Filler

The Doctor was wondering around the TARDIS console, one of his hands was in his pocket while the other was flicking switches or adjusting controls. His hearts were still heavy with his grief and his loss after the death of the first child he had shared with Rose. The Doctor had watched as it shattered her hearts, watched as she grieved the loss of someone she had grown close to.

Donna had swiftly left the console room, muttering something about a shower and Rose had swiftly followed her. That's how the Doctor found himself dropping Martha off home and then stalking the golden corridors of his time ship to try and find his wife. He checked the lounge, walked into the large room which was the library and he also snuck his head into their bedroom. But as he was walking past the kitchen he had to take a few steps back as he noticed his wife at the sink. He walked into the room with a sad smile as he took in the picture of her back

"Rose... You ok?" The Doctor asked gently and comfortingly as he walked over to her side, the heat of the water making him flinch back, steam pouring from the tap at its intense heat. Rose scrubbing and rubbing her hands under the scolding water, her hands red raw where she had been continuously scrubbing, removing the dirt from her finger nails, removing any germs or bacteria from her hands, causing her skin to become damaged and split. "Your scrubbing to hard hun" The Doctor said to her, his face moving to hers which only held determination as she continued to scrub her hands

"He touched me Doctor" Rose simply stated, her voice cracking at her resolve and her mind showed signs of weakness. The Doctor just smiled a small half smile, his head moving to the left as he looked at her with his large sad eyes. His hair falling over his forehead as he looked at her.

"He's not coming back sweetheart" The Doctor said gently as he leant over and turned off the tap. He reached for Rose's hands and had to try not and show her the sinking in his hearts as he felt how hot her hands felt, how delicate and injured they were. He pulled out a soft tea towel which the Doctor knew the TARDIS had given to him as he prepared to help her hands. He pulled her delicately over to the other room which was opposite the kitchen. He opened the door and was greeted with the study. The desk was littering the middle of the room, a large window bringing in light and showing a forest was the back wall, standing lights were in the corners and on one side of the desk, a lamp sitting on the dark wooden desk at the same time. The walls were littered with ceiling reaching bookshelves, all the furniture in the room was a dark chestnut colour. The Doctor guided Rose behind the desk and into the large arm chair. He sat down before moving Rose onto his lap. She leant up on his chest and her head was resting on his shoulder while her legs were flopped over his knees.

The Doctor then took Rose's hands and began to delicately wipe the water from her burnt hands and helped them heal. He then adjusted his hand and pulled some cream from his extended pockets and then started o place it onto her hands as a protection and a comfort to her. All the while Rose was silent and comforted. She let her husband work in silence, knowing that it gave him a sense of comfort by helping her. She was just comforted by him looking after her, of letting him sit with her and be relaxed by his warmth and his smell which was lifting to her nose. Rose let loose a contented but weary sigh and the Doctor looked over at her, smiling at her gently.

"How do your hands feel now sweetheart?" The Doctor asked her gently, his eyes looking at her while he held her sore hands in his large ones. She just nodded on his shoulder

"Much better thank you" Rose said quietly, embarrassed that she had harmed herself like that, her insecurities and her weaknesses being shown to the Doctor. She was glad it was the Doctor she was showing them too because she knew he would never leave her. "My hands just felt dirty and unclean" Rose said again, the Doctor having to listen carefully to not miss what she said

"It's alright hun. I saw the way you reacted to him; I felt that he was making you uncomfortable. And too be honest, the way he was looking at you I don't blame you" The Doctor comforted with a smile as he continued to rub circles on the back of Rose's hands.

"He was just re surfing unwanted memories and I didn't know how to deal with it. I felt like I was crawling out of my skin and un pure so the only way I knew how to get rid of the feeling was by washing my hands." Rose said up to him, her eyes and face now turning to look right at him. The Doctor simply moved so his forehead was resting on hers. Rose's eyes closing blissfully and peacefully as she felt the love poring over from the Doctor via their connection.

"It's alright Sweetheart, I'm not going to let anything happen to you" He whispered to her and they both hugged each other closer.

Donna had just got out of the shower and was walking around her beautiful bedroom in a towel and her hair pulled up to the top of her head, also wrapped in a towel. She had walked into the room and changed into her pyjamas before blow drying her hair and pulling it up in to a pony tail. Both Rose and the Doctor had been affected by the death of Jenny and she wondered how long it would take them to get over it. But both being Time beings they couldn't dwell in the past. Donna knew this and she wouldn't be surprised if they had both gotten over it already. But Donna swore she wouldn't bring it up and wouldn't get into it because she didn't want to resurface all the painful memories of Jenny. So that's how Donna was walking down the long corridor towards the end of the long hallway and into the Library.

Donna had never been into this room before and what she saw took her breath away. Her mouth was hanging open and her eyes wide as she took a few steps into the doorway and spun her body around as she tried to take in the whole room. Two large windows were present either side of the large wall facing her. Blue curtains hanging from the top of the second story of the windows right down to the floor. In between the two windows was a large fireplace with the Doctor's and to some extent Rose's family crest from Gallifrey.

The floor was glassy and different colour marble, to her left and right, tables were present and in front of her at the sides were two golden banisters and twisty stairs up to the second floor. Books were lining all of every wall. Book cases travelled from the floor right to the ceiling. Ladders present on the balconies as to reach the top books and the book cases curved around the central pillar and were present over the top of the fireplace. Donna continued to walk further into the room. The room reminded her of her favourite film from childhood. The Disney's Beauty and the Beast. She smiled to herself as she walked over to Rose and the Doctor who was sitting by the fireplace. The large armchairs lying parallel to each other facing the fireplace. Donna noticed that Rose was lying on top of the Doctor who was facing the fire. His thick rimmed black specs were present on his face as he read an Agatha Christy book while Rose had a pencil in her mouth and her nose in an Advanced Chemistry book. Donna rolled her eyes at Rose who had noticed her and began to smile at her. Unknown to Donna the pair of them were sharing in an old Gallifreyan song which was being played via their telepathic link.

"Nice shower?" asked when she had pulled her pencil from her mouth and looked up at her from the Doctor's back, her legs swinging in the air.

"Lovely" Donna said, returning her smile "Was nice to get the grim from the Sontaran's and the other place off my form" Donna smiled. "So what you reading?" Donna perked up, moving her dressing gown closer around her as she sat down on one of the chairs. The Doctor looking up at Donna over his glasses, one of his eyebrows raised as he moved the book for her to see slightly and then back to the book, being engulfed by the writing.

"Agatha Christy? Didn't take you for a fan" Donna said with a smile, the Doctor just grunted which caused Rose to smile at him

"I don't know why he's reading it again, he's read it over 24 times" Rose said with a laugh which caused the Doctor to shuffle slightly and move Rose and disrupt her. "Ok ok I'll stop talking" Rose complained with a smile, the Doctor smiling at her.

"He likes silence when he's reading I see" Donna said with a smile causing the Doctor to stare at her. Rose looked like she was about to say something again before looking over at the Doctor, smiling at him and nodding her head, respecting her husbands wish of silence.

"So if I started singing rather loudly to put him off he would retaliate" Donna questioned humorously with a smile on her lips, mischief shining in her eyes. Rose was smiling up at her and opened her mouth but just as she was about to say something the Doctor had moved so he was leaning on his shoulders, pulled of his glasses and turned to face Donna.

"Donna, if your not going to do anything productive why don't you go somewhere else" The Doctor said to her, his eyes boring into him. Rose was smiling as Donna glared at him.

"Alright Spaceman, I know when I'm not wanted" Donna stated before getting to her feet "Ill see you in the morning Rose" Donna smiled over at Rose, ignoring the Doctor completely.

"Night Donna" Rose smiled before going back to her book as Donna strode from the large room. The Doctor was watching Donna leave and looked down at Rose and what she was reading before he frowned down at her.

"Rose you complain that I re read loads of books but your doing the same now" The Doctor complained, a slight pout on his features which caused Rose to smile at him.

"I'm just making sure I don't forget everything" Rose defended herself

"Rose... you don't need to. You've proved to me and everyone else that you have the knowledge in your mind. You have proven by the countless planets and thousands of people you have saved by using your knowledge. I mean look at Earth. It was your idea to create the atmospheric converter and stop the Sontaran's. You defended the Ood and stood up to Halpen and his cruelty towards the race." The Doctor said to her passionately, his eyes moving right to Rose as she looked at him. "You don't need to continue studying. You've learnt everything there is to know" The Doctor said to her gently and placing his hand over hers.

"Thank you Doctor. I guess it's just my insecurities shining through. I mean look at what Mace said. He didn't expect me too be the time lady. I'm constantly having to prove myself, constantly having to fight for my place at your side in the universe. Compared to you I'm a child who knows very little. I'm scared that in the future something's going to come between us and pull us apart again Doctor. And everything that has happened with the Master and the Daleks, I don't think I could get on with life without you. You help me stand, you hold me up when things get tough. I'm just terrified that I could lose you" Rose said to him, the Doctor just listening to her.

"Rose I can promise you now that that's never going to happen. Why do you think you need to prove yourself to anyone. People are calling your name across the stars. People like the Malawians which you had helped rescue and relocate without my help. You were used as the Dalek super computer for 3 years. No one would have been able to withstand such power surging through your body, and you still have the scars which prove to the universe what you have been through. I'm always going to be here Rose and that is never going to change... I love you too much to abandon you" The Doctor said smiling. Rose smiled at him, the smile she only saved for him. Her tongue poking out through her teeth before she leant over and planted a kiss onto his lips. They pulled away and leant into each other as they continued to read their books.

During the night the Doctor found himself back in the console room. But this evening he wasn't repairing the TARDIS. This in turn caused the TARDIS to be extra nice to him. One because he wasn't messing around with her wiring but also because he was working on a project which would help his wife. The conversation the Doctor had had with Rose while they were walking around in London during the crisis with the Adipose was always lingering in his mind. The Doctor realised that she really didn't have a chance to say goodbye to her mother, and in a way grieve her. But the Doctor didn't want a simple transmission of a hologram to be sent, he wanted his wife to have the ability to touch her mother, to engulf her in a hug and talk to her properly face to face. But because of the sheer ambition of the task it was taking him ages. He was thinking about sending a signal via the supernova to excite the particles and electrons creating an opening big enough for the TARDIS. All these different ideas were coming to his mind but from the research he was receiving and from the input of the TARDIS he realised that his best option was to try and get hold of the Parallel Universe- specifically Pete so he could send them a design of a kind of door which can only be open by a certain code, so in turn sends out a wavelength opening the cracks. The code was so anyone but the Doctor could use the device.

So the Doctor had spent most of the time trying to get hold of the other universe. Calling out on several wavelengths and frequencies, sending signals, sending voiced communications. HE had been going at it for almost 4 hours and he was about to give up when the console began to beep at him. He pulled on his specs and frowned but his face moved into a large smile when he realised what the TARDIS was picking up.

Peter Tyler. A 40 year old balding man who was a business man and now head to TORCHWOOD one. A man who had a loving Wife and a 2 year old son called Tony. A man who had saved the universe from the Cyber men, a man who had helped a man called the Doctor. A man who had a daughter who he had been cut off from, never to see again. His Wife Jackie had taken their separation heavily. Jackie had locked herself away from days on end, unable to see her again. Rose wasn't just her daughter she was her best friend and not having said goodbye had killed her. But Pete was sitting in his office. His top button undone and his tie hanging loosely around his neck as he attempted to finish his piles of paper work. Being the head of TORCHWOOD had its perks but in other cases not so much. Pete looked at the clock on his desk and sighed. He should be at home sitting in front of the TV with his wife and small son, but instead he was sitting behind a desk.

Jackie was brilliant. After all she was the Jackie from the other universe. A Jackie who was still in love with him and he was thrilled when they remarried and strengthened their vows. But Jackie didn't know what to expect with TORCHWOOD. Defiantly considering he was the head. But she understood the importance of his job, understood the need for the long hours and sudden disappearances while they were on outings and she never judged him. If he came back, gave her a kiss and a hug that's all she needed. If she had his love and his affections she was happy.

But Pete was pulled from his piles of paper and large office when Mickey and Jake bounded through his glass doors. Mickey was also from the Parallel universe. Mickey was a 5ft 10 black man who had bulked up by muscle. He had large brown eyes and had grown up considerably since when Pete first met him. A man who used to date his daughter until they split and she married the Doctor.

"Sorry to interrupt Sir but were picking up a foreign single" Mickey exclaimed. Pete simply looked up at them before be snapped from behind his desk and walked into the neighbouring room. The room he had walked into was a large open space with dark rooms and blue lights around them. He walked past all the various equipment and computers before he headed to the end. A small desk was present in the middle while various different computer screens were littering around them.

"We received the transmission about 4 hours ago and we have only just been able to localise it." Jake said to him, his hands on his hips while Mickey had sat in front of the screens. Being the computer wiz and things.

"It seems the signal is travelling a long distance and is full of interference" Mickey voiced up at him

"Well why would someone be trying so hard to contact us?" Pete said down to them, his hands in his pockets of the blazer he had just buttoned up.

"We don't know sire" Jake said to him

"Is it just a communication or do we have visual?" Pete asked.

"Both" Mickey said to him, turning so he was looking at him. Pete simply sighed before nodding towards Mickey

"Put me through" He said. Mickey nodded before tuning his focus on the keyboard and the two main screens in the front were turned to a black screen as Pete spoke to them

"This is Pete Tyler, Head of TORCHWOOD one, Planet Earth. Please state your name and reason of communication" Pete said as he looked up at the screens, his eyes flicking towards anything that was moving unsure where to look.

"Hello this is the Doctor speaking" The Doctor said loudly with a huge smile on his face as he spoke to the console monitor, pressing the link so he could be heard and seen. His glasses still on his face, his hair in disarray as he smiled at them.

"Doctor?" Pete said in shock, not able to believe who he was speaking too. His eyebrows raised as he spoke to his 'Son in law'. Mickey had his mouth open

"OH and Mickey! Oh this is brilliant" The Doctor said excitedly, a huge smile present on his features.

"Well this is an unexpected surprise" Mickey said with a cheek smile.

"Oh you haven't changed a bit. How is the Parallel universe? Not ripped in two?" The Doctor said continuing to lean on the console as he spoke to the men in front of him.

"No thanks to you" Mickey replied with a smile. "Where's Rose?" He finished to him. The Doctor looked over his shoulder and lowered his voice slightly.

"She's around her somewhere. The whole bigger on the inside. But I'm doing this without her knowing" The Doctor said over to them while Pete frowned at him.

"Why are you going behind her back?" Pete smirked slightly.

"I'm not going behind her back. And if she knew I was trying to communicate to the Parallel universe she would kill me. As it is the TARDIS is working on minimal power just to communicate to you. But I wanted to surprise her" The Doctor rambled. Pete smiling to himself. Having missed the Doctor and the adventures they had spent together. Knowing that Rose was safe with him.

"Is she ok?" Pete asked again.

"She's fine. She's been through a lot believe me and I would not be surprised if you barely recognised her. But she's good. She's happy" The Doctor smiled over at them, all of them breathing with relief as they realised she was ok. "But anyway, to the point at hand. A few months ago we have arrived back in London and she seemed to be grieving about something. I realised she properly didn't have time to grieve for her mother and I know she missed her a great deal even if she doesn't tell me. So I was coming up with a plan and you are included in that" The Doctor said quickly whiles the three sitting in the TORCHWOOD base listening to him.

"Well why do you need us?" Jake voiced.

"I need you because you will be my link to that universe. You had managed to create a device that allowed you to jump across the void and into this universe." The Doctor informed

"But you said it was dangerous. You said the Dimensional transporter could destroy this universe" Mickey said to him with a frown, still sitting at the desk.

"I did, I know. But I have a way of preventing the gap in the two universes from becoming bigger."

"How?"

"I'm going to send you something that you are going to have to build" The Doctor said quickly as he began to try something on the console bellow him as he spoke. "It will act as a transmission code that can be sent through the hole in the void and towards who ever it is being sent to. This in turn acts like a key in a lock. The only correct code can open the void. The device which I am sending you the blueprints of is a mechanism which will recognise the correct wavelength code and ask for permission to allow the object or person through. You will however need to incorporate the transporters to the device when you are preparing to send the object through as the TARDIS could be ripped in two or loose her energy as she's in the different universe." The Doctor said to them, one of his eyebrows raised as he explained to them his idea. Pete had ordered Jake to write down everything the Doctor was saying as he rambled on towards them

"And Rose had no idea you're doing this?" Pete said with a smile.

"What can I say... I'm careful... I also thought it would be a good surprise for her. Things have been rough recently and I think it will do her good to see her mother again and talk to her instead of her always talking to me or Jack" The Doctor said with a slight smile on his face.

"In that case I won't tell Jacks. The thought of seeing Rose again would make her impatient and I would never hear the end of it" Pete smiled.

"Sir, we've received the blueprints" Mickey said to Pete who looked down at him and nodded.

"You will want to start building it as soon as you can" The Doctor said but they were all pulled from their conversation when they heard a voice of the woman who in a way, meant so much to everyone of them in different ways.

"Doctor!" Rose sounded, her voice gently and kind as she walked down the corridor of the TARDIS.

"I've got to go, Rose is coming. Ill try and get in contact with you soon" He voiced before he cut off the communication. Pete was not sure how to act. He was a step closer in seeing his daughter again and making Jackie see her after all these years. Never having thought this possible, and count on the Doctor to find a way. He really did love and cherish Rose. Pete looked down at Mickey who was smiling a large smile of happiness in the anticipation of seeing his childhood friend again. He was opening up the files and looked at the complicated blueprints.

"I want every expert you can possibly get your hands on to help with this project. Anything you need, ask for it and I will get it too for you" Pete ordered causing Mickey and Jake to nod at him. "Now to start another pile of Paper work" He sighed to himself before walking back to his office that was at the top of the building.

"Doctor!" Rose chimed as she sprinted down the golden corridors and up the grating stairs, the humm of the TARDIS following behind her

"Rose?" the Doctor voiced turning away from the panel and looked at her, a frown on his face as he took in her hasty approach with a frown of worry evident on his features. "You ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, well mostly... sort off" Rose said rather quickly and blabbering slightly nodding her head as she spoke to him.

"Rose, what is it?" The Doctor said with a smile playing on his lips as he looked at her fondly.

"It happened again. I fell asleep in the library and I had another vision. Well I say vision I saw myself again and she told me the Darkness is coming." Rose said up to him.

"What is this darkness?" The Doctor said with a frown, agitated that the pair of them could not work it out.

"I don't know Doctor. But something is telling me something bad is going to happen" She said as she looked up at him. The Doctor held out his hand towards her and when she grasped his he pulled her closer to him.

"For once Rose... I'm starting to agree with you"