INT. TARDIS

The Doctor and Rose enter the Tardis, still wearing their Viking and native garb, laughing like a couple of idiots. She has to duck to avoid hitting the helm horns on the doorframe.

ROSE
Wonder how he'll explain that one to Ferdinand and Isabella.

DOCTOR
There's a lifetime pension promised to the first person who spotted land. You think he's gonna give that up, or his discovery, to you?

ROSE
Not even a footnote? I'm pretty sure I'm offended.

DOCTOR
You and Leif Ericson.

Rose laughs so hard, the helm slips on her head and falls over her eyes.

DOCTOR
Here, let me help you with that.

He tries pulling off the helm, but it's attached by a buckle strap under her chin. They fumble with it for a good ten seconds, laughing the entire time before she finally manages to undo the strap. Some of her hair has broken free of the braids and sticks straight up, disheveled from fighting with the helm. The Doctor laughs at her.

ROSE
What?

DOCTOR
Your hair. You look like a chrysanthemum.

She laughs and fans herself with her hand.

ROSE
Oh man, I've gotta get out of this thing. I'm going to pass out.

She walks to...

INT. CHANGING CLOSET VORTEX – TARDIS

Rose enters with the Doctor not too far behind. She walks up to the control pad on the clothing frame and types something in. She then peels off the top layer of her armor and deposits it in the funnel-shaped material receptacle next to the frame. The mesh glows yellow and she steps through.

The mesh bends around her form and her clothes are re-shaped into a modern pair of stone washed bell-bottoms and a navy and lace-print blouse. She admires herself in a nearby reflective panel.

ROSE
Have I mentioned how much I love this thing?

DOCTOR
Once or twice.

The Doctor takes his fishing spear and leans it against the wall near the semi-circular rack of clothes. He takes the Viking helm and puts it on a shelf with other hats and helmets.

DOCTOR
We'll keep those, for the memories.

ROSE
I never would have guessed you were so sentimental.

He steps up to the control pad and types something in.

ROSE
Wait. Let me try something.

She steps up to the control pad and types something. He tries to peek over her shoulder, but she blocks his view.

DOCTOR
Rose, please, not the clown costume again.

ROSE
I'm not gonna do the clown costume.

DOCTOR
I'm serious, look at me. Look at me.

She looks at him.

DOCTOR
Not the clown costume again.

ROSE
I'm not doing the clown costume. Just let me see this. Please.

She steps back, grabs a white fur coat off the rack and feeds it into the machine. He steps towards the mesh. It bends around him into the shape of...

… a clown costume, with big red shoes, a white face, a red ball nose, a rainbow afro, and a baggy polka-dotted jumpsuit. Rose giggles.

ROSE
That is never getting old.

DOCTOR
I'm deleting this costume from the programming the second you go to sleep. You know that, right?

ROSE
Okay, this time, I'm serious.

She keys in something else. The mesh lights up again. He removes the rainbow afro and the big red slippers and feeds them into the funnel. He steps through.

On the other side, he appears wearing a pinstripe brown suit and tie under a lighter brown overcoat. He steps in front of the reflective panel and appraises the new wardrobe.

DOCTOR
I miss the leather.

Rose looks him over and crinkles her nose.

ROSE
Not feelin' the pinstripes.

She takes his overcoat and jacket and feeds them back into the machine. She has him step through again and again.

MONTAGE: The Doctor wearing a sweater vest and khakis, a football jersey over jeans, a Naval uniform, the clown outfit again with Rose laughing, a James Bond tuxedo, a lab coat, and finally...

The Doctor steps up to the reflective panel wearing a white-collared long-sleeve shirt with the sleeves rolled up and the top buttons open. Over the shirt, he wears a solid gray vest. His pants are black to match the boots. Very Johnny Depp.

ROSE
Oh, you are hot.

DOCTOR
I am hot. Hot's good, right?

ROSE
Very good.

DOCTOR
I still miss the leather.

She rolls her eyes.

INT. TARDIS

Rose follows him back into the control room.

DOCTOR
So, where should we go now? I kind of like this diversion idea. Oh, I know, how about we go to New Age Blunk and make fun of the K'gor'ma'nor's gilzzax stull?

ROSE
You do know when you name drop these people from other planets that I have no idea what you're talking about, right?

DOCTOR
We could moon Nixon.

ROSE
I've got a better idea, and we don't even have to leave the Tardis to do it.

DOCTOR
(eyebrow raised)
Okay...

ROSE
What if you teach me how to drive this puppy?

Any semblance of a smile fades to caution.

DOCTOR
Why-why-why do you want to know that?

ROSE
For all intents and purposes, I live here. It's my home. I should know how to, you know, drive it, or whatever it's called. Pilot it. Come on, you owe me.

DOCTOR
But I can take you anywhere you want to go. Anywhere and-

ROSE
-anywhen. Yeah, I know.

He steps up to the console.

DOCTOR
So, where and when do you want to go? I'll take you right now.

ROSE
That's not the point. What if something happens to you?

DOCTOR
Why? Were you planning on whacking me in my sleep?

ROSE
No, but it's not as if we haven't run into our fair share of danger. What if something happens to you when we're halfway across the galaxy in the year five million torturing some New Age Blunker about his stingy what's'it?

DOCTOR
Yeah, none of that was close.

ROSE
I'd be stranded is the point.

DOCTOR
Rose, you have to understand, time and space are very delicate matters, and the Tardis is an advanced creature with technology far beyond...

ROSE
So, what, I'm not smart enough?

DOCTOR
I didn't say that.

ROSE
Then, you don't trust me.

DOCTOR
I trust you.

ROSE
Then, give me the damn car keys, you jackass.

The Doctor sighs.

DOCTOR
We were having a fun time.

ROSE
I trust you, you know. I left my Mom, my friends, and my boyfriend. I've been shot at, pushed around, almost blown up.

DOCTOR
So, you want to go home? Is that it? I can bring you home, if you want.

ROSE
No, god, don't make this a bigger thing.

DOCTOR
It's hard to do that when you're screaming at me.

ROSE
I'm not screaming!

Rose reflects on her tone and takes a breath.

ROSE
(calm)
I am not screaming. I would like you to teach me how to pilot the Tardis.

DOCTOR
Is this about Adam?

Her lip quivers, caught off guard. She folds her arms across her chest.

ROSE
You know what? That's not fair.

She storms out to her room.

DOCTOR
(to himself)
We were having fun.

He taps the console with his fist.

INT. ROSE'S ROOM

Rose leans back on her "bed" while watching modern day television on the holo-screen. A little piece of home to distract her from alien problems. The door alert buzzes.

ROSE
Go away.

DOCTOR (V.O.)
Where am I gonna go?

ROSE
Fine.

The door opens and the Doctor steps through. She looks straight at the holo-screen, ignoring him. He sits at the desk.

DOCTOR
What are you watching?

ROSE
History Channel.

DOCTOR
That's a little on the nose, isn't it?

ROSE
What do you want?

DOCTOR
Kinda want to go back in time about four minutes. That was fun, eh? Four minutes ago. I liked four minutes ago. Even got a time machine. Can't do it, though.

ROSE
It's not about Adam.

DOCTOR
Then, what is it about?

ROSE
Desk drawer.

He looks at the desk.

DOCTOR
If you want a different desk, I can get you a-

ROSE
No, in the desk drawer. Don't be dense.

He opens the desk drawer and pulls out the tabloid article with the headline "My Dad Saved the World from an Alien Dragon". Rose's picture appears under the headline.

DOCTOR
Ah.

ROSE
It was in Van Clive's briefcase.

DOCTOR
Rose, I...

ROSE
It's just, ever since I was little, my mother has told me stories about him, how he saved her from her family. How he took care of her when she had these medical problems. They weren't even sure that it would be safe for her to have me, but she wanted a baby so badly. The pregnancy was a nightmare, but she got through it, and they were both so happy. They didn't have a lot of money, so he had to work two jobs, but things were working out. And then one morning, he's headed to work and a drunk driver runs a stop sign.

The Doctor hangs his head as if it just happened.

ROSE
Some idiot decides he needs to be out partying until five in the morning and, because of that, I get to grow up without a Dad. My mother gets to live without her husband. I've spent my whole life thinking my Dad died this meaningless, horrible, death and then I see that article.

DOCTOR
The article says you went back in time to try and save him, but your actions created a paradox that opened up a rift in time and space. Your Dad then sacrificed himself to save everybody from the alien dragon that invaded our temporal plane. It's sad this kind of thing only made the Inquirer.

ROSE
I know we're not supposed to use the Tardis selfishly, but this is different. We already did it, or else that article wouldn't exist, right?

DOCTOR
Surprisingly, that's correct, yes.

ROSE
So, we have to go.

DOCTOR
But, your father dies. We go back to save him and... we don't. This picture is of you crying. Why would you want to re-live that? I can take you anywhere in his life and you want to go watch him die? Wouldn't you rather watch him... live?

Rose gets up from the bed and walks over. She takes the article from him and she proudly holds it up.

ROSE
My father saves the world. I kinda want to see that.

The Doctor thinks a moment, then nods.

EXT. SUBURBAN STREET CORNER

Fall leaves blow across the gray pavement early in the morning. We hear the ethereal rotors of the Tardis as it materializes, in a closed down hardware store parking lot, in the form of a delivery truck. The Doctor and Rose climb out the back wearing winter coats. He looks back at the Tardis.

DOCTOR
Never a Ferrari.

Across the street stands Calvary Church, a huge modern monstrosity in the middle of a Philadelphia suburb. Rose stares at the building from the street corner and the Doctor comes up behind her.

ROSE
That's the church, Calvary. Pastor Camp had been passing him odd jobs around the building, to help him out; fix a leaky faucet, repair a cracked pew, splash a bit of paint on the walls of some of the classrooms and offices. He could do anything with his hands. He had to get in early, because he also took shifts in the kitchen at Carl Anthony's Restaurant.

DOCTOR
Cooked, too?

ROSE
Jack of all trades.

A 1982 beige Ford Tempo pulls up across the intersection and parks. Out steps ETHAN TAYLOR (33), wearing painter's clothing. Rose sees him get out and pop the trunk to retrieve more gear than any one man should attempt to carry alone. A knot catches in her throat.

ROSE
This is it. That's my Dad. He's not even going to see the car because of everything he's carrying.

Beyond Ethan, a swerving and speeding car turns a far off corner and heads towards him.

Rose runs towards her father.

Carrying so much he can't even see, Ethan closes the trunk and stumbles into the middle of the road on his way to crossing the street.

ROSE
Watch out!

The car gets closer... and closer... Ethan doesn't see it.

And...

Rose reaches him first. She grabs his arm and pulls him out of the road. He trips and falls over her. Tools and equipment go flying, but the drunk driver zooms by and the two of them are unharmed.

Ethan laughs.

ROSE
I did it. I saved you. You're alive!

She turns back, elated, until she sees him next to her, lying in the road laughing like a fool and stumbling to get up.

ETHAN
Thanks. I had a great time.

He laughs.

The Doctor runs over and helps Rose up.

DOCTOR
Are you all right?

ROSE
No, I'm not all right. Look at him.

The Doctor watches Ethan, who is still laughing for some reason.

ROSE
He's bloody drunk.

The Doctor winces.

-To be Continued...-