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It was hard to say how long Martha waited in the media room. She went in, chose one of the movies on her list that she thought would set the mood, and made popcorn. Not long after she stepped inside she heard and felt the TARDIS land. Martha smiled, hoping Rose would have a good time with her old friend and anticipated hearing all about it upon her return. If she decided to, that is. About five or ten minutes later she felt the TARDIS take off again. Plopping down on the couch, movie cued up, she adjusted her top to ensure the perfect amount of cleavage could be seen by the tall alien without looking utterly trashy. She did a sniff test, hoping she didn’t smell like greenhouse or medicine and pleased to discover she didn’t. Shifting, she positioned herself to look as irresistible as possible, ensuring the Time Lord would want to curl into her, and waited.
The movie started on it’s own, and she watched. And waited.
How much longer was he going to be? Rose did tell him where she was going to wait for him, right? She didn’t forget in her excitement?
“Oh Doctor Jones,” His voice came from the doorway, and she whipped her head around to greet him with a smile. It fell when she took him in, and it took every bit of self control Martha had to neither whimper nor drool at the sight in front of her.
His hair was ruffled in a very enticing way that made Martha want to ruffle it more. His jacket and tie were gone, his blue oxford untucked with the top button undone and the sleeves pushed up to his elbows. It was almost like seeing him naked, especially since his pupils were so wide, and he had what she could only describe as a bedroom smile as he gripped the door frame with both hands.
“You have a patient waiting for you in the medbay.” He said cheekily, gesturing with his head for her to come along.
She’d have followed him into a volcano if he looked at her like that.
Martha bolted from the couch, moving swiftly toward him, and somewhat surprised to find them going across the hall. She never really remembered to the medbay being that close, and for a brief moment she wondered if maybe that’s not really where they were going.
Hands in his pockets, he pushed the door open with his bum and leaned against it to hold it open. Martha stepped in, and was both disappointed and confused when the medbay was exactly where she was led. And that Rose was on the bed.
“I’m assuming since you aren’t covered in tiny, itchy spots that you have had the chicken pox before?” He asked Martha with a teasing grin.
“Uh, yeah, when I was six” She said, still trying to make sense of what was going on.
“Good. Because Rose, apparently, hadn’t.” He said, barely containing a laugh.
“S not funny,” Rose said, trying to glare through a laugh while twitching ever so slightly, rubbing her arms against her sides.
The Doctor’s face contorted as he tried not to smile, and Martha laughed at how utterly adorable it looked.
“So what you need me for?” Martha asked, bumping the Doctor with her elbow as she crossed her arms and leaned heavily on the side nearest him.
“You’re a Doctor, she’s sick.” He said.
“You’re the Doctor.” She teased.
“True, but it’s been over a month since you’ve practiced, don’t want to get rusty, now, do you?” He asked, and Martha narrowed her gaze at him. His ears turned red. “Not to mention you’re also a woman.” He added, tugging at his ear. “And strictly speaking, I’m not a medical professional.”
“What he’s saying,” Rose said as she tried very hard not to scratch. “Is he doesn’t want to see me naked.”
The Doctor’s mouth twitched as if he was about to start laughing again, clearing his throat as he rubbed he back of his neck. “Probably best that I don’t, yeah.” He said, turning away and and rocking on he balls of his feet.
“Alright, so how dangerous are we talking?” Martha asked, realizing it couldn’t be too bad if the Doctor was trying not to laugh at the predicament to the point that he had to turn away from the sight of a twitching Rose.
“Shouldn’t be too serious,” He said, turning back to Martha, humor gone from his face. “But the spots will have to be watched, and that can’t be done just by checking arms and legs.” He cleared his throat. “So it is, in fact, best that you, Martha, a woman of the human race be the lead physician on this case.”
“I hate to interrupt, but I was promised something to calm the itch.” Rose said from the bed.
“Ah, yeah,” He said, looking at his feet. “TARDIS laid a shot out on the tray there.” He said, gesturing over to the beside table.
Martha headed over, picking up the syringe with blue liquid and showing it to the Doctor. He nodded from where he leaned against the door frame, and Martha went about administering it. A few seconds after giving the shot, Rose stopped twitching with a sigh of relief.
“Better?” The Doctor asked.
“Yeah,” She said with another sigh.
“The spots shouldn’t be anymore than a centimeter in diameter,” He went on to explain, coming over to stand beside Martha. “We should be alright, but if they do get bigger we’re going to have to go to a medical planet. There’s still a couple bags of anti virus, and I know you know how to set up and IV drip.” He added to Martha before turning to Rose. “And I’m afraid you’re going to have to be in here for a couple days.”
“And why can’t I stay in bed?” Rose asked.
“You will be. Just in here where ….” The Doctor stopped, and he and Rose seemed to have a stare down. “Where Martha can come and go as she pleases.” He said in such a way that hinted Martha would not be allowed in Rose’s room.
“I take it that wouldn’t be possible other wise?” Martha asked, trying not to feel awkward and failing as she couldn’t look Rose in the eye. Seriously, she wouldn’t be welcome in her fellow companion’s room?
“The, uh, TARDIS is big on privacy,” Rose said, glancing between Martha and the Doctor. “She tends to hide doors you shouldn’t go to.”
“Is that why I’ve never seen you come or go from a bedroom?” Martha asked the Doctor over her shoulder.
“Yes, actually!” He said, over excited. “Though don’t need much sleep, me. Tend to take a kip in the library. Where I’ve been taking a rest for the last few weeks. Anyway, I’m going to leave you to your patient.” He said, turning abruptly and heading for the door.
“Meet you in the media room after?” Martha called after him and he stopped, turning on his heal. He glanced at Rose for the briefest of moments before he smiled. “Sure. Meet you there.” And then he turned and left.
Martha sighed. “I was worried you forgot to tell him.” She said after the Doctor left.
“I didn’t, don’t worry.” Rose said as she pulled off her t-shirt.
“So, I thought I felt us land,” Martha said as she helped Rose off the bed so she could get her jeans off. “How long were you with your friend before you realized you had this?” She asked, gesturing to the tiny welts on Rose’s stomach.
Rose blushed. “Wasn’t all that long, actually.”
Martha grinned. “Blushing. So this friend is a guy then?” She asked coyly.
Rose smirked. “The friend I was planning on seeing is a guy, yeah. But … you know what? Never mind.” She grinned. “Let’s just worry about these stupid things so we can get back to the adventuring, yeah?” She said as she scooted out her jeans, taking off her socks and sitting down on the bed in her bra and knickers. Martha noticed something pop up in the corner of her eye, and she turned toward the table to see a hospital gown appeared.
“Thanks ol’ girl.” Rose said, patting the walls.
Martha chuckled. “Is she really that sentient?”
“Yeah,” Rose said as she picked up the gown, putting it on.
They let the conversation drop as Martha set up the IV, did a check on Rose’s vitals and examined her welts.
“How do you feel?”
“Fine,” Rose said. “Probably a good thing, yeah?”
“Supposed to be worse in adults, so yeah.” Martha said, setting the stethoscope aside and doing a double take at the beside table.
“Oh!” Rose said cheerily, “She brought me my book.” She said as she picked up the thick tome of Jane Eyre.
“Seriously? You’re reading that?” Martha asked, trying not to laugh.
Rose gazed up at her incredulously. “Why wouldn’t I be?” She asked.
“I dunno,” Martha shrugged nervously. “Just didn’t think you’d like it or … I mean. Well you seemed to have some, uh, trouble with Shakespeare’s work.”
“Big difference between the two, mate.” Rose said, and Martha’s face went red. The quirks of Rose she knew about tipped her off that she insulted the blonde, and the fact that she thought of her as the blonde made her feel worse.
“Right, sorry. Just surprised me. Anyway, I’m going to, ah, go hang out with the Doctor. Gotta a date to keep.” She said as she turned away.
“Right,” Rose said in such a way that Martha had to turn to see for sure if she was being mocked. Rose’s face was hidden by the open book. “Well have fun then,” She added, glancing at Martha over the pages with a twinkle in her eye.
What was that supposed to mean? Martha studied Rose as she left the room, watching her patient become engrossed in the book and not saying anything more on the subject.
The media room was still across the hall, and the second she left the medbay Martha could see the Doctor already on the couch with his legs stretched out across the length as he cradled a bowl of something close to his chest. Was he intending for them to lay together? The possibilities made the giddiness in Martha’s chest amp up as she walked in.
“What you got?” She asked as she stood in front of him.
He grinned like a fool, pulling back his legs to clear a spot on the other end of the couch. “Banana crisps.” He said around a mouthful.
“Seriously?” She asked with disgust as she plopped down in the empty spot and tucked her legs under and around his.
“Banana’s are good,” The Doctor replied, plucking a crisp and pointing at her with it. “And apparently the TARDIS loves me again because she hid any and all banana related goodness from me for the last three weeks.”
“Why?” Martha asked as she picked up her bowl of popcorn and the remote from the coffee table.
“Oh, she and I had a little disagreement, among other reasons.” He replied nonchalantly. “So what are we watching?”
“Someone Like You. You know, a bit of a romantic comedy” Martha replied, subtly dropping the hint.
“Oh,” The Doctor groaned. “Not that one. Who compares relationships with bovine mating habits? I mean, honestly. It’s a terrible comparison, especially for humans. Now, if you want to watch a romantic film you should really ….” And he stopped, staring at Martha with his jaw hanging open. Her heart pounded as she tensed, hoping that he would leap across the space, or at very least make the suggestion that was on the tip of his tongue. “You know what? How about a comedy? Love to laugh, me. Oh, maybe we should watch Back to the Future. Good time travel theme, and I seem to remember you vaguely forgetting it was a movie. Not to mention I can point out all the inaccuracies of it all. For instance, who would think a DeLorean was a good choice for time travel?”
And as she sunk back into the couch, her heart slowing with disappointment, the TARDIS cued up her Time Lord’s choice.
Rose closed her book, sighing with contentment as she set it on the bedside table with a light grin. Instantly the TARDIS swapped out Jane Eyre with Pride and Prejudice, and Rose giggled. “Again?” She asked, and the TARDIS sent her a mental wink. Picking it up, Rose opened it, but her mind instantly started to wander as the itching started up again.
She and the Doctor had been back in their bedroom before it all started, and they certainly weren’t taking long to make up for lost time.
“I thought I said clothes were to stay on?” She had said between kisses as he quickly removed his blazer and tie, tossing them aside.
“Can’t expect me to go to bed like that,” He had replied, sounding breathless despite his respiratory bypass as he popped open his collar’s buttons. He had pushed his sleeves up before scooping her up and tossing her down on the bed.
“Ouch,” Rose laughed, feeling the odd spot where buttons were pushed into her back from his earlier body.
“That’s what you get for allowing me to snog you like that when you knew I wouldn’t remember.” He said as he crawled over her.
“I knew you would, eventually. Never got to say goodbye to that body properly, anyway.” She said as her fingers tugged his oxford out of his pants. It was utterly relieving to feel a patch of his cool skin on a sliver of hers.
“I’m trying not to be jealous of myself.” He admitted as she parted her legs slightly to allow them both to be more comfortable as well as be closer.
“I know.” She smiled with her tongue in her teeth and a giggle in her chest. He silenced that pretty quickly by resuming their heavy snog. Fingers in his hair, feeling him pressed against her, Rose was in heaven. Blissful, wonderful heaven without it even going farther than his fingers skimming her ribs or running up her thigh.
Slowly she started squirm and wriggle, needing friction in the worst way. And not at all the way she would have assumed she’d want.
“As good as I’m sure I probably am,” He said against her lips after the wriggling had gone on for about a minute. “I don’t think I’m that good. Rose, what’s wrong?”
“Nothing,” She breathed, trying to lay still. “Nothing, really.” When he didn’t resume, she studied his face, pushing her hair from her forehead. He was smirking, snorting, virtually giggling. “What?”
“Rose, have you, ah, ever had chicken pox?”
“Dunno, why?” She asked before another strong wave of itching caused her to spasm, and the Doctor lost it. “What!?” She screamed at him.
“Oh Rose, my adorable spotted Rose.” He said, backing off of her. She sat up, catching her reflection in the mirror. Her skin had tiny little red dots all over it.
“Oh god!” She groaned as he laughed, the TARDIS giggling in her mind as well.
“Come on,” He said, scooping her up bridal style and carrying them out their bedroom door to the Medbay currently placed across the hall. He sat her down on the bed. “I’m going to get Martha, and while I do I’m sure the TARDIS will prepare something to take the itch away.”
“Why do you need to get Martha?” Rose asked as her fingers started to graze her skin.
“Don’t scratch.” The Doctor said around a laugh. “I need to get Martha because we’ll need to watch those spots.”
“Okay,” She had said, fighting the urge to scratch.
“Which means examining all of you.” He said, grinning like a fool. “And I can tell you right now, Rose Tyler, there is no way I can do that clinically.”
She grinned, tongue in teeth despite the blush and the desperate need to scratch. “No?” She asked.
He shook his head. “Especially after believing for just a moment that I was actually the one making you squirm like that.” He said, ears turning pink as she laughed at him.
“Alright, go get the other doctor on board then.” She had said, sending him on his way.
After Martha finished her exam they had both left her be for a while, though Rose wasn’t quite sure for how long. She had finished the last half of Jane Eyre since being in the room, but her reading habits over the last few weeks had proven that it meant nothing anymore. She couldn’t read as quickly as the Doctor could, but this increased processing power (as he called it) meant she was now devouring books in hours when it used to take her a month or more. On one side, it meant stories she really loved could be reread without sacrificing a lot of time. On the other, she was running out of books that held an interest to her. Opening her favorite of Jane Austen’s work for the third time, she dove in.
“How are you feeling?” The Doctor’s voice broke her out of Chapter 20, barely an hour after she started it.
“Itchy,” She confessed as she closed her book and looked up, watching him come toward her in his blue suit and maroon shirt. It was growing on her, that look, making fierce competition for the good ol’ brown one he had worn since his regeneration. As he pulled up a chair beside her, he picked up a syringe that appeared on the bedside table. Pushing the short sleeve of her hospital gown up, he prepare her arm for and then gave her the injection. Kissing the spot after he he set the needle down, he brushed his hand along her forehead.
“Better?” He asked, and she nodded with relief. “You’re not even feverish.” He noted. “And the TARDIS showed me you’ve been eating. I know you’re miserable with the itching, but you are handling this a lot better than you should be.” He said thoughtfully.
“Good,” she said, reaching up to claim his hand in hers, removing it from her forehead. “Maybe I won’t be sick for long and we can get back to making up.” She said cheekily.
He shook his head with a grin before leaning in and kissing her sweetly. “Plenty of time for that.” He said against her lips.
“Good.” She said, nudging his nose with hers before he pulled back. “Where’s Martha?”
“Sleeping. Poor thing drifted off in the media room on our, oh, third movie? I made sure she had a blanket and a pillow before I left.”
“Didn’t carry her to bed?” Rose asked, genuinely surprised that the Doctor hadn’t at least done that. She wouldn’t have liked it, of course, but she’d have understood.
“I believe someone told her that the TARDIS helps keep privacy.” He reminded her, and the ship hummed in agreement.
“Yeah, did do that, didn’t I?” Rose mused, running her fingers over the pages of the book. “Should … should we, I dunno, tell her?”
“Tell her what?” He asked, running his thumb along the knuckles of the hand he held.
“Where you sleep.” She replied, watching him carefully as he focused on their hands.
He exhaled slowly. “I dunno.” He replied, meeting Rose’s eye. “We could, but then comes the questions. Questions that I’m not sure I know the answers to.”
“Like?” Rose asked.
“What we are.” He said thoughtfully. “Not fond of the term ‘boyfriend’, seems too impersonal. I mean, Mickey was your boyfriend and look where that ended up. But you aren’t my mate, my bond mate to be more specific. Gallifreyan thing, that. Sorta the equivalent of a wife in human terms. You’re my primary companion, my best mate, my … well, you’re my home. You’re the one who anchors me, who has my hearts.” He said, eyes going out of focus. He said something in Gallifreyan, something long and beautiful that made Rose’s soul sing and a smile break out over her face as tears poured from her eyes. He glanced over, seeing her reaction and smiled. “Good to know that’s your reaction to those words.” He said.
“What did you say?” She asked.
“Oh, can’t tell you that,” he said with a wink as his grin stretched. “But I think you got the meaning behind them.” He said as he swiped a tear away from her cheek.
“Yeah, think I did.” She said.
He hummed happily, looking at the monitor over her bed. “I know you’re worried Martha is getting the wrong impression, but I don’t think it matters.”
“Why not?” Rose asked, tugging on his hand to get him to look at her.
“Because she’s got to realize eventually that you are my partner. Ooh, partner, I like that. Sounds better than any other term in English. Anyway, she’s got to realize eventually that, and this is me saying that you are right which I don’t think you are, really. But if she does fancy me she’s bound to realize it doesn’t run both ways.”
Rose smiled, nodding once, accepting his reasoning. A part of her still wanted her territory to be marked, a feral inkling in the back of her mind that wanted what was hers to be known as such, but she let it go.
Scooting over in the hospital bed, which suddenly seemed a little wider, she patted the empty space.
Half a second later the Doctor was curled up next to her.
“Read to me?” She asked. “I love it when you do, and it may help me rest a bit.”
“Happy to,” He said, picking up the book and opening to the marked spot where Rose left off. He cleared his throat, and then began to read aloud as he dropped an arm around Rose’s shoulders and played with the ends of her hair.
It only took three days for the virus to leave Rose’s system, and in all that time she hadn’t once broken a fever as both the Doctor and Martha expected her to. It was like the pox were nothing more than an annoying bunch of bug bits, but three blood panels had proven that they were more than that. Rose could tell how badly the Doctor wanted to do another scan, could see how his eyes darted toward it after he and Martha were positive the virus left her system. He never said a word about it, and it was probably for the better.
She’d just add “better immune system” to the list of things that were changing about her. Probably best that they weren’t really talking when her arm was injured, he may have noticed that it was better after two days.
“So where are we off to today?” She asked as she caressed the control panel, trying not to finger the coordinate input as the Doctor fixed a problem with Martha’s phone with his sonic.
“Where would you like to go? Cooped up in the TARDIS for three days, Universe is at your fingertips Rose Tyler.” He said to her with a grin.
“We could go someone exotic.” Martha offered. “With beaches?” She suggested, looking between Rose and the Doctor while bitting her lip.
Rose smiled. “What was the name of that planet you took me to after Donna left?” She asked.
“Solodaris 4,” He said absentmindedly as he handed Martha back her phone. “Aim for season diamond 2,” He said pointedly as he made some adjustments on the controls he was closest to. “That’s mid winter so neither of you will get a burn.”
Rose set the coordinates carefully, double and triple checking them before deciding that maybe the Doctor should inspect them. She really didn’t want to burn because it was fall.
“Who’s….” Martha said suddenly, getting both Rose and the Doctor’s attention. “Who’s Donna?” She asked, wringing her fingers.
Rose and the Doctor looked at each other.
“She traveled with us. Once. Impromptu kind of deal.” He replied for them, coming over to join Rose. He did exactly as she hoped, and sure enough he adjusted one of the dials slightly.
“So … how many others traveled with you?” Martha asked, looking at her feet as she slowly came toward them.
“Uh,” The Doctor said, rubbing he back of his neck. “Well since Rose and I have traveled together we’ve had, umm, four other besides you? And me, well, I’ve had something like thirty or forty.” He cringed, glancing down at Rose.
She smiled reassuringly, patting the arm closest to her, seeing the tension leave him nearly instantly.
He never gave her a number, and one sleepless night after meeting Sarah Jane Rose asked him who else there was. There were so many other women, and while it bothered her at the time she learned to accept it. And after Reinette, without asking, he would some times tell her more about them. How they helped or hindered, why he let them go or why they left, and never once did he talk about them with anything more than a passing fondness for a friend. Except Susan, of course, though he spoke of her little and Rose understood why.
Martha, she could tell, was crashing. Just as she had when meeting Sarah Jane.
“So, she was promised one trip too?” Martha asked, fear in her voice while she stared down the Doctor. “Another one to say thanks?”
“No. I mean, yes, but she said no.” The Doctor replied. “Donna had a bit of a run in with aliens that drew her into the TARDIS and we helped her.”
Martha nodded, looking down trodden.
“If it’s any consolation,” Rose said with a bit of reluctance, getting Martha’s attention. “He only takes the best.”
She smiled weakly, nodding as she headed for the jumpseat and plopped down.
“Martha?” The Doctor said, though he didn’t get a rise out of her. “Still want to go to the beach?”
Before Martha could reply, and alarm like the one that summoned them to the Cuplas. “Distress signal.” He Doctor mused, going for the monitor, typing in a few things and reading the Gallifreyan that popped up.
“Ooh, I wonder who we’ll meet today,” Rose teased beside him. “Number five? Or Maybe number eight?” She said, sending a cheeky grin to Martha in hopes to perk her up. Instead, Martha rolled her eyes and scowled, shaking her head and looking away. What was that about, Rose wondered?
“Oh I’m not letting you anywhere near number eight,” The Doctor said quietly in such a serious way that she had to laugh.
“Yeah? Why not?” She asked him, her humor returned.
He looked her in the eye. “The reading kick you’ve been on lately? Honestly, I’m worried you’ll want to have some time alone with him for a while.” The Doctor said quietly.
“Oh?” Rose arched a brow. In her mind the TARDIS flashed her an image of a gorgeous man with brown curls and blue eyes, dressed nearly exactly how she pictured Mister Darcy or Mister Rochester in her books. “Oh!” Rose exclaimed looking up at the TARDIS ceiling. “Is that why you’ve been pushing those books on me?” She asked, and the Old Girl sang a happy song in Rose’s mind as confirmation. She then looked down at the Doctor who eyed her suspiciously. “Got that outfit kicking around somewhere?”
His ears turned red as he changed the coordinates. “Locking on.” He said. “And no, it’s not another TARDIS.” He said pointedly to Rose who chuckled in her chest.
A moment later they were tossed on to the floor, Martha included, and the ship came to a shuddering land.
“Oi, turbulence.” Rose said, rubbing her head.
“Yeah, sorry about that.” He said as he got up. “Well, let’s go have a look, shall we?” He said to the two women before darting for the doors.
“I’ll never tell him this,” Martha said conspiratorially to Rose with a bitter undertone. “But there is a major difference between when he lands and you do.”
Rose laughed, allowing Martha to loop her arm with hers as they exited the TARDIS.
The heat hit Rose hard in the face, and she was sweating in seconds. “Blimey that’s warm.” She said, disentangling herself from Martha to peel off her jumper and toss it back inside the TARDIS. She held the door open for Martha to toss her leather jacket inside as well. Adjusting her white camisole, Rose moved to stand closer to the coolest person in the room and instantly wondered how even he could tolerate a blazer and an oxford over a t-shirt. Then his smug voice echoed in her mind, reminding her of his superior biology, and she kept her mouth shut.
“Venting systems.” The Doctor said as he examined their surroundings. “Working at full pelt. Trying to cool down, uh, wherever we we are.” He turned to the girls. “Well, if you can’t stand the heat ….” He gestured with his head toward the heavy metal door.
Rose glanced behind her to Martha who shrugged, coming up beside her fellow companion and allowing the Doctor to open the door for them. They all stepped through with a collective sigh as intense heat became uncomfortably high.
“Well that’s better.” He said with a grin, not a drop of sweat on him while Rose felt sticky with it, and Martha was glistening just as bad.
“Oi! You three!” They heard a man yell at them, and they turned to see two men and a woman running toward them. “Seal that door!” He added, before he and the other bloke stepped around the befuddled trio to shut the door.
“Who are you? What are you doing on my ship?” The woman asked sternly, and maybe a little nervously.
“Are you police?” The man who spoke before asked.
“Why would we be police?” The Doctor asked, looking around at all of them.
“You sent a distress signal,” Rose reminded them. “We locked on to it.”
“If this is a ship, why can’t I hear any engines?” The Doctor asked, still seeming not to trust the people in front of them.
“It went dead four minutes ago.” The woman said, pushing aside her sweat drenched hair.
“So maybe we should stop chatting and get to engineering, Captain?” he man who had yet to speak asked in a mocking tone that earned him a glare from the woman.
“Secure closure active”, a computerized voice echoed around them as the sound of doors closing shut sounded around them. Rose looked around as the woman before them cried out angrily, and another woman came running toward them.
“Who activated secure closure?” The short haired woman grunted bitterly. “I nearly got locked into area 27.” She demanded as another door closed. “Who are you three?”
Martha came up to Rose, tugging on her hand, staring out a small porthole in the wall.
“I’m the Doctor. That’s my partner, Rose, and our companion Martha.” He replied as she and Martha moved to look out the window.
“Impact projection: forty-two minutes,” That computer voice ran out, and a shiver went down Rose’s spin.
“Is that what I think it is?” Martha asked her quietly.
“I think so.” Rose confessed, and was not surprised to feel Martha’s hand grip hers.
“Forty-two minutes until what?” The Doctor asked.
“Come see,” Rose said over her shoulder, her voice eerily calm even to her own ears. She looked back out the porthole, feeling the Doctor’s hand on her shoulder as he leaned his head between hers and Martha’s.
“Forty-two minutes until we crash into the sun,” the woman who seemed to be the captain replied.
“How many crew members on board?” The Doctor demanded, the sudden absence of his cool presence felt more strongly in the intense heat.
“Seven, including us.” The likely Captain replied.
“We transport cargo,” said the older of the two men with them, a gruff middle-aged looking bloke. “Everything’s automated. We just keep the ship up and running.”
“Call the others, we’ll get you out.” The Doctor said as he darted back to the door.
“No, don’t!” The Captain cried out as the other three crew members rushed to stop him.
As the Doctor gets the door open before the get to him, a gush of steam blasts through the opening. With a cry of pain, he stumbled backward and Rose dove to catch him. Barely keeping upright herself, she managed to right him, holding his hand and seeing the harsh, pink tinge marring his usually pale complexion.
“But my ship’s in there!” He protested as the sound of the door closed ended the loud hiss of heat.
“In the vent chamber?” The younger of the two men asked incredulously.
“It’s out lifeboat!” The Doctor tried to argue, gently extracting his hand from Rose’s grip.
“It’s Lava.” Middle-aged bloke said coldly.
“The temperature’s going mad in there!” The young woman who came up to them earlier remarked as she pushed a mask and sweat off her face. “Up three thousand degrees and still rising.”
“Channeling the air,” The young man nodded. “The closer we get to the sun, the hotter that room’s gonna get.”
“We’re stuck here.” Martha grumbled, shooting a dark glare over at the Doctor.
“Hey, ‘s not his fault.” Rose tried to sooth. “Been in worse spots than this.”
It seemed that the Martha was not having any of it, crossing her arms and glaring at Rose now before shaking her head and looking away.
“We’ll fix the engines. Had a little hands on training with that lately, these lovely girls did. We get things right then steer the ship away from the Sun! Simple!” He threw a thumb over his right shoulder. “Engineering down here, is it?” He asked, getting a nod of confirmation from the crew.
He took off running, and Rose followed while ignoring the annoying countdown and putting a mental feeler out for the TARDIS. The old girl hummed miserably back in her head, and Rose could almost imagine her as a human complaining about an overly warm summer day. She barely contained the amused grin that threatened to break through as they arrived in the engine room.
It didn’t take long to wrangle it in when she took in the charred, chaotic mess that looked far worse than anything the Cuplas had tried to do.
“Blimey, do you always leave things in such a mess?” The Doctor noted with a bit of a tease.
“What the hell happened?” Middle-aged bloke said as the captain gasped and looked around.
The crew circled the various pieces that were likely the engine before someone got their hands and a blow torch on it. The younger one nudged hotter pieces with his toes.
“It’s wrecked.” He stated the obvious with disbelief.
“And pretty efficiently too. Someone knew what they were doing.” The Doctor commented, and Rose watched as the crew exchanged worried glances.
“This couldn’t have been done by the ship over heating, could it?” Rose asked the Captain, adjusting her camisole in hopes to relieve some of the sticky feeling.
“Not this badly, I’m afraid.” She said in a whisper, suspicion in her eyes mixed with a bit of fear.
“You mean someone did this on purpose?” Martha’s voice came from behind, and Rose turned to see she was hugging herself as she looked wide-eyed to the captain.
“Where’s Korwin?” The Captain asked as she turned away from the girls, glancing around the room. “Has anyone heard from him or Ashton.” The crew shook their heads, and the captain darted over to an intercom on the opposite wall. “Korwin? Ashton? Where are you?” She looked around the room nervously, not meeting anyone’s eye as no response came. “Korwin, can you answer me?” She asked, a bit of a nag to her voice. Sill no response, and suddenly she looked more like a put-off spouse than a captain.
“Oh, we’re in the Torajii system!” The Doctor said cheerfully, and Rose turned to see he was reading off a screen at a computer terminal, specs in place as he beamed over toward Rose and Martha. “Lovely! You two are a long way from home. Half a Universe away”
“Technically I’m only a few corridors away from home, but I get what you’re sayin’.” Rose said with a wink, getting him to grin a little wider before it fell swiftly.
Rose glanced to Martha who glared back at them. Someone, it would seem, was not having the best of days.
“Sorry.” Rose mouthed, and Martha sort of shrugged and nodded.
“Says here you’re still using energy scoops for fusion.” The Doctor said, gesturing to the computer. “Hasn’t that been outlawed yet?” He asked, and Rose could tell by the look in his eyes it was a test. He already knew, and he wanted to know what the crew would say.
She watched them look at each other, guilty.
“We’re due to upgrade next docking.” The captain replied before turning sharply to Middle-aged bloke. “Scannell, engine report.”
Scannell moved to the computer, stepping between it and the Doctor. He typed quickly with a practiced hand, and Rose gravitated next to the Doctor in an attempt to read the screen. As she tried to make sense of the techno-babble that came up, his hand slipped into hers, rubbing her thumb.
It was odd that she should suddenly remember the impossible planet. The two situations couldn’t be more different, even if they did lose the TARDIS for a period of time, and it did seem as though they would be stuck there forever. But this problem had a solve-by date. It wasn’t impossible, merely daunting and terrifying.
“No response,” Scannell finally said, moving to the giant mass of what was probably toasted engine.
“What?” The Captain asked, barely containing her panic.
“They’re burnt out,” Scannell explained as she showed her some still attached though heavily charred wiring. “The controls are wrecked, I can’t get them back online.”
The Doctor removed his glasses, pointing at Scannell with them. “Oh come on! Auxiliary engines! Every craft’s got them!”
The Captain shook her head. “We don’t have access from here, the controls are at the front of the ship.” She explained.
“With twenty-nine password sealed doors between us and them. Never get there in time,” Scannell said with gruff defeat.
“Can’t you override the doors?” Martha asked as if that should be the obvious solution.
“No, sealed closure means what it says,” Scannell partially snapped back. “They’re all dead-lock sealed.”
The Doctor groaned. “So a sonic screwdriver’s no use.” He grumbled.
“Nothing’s any use!” Scannell snorted. “We’ve got no engines, no time, and no chance.”
“Well you’re just a big bowl of sunshine, aren’t you?” Rose snapped back only to earn a dark glare from the crew. “Right, sorry, poor choice of words.” She said sheepishly.
“She has a point, though. You’re all acting defeated before you’ve even started.” The Doctor tried to back her up, but if she was honest with herself she felt pretty horrible about her choice of words. “Who’s got the door passwords?” He asked the Captain.
“They’re randomly generated.” The young man said. “Reckon I know most of ‘em.” He said with a shrug. “I’m Riley Vashti, by the way.” He said as an after thought, offering his hand to the Doctor.
“Riley Vashti,” he said as he accepted the young man’s polite gesture. “Excellent. What are you waiting for, then?”
“Well, it’s a two person job.” Riley explained as he moved to the side of the room. He picked up what looked like a backpack and a huge magna clamp, the sight of the latter sending a shudder through Rose violently enough to dislodge her hand from the Doctor’s. “One takes to answer the questions, and the other to carry this.” He said as he gestured with the pack. “Oldest and cheapest security system around, eh Captain?” He said as if it were a bit of a dig.
“Reliable and simple, just like you, Riley.” She replied.
“Try to be helpful, get abuse.” He grumbled, shaking his head.
“I’ll help you,” Martha offered, taking up the backpack from Riley’s hand and putting it on her back. “Make myself useful.” She added as she turned to follow Riley down the corridor.
“Oi,” The Doctor called, and she stopped for a moment. “Be careful.” He said, and Martha smiled for the first time since stepping on the ship.
“You too,” She said, looking to Rose. “Both of you.”
Rose nodded, smiling back before Martha left their sight.
“McDonnell?” An unfamiliar voice cracked over the intercom. “It’s Ashton!”
The Captain moved to the intercom. “Where are you? Is Korwin with you?” She asked, waiting on baited breath for the reply that came quickly.
“Get up to the med-center now.” The voice replied seriously, and Rose turned to the Doctor.
“Suddenly I wish Martha stayed and I went.” She said nervously.
“Stay here, see where you can help. I’ll go with McDonnell.” He said as he started following the captain.
Rose nodded before turning to Scannell. “Alright, so, engine’s fried, yeah? Maybe we can clean away the scorch and salvage some things. Pretty handy with anti-gravs and bio-signature matrixes. Probably don’t have the latter on board, but still.”
“You can give me a hand with the thrusts over here.” He said, showing the first hint of a smile since they stepped on board, and Rose beamed.
“Impact in 34:31.” The computer voice rang out.
“Oi, don’t have to be so chipper about it.” Rose growled at the voice, earning a nervous laugh from Scannell.

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Valencia Love has confirmed she was the “friend” who posted R. Kelly’s $100,000 bail on Monday, just days after the singer was arrested on sexual abuse charges. The 47-year-old businesswoman defended her decision during an interview with Fox32 News’ Tia Ewing. Love told the reporter she believes Kelly is innocent, but would not say whether the $100,000 she paid was hers.“I’m not going to say it was my money or Kelly’s and he’s not broke,” the woman said, according to Ewing. “He’s my friend and I knew he needed help.”
Love claimed Kelly’s release was inevitable, as he had planned to post bond by Thursday.“He was going to get out regardless,” she said. “I just went out there to help my friend.”R. Kelly is a free man at least temporarily as he was able to come up with $100k bond before getting bail. The music icon was able to get bail after it was revealed that he would have to pay off a 6-figure child support. TMZ also revealed that Kelly’s $100k bond 10% of his $1 million bail was finally posted Monday, February 25, 2019, after he appeared in court and entered a not guilty to plea to all 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse.
When the R&B singer was released from jail Monday night, three days after being charged with criminal sexual abuse, he was greeted by fans shouting “Free Kells!,” according to the Chicago Tribune.The World’s Greatest singer walked by a large media contingent without speaking and was ushered into a black vehicle that was waiting. The vehicle then drove off.

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Few Queensland architects have risked their livelihood by opposing the government. Geoffrey Pie was an exception, bravely taking a stand over the threatened and subsequent demolition of Brisbane’s Bellevue Hotel. But above all, he was one of Queensland’s leading architects, maintaining his practice for fifty years.
The son of prominent businessman and politician Bruce Pie and graphic artist Jean Wright, Geoffrey decided at an early age to become an architect, drawing inspiration from Ravenscraig (1942), the family’s house at Aspley, designed by Brisbane architect Mervyn Rylance. While boarding at Toowoomba Prep and the Southport School, he spent holidays at the family’s house at Southport, also designed by Rylance in 1937, where he developed a full understanding of beach-front living. While enrolled in the six-year part-time Diploma of Architecture course at the Central Technical College, his lecturers included CWT Fulton and Athol Bretnall. At the University of Queensland, he was taught by Austrian émigré Karl Langer and recently arrived English architects Maurice Hurst and John Morton. During the course, Pie was employed by HS Macdonald (designer of his father’s factory at Lutwyche), Collin and Fulton and, from 1960, Robin Gibson. At Gibson’s recently-established office, he joined Gabriel Poole to work on houses and shop fit-outs which attracted national attention. This trio were to dominate late twentieth-century architecture in Queensland.
After graduating in 1962, Geoffrey Pie travelled overland to Britain, visiting sites ranging from the old Mughal capital of Fatehpur Sikri to Le Corbusier’s Chandigarh. At Gollins Melvin and Ward in London he worked on offices for P&O and Commercial Union that were innovative for their urban design and structure. At night he studied graphics at Saint Martin’s School of Art. He returned to Australia to design Ravenscraig II (1965), a house at Surfers Paradise for his mother. Its cruciform columns and articulated wall and roof planes reflected his fondness for early Mies, while its suspended concrete roof was a seldom-copied innovation. Ravenscraig II was deservedly a favourite, though with good reason he liked all his houses.
Pie settled at Ellerslie (1892), a colonial residence in New Farm, where he opposed the construction of a freeway through the suburb until plans for urban freeways were abandoned. Later he lost a fight to prevent a library being built in New Farm Park. Soon after the library was built, it was flooded. He studied town planning, writing a thesis on Fortitude Valley. After working from home, he moved his office to downtown New Farm before establishing branches in the Valley and at the University of Queensland where Rex Addison and Robert Riddel staffed a demonstration practice office within the Department of Architecture. To deal with rapidly rising building prices he also established a contracting division. In addition to houses, units and shop-fitting, his work included headquarters for the TAB at Albion (1972-75), in association with Hall Phillips and Wilson Architects (now Phillips Smith Conwell). His concept for the building was typically simple, with freestanding circulation cores to the east and west of a multi-storey stack of open-planned offices.
From early in his education, Pie was concerned with heritage, an interest partly stimulated by a gift of Richard Garrison and George Rustay’s Early Mexican Houses. As a councillor of Queensland’s National Trust, he documented buildings scheduled for demolition or at risk with measured drawings and photogrammetry. When the Bellevue Hotel was defaced by removing its cast-iron verandahs, he led community protests, supported by the then-Dean of St John’s Cathedral, Ian George,. Pie’s scheme showing how proposed government offices could be built while retaining both the Bellevue and adjoining mansions received wide publicity. It led to a revised low-rise master plan by UDPA Planners with John Morton (Lund Hutton Newell Black and Paulsen) and Walter Netsch (Skidmore Ownings and Merrill) appointed as consultant architects. Disagreements between the planners and architects over the feasibility of reusing the Bellevue left the government in a quandary and eventually it was demolished overnight. The resultant outrage ultimately played a large part in the passing of Queensland’s heritage legislation. In 1980 Pie co-authored Held in Trust; Brisbane in the Eighties: A Sketchbook of Brisbane’s Heritage, and returning Ian George’s favour, chaired the Cathedral’s tapestry project.
Pie’s role in the Bellevue debacle cost him government work for many years but he later collaborated with Kerry Hill Architects on the redevelopment of the former Port Office as Pie Marrs Clare. Another collaboration was with Romaldo Giurgola on the University of the Sunshine Coast masterplan (1994).
Pie’s architecture evolved from international modernism to a distinctive regional style based on the climate, landscape, construction techniques and lifestyle of south-east Queensland.
After typically devising a simple solution to the brief, orientation and microclimate, Pie was primarily concerned with the comfortable and communal occupation of his houses and less interested in formal invention, structural expression or expensive finishes. His many houses on the Sunshine Coast included his own beach house at Peregian Beach which won the national Robin Boyd Award in 1986. Further afield he designed El Questro (1991), an early outback resort in the Kimberley, taking advantage of constructional innovations which he pioneered.
As awards director for the Queensland chapter, he instigated in 1993 a long-running regional awards program. He served as a mentor to his employees, encouraging them to “go for it” when they embarked on new challenges. His staff included Phillip Follent, Geoffrey Cook, Stephen de Jersey, Helen Smith and Tania Coward. In 1997 at Brisbane’s Fig Tree Pocket, Geoffrey Pie established a compound for his extended family with whom he collaborated on restaurant fit-outs, landscaping and interior design. In 2014 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to architecture and heritage preservation. A genial and generous host and keen sportsman, he retained his sense of fun until the end. He is survived by his wife Sharon and six children. Records relating to his practice are held at the University of Queensland and the Queensland State Library.

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At this festive time of year, most people are wracking their brains trying to figure out what presents to buy for each other. The acts of giving and receiving should be pretty easy for us to handle, though, right? So why does it get so frustrating and complicated? We give too little, too much, with strings attached. Giving should enhance our lives and bring us joy, not create more stress and consternation.
My belief is that giving and receiving joy, whatever form that takes, is one of the main reasons we are on this planet together. However, at times I think we lose sight of our good intentions.
So in order to avoid turning the act of giving into a negative experience for the giver, the receiver, or both, here is some food for thought when going shopping for everyone on your list this year...
1) Giving Too Much or Too Little
Any healthy relationship has an equal amount of give and take. So contrary to the saying, "It's better to give than to receive," you must actually be a giver and receiver both in order for abundance to flow, because giving and receiving stimulate one another. Consequently, an uneven exchange, an imbalance, stops the flow.
Some people are always giving, but not receiving. That type of scenario eventually builds up resentment. The giver then may begin giving too much and playing the martyr or victim role out of spite to make the other person feel guilty. In turn, those who give in order to get something back or give out of guilt are neither giving nor receiving. It becomes about who gives or gets more stuff -- stuff becoming the measure of one's self-worth -- not a healthy position to take.
2) Giving Without Value
When something is given without value, it is not worth giving or receiving. Whether a gift has value has to do with the intention behind it. You only truly give when the intention is love.
When we give, (and it doesn't matter if the gift costs money or not), we need to ask ourselves if we are giving out of obligation and/or sheer convenience. How much did you sincerely try? You may not realize it, but the energy of your intention, half-hearted and all, is carried along with your "gift" to the recipient. Don't you think they can feel that you didn't show care? It is important to always be thankful for what we are given, but do you think that sometimes gifts given without valuing the other person can actually hurt?
3) Giving What YOU Want
From an energetic point of view, when you give to others with love based on their needs and wishes, the universe mirrors that intention and brings you that which best aligns with your needs and wishes.
However, sometimes we get self-absorbed and assume everybody wants what we want... how could they not, right? Well, even though you may mean well, it's important to put yourself in their shoes for a moment. When a gift shows little or no consideration for the other person's personality or interests, but is clearly something that fits your own, then it just looks like it's all about you, not them. Be honest and say to yourself, "Would they enjoy this gift? It doesn't matter if I would enjoy receiving it or not; it isn't about me."
Everyone always says, "It's the thought that counts!" My question is, "What thoughts are we having?" Maybe we should focus on the children opening presents at holiday time and maybe, just maybe, the adults should have a giving nature and be of service to one another throughout the entire year? Perhaps simply sharing the comforts and spirit of the season with those we love, and at the same time, making an effort to experience, with all our senses, the magical decorations and beautiful music that is all around, is what it's really about...


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Divorced, with no where else to go, Margo returns to the small town she abandoned long ago. There she rekindles her friendship with old school friends: Justin and Kathy, but it’s first love, Darryl who stirs the old memories and lies along with the passion they once had. Will revisiting their past destroy her second chance at happiness?
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When Geranium was declared the best restaurant in the world in 2022, it confirmed what keen observers of the Copenhagen food scene already knew: the Danish capital has one of the most exciting food scenes in Europe, if not the world.
As Geranium took top place in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants List, the previous holder of the top spot, noma, hatched plans for a whole new incarnation. René Redzepi’s gastronomic heavyweight, which can take much of the credit for revolutionising Copenhagen’s once lacklustre dining landscape, will close in its current form after winter 2024, to focus on new projects, travels and ideas. Good luck bagging a table before then. However, they promise future global pop-ups and Copenhagen seasons to come, and the good news is that since noma first opened in 2003, with its New Nordic focus on seasonality, sustainability and hyper-locality, it’s inspired hundreds of others.
Many noma alumni have gone on to open up their own places and they in turn have trained up countless more talented young chefs with innovative new ideas of their own. The result: Copenhagen’s gastro credentials have soared, and there’s a real buzz around the whole food scene, with a seemingly never-ending stream of interesting new places popping up, covering an increasingly cosmopolitan range of cuisines.
There’s something for every price point, too. If the budget’s tight, you can fill up at a wide variety of great street food stalls or take advantage of the recent baking boom and work your way round the excellent artisanal bakeries that have sprung up over the past couple of years. If money’s no object, there’s no shortage of fine dining places to choose from, serving food that ranges from classic French cuisine to experimental Nordic – the 2022 Michelin guide awarded 24 stars across 15 restaurants and gave Bib Gourmands to a dozen more.
Ready to explore the Copenhagen food scene for yourself? Telegraph Travel expert Suzanne King shares the places to eat in the city. For further Copenhagen inspiration, see our guides to the city's best hotels, shopping, nightlife and things to do.
Smørrebrød is a Danish classic and everyone you ask will have their own view on where to find the best version of these artfully constructed open sandwiches. You can’t go far wrong, though, if you opt for this well-respected, traditional, place tucked away on a side street off Strøget. Expect a few dozen topping options to choose from, including multiple takes on herring. If in doubt, make sure at least one of the dishes you order is the pan-fried fillet of plaice for perfectly cooked fish served with remoulade and lemon.
A few years ago, the team behind excellent wine bar Ved Stranden 10 opened this restaurant just round the corner. Inside the high-ceilinged, big-windowed room, the look is simple but not stark, with mostly white walls, and mismatched wooden furniture. The menu takes influences from Asia and the Mediterranean as well as Denmark, so the a la carte lunch options might include curry or a croque as well as fresh fish and oysters. Evenings bring a set vegetarian menu with the option to add assorted fish and cheese extras, and on Saturdays they also serve Chushoku (a Japanese breakfast tray) at lunchtime.
There’s a satisfyingly secret feel to this lovely little cafe, hidden away through an arched doorway opposite Kongens Have. Its pretty cobbled courtyard, filled with plants, is particularly appealing but there’s also a very chic indoors space - Lille Petra is owned by Danish design company &Tradition and stylishly furnished with the brand’s own furniture and lighting, in tastefully muted shades. The short menu of breakfast and lunch dishes includes the likes of chia porridge, savoury waffle, burrata, and skyr with berries, or you could just drop in for a coffee and freshly baked cookie.
Reservations: not essential but recommended, especially at weekends.
The owners of Marv & Ben (a city-centre restaurant with a Michelin Bib Gourmand) are also behind this newer venture, opened in 2019 in an elegant 18th-century mansion near Kastellet and hotly tipped to get some Michelin attention of its own. As the name suggests, fresh seafood plays a starring role but they’re nothing if not flexible: both of the two set menus (four or six courses) can be made either entirely vegetarian or, with a bit of notice, 100 per cent vegan. You could also just pop in to the oyster bar for some snacks and a glass of wine.
This old-school patisserie – a Copenhagen institution – has been pulling in sweet-toothed punters since the late 1800s and is still so popular there are days when the queues stretch back on to the street. Once you’ve secured a coveted table in one of its cosy rooms, gleaming with retro mahogany and brass, waitresses in green pinafore aprons swiftly serve up layer cakes, homemade ice creams and the most decadently rich hot chocolate. On the mezzanine floor, you can buy takeaway goodies, such as the marzipan pigs that are a Danish Christmas tradition.
Reservations: Walk-ins only
Until relatively recently, it was hard enough being vegetarian in Copenhagen, let alone vegan. Now The Ark Collection is impressing even keen carnivores with the quality of its purely plant-based menus. This is the group’s flagship restaurant, with a green Michelin star to its name and an inspired way with mushrooms, always a highlight of the nine-course tasting menu. They’re committed to sustainability and a zero-waste philosophy – spent wine, tea and coffee grounds, for example, are transformed into homemade vermouths and liqueurs while leftover vegetable pulp is reborn as powdered seasoning. Ark’s more casual siblings are worth checking out, too: Bistro Lupo in Østerbro and Souls in Carlsberg Byen.
This burger bar offshoot of noma was born during lockdown in summer 2020, originally launching as a short-lived but hugely popular pop-up in the restaurant garden before being given its own permanent home in Christianshavn, just across the harbour from Nyhavn. Noma burgers may be a tad pricier than the burger norm but then they’re not your average fast food. The beef comes from organic farms on Denmark’s west coast and preparing the vegan option involves a two-day process in the noma fermentation lab, transforming steamed quinoa into umami-flavoured patties.
Reservations: recommended, especially at weekends, but they save a few tables for walk-ins. Take-away is also available.
The Danish concept of fællesspisning (communal dining) is a great way to eat out if you’re on a budget or want to meet other people, and Absalon is the perfect place to give it a go. This welcoming old church turned community centre serves dinner at 6pm each evening, with everyone eating the same meal and dishing it up themselves at shared tables. The food changes daily (you can check out the week’s menus online) but there’s always a vegetarian option and the price is a bargain DKK 50/£6 from Sundays to Thursdays or DKK 100/£12 on Fridays and Saturday, when you get two courses. Afterwards, people are welcome to hang out, chat and join in whatever activities are going on.
Reservations: It’s a good idea to book in advance online but they also sell tickets on the door from 5pm; turn up early to join the queue.
Since leaving her pastry chef job at noma several years back, Rosio Sanchez has been introducing Copenhagen diners to the delights of top-notch tacos, with her Hija de Sanchez taquerias in Torvehallerne and Kødbyen and a cool new cantina in Nordhavn. The first, though, is only open in summer, the second is so tiny it can be hard to get a seat inside or out, and the third is a little out of the way for most tourists. Hurrah, then, for this Vesterbro outpost, which opened in November 2017. The interiors are classically Nordic but the menu is all Mexican, ranging from huevos rancheros to octopus stew. 'It’s so amazing,' tweeted former boss René Redzepi, 'Just go.'
Reservations: Recommended and can only be done online - they don’t take phone or email bookings
If you’re in Nørrebro checking out Jægersborggade (a trendy street), nip round the corner to Café Taxa – a laidback neighbourhood bistro that’s a popular place for locals to hang out over a leisurely brunch, lunch or dinner. There are plenty of outside tables that catch the sunshine, while inside is all candlelit and cosy, with nice little nooks and crannies to hide out in. The menu isn’t huge but includes good burgers and some of the best chips in town; the moment you see a perfectly cooked batch being delivered to the table next to you, you’ll want to order a portion for yourself.
Reservations: Mainly walk-ins only, but inside tables can sometimes be reserved
There are days when all you really fancy is a fantastic pizza. Cue a trip to Christian Puglisi’s organic restaurant in Nørrebro, where they make their own mozzarella, cure their own meats, grow vegetables on their own farm, and make the best pizza dough. From the restaurant (all bare brick walls, wood-topped tables and stylish white lamps) you can see through to the open kitchen, where the wood-fired oven turns out thin-crusted and slightly charred pizzas that are invariably delicious, from the basic tomato, garlic and oregano version to others topped with seasonal veg, charcuterie and home-made cheeses.
Reservations: Recommended but they always have walk-in tables too
If you manage to get a reservation for Jatak, well done. From the minute it opened in early 2022 (complete with ringing endorsement from René Redzepi), it’s been one of the hottest tables in the Danish capital, and earned itself a Michelin star within a matter of months. Chef Jonathan Tam takes top quality, seasonal Danish ingredients and puts an intriguing Cantonese/Japanese spin on them, with each course on the ever-changing tasting menu showcasing one main element. Plating is simple but flavours are intense, from umami-rich mushroom broth or shoyu-brushed raw scallops to the egg-custard tart, which shot to instant fame when Redzepi posted an Instagram video of his super-wobbly slice.
Football grounds and high-end dining don’t generally go hand in hand – but here, in Denmark’s national stadium, is a notable exception. Step out of the lift on the eighth floor and you find yourself in bright, light, Scandi-chic surroundings, where chef Rasmus Kofoed shows off the skills that have won him three Bocuse d’Or trophies, earned Geranium top spot in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants List 2022, and made this one of just two restaurants in Denmark (the other is noma) to hold three Michelin stars. There’s no dithering about what to choose – you just go for the multi-course set menu, and 'ooh' and 'ah' with every exquisitely plated dish of food that’s set before you.
Wulff & Konstali
With its designer lighting, cool colour palette and artistically arranged flowers, Wulff & Konstali could easily pass for an interiors showroom. Instead, it’s a bakery and restaurant, and a hugely popular brunch spot – especially in summer when they fold the windows back and have trestle tables outside. You're given a menu of 20-odd brunch components (ranging from grapefruit and croissants to organic scrambled eggs and fried sausages), and you tick the five or seven you fancy; soon a procession of dishes starts arriving at the table. Suitably fuelled, you can then walk from here to the beach at Amager Strandpark 10-15 minutes away.
Reservations: Walk-ins only

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Fred Sternburg, the publicist for eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao, has denied the information contained in a recently published report on MMA Weekly, where UFC President Dana White stated that sportswear giant NIKE had dropped Pacquiao in favor of starting a multi-year relationship with UFC champion Jon Jones.
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There are currently two homes for sale within The Gales community in Ladysmith. You can choose from a new rancher style home, or a larger re-sale home with a walkout basement and stunning ocean views. Both homes are currently listing on the MLS system with Realtor Keith Mazurenko.
Realtor Keith Mazurenko of Royal LePage currently has two newly-built oceanview homes for sale at The Gales, a community of luxury homes in Ladysmith on central Vancouver Island.
Just recently completed, Unit #21, offers 1,818 sq ft of living space including 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Designed with an open layout, Unit 21 at The Gales offers a great room with a natural gas fireplace, a king-sized master suite with a five-piece ensuite and much more. The chef’s kitchen offers plenty of space for storage, food prep and entertaining. This home is listed for sale at $649,900.
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What is it about Laura Renken’s stories and all that brother-sister thing, man? This is yet another book where the whiff from the coffee of consanguinity is a bit too strong for comfort. The heroine, Catherine Bellamy, moves from one brother to another. Seriously, I’m afraid to wonder what Thanksgiving is like at these people’s place. “When I was sleeping with your wife, or wait, maybe when I was sleeping with your sister, anyway, when I was sleeping with some woman related to your wife, I remember that… hey, where are you all running to?”
Catherine Bellamy decides to take her brother’s place in a secret Send a Message to the People Defying British Colonials Thing in 18th Century Yorktown, when she and Julian Reece Lambert, the person she is delivering the message to, are betrayed. They both go on a run together. Julian hates her because he suspects her of perfidy, but they have sex anyway, and after that he learns that she is the wife of his dead brother – a wife that this brother neglected to tell him about. Ow!
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Halo: Reach finally arrived at Steam yesterday and, as expected, gained immediate success! During the early hours, it managed to surprise everyone and everything by jumping to fourth place in the platform’s most popular game ranking.
Interestingly enough, it even left behind extremely popular games like GTA V and Destiny 2, having been beaten only by the giants PUBG, Dota 2 and Counter-Strike GO.
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In less than an hour, Halo: Reach was able to accumulate more than 100 1,000 players. Even more impressive was the maximum number of simultaneous players, which reached 161 1,000 players. This is undoubtedly an impressive value, which once again is only beaten by the three Steam giants.
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Its summer, and what better time to sit in the garden and listen to the buzzing of bees and smell the flowers? Join Katherine Mansfield House & Garden and Wellington City Libraries as we delve into delightful tales about magical gardens.
Wear your favourite hat and after story time you can decorate it from our craft table. You can also explore the garden and discover what’s hidden in the trees. Afterwards, wander through Katherine Mansfield’s house and learn about her childhood.
Story sessions will be at 11am, 12noon and 1pm, with craft sessions running throughout.
Suitable for children 3-7 years. Children must be accompanied by an adult. This event is free to attend, but gold coin donations are gratefully received.
This event will be held outdoors in our heritage garden, so please layer up with sunblock!
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If it is wet, the event will be held on Sunday 24 February instead. Keep an eye on KMHG's Facebook and Twitter if you're unsure.
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Kassie McLuskie has worked as an actor, flamenco dancer, drama & dance teacher, and director. She believes passionately in the power of the imagination to transform and change people’s lives. Kassie now happily works for Wellington City Libraries and Community Spaces conjuring new and inventive experiences to take people on creative journeys.


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Stocks to buy with Anil Singhvi: Sandeep Jain recommends Transport Corporation of India today
Stocks to Buy With Anil Singhvi: In today's edition of 'Jain Sahab Ke Gems' show, stock market analyst Sandeep Jain, while speaking to Zee Business Managing Editor Anil Singhvi, named another stock for great returns.
Stocks to Buy With Anil Singhvi: In today's edition of 'Jain Sahab Ke Gems' show, stock market analyst Sandeep Jain, while speaking to Zee Business Managing Editor Anil Singhvi, named another stock for great returns. Today, he has recommended a stock that he said has potential to give high returns to investors. The stock he picked today is Transport Corporation of India Limited (TCI) and here is why.
According to Sandeep Jain, Transport Corporation of India Limited (TCI), set up in 1958, is India's largest integrated logistics service provider. Transport Corporation of India Limited provides integrated cargo transportation and logistics services. The company offers handling of heavy-duty cargo through surface movement, door-to-door distribution for time committed cargo, and coastal shipping. It moves a variety of products, including raw materials, industrial products, pharmaceuticals, and agricultural products.
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In today's episode, market analyst Sandeep Jain said, " Transport Corporation of India is a great company. If we talk about the fundamentals of Transport Corporation of India, the good thing is that the PE multiple of the company's stocks is around 14-15, the return on capital employed (ROCE), and return on equity is around 15-16. In last three years, the sales CAGR of the company was 22-23 percent. They have reduced its debts in last few years, which is impressive."
"Both FIIs and DIIs have strong holdings in the company. The last year December quarter results were good. The PAT (profit after tax) of the company is 2019 December was 34 crores and in 2020 December the PAT of the company was 42 crores. At present, Transport Corporation of India is available at very good levels. I'm very bullish on this stock. Investors should buy this stock at these current levels. It will be beneficial for them in the future," he further added.
Transport Corporation of India: Investors Strategy
On what should be the strategy that a stock market investor can maintain in regard to Transport Corporation of India shares, Jain told Anil Singhvi, "Transport Corporation of India Limited stock is currently trading around Rs 250.00 and one can target this stock at Rs 290-320."
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