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As the Doctor laid there asleep but yet not asleep he thought of 702 things at the same time: lying in Jack’s arms, the fate of Rose: that she wasn’t going to die and she wasn’t going to be reanimated either but was suspended in some sort of Artron energy stasis until the Artron energy decayed and that could take a very very long time. The solution was how to safely extract the energy that was in Rose and let her die naturally or find out a way that the Artron energy could be used to help her. That Rose had been foolhardy and risked planets and perhaps two universes when she started to use the dimension cannon and although he was happy to see her at first, it wasn’t for him that she had crossed universes, it was for herself. The Doctor thought about how dangerous it was that Rose had taken the heart of TARDIS into her and that having that kind of power was also dangerous. He thought about Jack and how Jack was immortal and how did the Artron energy affect Jack’s physiology? How did Jack process the energy when it was impossible for a human to? And they needed to sort this out before they traveled to the other universe, because the energy would lose its potency over there and may be even less they could do for Rose (using the energy she contained.) He thought about leaving the isolation room and helping in the science lab to see if he could sort things out but first he had to wake up although technically he wasn’t really asleep. He wanted to help and not be a burden on Tom and Sue because they had enough on their plates, didn’t they? He also needed to do a bone density scan on his ankle because that certainly wasn’t right, and waking Jack wouldn’t be fair to Jack if he roused him by moving. But Jack was caressing his head now and telling him to go back to sleep and it was so tempting to just drift back to sleep...

Terminal Decay Chapter 498

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Jack is pretty much recovered from his Artron energy depletion. Donna explains to Jack, Ianto, Andy and Tom how the Doctor feels telepathically isolated from the Time Lords and his TARDIS. Donna cautions Jack on believing what the Doctor said about his love for him and that they should talk about it soon. Donna also discusses the use of a chemical to block the Doctor’s link to John: if the Doctor takes the drug he won't make John sick as he gets sick, but the Doctor will be still subject to the pain that John endures, and without the comfort of the link. If the Doctor takes this drug the side effects may be he has no way to control his feelings whether it is physical or emotional. Thus needing more TLC.

Donna also discusses the possibility of delaying the Doctor’s chemotherapy treatments until they are in the other universe and John’s infection has cleared, and the status as to what should/could be done for Rose. Donna also warns Jack to stay clear of Rose. Jack decides to remain with the Doctor in isolation for the time being. Ianto offers simple advice to Jack to give any relationship with the Doctor time.

Terminal Decay Chapter 497

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Tom asks the Doctor before they start the procedure to help Jack if the Artron energy could be attained by Rose in her current state. The Doctor informs Tom that that would not be a possibility since Rose was effectively brain dead. The Doctor explains that the Artron energy in the TARDIS is like a vascular system in that it runs everywhere. He explains that he will be using one of the TARDIS” maintenance ports, essentially a major artery in the TARDIS to get the energy to Jack.