfectly fine."

The Doctor then said to Novice Hame "These people are dying, and Rose would care."

Cassandra/Rose then said "Oh, all right, clever clogs."

She spins him around to face her. pulling his tie out flirtatiously "Smarty pants." now huskily "Lady-killer."

The Doctor then asked "What's happened to you?"

Cassandra/Rose then said "I knew something was going on in this hospital, but I needed this body and your mind to find it out."

The Doctor then asked "Who are you?"

Cassandra/Rose stands on tip toes to whisper into the Doctor's ear "The Last Human."

The Doctor then said pulling back, unpleasantly surprised "Cassandra?"

Ben then said "finally I knew who she was before this come on who says "I can't Adam and Eve it."

Cassandra/Rose then said "Wake up and smell the perfume."

She takes the tube of perfume and skirts it in The Doctor and Ben's faces. They immediately keels over, unconscious.

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The Doctor and Ben wake up and find themselves inside one of the cells in Intensive Care. Ben is in the cell next to him. The Doctor then said "Let me out! Let me out!"

Cassandra/Rose then said as she looks through door "Aren't you two lucky there were two spares? Standing room only."

The Doctor then said "You've stolen Rose's body."

Cassandra then said "Over the years, I've thought of a thousand ways to kill you, Doctor. And now, that's exactly what I've got. One thousand diseases. They pump the patients with a top-up every ten minutes. You've got about... three minutes left. Enjoy."

The Doctor then replied "Just let Rose go, Cassandra."

Cassandra/Rose then said "I will! As soon as I've found someone younger and... less common... then I'll junk her with the waste. Now hushaby! It's showtime."

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The Doctor and Ben step out of their cells, and the infected people.

The Doctor then said yelling "What've you done?"

Cassandra/Rose then said "Gave the system a shot of adrenaline, just to wake 'em up. See ya!" She runs off.

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The Doctor, Ben, Cassandra/Rose, and Chip pause for a moment and watch all the zombies break out of their cells.

Cassandra/Rose then said "Oh, my God..."

The Doctor then said "What the hell have you done?"

Cassandra then said "It wasn't me!"

The Doctor then replied "One touch and you get every disease in the world, and I want that body safe, Cassandra! We've gotta go down!" The zombies are advancing.

Cassandra/Rose then said scared "But there's thousands of them!"

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The zombies follow the Doctor, Cassandra/Rose, Ben, and Chip down the stairs, arms outstretched. The Doctor then said "Keep going! Go down!"

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Cassandra/Rose, Chip, Ben and The Doctor descend the last flight of stairs and burst through a door into the cellar. Cassandra/Rose frantically tries to operate the lifts. The Doctor then said stopping "No, the lifts have closed down. That's the quarantine, nothing's moving."

Cassandra/Rose then said "This way!" She runs the other way, the Doctor and Ben on her heel. More of the infected people are beginning to spill out from converging corridor. Chip is left behind. He whimpers.

The Doctor then said beginning to go back "Someone will touch him!"

Cassandra/Rose then said grabbing his arm "Leave him! He's just a clone thing, he's only got a half life- come on!"

Chip calling pitifully "Mistress!" Cassandra/Rose is already running in the opposite direction.

The Doctor calling to Chip "I'm sorry, I can't let her escape!" He runs after her Ben follows, out of sight.

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The Doctor and Cassandra/Rose rush back into the room where Rose met Cassandra, slamming the door behind them. Cassandra/Rose tries another door but seeing the zombies all clambering to get in behind it, slams it shut again. Cassandra/Rose then said upset and scared "We're trapped! What're we going to do?"

The Doctor then said angrily "Well, for starters, you're going to leave that body." He gestures up at the psychograft with his sonic screwdriver. "That psychograft is banned on every civilized planet! You're compressing Rose to death."

Cassandra/Rose then said "But I've got nowhere to go. My original skin's dead."

The Doctor then replied "Not my problem. You can float as atoms in the air. Now, get out." He points his sonic screwdriver at her threateningly. "Give her back to me."

Cassandra/Rose then said "You asked for it." Cassandra, as a cloud of light, leaps from Rose's body into the Doctors.

Rose then said disorientated "Blimey, my head..."She looks around the room. "Where'd she go...?"

Cassandra/The Doctor then said very camp "Oh, my. This is... different."

Rose then said "Cassandra? "

Cassandra/The Doctor then replied "Goodness me, I'm a man. Yum. So many parts! And hardly used..." Cassandra/The Doctor wiggles around crazily. "Ah.. ah! Two hearts! Oh, baby, I'm beating out a samba!"

Rose then said "Get out of him."

Cassandra/The Doctor then said running a hand down his body "Ooh, he's slim. And a little bit foxy." He raises his eyebrows at Rose. "You've thought so too. I've been inside your head..." Rose looks sheepish because it's true. Cassandra/The Doctor coming closer teasingly "You've been looking... you like it." The zombie people suddenly burst through the doors making all three jump. Cassandra/The Doctor then continued frantically "What do we do? What would he do? The Doctor- what the hell would he do?!"

Rose then said spinning around and noticing a ladder "Ladder... we've gotta get up." Cassandra/The Doctor shoves Rose roughly out of the way to get to the ladder first.

Cassandra/The Doctor then said "Out of the way, Blondie!" The zombies come even closer. Rose and Ben hurriedly follow Cassandra/the Doctor up the ladder.

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Rose then said climbing the ladder behind Cassandra/The Doctor "If you get out of the Doctor's body, he can think of something."

Cassandra/The Doctor then replied "Yap yap yap... God, it was tedious inside your head. Hormone City."

Rose then said "We're gonna die if—"

Ben then interrupted them "Get off me!" Matron Casp was holding his leg.

Matron Casp then said "All our good work! All that healing!" Cassandra/The Doctor rolls his eyes. "The good name of the Sisterhood - you have destroyed everything!"

Cassandra/The Doctor then said dismissively "Go and play with a ball of string."

Matron Casp then replied "Everywhere - disease! This is the Human World. Sickness!" A diseased hand grabs Matron Casp's ankle. She wails in pain and breaks out into boils. She falls down the lift shaft, wailing. After watching her fall, the zombie people start to climb the ladder again.

Rose then said "Move!"

Ben then said "Come on."

Cassandra/The Doctor whimpers and hastily starts to climb the ladder again.

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They get to the top of the ladder and find the lift doors are sealed. Cassandra/The Doctor then asked "Now what do we do?"

Rose then said "Use the sonic screwdriver."

Cassandra/The Doctor takes it out of his pocket between his thumb and forefinger with his nose wrinkled and said "You mean this thing?"

Rose then replied "Yes, I mean that thing."

Cassandra/The Doctor then responded "Well, I don't know how - that Doctor's hidden away all his thoughts."

Rose then said "Cassandra, go back into me - the Doctor can open it. Do it!"

Cassandra/The Doctor then said "Hold on tight." Cassandra leaps back into Rose.

Cassandra/Rose then said "Oh... oh, chavtastic again. Open it!"

The Doctor then said pointing his sonic screwdriver at her

"Not 'til you get out of her."

Cassandra/Rose then said "We need The Doctor."

The Doctor then said shouting angrily "I order you to leave her!" Cassandra leaps back into the Doctor.

Cassandra/The Doctor then said "No matter how difficult the situation, there is no need to shout."

Rose then said "Cassandra, get out of him!."

Casssandra/The Doctor then said "But I can't go into you, he simply refuses - he's so rude. Then he looks at Ben and "he didn't say no about you"

Cassandra leaps from the Doctor's body into Ben's.

Rose then said "no not him."

Ben then just starts shaking trying to hold his grip on the ladder and Cassandra was forced out of his body and into a into a diseased woman's body.

Cassandra/Zombie then said "Oh, sweet Lord... I look disgusting."

The Doctor opens the lift doors and holds out a hand to Rose. Rose then grabbed Ben. The Doctor then said "Nice to have you back."

Cassandra/Zombie then replied "No you don't..." She then leaps back into Rose, who is crouched on the floor.

The Doctor then said sealing the doors "That was your last warning, Cassandra!"

Cassandra/Rose stares into space and said quietly "Inside her head... they're so alone... they keep reaching out, just to hold us... all their lives and they've never been touched." The Doctor holds out a hand, which Cassandra/Rose takes. He pulls her to her feet. The diseased people bang on the lift doors. The Doctor, Ben, and Cassandra/Rose walk off, through a door which leads back onto Ward 26.

Frau Clovis brandishes a chair at them menacingly, roaring like a wild animal.

The Doctor then said "We're safe! We're safe! We're safe. We're clean! We're clean! Look, look—"

Frau Clovis then said "Show me your skin."

The Doctor then said showing her "Look! Clean. Look - if we'd been touched, we'd be dead." Frau Clovis nods and puts the chair down. "So, how's it going up here? What's the status?"

Frau Clovis responded with "There's nothing but silence from the other wards. I think we're the only ones left. And I've been trying to override the quarantine." She fiddles with a small device she is holding. "If I can trip a signal over to New New York, they can send a private executive squad."

The Doctor then replied "You can't do that. If they forced entry, they'd break quarantine."

Frau Clovis then said angrily "I am not dying in here."

The Doctor then said "We can't let a single particle of disease get out - there is ten million people in that City, they'd all be at risk! Now, turn that off!"

Frau Clovis then said "Not if it gets me out."

The Doctor replied "All right, fine. So I have to stop you lot as well. Suits me. Rose. Novice Hame. Everyone! Excuse me your grace- get me intravenous solutions for every single disease. Move it!" Everyone gathers all the solutions. The Doctor ties a rope around his body and Cassandra/Rose attaches the solutions to it so they hang off him. "How's that? Will that do?"

Cassandra/Rose then asked "I don't know! Will it do for what?" The Doctor opens the doors to the lift with his sonic screwdriver. "The lifts aren't working." The Doctor peers down the shaft and said "Not moving. Different thing." He steps right back, ready for a running jump. "Here we go." He sticks the sonic screwdriver between his teeth and runs.

Casandra/Rose then said "But you're not going to—" He then jumps into the middle of the shaft and clings onto the rope. "What do you" think you're doing?!"

The Doctor then said "I'm going down!" He fixes up the wench with his sonic screwdriver. Cassandra/Rose looks away, exasperated. "Come on!"

Cassandra/Rose then said "Not in a million years."

The Doctor replied "I need another pair of hands. What do you think? If you're so desperate to stay alive... why don't you live a little?"

More zombies emerge from the quarantine.

Fraus Clovis then said "Seal the door!"

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The doors close, leaving Ben, and Cassandra/Rose trapped with the zombies and no choice but to jump into the lift shaft and onto the Doctor's back with a regretful moan and the rope for Ben.

Cassandra/Rose then said "You're completely mad. I can see why she likes you."

The Doctor then said "Going down!" They whizz down the shaft, screaming. They straighten themselves out when they reach the bottom.

Cassandra replied "Well, that's one way to lose weight."

The Doctor then said "Now, listen - when I say so, take hold of that lever."

Cassandra/Rose then responded "There's still a quarantine down there, we can't—"

The Doctor shouts "Hold that lever!" Cassandra/Rose backs down. "I'm cooking up a cocktail. I know a bit about medicine myself." He rips the tops of the packets of each solution with his teeth and skirts them into the clear container where the disinfectant for the lift should go. "Now, that lever's going to resist. But keep it in position." He opens a trapdoor in the top of the lift. "Hold onto it with everything you've got."

Cassandra/Rose then said "What about you?"

The Doctor replied "I've got an appointment. The Doctor is in." He drops down into the lift. He opens the doors with his sonic screwdriver. Beyond, are all the infected people huddled in groups. When they see him, they start to come towards him. "I'm in here, come on!"

Cassandra/Rose then said "Don't tell them!"

The Doctor then said "Pull that lever!" The infected people stagger towards the lift. "Come and get me, come on! I'm in here, come on!" They reach out to him.

The speaker said "Commence stage one - disinfection."

The Doctor then said "Hurry up, come on!" He then beckons them towards him. The solution showers into the lift, soaking him. "Come on, come on." The infected people stumble into the shower and are also socked with the medicine. He then continued speaking enthusiastically "All they wanna do is pass it on. Pass it on!"

Cassandra/Rose then said confused "Pass on what? Pass on what?!"

The Doctor then said "Pass it on!" The infected people touch each other, and pass on their good health. The boils begin to disappear. The Doctor grins manically. Cassandra/Rose jumps down into the lift with the Doctor's help. Ben then jumps down into the lift.

Cassandra/Rose then said "What did they pass on? Did you kill them? All of them?"

The Doctor replied, "No. That's your way of doing things." He walks into their midst. "I'm The Doctor and I cured them." The new humans look around at their surroundings, slightly child-like. A woman comes up to the Doctor and hugs him. The Doctor continued gently "That's right! Hey, hey! There we go, sweetheart! Ay? Look at him..." He ushers her off to sit with someone. "Go on, that's it! That's it! It's a new sub-species, Cassandra!" He takes a man by the shoulders and looks at him. "A brand new form of life! New Humans! Look at them, look!" He bends down to look at them with a huge smile on his face. "Grown by cats... kept in the dark, fed by tubes... but completely, completely alive!" He points at Cassandra/Rose "You can't deny them."

Ben then said "because you helped create them." Cassandra/Rose rolls her eyes.

The Doctor then said "The human race just keeps on going. Keeps on changing. Life will out! Ha!"

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Novice Hame is lead away by a police officer. She catches The Doctor's eye. He does not smile. The PA said "All visitors to the hospital will be required to make a statement to the NNYPD."

The Doctor then said suddenly remembering "The Face of Boe!" He dashes off again. Cassandra/Rose rolls her eyes before following. Ben right behind them."

The Doctor approaches the Face of Boe who looks very much alive and well. The Doctor said smiling "You were supposed to be dying."

Face of Boe said through telepathy "There are better things to do today. Dying can wait."

Cassandra/Rose then said "Oh, I hate telepathy. Just what I need, a head full of big face."

The Doctor then said "Shh!"

Face of Boe then said "I have grown tired with the universe, Doctor, but you have taught me to look at it anew."

The Doctor then said kneeling before him "There are legends you know, saying that you're millions of years old."

Face of Boe laughs slightly "There are? That would be impossible."

The Doctor then replied "Wouldn't it just? I got the impression... there was something you wanted to tell me..."

Ben then said "us"

Face of Boe said "two great secrets."

The Doctor then said "So the legend says."

Face of Boe then said "It can wait."

The Doctor then said put out "Oh, does it have to?"

Face of Boe then responded "We shall meet again, Doctor, for the third time... for the last time... and the truth shall be told. Until that day..." He teleports himself away. The Doctor then said very impressed "That is enigmatic. That- that is - that is textbook enigmatic." He nods to himself, and then stands to face at Cassandra/Rose, who has been examining her nails, completely disinterested in the proceedings. "And now for you."

Cassandra/Rose then said "But... everything's happy. Everything's fine... can't you just leave me?"

The Doctor then said "You've lived long enough. Leave that body and end it, Cassandra."

Cassandra/Rose starting to cry "I don't want to die!"

The Doctor then said "No one does."

Cassandra/Rose then said "Help me!"

The Doctor replied "I can't." Chip appears, making Cassandra/Rose gasp.

Chip said "Mistress!"

Cassandra/Rose then said "Ah! You're alive!"

Chip replied "I kept myself safe. For you, mistress."

Cassandra/Rose said staring at Chip, cogs ticking... "A body... and not just that, a volunteer..."

The Doctor then said warningly "Don't you dare. He's got a life of his own."

Chip then said "But I worship the mistress!" Cassandra/Rose winks at Chip. "I welcome her."

The Doctor then said "You can't, Cassandra, you—" Cassandra ignored him and leaps into Chip's body. Rose falls forward with a gasp, and the Doctor lunges to catch her. "Oh! You all right?" Rose pauses and loses her balance again. "Whoa! Okay?"

Rose then said "Yeah—" Rose finally get her bearings and gathers herself together - and finds herself staring right at the Doctor. She smiles. "Hello!"

The Doctor replied smiling "Hello. Welcome back." Rose gazes up at him, smiling, when they are distracted again by Cassandra.

Cassandra/Chip then said "Oh, sweet Lord. I'm a walking doodle."

The Doctor then said "You can't stay in there. I'm sorry, Cassandra, but that's not fair. I can take you to the City. They can build you a skin tank and you can stand trial for what you've done."

Cassandra/Chip then responded "Well, that would be rather dramatic. Possibly my finest hour. And certainly, my finest hat." The Doctor and Rose glance at each other. "But I'm afraid we don't have time. Poor little Chip is only a half-life. And he's been through so much. His heart is racing so. He's failing. I don't think he's going to last—"His legs give way. Rose and The Doctor lunge forward to support him.

The Doctor then said "You all right?"

Cassandra/Chip then said "I'm fine." He pauses. The Doctor and Rose stare at him in concern. "I'm dying. But that's fine."

The Doctor responded calmly "I can take you to the City."

Cassandra/Chip replied "No, you won't. Everything's new on this planet. There's no place for Chip and me anymore. You're right, Doctor. It's time to die." Rose looks rather upset. Cassandra/Chip swallows. "And that's good." The Doctor and Rose help him to his feet.

The Doctor then said "Come on. There's one last thing I can do." They lead him away.

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The TARDIS engines sound. The Doctor steps out of the doors, followed by Cassandra/Chip, Ben, and Rose. He has landed at the place on the tape Cassandra was playing, at the party. Cassandra, as a proper human being is laughing and talking, the life and soul of the party. Cassandra/Chip turns to the Doctor. And said "Thank you."

The Doctor then said "Just go. And don't look back."

Rose then said "Good luck."

Ben then said "you got this."

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Rose looks close to tears, and the Doctor is watching solemnly.

Cassandra said rocking him gently "There you are... there you are, I've got you... it'll be all right. There, there, you poor little thing... "

The Doctor, Ben and Rose walk slowly back to the TARDIS. The Doctor pauses for one last look before following Rose through the doors.

When they got in Rose said looking at Ben "there is one thing that I don't get is why Cassandra couldn't take over your body."

The Doctor then said "What?"

Rose then said "his body forced Cassandra out of him into one of the zombies."

The Doctor then said "that's impossible no human should be able to for off a possession not even time lords can do that but there is a race that can." He took out his sonic screw driver and scanned Ben and said "100% human. Impossible."

Ben then said "I don't know why." Then Ben walked away and as he did he realized something and smacked his forehead and said "Stupid." "Sexy make sure they can't get in and I can't be heard." A door opened and then Ben walked in. The door closed behind him. Ben then said "Of course the fight against X.A.N.A. We couldn't be possessed by him so I was already prepared to fight of a possession. I just didn't know that would come with me through the jump."

Then he left the room and joined The Doctor and Rose.

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