I stand next to the Doctor decked out in full 50's gear as we wait outside for Rose.
Rose comes out of the TARDIS in a pair of pink high heels and also decked out in full 50's gear.
"I thought we'd be going for the Vegas era, you know the white flares and the, grr, chest hair" Rose says "I like the quiff by the way" she says pointing to the Doctor who flashes a grin.
"You are kidding, aren't you? You want to see Elvis, you go for the late fifties. The time before burgers. When they called him the Pelvis and he still had a waist. What's more, you see him in style" the Doctor walks into the TARDIS and rides out on a scooter with a side car.
"You going my way, doll?" The Doctor grins looking at me.
"Is there any other way to go, daddy-o? Straight from the fridge, man" Rose says, the Doctor and I look at her.
"Hey, you speak the lingo" the Doctor says as I climb on behind him and Rose gets into the side car.
"Oh well, me, mum, Cliff Richard movies every Bank Holiday Monday" Rose replies putting on a pink helmet where as the Doctor and I already had ours on.
"Ah, Cliff. I knew your mother would be a Cliff fan" the Doctor says starting up the scooter and driving off.
"Where we off to?" Rose asks a little while later.
"Ed Sullivan TV Studios. Elvis did Hound Dog on one of the shows. There were loads of complaints. Bit of luck, we'll just catch it" I reply.
"And that'll be TV studios in, what, New York?"
"That's the one" sometime later the Doctor pulls up by a red post box and we all get off and look around, taking our helmets off as we do so.
"Ha! Digging that New York vibe" Rose says looking at the Union flags that were stung up between the houses.
"Well, this could still be New York. I mean, this looks very New York to me. Sort of Londony New York, mind" the Doctor says.
"What are all the flags for?" Rose asks, the Doctor shrugs as we all make our way down the street by foot, we soon spot a man pulling out a television from the back of a van.
"There you go, sir, all wired up for the great occasion."
"The great occasion? What do you mean?" The Doctor asks walking up to him.
"Where've you been living, out in the Colonies? Coronation, of course."
"What Coronation's that then?"
"What do you mean? The Coronation" I lean towards the Doctor.
"It's the Queen's. Queen Elizabeth" I say.
"Oh! Is this 1953?" he asks, I nod.
"Last time I looked. Time for a lovely bit of pomp and circumstance, what we do best" the man says.
"Look at all the TV aerials. Looks like everyone's got one. That's weird. My nan said tellies were so rare they all had to pile into one house" Rose says.
"Not around here, love. Magpie's Marvellous Tellies, only five quid a pop."
"Oh, but this is a brilliant year. Classic! Technicolour, Everest climbed, everything off the ration. The nation throwing off the shadows of war and looking forward to a happier, brighter future" the Doctor says smiling.
"Someone help me, please! Ted!" everyone looks over at the woman who screamed to see two burly men in black suites bundle a person into the back of a car "leave him alone! He's my husband! Please."
