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Getting a radioed reply from Grant to tell them that they were clear to travel, everyone on board hung on as the TARDIS kicked into life.
Grant had managed to somehow use the equipment he had which was semi operational in covering the signal which the TARDIS gave. Phil had to admit, she didn't understand any of it. It was all to confusing.
But because everyone seemed to know what was going on she nodded pretending to understand too.
The landing didn't go quite to plan, no sooner did the police box land did everyone exchange looks when they were leaning precariously to the side.
"Have you landed us in a ditch by any chance?" Jack raised an eyebrow from his position near the stairs.
"How many ditches are in London?" The Doctor retorted while managing to reach over and push a button. The TARDIS kicked into life again and then landed a little more solidly. "Right! Come on then let us see what is out there." He was the first one to walk towards the door. Phil and Jack trailed after him with reserved looks. Sarah Jane and Luke both walked quickly after them.
Pushing open the door there was a thoughtful noise – or what Phil presumed was meant to be thoughtful – from The Doctor. She peeked over his shoulder and made a similar noise.
"Right...well..." The Time Lord trailed off and stepped carefully out and down a pile of rubble which the TARDIS was sitting on top of.
"This is like...something from War of the Worlds...or possibly the third Transformer film..." Phil mused while looking over the huge robotics walking on sturdy legs. Phil nodded and crossed her arms, they definitely looked like the ships from War of the Worlds. The ships in the air did look more like the ones from a Transformer film rather than Star Wars. Frowning she slapped a hand over her face. She couldn't believe she was trying to find fictional things which looked like the real things in front of her.
"Well welcome to ground zero." Jack said while kicking some small bits of rubble off of a fallen street sign.
"Now we know what we're up against." Sarah Jane said while putting her hands in her jacket pockets. Luke stood beside her with a confused expression.
"So...how do we take all of them out?" Phil waved to the robotic ships walking along the destroyed streets.
"Concentrate on the legs. Take the legs out then they'll fall."
"Cracking plan Jack if only we had weapons."
"We don't," he said while turning and looking up at Phil. "U.N.I.T and the army do."
"What about them?" Luke questioned and pointed to the ships in the sky. Jack looked up too and shrugged.
"Call the RAF?"
"Right, does anyone have the Royal Air Force on speed dial?" Phil questioned while looking around. "No?"
"Take down the main ship and the others follow." The Doctor voiced, while they were all talking he had been standing assessing the scene in front of him. He had to admit, the Trions were very fast workers. They practically flattened London in little less then two hours.
"And which is the main ship?" Luke pipped up.
"That one," he pointed up in the sky without looking up. The small group behind him looked up and all made confused sounds. The ship he had pointed at was huge. It looked to be the size of two football pitches put together.
Turning around he looked at the four people standing in front of him. "We have a lot of phone calls to make." With that he smiled quickly and ran back into the TARDIS. Phil and Jack exchanged a look and then looked at Sarah Jane and Luke who both shook their heads.
"See any good invasion starts with taking out the defences of whoever you're invading." The Doctor said while twiddling his fingers in thought. "They think they've taken out U.N.I.T, the army and the air force I have no clue about. They also think we're down and out." He paused and looked at his friends. "Right now Grant is contacting and formulating plans. Because he looks like he's very good at that...U.N.I.T will then get in contact with the army who will then correspond with the air force."
"They'll concoct a plan but we won't know it." Luke said while holding up a hand. "We're left out of the loop hole here."
"Ah yes good point, that's why we're going to visit them so we won't be out of the loop hole."
"You're winging this aren't you?" Phil questioned with narrowed eyes.
"Yes! Was it that obvious?"
"A little."
"Well world domination is something that I don't actually have to deal with on a regular basis. So I don't actually have a proper plan to counter attack." The Doctor explained and took to pushing buttons and flipping levers.
Grant stood with several telephones in front of him on a battered desk. This battered desk was his. The survivors had ventured out and started to see what they could salvage from the previous attack. The telephones were working which relieved him. No part of him wanted to try and force one of those radios to work to contact everyone else.
Frowning he turned and left his office. Walking quickly down the corridor and telling the odd person he passed what to do, he ventured into the abandoned annex he was previously in.
"Grant! It is very good to see you again, how are things going? Got in contact with the other U.N.I.T bases yet? As well as that if you haven't already thought about it, you need to also get in contact with the army and the air force." The Doctor rambled while walking out of the TARDIS and inspecting the destruction around him.
"Those things out there walking casually down the streets are the first things which need to go." Jack explained while looking at him with a fixed gaze. Phil and a woman and teenager he didn't recognize ventured out of the police box too.
"I was just about to when you all just appeared." Grant said while turning and walking out of the annex. They all walked quickly after him. "We haven't had any word back from one base. But the others seem to be fine and operational. They'll all moving in now, they should be here soon."
"Excellent! That's what I like to hear, help is on the way."
"Only cos you can't save the world single handedly."
"Phil I could! I just like to make you all feel involved. After all," he smiled at her. "It's your planet getting taken over. Wouldn't you like to take part in protecting it if you could?"
"Rhetorical question." Phil pointed out while wagging a finger at him.