Parallel: From Another World [1] (The Parallel Series) ✓

The Girl in the Fireplace - Three

The Doctor looked over at Rose. "Do you know what they were scanning Reinette's brain for?" He asked, getting no answers.

"Her milometer" Rita answered for the blonde.

The Doctor nodded at the brunette still acting slightly drunk. "They want to know how old she is. Know why? Because this ship is thirty-seven years old, and they think that when Reinette is thirty-seven when she's complete, then her brain will be compatible." He chuckled. "So, that's what you're missing, isn't it, hmm? Command circuit. Your computer. Your ship needs a brain. And for some reason, God knows what, only the brain of Madame de Pompadour will do."

The Droid spoke up after the Doctor finished his speech. "The brain is compatible."

"Compatible?" He scoffed a little. "If you believe that, you probably believe this is a glass of wine." He removed his arm from Rita the girl shivered a little at the sudden movement. He then removed the droids mask and poured the contents of the goblet into the head of the droid.

"Multigrain anti-oil." Rita told them both before the Doctor could he rolled his eyes at her.

"If it moves, it doesn't." He added. "Rita mind pulling that switch?" He asked her pointing to a switch beside her. The brunette nodded pulling the switch, the other droids in the room hunched over, turning off.

"You two, that's enough lying about. Time we got the rest of the ship turned off." He went to free them both using the sonic screwdriver. Before he could free them the locks opened.

The Doctor looked over at Rita and frowned. "How did you?"

"It's simple" she rolled her eyes. "One of these switches were bound to free them."

"Oh, you are brilliant" he grinned.

"I don't know" Rita shrugged.

"Enough of how brilliant she apparently is" Mickey huffed. "Are those things safe?"

"Yeah." The Doctor nodded still smiling at the brunette. "Safe. Safe and thick, way I like them. Okay. All the time windows are controlled from here. I need to close them all down. Zeus plugs. He started to pat himself down. "Where are my Zeus plugs?"

"Knew I forgot something" she groaned.

"You were too busy laughing at him acting drunk weren't you?" Rose raised a brow at the brunette who looked away not denying or protesting about the blonde's comment.

"I had them a minute ago. I was using them as castanets." the Doctor ignored them both thinking aloud and patting himself down..

"Why didn't they just open a time window to when she was thirty-seven?" Rose asked.

"With the amount of damage to these circuits, they did well to hit the right century. Trial and error after that. The windows aren't closing. Why won't they close?"

They heard a ding of a bell. "What's that?" Rose asked.

"I don't know. Incoming message?" The Doctor guessed looking at Rita for confirmation.

"Someone wants to speak to the droids that are here." Rita told them.

"Who does?" Mickey asked.