They found more of the Pandlorian transports, and Jack put in the destination. Jenny joined the Doctor, and Graham paired up with Ryan, leaving Yaz to go with Jack. She didn't protest. The first few moments were silent, as they were all still shaken.
"Are you ok?" Jack asked.
"Yeah," she shrugged, trying to seem nonchalant. "Why wouldn't I be?"
"You know why."
She didn't answer.
"You should go visit her," Jack suggested. "You have a different face now, so she won't remember you."
"I already have," the Doctor said softly. "My 11th face tutored her daughter in school. 12 joined her in the nursing home. I've gone back with this face already, after her daughter left the house and she was more lonely."
"She was never lonely," Jack said gently. "You were always there."
"Always," the Doctor said.
"Except near the end."
"Don't talk to me about that."
"Should I know what you're talking about?" Yaz asked in confusion.
"I don't talk about it," the Doctor said firmly, ignoring Jack.
"I looked for you at the funeral," Jack said. "I thought out of all of them, that would be the one you would go to."
"Then you don't know me as well as you think," she snapped.
"I'm sorry," Jack said after a moment.
They continued on in silence.
Finally, they reached the technology section, which, to the Doctor's suprise, was located underground. A large section had been hollowed out, and a massive collection of tech from hundreds of different planets were scattered throughout. Loud shouts were heard deep within, and the Doctor dismounted carefully.
"Are those Pandlorians?" Ryan whispered.
"No," the Doctor whispered back, listening intently. "They sound like Silurians to me."
Cautiously, they crept through the maze of machines, following the sounds and keeping an eye out for the TARDIS. The Doctor peered around the corner and saw a band of extremely angry, violent Silurians surrounding the TARDIS. She jumped out immediately, motioning the others to stay concealed.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing with my TARDIS?" she demanded.
The Silurian leader turned to face her and snarled. "If this is your TARDIS, then I demand you open it for us!"
"Not until you tell me what it's for."
"We are on a mission to wipe out the human race, once and for all," the Silurian hissed. "Open it, or be destroyed."
"Ok, one, I am a Time Lord, so you can't actually destroy me. And two, I'm not going to let you wipe out humans."
The Silurian lunged forward and caught her throat, pushing her up against a Sontaran spaceship. "You are the Doctor," she hissed angrily. "You did this to us."
"What did I do to you?" the Doctor struggled. Jack started to step forward, but she motioned him back.
"We awoke on Earth in 3020 BC," the Silurian explained. Her anger was palpable. "You did not come to manage the peace talks. The humans slaughtered us like beasts. Now that we have a time machine, we can go back and stop the humans from ever evolving."
"Yeah, I can't let you do that," the Doctor said.
She clicked her heels together, and a shock wave blasted from the TARDIS. The Silurians collapsed into unconsciousness, and the Doctor dropped to the floor, rubbing her throat painfully. She peered around the Sontaron ship to see Jack and Jenny standing over four unconscious humans. She sighed.
"I was afraid that might happen. I haven't worked out all the kinks of that new defense mechanism yet. At least it didn't knock all of you out."
"Nice trick," Jack said. "Can I get that downloaded to my ship?"
"TARDIS only," the Doctor said, snapping.
The doors flew open, and she leaned down to carry Yaz inside. As soon as they were safely inside, she bolted the doors shut, just as an extra pre-cautionary measure. Jenny looked around in awe.
"It's great, isn't it?" the Doctor said, grinning.
"This is incredible!" Jenny breathed.
"Nice decorations," Jack said. "It's very moody. I like it."
"It's not moody," the Doctor said, looking around and frowning. "It feels very adventurous. But also homey."
"So is it like a portal to another dimension basically?" Jenny asked.
"Sort of, yeah," the Doctor said. She wandered over to the console and started messing around with the external scanners. "Only I can make the outside however big or small I like. I just like the good old-fashioned police box. I've had that design for eons. Once we're out of this mess I'll show you around and give you a proper Time Lord lesson."
"I'm not a Time Lord," Jenny said, looking down.
"You are in my book," the Doctor said matter-of-factly. She hammered the console impatiently. "Come on! It's shut down," she explained. "It's trying to reboot."
"I'm guessing that means we can't leave," Jack guessed.
"Nope. Not that we were going to just yet anyway. But it has just enough power to activate the scans...Oh. Oh my. That's not good. That is very, very not good at all."
"What?" Jenny asked, coming to look over her shoulder.
There was a groan from the floor as the three humans sat up.
"What was that, Doc?" Graham asked, rubbing his forehead.
"Sorry, new defense mechanism," the Doctor apologized distractedly. "I thought it wouldn't affect you since you were behind the ship." She was frantically pressing buttons and pulling levers.
"That's impossible!" Jack exclaimed. "They can't do that!"
"They did," she said grimly.
"What is it?" Ryan asked.
"The Pandlorians, who think they're so high and mighty, above all other races, have made a HUGE mistake," the Doctor explained. "They've stopped the orbit of the planet. It still rotates for night and day, but they're keeping it in the warm summer months so they never experience winter. And they've stopped the moon's orbit to keep it in a permanent state of eclipse."
"I didn't know you could do that," Yaz said.
"You can't," the Doctor said desperately. "They're messing with the most basic, fundamental principles in the entire universe. It's draining the sun's energy. That's why there were all those earthquakes. The planet and moon are trying to break free of the restrictions. The solar flares are off the charts. It's about to become a supernova."
"Been awhile since my astronomy class, Doc," Graham said.
"It's about to explode and turn into a black hole," the Doctor said. "Everyone on this planet and moon is going to die."
"Just to be clear, when is this due to happen?" Jack asked.
The Doctor looked up at him in shock. "Days at most. Maybe only hours." She paced the floor of the TARDIS worriedly. "There's something else. Something else is wrong but I can't put my finger on it!"
Someone banged on the TARDIS door forcefully. "Open in the name of Pandloria!"
The Doctor switched on the external camera to show one of the Pandlorian zookeepers standing outside. Other zookeepers were leading the Silurians away in chains.
"Oh, there you are," she said into the intercom. "I was wondering where you had gotten to. You know it's very irresponsible to leave your zoo in such a state."
"Come out, Time Lord, and allow us into your home."
"I can't do that. I have to save your planet."
"There is nothing wrong with our planet, you infidel. Open this time device so that we may collect species across all of time and space."
"Alright, FIRST OF ALL, that is not a nice thing to do and breaks every known law in the Shadow Proclamation's Galatic Laws. You can't just take people from their homes and put them on display. Secondly, your sun is dying and is about to explode and kill everyone on this zoo and on your planet."
"Impossible lies, Deceiver of the Universe," the zookeeper said. "We Pandlorians have mastered science. We have tamed the laws of the universe and are in complete control. We are higher than you in your Time Machine, we know all. It is thus that we rule over you."
"Wrong, wrong, and wrong," the Doctor said. "Fine, you don't have to believe me, but we are not coming out. We are going to do everything we can to save your planet, but we will not be humilitated before you again."
She pressed a button, blasting another shock wave that knocked him unconscious. The console beeped and she turned to look at the screen, gasping in shock.
"There are over 780 species on this planet," she exclaimed. "And there's at least two of each, if not more."
"Do we have time to rescue them?" Jenny asked.
The Doctor checked her scan of the sun. "Not by ourselves. We're going to need help." She picked up the phone and hit one of the many extensions. "This is the Doctor speaking. We have an Emergency 3 crisis, Threat Level 34, Code 800.S., needing immediate assistance in the Andromeda Galaxy on the moon of Pandloria. ... What do you mean there's a password? I haven't heard of such a thing. ... I'm a Time Traveler, you know that. Passwords don't apply to me. ... Alright, fine, I'll guess. ... Tasha Loves Kovarian? Silence Falls? Trenzalore? ... No...it's not...it can't be. ... I will NOT say it out loud. Tasha never treated me like this. We have a Threat Level 34, passwords shouldn't apply to this! ... Fine. Doctor Who? ... Thank you."
Irritated, she slammed the phone down.
"What was that about?" Ryan asked.
Jack grinned. "You called the Papal Mainframe, didn't you?"
"Yes, Jack, I did. I had no choice. Alright gang, take off your clothes. The Church is coming."
"Say no more," Jack said.
"Not here!" she insisted, shoving him down a hallway. "I'm going to give you a hologram projection first."
"That takes all the fun out of it," Jack said.
