"Rose glanced at her watch. It had taken her some time to effect the rescue. But better late than never. She moved over to them and began working on their bonds, Mickey first. Her instinct had been to release the Doctor first, and although that was just a perfectly natural choice, didn’t mean a thing, somebody had to be first, she had an idea Mickey would take it more personally than that. And because she didn’t want to admit that he would be right to do so, she’d changed her plan."

excerpt from Winner Takes All by Jacqueline Rayner