Right, so this note is going to be a bit longer as we've basically caught up with my old writing! This chapter is Revolution of the Daleks!

This was originally written several years ago (before the fourteenth and fifteenth Doctors), so at the end of this chapter I update the group to have their memories until the end of Power of the Doctor (pre -regeneration), and bring Dan in.

I do plan to do the fourteenth/fifteenth Doctor but that change will happen around chapter 50 (when I have decided how to do it)!

But next chapter will be the start of the Pandorica two-parter (The Pandorica Opens) and is the last chapter i have pre-written, so updates will slow a little after that as i have to update the script and write the whole chapter

For now, enjoy this chapter!


The screen went black as the next video title was promptly displayed for the waiting group.

"Revolution of the Daleks." Martha read out, then sighed as it registered. "Two Dalek videos in a row, really?"

"Question is, who has to suffer this one?" Amy commiserated.

Rose shrugged, "Title is pretty ambiguous, could be anyone." She waved at the screen, "Guess we have to watch the start of the video to work that out."

As if on cue, the video started.

We get a flashback from Resolution of the Daleks with the Thirteenth Doctor, Yaz, Ryan and Graham

Ryan groaned, immediately recognising themselves and their old adventures with the Daleks.

"So, it's us." Yaz announced to confirm the rest of the group's thoughts. "Still doesn't answer which time." They'd had several misadventures with Daleks, many of which could be featured and this wasn't looking familiar yet.

2019, Cheltenham, News Years, the Doctor states her protection of the Earth, defeating the Daleks (still Resolution)

"Oh right, this was that mess with the Daleks." Graham recalled, waving a finger at the screen. "Erh, 2019 New Years, right."

The Doctor nodded along, "Sounds about right."

Bill glanced between the four, "But this is like a summary right, so it's not the focus of this video?"

The four shared a knowing look, Yaz speaking up for them. "Don't think so, but this isn't looking familiar. Maybe it's something that hasn't happened for us, yet?

"Great. Just great." Rory sighed, that really didn't sound promising. Any mess involving the Daleks usually wasn't, but if none of them had any idea of what was going to happen, they wouldn't know how it would end.

The Dalek melts and explodes

"Two Dalek explosions in two videos." Nardole summarised.

367 minutes later, in a loading bay the Dalek remains are being taken away

"Why do I get a bad feeling about people being left to deal with the Dalek remains?" Clara sighed, rubbing her forehead with her hand. She could already feel the headache building.

Armen asks if everyone is alright and Rachel tells them they had an accident and people got hurt but it has been dealt with and there will be someone waiting at Depository 23. Armen mentions it has been a long time since they opened that one, asking if it is safe whatever it is

"Not remotely." Mickey crossed his arms, raising an eyebrow.

Rachel tells him to get it there as quick as he can, he asks if he can stop for a cuppa, and Rachel allows it, asking how his mum is. Armen decided it is best to get on the road

"This can't go well." Amy grimaced. A singular trucker would be vulnerable with a destroyed Dalek in the back; even if the Dalek was fully destroyed there would be a lot of people wanting its remains.

He pulls his lorry in to a layby to refill his thermos at a tea stand. He greets the tea lady, asking for some tea

"Brits and their tea." Jack shook his head fondly, even as he watched the screen warily. They were all anticipating this delivery to go badly. He glanced at Yaz, Ryan and Graham thinking about his own involvement with Daleks and the four of them – was that this mess?

She gives him requested tea and he walks back to his lorry, he takes a drink and starts to feel dizzy, dropping the thermos and collapsing. The tea lady closes the serving hatch, drags his body and drops it in the back of the lorry with the Dalek remains, driving the rig away

"Great." Martha threw her hands up in the air in frustration. "Someone's stolen a Dalek's remains."

"I'm sure they have great intentions." Donna snorted; tone full of sarcasm.

At an empty lot, Jo Patterson comments when a breakfast meeting was mentioned she thought it would be somewhere that served breakfast. Leo introduces himself as CEO of Rugazzi Technologies. Robertson says he acquired Leo's company 18 months ago

"Robertson." Yaz groaned, identifying the businessman for the rest of the group. "I wanted to forget about him."

"A nice guy?" Rory asked with raised eyebrows.

Ryan snorted, "A pompous businessman with no regards for people. We met him when his hotel had a spider incident. Wonder what he's up to this time?" Nothing good clearly.

The rest of the group all shared a worried look; the last video had also featured a pompous businessman and Daleks. They were hoping this one didn't show any more similarities or the same fatality rate.

Patterson comments he's been buying a lot of companies right now, and Robertson replies there is a lot of value in the market today. Patterson continues his political ambitions being ruined by a little toxic waste scandal seems to have been a blessing in disguise

"Little scandal?" Graham raised an eyebrow, "Bit of an understatement."

Robertson says that's a very sensitive topic for him. Leo cuts in that he's super-psyched about having a real Technology-Secretary at last

"Technology secretary?" Bill narrowed her eyes in suspicion. "Interesting." Wasn't it just convenient that a high-tech Dalek was stolen and now they were seeing the technology secretary.

Patterson says she was psyched too until they told her the budget was £2.70. Robertson says if anyone can make it work it is her, she wants to know why she's there, and Robertson shares that Leo has something revolutionary to show her

"He really never learns his lesson, does he?" Ryan shook his head. You'd think a man would learn after the spider incident, but apparently not.

They're overlooking a tunnel entrance as an angry mob faces a line of police in riot gear. Robertson explains it is some role-play as they all know the current world problems with growing civil unrest and falling security budgets. A fire bomb is thrown and Patterson is worried about people getting hurt

"So, she cares." Martha noted thankfully, "Better than neither than them." There was no doubt that Robertson didn't really care.

Robertson continues the problem is obvious and they have the solution, a shiny new black Dalek comes out of the tunnel, surveying the situation and shoots the mob with a jet of water

"This is going to go terribly." Clara frowned at the sight of the altered Daleks. They wouldn't be the first people to try and use Daleks for their own gain, but it never ended well. They doubted this would be an exception.

Leo shares it has a built-in water cannon and CS gas, but they're not actually using CS gas right now as the Dalek emits gas from the plunger. Robertson argues he thought it would have been fine

"It would not have." Rose glared at the screen. Robertson was already low on their expectations but he seemed happy to start digging.

The Dalek emits a high-pitched noise and the 'rioters' clutch their heads in pain as the trio have ear defenders on – sonic deterrent Leo adds. They enter a building as Leo explains it is entirely robotic with AI interface programme for every eventuality, solar powered with A-grade energy rating. Patterson asks that he built it himself

"No." Mickey stated, prepared for Leo to lie. No matter how much they'd altered the Dalek, it was still a Dalek.

Leo says pretty much, and once Mr Robertson became involved, he turbo-boosted the whole project. Robertson cuts in that she gets the picture, telling Jo it is a game changer and the security equivalent of an iPhone

"No, it's the equivalent of inviting the murdered into the house and giving him a weapon." Amy countered, arms crossed and glaring at the screen. So far, they were two for two on videos featuring idiot businessmen creating a mess involving Daleks.

Patterson asks to talk in private, they move away and she says she wants them built and beta tested in her constituent. Robertson agrees as discussed, they'll repurpose the car firms he bought up and it will be a big win for her. He mentions her party is going to need a new leader soon

"He may not be in a direct position of political power but he's sticking close." Donna narrowed her eyes warily.

Patterson asks what Leo knows and Robertson says only that they got the parts from an unknown source. Patterson is worried about it getting out that she tipped him off to the advanced technology being transported from GCHQ

"So, she's in on it." Clara frowned. "I doubt she knows what she's done." If she'd had any encounters with the Dalek then she wouldn't be risking anything. This was a mistake of ignorance.

Robertson reassures her it won't get out; they trust each other and this is a good arrangement. She's facilitating an acquisition and he's cutting her in on the IP, nobody knows and everybody wins

"Everybody is going to know, and nobody is going to win." Rory shook his head. If an army of Daleks was going to arise it wasn't going to be subtle or anything good.

Patterson asks how long it will take, and Robinson says a year or so

"That's plenty of time to build an army." Martha frowned. Far too much time in fact.

79 billion light years away. The thirteenth Doctor is in her prison cell on the asteroid rock. She marks the new day with another scratch on the wall (there are a lot) and her meal is transmatted in

The Doctor grimaced at the reminder of her prison days, ignoring the confused and worried glances the group were all giving her.

"Right." Yaz frowned, "I'd almost forgotten about this." Those days thinking the Doctor was gone still weighed on her some days, but she'd almost forgotten that was how this mess started. She couldn't deny her curiosity to see more about the Doctor's time there and escape – the Doctor had been very tight lipped about it all after their arrival in the room, and there were a lot of scratches on the wall.

Amy raised an eyebrow at the Doctor, "What did you do this time?"

The Doctor just sighed, eyes not leaving the frozen image of her old cell even as she answered. "This is after the chaos on Gallifrey." She didn't elaborate, but her current regeneration didn't have much time on Gallifrey for them to confuse it with anything else. Now that she'd reminded them, they did recall those videos ending in the Doctor being imprisoned.

River bit her lip, she was about to say something when she caught Jack's eye who just shook his head at her, now was not the right time.

The exercise symbol lights up so she walks down the corridor, following flashing arrows, greeting the cameras by number

"How long were you there, Doctor?" Bill asked quietly; it would have taken some time for the Doctor to learn these things and get into a routine like that.

The Doctor conveniently avoided eye contact, expression carefully schooled, which only served to make the group more concerned.

She moves through a security door to individual spaces divided by energised fences. She greets Angela, blinking as the Weeping Angel moves

"What does a weeping angel get imprisoned for?" Martha asked curious.

Mickey grinned, "Better question, how do you keep one imprisoned?"

Then she greets Bonnie and Clyde – a pair of Ood. Then she tells Tiny (a Pting), for not the first time, he can't eat the cage, trust her she's tried

That earned the Doctor several confused expressions and a collection of fondly exasperated sighs and rolled eyes. They could all see the Doctor attempting it, but not as a first option – another hint to her being there for a long time.

Then she's back to her cell and lights are out. She talks to herself, deciding on a bedtime story, and recites the first lines of Harry Potter

"Oh Doctor." River breathed out at the sight of her wife alone in a cell telling herself stories from memory. She couldn't be in a good mental state, being imprisoned would do that, and that was without all the revelations she'd just had regarding the Timeless Child and her childhood. It was never a good combination with the Doctor.

Banging on the wall comes and she asks who is there, telling herself to stay strong as people are waiting for her

The group all shared worried looks but didn't make any comments.

Graham and Ryan walk to a detached house on a new estate, the door opens revealing it is the Tardis they took from Gallifrey during the Timeless Children

The Doctor managed a weak smile, glad to see the spare Tardis had been kept safe while she was imprisoned., though it made her wonder about her own.

"At least the Tardis is safe?" Rory offered a weak positive for the situation.

Yaz shares she keeps thinking about how the Doctor coded the entry lock to her own DNA, like her own Tardis, and maybe that's because she wanted them to be able to follow her because she needs us. She declares she is going to work it out, looking at a big board of clues

The Doctor winced at the sight of how much Yaz had spiralled with her disappearance, she hadn't intended for it. Yaz grimaced at herself on screen, but felt a bit better when she noticed the sympathetic and understanding nods from other members of the group – they'd all had moments where they'd spiralled. It wasn't a nice reminder that this was the state that she'd been in before they'd ended up in this room, thought this video seemed a few months further along in the time line.

Graham wishes her a happy new year and she asks when it was new year

Ryan raised a pointed eyebrow at Yaz who rolled her eyes. They'd had that argument far too many times over the year, and they were still near the early days of the Doctor being gone. She didn't want to imagine how many more times they'd have it before this video took place.

Ryan asks if she's been sleeping there, she replies maybe. Graham tells her she can't be there all the time, and when the Doc went to do something that might kill her, they have to assume she didn't make it

"The Doctor does that." Clara remarked with a pointed look at the Doctor. They rarely thought about the consequences of their self-destructive habits or those they were leaving behind to cope with it.

Yaz protests why, why do they have to assume that? Ryan tells her it has been ten months and they have to get on with their lives, the Doctor told them to, that's what she wated. Yaz asks what if she needs them, how many times has she saved them?

"Oh Yaz." Jack shook his head, giving her a knowing look. Yaz avoided eye contact, she didn't like seeing all her private conversations and stuff on screen but she was starting to think that she hated watching something she hadn't experienced yet more.

Ryan tells her to face it, they don't know how to find it. He tells Graham to show her as there is something else. Graham adds the Doc would have wanted them to keep an eye on the planet, well they've found leaked online footage of what they're calling a prototype security drone, taken over a year ago. She watches saying that's a Dalek

"They wasted no time." Mickey snorted with a frown. It was only a matter of time before everything fell apart.

Graham agrees and Yaz asks how it is possible. Ryan has no idea, they continue watching and Yaz spots Jack Robertson, calling him spider guy

"Never learns his lesson." Graham repeated Ryan's earlier words.

Yaz asks if he's in league with a Dalek

"No, just an idiot." Yaz corrected herself. The advantage of perspective.

Ryan says that's what they're going to find out, and Graham agrees that is what the Doc would have wanted if she was there, so is she with them?

Martha grinned at the three, "Join the club of Earth's mightiest defenders."

"No Doctor needed." Mickey added on with a matching grin.

In a woodland it is raining. Robertson says it is an honour to be summoned by the Prime Minister in waiting even if it is a bit rural, he asks how many hours until they get the ballot results

"Oh great, she's getting a better position of power." Rose sighed; she still didn't know the consequence of what she had done but she was getting rewarded anyway.

Patterson says they numbers are on her side and that's why she wants to talk, he asks if she is having doubts on the project but it si the opposite as she wants to expedite it. He likes that, Patterson wants an immediate national roll-out of security drones

"That's the worst idea I've ever heard." Rory declared with a suffering sigh.

Robertson questions the national part as they've only just started regional beta testing. Patterson continues she wants it at no cost to the British taxpayer. Robertson says this is starting to sound like a shakedown and she pushes the country could be his shop window for global sales, unless he wants the Treasury to look at how much tax his company pays there

"Blackmail." Ryan nodded, "Not that he doesn't deserve it but in this case it's not for a good end."

Robertson sys well played. Outside his HQ, he's on the phone to Leo saying he's outside and will be three minutes. Ryan steps in front asking if he remembers them

"You three wasted no time." Amy grinned at the three who shared a look with each other.

Robertson protects his face demanding they take the care and leave his face, Graham asks what and Robertson realises it is the, saying oh no, not you guys

"You really annoyed him." Bill remarked with a grin at how bothered Robertson seemed at their appearance.

Ryan says they know all about him and the Dalek, Robertson doesn't know what they're talking about. Graham pushes they saw him with the Dalek - the deadliest creature in the universe. He doesn't know the word Dalek

"He's not going to listen." Rose sighed, shaking her head. They didn't need to know any more about Robertson to know that much.

Yaz tells him not to play innocent and whatever he is doing they're going to stop him. Guards arrive shouting for their hands in the air

"That might be an issue." Clara admitted, security would be annoying and a temporary roadblock in talking to Robertson.

Robertson says he's increased his security since last time and they're lucky they're not dead on the ground, he orders his guards to get rid of them. They walk away and Graham says it didn't go to plan. Ryan compliments Yaz's attitude saying it was very Doctor-like

The comment earned several chuckles from the group, the three sharing grins.

Yaz counters it doesn't work when she does it as they didn't get anything like an explanation from him

"It doesn't work half the time when the Doctor does." River laughed, giving her wife a teasing grin.

Graham says if they had the Doctor's psychic paper or knew how to work the Tardis they could get into his office and see what was happening. Ryan replies they don't so they'll have to work out another way. Graham agrees saying it's hard

"You're doing well." The Doctor smiled softly at the trio, glad to see them still trying to protect people even when she was … incapacitated.

In the prison, the Doctor goes though hr daily routine, greeting the cameras and other prisoner – including a Silence that she comments she forgot was there in the exercise yard

"Doctor." Amy sighed fondly, glad to see she could still find humour despite everything.

Jack Harkness asks what about this face, remember it?

"Jack." Rose cheered, happy to see the familiar face come to the Doctor's rescue. The Doctor had perked up as well, glad to know that she would get out but scared to know long it would take.

Jack grinned wildly, standing up and taking dramatic bows to the room earning laughs from the group and a fond sigh from the Doctor. "Thank you, thank you. I know. I'm here all day."

"Sit down Jack!" The Doctor protested, waving at him. Jack turned and gave her a pointedly deep bow before collapsing happily back into his seat.

The Doctor is happy to see Jack as he comments he knew she would look better in these colours, greeting her. She asks what he is doing there

"Rescuing you?" Rory pointed out; a bit confused by the Doctor's question.

While this was her future self she could have a good guess, so the Doctor shrugged, "You never know with Jack. It's equally likely that Jack got himself into trouble and ended up there the traditional way." Jack just shrugged, not protesting the accusations.

Jack asks what she thinks he's doing there; he's breaking her out. He has a temporal-freezing gateway disinhibitor bubble that freezes time temporarily and breaks through walls, only problem it doesn't last long. He activates the bubble, stepping though the electric fence to join her

Bill started snickering, earning curious glances from the rest of the group. "Sorry, sorry." She managed to get out amongst her chuckles, noticing the eyes on her. "It just looks like they're in a zorb or something."

The group gave the screen a considering look before also breaking out into laughs.

He says hello and she asks if he has had work done, he replies like she can talk! Then tells her to shut up and run

"Honestly, the two of you are terrible." River shook her head fondly at the pair beside her. The two in question just gave her matching mischievous grins.

They run the bubble down the corridor as Jack explains he heard a rumour she was there so he committed a few crimes, maybe a lot, maybe more he should have really

"Jack." Rose shook her head exasperated and disapproving, but the effect was ruined by her grin.

The Doctor asks what kind of crimes

"Not exactly the most important thing at the moment, Doctor." Martha shook her head at the Doctor's priorities.

Jack shouts turn left as they do, asking if she's going to take the moral high ground when he's breaking her out of prison. The Doctor points out the front door asking how long the bubble has left, Jack says 11 seconds so go! They arrive in a room as the bubble expires

"Cutting it a bit close." Rory winced, letting out a little sigh of relief.

Jack says it took nineteen years to get to the cell next to her, he hopes she had enough to occupy her mind

"19 Years?" Yaz latched onto Jack's words, immediately on alert. That meant the Doctor had been there longer than that, and who knows how long it took for the rumours to reach Jack. The Doctor was conveniently avoiding eye contact, never moving her gaze from the screen, she may not know the exact answer but she had a strong guess that it was significantly longer than that.

The Doctor replies too much as Jack finds his stashed vortex manipulator and an alarm sounds. Jack wondered how long that would take saying they need to go now

"Surprised it took that long." Donna snorted, "Now it's really time to get out of there."

The Doctor asks how he smuggled it in there and Jack replies does she really want him to answer that? He then says he's missed her so much and hugs her

"Jack." Rose shook her head again, far too easily able to imagine what Jack wasn't saying.

The Doctor was smiling at him, softer, "Thanks Jack." She appreciated him and everything he'd done for her; he'd taken the time to get imprisoned and help her escape despite everything she'd done to him.

"Always, Doc." Jack nodded, returning the soft smile. For once the Doctor didn't protest the nickname.

In an office, the BBC News is on tv announcing Jo Patterson as the new Prime Minister

"Escape one mess and straight into another." Amy shook her head.

Rory sighed, "Some things never change."

Leo reports that everyone has been told maximum capacity and speed and people are being trained all under NDAs and supervision which might be enough to make the deadline. Robertson tells him a good job and it is going to be good for them

"It is going to be terrible for everyone." Nardole countered.

Leo admits he can't help but feel a bit worried about the speed of it all. Robertson reassures him everyone is worried but if he wants to win, he needs to embrace uncertainty. Leo says he needs to share something about the project as he when he first started working in it, he broke it down into the tiniest components and made it his mission to understand everything about it

"He's got doubts." Clara noticed quickly, "He noticed something when he was working on the Dalek."

Martha nodded along, "He's not completely stupid. He's just an idiot." One who didn't know what he was getting into, and one who was going to listen to Robertson who was only going to push him further down the wrong path.

Robertson continues he did a good job and the machines are going to change the world. Leo argues he's not talking about the machines but what was inside originally, Robertson corrects him there was nothing inside just a burnt-out shell. Leo admits that is what he is trying to say, he found organic remains in the machine, tiny cellular traces along the casing

"The true Dalek." Jack grimaced.

Robertson asks where he is going with it and Leo says he'll show him. In the lab, Leo explains he took the cellular traces and cloned them, growing a creature – a blobby thing with tentacles in a tank

"It's worse than we thought." Mickey grimaced. Even a human cloned Dalek was not going to be friendly.

Robertson is shocked and Leo calls it beautiful

"Never mind, he's insane." Bill shook her head.

Robertson replies no, is he insane? It's disgusting, what was Leo thinking?

"For once Robertson is right." Graham allowed reluctantly.

Leo says it is intelligent and he hooked it into the intra-neural network and found flickers of activity – it understood their systems

"He gave it access?" Clara groaned, "Of course, he did." Because things just had to get worse and worse.

Robertson tells him not another word, he's overreached and wants it incinerated immediately, Leo is shocked but Robertson is determined no arguments

"Listen to him!" Amy urged Leo on screen.

"I doubt he will." Martha grimaced, otherwise they likely wouldn't be watching this.

He grabs Leo's ear adding he doesn't want to see a trace of it and it never happened, never existed, does Leo understand?

"Unfortunately, it did, and we are seeing it." Rose sighed.

Leo agrees and Robertson lets go, telling him his problem is he's too clever, and this is why people don't like experts

"You wouldn't be in this situation if you didn't steal the Dalek shell." Yaz countered, throwing her hands at the screen, still very annoyed at Robertson.

In the incinerator room, Leo apologises opening the mutant's box only for it to grab him

"Love the possession." Ryan shook his head. They'd been so close to averting disaster, but nope the Dalek's penchant for possessing people came back to cause trouble for a second new year's.

"Since when could Daleks do that?" Donna asked startled. No one provided any answers, stuck watching the screen as the situation continued to grow worse and worse.

In the office, Leo is on the phone telling his partner he's going on an urgent business trip tonight and to give the kids a kiss from him, he'll call when he can. He puts the phone down, the Dalek controlling him

"He's a puppet." Rory grimaced at the horrifying sight. It was bad enough before the Dalek was in control, now with Leo as its puppet the Dalek could cause a lot of damage.

It's on his back, calling him a good puppet. The Doctor and Jack have made it back to her own Tardis, she says she's back, and gives Jack a gold star for rescuing

Yaz, Ryan and Graham shared a long-suffering look at the reminder of the Doctor's point/reward system that came and went sporadically.

Jack mentions he told her friends if she ever needed help, he'd be there, he then compliments the Tardis upgrade asking where his room is. The Doctor claims he doesn't have a room, never did

"Lies and you know it." Jack pointed a finger at the Doctor, with a knowing smirk. "Everyone has a room and you keep them all even long after they're gone." The Doctor pointedly didn't answer, turning her eyes back to the screen.

Jack protests he has a suite with its own cocktail lounge, then he asks if her friends gave her the message about the lone Cyberman and she didn't give it the Cyberium? The Doctor replies it is a long story

"That's putting it lightly." Jack gave the Doctor a stern look. The Doctor may have got the message, but the lone Cyberman still ended up with the Cyberium. Thankfully in the end it had mostly worked out.

Jack asks what but the Doctor says she fixed it just about, sort of

"As usual." River shook her head. That described a lot of the Doctor's adventures, for better or worse.

Jack asks why she was in prison to begin with and she tells him evading the Judoon, twice at once, and then when she was in, they took 7000 over offences into consideration

"Only 7,000?" The Master spoke up with a raised eyebrow. "Why stop there?"

Jack says they stopped at seven?

Jack and the Master having the same question entertained several members of the group, but what was more amusing was the matching disgusted looks they shared as they realised that.

The Doctor says she was in prison for being her when she didn't know what that meant, adding it's been a tough few decades

Yaz's attention snapped back to the Doctor, a few decades were significantly longer than 19 years but still not anything specific. She was determined to find out how long the Doctor had been in that prison, the more the Doctor tried to avoid answering the more determined she was to find out.

Jack says she's okay now though? The Doctor replies they'll find out, waking the Tardis

"Which is Doctor for no, not at all." River gave her wife a pointedly concerned look. The Doctor didn't let her eyes waver from the screen, doing her best to avoid eye contact.

The Tardis powers up and she asks if it had a nice nap, thanking it for waiting. She adds she had a lot to think about in there and three very special people she's missed

Ryan, Yaz and Graham all gave the Doctor a warm smile, glad to know she'd been as worried about them as they'd been about her.

Jack interrupts one of them was him right, she says he never changes

"Neither do you, Doctor. Not really." Jack countered with a soft smile.

Jack counters he wishes he could say the same. The Doctor is off to find her fam

"And Robertson's mess." Yaz added on, she could guess her reaction to that.

The three of them are meeting in Graham's house, Yaz explaining what she's found do far with the remnants of the Dalek they fought being cleared but then stolen with the driver missing, presumed dead

The group shared a grimace, they all knew what had happened to the Dalek remains and driver and it wasn't anything good.

Ryan comments Robertson got his hands on it. Graham argues he can't have as they sent the creature inside it into a supernova

"A supernova?" River raised a pointed eyebrow at the trio and Doctor in turn.

Ryan looked a bit guilty but the Doctor shrugged, unrepentant. "It worked." Was her only response. River sighed, shaking her head exasperated but everyone could see the smile on the edge of her lips.

Ryan suggests there is more of them on Earth and one has Robertson under their control

"Yes and no." Ryan answered the version of himself on screen. There hadn't been any until Leo cloned one.

Yaz shushes him as they hear the distant sound of the Tardis materialising, a wind blows as air is displaced

The group all shared fond smile as the familiar sound of the Tardis materialising, it was a very distinct noise and one they all had grown to love during their adventures.

"Trouble has arrived." Rose grinned.

Jack raised an eyebrow at her with a matching grin, "Are you talking about me or the Doctor?"

Rose just stared his down, grin widening. "Yes."

Yaz begs for it to be her. The Tardis materialises and the door opens, the Doctor popping out with a hi and announcement she was in space jail

Amy shook her head at the Doctor's dramatics, they appeared after months and were immediately spouting excuses. It only mattered a little that they were legitimate ones.

Graham asks she what? As Jack appears saying guess who got her out

"The pair of you are unbelievable." Martha sighed, glancing between the Doctor and Jack who both tried to give their best false innocent look. It didn't fool anyone.

The Doctor says they all met Jack and Jack greets Graham calling him silver fox. Graham replies hello as he takes a step back

"Think he'd scared you're going to kiss him again." Mickey chuckled at Graham's quick repeat, but gave an approving nod in his direction.

"Wouldn't you?" Graham countered.

"Fair enough, mate."

Yaz tells her they were worried about her, and the Doctor asks how long it's been, a week? Two weeks? Ryan says ten months

"Your inability to steer the Tardis strikes again." Donna snorted, completely unsurprised. They'd all come to expect it from the Doctor at this point, it truly was a miracle if you ended up at the right place or time; and both at once? That was a once in a billion event.

Jack says whoops as the Doctor protests it can't be as she set identical temporal coordinated to when she sent them back. Graham chimes in that her time machine isn't the best at running on time

"Oi, don't blame the Tardis!" The Doctor protested.

"Yeah," Bill nodded, "Blame the Doctor instead."

The group snickered, ignoring the Doctor's spluttered protests.

The Doctor apologises and Ryan says it is done now, so … the Doctor vaguely agrees

"Awkward." Nardole muttered quietly to Bill, who only just managed to hide her snickers behind her hand.

Jack asks what's new on planet Earth, and Graham, Ryan, and Yaz say Dalek in sync

"Accurate." Rory nodded, "But not what you want to hear upon escaping space jail."

Amy snorted at her husband's comment, "When does anything really go the Doctor's way?"

In Osaka Japan, Leo uses a keypad to enter a building, the Dalek urging him further. Leo asks what the place is and what they have done – he sees the mutant cloning farm they've made. The Dalek says it is their project, what it built

"Well, that's not good."

"Understatement of the century Nardole." Bill countered, eyes still wide and focussed on the horrifying picture on screen like the rest of the group.

Back in the Tardis, the Doctor comments it looks like a Dalek but can't be a Dalek unless it is a Dalek

"When is a Dalek not a Dalek?" Clara mused quietly to herself.

Yaz who heard her, grimaced, "When it doesn't want to kill everything around it."

Ryan says to trust them as they've seen the footage. Yaz suggest scanning for Dalek DNA trace across the planet and Jack comments she's good

"Be nice, Jack." Rose waved a pointed finger in his direction with a warning look.

"I'm always nice!" Jack protested dramatically waving his hands around.

Mickey snorted, "That's not what I'd call it."

"Shut it, Mickey Mouse."

"Make me, Captain Cheesecake."

Ryan adds they all are. Graham says Jack's had run-ins with Daleks too then? Jack replies they killed him once, long time ago, no big deal

"People tend to need more explanation than that Jack." Martha shook her head at him, he was definitely doing some of this on purpose – and having far too much fun with it as well.

"Nah, if they've travelled with the Doctor than they're used to weird." Jack waved her off.

Ryan comments he looks pretty healthy for a corpse, and Jack agrees explain he can be killed but comes back pretty quickly, which is partially the Doctor's fault, partially a friend of theirs from earth called Rose but she's trapped in a parallel universe now. Yaz says she's what?

"Fair response." Rose grinned at Yaz. The whole group having turned to look at her as soon as her name was mentioned.

The Doctor has found Dalek DNA trace in Japan, Osaka. She adds it isn't an exact match, it's corrupted and she can't quite make sense of it

"Clone makes more sense." The Doctor nodded to herself; it would certainly explain any weird inconsistencies to a typical Dalek reading. Leo was close and certainly got the idea of a Dalek, but he didn't create an exact replica.

Jack volunteers to check it out, asking if anyone wants to come

"You really had to ask?" Amy raised an eyebrow, "Of course they're all going to come. They're already involved and been travelling with the Doctor long enough."

Yaz volunteers. Ryan and Graham want a word with Robertson so the Doctor suggest they drop Yaz and Jack off and they'll go to see Robertson. They all grab onto something as she activates the controls

"Hold tight." Donna grinned, "The Doctor's driving after all." It was very amusing to see the way that everyone automatically grabbed onto something as the Doctor took the controls, they'd all been in the Tardis enough times to have learnt.

The Tardis materialises outside Robertson's office as he's on the phone, he says he'll call them back

"Don't think he'd going to like this visit any more than he liked the last ones." Bill pointed out, admittedly a bit excited to see how annoyed he'd get at their continued appearance.

"Maybe he'll actually listen this time." Rory suggested hopefully, but not really believing that would actually be the case.

The Doctor declares if he is dealing with Daleks he's way out of his depth, Robertson asks what that thing is. The Doctor wants to know what he's doing and don't bother calling security as she blocked his phone lines. He asks what is the matter with them, and if they want to know what he's doing he'll show them himself

"Think he's in for a surprise." Clara commented. Robertson was still clueless to what was truly happening but that likely wouldn't last much longer.

He takes them to the factory floor showing off the production line. The Doctor says they're making Daleks but Robertson corrects her that their 3D-printing security drones

"Potato, Potato." Ryan muttered.

The Doctor asks what is inside and Robertson explains nothing, they're run on AI, he opens a case to show her saying they're machines and pointing out the remote signal unit. The Doctor says they're empty

"For now." River eyes the screen warily.

Amy nodded thoughtfully agreeing with her daughter, "The Dalek controlling Leo probably already has a plan to change that." The group grimaced at that thought.

She tells him he's messing with things he doesn't understand and they're modelled on the most evil killing machine in the universe. Robertson says she's getting too excited about a bunch of 3D-printed shapes

"And you're not listening." Rose countered. Just like Van Statten hadn't listened, and they'd all seen where that had got them.

Graham asks what he's doing in his facility in Osaka then? Robertson replies they don't have a facility in Osaka

"Oh yes, you do." Mickey stated. Everything was going to unravel now.

Ryan says they do but Robertson pushes they don't as he would know

"Apparently you don't know half as much as you think you do." Bill happily argued.

In Osaka, Jack and Yaz are in an agriculture park as Yaz comments on it being the future looking at the vertical farms inside. Jack explains in his time there are whole agri-planets that look like this shipping food all over galaxies

The Doctor perked up at the appearance of Yaz and Jack on screen, she was curious to know what the pair would discuss when left on their own. Yaz raised an eyebrow at herself onscreen, getting an odd feeling about where this conversation was going.

Yaz picks up on the 'his time' comment, and he says he's from the 51st century. Jack says seriously, Boeshane Peninsula and maybe he'll take her one day

"I forget you're technically an alien too." Martha remarked. Jack acted odd certainly but she often wrote that off as just being a time traveller thing.

Yaz asks if they're all like him there, and Jack says no, he's special. Then he asks if she's had a rough time without the Doctor, Yaz claims not to know what he means. Jack mentions he saw the way she shoved her, she thought she wasn't coming back, Yaz says he's guessing a lot from a shove

"He's got a bit of experience in that department." Rose smiled softly at Yaz, before sharing a long look with Jack. If anyone could understand Yaz's situation now, it was Jack.

Jack says he's had his own experience with the Doctor and Yaz says she missed her, she never stopped to think …

The Doctor glanced between the pair, feeling a bit awkward. She was getting the strong sense that she wasn't supposed to ever hear this. Yaz was glancing between the screen and the Doctor in the room, she was sure her future self would not be happy to know this conversation was being shown to the whole room.

Jack interrupts saying when he was with the Doctor, he saw more than he could ever dream then they lost each other and he didn't know what happened to the Doctor – if they were alive or if he was ever going to see him again. He adds being with the Doctor you don't get to choose when it stops, whether you leave or she leaves you.

Yaz replies it felt cruel to be shown something she couldn't have anymore, like she'd rather not have known, not have met her, being without her is worse, how do you deal with that? Jack asks how many people in the universe get to meet the Doctor, let alone travel with her? They're the lucky ones and enjoy the journey while you're on it as the joy is worth the pain

"Nicely put Harkness." River said quietly. His words resonating with the group and leaving them all in a state of contemplation, their own experiences and time with the Doctor flooding their minds. The Doctor just watched the group, feeling a bit out of place.

They round the back of the building finding a locked door

"When has that ever stopped you?" Martha snorted. The room returning to normal, after the moment of quiet following Jack's insight.

He uses a sonic gun to cut a square hole in it

"Square gun." Rose grinned fondly. That certainly brought back memories.

Yaz thanks him and goes through, he asks if that's it? Yaz replies does he feel insecure? Cause he seems to need a lot of praise

"Ooh, she got you there." Mickey cheered, glad to see Jack taken down a peg (in a friendly way).

Jack replies, does he?

"Absolutely." Yaz doubled down on her future self's declaration. She'd only seen evidence to confirm her words after all during these videos.

They move into the mutant cloning farm, Yaz points them out saying they were inside the Dalek they met. Jack adds they're inside every Dalek and this is a clone farm, they're growing Daleks

"Worst kind of farm ever." Ryan grimaced.

Patterson holds a press conference outside No 10. Downing street. She talks of great opportunities coming, and right now they all crave security so she pledges to bring stability and security to them, to make this a new age of security

"Security is the last thing anyone is going to have." Clara remarked, unimpressed by Patterson's statement.

In the Tardis, they've brought Robertson who is confused about what si going on. The Doctor is getting them to Osaka, fast. Robertson asks what the blue box is, is it a doorway? It can't be, it was in his hallway, he doesn't understand

"No one explain it to him." Bill grinned, far too excited to see his reaction and confusion.

The Tardis is in flight and Ryan asks if they should explain it to him, Graham says no as it is more fun to watch him struggle

"Glad you agree." Bill grinned at the two.

The Doctor says as hard as it is to understand, this isn't about him but the Daleks. Robertson tells them to stop using that word as it has no meaning. The Doctor argues it does, to billions it means hate, and if they aren't stopped it will spread. Never underestimate a Dalek

"I doubt even that is going to get through to him." Clara pointed out; they were all too familiar with his type to be too hopeful.

Patterson continues her press conference, unveiling a new solution to their problem, alleviating pressure on police and security staff without draining public spending. Four Daleks trundle into view

"I bet UNIT and anyone who has had the misfortune of seeing a Dalek before just had a heart attack." Amy remarked.

Yaz, Graham, Ryan and the Doctor all shared a look. This was in the brief time when UNIT had been disbanded, but there were certainly people on Earth who would have known a Dalek on sight.

In Osaka, Jack calls Yaz to hurry up and help him. She's busy taking a sample of the liquid, wanting to know what its feeding on as it might give them a clue on how to stop them. Jack says they're going to blow them up, that's how they stop them

"Two very different approaches." Rory raised an eyebrow.

Donna just nodded, "You can tell who has been travelling with the Doctor recently." While the Doctor was prone to blowing things up, they usually tried the science and diplomatic reasoning approach first. Yaz was trying to find answers, and Jack was just excited for fireworks.

He sets up explosives around canister supports but one mutant is out and, on the move, mucus drops and Jack looks up as it jumps on his face

"You have company." Mickey pointed out a bit pointlessly. The room had all tensed up as the situation escalated and an immediate threat to their lives presented itself.

"You don't say." Jack drawled.

Yaz shouts to him as another leaps on her back. Jack pulls it off his face, blasting it with his gun, he helps get the one off Yaz

"Might be time to get out of there." Martha encouraged.

Patterson continues they will see the new defence drones at work on British streets, at their borders and national monuments, they will make Britain more secure – they're deployed

"Of course, they've already been deployed." Clara sighed. That meant more people were at risk and the group had more ground to cover to stop the Daleks when everything inevitably went wrong.

In the Tardis, Ryan pulls on a beanie hat and the Doctor comments he does love them, one of the first thing she noticed when they met, not everyone can carry off a yellow beanie, that's a lad to reply on. They're four minutes out from Osaka

"Is this you attempting an emotional conversation?" Rose asked with a raised eyebrow at the Doctor, "Somehow you've gotten even worse at them." The Doctor pouted slightly but didn't disagree.

She apologises for the ten months, Ryan replies you never really get the hang of this thing. She missed them all and he says they missed her too

"I don't know which of you two is worse here." Yaz glanced between the two. Suddenly her emotional chat with Jack seemed a lot better than this … wreck of a conversation.

She asks that they've been good though? He replies maybe it's what he needed

Martha glanced at Ryan curious, she was getting a familiar feeling from the younger man. She had a strong suspicion she might know how this video ends for him.

The Doctor replies yeah, maybe it was. Ryan adds he saw his dad and she asks how it was, is he alright?

"I'm guessing there's a story there." Bill asked curiously, raising an eyebrow at Ryan.

He just shook his head, "It's a long story." If they needed to know, they'd find out eventually. Until then, he wasn't ready to share it.

Ryan says he's back on the rigs again, due back in a few weeks but they're good. He's reconnecting him, has time to see his mates, see what was going on as there is lots of work to be done on Earth

"Always is." Mickey nodded, sharing a look with his wife.

The Doctor comments it sounds like he enjoyed being back, he replies it is home. Then he asks what is happening with her home, she tells him all life was destroyed thanks to the death particle and Ko Sharmus

Several members of the group winced at the reminder of what happened on Gallifrey, this conversation just kept getting worse and worse.

Ryan asks about the Master; what did he want with her?

"What does he ever want?" Jack scowled, glaring at the Master who'd been observing quietly from his corner. At the mention of Gallifrey and his own name, he'd sat up straighter.

She claims it doesn't matter now

"Oh, it always matters my dear." The Master smirked. The Doctor gave him a wary look before turning back to the screen. If he'd escaped Gallifrey then she should probably be wary of what scheme he was cooking up; because there was no doubt, he was up to something.

Ryan says no, don't give him that, he sees what she is doing, trying to avoid the situation. They've known each other a long time now, he knows when somethings changed. The Doctor admits she isn't what she thought she was, the story of her life isn't true as she wasn't born on Gallifrey, the truth has been hidden from her, and she doesn't know how much

"And you've had far too much time to think about it in that prison cell." Clara muttered, giving the Doctor a concerned look. They never did well on their own, the Confession Dial was testament to that. The Doctor landing in prison after all the revelations of the Timeless Child was not an optimum situation.

Ryan asks how she feels about that. She says angry mostly, she kept thinking about it when locked away – who is she if she isn't who she thought she was. Ryan tells her she's the Doctor, same as before, same as always

"Same trouble finding alien mess as always." Bill smiled softly at the Doctor; the Doctor's responding smile was wobbly but present.

She says right, same Doctor, same Ryan, nothing's changed. Ryan denies it, saying he didn't say that, things change all the time and they should as they have to, same with people. He adds sometimes they get a bit scared because new can be scary, right?

Graham nudged Ryan, grabbing his attention and giving him a proud smile. The pair may be slightly emotionally constipated but they were trying and Ryan was giving some decent advice.

The Doctor agrees new can be very scary and Ryan says once they're down with the Dalek problem, she ca find out about her own life, confront the new or old and everything will be alright

"Maybe not everything." Ryan fixed his future self's advice, "But you'll be starting down the right path."

She asks will it, then thanks him for being her friend, he thanks her for being his. They arrive in Osaka

"Finally." Yaz sighed, "Not sure how much of that I could take." Despite her words she gave the pair fond smiles.

Jack hears the noise saying he's missed that sound

Jack smiled fondly, nodding along with his future self on screen. That was putting it lightly.

Robertson asks what just happened and Ryan and Graham decide to still not tell him

"Keep him confused as long as possible." Clara chuckled; enjoying Robertson's confusion like many of the people in the room.

Robertson asks where he is, Yaz asks if they really had to bring him. Graham and Yaz are happy to see each other

"You saw each other like an hour or two ago." Ryan looked between the pair on screen and the pair in the room confused by their reaction to each other.

"Don't look at us, son." Graham shrugged, "This is the future for us as well."

Robertson asks what the mutant things are and the Doctor explains the are creatures that live inside Daleks, asking who built all of it. Leo (possessed still) declares he has

"And he shows himself finally." Amy crossed her arms, narrowing her eyes, very suspicious about where this was going.

The Doctor warns Robertson not to get close, Robertson tells Leo he warned him about that thing. The Doctor asks what Leo has done, the Dalek consciousness can love within the tiniest fragment of DNA, he wasn't to know but they're going to get him out of alive. The Dalek claims they give the body false hope

"They remain completely aware of the possession?" Martha asked looking horrified.

The Doctor grimaced but nodded, "Unfortunately."

The Doctor wants to know how they've built all of it. Leo explains they connected themselves into the neural network and inserted herself into the organisation, located this place and created it. Robertson says that's not possible, where did he get the purchase order numbers to begin with?

Mickey snorted, "He really has his priorities sorted."

Martha raised an eyebrow at her husband, making Mickey shrug. "What?" he continued, "I didn't say it was a good order.

Ryan asks if that is what is bothering him most right now? Leo continues he used the systems to buy this building and order the equipment and hire people to construct it. Yaz asks where all the workers are

"I think we can guess." Rory grimaced, all too aware of what likely had happened anyone misfortunate enough to have worked there.

Leo says when the experiments were working, they became unnecessary and were found another use. Jack says they're feeing cloned Dalek creatures liquidised humans

"That's horrifying." Bill muttered wide eyed at the screen, grimacing. She was getting increasingly grateful that she'd had minimum contact with the Daleks herself.

Robertson declares it a PR disaster

"He really never stops." Yaz shook her head sighing.

The Doctor has something that's really bugging her but can't work it out. Yaz asks if it is the lights as they've been changing really slowly since they've been there

"Observant." River nodded approvingly at Yaz.

The Doctor agrees it is, thanks Yaz. Why is that important? There's too much going on, where was she? Right, how are they getting off the planet? The Dalek declares they won't

"Ah, so world conquering it is." Jack nodded, understanding the Dalek's plan quickly. "Just a normal Tuesday."

Leo continues the planet is theirs, it will be converted. Yaz asks converted into what?

"Good question." Amy pointed out, "Usually it's just world domination and kill everything."

They plan to use the planet as a base to conquer this sector of the universe

"Fun times." Nardole frowned.

The Doctor says there is a long way from squatting in a Japanese lab and subjugating humanity, they don't even have bodies, and the shells aren't weaponised, they aren't proper Daleks, he built them

"I wouldn't bet against it." Rose shook her head.

Yaz asks what the matter is, and the Doctor replies the lights. Leo says the shells were built in their factories; do they really think it didn't augment the designs? The Doctor asks where the lights are as they have to turn them off!

"Ah." River suddenly grimaced, glancing at her wife who just nodded. They'd both worked out what the light meant.

"Ah?" Martha questioned, glancing between the pair.

The Doctor just frowned and waved back to the screen; they were sure they'd see soon.

Jack asks why and she explains they're ultraviolet which the Recon Dalek used to come back together. Leo shouts activate and all the clones vanish from their tanks

"So much for them not being able to use the shells." Clara sighed, shaking her head. The situation was just about to get even worse.

Leo says its project will be complete as they transmat into shells, the new Dalek army shall have one purpose

"Let me guess, Exterminate?" Amy crossed her arms unimpressed.

The water jet is now an energy weapon as in research labs, institutions, borders and national monuments, Daleks shout exterminate and people die

"They didn't waste any time." Mickey scowled at the screen as the Daleks immediately started to attack, killing innocent people.

Patterson is still at the conference, saying there are some teething issues with the drone but she appeals for people to keep calm as the drones are completely under control and they're working to shut them down

"She has no idea what's coming." Rose shook her head. They could all predict what was going to happen next, and the inability to stop it or change anything was infuriating.

A Dalek approaches saying they will not be shut down, Daleks are extreme. Patterson calins it must be some sort of hoke, and then she doesn't surrender. The Dalek exterminate her, claiming the territory as the property of Daleks, all humanity will be exterminated

The group winced as Patterson was killed; she may have helped cause this mess and may not have been morally correct at times but she didn't deserve to die like that. Nor did anyone else that had already or were going to die before the group stopped them.

In Osaka, the Doctor ask Robertson how many Daleks he built. He doesn't know, estimating thousands when she pushes

Jack whistled lowly, "That's no small army." It wasn't going to be easy to defeat that many Daleks, let alone quickly enough to reduce casualties.

The Doctor says the Dalek doesn't have to kill Leo. It agrees it does not have to, but …

"They do it anyway because it's a Dalek." Clara stated solemnly, sharing a long look with the Doctor.

He gets zapped, and Leo apologises as he dies.

The group gave Leo a moment of silence. He may have been too smart for his own good, cloning the Dalek and getting them further into this mess but he certainly hadn't deserved to be controlled and then killed like that.

DOCTOR: No weapons. No time to think. All that time in a cell wondering who I am. I'm the Doctor. I'm the one who stops the Daleks. All of you, to the Tardis now!

"Hope you've got a plan Doctor." Ryan nodded at the Doctor in the room with them. Their future wasn't exactly looking bright at the moment.

"I hope so too, Ryan." The Doctor frowned at the screen, mentally running through all the options and trying to come up with a plan or figure out what was going to happen.

They run to the Tardis, the Dalek has only one thing she can think of – a nuclear option that might backfire

"As normal." Martha shook her head, but everyone could see the fond smile fighting at the corner of her mouth.

Jack tells her if that's what he thinks she's thinking, she better stop thinking it now, it's too risky. Yaz asks how risky and Jack replies planet threatening. The Doctor asks if they have any better ideas as she's all ears, he has nothing

"How do we always get in these situations?" Jack sighed; this mess was bringing back far too memories most unpleasant.

Ryan asks what they're going to do and the Doctor explains they're built from the original Reconnaissance Dalek so she's going to give them what they wanted to begin with. Yaz asks what she's doing and Jack says something you never want to do

"That's something we do on the regular, but not an actual answer." Yaz countered, turning to Jack and the Doctor in the room with them having guessed they'd worked out what their future selves were planning.

The pair shared a look, confirming Yaz's theory. Jack broke eye contact first, shaking his head as he turned to Yaz, "Just watch."

Graham asks her what she's done and the Doctor admits she sent a message through the timelines into the Vortex as she knows what they're like – sharks in the water, always ready

"Wait?" Rory leaned forward in his chair, blinking as he tried to work out what the Doctor had just done. "You just called for more Daleks? Are you crazy?"

"No more than normal." The Doctor grimaced, hoping sincerely that her future self's plan would work.

Somewhere in space, a Dalek saucer gets a reconnaissance signal, and program their destination for Earth preparing for resistance

"They got your message." Rose commented with a frown at the sight of the Dalek ship. "Let's hope you know what you're doing Doctor."

Robertson asks who's in the saucer, and the Doctor tells him something you never want to see arrive on your planet – Death Squad Daleks like the SAS of Daleks

"So, the exact opposite of what you want." Bill waved her hands around, confused at what the Doctor was planning.

Clara shook her head, leaning forward and narrowing her eyes as a thought came to mind. Giving the Doctor a considering look she cast her gaze back to the screen, "Or exactly what you want in this situation."

Jack adds they're way more brutal as the Doctor says it is their best hope right now. Graham points out they're going to kill more humans but she argues they don't care about humans, they are the enforcers of the Dalek race

"And the Daleks attacking Earth aren't pure." Yaz realised, eyes lighting up as she caught onto the Doctor's plan.

"Exactly." The Doctor nodded proudly. She just had to hope she was correct that they cared more about the other Daleks.

"Wait, but how are you getting rid of the winners?" Ryan asked.

The Doctor but her lip, "Good question. Haven't quite worked that bit out yet, but hoping future me has."

"Great." Graham shook his head, that didn't sound promising.

Yaz summarises to fight Daleks she brought more Daleks. The Doctor says yeah, but they don't know she's behind the transmission and it's important they don't know she's there as they have a history and aren't best mates

"That's putting things lightly." Amy snored. The Doctor regularly earned her title of the Daleks' number one enemy.

Graham says alright, if her plan works and his set of Daleks kills Robertson's lot. Robertson cuts in to say they aren't his

"Not the time Robertson." Yaz shook her head.

Graham continues how do they get rid of the new ones? The Doctor says that's phase two of the plan and will be down to them

"Oh, so you do have a plan." Rory noted hopeful yet still with a hint of doubt.

In the streets flying Daleks take pot-shots, killing people and mocking them as they will be exterminated and the New Dalek Army will take control. The Dalek saucer arrives in Japan

"Daleks vs Daleks." Mickey leaned forward, "Is it bad that I'm kind of excited to see this play out?"

"Yes." Martha declared but matched her husband's posture, eyes latched on the screen curious.

The supreme Dalek on board demands analysis and one reports rogue creatures found below with mutated Dalek DNA. The supreme preps them for maximum extermination

"Maximum extermination, hmm." Nardole muttered quietly, raising an eyebrow.

The Tardis is parked on top of the Clifton Suspension Bridge as Daleks fly over trying to detect the rogue Daleks to destroy them. A squad lands and faces a group of defence drones

"Show down." Bill cheered quietly.

The Drones declares Daleks are already I control and identify as Daleks, but the actual Daleks declares that incorrect as they detect anomalies – Dalek DNA merged with human traces

"They're really not going to like that." Clara declared, leaning back in her seat. Mutated Dalek DNA was bad enough, but with human traces? That was even worse. The last video had proven that too.

The Drones argues they mutated to survive as the real Daleks declare they must have purity so exterminate! From above, the Doctor remarks that for a race born of a mutation the Daleks are fairly obsessed with purity

"Hypocritical." River stated, "As many things are."

Robertson is bemoaning the loss of product saying maybe he can make a claim on insurance

"He really never stops, does he?" Rose scowled, all these mentions of Dalek mutations reminding her too much of the video they'd just watched which she wasn't a big fan off. There were certainly similarities between Robertson and Van Statten, and she doubted Robertson was done making bad decisions.

The Doctor orders him back into the Tardis but he retorts he doesn't take orders from her and those are powerful, intelligent creatures so he's backing them

"It's official. He's reached peak stupidity." Yaz scowled at the screen. The only thing helping the Daleks was going to do was cause more trouble and get Robertson killed.

The Doctor tells him not to be stupid as they will kill him. He doesn't think so, saying goodbye, she calls after him but he doesn't turn. The Tardis dematerialises as the Daleks have obliterated the drones

"Time for part B of that plan, Doctor." Amy declared. The drones were gone but they still had to get rid of the actual Daleks.

Robertson approaches them saying he comes in peace, and when asks who he is, he declares he speaks for humanity

"No, he certainly does not!" Donna protested furiously.

The Daleks asks if he is the leader of the planet and he says he is, he's the best ally they have here

"He's enjoying having power far too much." Ryan shook hie head scowling.

"He doesn't even have any actual power." Graham protested.

Ryan just waved him off, "That doesn't matter to him."

The Daleks say they don't need allies but Robertson argues he knows how Earth works and has information, he can guide them

"They don't care about that." Mickey shook his head at Robertson, he really wasn't one for listening.

The Dalek declares they have no need of guidance from humans and he is unimportant. Robertson tries to keep himself alive by saying he's no ordinary human, and once they're done destroying the Dalek impurities, they'll want the planet too, right?

"Is he seriously trying to sell out Earth?" Bill shook her head, but wasn't entirely surprised by the lengths Robertson was going to. He had a shovel and was very prepare to dig his own grave.

A Dalek asks if he would betray his own race, betray humanity? Robertson says sure, he has some information, mentioning the signal that brought them there

"He better not." River scowled at the screen, grabbing the Doctor's hand for comfort. Telling the Daleks exactly who had brough them here was only going to end in more trouble.

The Dalek demands an explanation, and Robertson demands to meet who's in charge first, take him to their leader

"He's been wanting to say that for a while." Jack sighed, unsurprised at this point.

In the Tardis, the Doctor declares phase one is working with the real Daleks destroying the clones, so now onto phase two. How does Jcak feel about boarding an SAS Dalek ship? He asks if he can blow it up and she says yes

"Then, absolutely." Jack grinned, saluting the Doctor who rolled her eyes at his dramatics.

Jack says that's his kind of plan, he has Dalek issues

"You don't say." Rose drawled, giving Jack a deadpanned look. Jack knew her well enough to see the genuine concern peeking through; if anyone knew how many bad memories this video might be bringing up it was Rose.

Ryan asks if he's serious and Jack replies you never forget your first death

"Seriously, one day you're going to tell us that story." Ryan pointed at the man in the room with them,

Jack shrugged, "I'm sure it will be shown at some point." He glanced at Rose and the Doctor who shared a frown, it wasn't like it was an insignificant event after all.

Ryan volunteers him and Graham to come with him, Graham asks are they, and Ryan tells him it is a big ship and Jack is one guy, if they don't help, the human race is going down

"You just want to help blow stuff up." Yaz grinned at Ryan.

"Maybe a little." Ryan admitted, able to guess his future self's reasoning. What he didn't add was that it also left Yaz and the Doctor alone to work out their own issues after the separation.

Graham agrees, and Jack asks the Doctor if she's okay with that

The Doctor snorted, "Since when could I stop anyone of you doing anything you set your minds on? You're all far too stubborn for your own good."

"Learnt from the best." River countered with a fond smile.

The Doctor replies she couldn't stop them even if she wanted to, and tells them no detonation until they are sure the SAS Daleks have destroyed all of Robertson's creations. Yaz adds and not before they're clear of the Dalek ship obviously

The Doctor's hand tensed in River's hold, drawing a concerned frown to her wife's lips. Glancing to the Doctor beside her, found her eyes glazed over, mind obviously somewhere in the past rather than focused on the screen. She wondered what part of Yaz's words had triggered the reaction, but didn't question it, just squeezing their joined hands to remind the Doctor she was there.

Slowly, the Doctor's attention turned back to the present, eventually she managed a slightly shaky smile and

Ryan says obviously as they didn't come this far just to get exterminated

"Not a nice way to go." Jack nodded, wincing at the memory of the pain. Rose glanced at him in concern, but her just waved her off.

Jack tells them to hold tight as he activates his vortex manipulator

The Doctor shook her head at the device, "Nasty time travel."

"But effective." Jack countered. "And gives you less bruises than your driving does." The Doctor pouted in response as several members of the group snickered.

The three arrive on the Dalek saucer. Jack points out the way to command centre telling them not to go that way as most the Daleks will be there. He then checks they're clear on what to do and Ryan replies they spread the bomb things around and don't get killed

"Simple mission." Rory nodded.

"But unlikely to stay that way long." Amy added on making Rory sigh at his wife's pessimistic (but likely accurate) attitude.

Jack wishes them luck and leaves them. Graham declares this is his and Ryan's area of expertise – first the Cyber dudes now the Daleks, no alien ship is safe from them two bad boys

"Cyber dudes?" Bill chuckled as Ryan groaned, embarrassed.

Graham offers a fist bump that Ryan doesn't return, telling him to stop talking weird

"Oh, Ryan." Yaz grinned teasing, "Graham was just trying to fit in."

"Don't you start." Ryan rolled his eyes as Graham looked between the two a bit lost.

An alert goes around the ship as internal sensors report non-Dalek life forms on board, ordering them to seek, locate and exterminate

"That didn't take long." Martha sighed. The deadliest game of hide and seek had just begun.

Jack avoids a patrol and overhears Robertson asking who's in charge as he wants to talk to the boss

"He's still alive?" Mickey asked, genuinely surprised at that. They'd have thought he would have annoyed the Daleks enough to kill him by now.

"Apparently." Yaz shrugged, frowning. If Robertson revealed the Doctor was behind the signal it could put their whole mission in jeopardy, and Ryan, Graham and Jack were frightening close to too many Daleks for comfort.

The supreme tells him to speak. Robertson says he's on their side and to prove that he can tell them they're heading into a trap as the person who summoned them is called the Doctor

The room all groaned in sync. They'd all been expecting it, but it didn't make it any less frustrating to see.

"Because he couldn't get any worse." Bill shook her head.

Rose sighed, "There goes the element of surprise." She nodded at Ryan, Graham and Jack. "You might want to hurry up with planting those explosives." The sooner they got out of there the better.

The supreme declares the Doctor the enemy of the Daleks, Robertson knows, saying here's the deal, they let him live and he helps them find her

"That idiot." River scowled at the screen; as if she didn't dislike Robertson enough.

"Humans." The Master spoke up from his corner, snorting degradingly at the screen. No one graced him with a response, though a few noted curiously that he only spoke up when the Doctor was being endangered by Robertson.

Jack is in disbelief as he listens in. A Dalek warns of an incoming emergency spatial shift and a drone Dalek arrives telling them it is a Dalek and to not exterminate

"Please tell me they are not about to team up against the Doctor." Clara groaned, shaking her head in disbelief. The plan had been going so well, and Robertson just had to ruin it!

The supreme declares they have exterminated all impurities and it is the last one

"The final one?" Martha noted quickly, "That's good news." That significantly lowered the number of Daleks on Earth down and just left the actual ones (who were more dangerous admittedly but one problem at a time).

The drone argues it is not impure; it is a survivor as the last remains of a reconnaissance scout and it surveyed the planet and attempted to alert the fleet, it has given its life for the Dalek cause. The supreme insists it is pure but the drone argues it can be purified. The supreme doesn't agree saying exterminate

"Thank god." Donna nodded relived as the Dalek did not even consider the drone's offer. The last thing they needed was more Daleks with a grudge against the Doctor.

Robertson sneaks away

"So, he does have some sense of self-preservation." Mickey snorted as he noticed Robertson sneak away as the Daleks dealt with the final drone.

"I think that's the least of his problems." Yaz countered with a scowl.

Ryan and Graham meet back up with Jack reporting all explosives are laid and they're good to go. Jack replies sort of and contacts the Doctor when Graham asks what he means, over the comms he says he has good news and bad news

"Good news: ship is ready to go boom. Bad news: we've been rumbled." Jack summarised.

Jack reports the good news is the last of Robertson's Daleks has been destroyed

"That too." He added on. Part A of the plan had been successful, they just had to hope part B would go just as well.

The Doctor asks if he can stop there and pretend there is no bad news

"I wish." River sighed. Yet, there always seemed to be bad news.

Jack ignores her and tells her the bad news is that Robertson is negotiating with the Daleks and sold her out. The Daleks knows it was her who brought them there as a trap. The Doctor replies she knew she wouldn't like the bad news

"That's the reason it's called 'bad', Doctor." Amy pointed out with a cheeky grin. The Doctor just rolled her eyes at her mother-in-law.

Yaz asks what they do. The Doctor is running through the options which aren't great – even if they blow up the ship, there are still SAS Daleks running around Earth and they now know she's there

"Bait." Clara sighed, quickly figuring out their only option. It was the answer far too much of the time.

"Unfortunately." The Doctor agreed with a grimace.

Yaz says they have to keep her out their way them, the Doctor says or … then shushes Yaz as she's working. Yaz asks her to tell her, but the Doctor says she'll have to trust her, asking when has she ever let her down before? She won't disappear again

Ryan whistled lowly, glancing quickly between Yaz and the Doctor, the atmosphere in the room a bit awkward now.

"Well, that's a loaded statement."

"Jack!"

The Tardis is in flight. Yaz replies she will, one day she will

"Yaz…" The Doctor trailed off, unsure what to say.

Yaz just shook her head, not meeting the Doctor's eyes, instead glancing around the rest of the room at all the understanding looks and smiles from previous companions. It was a fact; one she'd just have to get used to one day; but at least she knew she wouldn't be alone when that day eventually came.

The Tardis lands and Yaz asks where they are. The Doctor tells her to come here and monitor the timer, before telling Jack to be ready to get everyone off the ship and detonate, Yaz will tell them when

"No one even think about self-sacrifice." The Doctor waved a finger at the four sternly. She wasn't sure she could deal with that again.

"Same back at you Doctor." Jack gave her a pointed look, which she answered with a stiff nod. Understood.

Jack asks what about the other Daleks and she replies she's dealing with them. On the saucer, Robertson is lost

"What's he expecting?" Rory asked confused about what Robertson was aiming for now.

An alarm sounds and Robertson says it doesn't sound good, asking a Dalek if it wants to get that. The Dalek orders him to remain there, also ordering Dalek units to central control as the Doctor is detected and the Tardis location identified

"Your plan's working." Rose nodded at the Doctor. They just had to hope it would keep working.

The guys grab Robertson, and Graham asks for one good reason they should save his life, Robertson suggests money

Ryan let out a frustrated noise, how could Robertson still be this stupid?

Jack votes for leaving him there, Graham agrees. A Dalek spots them and they move

Several members of the group nodded or made rumbles of agreement, yet they all knew none of them would actually do it no matter how annoying Robertson was.

Mid-air, Daleks have located the Tardis surrounding it. The Doctor shouts them over

"I hope you have a plan here Doctor." River gave her wife a worried look.

"So do I." She admitted, reassuring no one.

The Doctor says it is her and she called them there and they came like obedient little pets, thanks for solving her problem. A Dalek protests they are not pets of the Doctor. She argues they are and why, what are they going to do about it? Because she is just standing there in her Tardis. The Daleks shout to attack the Tardis and exterminate her. She pushes both doors open and the Daleks fly inside

"I'm sorry, what?" Donna exclaimed in disbelief as the Doctor just let the Daleks enter the Tardis. The group was all shooting the Doctor concerned and confused looks, to which she just shrugged. She wasn't entirely sure what her future-self had planned; they'd just have to watch to find out.

On the saucer, Graham asks if they are sure this is the right way and Ryan argues there are Daleks everywhere

"There's only one way and that's out, away from the Daleks." Rory declared.

Ryan snorted, "That still doesn't help us actually get out."

Graham says they have to get out of there. A Dalek finds them declaring them intruders, and Robertson says it is a terrible rescue

"It wasn't exactly planned as a rescue." Martha pointed out, rolling her eyes at Robertson.

They're surrounded and the Daleks order them not to move. Ryan asks are they ready, does he detonate?

"No!" Yaz exclaimed, shooting forward in her seat. The Doctor matched her panic look, both shaking their heads at Ryan.

"Okay, okay." Ryan raised his hands in mock surrender.

Jack says almost, grab hold

"Time to get out of there." Amy urged the group.

"Past time." Clara agreed.

Yaz tells Jack now! Get off the ship. The Dalek orders them to identify and Jack introduces himself saying he's immortal and activating the vortex manipulator before the Daleks fire. The saucer explodes

Rose shook her head, fond smile on her face. "Had to get the last word in, didn't you Jack?"

In a Tardis the Supreme declares the Dalek craft destroyed, another Dalek asks where the Doctor is, telling them to search the Tardis. A hologram of the Doctor appears telling them they fell for the old switcheroo, awkward, as this isn't her Tardis, it's a spare she had lying around and she used the chameleon circuit to make it look like hers, and look who fell for it

The group let out a sigh of relief as the Doctor revealed the part of the plan that meant she wasn't in actual danger and the Daleks weren't in the real Tardis.

The Dalek argues they shall find her as they have control of a Tardis

"I don't think that will last long." Martha grinned, not doubting the Doctor had planned this far ahead for once.

The Doctor argues no they don't as she has more bad news – she programmed it to fold in on itself and send itself to the heart of the Void which will break it apart and destroy them in the process. She thanks them for their help today but she won't be seeing them later

"Cold, Doctor." Despite her words, Bill was grinning as the last part of the Doctor's plan revealed itself to them.

"That's one way to deal with the Daleks." Jack nodded approvingly at the Doctor.

The Dalek declares she will not escape them, she declares she will, every time

"They never learn." Amy shook her head at the Daleks. They were always so confident that this would be the time they killed the Doctor, and they were always proven wrong in the end.

The Tardis dimensions fold down to a dot and vanishes. In the actual Tardis, the men materialise and Ryan says that was horrible

"Nasty way to travel."

"You've already said, Doctor."

Graham feels sick and Robertson asks what just happened to him

"No one explain anything to him." Bill immediately declared, "He's lost any privilege for explanations." He'd already proven he couldn't be trusted with it, plus it was entertaining to see how confused he got.

Jack asks if they did it, Yaz say they did! The Doctor tells them the Daleks are exiled and now Robertson has a lot of explaining to do. Robertson claims to be deliberately acting as a decoy

"I'd say make Robertson explain." Clara started, "But I don't think you want that." He'd likely take credit for everything and put some weird twist on the whole story as if he wasn't the cause behind it all to begin with.

Back at Graham's home, a news report is on saying people are calling Jack Robertson the saviour of humanity, the man who stood up to the intruders, and there are rumours he might be in line for an honorary knighthood. The reporter says Robertson speaks from his home in the US

"Seriously!" Ryan groaned, throwing his hands up in frustration.

Robertson claims he did only what any man, any human person would do. The reported continues there is even talk of a revived presidential run for him

"Please don't let that idiot run a country." Yaz begged any higher being that may be listening. The last thing they needed was Robertson in a place of more power.

Graham tells the tv off asking if Ryan can believe it, Ryan can

"When do things work out for us." Yaz shook her head.

Graham says they should go and meet the Doc, he leaves the room, and Ryan mutters yeah

Martha glanced between the pair, focusing her attention more on Ryan. She had a funny feeling she knew what was still to come.

The Tardis is parked outside the block of flats. Jack is on call with the Doctor apologising as he lost track of time, but Gwen Cooper sends her love. Gwen took out a Dalek with a moped and her son's boxing glove, but anyway, he's going to stick around on Earth and catch up with her so he'll call her

Jack cheered up, grinning at the mention of Gwen and her family. It was good to know they were safe and still fighting.

"Go Gwen." Martha laughed; one of the few in the room who had actually met Gwen or any of the old Torchwood team.

The Doctor sends her love back to Gwen and says bye. She turns to the fam saying she thought they could try the Meringue Galaxy which is a restaurant where every course is meringue and the furniture and waiters! She asks if they're all set

"Doubt you'll actually make it there." Mickey laughed, but that was the fun of the adventure really. You never really knew where you'd end up. Martha shook her head, but kept her focus on Ryan; noticing how quiet he was.

Graham and Yaz are but Ryan says nah, he thinks he's going to stay here

Yaz jolted in her seat, startled by Ryan's words and turning to face him beside her. Despite this being in the future, Ryan didn't seem surprised by what future him had just said; somehow it felt … right.

"What, Ryan?" Yaz finally found her voice.

Ryan shook his head, not answering either Yaz's questions or Graham's concerned looks. Instead, he found his gaze drawn to Martha across the room who was smiling softly. Upon noticing his attention, she gave him a nod of acknowledgement and understanding.

It was Martha that answered in Ryan's place, having had more time to learn how to vocalise everything he was feeling; "Sometimes, it's just time."

Ryan continues his mates need him, and he knows it sounds stupid but he feels like the planet needs him too. You have to fight for it right? He says before he met her, he didn't know what he wanted to do with his life, but now, now he knows

"You understand right?" Ryan asked a bit nervously, eyes not quite meeting the Doctor's.

The Doctor offered a smile, bittersweet but proud of him, "I do. This life, it takes a toll on people and … it makes you decide what is most important for you. Ryan?" She waited for him to finally meet her eyes, "Being able to stop, to know when it's time to leave; that's one of the bravest things you can do." The Doctor gave him a firm nod, before turning her gaze to Martha who met her eyes unwavering. An understanding passed between the two of them; neither had taken their separation well but it had been the best thing that could have possibly happened for them and their relationship. It had just taken them time to realise that.

The Doctor replies ten months, he made it back too late, missed her time with him. Ryan asks if they're hugging or … they hug

"Oh." Clara grinned at the Doctor, "Look at you. So much for no hugs."

The Doctor turns to the other two asking about them, are they going to …? Yaz stays say, absolutely

Jack snorted, giving Yaz a pointed look that unnerved her slightly. She had a distinct feeling that Jack could see right through her.

The Doctor is happy, Yaz says she's not ready to let her go yet, that's alright, isn't it?

River and Jack shared a fond look, shaking their heads at the pair who didn't notice.

Ryan says of course it is alright; she needs her. The Doctor celebrates the yes from Yaz and Ryan jokes she's getting over him leaving quickly. She replies two hearts – one happy, one sad

"And she'll have a breakdown when you aren't around to witness it." River called the Doctor out, earning an annoyed glare from the Doctor who was unable to deny it.

Ryan tells Yaz to make sure the Doctor doesn't get into any trouble, Yaz replies that will be difficult and she's holding him responsible for the planet while she's away

"Big responsibility." Ryan raised an eyebrow at Yaz.

Yaz smiled earnestly, "You've got this." No more words were needed; all was understood and accepted.

Ryan says deal. The Doctor turns to Graham, and Ryan tells him it is alright, he's all grown now, he can go with them

"Don't even start." Graham shook his head, turning a stern smile on Ryan. "Like I'm going to let you go on your next adventure without me." Ryan's smile turned more sincere. He may have told Graham it was okay to go, but he couldn't deny the relief as Graham instantly made his choice.

Graham says you know, there's lots to explore, much more to see, but he doesn't want to miss out on Ryan, being there without him ain't going to be the same. He'll always be looking around to say stuff to him, Ryan is his family. He turns to the Doctor, he remembers what she said, they won't come back the same people and she's right, just not in the way he thought. He's ready, he wants to be at home with his grandson. He sees Ryan's look and asks what?

"Good on you both." Jack nodded approvingly of the pair, sharing a long look with Martha. Learning how to leave was the hardest part of being with the Doctor, but it was something they all had to do one way or another eventually. Even Yaz would have to learn that sooner rather than later.

Ryan replies he thought he'd have the place to himself, you know

"That plan's gone out the window." Bill grinned at Ryan. The group were all glad this separation was going well; it was bittersweet to watch but no one had died or ended up helplessly trapped somewhere else.

Graham laughs no such luck. He says he's sure he'll see Yaz soon, keep doing humanity proud. She replies she'll miss him

"You better come visit." Graham pointed at Yaz with a stern smile.

"You couldn't get rid of me if you tried." Yaz laughed, almost watery as she fought the tears that were pooling at the corner of her eyes.

Graham thanks the Doctor. They have a bug group hug and the Doctor offers the pair psychic paper before they leave saying it might come in handy

"Oi! I didn't get anything cool when I left!" Jack immediately protested, turning to the Doctor dramatically.

"You're immortal Jack!" The Doctor rolled her eyes.

Jack's grin only widened, "I still wouldn't have minded some psychic paper or something?" He turned his gaze on River, "What about you River, aren't you offended?"

River smirked at the protesting time traveller. "Don't know what you're talking about. I got a sonic." It may have been part of a scheme and all, but it was still a nice gesture.

"Am I the only one that didn't get anything?" Jack threw his hands up in the air.

"Yes." The Master drawled from his corner; arms crossed. It certainly served to take the wind out of Jack's sails, his mouth shutting audibly as he quickly turned his eyes back to the end of the video.

Graham says ta, and turns to the Doctor saying he was wrong, they do get aliens in Sheffield

"And a whole lot of other weird stuff." Graham added on.

Ryan and Graham leave the Tardis. The Doctor says she could always use the Tardis to go back and arrive an hour after them, change the timeline, then they'd have more time together

"Oh Doctor." Clara sighed, sadly. Recognising the signs of the Doctor floundering and being unable to express their emotions.

Yaz tells her it is okay to be sad

"She's going to need you Yaz." River nodded pointedly at Yaz whose expression turned serious, giving an answering nod. The Doctor always needed more support after someone left her; even if they left under good terms.

At the moors, Graham steadies Ryan on his bicycle, encouraging him as he tries. Ryan looks back and falls off

"Come on!" Ryan complained, "Ten months and I still haven't learned how to ride a bike."

"Doubt it was your priority in those ten months." Graham attempted to console her mildly frustrated grandson.

Graham checks if he is okay, he is. Graham then says it was definitely further, Ryan replies maybe, but Graham pushes it definitely was

"Good on you, Ryan." The Doctor grinned proudly, "You've got this."

Ryan says he was looking online earlier, saw some weird stuff going on in a village in Finland, troll invasion so the locals say. Graham replies he saw that, and there is a quarry in Korea that is shut down because workers report they saw gravel creatures come to life

"Couldn't stick to the quiet life for long." Rose nodded with a knowing smile.

"Welcome to the team." Mickey grinned at the pair. That was two more to the former-companions-now-fighting-evil-on-Earth.

Ryan remembers the psychic paper and Graham agrees they'll get them anywhere. Ryan replies yeah, Finland, Korea. Graham asks what are they waiting for then?

"Would never have thought you'd be the more eager of the two when this started." Yaz teased Graham who just shrugged with a fond grin. What could he say, the life had certainly grown on him.

Ryan says he's not done here yet. Graham replies yeah but look with this, he'll be black and blue. Ryan announced he doesn't know if he's heard about him, he's Ryan Sinclair, him and his mates saw off everything from giant spiders and a conscious universe, and so many others. It is going to take more than a bike to scare him, ain't that right, grandad?

"Never give up Ryan." Amy smiled, "A bike is hardly the worst enemy you've faced. You can do it."

Graham agrees saying come on then, jump on. The sun is low in the horizon and they see Grace smiling in the beams

Ryan and Graham shared a bittersweet look. They'd grown a lot since their first time meeting the Doctor and losing Grace, mostly for the better.

Graham asks if he is alright, Ryan is he's just got the sun in his eyes. Graham does too, saying a few more tries and then they'll go and save the word. Ryan tries again and Graham keeps encouraging him

"Wooh!" A few people cheered and grinned as Ryan kept trying. A soft feeling in their chests as Ryan and Graham started the next chapter of their lives.

Martha sighed, smiling. "That was a nicer way to end things." After all the death and despair of the last video, and the mess and death in the start and middle of this video they needed that happier ending. Not to say it wasn't sad, but a happy kind of sad.

"Well," The Doctor spoke up with a little clap, "I think that's a good time for a break-."

Anything else she may have said was interrupted by a pop, and a small cloud of smoke near the ceiling.

"Erh, what's that?" Bill questioned, pointing up at the ceiling.

"What's what?" The Doctor asked confused, then followed Bill's gaze to see the slip of paper float determinedly down to land straight in her lap. "Ah. Good question."

Giving one last glance up at the ceiling suspicious, she turned back to the note in her lap; carefully unfolding it and reading it aloud for the group. "We have reached a new point. I will be taking several members of the group for a few hours so they can re-join the time stream without any memories of this occurring. When they have reached a certain point, they will return alongside someone new. While they are gone, enjoy the break. The Tardis."

Blinking she scanned the note again before looking around the room. "What does that even mean -." She was once again cut off, but this time she vanished completely. River jolted as the Doctor vanished from her seat, turning her gaze to Jack, she found him also missing.

Alongside the Doctor and Jack; Yaz, Ryan, Graham and the Master were also missing. The remaining members of the group glanced around startled by the sudden disappearances.

"Well, guess they're going to be gone for a while." River announced with a sigh and glance at the ceiling. There wasn't exactly anything they could do about whatever the Tardis had planned. With a last shrug, she got up and stretched and moved towards the kitchen. She needed a drink.

The rest of the group followed her lead; conversations started up as they all moved out of the viewing room and stretched their legs, glad for the break.

"Martha, wait up." Martha turned around at the sound of her name, halting her conversation with Mickey. Rose was waving at them as she scuttled the last few steps to catch up with them. "Can we talk?"

Martha glanced at Mickey quickly before shrugging, "Sure." She waved Mickey off as he wandered away at a bit of a loss of what to do now.

"So, what did you want to talk about?" Martha asked, curious and a bit tense. She was fully expecting a serious conversation; one she'd been expecting for a while.

Instead, Rose grinned wildly. "I was wondering if you wanted to help me prank Mickey?"

It startled a laugh out of Martha, that was certainly not what she'd been expecting. She paused for a second, narrowing her eyes, "Nothing serious right?"

Rose shook her head quickly, "No, no. Just a light joke. He's still my friend; I don't want to hurt him."

"Absolutely, what do you have in mind?" Martha grinned. Rose matched her grin and the pair got to planning.


"Hey Bill!" Clara popped up alongside Bill who startled at the sudden presence of a person next to her.

Her hand went to her chest, "Sheesh, are you trying to give me a heart attack?"

"Sorry, sorry." Clara waved her off, "I just wanted to officially invite you to the dead not-dead companion club."

"You what?" Bill asked confused at Clara's words. "That's a bit of a long name."

Clara grinned, "It is, but we haven't been able to come up with anything better yet."

Bill nodded along, matching Clara's grin. "So, who's in this club and what did I do to get in it?"

"You died but you didn't stay dead." Clara nodded, trying to break it as sensitively as she could – it wasn't that long ago they rewatched her death after all. "As for members; we have Jack, River, me and you so far."

"And what do you usually do?" Bill asked curious, it wasn't ever day she got invited to a new club.

Clara shrugged, "On the rare occasion we get to meet up we mostly share stories, get a drink that kind of thing."

"I could be into that." Bill nodded grinning.

The pair grinned at each other. If there was one thing these videos was doing it was reminding them that they were not alone.