TEXT: EXT. POWELL ESTATE The TARDIS materializes. Both Rose and the Doctor step out. The Doctor leans against the door and folds his arms. ROSE: How long have I been gone? THE DOCTOR: About 12 hours. They laugh. ROSE: Oooh! Right, I won't be long, I'm just gonna see my mum. THE DOCTOR: What're you going to tell her? ROSE: I don't know! I've been to the year 5 billion... and only been gone, what, 12 hours? The Doctor gives something between a laugh and a snort. ROSE (CONT'D): No, I'll just tell her I've spent the night at Shareens. See you later! (Walks off, turns back). Oh, don't you disappear. The Doctor gives her a look to say 'as if I would' and she runs off in the direction of the flats. He settles himself against the TARDIS to wait for her. INT. STAIRWELL Rose runs up the stairs to her flat, grinning. EXT. POWELL ESTATE The Doctor wanders around with his arms folded outside and kicks an empty bottle across the yard. He spots a poster taped to a lamppost. He walks over to it and reads the writing "Can You Help?" and sees a photograph of Rose. INT. TYLER'S FLAT, LIVING ROOM Rose opens the door to her flat. ROSE: I'm back! It was Shareen. She was all upset again. Are you in? Her mum walks out of the kitchen holding a cup of tea. ROSE (CONT'D): So, what's been going on? How've you been? Jackie looks as though she has seen a ghost. ROSE (CONT'D): What? What's that face for? It's not the first time I've stayed out all night. Jackie drops the cup of tea and it smashes on the floor. EXT. POWELL ESTATE Outside, the Doctor gets the gist of the poster and runs to the flats.
SUMMARY:
The Doctor intends to take Rose back to her home 12 hours after she left, but they arrive a year after instead. Her mother Jackie is furious with the Doctor, and Mickey has been suspected of murdering Rose. Rose and the Doctor witness a spaceship crash into Big Ben and fall into the River Thames . The Doctor suspects this is a trick and discovers that the ship was launched from Earth, and that the pilot is a pig, modified by alien technology. The Prime Minister cannot be located, and is replaced by Joseph Green , while Margaret Blaine and Oliver Charles , other high-ranking members of the government, are also called. The group is revealed to be the Slitheen , an alien family who have compressed themselves into human "suits".