The Tenth Impact

Girl in the Fireplace

The peaceful air of France was disrupted by the screams of the French, and the mechanical marching of the beats attacking.

King Louis searched the corridors for his mistress, Madame de Pompadour. She had wandered off earlier in the night, supposedly to gather her thoughts. Louis was worried when her voice had not begun echoing in the halls.

When he finally found his beloved mistress, she was the picture of calm. She stood before a mantle, staring at the clock on the mantle.

"We are under attack!" Louis stressed to her. "There are creatures I don't even think they're human. We can't stop them."

Madame Pompadour stared at the clock. Her voice barely shook as she spoke, as if unaffected by the screaming outside their very door. "The clock is broken. They're coming."

Louis went up to her side, worried for her safety and sanity. "Did you hear what I said?"

Reinette turned to him, staring into his eyes. Louis saw her usual determination. "Listen to me." She began, her tone implying urgency. "There is a woman, and a man coming to Versailles. They have watched over me my whole life and they will not desert me tonight."

"What are you talking about? What man?" Louis asked.

Of course. That was the thing that stuck out in her speech.

If Reinette took offense, she didn't show it. "The woman is a sister to me, whom I trust with everything." She swore. "And the man is the only man, save you, I have ever loved." Her King was surprised by this news. "No, don't look like that, there's no time." Reinette half scolded. "You have your duties. I am your mistress. Go to your queen."

Louis hesitated, but realized she was right. The King ran to his Queen, as his Mistress knelt by the fireplace.

"Are you there?" Reinette called out, trying not to sound as terrified as she was becoming. "Can you hear me? I need you now. You promised. The clock on the mantle is broken. It is time. Terra! Doctor! Terra! Doctor!"

==TTI==

The Doctor landed the TARDIS. We walked out onto the the large spaceship, making me frown.

Girl in the Fireplace was a good episode, don't get me wrong. It had killer lines, as well as a good plot and characters. I always loved the part where the Doctor pretended to be drunk.

It was kinda sad that this episode pushed Rose and the Doctor away. I feel like this would have been an event where they realized their feelings and attacked. Ya know, if they both weren't still reeling from their argument at the diner.

The Doctor walked out first, followed by me, Mickey, and Rose who closed the door. The ship looked abandoned, and parts had been scattered all over the place.

The scent hit me hard, first step onto the ship. Superior biology, screw you. My face recoiled in disgust. Burning human flesh, a scent I could never forget. This was a part of the episode I wish I could forget.

They didn't have the parts.

Mickey was delighted. He had never been anywhere other than planet Earth. "It's a spaceship. Brilliant! I got a spaceship on my first go."

"It looks kind of abandoned." Rose commented, looking about the dark spaceship. "Anyone on board?"

The Doctor stuffed his hands in his coat pocket. "Nah, nothing here. Well, nothing dangerous."

I snorted, trying hard to focus on the smell.

"Well, not that dangerous."

I snorted twice.