Debbie knocked on the Doctor's door politely. "Can we come in?" She asked meekly.
There was a murmur of noise and Bobby decided it was safe for them to enter. "Happy birthday Doctor!" He shouted.
"I'm not completely deaf yet." The Doctor snapped back at her overenthusiastic companion. "Is it that time already? Why must I age so wearily? Where are the distant fields of youth filled with laughter and contentment?"
"Oh do stop milking it Doctor." Debbie handed her carefully wrapped present over, it even had a homemade yellow silk ribbon, courtesy of Webbi, tied around it.
"Here you go." Bobby passed the Virgin Megastore carrier bag to the Doctor.
"Did you remember to take the price tag off like I said?" Debbie whispered to Bobby.
"Of course I did." Bobby replied. "I'm not some kind of simpleton you know. “Jean-Marc went halves on it with me, he says you like them.”
The Doctor took out the CD from Bobby. "Steps’ new single for Children in Need? Thank you. You know, I remember appearing on that show a few times or was it one time but several of me? Anyway what’s Debbie bought me?" She carefully unwrapped Debbie’s gift. "What's this?" She asked holding the electronic gizmo up.
"It's a new chameleon circuit, Penny, Haana and Claire went in on it with me. It’s a mark 4b." Debbie explained to the Doctor.
"Where are they anyway?" The Doctor asked. "They might have shown up for my bloody birthday."
"They were called away to stop the Sontarans invading Rington XI, the tea planet. Leokai and Geokai are covering all other possible invasions today, so you can have a nice relaxing day by the pool."
The Doctor looked suspiciously at Debbie. "What are you planning?"
"Nothing." Debbie replied as innocently as possible. “The dead do not plan.”
"Well then we can't hang around here all day, shoo now so I can get out of bed and get dressed." The Doctor put the CD from Bobby on as she pulled on jogging pants and a baggy sweater on over her bright orange bikini. She quickly popped into the console room, for an emergency cup of tea when suddenly there was a knock on the front doors. Wondering who it was, as she opened them and went to investigate. “Yes? Who is it?”
“Hello Dave?”
“I’m sorry.” The Doctor replied. “There’s nobody called Dave here. I had a David once but I lost him to the Cybermen in season two. I think he was helping the Rani to defeat me’s in 1993 if it helps.”
“Is Dave there?”
“No, I’m sorry.” The Doctor said apologetically.
“That’s ok Dave. I’m going now Dave, but I’ll be back.”
The Doctor closed the front doors before going to the pool and a nice relaxing day with her companions. She hummed the tune to Mambo No. 5 as she skipped down the corridors, dressed only in only her bikini, like Morecambe and Wise at the end of another of their BBC Christmas specials.