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The Doctor and Rose discuss Mickey, and Rose tells the Doctor that he was raised by [[Rita-Anne Smith|his grandmother]] after being abandoned by his parents until she died a few years earlier after tripping down the stairs. As the two realise that they take Mickey for granted, they witness a crowd pause as the [[EarPod]]s they wear download information directly into their brains, and this advanced technology piques the Doctor's interest. The EarPods are manufactured by Cybus, who also own Pete's company, Vitex. The Doctor decides to attend Jackie Tyler's birthday celebration since the President and many other high profile guests will be there and he may be able to find out more about the Pods. | The Doctor and Rose discuss Mickey, and Rose tells the Doctor that he was raised by [[Rita-Anne Smith|his grandmother]] after being abandoned by his parents until she died a few years earlier after tripping down the stairs. As the two realise that they take Mickey for granted, they witness a crowd pause as the [[EarPod]]s they wear download information directly into their brains, and this advanced technology piques the Doctor's interest. The EarPods are manufactured by Cybus, who also own Pete's company, Vitex. The Doctor decides to attend Jackie Tyler's birthday celebration since the President and many other high profile guests will be there and he may be able to find out more about the Pods. | ||
Mickey has been left to his own devices and explores the parallel London on his own, where he learns of a curfew from a soldier at a checkpoint. He comes across [[Waterton Street]] and knocks on the door of Number 1. Immediately, a woman's voice calls out angrily and the door opens to reveal [[Rita-Anne Smith (Pete's World)|Rita-Anne Smith]], his blind grandmother who, like Pete, is still alive in this universe and still very much a firebrand. Mickey is unable to speak at first, while Rita-Anne rants angrily that she will not be disappeared like the other people, but manages to stammer out a few words that stops the angry old woman in her flow. She is delighted to see her grandson, whom she calls Ricky for some reason, and immediately starts slapping him for apparently taking off and leaving her not knowing anything. Mickey notices the carpet on the stairs behind her, the one he was supposed to fix in his own universe but forgot to, and tearfully remarks that she'll fall and break her neck if it isn't fixed. Rita-Anne chides him for thinking himself useless and invites him in for a nice cup of tea to settle down, but Mickey is then suddenly abducted from Rita's doorstep by two people in a blue van, [[Jake Simmonds|Jake]] and [[Angela Price (Rise of the Cybermen)|Mrs Moore]], who take him back to their base where they meet [[Ricky Smith|Ricky]], Mickey's counterpart from this universe. | Mickey has been left to his own devices and explores the parallel London on his own, where he learns of a curfew from a soldier at a checkpoint. He comes across [[Waterton Street]] and knocks on the door of Number 1. Immediately, a woman's voice calls out angrily and the door opens to reveal [[Rita-Anne Smith (Pete's World)|Rita-Anne Smith]], his blind grandmother who, like Pete, is still alive in this universe and still very much a firebrand. Mickey is unable to speak at first, while Rita-Anne rants angrily that she will not be disappeared like the other people, but manages to stammer out a few words that stops the angry old woman in her flow. She is delighted to see her grandson, whom she calls Ricky for some reason, and immediately starts slapping him for apparently taking off and leaving her not knowing anything. Mickey notices the carpet on the stairs behind her, the one he was supposed to fix in his own universe but forgot to, and tearfully remarks that she'll fall and break her neck if it isn't fixed. Rita-Anne chides him for thinking himself useless and invites him in for a nice cup of tea to settle down, but Mickey is then suddenly abducted from Rita's doorstep by two people in a blue van, [[Jake Simmonds|Jake]] and [[Angela Price (Rise of the Cybermen)|Mrs Moore]], who take him back to their secret base where they meet [[Ricky Smith|Ricky]], Mickey's counterpart from this universe. | ||
The three of them are [[The Preachers|the "resistance"]], a team who have been investigating Cybus' abductions of homeless people with the help of an inside agent. Their contact has just advised that a group of "upgrades" is leaving the Cybus factory. The resistance head off to tail the Cybus truck, taking Mickey with them. | The three of them are [[The Preachers|the "resistance"]], a team who have been investigating Cybus' abductions of homeless people with the help of an inside agent. Their contact has just advised that a group of "upgrades" is leaving the Cybus factory. The resistance head off to tail the Cybus truck, taking Mickey with them. | ||