Jo Grant - Coldplay - Track 2: In My Place
Now you've gone away
Don't worry it's ok
That you're gone away
Further than yesterday
But you'll never leave these scenes
My mind replays
Where in the world have you gone now?
Nothing had changed, Jo found, as she walked up to the entrance of UNIT headquarters. Even though she'd been away in the Amazon with Cliff, life at UNIT had gone on without her. Which she supposed it always would, and if it didn't it would be a disaster, but still, she hadn't properly realised it until she came back here.
She didn't recognise the guard on the gate, but she smiled at him, flashed her pass and he let her through. Inside was much the same: everything looked the same as when she left, but all the people were different. UNIT often had people leaving and others joining, but it was easier to keep up when it was one at a time.
She was glad, therefore, when she came across Sergeant Benton. She greeted him with a smile and he was equally pleased to see her and tell her about his promotion.
But when she asked him "Where's the Doctor?" his face fell.
"I'm afraid he's not here."
That wasn't really a surprise. "Do you know when he's coming back?" She didn't expect him to know the answer to that - the Doctor never really knew himself. But it was always possible he'd given a date this time.
Benton shook his head. "I don't think he's coming back."
"Oh." But that one syllable didn't begin to cover what she felt at all. She knew the Doctor would carry on without her and that one day he would leave Earth for good. She just hadn't expected it to be so soon. Even if she hadn't been able to save him that piece of wedding cake. "Can I... is his lab empty?"
"I'm sorry, Miss Grant, it's now the science lab. There's always something going on in there."
He did look sympathetic, she noticed, but it didn't help. "In that case, perhaps I'll just...." She looked round, unable to find anything to do. It wasn't as if she worked here any more. "Is Mike around?"
"He's not in UNIT any more."
Her eyes went wide. "He's not dead is he?" People usually left UNIT when they died or because they couldn't cope with all the alien stuff. Since Mike definitely hadn't had a problem with the latter, that suggested something far worse had happened to him.
Benton shook his head again. "No. But I think you should ask him why he left," he replied, anticipating her next question.
She wondered if Benton didn't know or wouldn't tell, but she would definitely find Mike next and speak to him. She'd missed him too, although not as much as she'd missed the Doctor. "I should probably go. I'm sure you've got lots of things on." They didn't need her hanging around the place.
He smiled warmly at her. "Come back and see us again sometime."
Jo nodded, but she wasn't so sure she would. UNIT wasn't the same without the Doctor and Mike there. She turned and slowly walked back outside, but for the first time since she married him she had to remind herself she was starting an exciting new life with Cliff. It was just leaving her old life behind that was harder than she expected.
Singing please, please, please
Come back and sing to me
To me, me
Don't worry it's ok
That you're gone away
Further than yesterday
But you'll never leave these scenes
My mind replays
Where in the world have you gone now?
Nothing had changed, Jo found, as she walked up to the entrance of UNIT headquarters. Even though she'd been away in the Amazon with Cliff, life at UNIT had gone on without her. Which she supposed it always would, and if it didn't it would be a disaster, but still, she hadn't properly realised it until she came back here.
She didn't recognise the guard on the gate, but she smiled at him, flashed her pass and he let her through. Inside was much the same: everything looked the same as when she left, but all the people were different. UNIT often had people leaving and others joining, but it was easier to keep up when it was one at a time.
She was glad, therefore, when she came across Sergeant Benton. She greeted him with a smile and he was equally pleased to see her and tell her about his promotion.
But when she asked him "Where's the Doctor?" his face fell.
"I'm afraid he's not here."
That wasn't really a surprise. "Do you know when he's coming back?" She didn't expect him to know the answer to that - the Doctor never really knew himself. But it was always possible he'd given a date this time.
Benton shook his head. "I don't think he's coming back."
"Oh." But that one syllable didn't begin to cover what she felt at all. She knew the Doctor would carry on without her and that one day he would leave Earth for good. She just hadn't expected it to be so soon. Even if she hadn't been able to save him that piece of wedding cake. "Can I... is his lab empty?"
"I'm sorry, Miss Grant, it's now the science lab. There's always something going on in there."
He did look sympathetic, she noticed, but it didn't help. "In that case, perhaps I'll just...." She looked round, unable to find anything to do. It wasn't as if she worked here any more. "Is Mike around?"
"He's not in UNIT any more."
Her eyes went wide. "He's not dead is he?" People usually left UNIT when they died or because they couldn't cope with all the alien stuff. Since Mike definitely hadn't had a problem with the latter, that suggested something far worse had happened to him.
Benton shook his head again. "No. But I think you should ask him why he left," he replied, anticipating her next question.
She wondered if Benton didn't know or wouldn't tell, but she would definitely find Mike next and speak to him. She'd missed him too, although not as much as she'd missed the Doctor. "I should probably go. I'm sure you've got lots of things on." They didn't need her hanging around the place.
He smiled warmly at her. "Come back and see us again sometime."
Jo nodded, but she wasn't so sure she would. UNIT wasn't the same without the Doctor and Mike there. She turned and slowly walked back outside, but for the first time since she married him she had to remind herself she was starting an exciting new life with Cliff. It was just leaving her old life behind that was harder than she expected.
Singing please, please, please
Come back and sing to me
To me, me