10 w/ Rose #1

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Where are you?

Inside the TARDIS. There's one tiny gap in the universe left. Just about to close, and it takes a lot of power to send this projection, I'm in orbit around a supernova. I'm burning up a sun just to say goodbye.

You look like a ghost.

Hold on.

Can I t-?

I'm still just an image, no touch.

Can't you come here properly?

All things would fracture. Two universes would collapse.

So?

Where are we? Where did the gap come out?

We're in Norway.

Norway!, right...

About 50 miles up Bergen, it's called Dårlig Ulv Stranden.

Dalek?

Dårlig. It's norwegian for 'bad'. It translates as Bad Wolf Bay.

How long have we got?

About 2 minutes.

I don't know what to say!

You've still got Mr. Mickey, then?

There's five of us: Mum, Dad, Mickey... and the baby.

You're not...?

No! It's mum. She's three months long, more Tylers' on the way.

And what about you? Are you...?

Yeah, I'm-I'm back working in the shop.

Oh, good for you.

Oh, shut up! No, I'm not. There's still a Torchwood on this planet open for buisness. I think I know a thing or two about aliens.

Rose Tyler, Defender of the Earth. You're dead, officially, back home. So many people died that day and you've gone missing. You're on the list of the dead.
And here you are, living a life day after day. The one adventure I can never have.

Am I ever going to see you again?

You can't.

What're you going to do?

Oh, I've got the TARDIS. Same old life, last of the Time Lords...

On your own?

I... I love you.

Quite right, too. And I suppose, if it's one last chance to say it, Rose Tyler-

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