 The androids threaten to decapitate Reinette , but the Doctor on horseback crashes through the mirror to save her . The androids give up and shut down when the Doctor tells them that they now cannot return to their ship to finish the repairs . Reinette tells the Doctor that she had her fireplace moved to Versailles in the hope that he would return . The Doctor finds that the fireplace is still an operating time window and uses it to return to the spaceship . He tells Reinette to pack a bag and prepare to leave . The Doctor returns to the fireplace seconds later but discovers that seven years have passed in Reinette 's time . King Louis XV finds the Doctor , tells him that Reinette has died and gives him a letter in which Reinette expresses her hopes for the Doctor 's quick return and confesses her love for him . The Doctor returns to the TARDIS and watches the time windows close before leaving the ship . The TARDIS crew muse about the reasons the androids wanted Madame de Pompadour 's brain to complete their repairs , and the Doctor conjectures that the ship 's memory banks were damaged by the ion storm . When the TARDIS <unk> , a portrait can be seen stating the birth and death date of Madame de Pompadour . As the episode ends , the lifeless ship drifts through space ; its name is SS Madame de Pompadour . 
