You remember Doomsday? Course you do.
Right! Imagine it’s right after that, on planet Earth. Millions of people are dead and the world is in chaos. But- this is quite important- you happen to know, (through contact with people like Mickey Smith and Elton Pope) that the Doctor had something to do with the founding of Torchwood, and Torchwood had something to do with what happened- all the death. That’s not all you know- you know the Doctor travels with Rose Tyler, and you know that the two of them apparently save people and probably saved your world once or twice- even on Doomsday itself. You’ve also seen Mickey Smith leave with the Doctor and never return- you know from Jackie what became of him, but you quietly wish he hadn’t gone.
You’ve never met the Doctor yourself, although you did know Rose a little. You think the Doctor changes people, for better or for worse. And you are still in shock from the millions of deaths.
So…one day you find Mickey’s flat open and you walk inside. You find a certain disk lying on a table, and you realise what it is. It’s a virus given to Mickey by the Doctor himself, designed to wipe out all mention of him. So no-one will ever be able to go looking for him.
You’ve seen the Daleks and the Cybermen and the Torchwood War. You’ve heard about what happened to Ursula Blake. You know about a bloke called Clive who was killed in front of his family. You’ve seen Jackie Tyler alone and afraid. And you’ve seen Mickey Smith grow into a hero, watched the Sycorax leave you alone, been saved from Daleks by something not unlike a deux ex machina, and heard the Prime Minister of all people begging this man for help. Furthermore, if not for the chain of events that the Doctor started, you would not have your best friend or the life you live now.
You’ve seen both love and monsters and now you have the disk. What do you do?
(p.s. I think I know what she will do, in my story. But I’m curious to know some other thoughts…)