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we do not own Doctor who if we did this would have happened
This is a story me and my brother thought up during lockdown. It started as a conversation about the timeless children and quickly spiraled.
Golden light bursts out of the Doctor's body, as the regeneration energy takes hold. (no description needed David Tennant is a household god).
" Hello. Okay. Ooo, new teeth. That's weird. So, where was I? Oh, that's right. Barcelona" rose just stares at the strange man who replaced the doctor as he dashes around the console and flicks a few switches, checking the monitor as he goes not slowing.
"6 PM... Tuesday..." Rose watches, half concealed by a pillar. The Doctor turns a knob rambling to himself "October... 5006... On the way to Barcelona!"
Straightening up and facing Rose, grinning as if extremely pleased with himself "Now then... what do you think?" giving a little spin with a flourishing wave. But giving her no chance to reply before waving his hands to silence her.
"No, no no, no no no no no no no. No. Don't tell me". Rose looks completely bemused.
"Let's see... two legs, two arms, two hands..." the Doctor Tests his wrist, circling it "Slight weakness in the dorsal tubercle." His hands fly to his head, "Hair! I'm not bald!" Rose now looks shocked.
The Doctor runs his hands through his hair gleefully "Oh, Oh! Big hair!" he runs his hands down the length of his face and feels his sideburns, looking and sounding delighted "Sideburns, I've got sideburns!" he pauses dramatically sending Rose a wide eyed look "Or really bad skin. Little bit thinner..." he taps his stomach and gives Rose a wink.
With the air of someone making a most wonderful discovery he makes the biggest eyes at Rose "I... have got... a mole. I can feel it." Rose is breathing heavily, She looks scared. The Doctor doesn't seems to notice as he rambles on "Right in-between my shoulder blades, there's a mole." He rotates his shoulders grinning in delight "That's all right. Love the mole."
Turning to give rose his full attention, standing up straight as if ready for her assessment hair ruffled "go on then, tell me. What do you think."
Rose flinches black slightly as she timidly asks "Who are you?" The Doctors face falls, pain and surprise in his eyes as he utters "I'm the Doctor."
Rose shakes her head, she's in complete denial "No... Where is he? Where's the Doctor?" Her voice raising with every word. "What have you done to him?"
"You saw me, I, I changed..." The Doctors waves his hand over his shoulder to the spot where he regenerated willing Rose to believe him" Right in front of you."
Rose shakes her head "I saw him sort of explode, and then you replaced him, like a... a teleport or a transmat or a body swap or something." The Doctor does not interject. He seems lost for words. Rose takes a few steps towards him. At arm's length, she pushes him in the chest. "You're not fooling me."
The Doctor rocks back on his heels as though he cannot believe what he is hearing.(Que the adorable kicked puppy look). Rose goes on "I've seen all sorts of things. Nano genes... Gelth..." she Looks darkly at him. "Slitheen... Oh, my God, are you a Slitheen?" her voice raises again.
The Doctor raises his eyebrows and calmly interjects "I'm not a Slitheen."
But Rose doesn't hear him she's already shouting over him again "Send him back. I'm warning you; send the Doctor back right now!"
The Doctor leans forward in his urgency to make her believe him invading her space, pleading her "Rose, it's me, Honestly, it's me."
Rose stares at him, her chest rising and falling very fast, but before she could speak he went on "I was dying. To save my own life I changed my body. Every single cell, but... it's still me."
Rose whispers "You can't be." pleading with every syllable. The Doctor takes a few hesitant steps closer to her, looking straight down into her eyes "Then how could I remember this? Very first word I ever said to you. Trapped in that cellar. Surrounded by shop window dummies... oh..." He looks away for a moment, reminiscing a smile gracing his face. Then he looks back into her eyes with sad longing "such a long time ago. I took your hand..." he reaches out and takes her hand, just like he did when Rose first asked who he was. Rose glances briefly down at their joint hands and then back up at his face.
Meeting her gaze again "I said one word... just one word, I said... "Run"."
Rose searches his eyes for something, her own full of tears as she utters his name like a prayer "Doctor."
The Doctor face splits into a contagious grin waves hello at her, smile never leave his face as she sighs exasperatedly but still she grins back as him. The Doctor takes off around the other side of the console, spinning and flicking switches "And we never stopped, did we? All across the universe. Running, running, running..." he flicks a few switches on the console. Looks up grins "One time we had to hop. Do you remember? Hopping for our lives." he cackles as he hops madly up and down on the spot. Rose has her back against the pillar again, just watching him a slight smile passes her lips "Yeah? All that hopping? Remember hopping for your life? Yeah?! Hop? With the..." he trails off the wild enthusiasm ebbs from his voice at Rose's less than enthusiastic reaction. His hopping subsides as he frowns.
"Can you change back?" She whispers hugging herself.
"Do you want me to?" Such a broken question from a Lord of time
"I don't know I'm confused, doctor you scared me" she pleads with him to understand, the doctor just lets out a jagged breath "Can you, change back?" she asks again.
"No." He glances briefly down at the floor, disappointed. "I couldn't even if I wanted too."
He pauses looking up to briefly catch her gaze his voice soft sorrowful "Do you want to leave?" Rose flinches shocked at his words.
"Do you want me too" tears glossing her eyes as she spoke. Seeing the look on her face the Doctor backtracks "No! But... your choice... if you want to go home..." Rose looks lost, her usually vibrant eyes coloured with sorrow.
The Doctor signs as he returns to the console "Cancel Barcelona. Change to... London... the Powell Estate... ah... let's say the 24th of December." A quick glance and a crack of a smile at Rose. "Consider it a Christmas present." Rose slowly edges closer the console, still uncertain.
"There." The Doctor frowns stepping back from the console tucking his arms under his armpits in a defensive manner, Rose switches her gaze between the Doctor and the console "your sending me home". The Doctor shrugs haplessly "Up to you. Back to your mum... it's all waiting. Fish and chips, sausage and mash, beans on toast... no, Christmas! Turkey! Although... having met your mother... nut loaf would be more appropriate."
Rose glances down to hide the grin forming on her face. The Doctors eyes widen and a matching grin forms on his face.
"Was that a smile?" Rose shakes her head in denial.
The Doctors grin grows "That was a smile...".
"No it wasn't." she frowns.
"You smiled..." The Doctor teases.
"No I didn't." but Rose has a hesitant smile flicker on her lips this is definitely her Doctor.
The Doctor makes a face at her "Oh, come on, all I did was change, I didn't..." he cuts off gaging as the Tardis violently jerks in sink with him. "WHAT" Rose is scared again.
The doctor tries again "I said I didn't..." The same thing happens again, more violently. He makes nasty retching noises. Roses edges closer to the Doctor concern marring her features "are you alright". Woven gold regeneration energy escapes from the Doctor's mouth. Rose flinches black in alarm "what's that?"
The Doctor blinks like he's trying to find the words "Oh... the change is going a bit wrong and all." He gags again falling to his knees, face contorting in pain.
"Look... maybe we should go back. Let's go and find Captain Jack, he'd know what to do." Rose questions, fear for him in her words. "Gah, he's busy! He's got plenty to do rebuilding the Earth!" The Doctor impatiently brushes her worry off, as a lever on the console suddenly catches his eye. He grins "I haven't used this one in years." He flicks it and the TARDIS shudders violently, as they are both knocked into the console.
"What're you doing?!" Rose gasps trying to catch her breath.
"Putting on a bit of speed! That's it!" He grins with a manic look in his eyes. He is moving again turning more knobs as Rose tightens her grip on the console. "My beautiful ship! Come on, faster! That's a girl!" The Doctor looks and sounds violent, crazed. "Faster! Wanna to break the time limit?!"
Rose has had enough "Stop it!"
" Ah, don't be so dull... let's have a bit of fun! Let's rip through that vortex!" He dismisses her. Before catching her eye the crazy glint is gone his voice calms
"The regeneration's going wrong. I can't stop myself." He doubles over in pain grabbing at his head.
As sudden as he went down, he was back up the glint back in her eye, "Faster! Let's open those engines!"
The Tardis bells start chiming and Rose panics, what else could possibly be happening "What's that?" The Doctor appears at her side invading her personal space looking straight into her eyes he exclaims with glee, "We're gonna crash land!" He spins away laughing manically. "Well then, do something!" Rose yells over the bells. The Doctors voice rises hysterically "Too late! Out of control!" He runs around the console, giggling. "Oh, I love it! Hot dawg!" He hops in the air excitedly giggling to himself.
"You're gonna kill us!" Rose panics hanging onto the console for dear life.
"Hold on tight, here we go!" He grins joining her grabbing on their eyes meet across the console, the Doctor grinning madly, Rose looking scared. "Christmas Eve...!"
The Tardis spins out of the vortex, appearing in mid air, bouncing off one block of flats, a second and a third before avoiding a post van and finally crashing into a set of waste bins. The Doctor opens the door and spills out, still in t-shirt and leather jacket.
"Here we are then, London. Earth. The Solar System. We did it." He exclaims triumphantly stumbling towards Jackie and Mickey "Jackie. Mickey. Blimey! No, no, no, no, hold on. Wait there. I've got something to say. There was something I had to tell you, something important. What was it? No, hold on, hold on. Hold on, shush, shush, shush, shush. Oh, I know! Merry Christmas!" As the last words are uttered the Doctor collapses, Mickey just managing to catch him in time. Rose runs out of the Tardis "What happened? Is he all right?"
"I don't know, he just keeled over. But who is he? Where's the Doctor?" Rose sighs at Mickeys questions "That's him, right in front of you. That's the Doctor."
"What do you mean, that's the Doctor? Doctor who?" Jackie tries to question her daughter but it all falls on deaf ears as Rose crumples into a heap at her mothers feet. Jackie screams throwing herself at her daughters unconscious body. "Jackie calm down we need to get them both to your flat before someone calls the police" Mickey reasons, "you get Rose I'll get this guy whoever he is, once we've got them up there I'll come back down here and look for the Doctor he might be unconscious too."
[The Tyler's flat - bedroom]
The Doctor and Rose have been dressed in pyjamas and put to bed. Jackie is sat holding Roses hand as Mickey reappears shaking his head "No Doctor I couldn't find him anywhere, I'm sorry Jacks"
She stands tears in her eyes "We need to take them to the hospital, Rose needs a doctor, a real doctor, Mickey what are we gonna do."
"We can't Jacks. We don't know where they've been, or if he's human."
"He looks human enough I'm calling them, I won't let my daughter waste away like this, its been hours Mickey the Doctor isn't here." She storms out of the room. Mickey sinks into the space Jackie just vacated and whispers to Rose I hope your mum knows what she's doing as he leans down and kisses her forehead.
The Doctor exhales some of the Tardis's golden energy, Mickey flinches in shock before running after Jackie, he grabs the phone out of her hand and hangs up. "wha" she doesn't get to finish before he interests "Alien he's an alien Jacks, there was weird gold stuff comin out of him. No doctors."
"GOD" Jackie breaths "It's too late they are already coming."
They just stare at each other, the only sound, the tv in the background.
[An undisclosed location in London]
Captain Jack Harkness ends his call with a grim smile, he grabs his coat of the hook spinning as he dresses. He swings open the door catching the attention of his team, he nods clapping his hands together "That was it Ladies and Owen, that was the call we've been waiting on, lets go save the Doctor and Rosie" most of his team jump into act.
He jumps down the few steps and claps his hand onto a young woman's shoulder, before he can say anything she turns into him tear in her jade eyes. Jack sighs as he cuddles her into his chest, "you don't have to come Jen you can say here". She shakes her head red curls dancing as she does, her eyes meet his the green seems to glow when she cries, a sad smile on her lips. "I have too, anyway you should probably stop Owen he's probably trying to fill the car with tea." She finishes with a little laugh as Jack swears stalking out after Owen.
Suzie and Tosh are leaning against the second car laughing at Owen as he piles the car full of boxes humming to himself "how do you find him attractive" Suzie whispers to Toshiko "he's nuts." Before she can reply Jack and jenny arrive, the former scowling, the latter giggling swiping at tears. Owen grins at Jenny sending her a wink. Jack breaths out the word "why" with all the emotion behind it, it sends the girls into hysterics.
"I AM THE TEA KING BOW BEFORE ME" Jack closes his eyes mental counting down, before walking towards the first car and climbing into the drivers seat. He lowers the window "Suzie ride with Owen try to keep him from doing anything else stupid."
Suzie sobered fast stuttering at Jack, as Toshiko and Jenny clambered into his car wishing her luck cackling at her misfortune. Jack took of leaving Suzie on the sidewalk. She swears, marching towards the car yelling out that she's driving, snatching the keys from his pocket.
(btw the usual cast of torchwood)
[On asteroid KS-159]
Iriving Braxiatel (because I can't be assed with a description I imagine him like the eighth doctor dress style and all, but with longer brown hair) pacing in his study, wonder what the hell his brother was doing. He could still feel his brother regeneration energy, other creature would be able to feel it too. Doesn't my brother usually travel with companions why are they not helping him, he need the Tardis zero room to calm his regeneration energies. He stops settling into his desk chair "if he hasn't calmed in a few hours I'll have to intervene last thing this world needs is a regeneration mad Time Lord" he mutters to himself frowning into the fire.
[The Tyler's flat]
Jackie puts a mug of tea by the doctors bed, moving to clasp Rose's hand. Her pleas for Rose to wake remaining unanswered. Mickey stands in the doorway, baseball bat resting against his leg, a silent guard.
[The Powell estate]
The team are piling out of SUVs arming up. "Ok, so you know the plan extraction is key the doctor needs to be in the Tardis before they get here, Rose too if you can but the Doctor is crucial," He pauses eyes flickering over each member of his team landing on Owen "you stay here get the med bay, ready the Tardis will show you the way just ask her, Tosh go with him." He hands her his Tardis key. Pointing at the other two girls "you two are with me, did you bring the retcon."
"Jack" Suzie interrupts with a frown "How are we gonna carry them both down?"
"Mickey will carry mum, Jack my dad simple really, we just have to make sure they don't see me or jack and that's easy enough." Toshiko interject bringing up the Doctors telepathy, an inquiring look in Jenny's direction but Jenny just winked flicking the hair from her eyes as she moves towards the flat.
They bust the door open. Jackie is on her feet moving towards the foot of the bed, as Mickey spins rounds grabbing for the bat but jack is faster grabbing the bat out of his hand grinning "Mickey the mouse how you doing" "Captain cheesecake what why, whats going on where'd you come from." Jenny pushes herself in-between them pointing out the lack of time shoving both men into the bedroom. Jackie is crying begging them not to take her daughter but Mickey interrupts "Jacks its ok this is a friend of Roses he's here to help."
Jack points at Roses prone body "Mickey you get Rose I got the Doc, we need to get them into the Tardis now!" Mickey opens his mouth to question them again but Jack just shakes his head. Suzie tries to steer Jackie into the living room but she resist not wanting to leave Roses side. Jenny moves into the room trying not to look at the bodies on the bed as she reaches for Jackie's hand "lets go into the kitchen, I'll pop the kettle on and explain everything." she tugs her out of the room, even as Jackie is pulled away her eyes never leave Rose's body until she's clear of the room.
Jack hoists the Doctor up and throws him over his shoulder making Mickey wince as he gather Rose up in his arms. "Take her straight to the med bay and don't touch anything." before Mickey can question him he's already jogging out the door the Doctor bouncing with every step he takes. Mickey sighs as he takes of after him, running to keep up.
[The living room]
Suzie stands awkwardly in the doorway watching Jenny fuss in the kitchen as Jackie stares into spaces on the couch, her eyes flicker between them both uncertain until she sees Jenny's shoulders shake. Suzie is across the room in seconds gathering her into her arms as she silently cries. Jenny pulled away when the kettle boiled moving to make the tea before they both joined Jackie in the living room. Handing her the tea, the room settles into silence the tv acting as background noise.
Scientists in charge of Britain's mission to Mars have re-established contact with the Guinevere One space probe. They're expecting the first transmission from the planet's surface in the next few minutes. The reporter goes on but nobody was really listening Jackie was staring at the women with an expectant look. The tv continues She is fine now, absolutely fine. We're getting the first pictures transmitted live any minute now. I'd better get back to it, thanks. Jenny sighed "we should wait for Jack and Mickey to get back here" she carried on before Jackie could interrupt "it will be easier to tell you both at the same time and Jack will be able to tell you if Rose is ok." Jackie just sighs and looks at her tea.
[The TARDIS]
The door to the Tardis slam open, Jack runs through with the Doctor in his arms Mickey not far behind "this way" jogging past the console "the TARIS will have moved the med bay closer but I don't know how much she can do with the doctor like this."
"Moved how can the rooms move its a ship" the TARDIS makes an unhappy noise and jack laughs pointing out if he weren't holding rose she would have dropped him on his arse.
After finding the med bay straight down the corridor, left, right, left, left through the library "why is there a pool in the library" "not now Mickey", left, right at the wardrobe then second on the left.
A grinning Owen is leaning on the desk "what took you so long, I've had too send tosh to brew another pot of tea" he waves Mickey to put Rose down when he doesn't move into the room "trust me I'm a doctor" Jack laughs at Owen's comment. Mickey doesn't move looking between the two men "Jack what the fuck is going on why weren't you with Rose and the Doctor when they arrived, who are these people, what happened." Owen moved to take Rose and Mickey shied away "give her to him, she's in good hands he is a doctor a real one not like that dumb ass over there, come on" he prompts taking Mickey by the arm after he relinquishes his hold on Rose. "ill explain everything when we get upstairs too her royal highness before she slaps anyone." Mickey managed a smile at that and pauses to let Jack ahead of him to lead the way.
[The console room]
Mickey slammed into Jack as he froze in the entry way staring at a man across the console, within seconds both men had blasters drawn, talking over each other. Jack makes sure to keep Mickey behind him as he rounds the console to get closer to the intruder. Both still yelling demands. " where is the Doctor, I saw you carry him in here what did you do with him" "who the hell are you, how did you get in here" neither would let Mickey get a word in to calm them but before anything could happen the doors are flung open both guns redirect towards Jenny who has just strolled in. Jack returns his aim to the man across the console.
"Iriving Braxiatel I thought I sensed you," she pauses with a grin, Iriving's gun bounces between the two of them not knowing who to aim at. "you couldn't have chosen a better time, you can deal with the Doctor when he comes to. This one is a bit of an iffy regeneration" she sends a grin his way.
"errr Jenny" jack stares at her like she's grown an extra head "what are you doing who is he."
"how are you.., your a time lady, that's not possible" He lowers his gun not putting it away, frowning at the woman in front of him.
She laughs at both men, "Jackii darling I can't believe you don't know about the Doctors brother" waving a hand in Iriving's direction, her eyes flick to Mickey before meeting Jacks he nods "but we are taking later," steering Mickey out the door towards the flat.
She moves walking towards the console, Iriving razes his gun following her with it, she just ignores him stroking the console with a serine smile, "your not gonna tell on me are you old girl" she pats the console twice before turning towards the man with a glint in her eye " I'd ask how you don't recognise me uncle," she pauses to gauge his reaction but he can't speak frozen in shock. "but I don't think we've met yet, actually I don't think I've been born yet" she laughs "you gotta love time travel."
He stutters over words try to ask to all his question at once, she just laughs at him and steers him towards the med bay, "I can't stay, they can't meet me yet, but when this is all over you can ask anything you want" she hands him a piece of paper with coordinates, time and date before turning to leave. "If you see Tosh tell her to be ready in the console room we will need that live feed."
[The Tyler's flat]
Jenny manages to catch up with Jack and Mickey just as they are walking through the door, taking Jacks arm she pulls him to a stop inquiring about whether or not they should get in contact with UNIT. Jack just shakes his head they got this I think we have to take care of the Doctor."
"No more like you can't deal with their uppity asses, who's working today is it Major Blake" she trails off laughing pushing jack to re-joining Mickey who had stopped to listen to their conversation. Jack just winked at him before grabbing at his shoulder spinning him around and marching him into to sitting room to re-join Jackie and Suzie. When they enter Suzie dives up and runs for the kitchen "I'll make more tea" plucking a box from jacks trench coat as she went.
Jack claps his hands together as he and Jenny sit "So question or do we just talk and you interrupt when you want" looking at Jackie for instruction, before she can speak Mickey starts "Last time I saw you, you were in Cardiff with them, why weren't you with them today and who are your team?"
Suzie returns with two cups and hands them to Mickey and Jackie.
"Firstly time travel Mickey the mouse, time travel, I've not travel with them for a long time we were separated a while ago, but for them it was probably just a few hours ago, again try to understand simple time travel. As for the second question we are Torchwood as our motto goes if its alien it's ours, that being said our Torchwood is a little different we actually try to help rather than destroy. I digress" he smiles eyes meeting both across the room "So we have been watching over family member of companions and looking for sighting, just to make sure everything is in order when we heard of the TARDIS crashing, then just sat and waited on your call." Jenny laughs at his way of simplifying there job as she cut in, "any questions.." her eyes jumped to jack mischief twinkling in her eyes "grandma."
Jackie was on her feet mouth moving but no words coming out staring at Jenny with wonder in her eyes. Jack doubles over laughing at her antics. "that wasn't very nice anni." she slaps out at him glaring as she demands he never calls her that again. "Before you ask she's your gran-daughter from the future, and before you start slapping the Doctor into an early grave she hasn't been born yet." he shrugs a bemused smile on his face "mind you, you wasn't exactly conceived in the natural sense" he laughs patting her arm.
Jackie yelps at his words. Jenny decides to take pity on her steering her into the seat putting the cup back into her hands "take a sip, it will help you calm down."
Jack turned to Suzie telling her to hack UNIT, "we can't move out until we know where we are up too."
"it'll take a minute I'm not nearly as good as Tosh with this kind of thing." Jenny moves and takes the laptop from Suzie "We're in, they really need to update their security. You should call the brigadier" she nods at Jack who just chuckles.
"They're tracking the spaceship. It's big, it's fast, and it's coming this way, one second for visual and... tada my genius amazing even me" she turns the screen to show a live image of the Sycorax.
"she's definitely his" grumbles Mickey.
"what are they" Jackie lets out a shriek, the Torchwood team just shrug "not sure yet, first contact an all" Jack claps his hands together "interesting really."
The alien leader is speaking a softer version of Klingon.
"Damn it the TARDIS translation matrix isn't working."
"Jenny what are they saying" Suzie asks.
"How the fuck would I know I don't know what species they are, how would I know the language. I'm a Time Lady not a universal encyclopaedia Suzie."
Jackie laughs at her words "you are definitely a Tyler" pulling her into a hesitant hug.
"Suzie call Tosh we need her translation software she's probably already got the monitors on the TARDIS hooked up." She gets up and leaves the room, only to return a few minutes later looking exasperated. "she already did it she's sending a link with the translation encoded." Jack takes the laptop grinning "here we go" turning it so everyone can read it.
Cattle. You belong to us. To the Sycorax. . We own you. We now possess your land, your minerals, your precious stones. You will surrender or they will die. Sycorax strong, Sycorax mighty, Sycorax rock.
Jenny rests her head on her grandmothers shoulder "they seem nice," but before she can finish Mickey interjects "They will die? Not you will die, they will die? Who's they?"
"good point Mickey mouse, Tosh have UNIT responded, her voice slightly distorted comes through the laptop "yes they replied
'"One sec I'm getting it now, 'Tell them, this is a day of peace on planet Earth. Tell them, we extend that peace to the Sycorax. And then tell them, this planet is armed and we do not surrender.' I don't think this is going to end well jack."
"Can I see Rose, when is she going to wake up"
"Not yet Jackie when she wakes in a few hours you can see her then, she just needs rest." before she can argue with Jack Tosh speaks again the Sycorax have received the message and are about to respond" on the screen the Sycorax leader holds out his hand and a blue energy plays over it.
"err what was that, was that the reply, what did it do" Mickey questioned.
"He was casting an enchantment I think." jenny responded.
"An enchantment, what do you mean" but Jenny isn't listening she's staring at Suzie who has blue energy circling her head "shit" Jack dive to his feet as Suzie stands and walks towards the door, "Mickey with me, ladies watch the communications." Tosh's voice sounds over the laptop "what's going on"
"Stick to the plan Tosh stay in the TARDIS, how's Owen fairing with the uncle Brax?" Jenny catches her attention with this question.
"They are both as egotistical as one another, I think he's found his soulmate" both woman laugh.
[The roof]
"What the hell!" mickey exclaims, Jack surveys the roof so many people standing there at the edge, trying to find a connection. He runs to the edge making several people gasp, his eyes flickering over the other building and high rises. He back away waking towards the middle of the roof running his fingers through his hair, "ok think think think" He spins round pointing aT a random woman asking who she followed "my husband" she points behind her, he spins again "you" "my boys they are.." but she doesn't get to finish because he's moving again "Mickey watch Suzie nothing happens to her or I'll shoot you... twice" he runs for the stairs pulling out his phone leaving a Mickey speechless.
[Outside the flat]
"Tosh speak me to what's going on" Jenny appears outside hearing Jack's voice, he moves to put the phone on speaker.
"it's all over the world, but its only certain people, not whole family units." she pauses "they are heading for high rises, anything with stairs. Lining up at the edge of the roofs. It's... oh my god its one third of the worlds population!"
"Surrender or they will die, surrender or two billion people jump." Jenny whispers before turning back towards the flat.
[The Tyler flat]
Jack snaps his phone closed as they re-enter the living room. Toshiko's voice still coming through the laptop "Wait there is a pattern these people tend to be father and son, mother and daughter, brothers and sisters. Family groups, but not husbands and wives."
"Wait what did they say they put on that probe, didn't they have a blood sample" Jenny was rambling now trying to remember.
"Tosh I need Suzie's medical records I need to know what blood type she is and call Mickey get him patched into this call."
"Mickey can you hear us" at his confirmation she continues, " Suzie is A positive"
"Mickey ask around up there what are the blood types" Jack instructs.
"But Owen's A positive why isn't he on a roof right now?"
"The Tardis is protecting him from the mind control it can't penetrate the shields" Jenny confirms.
The tv interrupts their conversation as the screen flickers before an emergency broadcast appears; With Union flags draped either side, Harriet Jones, PM, sits in a panelled room at a desk with a photograph of Her Majesty on it for her broadcast to the nation. "Ladies and gentlemen, if I may take a moment during this terrible time. It's hardly the Queen's speech. I'm afraid that's been cancelled." she turns to look of screen "Did we ask about the royal family? Oh. They're on the roof. But, ladies and gentlemen, this crisis is unique, and I'm afraid to say, it might get much worse. I would ask you all to remain calm. But I have one request. Doctor, if you're out there, we need you. I don't know what to do. If you can hear me, Doctor. If anyone knows the Doctor, if anyone can find him, the situation has never been more desperate. Help us. Please, Doctor. Help us. God help us."
"We are working on it Harriet. I really don't like her!" Jack just laughs at Jenny's distain.
Suddenly, all the glass in the block of flats shatters, and Mickey exclaims glass is breaking all over the street. Jack dives to his feet "it's a Sonic wave! It's the spaceship. It's hit the atmosphere!"
"They're transmitting. Onscreen." Tosh interrupts.
Writing across the screen as the Sycorax talk Will the leader of this world stand forward.
"wait one sec ill give you a dou .. Ble screen and here we are, you can now see both sides of the conversation left is Sycorax and right is the prime minister of dumbassery"
I'm proud to represent this planet. Harriet steps forwards
Come aboard. The Aid speaks after the Sycorax do. Tosh interjects "bless they have a little translator" Jenny and Jack laugh at her mocking UNIT.
Harriet, Blake, Alex and Llewellyn are enveloped in light "what the hell just happened" jack shouts jumping to his feet.
"Well if you were listening the aliens told them to come aboard and then beamed them up" Jackie smacks Jack with a pillow for not listening
"Tosh you got anything? We got nothing our end both screen are blank now."
[The TARDIS]
"Nothing sorry its like they've gone radio silent I can't reconnect"
"Jack the TARDIS is shaking what is happening"
"Tosh keep your phone on you and shout the others it would seem your on the ship"
"Just like I taught you Tosh use the shadow proclamation"
"Shut up both of you I'm trying to think"
She shouts through to the men in the med bay where they are, what's happening, and that she'll be outside if they need her. Owen try to protest but she's already to far away. Iriving follows her.
[The Spaceship]
Toshiko steps outside and is grabbed by a Sycorax, she screams. Jack and the other on the Powell estate feel powerless as all they can do is listen. Iriving runs out the door, just managing to close it before the Sycorax grab him.
"Who are you" Harriet jones manages.
"Toshiko I work for Torchwood and this is the Doctors brother, as the Doctor is indisposed at the moment." before anything else can be said Alex translates
The woman. She has the clever blue box. Therefore, she speaks for your planet.
"But she can't!" Harriet exclaims.
" Err yes I can, I doubt you lady prime minister have had the training I have" Iriving laughs "I like you, Toshiko was is?"
"They'll kill you." Harriet interjects again, Toshiko just rolls her eyes and shhh's her, stepping forward.
"I address the Sycorax according to Article fifty-seven of the Shadow Proclamation. This is a fully established level 5 planet, and you are trying to enslave it. No! I command you to leave this world now and there shall be no penalty, we will even let you claim ignorance, but if you ignore this warning you shall lose. Now, leave this planet in peace!
[The TARDIS]
Owen eyes haven't left the screen since Toshiko left the TARDIS, but he can hear the Doctor waking up and knows he has to move soon. He turns slightly to meets his eye "long story short UNIT sent us you had a bad regeneration I gave you tea, Rose is just sleeping she's exhausted" Owen holds up his hand as the Doctor goes to interrupt him "questions at the end we are currently on a Sycorax ship, the prime minister, my girlfriend and your brother are out there. Now questions" the Doctor stands and walks straight to Roses side using the sonic screwdriver to check her over.
"I'm a Doctor I know how to check a human over" Owen mumbles throughout the Doctors tests.
Once he is satisfied with the results he joins Owen at the screen "who put me in pyjamas" "no idea you were like that when I got here"
"what happened now Tosh just pulled the shadow proclamation card" The Doctor frowns "come on then lets go deal with them no need to ruin Christmas"
[The Spaceship]
The Sycorax all stare at Toshiko, she begins to fidget.
Alex translates: You dare threaten us the mighty Sycorax. And now you're going to die.
Harriet starts shouting at the leader of the Sycorax, Iriving is trying to get a word out but neither are listening to him. Both are grabbed and dragged back as the leader walks up to Toshiko.
"Did you think you were clever? We are the Sycorax, we live in the darkness. Next to us you are but a wailing child. If you are the best your planet can offer as a champion" he takes her face in his hand "Then your world will be gutted and your people enslaved" the entire time Alex had been translating not realising that both were speaking English until Alex, Harriet, and Toshiko all exclaim they can hear English.
"I would never dirty my tongue with your primitive bile." the Sycorax spits.
Irving grin "That's English. Can you hear English Toshiko?" she laughs realising what that means "Yep, that's English." "Definitely English." Alex chimes in.
"I speak only Sycoraxic!" the leader yells.
Toshiko smile arms waving as she explains "If I can hear English, then it's being translated. Which means it's working. Which means" holding her arms out at the TARDIS making everyone turn to look, nothing happens for a moment as Iriving laughs "so dramatic"
The doctor throws open the doors Owen one step behind, they look like an odd pair the Doctor in blue striped pj's and a dark blue dressing gown and Owen with his tea king apron and a cup in his hand, both looking completely unbothered by what is happening around them.
"Did you miss me?" he grins at his brother.
The Sycorax cracks his whip in his direction. The Doctor catches the end and pulls it out of his hand.
"You could have someone's eye out with that." the Doctor tuts, "How dare!" The Doctor cuts him off taking a thick club off another Sycorax and breaking it across his knee. Turning to grin at the leader leaving Owen leaning against the TARDIS.
"You just can't get the staff. Now, you, just wait. I'm busy. Iriving, hello! And Harriet Jones MP for Flydale North. Blimey, it's like This Is Your Life. Tea! That's all I needed, a good cup of tea! Superheated infusion of free radicals and tannin. Just the thing for healing the synapses. Now, first thing's first. Be honest, how do I look?" Spinning around in front of his brother.
Iriving just rolls his eyes "you look like a dumbass, why don't you wait and ask your girlfriend that question."
"she's mad at me."
What did you do?"
"you just presume it was me." Iriving just raises an eye brow, the doctor looks down and mutters
"I might have forgotten to tell her about regeneration" Owen winces, as Iriving laughs at his brothers predicament.
"I'm sorry. Who is this?" Harriet interjects.
"I'm the Doctor."
" But what happened to my Doctor? Or is it a title that's just passed on?" she ask clearly confused.
" I'm him. I'm literally him. Same man, new face. Well, new everything." he taps his cheeks.
"But you can't be." she waves her hands in the air.
"Harriet Jones, we were trapped in Downing Street and the one thing that scared you wasn't the aliens, it wasn't the war, it was the thought of your mother being on her own." he gives her a small smile.
"Oh, my God." she smile she believes its him now.
" Did you win the election?"
"Landslide majority." trying not to brag, the Doctor claps a hand on her shoulder in congratulations.
"If I might interrupt." the leader of the Sycorax tries to retake control of the situation.
" Yes, sorry. Hello, big fellow." the Doctor leans forwards giving his full attention, making Owen laugh.
"Who exactly are you?"
"Well, that's the question."
"I demand to know who you are!" the leader is getting more and more impatient.
"I don't know! See, there's the thing. I'm the Doctor, but beyond that, I just don't know. I literally do not know who I am. It's all untested. Am I funny? Am I sarcastic? Sexy? Right old misery? Life and soul? Right handed? Left handed? A gambler? A fighter? A coward? A traitor? A liar? A nervous wreck? I mean, judging by the evidence, I've certainly got a gob. And how am I going to react when I see this, a great big threatening button. A great big threatening button which must not be pressed under any circumstances, am I right? Let me guess. It's some sort of control matrix, hmm? Hold on, what's feeding it?" as he rambled, he had made his way to the podium. He stick his finger into the liquid.
"don't please don't" Iriving try's to stop him but the doctor already has his finger in his mouth making everyone cringe.
" Blood? Yeah, definitely blood. Human blood. A Positive, with just a dash of iron. Ah, but that means blood control. Blood control! Oh, I haven't seen blood control for years. You're controlling all the A Positives. Which leaves us with a great big stinking problem. Because I really don't know who I am. I don't know when to stop. So if I see a great big threatening button which should never, ever, ever be pressed, then I just want to do this."He hits the button. Harriet and Alex yell NO.
[Flats rooftop]
Everyone takes a step forward then stops, Mickey swears. The blue energy flickers then the people look around, confused.
"What the hell am I doing up here?" Suzie exclaims.
"Come back down to the flat and I'm sure Jack can answer that.
[Spaceship]
"You killed them!" Alex shouts.
The Doctor give him a smile before turning to the leader "What do you think, big fellow? Are they dead?"
"We allow them to live."
The Doctor laughs "Allow? You've no choice. I mean, that's all blood control is. A cheap bit of voodoo. Scares the pants off you, but that's as far as it goes. It's like hypnosis. You can hypnotise someone to walk like a chicken or sing like Elvis. You can't hypnotise them to death. Survival instinct's too strong."
" Blood control was just one form of conquest. I can summon the armada and take this world by force." trying to retake control.
"Well, yeah, you could, yeah, you could do that, of course you could. But why? Look at these people. These human beings. Consider their potential. From the day they arrive on the planet and blinking step into the sun, there is more to see than can ever be seen. More to do than. No, hold on."
"Sorry to interrupt when your on a roll Doctor but that's the lion king" Owen laughs, the Doctor grin pointing a finger at Owen.
"well the point still stands. Leave them alone!" the Doctor waves his wrist as he spoke.
" Or what?" the Sycorax challenge.
"Or" The Doctor takes a sword from an aisle and runs back towards the Tardis. "I challenge you." the Sycorax laugh at his challenge.
" Oh, that struck a chord. Am I right that the sanctified rules of combat still apply?" the Doctor swings his sword as he speaks.
"You stand as this world's champion." the leader razes his own blade at the Doctor.
"Thank you. I've no idea who I am, but you just summed me up". He throws his dressing gown to his brother.
"So, you accept my challenge? Or are you just a cranak pel casacree salvak?"
"theta" his brother sounds irritated by his name calling, but the insult just makes up the leaders mind,
"For the planet?"
"For the planet."
They clash swords. Look out Toshiko yells.
"Oh, yeah, that helps. Wouldn't have thought of that otherwise, thanks."
" rude" Iriving interrupts.
The leader is the more experienced swordsman. The Doctor retreats up a tunnel.
"how bout a bit of fresh air" the Doctor asks as he hits the button the exit the spaceship.
[Spaceship hull]
And out into the day light. The Doctor is driven back to the edge, and hit on the nose.
"Stay back! Invalidate the challenge and he wins the planet."
The leader knocks the Doctor down then slashes. The sword and a hand fall to Earth. His brother and Toshiko wince.
"You cut my hand off." the Doctor is staring at his stump.
"Ya! Sycorax!" the Sycorax chant.
"And now I know what sort of man I am. I'm lucky. Because quite by chance I'm still within the first fifteen hours of my regeneration cycle, which means I've got just enough residual cellular energy to do this." he regrows his hand.
" Witchcraft." the leader accuses.
" Time Lord." the Doctor sasses.
"Doctor!" he spins, Rose is there, his Rose a smile on her face, she throws him another sword.
"Oh, so I'm still the Doctor, then?"
"No arguments from me!, but we will be taking about the re-growing hands cause that was gross."
He grins at Rose inclining his head before turning back to his opponent "Want to know the best bit? This new hand? It's a fighting hand!"
They fight again. The Doctor disarms the Sycorax and thumps both hilts into it's abdomen, twice. It falls, right on the edge, overlooking London.
The Doctor hold his blade above the leaders face "I win."
" Then kill me." the Sycorax spits at him.
The Doctor lowers his blade "I'll spare your life if you'll take this Champion's command. Leave this planet, and never return. What do you say?"
"Yes."
"Swear on the blood of your species."
"I swear."
"There we are, then. Thanks for that. Cheers, big fellow." The Doctor throws his blade to the side as Rose runs to his side to hug him.
"Bravo!" Harriet cheers.
"That says it all. Bravo!" Rose agrees making Toshiko and Owen laugh.
The Doctor spins with bravado "Ah, not bad for a man in his jim-jams."
The other laugh as Rose take his dressing gown from Iriving and helps him into it.
"Very Arthur Dent. Now, there was a nice man. Hold on, what have I got in here? A satsuma? But doesn't that just sum up Christmas? You go through all those presents and right at the end, tucked away at the bottom, there's always one stupid old satsuma. Who wants a satsuma?"
The Sycorax leader gets up, grabs his sword and runs at the Doctor's back. Rose grabs the satsuma out of the Doctors hand and throws it at a control on the spaceship hull, a piece of the wing opens up and the leader falls to his death. The group of humans and Time Lords just stare at her. Owen just laughs at what happened, raising his lion king mug "its just the circle of life" chuckling to himself, before returning inside, Toshiko follows insulting him trying not to laugh at his antics.
[Spaceship]
"By the ancient rites of combat, I forbid you to scavenge here for the rest of time. And when go you back to the stars and tell others of this planet, when you tell them of it's riches, it's people, it's potential. When you talk of the Earth, then make sure that you tell them this. It is defended." The Doctor shouts.
They are all beamed to a street just of the Powell estate.
[Road]
"Where are we?" Rose questions.
" We're just off Bloxom Road. We're just round the corner, from your house!" Toshiko tells her.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute." the Doctor jumps.
The spaceship flies away. "It is defended!" Owen cheers swinging his mug up splashing tea everywhere.
Everybody is hugging, cheering and celebrating.
"My Doctor." Harriet beams.
"Prime Minister." he nod before hugging her.
"Absolutely the same man. Are there many more out there?"
"Oh, not just Sycorax. Hundreds of species. Thousands of them. And the human race is drawing attention to itself. Every day you're sending out probes and messages and signals. This planet's so noisy. You're getting noticed more and more. You'd better get used to it."
" Rose!" what happened you collapsed and then I don't remember what happened?"
"Mum!" Rose rushes to her mothers side.
" Oh, talking of trouble, I'm gathering that was your people who messed with Jackie's mind." the Doctor speaks in a hushed tone not too be over heard.
"and Mickeys they won't remember most of today well, the bits with our team anyway, it's protocol" Toshiko explains.
"I don't like it,"
"I can't explain yet your not ready to know its to soon I'm afraid maybe next time." the Doctor frowns at her explanation, as his brother joins his side the sheet of paper Jenny gave him back in his hand.
Alex answers a phone call as Jackie and Rose reach the Time Lords.
" Is it him, though? Is it really the Doctor? Oh, my God, it's the bleeding Prime Minister!" she trails of shocked.
"Come here, you." he grabs at Jackie who frowns at him as hug pulls her into an impromptu hug with his brother Rose and Mickey grinning.
"Are you better?" looking between both the Doctor and Rose.
They both smile reassuring her they are fine.
Alex turns to his prime minister "It's a message from Torchwood. They say they're ready." she looks from him to the group across from them chatting them to the to members of Torchwood with her, not sure of what to do.
Toshiko's phone goes off "STOP HER NOW!" it's Jenny.
"Tell them to fire. " she sighs not know what else to do.
Before Alex can give the order Owen has ripped the phone from his hand "Hi Torchwood 1 this is Torchwood 3 we got this handled so fuck off" he pauses listening to whatever they are saying "I don't give a shit if this is your jurisdiction we got here first so finder keepers, you don't like it I can patch you through to my boss" not giving them chance to argue he turns to Tosh nodding, she laughs and transfers them to Jack.
"What is it? What's happening?" Rose askes turning towards the two Torchwood employees.
"well" Owen begins " our dear prime minister is trying to commit murder"
"no" she denies "it's defence."
"But they are leaving" Iriving counters with a frown.
" You said yourself, Doctor, they'd go back to the stars and tell others about the Earth. I'm sorry, Doctor, but you're not here all the time. You come and go. It happened today. Mister Llewellyn and the Major, they were murdered. They died right in front of me while you were sleeping. In which case we have to defend ourselves."
"He might not be but we are, our job is to deal with alien threats and we do it well, you can't your kill them" Toshiko rants tears gathering in her eyes, Owen moves to her side wrapping an arm around her glaring at the prime minster "Jenny is right you are a cunt"
"Britain's Golden Age." the Doctor mutters bitterly.
"It comes with a price." she stands proud refusing to let them get to her..
"I gave them the wrong warning. I should've told them to run as fast as they can, run and hide because the monsters are coming. The human race." the doctor is growling at her now. Iriving puts a hand on his brothers shoulder. Toshiko lets out a sigh "Doctor we've got this, our team is on the way and can deal with this problem"
"I am the prime minister. Those are the people I represent. I did it on their behalf."
"shut up we will deal with you later" Owen snaps at her "you guys go, enjoy your Christmas, we'll deal with clean up"
The Doctor goes to refuse but Jackie smacks him upside the head "let's go I cooked and you will enjoy it," before Iriving can slip away "you too don't think I didn't hear him call you brother, Christmas is about family and I don't care if you daft aliens don't celebrate it cause I do and you will both be joining in."
Rose and Mickey laugh as they follow behind. Rose turns as she hears vans pulling in 3 people pilling out, she freezes as she sees Jack. The blond next to him sees her and smacks Jack to catch his attention he looks up catching her eye. He winks and salutes her, he pulls out his phone wiggles it at her, as her phone rings. It's him on the other end "I'll be seeing you Rosie, don't tell the Doctor you have seen me I'm not supposed to be on earth right now" "how the Doctor said" "Rosie," he cuts her off "I can't explain it now, time travel rules and all that but when I can I will." there is a pause "I love you Rosie be safe" The call cuts off. She looks at him meeting his eye again "I love you too Jack, be safe" she blows him a kiss before running to catch up with the others.
Jack grins after his conversation spinning to look at the woman in front of him but before he can speak Jenny gets there first.
"So Lady prime minister, this is how you defend your country by trying to blow up a retreating ship"
"They attacked us first"
"What are we five" Owen interjects.
"I have every right to use anything in my power to protect my people"
" Don't challenge me, Harriet Jones, I don't like you. I could bring down your Government with a single word." jenny threatens.
"I don't think you're quite capable of that, child" the others wince as Jenny smiles at the insult.
" No, you're right. Not a single word, just six." she claps her hands together walking over to Alex and whispers "Don't you think she looks tired?"
Before turning on her heels and entering the SUV slamming the door behind her.
Harriet turn on her aid "What did she say?"
" Oh, well, nothing, really." but he's refusing to meet her gaze.
"What did he say?" he demands again.
" I don't know." he's looking at her now frowning.
The Torchwood team are piling in the SUVs arguing about who has to ride back with Jenny, well except Owen who dove in the passenger seat grinning at her. Harriet walks towards the cars "what did you? What was that? What did he say? What did you say, I'm sorry."
But nobody is listening as they speed of the lion king soundtrack blaring from the first car.
[The TARDIS]
The Doctor is picking himself a new outfit in the Tardis wardrobe, flicking through outfits making faces while his brother watches with a grin on his face
he finds a brown pinstripe suit and long brown coat. He leaves the wardrobe past the old hat stand with a long scarf on it. His brother following suit.
[The Tyler flat]
The Doctor and Iriving enter and dinner begins, the Doctor and Rose pull a cracker that the Doctor wins, but hands her the crown.
" that's yours." he smiles.
"It's pink! Mum, it should be yours. Look, it's Harriet Jones." she grins.
That television was never switched off BBC24, it seems.
Prime Minister, is it true you are no longer fit to be in position?
No. Now, can we talk about other things?
Is it true you're unfit for office?
The Doctor moves towards the tv putting on a pair of spectacles to watch the interview.
Look, there is nothing wrong with my health. I don't know where these stories are coming from. And a vote of no confidence is completely unjustified.
Are you going to resign?
On today of all days, I'm fine. Look at me, I'm fine. I look fine, I feel fine.
"I guess this is how they dealt with it" the Doctor mused out loud.
[Powell Estate]
They are all gathered around the TARDIS saying their goodbyes.
"This is a brand new planet Earth. No denying the existence of aliens now. Everyone saw it. Everything's new." the Doctor tells the humans with a grin.
"And what about you? What are you going to do next?" fear in her eyes,
"Well, back to the Tardis. Same old life." the smile is gone this is it she's going to leave him.
"On your own?" it's a quiet question he almost misses it.
"Why, don't you want to come?" he questions back hopeful.
"Well, yeah." a breath of words.
"Do you, though?" he needs to be sure.
"Yeah!" she exclaims.
" I just thought, because I changed."
"Yeah, I thought, because you changed you might not want me anymore."
"Oh, I'd love you to come," they both rush out grinning at each other.
"you both make me sick really, god you are pathetic" Iriving rolls his eyes.
"You're never going to stay, are you? Mickey sighs resigned to his fate.
"There's just so much out there. So much to see. I've got to."
"Well, I reckon you're mad, the pair of you. It's like you go looking for trouble." Jackie throws her hands up.
"Trouble's just the bits in-between. It's all waiting out there, Jackie, and it's brand new to me. All those planets, and creatures, and horizons. I have not seen them yet! Not with these eyes. And it is going to be fantastic."
She just rolls her eyes at them "well go on then, get lost, don't forget to call and visit"
"That hand of yours still gives me the creeps." she says as he holds it out to her with a grin, she takes it anyway.
"So, where are we going to go first?"
"Err, that way. No, hold on. That way." He points up.
" you guys know I'm still here right"
The Doctor spins letting go of Rose hand to speak to his brother but he's interrupted "you need to visit bring Rose I like her though you might want to explain a few things first and I need you to drop me off in Cardiff, and by drop me off I mean I'm driving don't touch" with that he walks into the console room leaving the Doctor staring after him as Rose laughs.
OK, so that is that, Well if we've managed to keep your attention to this point hope you liked it, review tell us if you liked it tell us if you hated it.
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