Notes: I promise, this is not the end of the series, just the end of this story. New season, new story... I'm already working on Deep Breath and it's gonna be good, I think. Comments are always appreciated.

In a flash of light, the Doctor disappeared from the console room.

"Where are you?" Rose questioned frantically in his mind.

"On Gallifrey, just be a moment," he replied, but the answer didn't calm her in the least.

Another bright flash had fifteen new people materialize in the room, all looking like they had been through hell and back.

"Is everyone alright? Anyone injured?" Rose questioned before making any introductions. One of the men nodded toward the woman he was supporting and Rose instructed, "Jack, could you show them to the medbay, please?"

"On it, Rosie," he replied and led a few soldiers off through the hallway.

"I'm Rose, the Doctor's wife. This is Jamie, our son, and his daughter, Clara. Jack, that just left is a friend of ours," Rose told the remaining people. "Anyone know exactly what he is doing right now? He had better not get himself trapped on the wrong side when the bad things happen."

"The Hand of Omega needed to be activated on that side of the breach before bringing it here. He should be on this side shortly," Romana replied.

"If I know my husband, he'll take the timing down to the wire," Rose said, rolling her eyes. "Do we need to fly to some other planet or something?"

"I'm afraid it may have to be the planet that we are on. Is that a problem?" Romana answered.

"Well, there is an indigenous population, but it's small. Will it hurt them?" Rose wondered.

With a shrug, Romana said, "Not if they don't mind becoming Time Lords due to their prolonged exposure to the Vortex."

"Could we relocate them after if they don't want that?" Jamie suggested. That was basically what had happened to River. It was not a horrible fate, but these people were not even familiar with space travel.

Their conversation was halted by a sudden rumbling noise outside and a thump against the doors. Rose and Romana ran to open them and the Doctor stumbled inside. They could hear from the TARDIS' monitoring that the transmissions from Gallifrey had ceased, but closed the doors again, just in case there were still any hostiles around.

"Doctor! It's alright, love, I've got you," Rose assured him, sitting down on the floor with his head in her lap.

"It's done," he gasped, though he was clearly in pain.

"What've you done to yourself this time?" Rose asked, tears starting to form in her eyes as she realized what this likely meant.

"It was a bit too much for me, I'm afraid. I managed to get the Eye of Harmony safely into the centre of Trenzalore, but the Hand of Omega has a sentience of its own. It didn't go back into its box happily," he admitted. "Think I can be ginger too?"

"I'll love you no matter what you look like. You know that," she whispered, pressing her forehead against his.

"Best move back then. You know how this goes," the Doctor warned.

He looked around the room as he struggled to his feet. His wife, son, and granddaughter stood nearby. Jack had just returned and watched as the golden light started to shimmer over his skin. Romana gave him a small smile and his mother mouthed, "Thank you."

In a quick burst of golden light, the Doctor changed from the young, gangly, professor appearance to that of a distinguished, older gentleman. He instantly locked his gaze with Rose, as if unsure of exactly what he was seeing. He doubled over in pain for a moment and gasped, "Kidneys! I've got new kidneys. I don't like the colour."

"Of your kidneys?" Clara asked.

"At least he didn't ask about his hair," Jamie mumbled raising an eyebrow at his father's now very grey hair.

"Doctor? Are you alright?" Rose questioned worriedly, she felt nothing but confusion from him. His last regeneration was a bit chaotic, but nothing like this.

"Do I need a Doctor? Who's a doctor? You're the pink and yellow one. You usually take care of me. I don't want a doctor," he rambled, wandering over to Rose's side and taking her hand to examine her fingers more closely.

"What's wrong with dad?" Jamie asked.

"He's just a bit disoriented from his regeneration. Most Time Lords spend their time on Gallifrey, close to the Eye of Harmony, but the Doctor hardly ever came home. It meant that most of his regenerations were somewhat chaotic for him," Romana explained.

"Well, this is the third one that I've been with him for and he's never been quite this confused," Rose argued, running her fingers through his hair as he continued studying her other hand. He closed his eyes at the contact and practically purred.

"No, why, why are you all doing that? Why are you? You're all going dark and wobbly. Stop that," the Doctor grumbled.

"I don't think we are," Clara told him.

"It'll be alright, love," Rose assured him as he looked at everyone a bit dazedly.

"Never mind. Everyone take five," he told them, waving his hand dismissively, then fell to the floor.

"Blimey. Ok, Jack, Jamie, help me carry him back to our room," Rose instructed.

"Perhaps it might be better to take him to the zero room instead?" his mother suggested.

"Haven't heard that one mentioned before. Jamie, you've read the manuals more than I have and far more than your father has," Rose commented, earning a chuckle from Romana. "Do we have a zero room?"

"Yes, just a minute," her son sighed and went to the controls to bring the long forgotten room closer. "He hasn't used it in centuries, but it's here."

"Right. You two get him in there, while I go make some tea for everyone. Then, we can figure out what to do about that Eye of Harmony thing, go pick up your TARDIS from wherever the Cybermen have stashed it, and get back to my family for Christmas," Rose instructed. "How are you feeling, Jamie? You just regenerated too."

"I'm very aware of that, mother," he grumbled petulantly. "Maybe I'll hang out with dad for a bit while my head clears. Clara, could you call your mum please? Let her know what's going on?"

After making several pots of tea for all of their guests, as well as the Doctor and Jamie, who were napping in the zero room, Rose retrieved her son's TARDIS and picked up River and her parents. There was a brief discussion with Romana as to where they would like to go, and they decided to stay on Trenzalore. They needed to discuss with the native population how they would like to handle the refugees and the new status of their planet as a centre for keeping balance over the web of time.

Clara suggested returning to Cardiff for Christmas while they waited and Rose decided that would probably be best. The turkey that Clara had brought on board was ready, of course, and it might be best to warn everyone of Jamie and the Doctor's regenerations before they joined the party.

"What did that idiot martian do this time?" Donna asked.

"As best I understand it, he moved a collapsing star from the centre of Gallifrey into another planet to stop the Time War once and for all by destroying the planet even more completely than he thought he did before I met him," Rose explained.

"How'd he do that then? Don't tell me he just ran in there and grabbed it or something," Donna questioned.

"Dunno exactly. He had some kind of thing from Gallifrey called the Hand of Omega," she replied with a shrug.

"Wierdo. So, don't suppose he's better looking now? That chin was something else," Donna wondered.

Rose rolled her eyes. She had been with the Doctor for centuries and through three bodies already. Her love wasn't dependent on his looks. "He's older looking actually. Scottish, but it's hard to say beyond that just yet. He was terribly confused after it happened. Didn't even remember who he was, let alone anyone else. Called me the pink and yellow one."

"Older? What you want with a man that looks old, Rose?" Jackie sneered.

"He's my husband, mum. He's been my husband for over three hundred years, or have you forgotten how old I am again?" she responded through clenched teeth. Rose had forgiven her mother, but was still hurt by her near constant lack of understanding with regards to their lives.

They all sat down at the large dining table for dinner, minus the sleeping Doctor and Jamie. Clara brought her turkey to the table with a wink to her gran Rose and the rest of the family cheered the dinner she had made. Everything was lovely until Rose got a rather frantic telepathic call from her son, "Mum, dad isn't in the zero room. I just woke up and he's not here. The TARDIS seems a bit worried to me."

The rest of whatever Jamie had to say was cut off as the TARDIS suddenly dematerialized from where they were.

"Oh my god! River, please tell me you still have your vortex manipulator and that it can lock onto the TARDIS," Rose demanded as she stood up from the table.

"Of course, Rose. What's going on? Where's James?" River questioned, following her to the door.

"That idiot husband of mine just flew off somewhere, probably still not completely recovered. Jamie woke up and contacted me just before the TARDIS left," she explained as she headed outside to where the ship had been parked. She could feel that they were gone, but felt it was best to discuss the plan away from her family, and there was the possibility that Jamie would take over and bring them straight back.

"Well, we'd best follow them and see what we can do," River sighed as she strapped on her vortex manipulator and started programming it to lock onto the Doctor's TARDIS. Hers was still docked inside the other one, so they couldn't use the ship to follow them.

"Can I come too, mum?" Clara asked as she caught up with them.

"Sure, sweetie. Let's go," River said, holding the device out so they could put their hands on it.

In a flash, they found themselves standing outside the TARDIS, in what looked like Victorian London. That was questionable however, due to the existence of a large tyrannosaurus rex nearby.