The Doctor turned his head and his eyes landed on the blonde girl that rushed towards him. He sprung to his feet and jumped back, keeping distance between them as he observed her carefully. She didn't look like a danger, but something inside of him told him that he couldn't trst what he was seeing. Whether it was instinct or not, he didn't know.<br/><br/>As she drew nearer his eyes widened. The blonde hair, the shape of her face, the casual clothes and that smile...that wonderful smile. It was so familiar. It was painfully familiar. He couldn't place it, and a large part of him didn't want to, but he knew this girl - this amazing girl. She was important to him. Or perhaps important to someone he had been. Although he had no idea what that meant...<br/><br/>"You..." He said carefully as he studied her with growing fascination. His voice was deep, but smooth, like the type of voice that a blues singer might have. His finger pointed at her, dabbing at the air as he tried to place that face that had once meant so much. "We've met...I know we have...." he said in a whisper before taking a step towards her.<br/><br/>"You're...." he began and began to form the name with his lips. As he struggled to place her he began to tap at the sides of his temple with the tips of his fingers. Drumming them against his skull as if to speed up the process. "You're...you're...!"<br/><br/>The name sprung into his head, shocking him with all the force of a lightning bolt. Memories of a past life were flooding through his brain at a rapid speed.<br/><br/>Her name was Rose Tyler, she knew him when he had a different face - two different faces! It was a process called regeneration that saved him from dying but caused every cell of his body to transform. It was no doubt what he had gone through, but goodness knows how it had been caused, everything before he awoke was still a jumbled mess. Even though he could remember this girl - this incredible girl - he could only recall scraps of their adventures. There was still so much missing.<br/><br/>She was staring at him now. He needed to say something. Something that would sum up the confusion, but also tell the girl how important it was that he recognised her. There was a word he wanted to use...but it was lost.<br/><br/>"You're...you're...you're..." He repeated before the word finally came to him and a grin spread out over his face as he gazed at her. "You're Rose Tyler and you're<em>brilliant</em>"<br/><br/>He let out a laugh and punched the air in triumph before twirling on the spot, slipping over as he lost his balance and smashing into the sand again.<br/><br/>"Well...that victory was short lived," the Doctor muttered, spitting out grains of sand before looking up at Rose from the ground. "Can you help me up? I think my balance is still sorting itself out."