Okay, finally another episode. I should like to point out once again I didn't write this, Bluer Than The TARDIS did so full credit to her, she's an awesome writer be sure to check out her stories and follow her page, you totally rock! Same to all you out there reading this I love you all. xxx
Scar x
A picture of a man laughing fills the screen.
ROSE (OC): Peter Alan Tyler my dad. The most wonderful man in the world. Born 15th September, 1954.
MEMORY - JACKIE'S BEDROOM
Jackie Tyler sits on the bed, holding open a photo album. A young Rose Tyler peers around the corner into the room.
Most of the women in the room crooned over the adorableness of the little Rose.
JACKIE: Come here, Rose. Come here.
Young Rose joins her mother on the bed.
JACKIE: Who's that? It's your daddy. You weren't old enough to remember when he died. 1987, 7th of November. Do you remember what I told you? The day that Stuart Hoskins and Sarah Clark got married. He was always having adventures. Oh, how he would have loved to have seen you now.
TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM
ROSE: That's what Mum always says. So I was thinking, could we, could we go and see my dad when he was still alive?
THE DOCTOR: Where's this come from, all of a sudden?
ROSE: All right then, if we can't, if it goes against the laws of time or something, then never mind, just leave it.
THE DOCTOR: No, I can do anything.
Clara groaned internally. The Doctor was being reckless again, and that could only end in disaster.
THE DOCTOR (CON'T): I'm just more worried about you.
ROSE: I want to see him.
THE DOCTOR: Your wish is my command. But be careful what you wish for.
The Doctor starts to fly the TARDIS.
REGISTER OFFICE
REGISTRAR: I, Peter Alan Tyler, take you, Jacqueline Angela Suzette Prentice.
PETE: I, Peter Alan Tyler, take you, Jacqueline Suzanne Suzette Anita-
JACKIE: Oh, just carry on. It's good enough for Lady Di.
The Doctor smiles down at Rose.
ROSE: I thought he'd be taller.
Jack snorted. "Of all the things, that's what you say?"
"Well, what was I supposed to say?" Rose retorted.
Jack opened his mouth, about to give an answer, only to close it again when he couldn't find one.
REGISTRAR: To be my lawfully wedded wife, to love and behold till death us do part.
JACKIE (OC): He died so close to home.
MEMORY - JACKIE'S BEDROOM
JACKIE: I wasn't there. Nobody was. It was a hit-and-run driver. Never found out who. He was dead when the ambulance got there. I only wish there'd been someone there for him.
ROSE (OC): I want to be that someone, so he doesn't die alone.
TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM
THE DOCTOR: November the 7th?
ROSE: 1987.
The time rotor starts up.
WATERLEY STREET
The TARDIS parks beside the road. Never Can Say Goodbye is playing from somewhere. The Doctor and Rose exit the TARDIS.
ROSE: It's so weird. The day my father died. I thought it'd be all sort of grim and stormy. It's just an ordinary day.
THE DOCTOR: The past is another country. 1987's just the Isle of Wight. Are you sure about this?
ROSE: Yeah.
A lot of people in the room grew concerned for Rose, knowing that she probably wasn't entirely sure, based on her future actions.
JORDAN ROAD
The Doctor and Rose walk to the edge of the street.
ROSE: This is it. Jordan Road. He was late. He'd been to get a wedding present, a vase. Mum always said, that stupid vase.
"Well, it's not the vase's fault."
The remark came from 12, who Clara promptly slapped on the arm.
A green van drives around the corner.
ROSE: He got out of his car and crossed the road.
Pete does as Rose narrates.
ROSE: Oh, God. This is it.
The Doctor holds Rose's hand.
The couples in the room tighten their hold on each other's hands.
A beige car comes around the corner and drives into Pete. The driver covers his face with his arm as he does so and the vase smashes to the ground. Rose looks away as this happens, her head in the Doctor's shoulder. She looks back as Pete tries to move.
THE DOCTOR: Go to him, quick.
Rose remains rooted to the spot. Later, Rose and the Doctor stand around the corner as sirens approach.
ROSE (teary): It's too late now. By the time the ambulance got there, he was dead. He can't die on his own. Can I try again?
The Doctor and Rose go back in time again, and now they stand, looking around the corner at their first selves.
THE DOCTOR: Right, that's the first you and me. It's a very bad idea, two sets of us being here at the same time. Just be careful they don't see us. Wait till she runs off and he follows, then go to your dad.
"It's not going to wo-ork." Jack sing-songs, only to receive glares sent in his direction.
Pete pulls around the corner.
PAST ROSE: Oh, God. This is it.
ROSE: I can't do this.
Clara knitted her eyebrows together in worry. She remembered feeling the same way when she went to visit her mother's grave.
THE DOCTOR: You don't have to do anything you don't want to, but this is the last time we can be here.
Rose runs to Pete as he gets out of the van.
THE DOCTOR: Rose, no!
Rose runs past the earlier Doctor and Rose and pulls Pete out of the path of the beige car. The vase rolls away, unbroken, as Past Doctor and Past Rose vanish in yellow light.
ROSE: I did it. I saved your life.
PETE: Blimey, did you see the speed of it? Did you get his number?
ROSE: I really did it. Oh, my God, look at you. You're alive! That car was going to kill you.
PETE: Give me some credit, I did see it coming. I wasn't going to walk under it, was I?
Martha sighed. If only he knew how wrong he was.
ROSE: I'm Rose.
PETE: That's a coincidence. That's my daughter's name.
ROSE: That's a great name. Good choice. Well done.
PETE: Right, I'd better shift. I've got a wedding to go to.
ROSE: Is that Sarah Clarke's wedding?
PETE: Yeah, are you going?
ROSE: Yeah.
PETE: You and your boyfriend need a lift?
Jack waggled his eyebrows at Rose when she didn't object to the Doctor being her boyfriend. She threw a pillow at him and hit him in the face.
The Doctor is standing there with a stone cold expression on his face. The scene changes to the view of something with a blood red eyesight flying over London.
"Oh my God." Amy exclaimed.
"What in the world is going on?" Rory elaborated.
Rose mumbled, "well that's a whole new perspective to things."
TYLER'S FLAT
PETE: Right, there we go. Sorry about the mess. If you want a cup of tea, the kitchen's just down there, milk's in the fridge. Well, it would be wouldn't it? Where else would you put the milk? Mind you, there's always the window sill outside. I always thought if someone invented a window sill with special compartments, you know, one for milk, one for yogurt, make a lot of money out of that. Sell it to students and things. I should write that down. Anyway, never mind that, excuse me for a minute. Got to go and change.
The Doctors all contemplated Pete's ideas for a moment. They had been too upset with Rose before to ever appreciate Pete very much.
Pete leaves the room.
ROSE: All the stuff mum kept. His stuff. She kept it all packed away in boxes in the cupboard. She used to show me when she'd had a bit to drink. Here it is, on display. Where it should be. Third prize at the bowling. First two got to go to Didcot. Health drinks. Tonics, mum used to call them. He made his money selling this Vitex stuff. He had all sorts of jobs. He was so clever. Solar power. Mum said he was going to do this. Now he can.
"Except it's never that simple." River said.
"I know that now," Rose said, "just wish I had the knowledge before."
Rose notices the Doctor's look.
ROSE: Ok, look, I'll tell him you're not my boyfriend.
Mickey tried to hold back his laughter. "Because something as little as that would aggravate the Doctor."
THE DOCTOR: When I said travel with me in space, you said no. Then I said time machine.
ROSE: It wasn't some big plan. I just saw it happening and thought, I can stop it.
THE DOCTOR: I did it again, I picked another stupid ape.
A chorus of "hey"s went around from all the humans in the room.
Ten looked at Rose's face with pity. "I'm sorry," he said to her, "I never should have said that."
"It's alright." She replied. "No big deal."
THE DOCTOR (CON'T): I should've known. It's not about showing you the universe. It never is. It's about the universe doing something for you.
ROSE: So it's okay when you go to other times, and you save people's lives, but not when it's me saving my dad.
THE DOCTOR: I know what I'm doing, you don't. Two sets of us being there made that a vulnerable point.
"Does that mean that we're in a vulnerable point right now?" Amy asked Eleven, to which he nodded.
ROSE: But he's alive!
THE DOCTOR: My entire planet died. My whole family. Do you think it never occurred to me to go back and save them?
ROSE: But it's not like I've changed history. Not much. I mean, he's never gonna be a world leader. He's not going to start World War Three or anything.
THE DOCTOR: Rose, there's a man alive in the world that wasn't alive before. An ordinary man, that's the most important thing in creation. The whole world's different because he's alive!
"The most ordinary person can make the most extraordinary change." Twelve said.
He gave a small smile down to Clara, and the rest of the Doctors did so to their companions as well.
ROSE: What, would you rather him dead?
THE DOCTOR: I'm not saying that!
"I would never!" All three Doctors spoke together.
ROSE: No, I get it! For once you're not the most important man in my life!
THE DOCTOR: Let's see how you get on without me, then. Give me the key. The TARDIS key. If I'm so insignificant, then give it back.
Donna looked at Ten with astonishment. "You didn't!"
Ten looked down at the floor. "Yeah, I did."
"Hey," Rose put her hand on his shoulder, "we were both angry, both not thinking straight. I should have acted different as well, alright? Don't bring yourself down about it."
Ten smiled gratefully at her.
ROSE: Alright, then, I will.
Rose reaches into her jacket pocket and pulls out the TARDIS key. She places it in the Doctor's hand.
THE DOCTOR: You've got what you wanted so that's goodbye, then.
The Doctor turns around and exits, Rose follows after him.
ROSE: You don't scare me! I know how sad you are. You'll be back in a minute. Or you'll hang around outside the TARDIS waiting for me. And I'll make you wait a long time!
Rose turns around as Pete puts his head through the doorway.
PETE: Boyfriend trouble?
STREET
The thing with red eyesight flies over the area, first watching the Doctor as he walks, then a woman by her clothesline. Next it watches a person drinking, then follows a man clipping a shrub.
"What is it doing?" Martha asked.
"Just watch." Ten grumbled.
The man clipping his shrub disappears with a brief scream, then the woman hanging up clothes, and lastly the man drinking.
The women in the room covered their mouths while the men looked on grimly.
TYLER'S FLAT
Rose is cleaning up some spilled peanuts as Pete enters the room wearing his wedding suit.
PETE: Excuse me, do you mind? What're you tidying up for?
ROSE: Sorry, force of habit.
PETE: Listen, don't worry about him. Couples have rows all the time.
ROSE: We're not a couple. Why does everyone think we're a couple?
"Maybe it's the way you smile at each other"
"Or hold hands."
"Or constantly get on each other's nerves."
Everyone aside from the obvious went around the room declaring their ideas on why everyone thought that Rose and the Doctor were a couple until Rose finally interjected.
"Alright, alright! We get your point!"
ROSE (CON'T): I think he left me.
PETE: What, a pretty girl like you? If I was going out with you-
ROSE: Stop, right there!
PETE: I was just saying-
ROSE: I know what you're saying, and we're not going there. At no point are we going anywhere near there. You aren't even aware that there exists. I don't even want to think about there, and believe me, neither do you. There for you is like, like the Bermuda Triangle.
Everyone couldn't help but laugh at Rose's lengthy declaration of disgust.
PETE: Blimey, you know how to flatter a bloke.
ROSE: Right, are we off?
Rose offers Pete her arm.
PETE: So, that wouldn't be a mixed signal at all?
ROSE: Absolutely not.
Pete takes Rose's arm.
PETE: I'll take you back to the loony bin where you belong. Except I'm sure I've met you somewhere before.
ST PAULS CHURCH
STUART: It's weird
DAD: What?
STUART: There's so many people missing. Uncle Steven, Auntie Lynn, all the Baxters. Where are they? You don't think something's gone wrong?
DAD: Maybe it's a godsend. It gives you time to think. You don't have to go through with it, not these days. Live in sin for a bit
STUART: Dad
DAD: In ten years time, you'll turn round and say, if only I could turn the clock back.
Everyone in the room frowned. Shouldn't a father be supportive about his son's marriage?
DAD (CON'T): Is it me or did it just get cold?
WATERLEY STREET
The Doctor is walking down the sidewalk. The viewpoint changes from a normal aerial one to the red-eyed creature and back again. Once in front of the TARDIS, the Doctor looks up but doesn't find what he's looking for. He opens the TARDIS doors, except the interior of the TARDIS is gone. Instead, there is an empty blue police box interior.
"What?!"
"What's wrong with the TARDIS?"
THE DOCTOR: Rose!
"And the knight in shining leather goes back to save his princess." Jack grinned.
Rory elbowed Jack for Rose, seeing as she couldn't reach him herself.
PETE'S CAR
PETE: I met this bloke at the horse's, and he's cutting me in on copyright
ROSE: But I thought you were a proper businessman, though
PETE: Oh, I wish. I do a bit of this, a bit of that. I scrape by.
ROSE: Right. So I must have heard wrong. So, really you're a bit of a Del Boy?
PETE: Oh, shoot me down in flames. You're not related to my wife by any chance, are you?
ROSE: Oh my God, she's going to be at the wedding
"What, not looking forward to seeing your mum?" Clara asked.
"Just not quite ready to see her and my dad this young." Rose answered.
PETE: What, Jackie? Do you know her?
ROSE: Sort of
PETE: What's she told you about me, then?
ROSE: She said she picked the most fantastic man in the world
PETE: Must be a different Jackie, then. She'd never say that.
The radio changes to 105.4FM and Don't Mug Yourself by The Streets plays.
"Didn't that come out in 2002?" Mickey asked.
PETE: This stuff goes right over my head
ROSE: That's not out yet
PETE: It's a good job and all
ROSE: I'm just going to check my messages
PETE: How do you mean, messages? Is that a phone?
ROSE: Yeah
BELL (OC AND ON REPEAT): Watson, come here. I need you.
The car that was supposed to kill Pete is driving behind them. Pete turns a corner and the car keeps driving straight. The driver covers his face with his arm like before as the car vanishes in yellow light.
"This episode just gets weirder and weirder." Rory said.
"True, but don't all of our adventures?" River asked.
"Can't argue with that."
Stuart's dad is speaking into his phone
DAD: Half the guests haven't turned up. You're better off not being here, it's a disaster in the making. No, in this case, knocked her up is a phrase I'd use
BELL (OC): Watson, come here, I need you
DAD: Hello? Who is this?
BELL (OC): Watson, come here, I ne-
He tries redialing as Stuart comes out.
STUART: Dad, get inside. We can't see the bride before the wedding. It's bad luck
DAD: It was bad luck when you met her. I tell you, this day is cursed
They head back inside and the bride arrives.
BEV: Now that's what I call a meringue
SUZIE: Listen, Stuart's dad said and go round the block, cos there's people missing
SARAH: How do you mean, missing?
BEV: There's no Dave, no Sunita, no Bea
SUZIE: There's no one from the Lamb and Flag
SARAH: Oh, my train's detached again. I knew I should've used velcro
JACKIE: I'm here. Stop your bellyaching. Take Rose a sec, will you?
Jackie hands over a baby Rose to Bev.
A chorus of "aww"s came from the women in the room.
BEV: Oh, ain't she pretty?
JACKIE: She's a little madame, that's what she is. Oh, I need more hands. Where's her useless article of a dad got to?
Rose frowned. She never knew her mother talked like that about her dad.
PETE'S CAR
The beige car appears again and drives towards them.
ROSE: Dad!
A few questioning glances were sent Rose's way.
"Slip of the tongue." She shrugged.
Pete swerves out of the way.
PETE: It's that car. Same one as before
Rose and Pete exit the car.
PETE (CON'T): It was right in front of us. Where's he gone? You called me dad. What'd you say that for?
JACKIE: Oh, wonderful. Here he is, the accident waiting to happen. You'd be late for your own funeral, and it nearly was!
PETE: No damage done.
JACKIE: And who's this? What're you looking at with your mouth open?
ROSE: Your hair.
JACKIE: What?
ROSE: I've never seen it like- I mean, it's lovely. Your hair is lovely. And that baby you're holding. That would be your baby
JACKIE: Another one of yours, is she?
PETE: She saved my life!
JACKIE: Oh, that's a new one. What was it last time?
PETE: I didn't even know her. She was a cloakroom attendant. I was helping her look for my ticket. There were three duffel coats all the same. Somehow the racks collapsed, we were under all this stuff.
ROSE: Were you playing around?
JACKIE: What's it got to do with you what he gets up to?
ROSE: What does he get up to?
JACKIE: You'd know
PETE: Oh, because I'm that stupid. I play around and I bring her to meet the missus. You silly cow
JACKIE: But you are that stupid
PETE: Can we keep this stuff back home just for now?
JACKIE: What, with the rest of the rubbish? You bring home cut-price detergents, tonic water, Betamax tapes and none of it works. I'm drowning in your rubbish. What did he tell you? Did he say he's this big businessman, 'cos he's not. He's a failure. Born failure, that one. Rose needs a proper father, not one who's flannelling about like some big kid
PETE: Jackie, I'm making a living. It keeps us fed, doesn't it?
ROSE: Stop it! You're not like this, you love each other
JACKIE: Oh, Pete, you never used to like them mental. Or I don't know, maybe you did
PETE: Jackie, wait, just listen
JACKIE: If you're not careful, there'll be a wedding and a divorce on the same day!
"Blimey, they sound like my parents." Martha muttered under her breath.
PETE: Wait here. Give us a couple of minutes with the missus. Tell you what, straighten the car up. Stick it round the corner or something. Don't cause any more trouble.
Pete takes the vase and gives Rose his car keys.
PLAYGROUND
The red-eyed beast hovers over the playground.
MICKEY: Hey Jack, Jeff!
"Is that you?" Martha asks her husband, to which he nods.
The boy on the slide disappears and so does the two boys on the see-saw. His mother disappears next and Mickey runs away.
OUTSIDE ST PAULS CHURCH
JACKIE: I'm not listening. It's the duffel coats all over again
PETE: Jackie, sometimes a duffel coat is just a duffel coat. Things will get better soon, I promise
JACKIE: I've had enough of all your daft schemes. I never know where the next meal's coming from
PETE: I'll get it right, love. One day soon, I promise you, I'll get it right. Come on.
Mickey runs around the corner.
MICKEY: Monsters! Going to eat us!
SUZIE: What sort of monsters, sweetheart? Is it aliens?
Mickey runs into the church. The Doctor runs up behind Rose.
THE DOCTOR: Rose! Get in the church!
A large creature with bat-like wings appears in the sky and shrieks. It swoops down and Rose screams.
A lot of hands instinctively grab at the hands of the people closest to them.
The Doctor saves Rose by pulling her down to the ground in time.
THE DOCTOR: Get in the church!
Two more creatures appear in the sky.
SUZIE: Oh my God, what are they? What are they?
THE DOCTOR: Inside!
"What's so safe about the church, though?" Martha asked again. "They're giant bat-creatures. Can't they just knock down the doors or something?"
"The answer's coming up. You'll see." Twelve replied.
STUART: Sarah!
THE DOCTOR: Stay in there!
Stuart's dad tries to run away, only to be eaten by one of the creatures.
"Well, that's one annoyance gone." Jack said.
"Yes," Twelve said, "one annoyance gone only to be replaced by three more."
Sarah tries running to the church but a creature blocks her path. She screams and it flies away to pounce on the vicar.
THE DOCTOR: In!
ST PAULS CHURCH
The Doctor gets everyone inside and slams the doors shut. The creatures can be seen flying outside.
THE DOCTOR: They can't get in. Old windows and doors. Okay. The older something is, the stronger it is. What else? Go and check the other doors! Move!
JACKIE: What's happening? What are they? What are they?
THE DOCTOR: There's been an accident in time. A wound in time. They're like bacteria, taking advantage
JACKIE: What do you mean, time? What're you jabbering on about, time?
THE DOCTOR: Oh, I might've known you'd argue. Jackie, I'm sick of you complaining
JACKIE: How do you know my name?
THE DOCTOR: I haven't got time for this
JACKIE: I've never met you in my life!
THE DOCTOR: No, and you never will unless I sort this out. Now, if you don't mind, I've waited a long time to say this. Jackie Tyler, do as I say. Go and check the doors
JACKIE: Yes, sir
"Bet that felt good." Donna said.
"Oh, yes." Ten grinned.
THE DOCTOR: I should have done that ages ago
STUART: My dad was out there
THE DOCTOR: You can mourn him later. Right now we've got to concentrate on keeping ourselves alive
STUART: My dad had-
THE DOCTOR: There's nothing I can do for him
STUART: No, but he had this phone thing. I can't get it to work. I keep getting this voice
BELL (OC): Watson, come here, I need you. Watson, come here, I need you
THE DOCTOR: That's the very first phone call. Alexander Graham Bell. I don't think the telephone's going to be much use
The Doctors all shook their heads. So quick to judge.
STUART: But someone must have called the police
THE DOCTOR: Police can't help you now. No one can. Nothing in this universe can harm those things. Time's been damaged and they've come to sterilise the wound. By consuming everything inside
ROSE: Is this because- Is this my fault?
OUTSIDE ST PAULS CHURCH
The creatures take passer-bys.
WOMAN: No!
The remains of the people taken by the creatures are left on the street.
"So many people…" Clara murmured.
VESTRY
PETE: There's smoke coming up from the city but no sirens. I don't think it's just us. I think these things are all over the place. Maybe the whole world
The beige car appears again, turning around the corner, the driver covering his face, then disappearing again.
PETE: Was that a car?
THE DOCTOR: It's not important. Don't worry about it.
River, already figuring it out, muttered to Eleven. "You wanted to save him, didn't you?"
Eleven nodded somberly. Pete didn't deserve to die.
ST PAULS CHURCH
Pete enters where Rose is sitting.
PETE: This mate of yours. What did he mean, this is your fault?
ROSE: Don't know. Just everything.
PETE: I gave you my car keys. You don't give your keys to a complete stranger. It's, it's like I trusted you. Moment I met you, I just did. wound in time. You called me Dad. I can see it. My eyes, Jackie's attitude. You sound like her when you shout. You are. You are. You're my Rose. You're my Rose grown up
Pete and Rose hug, in tears.
ROSE: Dad. My dad. My daddy.
During this, one of the creatures is headbutting a door. The Doctor pulls the curtain aside and gets out his sonic screwdriver.
STUART: Excuse me, Mister
THE DOCTOR: Doctor
STUART: You seem to know what's going on
THE DOCTOR: I give that impression, yeah
STUART: I just wanted to ask-
SARAH: Can you save us?
THE DOCTOR: Who are you two, then?
STUART: Stuart Hoskins
SARAH: Sarah Clark
THE DOCTOR: And one extra. Boy or girl?
SARAH: I don't know. I don't want to know, really
THE DOCTOR: How did all this get started?
STUART: Outside the Beatbox Club, two in the morning
SARAH: Street corner. I'd lost my purse, didn't have money for a taxi
STUART: I took her home
THE DOCTOR: Then what, asked her for a date?
SARAH: Wrote his number on the back of my hand
STUART: Never got rid of her since. My dad said
SARAH: I don't know what this is all about, and I know we're not important-
THE DOCTOR: Who said you're not important? I've travelled to all sorts of places, done things you couldn't even imagine, but you two. Street corner, two in the morning, getting a taxi home. I've never had a life like that.
"Not that you've ever wanted one like that." Rose said.
"What makes you say that?" Ten asked.
"'Me, living in a house. Now that, that is terrifying.'" Rose quoted as she did her best impersonation of Ten.
"Ok," he admitted, "so maybe domestics aren't really my thing."
THE DOCTOR (CON'T): Yes. I'll try and save you
VESTRY
PETE: I'm a dad. I mean, I'm already a dad, but Rose grows up and she's you. That's wonderful. I mean, I suppose I thought that you'd be a bit useless, what with my useless genes and all but- Well, I mean, how did you get here?
ROSE: Do you really want to know?
PETE: Yeah
ROSE: A time machine
PETE: Time machine
ROSE: Cross my heart
PETE: What, do you all have time machines where you come from?
ROSE: No, just the Doctor
PETE: Did you know these things were coming?
ROSE: No
PETE: God, I don't know, my head's spinning. What's the future like?
ROSE: It's not so different
PETE: What am I like? Have I gone grey? Have I gone bald? Don't tell me I've gone bald. So, if this mate of yours isn't your boyfriend and I have to say, I'm glad, because being your dad and all, I think he's a bit old for you. Have you got a bloke?
"Are you sure you should be telling him all this information about the future? Because by doing so he could really change future events." Clara told Rose.
ROSE: No, I did have
JACKIE (OC): Mickey!
Little Mickey runs up to Rose and hugs her.
Martha feels the jealousy creeping up again and grabs hold of Mickey's hand.
PETE: Do you know him?
ROSE: I just didn't recognize him in a suit. You have to let go of me, sweetheart. I'm always saying that
JACKIE: He just grabs hold of what's passing and holds on for dear life. God help his poor girlfriend if he ever gets one
PETE: Me and Rose were just talking-
JACKIE: Oh, yeah? Talking? While the world comes to an end, what do you do? Cling to the youngest blonde. Come on, Mick
Jackie and Mickey leave.
ROSE: You can't tell her
PETE: Why?
ROSE: I mean, I really don't want you to tell her
PETE: What, do you don't want people to know?
ROSE: Where I come from, Jackie doesn't know how to work the timer on the video recorder
PETE: I showed her that last week
Pete takes in Rose's look
PETE (CON'T): Point taken
The Doctor is talking to baby Rose.
THE DOCTOR: Now, Rose, you're not going to bring about the end of the world, are you? Are you?
Rose walks up to him.
THE DOCTOR (CON'T): Jackie gave her to me to look after. How times change
ROSE: I'd better be careful. I think I just imprinted myself on Mickey like a mother chicken
THE DOCTOR: No. Don't touch the baby. You're both the same person. That's a paradox, and we don't want a paradox happening, not with these things outside. Anything new, any disturbance in time makes them stronger. The paradox might let them in
ROSE: Can't do anything right, can I?
THE DOCTOR: Since you ask, no
The Doctors all received slaps from their respective couch members.
THE DOCTOR: So, don't touch the baby
ROSE: I'm not stupid
THE DOCTOR: You could have fooled me.
The Doctors prepared themselves for a flurry of attacks.
THE DOCTOR (CON'T): All right, I'm sorry. I wasn't really going to leave you on your own
ROSE: I know
THE DOCTOR: But between you and me, I haven't got a plan. No idea. No way out.
ROSE: You'll think of something
All the companions nodded. Sooner or later, the Doctor always found a way out of any sticky situation. The Doctor would always come to the rescue.
THE DOCTOR: The entire Earth's been sterilised. This, and other place like it, are all that's left of the human race. We might hold out for a while, but nothing can stop those creatures. They'll get through in the end. The walls aren't that old. And there's nothing I can do to stop them. There used to be laws stopping this kind of thing from happening. My people would have stopped this. But they're all gone. And now I'm going the same way
ROSE: If I'd realised-
THE DOCTOR: Just tell me you're sorry
ROSE: I am. I'm sorry
Rose and the Doctor hug.
ROSE (CON'T): Have you got something hot?
Rose puts her hand in the Doctor's jacket pocket, taking out the TARDIS key before promptly dropping it since it's glowing hot.
THE DOCTOR: It's the TARDIS key!
He takes off his jacket to pick up the key.
THE DOCTOR (CON'T): It's telling me it's still connected to the TARDIS
The Doctor makes an announcement to everyone.
THE DOCTOR (CON'T): The inside of my ship was thrown out of the wound but we can use this to bring it back. And once I've got my ship back, then I can mend everything. Now, I just need a bit of power. Has anybody got a battery?
Stuart picks up the phone.
STUART: This one big enough?
THE DOCTOR: Fantastic
The Doctors and Rose couldn't help but grin at the Doctor's old catchphrase.
STUART: Good old dad. There you go
THE DOCTOR: Just need to do a bit of charging up and then we can bring everyone back
As the Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver, Rose and Pete have a quiet talk.
PETE: You, er, you never said why you came here in the first place. If I had a time machine, I wouldn't have thought 1987 was anything special. Not round here, anyway
ROSE: We just ended up here
PETE: Lucky for me, eh? If you hadn't been there to save me-
ROSE: That was just a coincidence. That was just really good luck. It's amazing
PETE: So, in the future, are me and her indoors still together?
ROSE: Yeah
PETE: Are you still living with us?
ROSE: Yep
PETE: Am I a good dad?
ROSE: You, you told me a bedtime story every night when I was small. You were always there. You never missed one. And er, you took us for picnics in the country every Saturday. You never let us down. You were there for us all the time. Someone I could really rely on
PETE: That's not me
The TARDIS slowly materializes around the key.
THE DOCTOR: Right, no one touches that key. Have you got that? Don't touch it. Anyone touches that key, it'll be, well, zap. Just leave it be and everything will be fine. We'll get out of here. All of us. Stuart, Sarah you're going to get married, just like I said
ROSE: When time gets sorted out-
THE DOCTOR: Everybody here forgets what happened. And don't worry, the thing that you changed will stay changed
PETE: You mean I'll still be alive, though I'm meant to be dead. That's why I haven't done anything with my life, why I didn't mean anything
THE DOCTOR: It doesn't work like that
PETE: Rubbish. I'm so useless I couldn't even die properly.
"Well, that's one thing the two of you have in common." Clara said, gesturing to her Doctor.
"Are you implying that I'm useless?" Twelve asked, offended.
"That too." Clara said just to get on his nerves.
PETE (CON'T): Now it's my fault all of this has happened
ROSE: This is my fault
PETE: No, love. I'm your dad. It's my job for it to be my fault
"Because that totally makes sense."
JACKIE: Her dad? How are you her dad? How old were you, twelve? Oh, that's disgusting
PETE: Jacks, listen, this is Rose
JACKIE: Rose? How sick is that? You give my daughter a second-hand name? How many are there? Do you call them all Rose?
PETE: Oh, for God's sake, look! It's the same Rose!
Pete hands baby Rose from Jackie to Rose.
THE DOCTOR: Rose, no!
The Doctor takes baby Rose and hands her back to Jackie too late. One of the creatures appears inside of the church.
THE DOCTOR: Everyone, behind me! I'm the oldest thing in here
ROSE: Doctor!
The creature pounces on the Doctor and he disappears. It then flies over to the TARDIS and touches it. Both the TARDIS and the creature disappear as the key falls to the floor. Rose runs over and picks the key up.
ROSE: It's cold. The key's cold. Oh, my God, he's dead. This is all my fault. Both of you. All of you. The whole world
BEV: This is it. There's nothing we can do. It's the end.
Pete watches the car drive around the corner again and again, then walks over to Rose.
PETE: The Doctor really cared about you. He didn't want you to go through it again, not if there was another way. Now there isn't
ROSE: What are you talking about?
PETE: The car that should have killed me, love. It's here. The Doctor worked it out way back, but he, er, he tried to protect me. Still, he's not in charge anymore. I am
ROSE: But you can't
By this point, everyone, even the tougher people, were crying along with the on-screen Rose.
PETE: Who am I, love?
ROSE: My daddy
PETE: Jackie, look at her, she's ours
JACKIE: Oh, of course
Jackie hugs Rose.
PETE: I'm meant to be dead, Jackie. You're going to get rid of me at last
JACKIE: Don't say that
PETE: For once in your life, trust me. It's got be done. You've got to survive, because you've got to bring up our daughter. I never read you those bedtime stories. I never took you on those picnics. I was never there for you
ROSE: You would have been
PETE: But I can do this for you. I can be a proper dad to you now
ROSE: But it's not fair
PETE: I've had all these extra hours. No one else in the world has ever had that. And on top of that, I got to see you. And you're beautiful. How lucky am I, eh? So, come on, do as your dad says. You going to be there for me, love? Thanks for saving me
OUTSIDE ST PAULS CHURCH
As Pete runs out of the church, a creature eyes him. He runs to the corner of the road as the beige car appears. The driver covers his face with his arm.
PETE: Goodbye, love
The vase smashes onto the pavement. The creatures vanish.
ST PAULS CHURCH
THE DOCTOR: Go to him, quick
OUTSIDE ST PAULS CHURCH
Rose runs over to her dying dad and holds his hand. The driver of the beige car had stopped this time around. Pete dies looking into Rose's eyes. Stuart's dad as well as others come out of the church.
JACKIE (OC): The driver was just a kid
MEMORY - JACKIE'S BEDROOM
JACKIE: He stopped, he waited for the police. It wasn't his fault. For some reason, Pete just ran out. People say there was this girl, and she sat with Pete while he was dying. She held his hand. Then she was gone. Never found out who she was
JORDAN ROAD
Rose kisses Pete goodbye, then stands up to look at the Doctor
ROSE (OC): Peter Alan Tyler, my dad. The most wonderful man in the world. Died the 7th of November, 1987
The Doctor and Rose walk away.
There were a few moments of silence where nobody's vocal chords would work.
Rory was the one who broke the silence. "Well," he said, "I don't know about you all but I'm ready for a happy episode, whenever one decides to come along."
Everyone else nodded.
Just then, the screen lit up again.
NEXT TIME…
INT. TARDIS
A capsule traveling through the time vortex is being shown on the TARDIS monitor.
ROSE: And why are we chasing it?
THE DOCTOR: It's mauve and dangerous!
"Mauve?" Clara asked.
"Mauve is the universal colour for danger." Twelve answered with a grin on his face.
THE DOCTOR (CON'T): And about thirty seconds from the centre of London
The TARDIS explodes in sparks.
SKIES OF LONDON
Planes are flying through the air. Rose is hanging by a rope in the middle of it all.
"Hang on a sec, is this…? It is!" Jack says excitedly. "I remember this. This is where I come in."
THE DOCTOR: Rose!
LLOYD'S HALLWAY
A child wearing a gas mask is standing outside the door, then reaching his hand in through the door's letterbox.
CHILD: Please let me in, mummy
"Right, that's not creepy at all." Amy said.
NANCY: You musn't let him touch you
"Why not?" Rory asked.
"I believe it will all be answered in the episode." River declared.
"Ah, yes, of course. Silly me."
ALBION HOSPITAL WARD
CONSTANTINE: Are you a doctor?
THE DOCTOR: I have my moments
The Doctor scans the people in the hospital beds with his sonic screwdriver.
THE DOCTOR (CON'T): They've all got the same injuries. Right up to the scar on the back of their hand
CONSTANTINE: Physical injuries as plague
"Now, how is that possible?" River asked as she leant forward, very interested.
JACK'S SPACESHIP
Jack is holding Rose bridal style.
JACK: Hello
ROSE: Hello
"Quite the standard meeting." Mickey chuckled.
"Like you had any better, Mickey Mouse." Jack shot back.
JACK: Shall we have a drink on the balcony?
JACK'S SPACESHIP ROOF
JACK: I like to think of myself as a criminal
ROSE (laughing): I bet you do
Ten frowned at how…intimate Jack and Rose looked in that scene.
SKIES OF LONDON
Rose is shown hanging by a rope above London again. She is unable to hold on any longer and screams as gravity takes hold.
A lot of people cover their mouths in horror before remembering that Rose was with them, perfectly safe and unharmed.
"Well, this one sure does look interesting." River said with a smirk.