Sequel to 'The Heart Within'. If it's not one thing, then it's another for Katy. Not only has she discovered that she is a member of the Time Lord race, but the Doctor has gone and done a face-changing trick. But it wouldn't be an adventure with th...
"Every time that I look in the mirror. All these lines on my face getting clearer. The past is gone. It went by like dusk to dawn. Isn't that the way? Everybody's got their dues in life to pay." - Matthew Morrison (feat. Neil Patrick Harris) 'Dream On' (Glee Soundtrack [2010] - Originally recorded by Aerosmith)
~**~
South London December 24th, 2005
Several months had gone by since Jackie and Mickey helped Katy and Rose get the TARDIS started so they could go back and help the Doctor on the Game Station. Now it was Christmas Eve, and like every other Christmas it was busy. In the Tyler's flat, Jackie is decorating a white plastic Christmas tree and placing wrapped presents beneath it. She pauses for a moment to look at the ones for Katy and Rose and gazes wistfully into the distance.
At Mickey's work, Noddy Holder AKA 'Slade', was singing Merry Xmas Everybody over the radio behind the loud hammering Mickey's friend John was doing. But there was also another sound that could be faintly heard over that, and Mickey's head instantly shot up when he recognised the sound; a very familiar wheezing, groaning and chain-grinding noise sound.
"Hey, turn that down." Nobody immediately complies with Mickey's request. He tries again. "Turn it off, Stevo. Turn that off!" Somebody finally listens to him, and Mickey snaps impatiently at John. "John, shut up!" Once everybody goes silent, looking at Mickey with confusion, said boy pricks up his ears once again to confirm what he was hearing ... before taking off at a run out of the Mechanic's shop.
Jackie hears the noise too.
"Katy! Rose!" She immediately rushes out of the flat and meets up with Mickey out in the courtyard. "Mickey!"
"Jackie, it's the TARDIS!"
"I know, I know, I heard it." Jackie exclaimed excitedly. "They're alive, Mickey. I said so, didn't I? They're alive!"
"Just shut up a minute," Mickey asks, impatiently. Both look around for a glimpse of the blue box, but so far nothing appears.
"Well, where is it then?" Jackie asks, in confusion.
The TARDIS suddenly comes out of the vortex in mid-air and bounces off one block of flats, a second and a third, before narrowly avoiding a post office van and finally crashing into a set of waste bins. The Doctor opens the door, still dressed in his predecessor's black jeans, t-shirt, and leather jacket.
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
"Here we are then," he says, cheerfully. "London, Earth. The Solar System. We did it." He stumbles out of the TARDIS, followed closely by a very concerned Katy who was shadowing him in case he got hurt. The Doctor takes notice of a perplexed Jackie and Mickey who were staring at the Doctor in confusion. "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." He leans against Jackie and Mickey's shoulders for extra support. "What was it?" He frowns momentarily. "No, hold on, hold on. Hold on, shush, shush, shush, shush." Then he grins triumphantly as though suddenly remembering. "Oh, I know! Merry Christmas!"
