Major Blake, Harriet Jones and others in “The Christmas Invasion”

I'm getting demands from Washington, ma'am. The President is insisting that he takes control of the situation.

You can tell the President, and please use these exact words: "he's not my boss, and he's certainly not turning this into a war". [leaves, goes to Alex] What have you got?

[frustrated] Nothing yet. Translating an alien language is going to take time.

How far off is the ship?

About five hours.