Rose Tyler returns to her mother Jackie’s apartment with the newly resurrected Tenth Doctor, who is carried inside to rest by her mother and her ex-boyfriend Mickey Smith. The Doctor speculates that the energy from his regeneration has drawn Rose and Mickey to the Santa robots that attack them while they are out shopping. After attempting to bargain, Prime Minister Harriet Jones is transferred onto the Sycorax’s ship after the leader threatens to give them half of the Earth’s people as slaves. With Rose, Mickey, and the Doctor inside, the Sycorax find the TARDIS and carry it to their ship. Following his full recovery, the Doctor confronts the Sycorax commander to a sword duel for Earth’s future, which he ultimately prevails in. But Harriet Jones, who had consulted Torchwood, destroys the Sycorax ship against the Doctor’s wishes.