Vanity in Science

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"Feed yourself with my life's work. How many likes is my life worth?"
- The Chainsmokers: 'Sick Boy' (Sick Boy [2018])

~*~*~

Tardis

The time had come to drop off Martha back to her home. The Doctor had done what he had promised he would do to repay Martha for helping them out at the hospital. Katy and Martha clung to the side of the console as the Doctor landed the Tardis as gently as he could without jostling them too much and put on the handbrake.

"There we go. Perfect landing. Which isn't easy in such a tight spot," the Doctor stated brightly.

"You should be used to tight spots by now," Martha teased back. "Where are we?" She wondered curiously, missing the sympathetic, pitying expression on Katy's face.

"The end of the line. No place like it," the Doctor responded, and Katy winced. Martha eagerly heads for the double doors, excited for what she was about to discover outside ...

~*~*~

Martha's Flat

... and found herself standing in the middle of her living room in her London flat.

Her expression dropped in disappointment. Now that her time was up, Katy knew it was going to be hard for Martha to accept the fact that she had to return to normal life after being shown the wonders of the universe.

Martha turns and looks at the Doctor with sad eyes, as he and Katy both stepped from the Tardis so they could make their final farewells.

"Home? You took me home?" Martha accused as the Doctor nodded, nonchalantly.

"In fact, the morning after we left, so you've only been gone about twelve hours. No time at all, really." The Doctor stated, and Katy smirked at him.

"Your timing has improved, love." She observed, elbowing him in the side, and earning a quizzical look from him. "At least it's not twelve months like last time."

"Ugh, you're never gonna let me live that down, are you? It was just that one time..." the Doctor retorted, whining a little. "And at least there's no mothers around to slap me." He noted as he absently rubbed the side of his face to soothe a long forgotten phantom pain.

"You did kinda deserve that though; you scared the hell out of Mum-"

"-But all the stuff we've done," Martha interrupted the slightly confusing conversation she was overhearing between them and returned the focus to the situation at hand. The Doctor and Katy flushed a little, remembering Martha was still there. "Shakespeare, New New York, old New York?" She reminded them, and the Doctor nodded.

"Yep, all in one night, relatively speaking. Everything should be just as it was." He wonders around the room, inspecting things curiously. "Books, CD's, laundry..."

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