The Doctor slowly walked around the TARDIS and fiddled with the console before leaning against it and frowning at Rita. Who are you? He thought to himself as he watched her stare at the TARDIS in wonder like an innocent child the Doctor trusted her for some reason as if he actually knew her and he didn't know why. "Rita?" He spoke for the first time breaking the silence since Rose had left him to wonder about who she actually was.

"Yes, Doctor." She turned to him still standing near the doors of the TARDIS

"Who are you?" He frowned. "Not like who are you because I know your name is Rita Stone and that your human, but who are you?" He questioned emphasising his words to make it clearer for her.

"What do you mean?" She frowned his words confusing her even more than before while walking up to the console.

"So Rose and I get dragged halfway across time and space into a Dalek ship, the TARDIS is almost stolen by the Daleks and then we find you, an innocent girl lying peacefully on the floor in the Dalek ship." The Doctor frowned not even believing the words himself. "You knew about the programme, how?"

"The TV show" Rita answered. "I don't know how I got here Doctor, I don't know how or why I am here but I am." Rita shrugged. Half satisfied with her answer, at least for now, the Doctor nodded. "Rose?" He called as he turned some knobs on the console and pressed some buttons before he saw the blonde poke her head in the console room. "Looks like Rita is going to be with us for a while." He said before glancing over at the brunette quickly adding. "If you want." 

Rita then broke out into a broad grin. The Doctor did the same then looked at Rose who smiled herself nodding. "Fine by me."

"After all that running and Daleks and stuff I'm so tired at the moment so if I am staying I guess I need somewhere to sleep." Rita yawned "No way am I sleeping on the floor" she joked.

"No you're not" the Doctor agreed. "The TARDIS made a room for you. Down that hall, first on the left" He pointed in a direction. "Should have everything you need. 

"I did always wonder how you lived in the TARDIS  she chuckled before nodding a thank you and walked away from the two feeling way too tired to continue on with the day.

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Rita had stayed with the Doctor and Rose in the TARDIS for about a week now, she had a few tests done on her due to the Doctor not understanding who she was or how she managed to get on the Dalek ship. It was mainly the Doctor wanting to make sure she was safe on board and that Rose was too. Rita explained as much as she could to the Doctor as well as told him what she deemed 'interesting' about her life as well as learned a little more about Rose in the process not even asking the Doctor about himself since she already knew far too much, more than what he would no doubt deem 'appropriate' so she kept quiet and actually enjoyed the company of the Time Lord and the other human far more than she expected. More than what she thought she would in dreams she had while she was younger. The Doctor didn't let her leave the TARDIS and wouldn't leave the TARDIS alone with her. After feeling satisfied with Rita Stone's health and safety as well as Rose's, his own and the TARDISes safety he decided that the test results were normal and that Rita wasn't anything but human. 

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"So where are we going?" said Rose leaning against the TARDIS

"Further than we've ever gone before" the Doctor grinned at both Rita and Rose before flipping a switch hearing the TARDIS dematerialise in the sky. "And finally welcome aboard Miss Stone" the Doctor smirked as they all gripped onto the console travelling through the vortex.

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"Where are we," Rita asked stepping out of the TARDIS grinning madly as she then realised where she was watching the high tech cars fly in the sky.

"It's the year five billion and twenty-three." The Doctor spoke while stepping out of the TARDIS himself "We're in the galaxy M87, and this? This is New Earth."

Rose laughed "That's just. That's just" Rita then started to laugh along with Rose who was also speechless herself.
"This is beautiful" Rita spoke between laughter.

"Not bad. Not bad at all." The Doctor smiled at them both and chuckled a little while they watched the cars fly over their heads towards New New York.

"That's amazing." Rose chuckled "I'll never get used to this. Never. The different ground beneath my feet," Rose then began to jump up and down "different sky. What's that smell?" She then stopped.

The Doctor and Rita sniffed the air "smells like" Rita frowned and sniff again "apples?"

"Apple grass" the Doctor states.

"Apple grass" Rose chuckled.

"Feels like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" Rita joked causing the Doctor and Rose to give out a small laugh.

"It's beautiful." Rose said in awe while Rita nodded in agreement "Oh, I love this. Can I just say, travelling with you, I love it." Rose smiled at the Doctor "all the planets I have seen, it's amazing, Rita you should have seen them" Rose turned to the brunette and smiled her eyes sparkling

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The Doctor and Rose were sat relaxing on his coat while Rita stayed with the TARDIS leaning against it, smiling and thinking to herself.

"So, the year five billion, the sun expands, the Earth gets roasted" The Doctor spoke watching the city in the distance.

"What a lovely thought" Rita joked as she joined the two, sitting on the grass and just enjoying the company of her two newest friends.

"That was our first date." Rose smiled turning to the Doctor.

"We had chips." The Doctor grinned "So anyway, the planet is gone, all rocks and dust," he explained "but the human race lives on, spread out across the stars." He turned between Rita and Rose "Soon as the Earth burns up, oh yeah, they get all nostalgic, big revival movement, but then find this place. Same size as the Earth, same air, same orbit. Lovely. Call goes out, the humans move in."

"So we just take the planet?" Rita asked.

"Pretty much"

"Sounds like us humans" Rose turned to Rita as they both laughed. "What's the city called?" She then asked.

"New New York."

"Would have thought they would have come up with a better name instead of just placing the same word twice" Rita laughed.

"Oh, come on." Rose rolled her eyes at the Doctor not believing him.

"It is." He turned to Rita to help who just shook her head at him. "It's the city of New New York. Strictly speaking, it's the fifteenth New York since the original, so that makes it New New New New New New New New New New New New New New York." Rita and Rose then both rolled their eyes and stood up. "What?"

"You're so different," They both said at the same time and then blinked at each other.

"New new Doctor" the Doctor piped up.

Technically it's new new new new new new new new new new Doctor Rita thought to herself and smile at her joke.

"What's so funny then?" The Doctor looked up and frowned at Rita.

"Thought of something funny"

"And what was that?" He raised a brow at Rita. Rose then did the same

"Never mind" Rita mumbled shaking her head.

"Can we go and visit New New York, so good they named it twice?"
"Technically it's fifteen" Rita smiled smugly.

"Well, I thought we might go there first." The Doctor stood up as well and pointed to the skyscrapers in the distance.

"Why, what is it?" Rose turned to the Doctor.

"It's a hospital" Rita answered for the Doctor.

"Umm yeah," he nodded taken back by how Rita actually knew.

"You look confused Doctor" Rita teased knowing fully well that he had forgotten about her 'talent' which he claimed it to now be in his mind.

"Oh ha ha" he rolled his eyes remembering. "Anyways, Green moon on the side. That's the universal symbol for hospitals. I got this." He picked up his long coat and took the psychic paper out of a pocket "A message on the psychic paper."
He showed Rita and Rose the psychic paper which wrote the words 'Ward 26 Please Come' "Someone wants to see me."

"And I thought we were just sight-seeing." Rose shook her head.

"Sight-seeing with the Doctor? Impossible it's like he has a device strapped to him alerting anyone nearly with the message: I like trouble!" Rita joked causing Rose to laugh and the Doctor to chuckle and shake his head.

"Come on, then. Let's go and buy some grapes. Rose also shook her head as the three headed off.

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"Bit rich coming from you." The trio walked into the Hospital.

"I have to side with Rose this time sorry Doctor" Rita patted his shoulder.

"I can't help it." He looked at both girls "I don't like hospitals. They give me the creeps."

"Says the guy who calls himself 'the Doctor' " Rita raised her eyebrows at him and slyly grinned.

"Rita has a point" Rose agreed.

A speaker then diverted the attention of the trio away from the subject of the Doctors name 'The Pleasure Gardens will now take visitors carrying green or blue identification cards for the next fifteen minutes. Visitors are reminded that cuttings from the gardens are not permitted.'

"Very smart." Rose nodded "Not exactly NHS."

"What's the NHS like for you then?" Rita asked.

"Different to this"

"Way different to mine" Rita chuckled.

"No shop. I like the little shop." The Doctor thought out loud.

"And there he goes about the shops" Rita rolled her eyes

"Hey" he pouted "Always good to have a little shop"

"If you say so" Rita rolled her eyes again.

"I thought this far in the future, they'd have cured everything." Rose frowned at the Doctor a little confused.

"Oh Rose" Rita patted the blonde's shoulder and smiled.

"The human race moves on, but so do the viruses. It's an ongoing war."

"Exactly" Rita grinned.

"You're enjoying this way too much Rita" the Doctor shook his head.

"I'm sorry Doctor," Rita said sarcastically. "When you suddenly are on your favourite TV show you get a little excited" Rita grinned.

"Oh, so I'm your favourite TV show?" He raised a brow placing his hands into his long coat pockets.

"Don't push it mister" Rita chuckled.

"They're cats." Rose watched in disbelief as one of the nurses walked passed.

"Now, don't stare. Think about what you look like to them, all pink and yellow." The Doctor watched as the nurse walked away.

"Nurse nun cats" Rita shook her head. "Never thought I would see or say that without making a reference"

"That's where I'd put the shop. Right there." He pointed to the corner of the Hospital entrance.

"You and your shops" Rita muttered as she followed the Doctor.

Rita then suddenly remembered and pretended to trip while pushing Rose and grabbing her phone out of her pocket as well as knocking her into the Doctor, who was currently standing in the lift.

Rita then pretended to run in after the Doctor and Rose, knowing fully well that she wouldn't be able to catch up in time.

"Oh, too late. We're going up." The Doctor shrugged.

"Rita!" The Doctor shouted, "watch out for the disinfectant."

"For the disinfectant" Rita mumbled along at the same time as he said it. "Yeah, yeah I know. That isn't the first priority Doctor" Rita rolled her eyes mumbling to herself

"I think she pushed me" Rose mumbled, frowning at the Doctor.

"Now why would she do that?" The Doctor frowned back. Rose shrugged unable to answer that question.

Rita then stepped into the 2nd lift and sighed knowing what was about to come. "Ward 26, though," Rita said not that it would actually take her there.

Rita then took off her black jacket which she was wearing and hung it up out of the way she also ripped her shoes off of her feet and placed them out the way as well a moment before the warning for the disinfectant through the lift speaker: "Commence stage one disinfection" That was lucky Rita thought. No way they were getting drenched dryer or not.

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The disinfectant had finally finished, Rita was just putting her shoes back on when the doors to the lift opened. "Here goes nothing" Rita sighed walking out the lift to see Chip standing waiting for Rose.

"The human child is clean." Chip smiled while Rita rolled her eyes. Well done, you know how the disinfectant works she thought and then rolled her eyes knowing it really wasn't Chips fault.

"Ward 26?" Rita questions and raised a brow while acting like she was confused.

"This way, Rose Tyler" Chip spoke and then turned around. Rita sighed. She knew she could possibly help the poor Cassandra and Chip but the plot had to continue, Rita could only alter so much. Nevertheless, she carefully followed Chip. Rita noticed the film from years and years ago back when Cassandra actually was a 'normal' person and not a piece of skin with a mouth and eyes on some metal poles.

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"Nice place." The Doctor looked around Ward 26 and then turned back to the nurse "No shop, downstairs. I'd have a shop. Not a big one. Just a shop, so people can shop." Rose rolled her eyes 'Rita was right about the Doctor and his bloody shops.' She thought. The nurse then slowly removed her veil.

The nurse then spoke, "The hospital is a place of healing." She then added in an offended tone "Not for... shopping"

The Doctor pursed his lips "A shop does some people the world of good. Not me. Other people."

"The Sisters of Plentitude take a lifelong vow to help and to mend" The nurse spoke while the trio slowly began to walk through the ward. The ward was mainly all white, there were a few more nurses standing around next to patients.

"Excuse me!" A woman spoke while the Doctor was looking at a patient who was a slightly overweight man with grey skin. "Members of the public may only gaze upon the Duke of Manhattan with written permission from the Senate of New New York." The woman huffed at the Doctor and Rose.

"That's Petrifold Regression, right?" The Doctor looked at the nurse and the woman while Rose frowned at the Doctor confused with what that actually meant.

"I'm dying, sir. A lifetime of charity and abstinence and it ends like this."

"I'm sorry" the Doctors face fell.

The woman then spoke once again and narrowed her eyes slightly at the Doctor and Rose. "Any statements made by the Duke of Manhattan may not be made public without official clearance."

The Doctor nodded in understanding. "Frau Clovis! I'm so weak." The Duke sighed and then coughed a little.

"Sister Jatt. A little privacy, please." The woman named Frau Clovis turned and rushed back, standing beside the Duke.

"He'll be up and about in no time." The nurse smiled at Rose and the Doctor.

"But he said he was dying?" Rose frowned.

"I doubt it. Sister Jatt," The Doctor looked at the nurse and continued to explain "Petrifold Regression?" The Doctor frowned "He's turning to stone. There won't be a cure for oh, a thousand years? He might be up and about, but only as a statue" The Doctor added.

"Have faith in the Sisterhood." Sister Jatt smiled and then frowned "But is there no one here you recognise? It's rather unusual to visit without knowing the patient."

"Yeah" Rose agreed with the cat. "How will we know who it is Doctor?" The blonde looked up and asked.

"I think we've found him." The Doctor turned to see a rather large face in a sort of tank in the corner of the machine. The face looked in pain yet peaceful and certainly old.

"Novice Hame, if I can leave this gentleman and his friend in your care?" Sister Jatt turned to another one of the cats.

"Certainly" Hame nodded. The cat walked over to where the Doctor and Rose were both standing just outside the Dukes closed curtain.

"Oh, I think our friend got lost. Rita Stone. Brunette and just a little shorter than Rose. Could you ask at, reception?" He described Rita, then smiled at Jatt and Rose.

"Certainly, sir." The cat nodded and then walked away while the Doctor and Rose followed Hame.

"I'm afraid the Face of Boe's asleep." Hame smiled sadly. "That's all he tends to do these days. Are you friends, or?"

"We met just the once on Platform One." The Doctor then added: "What's wrong with him?"

"I'm so sorry" Hame slowly shook her head. Rose turned to the Doctor with an unreadable expression.

"I thought you knew." She sighed. Rose slowly walked over and placed a hand on Hames' shoulder while sadly smiling at the nurse. "The Face of Boe is dying. " Hame looked at the Doctor and Rose.

"Why?" Rose asked before adding: "whats wrong with him?"

"He's dying of old age." Hame looked at The Face of Boe. "The one thing we can't cure." She sighed "He's thousands of years old. Some people say millions, although that's impossible." Hame chuckled slightly. Rose then smiled at the Doctor.

"Oh, I don't know." The Doctor also chuckled "I like impossible." He grinned at Rose, turned back towards The Face of Boe and then gently placed a hand on the tank "I'm here. So is Rose. I look a bit different, but it's me, It's the Doctor." He spoke gently as if he was a young child.

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"Peekaboo!" Rita turned and saw the flap of skin attached to the metal wire. "Wait a minute" her lips pursed. "You're not Rose Tyler?" Cassandra spat the blondes name.

"Oh my god" Rita faked a gasp and covered her mouth. "You have eyes!"

"Who are you child and how did you get here?"

"That's not important Cassandra, but if you must know. I used the lift" Rita made a smug grin.

"Hmm, I didn't see you with Rose" she sighed. "Guess you will have to do, though"

"Don't you even think about it Cassandra I know what you're planning" Rita raised her brows at the piece of stretched flesh.

"What do you think I'm going to do Flap you to death?" She joked.

"Didn't take you as the comedic type Cassandra, and no I know you have a psychograft which I know is illegal, you want me to back away to run to the cats and then you will get my body"

"How do you know that?" Cassandra blinked in disbelief.

"Secrets" Rita grinned. "Anyway it's not going to happen"

"Don't be so sure of that brunette," Cassandra said. "Chip now!" She shouted. at her forced grown clone.

Before Rita had time to react she was suddenly forced back by a strong push from the clone. She stumbled back and the psychograft was activated keeping her from moving. "Cassandra!" Rita shouted. "The Doctor can help you!"

"I don't need help honey" Cassandra laughed. "The lady's moving on. It's goodbye trampoline, and hello brunette."

Rita could then feel herself becoming trapped and squeezed inside her own head. Everything hurt and felt like she was being burnt alive for a few moments. She then became extremely claustrophobic.

"Mistress?" Chip slowly walked over to Rita's body which was now taken over by Cassandra.

"Moisturise me." 'Rita' said "How bizarre." She mumbled "Arms, fingers, hair! Let me see! Let me see!" She jumped up and down like an excited child while Chip brought over a mirror "Oh my God. I'm literally a child! A tiny small child. That's disgusting "

'Says the one who was a piece of skin from her butt and jumping up and down like it's bloody Christmas. Also, I'm 19!' Rita thought and mentally smacked the woman.

"How the hell are you doing that?" Cassandra asked eyes wide in shock.

'I don't know, I just am' Rita snapped not liking the current arrangments.

"Hmm, Cassandra hummed looking at Rita's body in a mirror. "That's disgusting" she wrinkled Rita's nose and then took off the leather jacket and threw it on the floor.

'Hey, I actually liked that jacket!' Rita snapped at the woman who rolled her eyes.

"My body now, my rules" Cassandra snapped back while continuing to examine Rita's body. "Not the best but it will do" She sighed.

"The mistress is beautiful." Chip smiled at Cassandra.

"Absolutement! Oh, but look." Cassandra looked over to what was now just a metal frame and a dead brain.

"Oh, the brain lead expired. My old mistress is gone" He sighed again.

"But safe and sound in here" Cassandra grinned at Chip and tapped Rita's head.

"But what of the child's mind?" Chip tilted his head and frowned.

"Oh, tucked away." Cassandra slyly grinned." I can just about access the surface memory." She said making Rita groan and sigh while mentally rolling her eyes "She's. Gosh, she's with the Doctor. A man. He's the Doctor. The same Doctor with a new face. That hypocrite!" Cassandra gasped "Although I do have to say, nice rear bumper. Hmm." Cassandra grinned again and turned her head towards the brunettes rear end.

"Did I ever mention that you are disgusting" Rita thought and mentally groaned at the woman.

'Rita' then jumped almost out of her skin. well, Rita's skin as the phone Rita had stolen from Rose when pushing her into the lift started to ring. "Oh, it seems to be ringing. Is it meant to ring?" 'Rita' frowned looking at Chip for some help.

"No you idiot its meant to sing. Of course, its meant to ring!" Rita practically shouted at Cassandra and mentally facepalmed. She wasn't normally this angry and wouldn't usually result to calling people idiots unless for a joke but she was steaming right now Cassandra had just invaded her body and was attempting to show as much skin as she could which made Rita even angrier resulting in her becoming steaming.

"A primitive communications device." Chip informed 'Rita'

"Rita, where are you?" The Doctor spoke into a phone most likely at ward 26 with Rose now just after seeing The Face of Boe.

'Rita' Held the phone away and whispered to Chip: "How does she speak?"

"Try Old Earth Cockney" Chip smiled and nodded to 'Rita'

"Er, wotcha." Rita mentally groaned again. 'That is nothing like how I speak, and I technically do not live in London!' Cassandra just ignored comment as if it was never given.

"Where've you been?" He asked and then added, "How long does it take to get to Ward 26?" He turned to Rose who then shrugged at him not knowing what to say.

"I'm on my way, governor." 'Rita' smirked enjoying this way too much. Rita just mentally rolled her eyes knowing that if she kept up the comments like she was then she would no longer have any energy left and no doubt get squashed to death by Cassandra invading her body and mind.

"You'll never guess. Rose and I are with the Face of Boe." The Doctor exclaimed practically beaming into the phone. "Anyway, I'd better go. We'll See you in a minute, Rita." The Doctor then hung up the phone.

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A/N: How do you guys think that went? What do you think Rita's part will change the original episode? Sorry, there isn't much of her character in it (I blame Cassandra) Thank you for reading and voting on this chapter.