A young boy runs down the road with a toy helicopter. The Doctor, Kathy and Amy are walking fast in the opposite direction.

"What is this place? Where am I?" The Doctor asks Amy.

"Leadworth." Amy answers.

"Where's the rest of it?" He continues to ask.

Amy rolls her eyes. "This is it." She says curtly.

"Not much except a post office that's shut. Oh, and a duck pond." Kathy states, coming to a halt when seeing the small pond they had been walking past.

"Why aren't there any ducks?" The Doctor questions.

Amy stares at them in disbelief, scoffing even louder. "Will you two just focus?" She barks. "It doesn't, okay? There's never any ducks."

"Then how do you know it's a duck pond?" Kathy points out.

"It just is. Is it important, the duck pond?" Amy retorts.

The Doctor has another regeneration tremor. "I don't know. Why would I know?" Kathy catches him, holding him up as he clutches his chest and twitches. "I'm not ready, I'm not done yet."

The sky darkens and they both look up. The trio gaze up at the sky that has a strange shimmer covering it. The sun itself appears grey and flickering before becoming an odd shade of yellow and red.

"And there's the force field." Kathy mutters. "Great. Just great."

"The what?" Amy questions, squinting at the sky. "What's happening? What's wrong with the sun?"

"Nothing." The Doctor states. "You're looking at it through a force-field. They've sealed off your upper atmosphere, now they're getting ready to boil the planet." Amy looks at them sharply, Kathy knows the freakout is coming. The Doctor stands and looks at the green where the villagers are taking photos of the sun. "Oh, and here they come, the human race. The end comes, as it was always going to- down a video phone!"

Kathy turns and pulls out the apple from the Doctor's pocket. The Time Lord jumps at the intrusion.

"Before you freak out, take a look at this." Kathy states, tossing Amy the apple.

Amy catches it and turns it around to find the smiley face carved on there. She gasps before looking back up at Kathy and the Doctor. "This-this isn't real, is it? It can't be real. You told me you had a time machine and you said you knew the future."

"Technically not everything." Kathy corrects.

"And you believed us." The Doctor adds.

"Then I grew up." Amy retorts still staring at the fresh apple.

The Doctor groans. "Oh, you never want to do that."

Amy stares at the two, looking uncertain and seems to be having an internal debate on whether to stay put and stand her ground or run. "Who are you two? Really, who are you?"

"I'm Kathy, short for Katherine." Kathy says gently, trying to ease the girl into believing them.

"I'm the Doctor." The Doctor says evenly. "We're time travellers. Everything we told you twelve years ago is true. We're real. What's happening in the sky is real, and if we don't do something now, everything you've ever known is over."

Amy shakes her head. "B-but, how can Kathy see the future?"

"I'm originally from a different universe Amy, where all of this is a TV show and I don't always see the Doctor in order." Kathy explains, she gently cups the young girl's hands and gives her a reassuring smile. "I know it's insane and trust me I thought that too at the beginning, but right now we need you for 20 minutes, just 20."

Amy nods. "What do we do?" She asks.

"Stop that nurse!" The Doctor exclaims.

The Doctor runs onto the green with Kathy right behind him.

Kathy lets out a loud squeal once she spots the companion and runs full sprint after the Doctor. "Rory!" She exclaims gleefully as she throws her arms around him. Kathy hadn't seen Rory that much but she always loved his character. The Doctor looks unfazed by Kathy's behaviour as he takes Rory's phone and looks at it while Rory and Amy look bewildered.

"Uuuhhh… h-hello?" Rory stutters. He cranes his neck to look at her. "C-can I help you?"

"Ah, sorry." Kathy chuckles, embarrassed. "Just happy to see you again." Rory blinks at her as she pulls away.

"The sun's going out, and you're photographing a man and a dog. Why?" The Doctor questions Rory rapidly before handing the phone back to him.

"Amy?" He greets the girl who's just caught up with them.

"Hi!" Amy exclaims with a plastered smile on her face, grabbing his arm. "Oh, this is Rory, he's a... friend."

"Boyfriend." Rory corrects.

"Kind of boyfriend." Amy mutters.

Rory's face drops slightly in disappointment though does not look too shocked. "Amy!" Kathy feels sorry for him.

"Man and dog, why?" The Doctor continues to push.

Rory's eyes slowly widen, blinking greatly now with his mouth opening in shock as he stares at Kathy and the Doctor. "Oh, my God, it's them." He states in disbelief.

Amy's eyes and smile twitch. Kathy can see another blush coming on. "Just answer his question, please." Amy says.

Rory points a stunned finger at the two. "It's them, though. The Doctor. The Raggedy Doctor and the Tattered Kathy." Kathy is enjoying being on the receiving end of this shock.

"Yeah, they came back." Amy mutters, looking like she wants to disappear.

"But they were a story." Rory continues. "They were a game."

The Doctor looks frustrated at the lack of focus on his questions and grabs Rory by the shirt, shaking him. "Man and dog, why? Tell me now."

Rory blinks rapidly. "Sorry." Rory says, taken aback. "Because he can't be there. Because he's—"

"—in a hospital, in a coma." Rory and the Doctor say in unison.

Rory's eyes go wider in shock. "Yeah." He nods quickly.

The Doctor grins in triumph. "Knew it. Multi-form, you see?" He states knowingly. He lets go of his shirt. "Disguise itself as anything, but it needs a live feed, a psychic link with a living but dormant mind." He pokes Rory in the head.

"Well done, Rory." Kathy congratulates. "That Dr. Ramsden should've listened to you."

Rory blinks in astonishment. "H-how do you know about that?" He questions.

"She's a psychic." Amy states.

"No, I just know a version because I'm from universe where this is a TV show." Kathy corrects. "I just told you, Amy!"

"What?!" Rory exclaims.

Prisoner Zero then snaps and snarls, drawing their attention. It's still dressed as the man and dog from the house with the man still doing the dog sounds.

The Doctor walks closer. "Prisoner Zero." He states lightly.

Rory looks even more startled and steps forward to Amy. "What, there's a Prisoner Zero too?" He asks.

"Yes." Amy says quickly.

There is an electrical buzzing and they look up to see a spaceship fly over the green. The eye begins to swivel back and forth with a silver crystalline structure of spires forming a circle around it.

The Doctor slips his screwdriver from his pocket discreetly. "See, that ship up there is scanning this area for non-terrestrial technology." He tells Prisoner Zero. "And nothing says non-terrestrial like a sonic screwdriver." Prisoner Zero gives him a confused expression as the Doctor holds it above his head and turns it on.

There is chaos as streetlights shatter, car alarms blare, sirens wail and everyone begins shouting. A fire engine drives away on its own, chased by the firemen. Amy laughs and Kathy joins in at the sight of them while Rory looks around in disbelief. Prisoner Zero's expression turns to worry as the Atraxi begin to move closer as they continue scanning.

"I think someone's going to notice, don't you?" The Doctor remarks sarcastically. Prisoner Zero begins to bark and snarl in rage.

The Doctor lowers the screwdriver, aiming it at the phone box, which explodes causing the group to jump. The screwdriver itself then sparks and fizzles, causing the Doctor to wince and drop it on the ground. It lies charred and smoking.

"No, no, no, don't do that!" The Doctor cries, crouching down to look at his sonic screwdriver in utter dismay. He glares at the tool as he picks it up before throwing it down again. "Kathy, your sonic, quick!"

Kathy digs into her pocket to get her own but she's not fast enough and the ship heads away. She knows she should have had it out but at the same time, she knows that the next part of the plan will definitely work. Using a sonic could've gotten them confused with Prisoner Zero for all she knew.

Prisoner Zero smirks at them and turns into a 'mist' and escapes down the drain.

"Kathy! Doctor! The drain. It just sort of melted and went down the drain." Amy tells them.

"Well, of course it did." The Doctor retorts.

"What do we do now?"

"It's hiding in human form. We need to drive it into the open." Kathy quickly explains.

"No TARDIS, no screwdriver, 17 minutes. Come on, think. Think!" The Doctor mutters desperately.

The Doctor, Kathy, Amy, and Rory are standing above the drain.

"So that thing, THAT hid in my house for 12 years?" Amy asks in disbelief.

"Multi-forms can live for millennia. 12 years is a pit-stop." The Doctor explains distractedly.

"So how come you two show up again on the same day that lot do? The same minute?" Amy questions suspiciously.

"They're looking for him, but followed us." Kathy argues. "They saw us through the crack, got a fix. They're only late cos we are."

"What's she on about?" Rory questions.

"Nurse boy, give me your phone." The Doctor demands suddenly, thrusting out his hand for Rory beside him.

Rory doesn't pay attention to it and looks across the Doctor and Kathy to his girlfriend. "How can they be real? They were never real." He questions.

"Well, you and Amy were never real, either. But look at all of us now." Kathy adds.

"Phone, now, give me!" The Doctor exclaims in aggravation.

Rory gives the Doctor the phone though still looking distracted as if still trying to wrap his head around the fact that Amy's imaginary friends have appeared. "You were both just a game." Rory says to Kathy as the Doctor and Amy are focused elsewhere. "Amy and I were kids. She made me dress up as him and she as you." Kathy raises an eyebrow at Amy who blushes.

"These are all coma patients?" The Doctor asks Rory, ignoring the conversation around him.

"Yeah."

"No, they're all the multi-form." The Doctor corrects. "Eight comas, eight disguises for Prisoner Zero."

"He had a dog, though. There's a dog in a coma?" Amy questions confused.

"The coma patient dreams he's walking a dog, Prisoner Zero gets a dog."

Kathy thinks they're lingering too much. "Laptop!" She exclaims. "Jeff had a laptop. We need it."

"Right, laptop! The good looking friend Jeff." The Doctor speaks rapidly. "Big bag, big laptop. Yes, we need Jeff's laptop." The Doctor pats Rory and Amy's shoulders brightly. "You two, get to the hospital, get everyone out, clear the whole floor. Phone me when you're done." He grabs Kathy's hand and runs off with her half being dragged and half running behind him.

Kathy beats the Doctor to Jeff's room after getting out of his grip, making sure to say hello to Mrs Angelo again before throwing open the bedroom door. Jeff is lying on his bed using his laptop.

"Jeff, we need your laptop!" She shouts. The Doctor appears behind her.

"Kathy?!" Jeff shouts, his voice cracking. "W-what are you doing?"

"Sorry, would be more polite but we're in a hurry." Kathy replies quickly.

"Laptop, give it!" The Doctor adds.

"Hang on!" Jeff yells, he refuses to let go as Kathy tries to pry it from him. "No, no, no, no, wait, hang on!"

Kathy eventually is able to get it out of his hands and proceeds to the bottom of the bed with the laptop. She's aware of Jeff looking anxiously over her shoulder and she understands why when she takes in the images in front of her.

"O-oh." She stutters. A hand flies over her eyes.

"Blimey! Get a girlfriend, Jeff!" The Doctor shouts, pulling the laptop out of Kathy's grasp. "Kathy, just, uh, be patient another minute. No need to see any more of that!" He removes his hand.

Kathy snaps around to look at Jeff. "Really?!" She hisses. "With your grandmother in the house?!"

The door opens and Mrs Angelo enters.

"Gran." Jeff gasps.

"What are you doing?" The woman asks the Doctor as he begins typing.

"The sun's gone wibbly, so right now, somewhere out there, there's going to be a big video conference call." The Doctor answers, looking up as he keeps typing as he talks. "All the experts in the world panicking at once, and do you know what they need? Me."

"Show off." Kathy grumbles. The Doctor grins.

A long list appears on the screen. Kathy notes that Jeff is poking his head in between her and the Doctor's shoulders.

"Ah, and here they all are. All the big boys. NASA, Jodrell Bank, Tokyo Space Centre, Patrick Moore." The Doctor says.

"Ooh, I like Patrick Moore!" Mrs Angelo pipes in.

The Doctor points a finger at her. "I'll get you his number, but watch him, he's a devil."

"You can't just hack in on a call like that." Jeff protests

"Can't I?" The Doctor holds his psychic paper to the webcam as multiple faces appear.

"Who are you?" A voice demands from the computer.

"This is a secure call! What are you doing?" Another adds.

"Hello." The Doctor greets. "I know, you should switch me off. But before you do, watch this." Very rapidly, the Doctor begins to type out a code.

"It's here too, I'm getting it." One says.

"Fermat's Theorem," the Doctor continues, "the proof, and I mean the real one, never seen before. Poor old Fermat, got killed in a duel before he could write it down. My fault, I slept in." Kathy snorts, she's enjoying watching this. "Oh, and here's an oldie but a goodie- why electrons have mass. And a personal favourite of mine, faster-than-light travel with two diagrams and a joke. Look at your screens. Whoever I am, I'm a genius. Look at the sun. You need all the help you can get. Fellas, pay attention."

The Doctor moves to Rory's phone, typing away as Kathy and Jeff sit on either side of him, watching.

"Sir, what are you doing?!" A voice shouts from the computer.

"I'm writing a computer virus. Very clever, super-fast, and a tiny bit alive, but don't let on." The Doctor responds, brandishing his finger at the computer screen. "Why am I writing it on a phone? Never mind, you'll find out." Kathy can't help but roll her eyes. "OK, I'm sending this to all your computers. Get everyone who works for you sending this everywhere. Email, text, Facebook, Bebo, Twitter, radar dish- whatever you've got. Any questions?"

"I do." A voice pipes up. "Who was your lady friend?"

"Patrick, behave!" The Doctor exclaims with a smile.

"What does this virus do?"

"It's a reset command, that's all. It resets counters, it gets in the wifi and resets every counter it can find." The Doctor answers. "Clocks, calendars, anything with a chip will default at zero at exactly the same time."

"But, yeah, he could be lying, why should you trust him?" Kathy says. "Well, we'll let our best man explain." There's silence as everyone stares at her confused. "Jeff," she whispers, "you're our best man."

"Your what?" Jeff looks startled and terrified.

The Doctor closes the laptop partway and places a hand on his shoulder. "Listen to me. In ten minutes, you're going to be a legend. In ten minutes, everyone on that screen is going to be offering you any job you want. But first, you have to be magnificent. You have to make them trust you and get them working." Jeff nervously nods. "This is it, Jeff. Right here, right now. This is when you fly. Today's the day you save the world."

Jeff sits there in awe. "Why me?"

"It's your bedroom." Kathy retorts.

"Now go, go, go." The Doctor grabs Kathy and pulls her out of the room.

"You'll be great Jeff!" She calls.

The Doctor stops, causing Kathy to crash into him. He turns back and opens the door again. "Oh, and delete your internet history." He leaves again.

The Doctor and Kathy run out of the house. The Doctor pauses and looks around then runs off towards a fire engine. Kathy runs after him.

"Um, I'm unsure about this!" She yells after him.

"It'll be fine!" He yells back.

"Yeah, you said that when we meet Elizabeth I." She mutters to herself so he can't hear. The Doctor jumps into the driver's seat and Kathy jumps into the passenger.

Kathy frowns at him. "No, wait, maybe I should drive."

"It's been a thousand years since you drove!" The Doctor retorts.

"At least I've had lessons on how to drive in this country, bet you do whatever you want!" Kathy argues.

"So?"

Kathy huffs. "We need to get to Amy and Rory as quick as possible plus there's no time like the present to brush up on my driving."

The Doctor concedes and Kathy is driving them toward the hospital.

Rory's phone starts ringing and the Doctor picks up. "Hello?"

Kathy keeps her eyes anxiously on the road as the Doctor pauses and listens to what Amy is saying on the other end.

"Oh, come off it. Can't get through. Look in a mirror!" He shouts then pauses before speaking again. "Don't worry, we've commandeered a vehicle." The Doctor shuts the phone, tossing it to his side. He leans across Kathy and turns on the fire engine siren. She had been expecting it but considering how anxious she has been while driving, it causes her to cling to the wheel for dear life while the Doctor laughs.

Amy phones the Doctor again. "Amy? Are you in?" Kathy knows the young girl is telling him Prisoner Zero is inside. "You need to get out of there!"

"Amy? Amy, what's happening?" Kathy floors it to get them there quicker despite everything telling her that she should really slow down for safety reasons. "Amy, talk to me!"

"They'll be fine, Doctor." Kathy reassures him despite not feeling calm herself. "They're trapped in ward but we'll get to them."

The Doctor ends the call with a quick goodbye before turning to Kathy. "Which window?"

"First floor on the left, fourth from the end." She answers. The Doctor pulls out the phone and texts quickly. Kathy breathes deeply as she tries to stay calmer despite being about to crash into a hospital.

Kathy sharply turns the wheel and rams the fire engine into the hospital wall. The ladder from the fire engine breaks through the window. The Doctor climbs up the ladder and joins Amy and Rory in the hospital. He drags Kathy behind him.

"Did you just crash into the hospital?!" Amy splutters as she hurries over to them. Rory stares at them in complete bafflement. Kathy can see Prisoner Zero watching them but in the form of a woman with two little girls.

"No…" Kathy mumbles, feeling like a child being told off by her mother.

"Right! Hello! Am I late?" The Doctor glances at the clock. "No, three minutes to go. So still time."

"Time for what, Time Lord?" Prisoner Zero mocks. The Doctor steps forward with Kathy next to him.

"Take the disguise off." The Doctor says. "They'll find you in a heartbeat. Nobody dies."

Prisoner Zero grits its teeth together and glares at him. "The Atraxi will kill me this time. If I am to die, let there be fire." Prisoner Zero declares.

The Doctor chuckles but he speaks again he doesn't sound amused, "OK. You came to this world by opening a crack in space and time. Do it again, just leave." He instructs.

"I did not open the crack."

The Doctor frowns. "Somebody did."

Prisoner Zero grins. "The cracks in the skin of the universe, don't you know where they came from?" It asks mockingly. The Doctor doesn't respond and it grins even more. "You don't, do you?" The voice changes to a little girl's in a sing-song tone. "The Doctor in the TARDIS doesn't know. Doesn't know, doesn't know!" The 'woman' goes back to her normal voice. "The universe is cracked. The Pandorica will open. Silence will fall."

Kathy shifts uncomfortably as she knows who did and recalls that time loop she had been stuck in as well as whose silence the creature is referring to. There is a clicking sound. Kathy looks up at the clock and sees it's all zeros. She grins.

The Doctor smirks in victory as he looks up at the wall. "And we're off! Look at that." Prisoner Zero looks at him blankly. He points behind the multiform to the clock. "Look at that!" Everyone else turns to look.

"Yeah, I know, just a clock, whatever." The Doctor retorts when greeted with silence. "But do you know what's happening right now? In one little bedroom, my team are working. Jeff and the world. And do you know what they're doing? They're spreading the word all over the world, quantum fast. The word is out." Prisoner Zero turns its head back around looking confused and frightened. The Doctor has a victorious smirk. "And do you know what the word is? The word is zero."

"And right now, high up in the Earth's atmosphere, the Atraxi ships are monitoring and listening to all Earth commutations and have probably taken the hint." Kathy states brightly, grinning. "And will in no time at all, be able to track this simple old computer virus to its source, which seems to be…"

"…right here!" The Doctor finishes. He takes out Rory's mobile from his pocket and holds it up. The Doctor gives a sly smirk and Kathy grins cheekily as the precarious situation dawns on the multi-form. A bright light shines through the windows. "Oh! And I think they just found us!"

Prisoner Zero's expression remains calm but Kathy can see the fear in its eyes. "The Atraxi are limited." It says coolly, smirking. "While I'm in this form, they'll still be unable to detect me. They've tracked a phone, not me."

"Yeah, but this is the good bit." The Doctor responds, waving the mobile at the creature.

"I mean, this is always my favourite bit." Kathy agrees.

"Do you know what this phone is full of? Pictures of you." The Doctor remarks. "Every form you've learned to take, right here. Ooh, and being uploaded," he scrolls with his finger across the screen, "about now. And the final score is - no TARDIS, no screwdriver - two minutes to spare." He gives his most triumphant and cheeky smile yet, throwing out his arms. "Who da man?!" He is greeted by silence. Kathy presses her lips together so as to not laugh as she takes in the Doctor's deflated expression as Prisoner Zero looks at him with a displeased expression and Amy and Rory look at him as if he is mad. "Oh, I'm never saying that again! Fine."

"Then I shall take a new form." Prisoner Zero says, gaining everyone's attention. Kathy knows what's coming and doesn't like the smirk on the multi-form's face.

"Oh, stop it, you know you can't." The Doctor scoffs. "Takes months to form that kind of psychic link."

"And I've had years." Prisoner Zero's form glows a golden colour. Kathy hears a body fall to the floor and sees, as she expected, Amy lying unconscious on the floor. Rory falls to his knees beside his girlfriend, gripping her hand. Kathy and the Doctor hurriedly run over to kneel beside them.

"No! Amy?" The Doctor puts his hands to Amy's face. "You've got to hold on. Amy! Don't sleep! You've got to stay awake, please." He tries calling.

Rory looks up at Prisoner Zero. Kathy turns to it as Rory says, "Doctor?" The Doctor joins them in staring at the multi-form now in the form of the Doctor in his new body.

The Doctor stares at his image in bewilderment. "Well, that's rubbish. Who's that supposed to be?" He asks Kathy and Rory.

"It's you." Rory says confused. Kathy gets it cause most know what they look like.

"Me? Is that what I look like?" The Doctor replies dumbly.

Kathy snorts fondly. "Yes, it is."

"Why me, though? You're linked with her. Why are you copying me?" The Doctor asks rapidly, walking over to the creature.

"I'm not." Comes the voice of Amelia Pond. The little girl appears from behind the image of the Doctor with a cunning Lear on her face. "Poor Amy Pond. Still such a child inside. Dreaming of the magic Doctor and Kathy she knows will return to save her. What a disappointment you've been."

Kathy narrows her eyes at Prisoner Zero, trying to hold back from retorting and instead turns to the unconscious girl next to her.

"Look, Amy, I know you can hear me." Kathy whispers, cupping Amy's face. "Focus on my voice and listen." She glances up and sees that the image of the Doctor had been replaced with her own. Kathy grins knowing that it's working. Little Amelia Pond frowns in confusion while the Doctor grins. Kathy turns back to Amy. "I need you to concentrate. Remember the room, the room in your house you couldn't see? Remember you went inside. Remember that big and ugly eel with needle teeth. Now show us that image, let everyone see." Kathy smirks at Prisoner Zero's wide eyes.

"No... no... No!" The multi-form screams as it glows and transforms. It fades and reveals the eel-like creature that seems to be hanging from the ceiling.

"Well done, Prisoner Zero. A perfect impersonation of yourself." The Doctor mocks as he smirks at the creature. The multi-form hisses, showing its sharp teeth and growls in rage at him as it is caught in the light and writhes.

"Prisoner Zero is located. Prisoner Zero is restrained." The Atraxi announces from outside.

Prisoner Zero stops fighting and turns to the Doctor. "Silence, Doctor. Silence will fall." The creature snarks. Soon it vanishes as it is beamed up to the ship. There is a whoosh of air as the ship leaves.

Kathy sees the confusion on the Doctor's face as he probably is trying to figure out what the multi-form meant. She knows she can't say anything right now. To her relief, he shakes his head and runs over to the window. Kathy follows him as they look to see if the ship had indeed left earth and the sky turned to normal. The Doctor then pulls out Rory's phone from his pocket and begins to dial quickly while Kathy moves back to Amy and tries to gently nudge her awake.

"The sun, it's back to normal, right? That's... That's good, yeah? That means it's over." Rory asks.

"Yep. Sort of." Kathy confirms as Amy comes back around. Kathy helps the disoriented girl sit up

"Amy? Are you OK? Are you with us?" Rory asks her. Kathy watches the Doctor with Rory's phone knowing he's calling the Atraxi back.

"What happened?" Amy groans.

"He did it. The Doctor did it."

"No, I didn't." The Doctor corrects, focused on the phone.

"What are you doing?"

"Tracking the signal back. Sorry, in advance." The Doctor remarks.

"About what?" Rory questions. Kathy winces.

"The bill." Rory opens his mouth to speak when he says that but already the Doctor is speaking into the phone. "Oi, I didn't say you could go! Article 57 of the Shadow Proclamation. This is a fully established, level 5 planet, and you were going to burn it? What...? Did you think no-one was watching? You lot, back here. Now!" He tosses the phone back to Rory. "OK. Now I've done it." He turns on the spot and marches out of the ward and Kathy and Amy follow.

"Did he just bring them back? Did-did he just save the world from aliens and then bring all the aliens back again?" Rory questions in disbelief.

"Come on Rory!" Kathy calls to him. She hears Rory scrambling onto his feet to follow them.

The Doctor strides down the corridor, determined. Amy, Kathy and Rory follow.

"Where are you going?" Amy asks him.

"The roof. No, hang on." He enters the changing room. Considering she's in front of them. Kathy sticks out her arms to stop Amy and Rory from following.

"Nope. We wait here." Kathy says. She turns so her back toward the door and uses her body as a barrier.

"But the Doctor's in there." Amy interjects, trying to step around her. "I want to know what he's planning."

"Why's he in there anyway?" Rory questions frowning.

"Getting changed." Kathy explains. Amy raises an interested eyebrow. Kathy points a finger at her. "No." Amy huffs.

"He is stealing clothes now? Those clothes belong to people, you know." Rory argues.

"Look, he needs to look less raggedy." Kathy says. This placates them but neither looks pleased though for different reasons.

The Doctor leaves the changing room now wearing a long-sleeved shirt, trousers with braces and a number of ties draped around his neck. Amy and Rory try to demand answers as they all head to the roof.

He strides to where the Atraxi ship is waiting. Amy and Rory stand back a bit.

"So, this was a good idea, was it?" Amy asks as they step out onto the roof. The Atraxi ship hovers above it. "They were leaving."

"Leaving is good." The Doctor states.

"But never coming back is better." Kathy adds. The Doctor walks up close to the ship. Rory and Amy keep their distance but Kathy hovers behind the Doctor just to his right.

"Come on, then!" The Doctor loudly calls. "The Doctor will see you now."

The eye disconnects from the ship and scans the Doctor. "You are not of this world." It concludes.

"No, but I've put a lot of work into it." The Doctor replies, placing the braces onto his shoulders. He fiddles with the ties. "I don't know. What do you think?" He holds up the different ties, he looks to Kathy for her opinion. She shakes her head and he throws the ties over his shoulder, letting Rory catch them.

"Is this world important?" The Atraxi ask.

"Important? What's that mean, important?" The Doctor retorts in disbelief. He tosses a tie and Rory catches it. "6 billion people live here - is that important? Here's a better question. Is this world a threat to the Atraxi?" He throws another tie that lands on Amy's shoulder, and she gives it to Rory. "Well, come on. You're monitoring the whole planet. IS this world a threat?"

The Atraxi projects a hologram of the Earth with scenes from history. "No." The alien concludes.

"Are the peoples of this world guilty of any crime by the laws of the Atraxi?"

Another series of images and videos run through the projection. "No."

"OK." The Doctor nods, staring the alien down. He begins placing on a tie, adjusting it around his neck. "One more. Just one. Is this world protected? Because you're not the first lot to come here." As he speaks, the projection shows Cybermen and Daleks, the Queen of the Racnoss, Ood, Sycorax, a Sontaran, a Sea Devil, Reapers, the Hath and the Vashta Nerada in the spacesuit. Kathy watches, knowing she hasn't met them all. "Oh, there have been so many! And what you've got to ask is... what happened to them?" The projection now goes from the first incarnation to the others. The Doctor shrugs on his tweed blazer and gives a quick adjustment to his bow tie. Standing tall, he walks through the Tenth Doctor as his image appears. "Hello. I'm the Doctor. Basically... run!"

The eyeball zooms back into the main structure and departs quickly. Kathy laughs and cheers. She has always loved this moment. She throws her arms around the Doctor and gives him a hug and he laughs. Kathy hears Amy begin laughing as well. The Doctor suddenly jumps back and reaches into his pocket and pulls out the TARDIS key and it's glowing.

The Doctor grins brightly and bounces away and runs from the roof as he drags Kathy behind him. She huffs as she has to yank up the Tudor dress she's still wearing, falling to pieces, as to follow without falling on her face.

Kathy and the Doctor 'borrow' another vehicle to get to Amy's from the hospital. Both of them get to the garden and observe the new exterior of the TARDIS. Kathy affectionately strokes the door and smiles when she hears a hum coming from the ship.

"OK! What have you got for me this time?" The Doctor says. He unlocks the door and they open the doors and stand amazed.

"Look at you!" The Doctor smiles. "Oh, you sexy thing! Look at you!"

"Just like I remember." Kathy adds. The console room no longer has the grunge look and has glass flooring and stairs that go off in multiple directions. It glows warns colours and has more room under the console. They step inside and send the TARDIS off.

"Right off we go. Gotta get Amy that well deserved trip. Can't leave her waiting." The Doctor says cheerfully as he darts around the console.

Kathy purses her lips. "Yeah, about that."

"What?"

"You need to drop me off and you're going to be late again." Kathy says quickly.

"Drop you off?! Late?!" The Doctor exclaims, looking distraught.

"Yeah. You know I don't stay with you, not for long and I can't control when you turn up! It happens out of your control. Plus, Amy said it happens again." She explains.

"Please tell me it's not twelve years again." The Doctor whines.

"No, just two." Kathy replies, trying to soften the blow.

"Uuuhhgg…"

"Also, just noticed, don't think I've got a key yet and it's been a thousand years since I stepped aboard!" Kathy exclaims.

"Ah, well." The Doctor rubs the back of his neck, reminding her of his past self. He pulls out a key for her. "Welcome aboard."

"Only a bit late." Kathy smirks.

A/N: Don't worry, a Tenth Doctor chapter next.